Hideki Noda

Hideki Noda (野田 英樹, Noda Hideki, born 7 March 1969[1]) is a Japanese professional racing driver. He participated in three Formula One Grands Prix, débuting in the 1994 European Grand Prix, but did not score any championship points. He replaced Yannick Dalmas in the Larrousse car for the last three Grands Prix of the season, but failed to finish in any of the three races. In 1995, he joined Simtek as a test driver, hoping to get some races in. However, the Kobe earthquake and the folding of the Simtek team ended his brief Formula 1 career.

Hideki Noda
Noda in 2009
Born (1969-03-07) 7 March 1969
Osaka, Japan
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityJapanese
Active years1994
TeamsLarrousse
Entries3
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1994 European Grand Prix
Last entry1994 Australian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years20082010
TeamsKruse Schiller Motorsport (KSM)
Best finish26th (2010)
Class wins0

A year later, Noda went to America and raced in the Indy Lights and became the only Japanese driver to win a CART-sanctioned event. After a few years in America, Noda moved back to Japan, where he drove a Team Cerumo Toyota Supra with Hironori Takeuchi. In the annual non-championship All-Star event at Aida, Noda and Takeuchi were forced out with mechanical problems. In 1999, he joined the Esso Tiger Team Le Mans under Koichiro Mori, again to drive a Toyota Supra, ex-Australian V8 Supercar driver Wayne Gardner. The highlight of their season was a win at Fuji. With 33 points, they were equal 17th in the series.

In 2002, Noda returned to the United States and drove in six Indy Racing League IndyCar Series races for Convergent Racing and Indy Regency Racing with a best finish of 10th at Phoenix International Raceway while with Convergent. He also competed in a round of the inaugural A1 Grand Prix season with Japan at Lausitz, where he scored three points for the Japanese team. He has also been seen in the Zytek sports-prototype in 2006.

Career

A1 Grand Prix (2005–2009)

In 2005, Noda was announced as the second driver for the Japan entry for the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season, second to Ryo Fukuda. His first race for the team came at the second round at Lausitz, where he qualified in 21st place. In sprint race, Noda managed to move up 11 places to finish 10th and score one point for Japan. The feature race saw Noda finish one place higher in ninth place, scoring a further two points for the Japanese A1 GP team. Japan finished 21st at the end of the season, with eight points.

Personal life

Noda's daughter Juju is also a racing driver, who competed in the W Series.[2]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 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 DC Points
1992 3001 International SIL
Ret
PAU
DNQ
CAT
Ret
PER
Ret
HOC
DNS
NÜR
14
SPA
17
ALB
12
NOG
Ret
MAG
8
NC 0
1993 TOM's DON
Ret
SIL
11
PAU
9
PER HOC
Ret
NÜR
19
SPA
15
MAG
Ret
NOG
11
NC 0
1994 Forti Corse SIL
5
PAU
Ret
CAT
Ret
PER
3
HOC
Ret
SPA
7
EST
16†
MAG
11
10th 6

Complete Japanese Formula 3000/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
1993 TOM'S SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ AUT SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ FUJ
19
SUZ
Ret
NC 0
1998 Team Cerumo SUZ
5
MIN
Ret
FUJ
5
MOT
6
SUZ
Ret
SUG
3
FUJ
C
MIN
Ret
FUJ
9
SUZ
Ret
10th 9
1999 Impul SUZ
Ret
MOT
16
MIN
13
FUJ
14
SUZ
6
SUG
Ret
FUJ
Ret
MIN
2
MOT
9
SUZ
11
11th 7
2000 Team LeMans SUZ
Ret
MOT
10
MIN
3
FUJ
15
SUZ
2
SUG
Ret
MOT
5
FUJ
6
MIN
17
SUZ
5
5th 15
2001 DoCoMo Team Dandelion SUZ
Ret
MOT
Ret
MIN
Ret
FUJ
13
SUZ
12
SUG
Ret
FUJ
13
MIN
Ret
MOT
Ret
SUZ
11
21st 0
2003 Team MOHN SUZ
6
FUJ
10
MIN
8
MOT
Ret
SUZ
12
SUG
Ret
FUJ
Ret
MIN
10
MOT
Ret
SUZ
10
13th 1
2004 Team MOHN SUZ
9
SUG
8
MOT
11
SUZ
Ret
SUG
12
MIN
Ret
SEP
Ret
MOT
11
SUZ
14
15th 0
2005 Team MOHN MOT
Ret
SUZ
Ret
SUG
10
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
9
MIN
Ret
FUJ
10
MOT
8
SUZ
13
16th 0

