Juichi Wakisaka

Juichi Wakisaka (脇阪寿一, Wakisaka Juichi, born July 29, 1972 in Nara) is a former Japanese racing driver who was a 2002, 2006 and 2009 champion in Japan's Super GT series in the GT500 category.^[1] Prior to the 1998 Formula One season he tested for the Jordan Grand Prix team. ^[2] In 2002, Wakisaka raced the Toyota Supra GT with Akira Iida, in 2006 and 2009 Wakisaka raced the Lexus SC 430 with André Lotterer. He retired from driving after the conclusion of the 2015 Super GT Series season, becoming the team director of Lexus Team LeMans Wako's.^[3]

Juichi Wakisaka
Wakisaka in 2010
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1972-07-29) July 29, 1972 (age 52) Nara
Related to	Shigekazu Wakisaka (brother)
Super GT career
Debut season	1998
Former teams	Lexus Team Kraft Lexus Team TOM'S Lexus Team SARD Toyota Team LeMans Mugen x Dome Project Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh
Starts	97
Wins	10
Best finish	1st in 2002, 2006, 2009
Previous series
1997-2004 1995-1996	Formula Nippon All-Japan Formula Three
Championship titles
2002, 2006, 2009	3
Awards
1996	All-Japan F3 champion

Wakisaka was also a regular presenter of Best Motoring and is brother to Shigekazu, who also competes in Super GT.^{[citation needed]}

Wakisaka driving the Lexus SC430 GT500 for Kraft Racing in 2011

Media Appearances

Wakisaka made a guest appearance in Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, driving a Lexus LFA around Fuji Speedway for the 2013 No-Laughing Earth Defence Force Batsu Game

Racing record

Complete JGTC/Super GT 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	DC	Pts
1998	Mugen x Dome Project	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MOT	MIN 15	SUG DSQ			NC	0
1999	Mugen x Dome Project	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ 1	FUJ Ret	SUG Ret	MIN 11	FUJ 2	TAI 3	MOT Ret			4th	47
2000	Mugen x Dome Project	Honda NSX	GT500	MOT Ret	FUJ 1	SUG 7	FUJ 17	TAI 10	MIN 2	SUZ 15			6th	46
2001	Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI Ret	FUJ 1	SUG 5	FUJ 3	MOT 13	SUZ Ret	MIN 14			7th	40
2002	Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 10	FUJ 2	SUG 1	SEP 11	FUJ 7	MOT 4	MIN 4	SUZ 3		1st	75
2003	Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 1	FUJ 12	SUG 1	FUJ 6	FUJ 4	MOT 4	AUT 4	SUZ 7		2nd	83
2004	Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 2	SUG 11	SEP 14	TOK 2	MOT 2	AUT 4	SUZ Ret			3rd	57
2005	Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota Supra	GT500	OKA 11	FUJ 5	SEP 4	SUG 4	MOT 9	FUJ 3	AUT 10	SUZ 3		6th	51
2006	Toyota Team TOM'S	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 1	OKA 8	FUJ 3	SEP 15	SUG 4	SUZ 10	MOT 2	AUT 7	FUJ 4	1st	80
2007	Toyota Team TOM'S	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 7	OKA 5	FUJ DNS	SEP 8	SUG 5	SUZ 1	MOT 6	AUT 6	FUJ 6	6th	54
2008	Toyota Team TOM'S	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 3	OKA 4	FUJ 2	SEP 7	SUG 10	SUZ 3	MOT 3	AUT 8	FUJ 7	3rd	63
2009	Lexus Team TOM'S	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 11	SUZ 2	FUJ 2	SEP 6	SUG 7	SUZ 8	FUJ 3	AUT 1	MOT 2	1st	88
2010	Lexus Team TOM'S	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 4	OKA 3	FUJ 2	SEP 8	SUG 7	SUZ 10	FUJ C	MOT 1		2nd	62
2011	Lexus Team Kraft	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 14	FUJ 11	SEP 10	SUG Ret	SUZ 7	FUJ 9	AUT 9	MOT 14		15th	7
2012	Lexus Team SARD	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 9	FUJ 1	SEP 4	SUG 4	SUZ Ret	FUJ 6	AUT 5	MOT 4		3rd	57
2013	Lexus Team SARD	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 8	FUJ 4	SEP 2	SUG 4	SUZ 9	FUJ 11	AUT 7	MOT 4		8th	47
2014	Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 11	FUJ 7	AUT 8	SUG 12	FUJ 11	SUZ Ret	BUR 6	MOT 6		15th	17
2015	Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 7	CHA 9	FUJ 10	SUZ 4	SUG 5	AUT 9	MOT 10		11th	27

Complete Formula Nippon 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	DC	Pts
1997	Team Anabuki Dome with Mugen	SUZ 12	MIN 6	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ 7	MIN 11	MOT 4	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	14th	4
1998	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	SUZ Ret	MIN 2	FUJ Ret	MOT 1	SUZ 4	SUG Ret	MIN Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ 2		3rd	25
1999	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	SUZ Ret	MOT 15	MIN 10	FUJ Ret	SUZ 9	SUG 5	FUJ 2	MIN 3	MOT 11	SUZ 3	7th	16
2000	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	SUZ 11	MOT 5	MIN 4	FUJ 2	SUZ 8	SUG Ret	MOT 9	FUJ Ret	MIN 6	SUZ 6	7th	13
2001	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	SUZ 2	MOT 10	MIN 12	FUJ 14	SUZ 6	SUG 2	FUJ 1	MIN DSQ	MOT 16	SUZ Ret	5th	23
2002	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	SUZ 5	FUJ 3	MIN Ret	SUZ 3	MOT 3	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	MIN 8	MOT 2	SUZ 4	3rd	33
2003	TEAM 22	SUZ 18	FUJ 5	MIN Ret	MOT 1	SUZ 3	SUG 3	FUJ Ret	MIN 6	MOT Ret	SUZ 1	3rd	31
2004	Team LeMans	SUZ 13	SUG 3	MOT Ret	SUZ 5	SUG 3	MIN 2	SEP 3	MOT Ret	SUZ 4		5th	23

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

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

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
1995	Toda Racing	Mugen	SUZ 9	FUJ C	TSU 8	MIN 15	SUZ 4	TAI 9	SUG 13	FUJ 2	SUZ 6	SEN 9	6th	10
1996	Team Anabuki Dome	Mugen	SUZ 1	TSU 1	MIN 4	FUJ 3	SUZ 1	SUG 6	SEN 1	SUZ 3	FUJ C		1st	40

References

1. "脇阪寿一、ウェッズスポーツバンドウのGT500のシートを獲得". F1-Gate (in Japanese). 10 February 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
2. "Pre Season Testing Continues".
3. O'Connell, R. J. (28 December 2016). "Not goodbye, but a new start for Juichi Wakisaka in 2016". Super GT World. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Super GT official website
• Speedsport magazine database - Juichi Wakisaka

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pedro de la Rosa	All-Japan Formula Three Champion 1996	Succeeded by Tom Coronel
Preceded by Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa	All-Japan Grand Touring Car Champion (GT500) 2002 with: Akira Iida	Succeeded by Satoshi Motoyama Michael Krumm
Preceded by Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Super GT (GT500) Champion 2006 with: André Lotterer	Succeeded by Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman
Preceded by Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer	Super GT (GT500) Champion 2009 with: André Lotterer	Succeeded by Takashi Kogure Loïc Duval