Yuji Ide

Yuji Ide
	2006
Team	Super Aguri
Entries	4 (4 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2006 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last entry	2006 San Marino Grand Prix

Yuji Ide (井出有治, Ide Yūji) (born 21 January 1975) is a Japanese racing driver. He is the

Super Aguri team in 2006, but was demoted to third driver after four races and subsequently lost his FIA Super Licence.^[1]

Early career

Lola

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Born in

All-Japan Formula Three Championship.^[2]

In 1999 he came second in the

Formula Nippon Series and also finished seventh.^[2] In 2004, he claimed third spot before going on to win the Super Endurance Race Class 3 Series. He finished his first stint in Formula Nippon finishing second in the 2005 championship.^[2]

Formula One

At age 31, Ide became one of Formula One's oldest rookies when he landed a seat at Super Aguri for the 2006 season, in part due to Super Aguri's aspiration of fielding an all-Japanese team.^[3] Ide had known Aguri Suzuki for a long time, according to a press release,^[4] however Ide's meshing with the team had some issues with his lack of proficient English.^[5]

In his debut race in Bahrain, Ide was significantly behind his more experienced teammate Takuma Sato and failed to finish. At the next race in Malaysia, he retired after 33 laps.

During qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix, Ide was blamed for blocking Rubens Barrichello during his qualifying lap, causing the Brazilian to be stuck in the first round of qualifying and start 16th on the grid.^[6] Ide finished 13th in the race, two laps down. His weekend in Melbourne was notable for a number of spins, and team principal Aguri Suzuki subsequently suggested Ide's seat was not safe if his performances did not improve.

At Imola, Ide caused a first lap crash with Christijan Albers that put the Dutchman into a series of rolls which ended with Albers's car upside down.^[7] Ide was reprimanded by the stewards and warned over future conduct. Aguri Suzuki said "He didn't have enough testing because he doesn't understand how to use the car".^[8]

On 4 May 2006, Super Aguri announced that Ide would be dropped from the upcoming

FIA that he needed more experience.^[1] He was replaced by the team's third driver Franck Montagny. Ide was demoted to Montagny's seat as third driver.^[9]

On 10 May 2006, the FIA revoked Ide's FIA Super Licence meaning he could no longer compete in F1 during the 2006 season.^[10] A statement from Super Aguri said that "Aguri Suzuki and A.Company (Japan) shall continue to seek driving opportunities for Yuji and hopefully a path back into Formula One".^[1]

Summary

Overall during Ide's four-race F1 career, he finished once – a 13th place at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.^[11] His best qualifying effort was 21st of 22 cars at his debut at Bahrain,^[11] where the 22nd starter, Kimi Räikkönen, did not complete a qualifying attempt. Super Aguri team principal Aguri Suzuki revealed that Ide had just 200 kilometres of experience in an F1 car before his debut.^[12]

In the November 2009 issue of F1 Racing Magazine, Ide was named as one of the five worst F1 drivers in history. However, in December 2020 The Race noted that he was "a more capable driver than he was made to appear", with his brief F1 spell hampered by little testing, a language barrier and driving "very much the second car" of the new Super Aguri team.^[13]^[12]

Return to Japan

In July 2006 it was announced that Ide would be racing for Team Dandelion Racing in the final six rounds of the Formula Nippon championship, with the aim of increasing his racing experience.^[14] Ide contested the International Pokka 1000km round of the 2006 Super GT Series at Suzuka with Nismo in the No. 23 Nissan. During the race, he was penalized after making contact with the No. 55 car of Hidetoshi Mitsusada; Ide ignored the black flag, resulting in his team's disqualification from the race.^[15]

In 2007, he remained in Formula Nippon with the

Suzuka.^[18] Ide also raced as a third driver for ARTA in the 2007 International Pokka 1000km, where the team finished second overall, despite a large success ballast weight handicap.^[19]

