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柳田 真孝

Masataka
Yanagida

Date of Birth
1979/6/4
Height
174cm
Weight
63kg
Blood type
AB+
Nationality
Japanese
Home town
Tokyo, Japan
Residence
Tokyo
FIA Driver License
International A
FIA Driver Categorisation
Gold
Age 13, begins kart racing; 1996, ALL-JAPAN Karting Championship competitor-FR Class. 1997, ELF Corp. scholarship recipient, relocates to France and competes in 4-wheel Formula racing for first time. Enters 1998 Formula Renault Series. 1999, returns to Japan after two years in France and competes in Formula Dream. Following two consecutive seasonal rankings at second position overall he is scouted by Masahiro Hasemi,,enters 2001 GT300 class with the HASEMI MOTOR SPORT TEAM, same year debuts in JAPANESE FOMULA3 CHAMPIONSHIP with renowned Toda Racing team. 2003, Wins inaugural AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN CHAMPIONSHIP GT300 class series. In 2005 promoted to GT500 class with NISMO (Nissan Works Team). 2006 competes in Formula NIPPON with KONDO RACING. 2009, competes in and triumphs to become seasonal champion of Super Taikyu Series ST1class. 2003, Wins inaugural AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN CHAMPIONSHIP GT300 class series. In 2005 promoted to GT500 class with NISMO (Nissan Works Team). 2006 competes in Formula NIPPON with KONDO RACING. 2009, champion of Super Endurance ST1class 2011, transfers to MOLA Team (Sroad MOLA GT-R) again competing in GT500 class; achieves long-held wish of victory at that level in Rd.4 race at SUGO. History breaking achievement, becoming first ever driver to win GT300 Class and GT500 Class series, achieving feat in successive years. 2012, another milestone, again wins the GT500 class series becoming the first triumvirate of driver-partner-team to do so in successive years. 2016, makes comeback with Masahiko Kondo led KONDO RACING joining GT500 class series and earning most victories for the season with two races. Present, racing domestically and internationally in SUPER GT. Actively involved in multi-media and social media supported platforms and promotional events to promote motor sports to a wider audience.

CHAMPION HISTORY

2003
AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN CHAMPIONSHIP（JGTC） / GT300 Class/ Series Champion
2009
Super Taikyu Series / ST1 Class Series Champion
2010
AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES / GT300 Class / Series Champion Super Taikyu Series / ST1 Class Series Champion
2011
AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES / GT500 Class / Series Champion
2012
AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES / GT500 Class / Series Champion
WINNING THE TITLE HISTORY

2023

AUTOBACS SUPER GT[GT300 Class]▲

BMW M Team Studie × CRS

No.7 Studie BMW M4

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
2 FUJI 5/3-5/4 91 1'38.290 2Laps 15 21 13
3 SUZUKA 6/3-6/4 55 2'01.391 1:59'31.713 15 16 1
4 FUJI 8/5-8/6 93 1'39.863 7.904 75 16 2

2022

AUTOBACS SUPER GT[GT300 Class]▲

BUSOU Drago CORSE

No.34 BUSOU raffinee GT-R

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
1 OKAYAMA 4/16-4/17 76 1'28.718 1Lap - 18 11
2 FUJI 5/3-5/4 58 1'37.451 1.555 - 4 2
3 SUZUKA 5/28-5/29 48 2'01.917 1LAP 23kg 21 6

2021

AUTOBACS SUPER GT[GT300 Class]▲

Arnage Racing

No.50 Arnage AMG GT3

SerieseRanking:25th

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
1 OKAYAMA 4/10-4/11 76 1'29.437 1Lap - 26 18
2 FUJI 5/3-5/4 101 1'38.768 2Laps - 23 21
3 SUZUKA 8/21-8/22 48 2'02.957 1Lap - 25 19
4 MOTEGI 7/17-7/18 57 1'52.021 1Lap - 26 22
5 SPORTSLAND SUGO 9/11-9/12 76 1'22.047 2Laps - - 24
6 AUTOPOLIS 10/23-10/24 61 1'46.697 2:06'40.793 - 20 14
7 MOTEGI 11/6-11/7 58 1'50.498 1Lap - 26 21
8 FUJI 11/27-11/28 0 - - - 25 DNS

