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Katsuyuki Hiranaka

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Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Nationality Japanese
Born (1981-10-04) 4 October 1981 (age 43)
Sapporo, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2005
Current teamShade Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number20
Former teams
Starts75
Wins4
Poles3
Fastest laps3
Best finish2nd in 2011, 2013, 2014
Previous series
2005-08
2003-04
2002, 04
Formula Nippon
Formula 3 Euro Series
All-Japan Formula 3

Katsuyuki Hiranaka (平中 克幸, Hiranaka Katsuyuki, born 4 October 1981, in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese race car driver.

Career

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Hiranaka (leading) in the first GT300 race at the 2010 JAF Grand Prix

Katsuyuki began karting in 1995 when he was 14, and in 2002 moved to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, as a member of the TOM'S team. In 2002, he achieved one fastest lap and came fifth in one race. Between 2003 and 2004 Katsuyuki raced for Prema Powerteam in the Formula 3 Euro Series. He then returned to Japan and took part in the Super GT & Formula Nippon local series.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2002 Japanese Formula 3 Championship TOM'S 20 0 0 1 7 142 5th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 25th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th
2003 Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 20 0 0 1 0 4 22nd
British Formula 3 International Series 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 29th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 29th
2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship TOM's 2 0 0 0 1 14 14th
Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 20 0 0 0 1 9 15th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 23rd
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 22nd
2005 Formula Nippon Takagi/Cerumo 9 0 0 1 0 2 13th
Super GT - GT300 Toyota Team Cerumo 8 0 0 0 0 7 15th
2006 Formula Nippon NTT DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 8 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Super GT - GT500 Team SARD 9 0 0 0 0 13 23rd
2007 Formula Nippon SG Team 5zigen 9 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Super GT - GT500 Team SARD 9 0 0 1 1 21 15th
2008 Formula Nippon SG Team 5zigen 7 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Super GT - GT500 Nakajima Racing 9 0 0 0 1 43 10th
2009 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 9 1 0 0 3 51 3rd
2010 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 7 0 0 0 0 34 7th
Formula Nippon KCMG 7 0 0 0 0 4 12th
2011 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 0 2 5 83 2nd
2012 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 1 0 1 47 7th
2013 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 2 0 0 3 80 2nd
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 GAINER International 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2014 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 0 0 5 80 2nd
2015 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 0 0 4 52 5th
2016 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 0 0 0 32 9th
2017 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 0 0 2 45 6th
2018 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 2 1 0 48 5th
Super Taikyu - ST-4 Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing 4 0 0 0 2 102.5‡ 2nd‡
2019 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 2 2 0 0 48 3rd
2020 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 0 1 2 43 6th
2021 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 2 1 1 38 7th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing 6 0 0 2 0 42‡ 8th‡
2022 Super GT - GT300 SHADE Racing 8 0 0 0 0 6 27th
GT World Challenge Asia - GT4 TGR Team Koshido Racing 4 1 1 2 4 76 6th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z SHADE Racing 6 2 1 2 4 115.5‡ 2nd‡
2023 Super Taikyu - ST-Z SHADE Racing 7 2 1 1 6 141.5‡ 2nd‡
2024 Super GT - GT300 SHADE Racing
Super Taikyu - ST-Z

* Season still in progress.
† – As Hiranaka was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

‡ Team standings.

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

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

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2002 TOM'S Toyota TSU
1

5
TSU
2

5
SUZ
1

3
SUZ
2

10
FUJ
1

2
FUJ
2

Ret
MIN
1

Ret
MIN
2

5
MOT
1

4
MOT
2

3
SUZ
1

9
SUZ
2

7
SUG
1

3
SUG
2

DNS
SEN
1

Ret
SEN
2

2
TAI
1

4
TAI
2

3
MOT
1

13
MOT
2

3
5th 142
2004 SUZ
1
SUZ
2
TSU
1
TSU
2
OKA
1
OKA
2
MOT
1
MOT
2
SUZ
1
SUZ
2
SUG
1
SUG
2
MIN
1
MIN
2
SEN
1
SEN
2
MIN
1
MIN
2
MOT
1

