Akira Iida

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

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)