Satoshi Motoyama

Quick Facts

Intro

Japanese racing driver

Places

Japan

Racecar driver

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Birth

4 March 1971 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Tokyo

Age

53 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Satoshi Motoyama (本山哲 - Motoyama Satoshi; born March 4, 1971) is a Japanese professional racing driver.

Career

Born in Tokyo, Motoyama gathered an impressive resume of results in his native country, winning the Formula Nippon championship in 1998, 2001, 2003, and 2005. He also competes in the Japan GT Championship and won that series title in 2003, 2004 and 2008, sharing the car with Michael Krumm, Richard Lyons and Benoît Tréluyer respectively. Motoyama and Tréluyer won the 2008 championship with 3 wins in 9 races. Motoyama is a Nissan driver, and he has competed in the JGTC / Super GT for Nismo and Autech with the Nissan Z-car, Nissan Skyline GT-R and Nissan GT-R.

The closest Motoyama has come to Formula One was a Friday test for Jordan at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, and a pre-season test session with Renault in 2004.

Motoyama has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the main sports prototype class. He drove a Nissan R390 GT1 works car in 1998, finishing 10th, and he retired in 1999 with a Nissan R391. Also in 1999, he won the 1999 Le Mans Fuji 1000 km in a R391. In 2012, he drove the Nissan-powered DeltaWing experimental car for Highcroft Racing, joining Krumm and Marino Franchitti.

Racing record

Complete JGTC/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
1996	Hoshino Racing	Nissan Silvia	GT300	SUZ	FUJ	SEN Ret	FUJ Ret	SUG 12	MIN 7				29th	4
1997	Impul	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ Ret	FUJ 5	SEN 15	FUJ 4	MIN 6	SUG 14				11th	24
1998	ARTA	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ 13	FUJ C	SEN 11	FUJ 6	MOT 6	MIN 9	SUG 8			12th	17
1999	NISMO	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ 2	FUJ	SUG 6	MIN 1	FUJ 3	TAI 7	MOT 3			3rd	69
2000	Impul	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	MOT 17	FUJ 5	SUG 5	FUJ 3	TAI 6	MIN 1	SUZ 3			3rd	66
2001	Impul	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	TAI 15	FUJ Ret	SUG 7	FUJ 7	MOT 3	SUZ 11	MIN 5			11th	28
2002	NISMO	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	TAI 11	FUJ 7	SUG 7	SEP 4	FUJ 2	MOT 10	MIN 2	SUZ Ret		8th	51
2003	NISMO	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	TAI 2	FUJ 4	SUG 3	FUJ 5	FUJ 2	MOT 11	AUT 5	SUZ 3		1st	86
2004	NISMO	Nissan Z	GT500	TAI 1	SUG Ret	SEP 3	TOK Ret	MOT 3	AUT 1	SUZ 7			1st	73
2005	NISMO	Nissan Z	GT500	OKA Ret	FUJ 4	SEP 1	SUG 8	MOT 6	FUJ 10	AUT 6	SUZ 2		3rd	60
2006	NISMO	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 2	OKA Ret	FUJ 4	SEP 5	SUG 2	SUZ DSQ	MOT 14	AUT 1	FUJ 11	6th	69
2007	NISMO	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 2	OKA Ret	FUJ 1	SEP 14	SUG Ret	SUZ 3	MOT 13	AUT 12	FUJ 14	8th	48
2008	NISMO	Nissan GT-R	GT500	SUZ 1	OKA 1	FUJ 14	SEP 13	SUG 14	SUZ 8	MOT 12	AUT 1	FUJ 9	1st	76
2009	NISMO	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 13	SUZ 11	FUJ 1	SEP 8	SUG 1	SUZ 6	FUJ 2	AUT 2	MOT 14	3rd	78
2010	NISMO	Nissan GT-R	GT500	SUZ 8	OKA Ret	FUJ Ret	SEP 2	SUG 6	SUZ 2	FUJ C	MOT 8		7th	48
2011	NISMO	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 5	FUJ 1	SEP 14	SUG 12	SUZ 4	FUJ 6	AUT 1	MOT 1		2nd	79
2012	NISMO	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 4	FUJ 3	SEP 7	SUG Ret	SUZ 5	FUJ 11	AUT 6	MOT 6		8th	40
2013	MOLA	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 9	SEP 6	SUG 7	SUZ 8	FUJ 7	AUT 4	MOT 14		12th	28
2014	MOLA	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ Ret	AUT 2	SUG 7	FUJ 6	SUZ 13	BUR Ret	MOT 5		11th	31
2015	MOLA	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 8	FUJ 10	CHA 1	FUJ 14	SUZ 6	SUG 2	AUT 6	MOT Ret		6th	50

