Kohei Hirate

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Kohei Hirate
2007 GP2 Series driver
Nationality	Japanese
Current team	Trident Racing
Car No.	11 (TBC)
Starts	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Debut season	2007
Best season	N/A
2006 position	N/A

Kohei Hirate (born 24 March 1986) is a Japanese race car driver currently driving for GP2 team Trident Racing and test driving for F1 team Toyota.

[edit] Career

Hirate began karting in 1999 when he was 13. After winning the All Japan Junior Kart Championship, coming third and fifth in the All Japan Kart Championship and coming third in the FIA Oceania Championship, he moved on to Formula Toyota, where he raced for the Tom's Spirit team and came second with four wins to his name.

In 2003, He moved to Formula Renault, at the Prema Power team. In his two year spell here he won 7 races and came second in the 2004 season. In 2004 he also raced for Prema Power's Formula Three Euroseries team twice, and in 2005 made the decision to race here. After coming twelth for Team Rosberg, he was made a Toyota F1 test driver in 2006 and came third in the Formula Three Euroseries. This year he will continue as a Toyota test driver and also drive for GP2 team Trident Racing.