Yuhi Sekiguchi

Yuhi Sekiguchi
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1987-12-29) 29 December 1987 Tokyo, Japan
2014 Super GT
Debut season	2007
Current team	MOLA
Car no.	1
Former teams	NDDP Racing, JLOC, Racing Project Bandoh
Starts	38
Wins	2
Poles	1
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	6th in 2012
Previous series
2011 2009-10 2008–09 2008 2007-11 2007 2006 2005–06 2004 2003	All-Japan Formula Three All-Japan F3 National Class GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master Super GT All-Japan Formula Three Formula Challenge Japan Formula Toyota Asian Formula Renault Asia-Pacific Championship ICA
Championship titles
2006 2006 2011	Formula Challenge Japan Formula Toyota All-Japan Formula Three Championship

Yuhi Sekiguchi (関口雄飛, Sekiguchi Yuhi, born 29 December 1987 in Nakano, Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault

Sekiguchi competed in two races of the 2004 Asian Formula Renault Challenge for the Asia Racing Team, scoring no points.

Formula Toyota

Sekiguchi drove in the Japan-based Formula Toyota in 2005 and 2006, winning the drivers' championship in his second year in the series.

Formula Challenge Japan

Sekiguchi also competed in Formula Challenge Japan in 2006, winning the drivers' title in this championship in addition to his FToyota success.

Formula Three

Sekiguchi moved up to the All-Japan Formula Three series for 2007, driving for the Now Motorsport team. He finished seventh overall in the points standings.

International Formula Master

Sekiguchi moved to Europe in 2008 to compete in the International Formula Master championship. He finished sixteenth in the points standings, with two fourth-placed finishes at Imola and Monza.

GP2 Series

In late 2008, Sekiguchi competed in the first round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the David Price Racing team. His team-mate was Michael Herck.^[1] He was the fourth Japanese driver in the championship, alongside Sakon Yamamoto, Kamui Kobayashi, and Hiroki Yoshimoto. However, he was then replaced by Giacomo Ricci from the second round onwards.^[2]

Formula Three return

Sekiguchi returned to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for 2009, finishing fifth in the National class. He improved to finish as runner-up in 2010, and then won the championship in 2011.

Super GT

Sekiguchi made his Super GT debut in 2007, partnering 2002 GT500 champion Akira Iida. At round five at Sportsland SUGO Sekiguchi drove from behind and passed Shigekazu Wakisaka with just a few laps remaining to take the win.^[3] After returning to Japan in 2009 he again juggled his All-Japan Formula Three Championship with a drive in the GT300 JLOC Lamborghini for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, achieving a best result of 3rd, at Motegi in 2010.

After winning the 2011 All-Japan Formula Three championship, he would only compete in Super GT in 2012 with the Nissan Driver Development Program team and won his 2nd race in Super GT, again at Sportsland SUGO. After placing 6th in the 2012 GT300 championship, Sekiguchi made his debut in the GT500 class for the 2013 season, joining the defending series champions MOLA and partnering 3-time series champion Satoshi Motoyama.

Racing record

Career summary

• † - As Sekiguchi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Asia series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

• Official website - Japanese
• Yuhi Sekiguchi career details at driverdb.com