Juichi Wakisaka

Juichi Wakisaka
Wakisaka in 2010
NationalityJapanese
Born (1972-07-29) July 29, 1972 (age 52)
Nara
Related toShigekazu Wakisaka (brother)
Super GT career
Debut season1998
Former teamsLexus Team Kraft
Lexus Team TOM'S
Lexus Team SARD
Toyota Team LeMans
Mugen x Dome Project
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh
Starts97
Wins10
Best finish1st in 2002, 2006, 2009
Previous series
1997-2004
1995-1996
Formula Nippon
All-Japan Formula Three
Championship titles
2002, 2006, 20093
Awards
1996All-Japan F3 champion

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]

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
  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.