3
MOT
2

9
14th 14

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2003 Prema Powerteam Dallara F303/007 Spiess-Opel HOC
1

13
HOC
2

Ret
ADR
1

12
ADR
2

12
PAU
1

6
PAU
2

13
NOR
1

14
NOR
2

Ret
LMS
1

22
LMS
2

17
NÜR
1

8
NÜR
2

18
A1R
1

26
A1R
2

16
ZAN
1

10
ZAN
2

10
HOC
1

22
HOC
2

23
MAG
1

20
MAG
2

13
22nd 4
2004 Dallara F304/009 HOC
1

14
HOC
2

13
EST
1

19
EST
2

14
ADR
1

2
ADR
1

16
PAU
1

9
PAU
2

8
NOR
1

9
NOR
1

22
15th 9
Dallara F303/025 MAG
1

Ret
MAG
2

22
NÜR
1

24
NÜR
2

14
ZAN
1

10
ZAN
2

13
BRN
1

13
BRN
2

12
HOC
1

14
HOC
2

17

Complete Super GT results

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(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
2005 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Celica GT300 OKA
11
FUJ
14
SEP
12
SUG
8
MOT
14
FUJ
Ret
AUT
8
SUZ
18
15th 7
2006 Toyota Team SARD Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
11
OKA
13
FUJ
11
SEP
13
SUG
Ret
SUZ
11
MOT
9
AUT
10
FUJ
10
23rd 13
2007 Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
Ret
OKA
12
FUJ
8
SEP
13
SUG
6
SUZ
11
MOT
10
AUT
3
FUJ
13
15th 21
2008 Epson Nakajima Racing Honda NSX GT500 SUZ
10
OKA
5
FUJ
7
SEP
Ret
SUG
Ret
SUZ
11
MOT
5
AUT
2
FUJ
4
10th 43
2009 Gainer Ferrari F430 GT300 OKA
4
SUZ
4
FUJ
Ret
SEP
8
SUG
3
SUZ
5
FUJ
2
AUT
1
MOT
4
3rd 79
2010 Ferrari F430 GT2 GT300 SUZ
Ret
OKA
7
FUJ
6
SEP
4
SUG
5
SUZ
8
FUJ
C
MOT
4
7th 34
2011 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GT300 OKA
2
FUJ
2
SEP
2
SUG
7
SUZ
4
FUJ
22
AUT
2
MOT
3
2nd 83
2012 Audi R8 LMS ultra GT300 OKA
1
FUJ
5
SEP
7
SUG
6
SUZ
5
FUJ
7
AUT
16
MOT
13
7th 47
2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
1
FUJ
6
SEP
3
SUG
13
SUZ
6
FUJ
7
AUT
4
MOT
1
2nd 80
2014 GT300 OKA
3
FUJ
2
AUT
3
SUG
Ret
FUJ
2
SUZ
10
CHA
8
MOT
1
2nd 78
2015 GT300 OKA
12
FUJ
3
CHA
4
FUJ
3
SUZ
11
SUG
3
AUT
Ret
MOT
3
5th 52
2016 Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
4
FUJ
Ret
SUG
4
FUJ
7
SUZ
Ret
CHA
9
MOT
4
MOT
10
9th 32
2017 GT300 OKA
18
FUJ
2
AUT
22
SUG
1
FUJ
17
SUZ
9
CHA
8
MOT
7
6th 45
2018 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
5
FUJ
3
SUZ
16
CHA
1
FUJ
22
SUG
19
AUT
6
MOT
5
5th 48
2019 GT300 OKA
21
FUJ
1
SUZ
9
CHA
8
FUJ
9
AUT
15
SUG
22
MOT
1
3rd 48
2020 GT300 FUJ
2
FUJ
21
SUZ
1
MOT
6
FUJ
10
SUZ
15
MOT
9
FUJ
18
6th 43
2021 GT300 OKA
4
FUJ
16
SUZ
26
MOT
2
SUG
10
AUT
5
MOT
8
FUJ
8
7th 38
2022 SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 GT300 OKA
14
FUJ
20
SUZ
DNS
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
7
SUG
23
AUT
9
MOT
21
27th 6
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