is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in the Super GT series. He won the 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500 title with Esso Toyota Team LeMans, co-driving with Juichi Wakisaka. He also won the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series GTE class title for Team Taisan Ken Endless.
Iida was also a presenter on the Japanese performance-car program Best Motoring.
Career Iida has competed in Super GT (formerly JGTC) since 1994; he has multiple race wins and captured the drivers’ title in 2002 with Wakisaka for Esso Team LeMans. He has also raced in International Formula 3000 and Formula Nippon.
Being experienced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Iida also participated in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and VLN endurance races, including class wins in a Lexus LFA. On 31 August 2011, Iida recorded a lap time of 7:14.64 in a fully road-legal Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, then a production-car benchmark on standard specification tyres, confirmed by Lexus.
Racing record 24 Hours of Le Mans The following results are summarized from RacingSportsCars and event archives.
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1994 Kremer Honda Racing Team Kunimitsu Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya Honda NSX GT2 222 18th 9th 1995 Team Kunimitsu Honda Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya Honda NSX GT2 275 8th 1st 1996 Team Kunimitsu Honda Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya Honda NSX GT2 305 16th 3rd 2000 TV Asahi Team Dragon Keiichi Tsuchiya Masahiko Kondō Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan LMP900 330 8th 7th 2002 Team Taisan Advan Atsushi Yogo Kazuyuki Nishizawa Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 316 21st 3rd 2003 Team Taisan Advan Atsushi Yogo Kazuyuki Nishizawa Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 304 19th 4th
Complete JTC/JTCC results YearTeamCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts1993NISMONissan Skyline GT-RJTC-1MINAUT SUGSUZAIDTSUTOKSENFUJ 4th 1191994NISMONissan SunnyAUT1AUT2SUG1SUG2TOK1TOK2 SUZ1SUZ2MIN1MIN2AID1AID2TSU1TSU2 SEN1SEN2FUJ1FUJ213th241995NISMONissan SunnyFUJ1FUJ2SUG1SUG2TOK1TOK2SUZ1SUZ2MIN1MIN2AID1AID2SEN1SEN2FUJ1FUJ2 6th 671997HKS Opel Team JapanOpel VectraFUJ1FUJ2AID1AID2SUG1SUG2SUZ1SUZ2MIN1MIN2SEN1SEN2TOK1TOK2FUJ1FUJ28th43
Japanese Top Formula Championship results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 1995 Shionogi Team Nova SUZRet FUJC MINRet SUZ SUG8 FUJ11 TOKRet FUJ11 SUZ11 NC 0 1997 Shionogi Team Nova SUZ6 MIN3 FUJRet SUZ7 SUGRet FUJ5 MIN10 MOT11 FUJRetSUZ13 10th 7 1998 Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo SUZ MIN FUJ8 MOTRet SUZRet SUG9 FUJC MINRet FUJ5 SUZ12 14th 2 1999 Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo SUZ7 MOTRet MINRet FUJ16 SUZRet SUG10 FUJRet MINRet MOT13 SUZ12 NC 0
International Formula 3000 results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts 1996 Nordic Racing NÜR PAU PER HOC SIL SPA MAG EST MUG HOC NC 0
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 1994Johnson Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-RGT1FUJ SENFUJSUGMIN13th19 1995NismoNissan Skyline GT-RGT1SUZFUJSENFUJSUGMIN9th30 1997Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftHonda NSXGT500SUZFUJSENFUJMINSUG9th30 1998Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftHonda NSXGT500SUZFUJ SEN FUJ MOT MIN SUG10th25 1999Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftHonda NSXGT500SUZFUJSUGMINFUJTAIMOT11th34 2000Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftHonda NSXGT500MOTFUJSUGFUJTAIMIN15th13 2001Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftHonda NSXGT500TAIFUJSUGFUJMOTSUZMIN10th29 2002Esso Toyota Team LeMansToyota SupraGT500TAIFUJSUGSEPFUJMOTMINSUZ1st75 2003Esso Toyota Team LeMansToyota SupraGT500TAIFUJSUGFUJFUJMOTAUTSUZ2nd83 2004Esso Toyota Team LeMansToyota SupraGT500TAISUGSEPTOKMOTAUTSUZ3rd57 2005 Esso Toyota Team LeMansToyota SupraGT500TAIFUJSEPSUGMOTFUJAUTSUZ6th51 2006 Mobile 1 Toyota Team LemansLexus SC430GT500SUZTAIFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ12th41 2007Racing Project BandohToyota CelicaGT300SUZTAIFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ10th32 2008 Eneos Toyota Team LeMansLexus SC430GT500SUZTAIFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ17th20 2014 LM corsaBMW Z4 GT3GT300TAIFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZCHAMOT7th44 2015 LM corsaLexus RC F GT3GT300TAIFUJCHAFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT33rd2 2016 LM corsaLexus RC F GT3GT300TAIFUJSUGFUJSUZCHAMOTMOTNC0 2017 LM corsaLexus RC F GT3GT300TAIFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZCHAMOT12th24
References
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