2020

AUTOBACS SUPER GT[GT300 Class]▲

Cars Tokai Dream28

No.2 Syntium Apple Lotus

SerieseRanking:10th

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
1 FUJI 7/19-7/20 61 1:38.251 1Lap - 3 12
2 FUJI 8/8-8/9 61 1:38.432 1:42'56.201 - 3 1
3 SUZUKA 8/22-8/23 50 2:01.759 15.952 60kg 11 3
4 MOTEGI 9/12-9/13 59 1:50.686 32.046 93kg - 13
5 FUJI 10/3-10/4 60 1:39.766 2Laps 93kg 8 27
6 SUZUKA 10/24-10/25 49 2:01.647 1:06.983 93kg 23 11
7 MOTEGI 11/8-11/9 58 1:50.259 2Laps 47kg 17 24
8 FUJI 11/28-11/29 58 1:38.500 3Laps - 8 23

PIRELLI Super Taikyu Series[ST-Z Class]▲

KTM Cars Japan

No.2 K's Frontier SYNTIUM KTM

Rd.1 NAPAC FUJI SUPER TEC 24Hours RACE Spot Entry

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
4 TWIN RING MOTEGI 11/21- 11/22 140 2:03.913 1Lap 40kg 2 3
1 FUJI 9/4- 9/6 476 1:51.083 34Laps - 5 DNF

24H SERIES [GT-4 Class]▲

ATLAS BX MOTORSPORTS

No.403 Mercedes-AMG GT4

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
DUBAI DUBAI AUTODROME 1/12 153 2:12.193 - - 11 1

2019

PIRELLI Super Taikyu Series[ST-TCR Class]▲

Audi driving experience Japan

No.33 Audi RS3 LMS

Rd.4 Motegi 5Hours Race Spot Entry

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
5 TWIN RING MOTEGI 9/14- 9/15 121 2:06.043 1Lap 40kg 3 3

CJ LOGISTICS SUPERRACE CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 [ASA 6000Class]▲

ATLAS BX RACING TEAM

No.8 CADILLAC 6000 Stock Car One Make

SerieseRanking:6th

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
1 Everland Speedway Circuit 4/28 21 1:56.736 3.073 - 6 3
2 Everland Speedway Circuit 5/26 21 1:56.542 9.620 20kg 3 2
3 Korea International Circuit 6/15- 6/16 18 2:15.095 19.844 60kg 11 5
4 Inje Speedium Circuit 7/5- 7/6 24 1:38.628 16.723 50kg 8 6
5 Korea International Circuit 8/3- 8/4 18 2:14.940 8Laps 30kg 11 DNF
6 Inje Speedium Circuit 8/31- 9/1 24 1:37.125 8.376 - 3 4
7 Korea International Circuit 9/28- 9/29 32 - - - 4 DNF
8 Everland Speedway Circuit 10/26 21 1:55.429 31.991 - 7 9
9 Everland Speedway Circuit 10/27 21 1:56.172 11.147 - 9 6

2019-2020 ASIAN LE MANS SERIES [LMP2 Class]▲

Eurasia MotorSport

No.1 Eurasia MotorSport / Liger JSP 217 / Gibson GK428-V8 4.2L

Rd.1&Rd.3 Spot Entry

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
1 SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT 11/24 21 1:57.758 84Laps - 6 DNF
3 SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT 2/14 19 2:13.141 93Laps - 1 DNF

Inter Proto Series [Pro Class]▲

Lalapalooza

No.16 Lalapalooza Inter Proto （2019 kuruma / V6 3,950cc）

Rd.1-Rd.2 Spot Entry

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
1 FUJI 5/12 9 1:46.892 10.841 - DNS 8
2 FUJI 5/12 9 1:47.036 8.207 - 8 7

2018

CJ LOGISTICS SUPERRACE CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 [CADILLAC 6000Class]▲

