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Seiji Ara (荒 聖治; Ara Seiji) (born May 5, 1974 in Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese race car driver.
Seiji Ara | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Chiba (Japan) | May 5, 1974
FIA GT1 World Championship career | |
Debut season | 2010 |
Current team | Swiss Racing Team |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Car number | 4 |
Starts | 20 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 42nd in 2010 |
Previous series | |
2009 2004 2001–02, 06–08 2000–09 1998-00 1996 | WTCC Le Mans Series Formula Nippon Super GT Japanese F3 Barber Pro Series |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Years | 2001–2005, 2009, 2012 |
Teams | Viper Team Oreca, Audi Sport Japan Team Goh, Jim Gainer International, NAVI Team Goh |
Best finish | 1st (2004) |
Class wins | 1 |
He was the winner of the 24-hour Le Mans race in 2004, driving an Audi R8.[1] In the same year he also raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series and Japanese GT Championship.
In earlier years he had competed in Formula Nippon (2001–2002), Japanese Formula 3 (1997–2000) and the Barber Dodge Pro Series (1995).
He made his World Touring Car Championship debut with Wiechers-Sport at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2001 | Viper Team Oreca | Masahiko Kondo Ni Amorim |
Chrysler LMP | LMP900 | 243 | DNF | DNF |
2002 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | Hiroki Katoh Yannick Dalmas |
Audi R8 | LMP900 | 358 | 7th | 6th |
2003 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | Jan Magnussen Marco Werner |
Audi R8 | LMP900 | 370 | 4th | 2nd |
2004 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen |
Audi R8 | LMP900 | 379 | 1st | 1st |
2005 | Jim Gainer International | Ryo Michigami Katsutomo Kaneishi |
Dome S101Hb-Mugen | LMP1 | 193 | DNF | DNF |
2009 | Navi Team Goh | Keisuke Kunimoto Sascha Maassen |
Porsche RS Spyder Evo | LMP2 | 339 | DNF | DNF |
2012 | Pescarolo Team | Nicolas Minassian Sébastien Bourdais |
Dome S102.5-Judd | LMP1 | 203 | NC | NC |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
(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 |
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2001 | Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | SUZ 3 |
MOT Ret |
MIN Ret |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ 9 |
SUG 10 |
FUJ 8 |
MIN Ret |
MOT 12 |
SUZ Ret |
12th | 4 | |
2002 | Olympic Kondo Racing Team | SUZ 8 |
FUJ 4 |
MIN 9 |
SUZ 10 |
MOT Ret |
SUG Ret |
FUJ Ret |
MIN 9 |
MOT 11 |
SUZ 10 |
11th | 3 | |
2006 | Kondo Racing Team | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | SUZ 10 |
AUT 10 |
FUJ 18 |
SUG 13 |
MOT Ret |
SUZ Ret |
NC | 0 | ||
2007 | TOM'S | FUJ 11 |
SUZ Ret |
MOT 15 |
OKA 7 |
SUZ 10 |
FUJ 4 |
SUG Ret |
MOT 13 |
SUZ 5 |
11th | 11 | ||
2008 | TOM'S | FUJ Ret |
SUZ 11 |
MOT 10 |
OKA 10 |
SUZ1 13 |
SUZ2 11 |
MOT1 7 |
MOT2 1 |
FUJ1 10 |
FUJ2 10 |
SUG 16 |
15th | 9 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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