Yukihiro Hane (, born August 26, 1962) is a former Japanese racing driver.
Career Hane is active in automobile racing. He participates in both domestic and overseas races like the Macau Grand Prix and the FIA GT Championship; he was the first Japanese driver to fully participate in the latter.
After his debut, Hane participated in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. In 1990, he ranked fourth after Naoki Hattori, Naohiro Furuya and Hisashi Wada.
Hane mainly drives Porsches and is well known as a Porsche messenger. At the Japan Touring Car Championship, he drove the Skyline GT-R and performed well in his vehicle without Nissan's support, but Masahiro Hasemi and Hideo Fukuyama won the championship.
Racing record
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 1992 Kenji HKS Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 TAI AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ 11th 42 1993 HKS Racing Co. Ltd.Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 MIN AUT SUG SUZ TAI TSU TOK SEN FUJ 9th 79
Japanese Top Formula Championship results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts 1995 Team Nova SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ TOK FUJ SUZ NC 0 1996 Slim Beauty House Cerumo SUZ MIN FUJ TOK SUZ SUG FUJ MIN SUZ FUJ NC 0
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