Kunimitsu Takahashi

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Kunimitsu Takahashi
Takahashi in 1963
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1940-01-29)29 January 1940 Tokyo, Japan
Died	16 March 2022(2022-03-16) (aged 82)
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1960–1964 First race 1960 250cc German Grand Prix Last race 1964 125cc French Grand Prix First win 1961 250cc German Grand Prix Last win 1962 125cc Spanish Grand Prix Team Honda Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 129 4 15 N/A 3 107
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1977
Teams	non-works Tyrrell
Entries	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1977 Japanese Grand Prix	Class Pos.
1986	Kremer Racing	Jo Gartner Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962C	C1	169	NC	NC
1987		Kris Nissen Volker Weidler		C1	6	DNF	DNF
1988		Hideki Okada Bruno Giacomelli		C1	370	9th	9th
1989		Bruno Giacomelli Giovanni Lavaggi		C1	303	DNF	DNF
1990		Sarel van der Merwe Hideki Okada		C1	279	24th	21st
1994	Kremer Honda Racing	Keiichi Tsuchiya Akira Iida	Honda NSX GT2	GT2	222	18th	9th
1995	Team Kunimitsu	Keiichi Tsuchiya Akira Iida		GT2	275	8th	1st
1996		Keiichi Tsuchiya Akira Iida		GT2	305	16th	3rd

Complete JGTC 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	Rank	Points
1994	Team Kunimitsu	Porsche 911 RSR-T	GT1	FUJ	SEN	FUJ Ret	SUG 1	MIN 2			7th	35
1995	Team Kunimitsu	Porsche 911 RSR-T	GT1	SUZ 14	FUJ 3	SEN 4	FUJ 8	SUG 8	MIN Ret		10th	28
1996	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ Ret	FUJ 8	SEN 12	FUJ 7	SUG 10	MIN 11		17th	8
1997	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ	FUJ Ret	SEN 16	FUJ 11	MIN 2	SUG 2		9th	30
1998	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ 10	FUJ C	SEN 12	FUJ Ret	MOT 7	MIN 1	SUG Ret	10th	25
1999	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ Ret	FUJ 1	SUG 13	MIN 15	FUJ 7	TAI 5	MOT 9	11th	34

Complete British Saloon Car 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	9	10	11	12	DC	Pts	Class
1985	Mitsubishi Colt Racing	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	A	SIL	OUL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	DON	SIL	SNE	BRH	BRH	SIL ovr:9 cls:8	NC	0	NC
Source: [7]

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
1986	STP Ralliart	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	Div.3	NIS 4	SUG 2	TSU 1	SEN Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ 2				?	?
1987	STP Ralliart	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	Div.3	NIS 1	SEN 1	TSU Ret	SUG 18	FUJ 10	SUZ Ret				?	?
1988	STP Ralliart	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	JTC-1	SUZ	NIS 4	SEN 2	TSU Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ 15				?	?
1992	Team Taisan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	JTC-1	AID 4	AUT Ret	SUG 3	SUZ 3	MIN 17	TSU 2	SEN 4	FUJ 17		9th	74
1993	Team Taisan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	JTC-1	MIN Ret	AUT 1	SUG Ret	SUZ 2	AID 5	TSU 4	TOK 6	SEN Ret	FUJ Ret	11th	59

References

1. "Kunimitsu Takahashi Honoured By Japanese Government For Lifelong Sporting Achievements – dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
2. "Kunimitsu Takahashi career statistics at MotoGP.com". Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
3. "Motegi Super GT: Jenson Button holds off late threat for title". Autosport.com . Autosport . Retrieved 2 January 2019.
4. "Japanese racing legend Kunimitsu Takahashi dies aged 82". Motorsport.com. 16 March 2022.
5. "Kunimitsu Takahashi, legendary racing driver and grandfather of drifting, dies at 82". Japanese Nostalgiccar. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
6. "Kunimitsu Takahashi Formula One statistics at formula1.com". Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
7. de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

External links

• Kunimitsu Takahashi on MotoGP.com
• Official Team Site Archived 27 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Kunimitsu Takahashi career summary at DriverDB.com