Ryō Fukuda

Ryo Fukuda (福田良 Fukada Ryō, born June 26, 1979, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka) is a Japanese racecar driver. In the 2005–2006 season he raced in A1 Grand Prix Japan Team.

Fukuda started his career in France, at 1996 in Formula Campus, Formula Renault and Formula 3. In this category, after second place in 2000, in 2001 he became the French Formula Three champion with the Saulnier Racing team. In 2002 he was in Formula One BAR–Honda test driver, and also participated in one race in the Porsche Supercup and FIA GT Championship with Paul Belmondo Racing. Fukuda also participated in Formula Nippon in 2003, World Series by Nissan in 2004, Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2005 and 2006 with Saulnier Racing and Tech 1 Racing.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2002	Auto Palace	Guillaume Gomez Laurent Cazenave	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	GT	119	DNF	DNF
2003	Kondo Racing	Masahiko Kondo Ukyo Katayama	Dome S101-Mugen	LMP900	322	13th	8th
2004	Kondo Racing	Hiroki Katoh Ryo Michigami	Dome S101-Mugen	LMP1	206	DNF	DNF

Complete Formula Nippon results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2003	Team 5Zigen	SUZ 7	FUJ Ret	MIN 6	MOT Ret	SUZ 13	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	14th	1

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2005	Saulnier Racing	ZOL 1 9	ZOL 2 8	MON 1 9	VAL 1 17	VAL 2 9	LMS 1 14	LMS 2 17	BIL 1 9	BIL 2 13	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 Ret	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 14	EST 1 14	EST 2 16	MOZ 1 18	MOZ 2 19	20th	11
2006	Tech 1 Racing	ZOL 1 11	ZOL 2 Ret	MON 1 17	IST 1 12	IST 2 10	MIS 1 12	MIS 2 9	SPA 1 12	SPA 2 13	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 5	DON 1 19	DON 2 4	LMS 1 Ret	LMS 2 4	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 Ret	16th	25

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jonathan Cochet	French Formula Three Champion 2001	Succeeded by Tristan Gommendy

External links

Ryo Fukuda at DriverDB.com