Seiji Ara

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Seiji Ara
Seiji Ara 2010 Motorsport Japan.jpg
Ara in 2010.
NationalityJapanese
Born (1974-05-05) May 5, 1974 (age 50)
Chiba (Japan)
FIA GT1 World Championship career
Debut season 2010
Current team Swiss Racing Team
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number4
Starts20
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish42nd in 2010
Previous series
2009
2004
2001–02, 06–08
2000–09
1998-00
1996
WTCC
Le Mans Series
Formula Nippon
Super GT
Japanese F3
Barber Pro Series
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 20012005, 2009, 2012
Teams Viper Team Oreca, Audi Sport Japan Team Goh, Jim Gainer International, NAVI Team Goh
Best finish1st (2004)
Class wins1

Seiji Ara (荒 聖治; Ara Seiji) (born May 5, 1974 in Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese race car driver.

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He was the winner of the 24-hour Le Mans race in 2004, driving an Audi R8. [1] In the same year he also raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series and Japanese GT Championship.

In earlier years he had competed in Formula Nippon (2001–2002), Japanese Formula 3 (1997–2000) and the Barber Dodge Pro Series (1995).

He made his World Touring Car Championship debut with Wiechers-Sport at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2001 Flag of France.svg Viper Team Oreca Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kondo
Flag of Portugal.svg Ni Amorim
Chrysler LMP LMP900243DNFDNF
2002 Flag of Japan.svg Audi Sport Japan Team Goh Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas
Audi R8 LMP9003587th6th
2003 Flag of Japan.svg Audi Sport Japan Team Goh Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner
Audi R8 LMP9003704th2nd
2004 Flag of Japan.svg Audi Sport Japan Team Goh Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Flag of Denmark.svg Tom Kristensen
Audi R8 LMP9003791st1st
2005 Flag of Japan.svg Jim Gainer International Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi
Dome S101Hb-Mugen LMP1193DNFDNF
2009 Flag of Japan.svg Navi Team Goh Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Kunimoto
Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder EvoLMP2339DNFDNF
2012 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Team Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Dome S102.5-Judd LMP1203NCNC

Complete GT1 World Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2010 Swiss Racing Team Nissan ABU
QR