ATLAS BX RACING TEAM

No.8 CADILLAC 6000 Stock Car One Make

SerieseRanking:2nd

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
1 Everland Speedway 4/21- 4/22 21 - - - 10 8
2 Korea International Circuit 5/5- 5/6 18 - - - 3 2
3 Korea International Circuit 6/2- 6/3 18 - - 40kg 4 15
4 Everland Speedway 7/21- 7/22 21 1:58.944 1.079 - 2 2
5 Inje Speedium Circuit 8/10- 8/11 24 - 41.603 40kg 14 10
6 Korea International Circuit 9/8- 9/9 32 - - - 2 1
7 Inje Speedium Circuit 10/6- 10/7 24 - 20.228 80kg 7 9
8 Everland Speedway 10/27 21 1:57.852 2.220 30kg 6 3
9 Everland Speedway 10/28 21 2:09.887 19.309 50kg 7 2

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES[GT300 Class]▲

TOMEI SPORTS

No.360 RUNUP RIVAUX GT-R（NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT）

Rd.5 Spot Entry

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
5 FUJI 8/4- 8/5 161 1'40.405 3Laps - 19 12

PIRELLI Super Taikyu Series [ST-TCR Class]▲

Audi driving experience Japan

No.33 Audi RS3 LMS

Rd.5 Motegi 5Hours Race Spot Entry

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
5 TWIN RING MOTEGI 9/22- 9/23 121 2:05.301 18Laps 40kg 6 7

2017

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT300 Class]▲

Audi Team Hitotsuyama

No.21 Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS（Audi R8 LMS / DAR）

SerieseRanking:20th

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
1 OKAYAMA 4/8 - 4/9 76 1'28.066 1Lap - 12th 14th
2 FUJI 5/3 - 5/4 101 1'39.154 1Lap - 13th 14th
3 AUTOPOLIS 5/20 - 5/21 60 1'47.385 1Lap - 19th 13th
4 SPORTSLAND SUGO 7/22 - 7/23 71 1'20.772 6Laps - 13th 20th
5 FUJI 8/5 - 8/6 61 1'40.663 1Lap - 15th 10th
6 SUZUKA 8/26- 8/27 72 2'03.345 86Laps 2 13th DNF
7 CHANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT 10/7- 10/8 45 1'35.320 16Laps 1 1st DNF
8 TWIN RING MOTEGI 11/11- 11/12 49 1'49.906 38.351 - - 8

CJ LOGISTICS SUPERRACE CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 [CADILLAC 6000Class]▲

ATLAS BX RACING TEAM

No.8 CADILLAC 6000 Stock Car One Make

SerieseRanking:3th

2016

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

KONDO RACING

No.24 Forum Engineering ADVAN GT-R（NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT500 / NR20A）

SerieseRanking:7th

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
1 OKAYAMA 4/4 - 4/5 80 1'22.184 2Laps - 10th 13th
2 FUJI 5/2 - 5/3 109 1'30.470 1Lap - 7th 9th
4 SUGO 7/23 - 7/24 74 1'14.678 1:42'08.887 4 9th 1st
5 FUJI 8/6 - 8/7 11 1'32.273 55Laps 44 6th DNF
6 SUZUKA 8/27 - 8/28 169 1'50.924 4Laps 44 7th 12th
7 Buriram 10/8 - 10/9 64 1'26.255 2Laps 44 13th 13th
3 MOTEGI 11/11 - 11/12 53 1'40.415 1:40'10.155 44 2nd 1st
8 MOTEGI 11/11 - 11/13 53 1'41.741 36.738 - 12th 10th

Super Taikyu Series [ST-X Class]▲

ENDLESS SPORT

No.3 ENDRESS ADVAN GT-R （NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT）

Rd.1& Rd.4 Spot Entry

Inter Proto Series [Pro Class]▲

B-MAX RACING TEAM

No.50 B-MAX Inter Proto （2016 kuruma / V6 3,950cc）

Rd.3-Rd.4 & Rd.5-Rd.6 Spot Entry

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
5 FUJI 9/17 - 9/18 6 2'01.753 5.808 - 5th 3rd
6 FUJI 9/17 - 9/18 9 2'03.152 8.553 - 3rd 4th
3 FUJI 6/25 - 6/26 8 1'48.104 37.095 - 7th 7th
4 FUJI 6/25 - 6/26 10 1'48.205 8.200 - 7th 4th