Ide raced as a full-time driver in Super GT for Team Kunimitsu in 2008 and 2009, and then for ARTA in 2010. He notably won the 2010 Pokka GT Summer Special and finished second at the 2008 event.^[19] He also raced full-time in Formula Nippon in 2008 and 2010, but scored points just three times.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Wins	Poles	Points	Position
1994	All-Japan Formula 3 Championship	Active	6	0	0	0	NC
1994	All-Japan Formula 3 Championship	Asada Racing	6	0	0	0	NC
1996	All-Japan GT Championship - GT300	Hoshino Racing	1	0	0	0	NC
1997	All-Japan Formula 3 Championship	Asada Racing	2	0	0	0	NC
1998	All-Japan Formula 3 Championship	Now Motorsports	7	0	0	0	NC
1999	All-Japan GT Championship - GT300	ARTA - NISMO	6	3	4	72	2nd
1999	Formula Dream	5ZIGEN ARTA	?	1	?	?	1st
2000	All-Japan Formula 3 Championship	Mugen Dome Project	10	2	1	35	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix	Skill Speed	1	0	0	N/A	24th
	Korea Super Prix	Skill Speed	1	0	0	N/A	13th
	All-Japan GT Championship	NISMO	1	0	0	6	22nd
2001	All-Japan Formula 3 Championship	Three Bond Racing	18	0	0	100	5th
	All-Japan GT Championship - GT300	Hasemi Motorsport	7	0	0	53	4th
	Macau Grand Prix	Signature Team	1	0	0	N/A	5th
	Korea Super Prix	Signature Team	1	0	0	N/A	12th
2002	French Formula 3 Championship	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	14	1	0	84	7th
	European Formula 3 Cup		1	0	0	N/A	6th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	N/A	25th
	Korea Super Prix		1	0	0	N/A	10th
2003	Formula Nippon	Racing Team Cerumo	10	0	0	19	7th
2003	All-Japan GT Championship	Team Impul	8	2	0	64	7th
2004	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	9	1	1	32	3rd
2004	All-Japan GT Championship	Team Impul	7	1	1	35	11th
2005	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	9	2	1	39	2nd
2005	Super GT	Team Impul	8	0	1	35	11th
2006	Formula One	Super Aguri	4	0	0	0	25th
	Formula Nippon	Team Dandelion Racing	6	0	0	0	NC
	Super GT	NISMO	1	0	0	0	NC
2007	Formula Nippon	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	9	0	0	6	13th
2007	Super GT	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	1	0	0	15	18th
2008	Formula Nippon	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	11	0	0	2	19th
2008	Super GT	Team Kunimitsu	9	0	0	41	11th
2009	Super GT	Team Kunimitsu	9	0	0	29	13th
2010	Formula Nippon	Motul Team	8	0	0	1	14th
2010	Super GT	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	7	1	0	29	11th
2013	Super GT - GT300	Bonds Racing	1	0	0	6	22nd
2015	Super GT - GT300	Team Up Garage with Bandoh	6	0	0	2	25th
2017	Super GT - GT300	EIcars Bentley TTO	6	0	0	0	NC
2017	Superrace Championship - Super 6000	Ecsta Racing Team	8	4	5	127	2nd
2018	Super GT - GT300	EIcars Bentley	7	0	0	0	NC
2018	Superrace Championship - Super 6000	Ecsta Racing Team	9	1	0	116	3rd
2020	Super Taikyu - ST-TCR	Floral Racing with Uematsu	5	2	1	194‡	1st‡
2021	Super Taikyu - ST-X	Floral Racing with ABSSA	4	0	1	108.5‡	2nd‡
2022	Super GT - GT300	Busou Drago Corse	3	0	0	12.5	20th

‡ Team standings.

