Seiji Ara

Seiji Ara (荒 聖治; Ara Seiji) (born May 5, 1974 in Chiba, Japan) is a race car driver.

He was the winner of the 24-hour Le Mans race in 2004, driving an Audi R8.^[1] In the same year he also raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series and Japanese GT Championship.

In earlier years he had competed in Formula Nippon (2001–2002), Japanese Formula 3 (1997–2000) and the Barber Dodge Pro Series (1995).

He made his World Touring Car Championship debut with Wiechers-Sport at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2001	Viper Team Oreca	Masahiko Kondo Ni Amorim	Chrysler LMP	LMP900	243	DNF	DNF
2002	Audi Sport Japan Team Goh	Hiroki Katoh Yannick Dalmas	Audi R8	LMP900	358	7th	6th
2003	Audi Sport Japan Team Goh	Jan Magnussen Marco Werner	Audi R8	LMP900	370	4th	2nd
2004	Audi Sport Japan Team Goh	Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen	Audi R8	LMP900	379	1st	1st
2005	Jim Gainer International	Ryo Michigami Katsutomo Kaneishi	Dome S101Hb-Mugen	LMP1	193	DNF	DNF
2009	Navi Team Goh	Keisuke Kunimoto Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	LMP2	339	DNF	DNF
2012	Pescarolo Team	Nicolas Minassian Sébastien Bourdais	Dome S102.5-Judd	LMP1	203	NC	NC

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

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

* Season still in progress.

References