Complete Formula Nippon results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1996	FUNAI SUPER AGURI	SUZ 7	MIN Ret	FUJ 5	TOK 17	SUZ 12	SUG 3	FUJ 5	MIN 6	SUZ Ret	FUJ Ret		10th	9
1997	FUNAI SUPER AGURI	SUZ 4	MIN DNS	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ Ret	MIN 6	MOT Ret	FUJ 4	SUZ		11th	7
1998	LEMONed Le Mans	SUZ Ret	MIN 1	FUJ 1	MOT 2	SUZ Ret	SUG 4	FUJ C	MIN 1	FUJ 2	SUZ Ret		1st	45
1999	UNLIMITED Le Mans	SUZ 1	MOT 2	MIN 1	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG 2	FUJ 3	MIN Ret	MOT 1	SUZ Ret		2nd	46
2000	IMPUL	SUZ 6	MOT 4	MIN Ret	FUJ 8	SUZ 6	SUG 4	MOT 3	FUJ 2	MIN 2	SUZ 1		3rd	34
2001	excite IMPUL	SUZ Ret	MOT 9	MIN 1	FUJ Ret	SUZ 1	SUG 1	FUJ 4	MIN 1	MOT 2	SUZ Ret		1st	49
2002	Xbox IMPUL	SUZ Ret	FUJ 1	MIN 1	SUZ 5	MOT 1	SUG Ret	FUJ 3	MIN 1	MOT 4	SUZ 1		2nd	60
2003	IMPUL	SUZ 1	FUJ 1	MIN 1	MOT 9	SUZ 14	SUG 1	FUJ 1	MIN 13	MOT 2	SUZ 3		1st	56
2004	ADiRECT 5ZIGEN	SUZ 5	SUG 12	MOT 5	SUZ 4	SUG 1	MIN 6	SEP Ret	MOT 5	SUZ 6			6th	21
2005	Arting IMPUL	MOT 4	SUZ 4	SUG 1	FUJ 2	SUZ 1	MIN 3	FUJ 13	MOT 1	SUZ 2			1st	52
2006	arting IMPUL	FUJ 3	SUZ 8	MOT 3	SUZ 3	AUT Ret	FUJ 3	SUG 5	MOT Ret	SUZ Ret			5th	16
2007	Arabian Oasis IMPUL	FUJ Ret	SUZ 1	MOT 6	OKA 10	SUZ 1	FUJ Ret	SUG 4	MOT 11	SUZ 1			4th	38
2008	Team LeMans	FUJ Ret	SUZ 4	MOT 16	OKA Ret	SUZ1 8	SUZ2 3	MOT1 9	MOT2 5	FUJ1 14	FUJ2 14	SUG Ret	11th	14

Complete Formula One participations

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2003	Jordan Ford	Jordan EJ13	Ford V10	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA	USA	JPN TD	—	—

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Nissan Motorsports TWR	Takuya Kurosawa Masami Kageyama	Nissan R390 GT1	GT1	319	10th	9th
1999	Nissan Motorsports	Michael Krumm Érik Comas	Nissan R391	LMP	110	DNF	DNF
2012	Highcroft Racing	Marino Franchitti Michael Krumm	DeltaWing-Nissan	UNC	75	DNF	DNF
2014	Nissan Motorsports Global	Lucas Ordóñez Wolfgang Reip	Nissan ZEOD RC	UNC	5	DNF	DNF