Tsugio Matsuda | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Kuwana, Mie, Japan | June 18, 1979
Super GT career | |
Debut season | 2000 |
Current team | Kondo Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
Car number | 24 |
Former teams | Team Impul, Nakajima, Take One, Nismo |
Starts | 194 |
Championships | 2 (2014 & 2015) |
Wins | 24 |
Podiums | 50 |
Poles | 3 |
Best finish | 1st in 2014, 2015 |
Finished last season | 3rd |
Previous series | |
1998–2013 | Formula Nippon |
Championship titles | |
2014 & 2015 2007 & 2008 | Super GT - GT500 Formula Nippon |
Tsugio Matsuda (松田 次生, Matsuda Tsugio, born June 18, 1979) is a Japanese professional racing driver for Nissan and Kondo Racing in the Super GT Series, and a team ambassador for KCMG in the Super Formula Championship.
He is the Super GT Series' all-time career wins leader in the GT500 class, and a two-time GT500 class champion in 2014 and 2015. He raced in Super Formula from 1998 to 2013, and won back-to-back series titles in 2007 and 2008, when the series was known as Formula Nippon.
Matsuda has also represented Nissan in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Intercontinental GT Challenge.