- Masataka Yanagida
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Masataka Yanagida, born 4 June 1979 in Tokyo, is a Japanese racing driver.
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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 onto Formula Dream in 1999, taking five victories in the 2000 season.[1]
In 2001 he 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.
He made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan at Okayama for the Wiechers-Sport team.
Complete WTCC results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2010 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si BRA
1BRA
2MAR
1MAR
2ITA
1ITA
2BEL
1BEL
2POR
1POR
2GBR
1GBR
2CZE
1CZE
2GER
1GER
2ESP
1ESP
2JPN
1
17JPN
2
14MAC
1MAC
2NC 0 References
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Sporting positions Preceded by
Takashi Kogure
Loïc DuvalSuper GT・GT500
Champion
with Ronnie Quintarelli
2011Succeeded by
IncumbentCategories:- Living people
- 1979 births
- Sportspeople from Tokyo
- Japanese racecar drivers
- Kart racing drivers
- French F4 Championship drivers
- French Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Japanese Formula Three Championship drivers
- Super GT drivers
- Formula Nippon drivers
- World Touring Car Championship drivers
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