Tomonobu Fujii

Tomonobu Fujii
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1980-12-17) 17 December 1980 Tokyo
Championship titles
2006 2007 2007 2011 2012	All Japan Endurance Championship, LMP2 Class SuperTaikyu, ST1 Class All Japan Endurance Championship, LMGT1 Class SuperTaikyu, ST-X Class SuperGT Jaf Grand Prix, GT300 Class

Tomonobu Fujii (藤井誠暢, Fujii Tomonobu, born 17 December 1980 in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver.^[1]

Racing Kart / Formula race

He obtained second-hand Racing Kart in 1994 and made his debut in the local race when he was 13 years old. He won the championship right away and showed his talent in the local races. He continued to win a lot of victories in the local races and won the Series Championships twice. He stepped up to Formula race right after that but was forced to suspend the participation in the races due to lack of funds. He went out for sales to seek the sponsors in this one year of interval. He participated in Formula 4 in 2002 where he won two victories in a year and obtained Series 2nd as well as MVP. He got scholarship and participated in Formula Dream by HONDA for two years from 2003. He accumulated lots of experiences by obtaining Series 4th in 2004.

Super GT

He made his debut in Super GT, which is the top category in Japan in 2005. Once he started to race with Nissan 350Z, he got PODIUM four times and won the 4th position in 2006. He won his first championship in the opening race of SUPER GT in 2007 and competed for the Series Champion. He then got contract with NISMO as Factory Driver from 2008. He raced with Nissan 350Z in SUPER GT till 2008. He obtained 5th position in 2007 and 2008, and led plenty of experiences in GT racing to the good results. From 2010 to 2013, he got contract with Hankook Tire as Factory Driver and raced with Porsche GT3R (RSR) in that 4 years. He obtained Series 3rd in 2011 and Series 2nd in 2012. He contributed a lot to their tire development. He has been racing with Audi R8 LMS ultra since 2014. He is in the spotlight as SUPER GT driver with his experiences with lots of machines and he is one of the top drivers in SUPER GT who obtained total 7 victories.

Super GT / JAF Grand Prix FUJI SPRINT CUP

He obtained 3rd position with Porsche GT3R in 2010, 2nd position in 2011 and won the championship in 2012 in JAF Grand Prix FUJI SPRINT CUP held in FUJI SPEED WAY for four years from 2010 to 2013. This means he stood on the podium for consecutive three years in the individual race of SUPER GT.

Endurance race

He has been participating in Super Taikyu race along with Super GT in Japan for a long time. He raced with NISSAN 350Z from 2006 to 2009 and won the Series Champion in 2007. He won the victory as the development driver of NISSAN 370Z NISMO RC in 2010. He won three victories with Audi R8 LMS in 2011 and won the Series Champion for GT3 Class. He raced with NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 from 2012 to 2014. He also joined All Japan Endurance Championship held in Japan in both 2006 and 2007. He won the Series Championship in LMP2 class in 2006 and in LMGT1 class with Ferrari 550 GT1 in 2007. This means he won the Series Championship for consecutive two years.

He also has plenty of experiences in overseas races, and mainly participates in CRAFT RACING in HONG KONG and Aston Martin Vantage GT3. They are Asian Lemans and Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race and Dubai 24Hrs. He got 3rd place PODIUM in Dubai 24Hrs in 2013. And he also has experiences in 53rd ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA 2015 with Flying Lizard Motorsports.

Super GT results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2005	MOLA	Nissan 350Z	GT300	OKA 15	FUJ 10	SEP 17	SUG 17	MOT 15	FUJ Ret	AUT 9	SUZ 15		18th	3
2006	ENDLESS SPORTS	Nissan 350Z	GT300	SUZ 16	OKA 4	FUJ 13	SEP 18	SUG 2	SUZ 16	MOT 2	AUT 11	FUJ 3	4th	62
2007	ENDLESS SPORTS	Nissan 350Z	GT300	SUZ 1	OKA 7	FUJ 4	SEP 6	SUG 12	SUZ 5	MOT 23	AUT 3	FUJ 5	5th	59
2008	TEAM DAISHIN	Nissan 350Z	GT300	SUZ 4	OKA 6	FUJ 5	SEP 10	SUG 2	SUZ 6	MOT 11	AUT 1	FUJ 7	5th	62
2009	TEAM DAISHIN	Ferrari F430GT	GT300	OKA 12	SUZ 6	FUJ 2	SEP DNS	SUG 4	SUZ 8	FUJ 1	AUT 18	MOT 1	4th	71
2010	HANKOOK KTR	Porsche 911 GT3RSR	GT300	SUZ	OKA	FUJ Ret	SEP	SUG		FUJ C	MOT		NC	0
2010	A speed	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	GT300						SUZ Ret				NC	0
2011	HANKOOK KTR	Porsche 911 GT3R	GT300	OKA 14	FUJ 1	SEP 9	SUG 5	SUZ 2	FUJ 11	AUT 17	MOT 2		3rd	58
2012	HANKOOK KTR	Porsche 911 GT3R	GT300	OKA 5	FUJ Ret	SEP 1	SUG 4	SUZ 6	FUJ 1	AUT 3	MOT 7		2nd	75
2013	HANKOOK KTR	Porsche 911 GT3R	GT300	OKA 8	FUJ 16	SEP Ret	SUG 17	SUZ 10	FUJ 15	AUT 5	MOT 11		19th	11
2014	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	Audi R8 LMS ultra	GT300	OKA 8	FUJ 14	AUT 18	SUG 3	FUJ 23	SUZ Ret	BUR Ret	MOT 4		14th	22

24 Hours of Dubai results

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	ClassPos.
2013	Craft Racing AMR	Frank Yu Darryl O'Young Darren Turner Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	A6-Pro	3rd
2014	Craft Racing AMR	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Darryl O'Young	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	A6-Pro	DNF

24 Hours of Daytona results

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	ClassPos.
2015	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Markus Winkelhock Robert Thorne Satoshi Hoshino	Audi R8 LMS	GTD	10th

References

↑ Speedsport Magazine. "Tomonobu Fujii: Racedriver biography – career and success". speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

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