Hironori Takeuchi

Last updated December 23, 2023

Hironori Takeuchi (born December 22, 1964, in Kanagawa) is a Japanese auto racing driver.

Career

Takeuchi competed in the Japanese Touring Car Championship between 1996 and 1998.^[1]^[2] He competed in the All-Japan GT Championship between 1995 and 2004, winning it in 2001.^[2] He continued to compete in the series after it became Super GT in 2005, competing in the GT300 class until 2007.

In 2005 Takeuchi joined Ao Chi Hong at his Ao's Racing Team for the finale of the World Touring Car Championship, the Race of Macau, in a Toyota Altezza. He failed to qualify for the races after setting a fastest lap over the required time, almost twelve seconds off the pace.

Racing record

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
1995	RE Amemiya	Mazda RX-7	GT2	SUZ	FUJ 9	SEN 1	FUJ 2	SUG Ret	MIN 1				3rd	57
1996	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ	FUJ	SEN 1	FUJ Ret	SUG 4	MIN 2				7th	46
1997	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 7	FUJ 9	SEN 4	FUJ 8	MIN 5	SUG 10				10th	28
1998	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 9	FUJ C	SEN Ret	FUJ Ret	MOT 5	MIN 12	SUG 3			11th	22
1999	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 7	FUJ 2	SUG Ret	MIN 8	FUJ 6	TAI 8	MOT 12			14th	31
2000	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	MOT 4	FUJ 3	SUG 12	FUJ Ret	TAI 1	MIN 6	SUZ 11			4th	58
2001	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI Ret	FUJ 2	SUG 3	FUJ 4	MOT 2	SUZ 6	MIN 16			1st	58
2002	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 4	FUJ 1	SUG 16	SEP 9	FUJ 1	MOT 13	MIN 9	SUZ 6		3rd	65
2003	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI Ret	FUJ Ret	SUG 10	FUJ 4	FUJ 3	MOT 9	AUT 3	SUZ 13		9th	46
2004	Team Cerumo	Toyota Celica	GT300	TAI 17	SUG 20	SEP 8	TOK 23	MOT 8	AUT 18	SUZ 9			16th	9
2005	Team Cerumo	Toyota Celica	GT300	TAI 11	FUJ 14	SEP 12	SUG 8	MOT 14	FUJ Ret	AUT 8	SUZ 18		15th	7
2006	Team Cerumo	Toyota Celica	GT300	SUZ 11	TAI 12	FUJ Ret	SEP	SUG 11	SUZ 1	MOT Ret	AUT 13	FUJ 21	13th	21
2007	Team Mach	Vemac 320R	GT300	SUZ 7	TAI 11	FUJ 12	SEP 19	SUG 14	SUZ Ret	MOT 4	AUT 18	FUJ 6	16th	19
2012	Green Tech Reon With Shift	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	GT300	TAI 12	FUJ 10	SEP 6	SUG 2	SUZ Ret	FUJ DNS	AUT Ret	MOT 8		12th	24
2013	Okinawa-Imp Racing with Shift	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	GT300	TAI 4	FUJ 4	SEP 12	SUG 4	SUZ 2	FUJ 10	AUT 3	MOT 7		4th	60
2016	Lamborghini Team Direction Shift	Lamborghini Huracán	GT300	TAI	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ 19	CHA	MOT 27	MOT 18		NC	0

Complete JTCC 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	DC	Pts
1996	Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota Corona EXiV	FUJ 1 10	FUJ 2 10	SUG 1 Ret	SUG 2 12	SUZ 1 11	SUZ 2 11	MIN 1 7	MIN 2 4	SEN 1 11	SEN 2 18	TOK 1 Ret	TOK 2 20	FUJ 1 Ret	FUJ 2 DNS			16th	13
1997	Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota Chaser	FUJ 1 C	FUJ 2 C	TAI 1 9	TAI 2 5	SUG 1 6	SUG 2 9	SUZ 1 7	SUZ 2 7	MIN 1 8	MIN 2 9	SEN 1 8	SEN 2 4	TOK 1 8	TOK 2 8	FUJ 1 11	FUJ 2 6	9th	43
1998	Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota Chaser	FUJ 1 1	FUJ 2 6	MOT 4	SUG 1 2	SUG 2 2	SUZ 1 3	SUZ 2 3	MIN 1 2	MIN 2 Ret	TAI 7	FUJ 5						3rd	100

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References

↑ "Hironori Takeuchi". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
1 2 http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/3522/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database

External links

Hironori Takeuchi career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ryo Michigami	All-Japan Grand Touring Car Champion (GT500) 2001 with: Yuji Tachikawa	Succeeded by Juichi Wakisaka Akira Iida

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[1] "Hironori Takeuchi". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

[database-2] 1 2 http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/3522/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database

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