12
ABU
CR

Ret
SIL
QR

14
SIL
CR

9
BRN
QR

15
BRN
CR

14
PRI
QR

12
PRI
CR

Ret
SPA
QR

17
SPA
CR

16
NÜR
QR

17
NÜR
CR

21
ALG
QR

11
ALG
CR

18
NAV
QR

13
NAV
CR

Ret
INT
QR

13
INT
CR

16
SAN
QR

Ret
SAN
CR

13
42nd2

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPts
2000 TOM'S Toyota Supra GT500 MOT
9
FUJ
Ret
SUG
8
FUJ
14
TAI
12
MIN
9
SUZ
12
21st7
2001 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
9
FUJ
11
SUG
11
FUJ
DNQ
MOT
7
SUZ
7
MIN
10
19th11
2002 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
6
FUJ SUG
11
SEP
Ret
FUJ
3
MOT
9
MIN
5
SUZ
7
16th32
2003 Tsuchiya Racing Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
10
FUJ SUG
4
FUJ
14
FUJ
17
MOT
3
AUT
12
SUZ
Ret
13th26
2004 Team Cerumo Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
5
SUG
1
SEP
7
TOK
14
MOT
10
AUT
11
SUZ
4
5th45
2005 Kraft Toyota Supra GT500 OKA
Ret
FUJ
7
SEP
12
SUG
14
MOT
11
FUJ
16
AUT
12
SUZ
16
19th4
2006 Kondo Racing Nissan Z GT500 SUZ OKA FUJ SEP SUG
10
SUZ
5
MOT
6
AUT
14
FUJ
3
16th28
2007 Kondo Racing Nissan Z GT500 SUZ
Ret
OKA
15
FUJ
Ret
SEP
1
SUG
10
SUZ
10
MOT
5
AUT
Ret
FUJ
5
10th34
2008 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 SUZ
5
OKA
8
FUJ
11
SEP
1
SUG
8
SUZ
7
MOT
14
AUT
16
FUJ
15
14th34
2009 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
1
SUZ
8
FUJ
4
SEP
5
SUG
13
SUZ
11
FUJ
13
AUT
3
MOT
11
8th48
2011 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
15
FUJ
3
SEP
11
SUG
8
SUZ
11
FUJ
13
AUT
7
MOT
11
13th18
2012 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
12
FUJ
13
SEP
9
SUG
Ret
SUZ
6
FUJ
3
AUT
3
MOT
5
9th36
2013 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
14
FUJ
11
SEP
15
SUG
9
SUZ
6
FUJ
Ret
AUT
13
MOT
10
14th9
2014 BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie BMW Z4 GT3 GT300 OKA
2
FUJ
4
AUT
15
SUG
8
SUZ
7
FUJ
3
BUR
2
MOT
7
3rd62
2015 BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie BMW Z4 GT3 GT300 OKA
Ret
FUJ
6
CHA
3
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
2
SUG
19
AUT
3
MOT
9
7th47
2016 BMW Team Studie BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA
3
FUJ
24
SUG
10
FUJ
20
SUZ
DNS
CHA
6
MOT
15
MOT
12
15th17
2017 BMW Team Studie BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA
13
FUJ
7
AUT
4
SUG
16
SUZ
6
FUJ
11
BUR
10
MOT
13
15th18
2019 McLaren Customer Racing Japan McLaren 720S GT3 GT300 OKA
19
FUJ
14
SUZ
13
CHA
FUJ
Ret
AUT
2
SUG
12
MOT
7
15th20
2020 BMW Team Studie × CSL BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA
15
FUJ
22
SUZ
21
CHA
Ret
SEP
9
SUG
8
AUT
18
MOT
19
26th5
2021 BMW Team Studie × CSL BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA

17

FUJ
20
SUZ
25
MOT
25
SUG
11
AUT
13
MOT
15
FUJ
Ret
NC0
2022 BMW Team Studie × CSL BMW M4 GT3 GT300 OKA
24
FSW
Ret
SUZ
1
FSW
21
SUZ
12
SUG
5
AUT
12
TRM
9
11th29
2023 BMW M Team Studie x CRS BMW M4 GT3 GT300 OKA
6
FUJ
13
SUZ
1
FUJ
2
SUZ
16
SUG
13
AUT
8
MOT
12
6th43
2024 BMW M Team Studie x CRS BMW M4 GT3 GT300 OKA
3
FUJ
11
SUZ
7
FUJ
7
SUG
4
AUT
4
MOT
52
SUZ
13
5th43

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Nippon results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
2001 Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo SUZ
3
MOT
Ret
MIN
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
9
SUG
10
FUJ
8
MIN
Ret
MOT
12
SUZ
Ret
12th4
2002 Olympic Kondo Racing Team SUZ
8
FUJ
4
MIN
9
SUZ
10
MOT
Ret
SUG
Ret
FUJ
Ret
MIN
9
MOT
11
SUZ
10
11th3
2006 Kondo Racing Team FUJ SUZ MOT SUZ
10
AUT
10
FUJ
18
SUG
13
MOT
Ret
SUZ
Ret
NC0
2007 TOM'S FUJ
11
SUZ
Ret
MOT
15
OKA
7
SUZ
10
FUJ
4
SUG
Ret
MOT
13
SUZ
5
11th11
2008 TOM'S FUJ
Ret
SUZ
11
MOT
10
OKA
10
SUZ1
13
SUZ2
11
MOT1
7
MOT2
1
FUJ1
10
FUJ2
10
SUG
16
15th9

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

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

YearTeamengine12345678910DCPts
1998Team G.R.P Toyota SUZ TSU MIN FUJ MOT SUZ SUG
7
TAI
9
SEN
10
SUG
Ret
NC0
1999 TOM'S Toyota SUZ
1
TSU
Ret
FUJ
3
MIN
Ret
FUJ
3
SUZ
8
SUG
Ret
TAI
10
MOT
4
SUZ 6th20
2000 Toda Racing Mugen SUZ
Ret
TSU
2
FUJ
4
MIN
5
TAI
2
SUZ
4
SUG
3
MOT
9
SEN
3
SUZ
3
3rd30

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2004 with:
Tom Kristensen
Rinaldo Capello
Succeeded by