Tsugio Matsuda

Tsugio Matsuda (松田 次生, Matsuda Tsugio, born June 18, 1979) is a Japanese professional racing driver. He has won the Formula Nippon series twice, in 2007 and 2008. He has also competed in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. Matsuda has also become a regular participant in the Super GT series which he won in 2014 jointly with Ronnie Quintarelli. The 2015 Super GT season was closely contested throughout the year, but ultimately Matsuda and Quintarelli successfully defended their title, taking the lead of the championship at the final race of the season at Motegi.

Tsugio Matsuda
NationalityJapanese
Born (1979-06-18) June 18, 1979
Kuwana, Mie, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2000
Current teamNismo
Car number23
Former teamsTeam Impul, Nakajima, Take One
Starts157
Championships2 (2014 & 2015)
Wins20
Podiums39
Poles17
Best finish1st in 2014, 2015
Finished last season3rd
Previous series
1998-2013Formula Nippon

Racing record

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1998 Nakajima SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ
6		 SUG FUJ MIN FUJ SUZ 15th 1
2000 Nakajima SUZ
12		 MOT
3		 MIN
1		 FUJ
16		 SUZ
5		 SUG
11		 MOT
4		 FUJ
Ret		 MIN
3		 SUZ
3		 4th 27
2001 Nakajima SUZ
Ret		 MOT
3		 MIN
8		 FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
5		 SUG
5		 FUJ
Ret		 MIN
Ret		 MOT
9		 SUZ
9		 8th 10
2002 Nakajima SUZ
3		 FUJ
10		 MIN
2		 SUZ
Ret		 MOT
13		 SUG
5		 FUJ
Ret		 MIN
4		 MOT
4		 SUZ
6		 5th 19
2003 Cerumo SUZ
5		 FUJ
9		 MIN
Ret		 MOT
Ret		 SUZ
15		 SUG
6		 FUJ
5		 MIN
5		 MOT
14		 SUZ
Ret		 11th 7
2004 Cerumo SUZ
4		 SUG
Ret		 MOT
12		 SUZ
9		 SUG
DSQ		 MIN
12		 SEP
4		 MOT
6		 SUZ
Ret		 9th 7
2005 5ZIGEN MOT
10		 SUZ
2		 SUG
Ret		 FUJ
3		 SUZ
6		 MIN
4		 FUJ
9		 MOT
10		 SUZ
8		 6th 14
2006 Impul FUJ
2		 SUZ
9		 MOT
5		 SUZ
2		 AUT
1		 FUJ
7		 SUG
3		 MOT
2		 SUZ
2		 2nd 37
2007 Impul FUJ
2		 SUZ
2		 MOT
3		 OKA
3		 SUZ
4		 FUJ
13		 SUG
5		 MOT
5		 SUZ
4		 1st 46
2008 Impul FUJ
1		 SUZ
1		 MOT
1		 OKA
Ret		 SUZ
1		 SUZ
8		 MOT
2		 MOT
2		 FUJ
4		 FUJ
5		 SUG
1		 1st 93.5
2009 Impul FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
Ret		 MOT
6		 FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
12		 MOT
5		 AUT
7		 SUG
7		 11th 11
2010 Kondo SUZ MOT FUJ MOT
Ret		 SUG
8		 AUT
Ret		 SUZ
14		 SUZ
9		 15th 1
2012 Impul SUZ
8		 MOT
6		 AUT
4		 FUJ
5		 MOT
7		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
2		 SUZ
Ret		 8th 20
2013 Impul SUZ
2		 AUT
5		 FUJ
16		 MOT
13		 SUG
5		 SUZ
4		 SUZ
16		 6th 18.5

