is a Japanese racing driver.
Racing career The son of Koei Saga, a senior official at Toyota Gazoo Racing, Saga began kart racing in 1999. In his early career, Saga raced single seaters, such as Formula Toyota and the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. He competed in the Macau Grand Prix in 2008 and 2009 and has competed in Super Taikyu. He competed in Super Formula for four years with no success.
Saga began competing in Super GT in 2006; due to his ties to Toyota, he has only driven Toyota or Lexus vehicles in his Super GT career. Saga first competed with Toyota Team Cerumo, contributing to the team's first pole position and victory; he was then called up as a third driver for Lexus Team SARD for the Suzuka 1000 km. Saga has been with apr since 2010.
Since the 2018 Super GT Series, Saga has been noted for his antics in pre-race driver introduction segments, consisting of elaborate comedic skits involving costumes, the team's race queens and sometimes other drivers, often performed in a deadpan style.
Racing record Complete Japanese Formula 3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2005 Le Beausset Motorsports Dallara F305Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 I4 MOT111 MOT210 SUZ112 SUZ210 SUG1Ret SUG211 FUJ111 FUJ213 OKA114 OKA212 SUZ19 SUZ28 MIN110 MIN26 FUJ110 FUJ29 MIN1Ret MIN213 MOT115 MOT28 13th 20 2006 Autosport with Le Beausset Dallara F306 FUJ19 FUJ2Ret SUZ114 SUZ2Ret MOT19 MOT210 OKA19 OKA210 SUZ111 SUZ29 AUT111 AUT29 FUJ18 FUJ210 SUG110 SUG28 MOT17 MOT22 11th 39 2007DENSO Team Le Beausset FUJ19 FUJ210 SUZ18 SUZ210 MOT111 MOT210 OKA19 OKA29 SUZ112 SUZ210 AUT110 AUT210 AUT38 FUJ110 FUJ210 SEN17 SEN29 SEN38 MOT18 MOT2Ret 11th 32 2008Dallara F308Toyota 1AZ-FE 2.0 I4 FUJ16 FUJ26 AUT14 AUT27 SUZ14 SUZ25 MOT19 MOT23 OKA15 OKA26 SUZ18 SUZ2Ret MOT17 MOT29 FUJ111 FUJ29 SUG19 SUG24 7th 99 2009 FUJ15 FUJ25 OKA111 OKA214 SUZ1Ret SUZ26 FUJ14 FUJ25 SUZ14 SUZ23 MOT16 MOT26 AUT13 AUT24 SUG16 SUG212 6th 30 2010 SUZ12 SUZ22 MOT14 MOT27 FUJ15 FUJ25 FUJ15 FUJ25 MOT14 MOT26 OKA14 OKA25 SUG115 SUG22 AUT11 AUT21 4th 68
Complete Super Formula results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points 2011 Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports SUZ12 AUTRet FUJ14 MOT16 SUZC SUG13 MOT113 MOT2RetNC0 2012 SUZ13 MOT14 AUTRet FUJ14 MOTRet SUG15 SUZ116 SUZ213NC0 2013 SUZ17 AUT11 FUJRet MOT16 INJC SUG9 SUZ114 SUZ214 NC0 2014 SUZRet FUJ111 FUJ213 FUJRet MOT17 AUT11 SUGRet SUZ1Ret SUZ219NC0
Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2008 Le Beausset Motorsports Dallara F308 DNQ 13th Ret 2009 Le Beausset Motorsports Dallara F309 24th 18th 14th
Complete 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 Points 2006 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Celica GT300SUZ11OKA12FUJ12SEPSUG11SUZ1MOTRetAUT13FUJ21 13th 31 2008 Toyota Team SARD Lexus SC 430 GT500 GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZ15MOTAUTFUJ NC 0 2010aprToyota Corolla Axio apr GT GT300SUZRetOKA5FUJ9SEP8SUG3SUZRetFUJCMOT19 10th 22 2011 GT300OKA12FUJ4SEP11SUGRetSUZ13FUJ13AUT7MOT11 16th 12 2012Toyota Prius apr GT GT300OKARetFUJ6SEPRetSUG8SUZRetFUJ2AUT8MOTRet 10th 26 2013 GT300OKARetFUJ1SEPRetSUG22SUZ15FUJ2FUJAUT15MOT20 8th 35 2014 GT300OKARetFUJ6AUTRetSUGRetFUJ6SUZ2CHA17MOT2 8th 43 2015 GT300OKA1FUJ4CHA9FUJ9SUZ10SUG2AUT13MOT13rd69 2016 GT300OKA12FUJ20SUG1FUJ25SUZ2CHA5MOT24MOT22nd60 2017 GT300OKA10FUJ12AUTRetSUG6FUJ3SUZRetCHA11MOT12 15th 17 2018 GT300OKARetFUJ2SUZ9CHA2FUJ3SUG25AUT10MOT2 3rd 61 2019Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV apr GT GT300OKA12FUJ19SUZ11CHA18FUJ18AUT14SUG23MOT20 NC 0 2020 GT300FUJ27 FUJ14 SUZ7MOT15FUJ5SUZ18MOT27FUJ10 18th 12 2021 GT300OKA19FUJ28SUZ24MOT18SUG13AUT1MOT22FUJ14 13th 21 2022 GT300OKA22FUJ22SUZ23FUJ11SUZ26SUG17AUT15MOTRet NC 0 2023 Lexus LC 500h GT GT300OKA16FUJ8SUZ13FUJ5SUZ6SUG11AUT3MOT 13th 25 Season still in progress.
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