Masataka Yanagida

Masataka Yanagida
柳田真孝
Masataka Yanagida; 柳田真孝
	Yanagida in 2014
Nationality	Japan
Born	4 June 1979 (age 47); Tokyo, Japan
Categorisation	FIA Gold

Masataka Yanagida (柳田真孝, Yanagida Masataka, born 4 June 1979, in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver. He notably won the Super GT title four times, from 2003 to 2012 in GT300 then GT500.^[a]

Career

The son of successful racing driver Haruhito Yanagida, a runner-up in the Japanese Touring Car Championship, Masataka began his career in karting in 1993. In 1997, he raced in Formula Renault Campus in France, before stepping up to the main French Formula Renault Championship in 1998. He moved on to Formula Dream in 1999, taking five victories in the 2000 season.^[1]

In 2001, Yanagida began racing in Japanese F3 and Japanese GT. He finished seventh in the F3 standings and fourth in the GT300 class in Japanese GT, where he raced with Yuji Ide. He improved to finish third in GT300 in 2002, before winning the class in 2003. He returned to F3 in 2004, but could only finish 10th. He moved up to the GT500 class of Super GT in 2005, finishing fifth in the standings, sharing with Michael Krumm.^{[citation needed]}

Yanigada made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan at Okayama for the Wiechers-Sport team.^{[citation needed]}

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team name	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	All-Japan Formula Three	Toda Racing	19	0	0	0	0	80	7th
2001	All-Japan GT - GT300	Hasemi Motorsport	7	0	0	0	3	53	4th
2002	All-Japan GT - GT300	Hasemi Motorsport	8	1	1	0	2	80	3rd
2003	All-Japan Formula Three	Threebond Racing	2	0	0	0	0	2	17th
2003	All-Japan GT - GT300	Hasemi Motorsport	8	0	1	0	4	77	1st
2004	All-Japan Formula Three	Threebond Racing	20	0	0	0	1	58	10th
	All-Japan GT - GT300	Team Daishin	7	0	0	0	1	33	6th
	Super Taikyu - Class3	RS Nakaharu	2	1	0	0	0	132	1st
	Super Taikyu - Class3	C-West Labs	1	0	0	0	1	116	2nd
	Suzuka 1000km	Nismo	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2005	Super GT - GT500	Nismo	8	0	1	0	2	57	5th
2006	Formula Nippon	Kondo Racing	9	0	1	0	0	1	14th
	Super GT - GT500	Kondo Racing	9	0	0	0	1	34	13th
	Tokachi 24 Hours	C-West Labs	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2007	Formula Nippon	Kondo Racing	9	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super GT - GT500	Hasemi Motorsport	9	0	1	0	0	30	12th
	Super Taikyu - ST1	Petronas Syntium Team	7	0	3	0	1	69	5th
2008	Super GT - GT500	Nismo	9	0	2	1	2	57	7th
2008	Super Taikyu - ST1	Petronas Syntium Team	7	2	2	2	3	127	2nd
2009	Super GT - GT300	MOLA	9	1	0	0	1	62	7th
	Super Taikyu - ST1	Petronas Syntium Team	8	5	5	2	1	128	1st
	MMER 12 Hours	Petronas Syntium Team	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2010	Super GT - GT300	Hasemi Motorsport	7	1	1	0	3	64	1st
	Super Taikyu - ST1	Petronas Syntium Team	7	6	5	3	1	142	1st
	Dubai 24 Hour	Petronas Syntium Team	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	World Touring Car Championship	Wiechers-Sport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2011	Super GT - GT500	MOLA	8	1	3	3	4	90	1st
	Super Taikyu - ST1	Petronas Syntium Team	6	6	3	3	0	136	1st
	MMER 12 Hours	Petronas Syntium Team	1	1	0	0	0	N/A	1st
2012	Super GT - GT500	MOLA	8	2	1	1	3	93	1st
	Super Taikyu - GT3	Petronas Syntium Team	2	0	2	0	1	94	2nd
	MMER 12 Hours	Petronas Syntium Team	1	1	0	0	0	N/A	1st
2013	Super GT - GT500	Nismo	8	0	2	0	3	50	6th
2014	Super GT - GT500	MOLA	8	0	1	0	1	31	11th
2014	Spa 24 Hours	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	38th
2015	Super GT - GT500	MOLA	8	1	1	0	1	50	6th
2015	Super Taikyu - ST-X	GTNET Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	35.5	8th
2015-16	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	Team AAI	4	0	0	0	2	37	3rd
2016	Super GT - GT500	Kondo Racing	8	2	0	1	0	43	7th
	Super Taikyu - ST-X	Endless Sports	2	0	0	0	2	116.5	2nd
	Inter Proto Series	B-Max Racing Team	4	0	0	0	1	?	?
2019-20	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Eurasia Motorsport	2	0	1	0	0	1	11th
2025	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Team ZeroOne
2026	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Team ZeroOne

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Pts
2001	Toda Racing	Mugen-Honda	SUZ1 Ret	SUZ2 8	TSU1 13	TSU2 5	FUJ1 14	FUJ2 Ret	MIN1 6	MIN2 4	MOT1 4	MOT2 6	SUZ 7	SUG1 8	SUG2 9	SEN1 7	SEN2 9	TAI1 7	TAI2 Ret	MOT1 4	MOT2 5		7th	80
2003	Threebond Racing	Threebond-Nissan	SUZ1	SUZ2	FUJ1 13	FUJ2 9	TAI1	TAI2	MOT1	MOT2	SUZ1	SUZ2	SUG1	SUG2	TSU1	TSU2	SUG1	SUG2	MIN1	MIN2	MOT1	MOT2	17th	2
2004	Threebond Racing	Threebond-Nissan	SUZ1 12	SUZ2 8	TSU1 12	TSU2 12	TAI1 5	TAI2 11	MOT1 14	MOT2 9	SUZ1 9	SUZ2 3	SUG1 6	SUG2 5	MIN1 10	MIN2 Ret	SEN1 7	SEN2 Ret	MIN1 7	MIN2 7	MOT1 8	MOT2 10	10th	58