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2000 Take One McLaren F1 GTR GT500 MOT FUJ SUG FUJ TAI
4		 MIN
Ret		 SUZ
Ret		 19th 10
2001 Nakajima Honda NSX GT500 TAI
3		 FUJ
12		 SUG
14		 FUJ
6		 MOT
1		 SUZ
Ret		 MIN
Ret		 8th 38
2002 Nakajima Honda NSX GT500 TAI
1		 FUJ
11		 SUG
Ret		 SEP
1		 FUJ
12		 MOT
14		 MIN
6		 SUZ
1		 2nd 74
2003 Nakajima Honda NSX GT500 TAI
5		 FUJ
6		 SUG
8		 FUJ
13		 FUJ
9		 MOT
Ret		 AUT
2		 SUZ
12		 11th 36
2004 Nakajima Honda NSX GT500 TAI
10		 SUG
4		 SEP
9		 TOK
6		 MOT
1		 AUT
12		 SUZ
5		 8th 42
2005 Nakajima Honda NSX GT500 OKA
5		 FUJ
8		 SEP
5		 SUG
13		 MOT
10		 FUJ
2		 AUT
14		 SUZ
10		 9th 38
2006 Nismo Nissan Z GT500 SUZ
2		 OKA
Ret		 FUJ
4		 SEP
5		 SUG
2		 SUZ
DSQ		 MOT
14		 AUT
1		 FUJ
11		 6th 69
2007 Nismo Nissan Z GT500 SUZ
5		 OKA
3		 FUJ
2		 SEP
10		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
6		 MOT
2		 AUT
4		 FUJ
9		 5th 63
2008 Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 SUZ
Ret		 OKA
2		 FUJ
9		 SEP
14		 SUG SUZ
1		 MOT
11		 AUT
10		 FUJ
1		 5th 61
2009 Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
4		 SUZ
3		 FUJ
15		 SEP
7		 SUG
8		 SUZ
5		 FUJ
15		 AUT
Ret		 MOT
7		 11th 36
2010 Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 SUZ
Ret		 OKA
4		 FUJ
6		 SEP
1		 SUG
4		 SUZ
12		 FUJ
C		 MOT
5		 5th 47
2011 Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
1		 FUJ
14		 SEP
15		 SUG
13		 SUZ
3		 FUJ
2		 AUT
10		 MOT
9		 5th 49
2012 Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
10		 FUJ
5		 SEP
5		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
4		 FUJ
1		 AUT
10		 MOT
10		 4th 45
2013 Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
6		 FUJ
5		 SEP
1		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
4		 FUJ
6		 AUT
Ret		 MOT
13		 9th 46
2014 Nismo Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
7		 FUJ
8		 AUT
1		 SUG
14		 FUJ
2		 SUZ
2		 BUR
10		 MOT
1		 1st 81
2015 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
13		 FUJ
1		 CHA
5		 FUJ
4		 SUZ
7		 SUG
6		 AUT
1		 MOT
2		 1st 79
2016 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
1		 FUJ
1		 SUG
9		 FUJ
4		 SUZ
6		 CHA
14		 MOT
9		 MOT
7		 3rd 62
2017 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
7		 FUJ
4		 AUT
5		 SUG
4		 FUJ
2		 SUZ
2		 CHA
9		 MOT
1		 2nd 82
2018 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
5		 FUJ
1		 SUZ
6		 CHA
12		 FUJ
9		 SUG
7		 AUT
15		 MOT
7		 8th 43
2019 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
2‡		 FUJ
2		 SUZ
Ret		 CHA
11		 FUJ
3		 AUT
13		 SUG
3		 MOT
8		 3rd 52.5
2020 NISMO Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 GT500 FUJ
11		 FUJ
9		 SUZ
 MOT
 FUJ
 SUZ
 MOT
 FUJ
 13th* 2*

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 DC Pts
2013 KCMG Morgan LMP2 LMP2 INJ FSW ZHU SEP
2		 9th 19

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2013 KCMG Morgan LMP2 LMP2 SIL SPA LMN SAO COA FSW
6		 SHA BHR NC 0
2014 KCMG Oreca 03
Oreca 03R		 LMP2 SIL
2		 SPA LMN COA
1		 FSW SHA BHR SAO 7th 43
2015 NISMO Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1 SIL SPA LMN
Ret		 NUR COA FSW SHA BHR NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 Nissan Motorsports Mark Shulzhitskiy
Lucas Ordóñez		 Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1 115 DNF DNF
2016 KCMG Richard Bradley
Matthew Howson		 Oreca 05-Nissan LMP2 116 DNF DNF
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References
    Sporting positions
    Preceded by
    Benoît Tréluyer    		 Formula Nippon
    Champion
    2007–2008    		 Succeeded by
    Loïc Duval
    Preceded by
    Kohei Hirate
    Yuji Tachikawa    		 Super GT (GT500) Champion
    2014–2015 with:
    Ronnie Quintarelli    		 Succeeded by
    Kohei Hirate
    Heikki Kovalainen
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