2015

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

MOLA

No.46 Sroad MOLA GT-R（NISSAN GT-R / NR20A）

SerieseRanking:6th

Super Taikyu Series [ST-X Class]▲

GT NET

No.1 GT NET ADVAN C-WEST GT-R （NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 VR38DETT）

Rd.1 Spot Entry

2015-2016 ASIAN LE MANS SERIES [LMP3 Class]▲

AAI（Republic of China）

No.89 ADESS-03 / NISSAN VK50 5.0L V8

SerieseRanking:3rd

2014

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

MOLA

No.46 Sroad MOLA GT-R（NISSAN GT-R / NR20A）

SerieseRanking:11th

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
3 AUTOPOLIS 5/31-6/1 65 1'37.466 5.788 2 2nd 2nd

BLANCPAIN ENDURANCE SERIES Rd.4 SPA 24h RACE [Pro-Am Class]▲

NISSAN GT Academy Team RJN

No.35 NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT

Spot Entry / Result:38th（ClassPosition:19）

2013

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

NISMO

No.23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R（NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B）

SerieseRanking:6th

2012

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

MOLA

No.1 Sroad REITO MOLA GT-R（NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B）

Series Champion

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
4 SUGO 7/28 - 7/29 81 1'17.464 13.051 14 6th 3rd
5 SUZUKA 8/18 - 8/19 173 1'54.795 5:59'01.662 36 1st 1st
6 FUJI 9/8 - 9/9 74 1'35.768 21.025 86 2nd 2nd
7 AUTOPOLIS 9/29 - 9/30 65 1'46.968 2:09'45.269 58 10th 1st
8 MOTEGI 10/27 - 10/28 53 1'52.380 0.138 - 7th 2nd

MMER SEPANG 12H RACE [GT Class]▲

PETRONAS SYNTIUM TEAM

Mercedes SLS GT3

Position 1（Overall Victory）

2011

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

MOLA

No.46 Sroad MOLA GT-R（NISSAN GT-R R35 / VRH34A →VRH34B）

Series Champion

                   
Rd Place Date Laps Best TimeTime/Diff. WH Po(QF) Po(Race)
3 MALAYSIA 6/18 - 6/19 46 - 0'14.198 12 2nd 2nd
4 SUGO 7/30 - 7/31 68 1'17.420 1:33'14.162 42 1st 1st
5 SUZUKA 8/20 - 8/21 86 1'59.523 0'06.341 82 1st 2nd
7 AUTOPOLIS 10/1 - 10/2 54 - 0'08.965 60 2nd 2nd
8 MOTEGI 10/15 - 10/16 53 1'46.000 0'01.803 - 1st 2nd

MMER SEPANG 12H RACE [GT Class]▲

PETRONAS SYNTIUM TEAM

Mercedes SLS GT3

Position 1（Overall Victory）

2010

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT300 Class]▲

HASEMI MOTOR SPORT

No.3 HASEMI SPORT TOMICA Z （NISSAN FAIRLADY Z Z33 / VQ35DE ）

Series Champion

Super Taikyu Series [ST1 Class]▲

PETRONAS SYNTIUM

No.1 PETRONAS SYNTIUM BMW Z4M COUPE

Series Champion

FIA WTCC Race of Japan [I Class]▲

Wiechers-Sport

No.46 BMW320si

Spot Entry / Result: Race19:8th Race20:4th (Class Position)

DUBAI 24H RACE [A5 Class]▲

PETRONAS SYNTIUM

PETRONAS SYNTIUM BMW Z4M COUPE

Result:2nd（Class Position 1st）

2009

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT300 Class]▲

TEAM NISHIZAWA MOLA

No.46 Sroad MOLA Z （NISSAN FAIRLADY Z Z33 / VQ35DE ）

SerieseRanking:7th

Super Taikyu Series [ST1 Class]▲

PETRONAS SYNTIUM

No.1 PETRONAS SYNTIUM BMW Z4M COUPE

Series Champion

2008

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

NISMO

No.23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R （NISSAN GT-R / VK45DE）