Complete Formula Nippon results

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2006	Kondo Racing	Toyota	FUJ 7	SUZ Ret	MOT 9	SUZ 13	AUT 13	FUJ 12	SUG Ret	MOT 6	SUZ 13	14th	1
2007	Kondo Racing	Toyota	FUJ 9	SUZ 18	MOT Ret	OKA 15	SUZ 14	FUJ 12	SUG 12	MOT 16	SUZ Ret	NC	0

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2001	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Silvia	GT300	TAI 6	FUJ 2	SUG 12	FUJ 2	MOT 9	SUZ 2	MIN 12			4th	53
2002	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Silvia	GT300	TAI 4	FUJ Ret	SUG 1	SEP 3	FUJ 3	MOT 4	MIN Ret	SUZ Ret		3rd	70
2003	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Fairlady Z	GT300	TAI 6	FUJ 2	SUG 17	FUJ 3	FUJ 21	MOT 3	AUT 4	SUZ 2		1st	77
2004	Team Daishin	Nissan Fairlady Z	GT300	TAI 19	SUG 14	SEP 6	TOK 3	MOT 4	AUT 19	SUZ 7			6th	33
2005	NISMO	Nissan Z	GT500	OKA 12	FUJ 2	SEP 6	SUG 7	MOT 4	FUJ 9	AUT 2	SUZ 8		5th	57
2006	Kondo Racing	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 10	OKA 10	FUJ 10	SEP 8	SUG 10	SUZ 5	MOT 6	AUT 14	FUJ 3	13th	34
2007	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 10	OKA 13	FUJ 4	SEP 7	SUG 4	SUZ 8	MOT 11	AUT 7	FUJ 15	12th	30
2008	NISMO	Nissan GT-R	GT500	SUZ 2	OKA 15	FUJ 12	SEP 2	SUG 13	SUZ 4	MOT 7	AUT 5	FUJ 11	7th	57
2009	MOLA	Nissan Fairlady Z	GT300	OKA 7	SUZ 3	FUJ 6	SEP 4	SUG 6	SUZ 1	FUJ 9	AUT 8	MOT 7	7th	62
2010	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Fairlady Z	GT300	SUZ 5	OKA 3	FUJ 5	SEP 5	SUG 2	SUZ Ret	FUJ C	MOT 1		1st	64
2011	MOLA	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ 10	SEP 2	SUG 1	SUZ 2	FUJ 7	AUT 2	MOT 2		1st	90
2012	MOLA	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 7	FUJ 8	SEP 14	SUG 3	SUZ 1	FUJ 2	AUT 1	MOT 2		1st	93
2013	NISMO	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 3	FUJ Ret	SEP 9	SUG 3	SUZ 2	FUJ 9	AUT 8	MOT 8		6th	50
2014	MOLA	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ Ret	AUT 2	SUG 7	FUJ 6	SUZ 13	BUR Ret	MOT 5		11th	31
2015	MOLA	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 8	FUJ 10	CHA 1	FUJ 14	SUZ 6	SUG 2	AUT 6	MOT Ret		6th	50
2016	Kondo Racing	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 13	FUJ 9	SUG 1	FUJ Ret	SUZ 12	CHA 13	MOT 1	MOT 10		7th	43
2017	Audi Team Hitotsuyama [ja]	Audi R8 LMS	GT300	OKA 14	FUJ 14	AUT 13	SUG 20	FUJ 10	SUZ Ret	CHA 23	MOT 8		20th	5
2018	Runup Sports	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	FUJ 12	SUG	AUT	MOT		NC	0
2020	Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja]	Lotus Evora MC GT300	GT300	FUJ (1) 12	FUJ (2) 1	SUZ (1) 3	MOT (1) 13	FUJ (3) 27	SUZ (2) 11	MOT (2) 24	FUJ (4) 23		10th	31
2021	Arnage Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	GT300	OKA 18	FSW 21	SUZ 22	TRM 19	SUG 24	AUT 14	TRM 21	FSW DNS		NC	0
2022	BUSOU Drago Corse	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	OKA 12	FUJ 2	SUZ 6	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT		20th	12.5
2023	BMW M Team Studie x CRS	BMW M4 GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ 13	SUZ 1	FUJ 2	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT		10th	35

* Season still in progress

Complete Asian Le Mans Series

Year	Team	Machine	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	DC	Pts
2015-16	Team-AAI	ADESS-03	Nissan	LMP3	FUJ Ret	SEP 2	BUR 2	SEP Ret	3rd	37
2019-20	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	Gibson	LMP2	SHA Ret	BEN	SEP Ret	BUR	11th	1

Notes and references

Notes

↑ Specific years: 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012

References

↑ "Meet the drivers - STES08: 2008 Driver Profile: Masataka Yanagida - Cool, Calm and Collected". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Masataka Yanagida career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Takashi Kogure
Loïc Duval

Super GT (GT500) Champion
2011–2012 with:
Ronnie Quintarelli

Succeeded by

Kohei Hirate
Yuji Tachikawa

[1] Specific years: 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012

[2] "Meet the drivers - STES08: 2008 Driver Profile: Masataka Yanagida - Cool, Calm and Collected". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

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