is a former racing driver from Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
He is unrelated to fellow racing driver Aguri Suzuki despite sharing a last name.
Racing career As a youth, Suzuki won the All-Japan Kart Championships in 1975 and 1976. In 1979, he took the title of the first All-Japan Formula Three Championship.
In 1992, Suzuki won the 24 Hours of Daytona with Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Masahiro Hasemi. In the same year, he was runner-up in the Japanese F3000 championship.
Formula One In , Suzuki participated in two Formula One Grands Prix, standing in for Philippe Alliot at the Larrousse team. Though he scored no championship points, he finished both races.
After Formula One Suzuki competed mainly in national championships, including the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship (later Formula Nippon), Japanese Touring Car Championship (JTCC) and All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC). He also participated into the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1996, he made a single start in the NASCAR Busch Series, driving for Joe Bessey at Nazareth Speedway; an accident during the race left him with a concussion.
In 2006, Suzuki became the director of the R&D SPORT in Super GT to continue the team that Direxiv abandoned.
GT-R Most recently, he worked for Nissan as a test driver to help in the development of the R35 Nissan GT-R.
Motorsports career results
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1985 Dome Team Eje Elgh Geoff Lees Dome 85C-L-Toyota C1 141 DNF DNF 1986 Dome Co. Ltd. Eje Elgh Beppe Gabbiani Dome 86C-L-Toyota C1 296 DNF DNF 1988 Italiya Sport Team Le Mans Michel Trollé Danny Ongais March 88S-Nissan C1 74 DNF DNF 1989 Nissan Motorsports Masahiro Hasemi Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nissan R89C C1 167 DNF DNF 1990 Nissan Motorsports International Masahiro Hasemi Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nissan R90CP C1 348 5th 5th 1993 Toyota Team Tom's Eddie Irvine Masanori Sekiya Toyota TS010 C1 364 4th 4th 1995 NISMO Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama Nissan Skyline GT-R LM GT1 157 DNF DNF 1996 NISMO Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Skyline GT-R LM GT1 307 15th 10th 1998 Toyota Motorsport Toyota Team Europe Ukyo Katayama Keiichi Tsuchiya Toyota GT-One GT1 326 9th 8th 1999 Toyota Motorsport Toyota Team Europe Ukyo Katayama Keiichi Tsuchiya Toyota GT-One LMGTP 364 2nd 1st 2000 TV Asahi Team Dragon Masami Kageyama Masahiko Kageyama Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan LMP900 340 6th 6th 2008 Tōkai University YGK Power Haruki Kurosawa Masami Kageyama Courage-Oreca LC70-YGK LMP1 185 DNF DNF
Japanese Formula Two/Formula 3000/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 11 DC Points1980Heroes Racing CorporationSUZMINSUZSUZ SUZSUZNC01982Heroes Racing CorporationSUZFUJSUZSUZ SUZ SUZ21st21983Kondou RacingSUZFUJMIN SUZ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ14th91984Team Le Mans SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ8th301987Heroes Racing Corporation SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ SUZ5th72 1989 Cabin Racing Heroes SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ SUZ 19th 1 1990 Super Evolution Racing SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ NC 0 1991 Universal Racing SUZ AUT FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ FUJ 15th 4 1992 Universal Racing SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ AUT SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ 2nd 30 1993 Universal Racing SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ AUT SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ 5th 22 1994 Mirai Corporation SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ FUJ FUJ SUZ 16th 1 1995 Hoshino Racing SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ TOK FUJ SUZ 1st 34 1996 Team Impul SUZ MIN FUJ TOK SUZ SUG FUJ MIN SUZ FUJ 12th 7 1997 Mirai SUZ MIN FUJ SUZ SUG FUJ MIN MOT FUJ SUZ 13th 5
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship 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 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Pts 1990 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1NISSUGSUZTSUSENFUJ1st230 1991 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1SUGSUZTSUSENAUTFUJ3rd174 1993 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1MINAUT SUGSUZAIDTSUTOKSENFUJ3rd106 1995 Nismo Nissan SunnyFUJ1FUJ2SUG1SUG2TOK1TOK2SUZ1SUZ2MIN1MIN2AID1AID2SEN1SEN2FUJ1FUJ217th16
Complete JGTC 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 DC Pts 1994 Team Zexel Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1FUJSENFUJSUGMIN 10th 27 1995 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1SUZFUJSENFUJSUGMIN3rd58 1996 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500SUZFUJSENFUJSUGMIN 11th 27 1997 TOYOTA Castrol TEAM Toyota Supra GT500SUZFUJSENFUJMINSUG3rd64 1998 Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S Toyota Supra GT500SUZFUJ*SENFUJMOTMINSUG 9th 26 1999 Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S Toyota Supra GT500SUZFUJSUGMINFUJTAIMOT 9th 38 2000 Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S Toyota Supra GT500MOTFUJSUGFUJTAIMINSUZ 21st 7 *The race at Fuji Speedway was cancelled due to a large crash on the first lap and heavy fog afterwards.
Complete Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 1993 Larrousse F1 Larrousse LH93 Lamborghini V12 RSA BRA EUR SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS NC 0
NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pts Ref 1996 Joe Bessey Motorsports 9 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 96th 64
References
External links
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