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Akira Iida

is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in the Super GT series. He won the 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500 title with Esso Toyota Team LeMans, co-driving with Juichi Wakisaka. He also won the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series GTE class title for Team Taisan Ken Endless.

Iida was also a presenter on the Japanese performance-car program Best Motoring.

Career

Iida has competed in Super GT (formerly JGTC) since 1994; he has multiple race wins and captured the drivers’ title in 2002 with Wakisaka for Esso Team LeMans. He has also raced in International Formula 3000 and Formula Nippon.

Being experienced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Iida also participated in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and VLN endurance races, including class wins in a Lexus LFA. On 31 August 2011, Iida recorded a lap time of 7:14.64 in a fully road-legal Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, then a production-car benchmark on standard specification tyres, confirmed by Lexus.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans

The following results are summarized from RacingSportsCars and event archives.

Complete JTC/JTCC results

Japanese Top Formula Championship results

International Formula 3000 results

Complete JGTC/Super GT Results

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

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