Tetsuya Tanaka (racing driver)

Tetsuya Tanaka (田中哲也, Tanaka Tetsuya, born 16 December 1965) is a Japanese racing driver. Since 1996 he has competed in the Japanese Grand Touring Championship for a variety of teams, and has won the Tokachi 24 Hours five times.

Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

(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	DC	Pts
1989	Megane Super Ralt	Toyota	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	SEN	TSU	SUG	TSU	SUZ DNQ		SUZ 21		NC	0
	Giza House Racing	Mugen									NIS DNQ
1990	Kawai Steel Le Garage	VW	SUZ 16	FUJ Ret	SUZ DNQ	TSU DNQ	SEN 21	SUG DNQ	TSU 18	SUZ DNQ	NIS 25	SUZ DNQ		NC	0
1991	Alexel Shimizu Torii Racing	Toyota	SUZ 4	FUJ C	FUJ 3	SUZ Ret	TSU 5	SEN 1	MIN 4	TSU 7	SUG 9	SUZ 8	SUZ 5	3rd	23
1992	Sekisui Two You Home with TOM'S	Toyota	SUZ 10	TSU Ret	FUJ	SUZ 17	SEN 6	TAI 4	MIN 2	SUG 11	SUZ 5	SUZ 10		7th	12
1993	Br Sports	Toyota	SUZ 3	TSU 6	FUJ 6	SUZ Ret	SEN DNS	TAI 10	MIN DNS	SUG 7	SUZ 9	SUZ 6		8th	7
1994	PIAA Nakajima Racing	Mugen	SUZ	FUJ 8	TSU	SUZ 11	SEN 10	TOK 8	MIN	TAI	SUG 11	SUZ 18		NC	0

Complete Formula Nippon results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
1996	Nihon Lead Yamada	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	TOK	SUZ	SUG Ret	FUJ	MIN	SUZ 13	FUJ	NC	0
1997	Be Brides ARP Asuka	SUZ Ret	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG Ret	FUJ 11	MIN 14	MOT Ret	FUJ 13	SUZ 6	16th	1
1998	Be Brides Racing	SUZ Ret	MIN Ret	FUJ 7	MOT Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG 11	FUJ C	MIN Ret	FUJ 6	SUZ 16	17th	1
1999	Team 5ZIGEN	SUZ Ret	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ 4	SUG Ret	FUJ 11	MIN Ret	MOT 14	SUZ Ret	14th	3

Complete 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
1996	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ 3	FUJ 6	SEN 2	FUJ 14	SUG 6	MIN 5				5th	47
1997	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ 4	FUJ 2	SEN 9	FUJ 6	MIN 7	SUG Ret				7th	37
1998	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ 5	FUJ C	SEN Ret	FUJ 2	MOT 8	MIN 8	SUG 5			5th	37
1999	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ 6	FUJ 7	SUG 7	MIN 4	FUJ 11	TAI 12	MOT 8			17th	27
2000	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	MOT 5	FUJ 9	SUG Ret	FUJ 11	TAI 15	MIN 11	SUZ 8			16th	13
2001	NISMO	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	TAI 4	FUJ 3	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	MOT 10	SUZ 8	MIN 6			5th	52
2002	Impul	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	TAI 14	FUJ Ret	SUG 8	SEP 14	FUJ Ret	MOT 11	MIN 13	SUZ 17		23rd	7
2003	Team Gainer	Ferrari 360	GT300	TAI 13	FUJ 4	SUG Ret	FUJ 2	FUJ 20	MOT Ret	AUT 2	SUZ 12		8th	46
2004	Team Gainer	Ferrari 360	GT300	TAI 1	SUG 8	SEP 5	TOK 4	MOT 3	AUT 8	SUZ 3			3rd	64
2005	Jim Gainer	Ferrari 360	GT300	OKA 6	FUJ 4	SEP 4	SUG Ret	MOT 9	FUJ 2	AUT 5	SUZ 1		4th	66
2006	Jim Gainer	Ferrari 360	GT300	SUZ Ret	OKA 2	FUJ 19	SEP 17	SUG 16	SUZ 9	MOT 1	AUT 19	FUJ 16	8th	51
2007	Team Nova	Vemac RD350R	GT300	SUZ 10	OKA 22	FUJ 10	SEP 2	SUG	SUZ 6	MOT 10	AUT Ret	FUJ 8	13th	27
2008	Jim Gainer	Ferrari F430	GT300	SUZ 12	OKA 20	FUJ 12	SEP 17	SUG 12	SUZ 7	MOT 24	AUT 8	FUJ 12	24th	14
2009	Jim Gainer	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT300	OKA 4	SUZ 4	FUJ Ret	SEP 8	SUG 3	SUZ 5	FUJ 2	AUT 1	MOT 4	3rd	79
2010	Jim Gainer	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT300	SUZ Ret	OKA 7	FUJ 6	SEP 4	SUG 5	SUZ 8	FUJ C	MOT 4		7th	34
2011	Gainer	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GT300	OKA 2	FUJ 2	SEP 2	SUG 7	SUZ 4	FUJ 22	AUT 2	MOT 3		2nd	83
2012	Gainer	Audi R8 LMS ultra	GT300	OKA 1	FUJ 5	SEP 7	SUG 6	SUZ 5	FUJ 7	AUT 16	MOT 13		7th	47
2013	Gainer	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	GT300	OKA 14	FUJ 10	SEP 7	SUG 10	SUZ 13	FUJ 6	FUJ	AUT 20	MOT 12	20th	11
2014	Green Tec Racing	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	AUT	SUG 20	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	MOT		NC	0

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)