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	DC	Pts
1994	Active	Toyota		SUZ 14	FUJ Ret	TSU 17	SUZ Ret	SEN 20	TOK	MIN	TAI	SUG											NC	0
1994	Asada Racing	Mugen											SUZ 10										NC	0
1995	Asada Racing	Mugen	J	SUZ 12	TSU 12	MIN	SUZ Ret	TAI Ret	SUG	FUJ 14	SUZ 10	SEN 11											4th	22
1997	Asada Racing	Mugen		SUZ Ret	TSU Ret	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	SEN	MOT	FUJ	SUZ										NC	0
1998	Now Motorsports	Toyota		SUZ 9	TSU 10	MIN 16	FUJ 16	MOT Ret	SUZ 19	SUG 13	TAI	SEN	SUG										NC	0
2000	Mugen × Dome Project	Mugen		SUZ Ret	TSU 1	FUJ 6	MIN 3	TAI 6	SUZ 2	SUG 5	MOT 3	SEN 6	SUZ 1										2nd	35
2001	Three Bond Racing	Three Bond		SUZ 1 Ret	SUZ 2 4	TSU 1 7	TSU 2 7	FUJ 1 5	FUJ 2 Ret	MIN 1 4	MIN 2 3	MOT 1 Ret	MOT 2 5	SUZ 5	SUG 1 5	SUG 2 5	SEN 1 6	SEN 2 6	TAI 1 5	TAI 2 8	MOT 1 8	MOT 2 8	5th	100

Complete 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	Points
2003	Team Cerumo	SUZ 4	FUJ 7	MIN 3	MOT 2	SUZ 7	SUG 10	FUJ Ret	MIN 3	MOT 12	SUZ 5		7th	19
2004	Team Impul	SUZ 12	SUG 2	MOT 2	SUZ 3	SUG 7	MIN 7	SEP 10	MOT 1	SUZ 2			3rd	32
2005	Team Impul	MOT 2	SUZ 1	SUG 5	FUJ 7	SUZ 8	MIN 1	FUJ 3	MOT 4	SUZ 3			2nd	39
2006	Dandelion Racing	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	SUZ 12	AUT 12	FUJ 11	SUG Ret	MOT Ret	SUZ 10			21st	0
2007	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	FUJ 14	SUZ 10	MOT 16	OKA Ret	SUZ 3	FUJ 16	SUG Ret	MOT Ret	SUZ 9			13th	6
2008	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	FUJ 9	SUZ 18	MOT 15	OKA Ret	SUZ 15	SUZ Ret	MOT 12	MOT Ret	FUJ Ret	FUJ 19	SUG 17	19th	2
2010	Motul Team Mugen	SUZ 9	MOT 9	FUJ 10	MOT 9	SUG 9	AUT DNS	SUZ 8	SUZ 8				14th	1

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
1999	NISMO	Nissan Silvia	GT300	SUZ 9	FUJ Ret	SUG 1	MIN 1	FUJ Ret	TAI 1	MOT 4			2nd	72
2000	NISMO	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	MOT 6	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ			22nd	6
2001	Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan Silvia	GT300	TAI 6	FUJ 2	SUG 12	FUJ 2	MOT 9	SUZ 2	MIN 12			4th	53
2003	Impul	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	TAI 12	FUJ 2	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	FUJ 16	MOT 6	AUT 11	SUZ 1		4th	64
2004	Impul	Nissan Z	GT500	TAI 8	SUG 10	SEP Ret	TOK 11	MOT Ret	AUT 5	SUZ 1			11th	35
2005	Impul	Nissan Z	GT500	OKA Ret	FUJ 15	SEP 8	SUG 5	MOT 3	FUJ 13	AUT 4	SUZ 9		11th	35
2006	NISMO	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ DSQ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	NC	0
2007	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ 2	MOT	AUT	FUJ	18th	15
2008	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ 13	OKA 9	FUJ 4	SEP 5	SUG 5	SUZ 2	MOT 16	AUT 9	FUJ Ret	11th	41
2009	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX	GT500	OKA 8	SUZ 12	FUJ 11	SEP 4	SUG 4	SUZ 9	FUJ 12	AUT 6	MOT 8	13th	29
2010	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	SUZ Ret	OKA 6	FUJ 11	SEP 11	SUG 12	SUZ 1	FUJ C	MOT 7		11th	29
2013	Bonds Racing	Nissan GT-R GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ 5	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	FUJ	AUT	MOT	22nd	6
2015	Team Up Garage with Bandoh	Toyota 86	GT300	OKA 19	FUJ Ret	CHA Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ	SUG	AUT 9	MOT Ret		25th	2
2017	EIcars Bentley TTO	Bentley Continental GT3	GT300	OKA 20	FUJ 16	AUT 19	SUG	FUJ 18	SUZ Ret	CHA	MOT 22		NC	0
2018	EIcars Bentley	Bentley Continental GT3	GT300	OKA 21	FUJ 22	SUZ 18	CHA	FUJ 13	SUG 15	AUT 18	MOT 19		NC	0
2022	BUSOU Drago Corse	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT300	OKA 11	FUJ 2‡	SUZ 6	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT		20th	12.5

