Masataka Yanagida

Masataka Yanagida (born 4 June 1979, in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver.

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 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.

Racing record

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 MOLA Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
13		 FUJ
9		 SUG
1		 FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
12		 CHA
13		 MOT
1		 MOT
10		 7th 43
2017 Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS GT300 OKA
14		 FUJ
14		 AUT
13		 SUG
20		 FUJ
10		 SUZ
Ret		 CHA
23		 MOT
8		 20th 5
2018 Runup Rivaux GT-R Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) GT300 OKA
 FUJ
 SUZ
 CHA
 FUJ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 NC 0
2020 Cars Tokai Dream28 Lotus Evora MC GT300 GT300 FUJ (1)
 FUJ (2)
 SUZ (1)
 MOT (1)
 FUJ (3)
 SUZ (2)
 MOT (2)
 FUJ (4)
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* Season still in progress

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References
  1. http://www.teampetronas.com/a_standard.asp?cid=66772578&aid=165807661
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Takashi Kogure
Loïc Duval		 Super GT (GT500) Champion
2011–2012 with:
Ronnie Quintarelli		 Succeeded by
Kohei Hirate
Yuji Tachikawa
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