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1994 Tourtel Larrousse F1 Larrousse LH94 Ford V8 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR
Ret
JPN
Ret
AUS
Ret
NC 0

American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
1996 Indy Regency Racing MIA
11
LBH
16
NAZ
7
MIS
13
MIL
12
DET
16
POR
20
CLE
5
TOR
3
TRO
12
VAN
13
LS
15
14th 34
1997 Indy Regency Racing MIA
18
LBH
19
NAZ
16
SAV
6
STL
16
MIL
14
DET
14
POR
1
TOR
15
TRO
6
VAN
3
LS
12
FON 9th 51

Indy Racing League

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points Ref
2002 Convergent Racing G-Force 20 Chevrolet HMS
23
PHX
10
FON
25
NZR INDY TXS PPI RIR KAN NSH MIS KTY       32nd 54 [3]
Indy Regency Racing 28                         STL
17
CHI
24
TX2
27

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 Points
1998 Team Cerumo Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
9
FUJ
C
SEN
Ret
FUJ
Ret
MOT
5
MIN
12
SUG
3
11th 22
1999 Team LeMans Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ FUJ
8
SUG
16
MIN
5
FUJ
1
TAI
9
MOT
13
12th 33
2000 Team LeMans Toyota Supra GT500 MOT
8
FUJ
4
SUG
7
FUJ
15
TAI
7
MIN
5
SUZ
6
9th 35
2001 Team LeMans Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
Ret
FUJ
1
SUG
5
FUJ
3
MOT
13
SUZ
Ret
MIN
14
7th 40
2002 TOM'S Toyota Supra GT500 TAI FUJ SUG SEP FUJ MOT MIN SUZ
16
NC 0
2003 Team Tsuchiya Toyota Supra GT500 TAI FUJ
Ret
SUG FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUZ NC 0
2005 Team Tsuchiya Toyota Supra GT500 OKA FUJ SEP SUG MOT FUJ
Ret
AUT SUZ 20th 1
2006 Team Tsuchiya Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ OKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ
Ret
MOT AUT FUJ 28th 5
2012 Hitotsuyama Racing Audi R8 LMS GT300 OKA
18
FUJ
16
SEP SUG SUZ FUJ AUT MOT NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2008 Germany Kruse Schiller Motorsport France Jean de Pourtales
Denmark Allan Simonsen
Lola B05/40-Mazda LMP2 147 DNF
2009 France Jean de Pourtales
Hong Kong Matthew Marsh
Lola B07/46-Mazda 261 DNF
2010 France Jean de Pourtales
United Kingdom Jonathan Kennard
Lola B07/40-Judd 291 26th 10th

Footnotes

  1. Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers — Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
  2. Southwell, Hazel (22 March 2022). "W Series confirms 17 drivers for 2022 including youngest-ever racer Juju Noda". RaceFans. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. "Hideki Noda – 2002 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

References

All Formula One race and championship results are taken from:

  • Official Formula 1 Website. Archive: Results for 1994 season www.formula1.com. Retrieved 7 July 2006

All IRL race and championship results are taken from:

  • Official IRL Website. Archive: Results for 2002 season IndyCar.com. Retrieved 7 July 2006
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