Masami Kuwashima

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Masami Kuwashima

Nationality Japanese

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1976
Teams	Wolf
Races	1 (0 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1976 Japanese Grand Prix
Last race	1976 Japanese Grand Prix

Masami Kuwashima (桑島正美, Masami Kuwashima^? born September 14, 1950) is a former racing driver from Japan. After some experience in the Japanese lower formulae, he made an attempt at Formula One.

A deal to drive in the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix with the RAM team came to nothing, but Kuwashima found a seat with the then-struggling Wolf / Williams team, driving a Wolf-Williams FW05. He took part in the first practice session for the race, but proved rather slow. In any case, later that day his sponsors withdrew their financing of the Williams deal, and Frank Williams promptly replaced Kuwashima with Hans Binder for the second practice session and the race itself. Kuwashima was not to have another chance in F1, and he returned to the Japanese F2000 and F2 series where he spent the rest of his career.