Katsuyuki Hiranaka

Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Nationality Japanese
Born (1981-10-04) 4 October 1981 (age 43)
Sapporo, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2005
Current teamShade Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number20
Former teams
Starts75
Wins4
Poles3
Fastest laps3
Best finish2nd in 2011, 2013, 2014
Previous series
2005-08
2003-04
2002, 04		Formula Nippon
Formula 3 Euro Series
All-Japan Formula 3

Katsuyuki Hiranaka (平中 克幸, Hiranaka Katsuyuki, born 4 October 1981, in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese race car driver.

Career

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Hiranaka (leading) in the first GT300 race at the 2010 JAF Grand Prix

Katsuyuki began karting in 1995 when he was 14, and in 2002 moved to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, as a member of the TOM'S team. In 2002, he achieved one fastest lap and came fifth in one race. Between 2003 and 2004 Katsuyuki raced for Prema Powerteam in the Formula 3 Euro Series. He then returned to Japan and took part in the Super GT & Formula Nippon local series.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2002 Japanese Formula 3 Championship TOM'S 20 0 0 1 7 142 5th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 25th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th
2003 Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 20 0 0 1 0 4 22nd
British Formula 3 International Series 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 29th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 29th
2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship TOM's 2 0 0 0 1 14 14th
Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 20 0 0 0 1 9 15th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 23rd
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 22nd
2005 Formula Nippon Takagi/Cerumo 9 0 0 1 0 2 13th
Super GT - GT300 Toyota Team Cerumo 8 0 0 0 0 7 15th
2006 Formula Nippon NTT DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 8 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Super GT - GT500 Team SARD 9 0 0 0 0 13 23rd
2007 Formula Nippon SG Team 5zigen 9 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Super GT - GT500 Team SARD 9 0 0 1 1 21 15th
2008 Formula Nippon SG Team 5zigen 7 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Super GT - GT500 Nakajima Racing 9 0 0 0 1 43 10th
2009 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 9 1 0 0 3 51 3rd
2010 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 7 0 0 0 0 34 7th
Formula Nippon KCMG 7 0 0 0 0 4 12th
2011 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 0 2 5 83 2nd
2012 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 1 0 1 47 7th
2013 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 2 0 0 3 80 2nd
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 GAINER International 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2014 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 0 0 5 80 2nd
2015 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 0 0 4 52 5th
2016 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 0 0 0 32 9th
2017 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 0 0 2 45 6th
2018 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 2 1 0 48 5th
Super Taikyu - ST-4 Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing 4 0 0 0 2 102.5‡ 2nd‡
2019 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 2 2 0 0 48 3rd
2020 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 1 0 1 2 43 6th
2021 Super GT - GT300 GAINER 8 0 2 1 1 38 7th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing 6 0 0 2 0 42‡ 8th‡
2022 Super GT - GT300 SHADE Racing 8 0 0 0 0 6 27th
GT World Challenge Asia - GT4 TGR Team Koshido Racing 4 1 1 2 4 76 6th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z SHADE Racing 6 2 1 2 4 115.5‡ 2nd‡
2023 Super Taikyu - ST-Z SHADE Racing 7 2 1 1 6 141.5‡ 2nd‡
2024 Super GT - GT300 SHADE Racing
Super Taikyu - ST-Z

* Season still in progress.
† – As Hiranaka was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

‡ Team standings.

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

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

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2002 TOM'S Toyota TSU
1
5 		TSU
2
5 		SUZ
1
3 		SUZ
2
10 		FUJ
1
2 		FUJ
2
Ret 		MIN
1
Ret 		MIN
2
5 		MOT
1
4 		MOT
2
3 		SUZ
1
9 		SUZ
2
7 		SUG
1
3 		SUG
2
DNS 		SEN
1
Ret 		SEN
2
2 		TAI
1
4 		TAI
2
3 		MOT
1
13 		MOT
2
3 		5th 142
2004 SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		TSU
1 		TSU
2 		OKA
1 		OKA
2 		MOT
1 		MOT
2 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		MIN
1 		MIN
2 		SEN
1 		SEN
2 		MIN
1 		MIN
2 		MOT
1
3 		MOT
2
9 		14th 14

