Masahiro Hasemi

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Masahiro Hasemi
Nationality	Japanese
World Championship Career
Active years	1976
Team(s)	Kojima
Races	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First race	1976 Japanese Grand Prix
Last race	1976 Japanese Grand Prix

Masahiro Hasemi (Shinjitai: 長谷見 昌弘, Hasemi Masahiro^?, born Tokyo, November 13, 1945) is a former racing driver and team owner from Japan. He started in motorcross when he was 15. In 1964 he signed to drive for Nissan. After establishing himself in saloon car and GT races in Japan, he participated in his only Formula One race at the Japanese Grand Prix for Kojima on October 24, 1976. He qualified 10th after an error which cost him his chance of a pole position and finished 11th, seven laps behind the winner. Notably, however, he also set the fastest lap of the race.

He would become the Japanese Formula 2 champion in 1980, after that he reverted to racing Skylines, whom he became heavily synomous with, in Group 5, touring cars and JGTC. He won the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1989, 1991 and 1992. He also won the Japanese Sports Prototype Championship in 1990, with the controversial win at the Guia Touring Car race at the Macau Grand Prix in 1990 and Daytona 24 hour in 1992. Masahiro would retire from driving in 2001 and now runs Hasemi Sport, a JGTC racing team and Nissan aftermarket parts company.

[edit] Complete Formula One Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Team	WDC	Points
1976	Kojima	BRA	RSA	USAW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	DUT	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN 11	Kojima	-	0

[edit] External links

• Hasemi Sport Deals with Nissan aftermarket parts (Japanese)
• Kojima F1 Project 1976 Japanese Grand prix page, partially dedicated to Hasemi-san and the car
• Gzox Hasemi's Super GT sponsor's page (Japanese)
• Team profile