is a Japanese race car driver. Hirate has won the Super GT series twice.

Career Hirate began karting in 1999 when he was 13. After winning the All Japan Junior Kart Championship, coming third and fifth in the All Japan Kart Championship and coming third in the FIA Oceania Championship, he moved on to Formula Toyota, where he raced for the Tom's Spirit team and came second with four wins to his name.

In 2003, Hirate moved to Formula Renault, at the Prema Power team. In his two-year spell here, he won seven races and came second in the 2004 season. In 2004, he also raced for Prema Power's Formula Three Euroseries team twice, and in 2005 made the decision to race here. After coming twelfth for Team Rosberg, he was made a Toyota F1 test driver in 2006 and came third in the Formula Three Euroseries. In 2007, he continued as a Toyota test driver and also drove for GP2 team Trident Racing.

Hirate returned to Japan in 2008, where he competed in both Formula Nippon and Super GT. He finished fourth in the 2008 Formula Nippon season and fifth in 2009, both times driving for Team Impul.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2002 Formula Toyota TOM'S Spirit ? 4 2 ? ? ? 2nd 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Prema Powerteam 12 1 0 1 2 113 8th Formula Renault 2000 Masters 8 0 0 0 0 8 21st Formula Renault 2000 Germany Franken Racing 4 0 0 0 0 33 24th Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands ? ? ? ? ? ? 15 21st 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 4 0 0 0 0 0 28th Bahrain Superprix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th Formula Renault 2000 Italia 15 6 6 2 10 266 2nd Formula Renault 2000 Germany 2 0 0 0 0 25 25th Asian Formula Renault Challenge Asia Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2005 Formula 3 Euro Series Team Rosberg 20 0 0 0 1 18 11th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2006 Formula 3 Euro Series Manor Motorsport 20 1 0 2 5 61 3rd Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 27th Formula One Panasonic Toyota Racing Test driver 2007 GP2 Series Trident Racing 21 0 0 0 1 9 19th Formula One Panasonic Toyota Racing Test driver 2008 Formula Nippon Team Impul 8 1 0 0 3 42 4th Super GT - GT300 apr 7 1 1 0 1 33 15th 2009 Formula Nippon Team Impul 8 0 1 0 2 32 5th Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD 9 0 0 0 1 27 14th 2010 Formula Nippon Team Impul 8 1 0 2 2 25.5 5th Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD 8 0 0 0 0 12 12th 2011 Formula Nippon Team Impul 8 0 0 1 1 15 8th Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team Cerumo 8 1 0 0 2 47 6th 2012 Formula Nippon Project μ/cerumo・INGING 8 0 0 1 0 8 9th Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team Cerumo 8 2 0 0 3 74 2nd 2013 Super Formula P.mu/cerumo・INGING 7 0 0 0 1 11 9th Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team Cerumo 8 1 0 0 4 69 1st 2014 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team Cerumo 8 1 0 0 2 43 8th2015 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD800102313th2016 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD8112482 1st2017 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD81002448th2018 Super GT - GT300 apr8000461 3rd Suzuka 10 Hours ARN Racing10000N/A16th2019 Super GT - GT500 NDDP Racing with B-Max71001366th2020 Super GT - GT500 NDDP Racing with B-Max800002913th2021 Super GT - GT500 NDDP Racing with B-Max800013910th2022 Super GT - GT500 Kondo Racing7000230.59th Super Taikyu - ST-Q NISMO2023 Super GT - GT500 Kondo Racing701001116th Super Taikyu - ST-Q NISMO22222N/A‡NC‡2024 Super GT - GT300 HELM Motorsports80000120th Super Taikyu - ST-Q NISMO20112N/A‡NC‡2025 Super GT - GT300 Kondo Racing 8 0 0 0 2 84 2nd Super Taikyu - ST-Q NISMO * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Italia 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points 2003 Prema Powerteam VLL1 VLL2 MGI SPA1 SPA2 A1R1 A1R2 MIS1 MIS2 VAR ADR MNZ 8th 113 2004 Prema Powerteam VLL1 VLL2 VAR MGI SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 ADR HOC1 HOC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 2nd 266

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2003 Prema Powerteam BRN1 BRN2 ASS1 ASS2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 21st 8

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 Pts 2004 Prema Powerteam Dallara F304 OpelHOC11HOC12EST1EST2ADR1ADR2PAU1PAU2NOR1NOR2MAG1MAG2NÜR1NÜR2ZAN1ZAN2BRN1BRN2HOC21HOC22 28th 0 2005 Team Rosberg Dallara F305 Opel HOC1 HOC2 PAU1 PAU2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 MON2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 LAU1 LAU2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 18 2006 Manor Motorsport Dallara F305 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 LMS1 LMS2 HOC1 HOC2 3rd 61

Complete GP2 Series 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2007 Trident Racing BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 19th 9

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula 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 Points 2008 Team Impul Toyota FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2FUJ1FUJ2 SUG4th42 2009 Team Impul Toyota FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG5th32 2010 Team Impul Toyota SUZ MOT FUJ MOT SUG AUT SUZ1 SUZ25th25.5 2011 Team Impul Toyota SUZAUT FUJ MOT SUZSUG MOT1 MOT28th15 2012 P.mu/cerumo・INGING Toyota SUZ MOT AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ1 SUZ29th8 2013 P.mu/cerumo・INGING Toyota SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ1 SUZ29th11

Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2008aprToyota MR-SGT300SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ15th33 2009Lexus Team SARDLexus SC430GT500OKASUZFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT14th27 2010Lexus Team SARDLexus SC430GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJMOT12th12 2011Lexus Team CerumoLexus SC430GT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT6th47 2012Lexus Team CerumoLexus SC430GT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT2nd74 2013Lexus Team CerumoLexus SC430GT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT1st69 2014Lexus Team CerumoLexus RC FGT500OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOT8th43 2015Lexus Team SARDLexus RC FGT500OKAFUJCHAFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT13th23 2016Lexus Team SARDLexus RC FGT500 OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT MOT1st82 2017Lexus Team SARDLexus LC500GT500 OKA FUJ AUT SUG SUZ FUJ CHA MOT8th44 2018aprToyota PriusGT300OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ SUG AUT MOT3rd61 2019NDDP RacingNissan GT-R Nismo GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ AUT SUG MOT 9th 36 2020NDDP RacingNissan GT-R Nismo GT500 GT500 FUJ FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ 13th 29 2021 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ MOT SUG AUT MOT FUJ 10th 39 2022 Kondo Racing Nissan Z GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 9th 30.5 2023 Kondo Racing Nissan Z GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 16th 11 2024 HELM Motorsports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUG AUT MOT SUZ 20th 1 2025 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 2nd ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. (Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result. * Season still in progress.

References

External links Kohei Hirate official website