Minoru Tanaka

Minoru Tanaka (田中 実, Minoru Tanaka, born June 1, 1963, Kyoto Prefecture) is a Japanese retired racing driver.

Career Tanaka was active in automobile racing.

After playing an active part in the Japanese junior formula, Tanaka fully participated in the British Formula 3 Championship in 1990. Future F1 drivers such as Mika Häkkinen, Mika Salo and Hideki Noda also participated in this race. He returned to Japan the following year to compete in Japan's top formula. When the All Japan GT Championship was launched, Tanaka also participated in this race. He mainly participates in Toyota-affiliated teams and has also won the championship. He retired from racing in 2006 and is now the representative of an auto parts manufacturer.

Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts 1990 Leyton House Racing Team SUZ FSW MIN SUZ SUG FSW FSW SUZ FSW SUZRet NC 0 1991 Leyton House Racing Team SUZRet AUTRet FSWDNQ MIN4 SUZRet SUG12 FSW15 SUZ FSWC SUZ15 FSWDNQ 18th 3 1992 Team Take One SUZ10 FSW10 MINRet SUZRet AUT9 SUGRet FSW15 FSWRet SUZ12 FSW19 FSW14 NC 0 1993 Ad Racing Team SUZ FSW MIN SUZ AUT SUG FSW FSW SUZ FSW17 SUZ12 NC 0 1994 Team 5Zigen with Ad Racing Team SUZ14 FSW MIN SUZ SUG FSW SUZ FSW FSW SUZ13 NC 0

JGTC/Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)