SerieseRanking:7th

Super Taikyu Series [ST1 Class]▲

PETRONAS SYNTIUM

No.50 PETRONAS SYNTIUM BMW Z4M COUPE

SerieseRanking:2nd

15th TOKACHI 24h RACE [ST1 Class]▲

PETRONAS SYNTIUM

No.50 PETRONAS SYNTIUM BMW Z4M COUPE

Position 1（Overall Victory）

2007

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

HASEMI MOTOR SPORT

No.3 YellowHAT YMS Moba HO！TOMICA Z （NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33 / VQ30DETT）

SerieseRanking:12th

JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP Fomula NIPPON▲

KONDO RACING

No.3 CARCHS KONDO RACING （Lola B 06/51 / TOYOTA RV8J）

No Point

SuperTaikyu Series [ST1 Class]▲

PETRONAS SYNTIUM

No.50 PETRONAS SYNTIUM BMW Z4M COUPE

SerieseRanking:5th

2006

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

KONDO RACING

No.24 WOODONE ADVAN KONDO Z （NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33 / VQ30DETT）

SerieseRanking:13th

JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP Fomula NIPPON▲

KONDO RACING

No.3 CARCHS KONDO RACING （Lola B 06/51 / TOYOTA RV8J）

SerieseRanking:14th

13th TOKACHI 24h RACE [ST3 Class]▲

C-WEST LABS

No.23 C-WEST ADVAN Z （NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33）

Result:Position11（ClassPosotion:3）

2005

AUTOBACS SUPER GT SERIES [GT500 Class]▲

NISMO

No.22 MOTUL PITWORK Z （NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33 / VQ30DETT）

SerieseRanking:5th

12th TOKACHI 24h RACE [ST3 Class]▲

C-WEST LABS

No.48 FIELDS T&G ADVAN Z（ NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33）

Result:Position6（ClassPosition:2）

2004

AUTOBACS JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP（JGTC） [GT300 Class]▲

TEAM DAISHIN

No.81 C-WEST DAISHIN ADVAN Z（ NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33 / VQ35DE）

SerieseRanking:6th

JAPANESE FORMULA3 CHAMPIONSHIP▲

ThreeBond Racing

No.14 ThreeBond（ DallaraF302 / NISSAN SR20VE）

SerieseRanking:10th

Super Taikyu Series [Class 3]▲

RS Nakaharu

No.245 mobilecast ADVAN Z（ NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33）

Rd.1&Rd.5 Spot Entry

Super Taikyu Series [Class 3]▲

C-WEST LABS

No.23 C-WEST ORC ADVAN Z（ NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33）

Rd.2 Spot Entry

The 33rd International Pokka 1000km [S-E Class]▲

MOLA

No.230 MOTUL ADVAN Z（ NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33）

Result:nc

2003

AUTOBACS JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP（JGTC） [GT300 Class]▲

HASEMI MOTOR SPORT

No.3 HASEMI MOTOR SPORT ENDRESS Z（ NISSAN FAIRLADYZ Z33 / VQ35DE）

Series Champion

JAPANESE FORMULA3 CHAMPIONSHIP▲

ThreeBond Racing

No.14 ThreeBond（ DallaraF302 / NISSAN SR20VE）

-Rd.3&Rd.4 Spot Entry

2002

AUTOBACS JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP（JGTC） [GT300 Class]▲

HASEMI MOTOR SPORT

3 UNISIA JECS SILVIA（NISSAN SILVIA S15 / SR20DET）

SerieseRanking:3rd

2001

AUTOBACS CUP ALL JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP（JGTC）[GT300 Class]▲

HASEMI MOTOR SPORT

No.3 UNISIA JECS SILVIA（NISSAN SILVIA S15 / SR20DET）

SerieseRanking:4th

JAPANESE FORMULA3 CHAMPIONSHIP▲

TODA RACING

No.2 TODA MUGEN HONDA FIGHTEX（DallaraF300 / MUGEN MF204B））

SerieseRanking:8th