Masami Kuwashima

Masami Kuwashima

Born	14 September 1950 (1950-09-14) (age 61)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Japanese
Active years	1976
Teams	Wolf
Races	1 (0 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1976 Japanese Grand Prix
Last race	1976 Japanese Grand Prix

Masami Kuwashima (桑島 正美^?, born September 14, 1950) is a former racing driver from Japan. After some experience in the Japanese lower formulae, he made an attempt at Formula One.

A deal to drive in the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix with the RAM team came to nothing, but Kuwashima found a seat with the then-struggling Wolf / Williams team, driving a Wolf-Williams FW05. He took part in the first practice session for the race, but proved rather slow. In any case, later that day his sponsors withdrew their financing of the Williams deal, and Frank Williams promptly replaced Kuwashima with Hans Binder for the second practice session and the race itself. Kuwashima was not to have another chance in F1, and he returned to the Japanese F2000 and F2 series where he spent the rest of his career.

Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1976	Walter Wolf Racing	Williams FW05	Cosworth V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN DNS	NC	0

External links

• Biography at F1 Rejects

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Name	Kuwashima, Masami
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Date of birth	September 14, 1950
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