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

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	17	18	WDC	Points
2006	Super Aguri F1 Team	Super Aguri SA05	Honda RA806E 2.4 V8	BHR Ret	MAL Ret	AUS 13	SMR Ret	EUR *	ESP	MON	GBR	CAN	USA	FRA	GER	HUN	TUR	ITA	CHN	JPN	BRA	25th	0

* Ide was entered as third driver but did not take part in the race weekend.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ide loses super license". motorsport.com. 11 May 2006. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Super Aguri F1 team driver profiles". Super Aguri F1 team driver profiles. 2006. Archived from the original on 24 March 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
^ "Sato to become Aguri's first driver". GPUpdate.net. 27 January 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "Ide hoping for good season". GPUpdate.net. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "Q & A with Aguri Suzuki". GPUpdate.net. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "Australian GP — Saturday — Qualifying Session 1 Report". GrandPrix.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
^ "San Marino 2006: Schumacher's Imola role reversal". Autocourse. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Yuji Ide not out (yet)". GPUpdate.net. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "Rookie Ide axed for European GP". news.bbc.co.uk. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
^ "Ide's Superlicence revoked". pitpass.com. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
^ ^a ^b All race entries, by Yuji Ide.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Ide lacked experience and English | F1 News | Autosport". Autosport.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ "Every Japanese Formula 1 driver ranked". The Race. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ "Ide makes racing return". F1 ITV. 6 July 2006. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
^ "The perfect win". supergt.net. 20 August 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012.
^ Super Aguri Company
^ "Key Personnel Info". Super Aguri F1 Team. Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
^ "Yuji Ide Point Standing". Formula Nippon. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
^ ^a ^b O'Connell, R. J. (20 August 2017). "International Suzuka 1000km: Hall of Fame – 1999-2017". Super GT World. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

External links

Yuji Ide Official site (in Japanese)
Yuji Ide career summary at DriverDB.com

[ms-1] "Ide loses super license". motorsport.com. 11 May 2006. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

[SAF1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Super Aguri F1 team driver profiles". Super Aguri F1 team driver profiles. 2006. Archived from the original on 24 March 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2007.

[3] "Sato to become Aguri's first driver". GPUpdate.net. 27 January 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[4] "Ide hoping for good season". GPUpdate.net. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[5] "Q & A with Aguri Suzuki". GPUpdate.net. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[6] "Australian GP — Saturday — Qualifying Session 1 Report". GrandPrix.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2007.

[7] "San Marino 2006: Schumacher's Imola role reversal". Autocourse. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] "Yuji Ide not out (yet)". GPUpdate.net. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[9] "Rookie Ide axed for European GP". news.bbc.co.uk. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2007.

[10] "Ide's Superlicence revoked". pitpass.com. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2007.

[chicaneF1-11] All race entries, by Yuji Ide.^{[permanent dead link]}

[:1-12] "Ide lacked experience and English | F1 News | Autosport". Autosport.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[13] "Every Japanese Formula 1 driver ranked". The Race. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[itv-14] "Ide makes racing return". F1 ITV. 6 July 2006. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2007.

[15] "The perfect win". supergt.net. 20 August 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012.

[AguriFN-16] Super Aguri Company

[17] "Key Personnel Info". Super Aguri F1 Team. Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2008.

[18] "Yuji Ide Point Standing". Formula Nippon. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.

[:0-19] O'Connell, R. J. (20 August 2017). "International Suzuka 1000km: Hall of Fame – 1999-2017". Super GT World. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

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