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2003 Prema Powerteam Dallara F303/007 Spiess-Opel HOC
1
13 		HOC
2
Ret 		ADR
1
12 		ADR
2
12 		PAU
1
6 		PAU
2
13 		NOR
1
14 		NOR
2
Ret 		LMS
1
22 		LMS
2
17 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
18 		A1R
1
26 		A1R
2
16 		ZAN
1
10 		ZAN
2
10 		HOC
1
22 		HOC
2
23 		MAG
1
20 		MAG
2
13 		22nd 4
2004 Dallara F304/009 HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
13 		EST
1
19 		EST
2
14 		ADR
1
2 		ADR
1
16 		PAU
1
9 		PAU
2
8 		NOR
1
9 		NOR
1
22 		15th 9
Dallara F303/025 MAG
1
Ret 		MAG
2
22 		NÜR
1
24 		NÜR
2
14 		ZAN
1
10 		ZAN
2
13 		BRN
1
13 		BRN
2
12 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
17

Complete Super GT results

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(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 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Celica GT300 OKA
11 		FUJ
14 		SEP
12 		SUG
8 		MOT
14 		FUJ
Ret 		AUT
8 		SUZ
18 		15th 7
2006 Toyota Team SARD Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
11 		OKA
13 		FUJ
11 		SEP
13 		SUG
Ret 		SUZ
11 		MOT
9 		AUT
10 		FUJ
10 		23rd 13
2007 Toyota Team SARD Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
Ret 		OKA
12 		FUJ
8 		SEP
13 		SUG
6 		SUZ
11 		MOT
10 		AUT
3 		FUJ
13 		15th 21
2008 Epson Nakajima Racing Honda NSX GT500 SUZ
10 		OKA
5 		FUJ
7 		SEP
Ret 		SUG
Ret 		SUZ
11 		MOT
5 		AUT
2 		FUJ
4 		10th 43
2009 GAINER Ferrari F430 GT300 OKA
4 		SUZ
4 		FUJ
Ret 		SEP
8 		SUG
3 		SUZ
5 		FUJ
2 		AUT
1 		MOT
4 		3rd 79
2010 GAINER Ferrari F430 GT2 GT300 SUZ
Ret 		OKA
7 		FUJ
6 		SEP
4 		SUG
5 		SUZ
8 		FUJ
C 		MOT
4 		7th 34
2011 GAINER Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GT300 OKA
2 		FUJ
2 		SEP
2 		SUG
7 		SUZ
4 		FUJ
22 		AUT
2 		MOT
3 		2nd 83
2012 GAINER Audi R8 LMS ultra GT300 OKA
1 		FUJ
5 		SEP
7 		SUG
6 		SUZ
5 		FUJ
7 		AUT
16 		MOT
13 		7th 47
2013 GAINER Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
1 		FUJ
6 		SEP
3 		SUG
13 		SUZ
6 		FUJ
7 		AUT
4 		MOT
1 		2nd 80
2014 GAINER Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
3 		FUJ
2 		AUT
3 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
2 		SUZ
10 		CHA
8 		MOT
1 		2nd 78
2015 GAINER Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
12 		FUJ
3 		CHA
4 		FUJ
3 		SUZ
11 		SUG
3 		AUT
Ret 		MOT
3 		5th 52
2016 GAINER Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
4 		FUJ
Ret 		SUG
4 		FUJ
7 		SUZ
Ret 		CHA
9 		MOT
4 		MOT
10 		9th 32
2017 GAINER Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
18 		FUJ
2 		AUT
22 		SUG
1 		FUJ
17 		SUZ
9 		CHA
8 		MOT
7 		6th 45
2018 GAINER Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
5 		FUJ
3 		SUZ
16 		CHA
1 		FUJ
22 		SUG
19 		AUT
6 		MOT
5 		5th 48
2019 GAINER Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
21 		FUJ
1 		SUZ
9 		CHA
8 		FUJ
9 		AUT
15 		SUG
22 		MOT
1 		3rd 48
2020 GAINER Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 FUJ
2 		FUJ
21 		SUZ
1 		MOT
6 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
15 		MOT
9 		FUJ
18 		6th 43
2021 GAINER Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
4 		FUJ
16 		SUZ
26 		MOT
2 		SUG
10 		AUT
5 		MOT
8 		FUJ
8 		7th 38
2022 SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 GT300 OKA
14 		FUJ
20 		SUZ
DNS 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
7 		SUG
23 		AUT
9 		MOT
21 		27th 6
2023 SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 GT300 OKA
Ret 		FUJ
12 		SUZ
10 		FUJ
15 		SUZ
18 		SUG
2 		AUT
13 		MOT
14 		16th 16
2024 SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 GT300 OKA
13 		FUJ
19 		SUZ
15 		FUJ
19 		SUG
Ret 		AUT
9 		MOT
16 		SUZ
19 		19th 2
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