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Akira Iida

{{short description|Japanese racing driver}}

{{Expand Japanese|topic=sport|date=March 2009|飯田章}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox Le Mans driver

| Name = Akira Iida

| Image =

| Nationality = Japanese

| Years = {{24hLM|1994}}-{{24hLM|1996}}, {{24hLM|2000}}

| Team(s) = Team Kunimitsu Honda, TV Asahi Team Dragon

| Best Finish = 8th ({{24hLM|1995}}, {{24hLM|2000}})

| Class Wins = 1 ({{24hLM|1995}})

}}

{{nihongo|Akira Iida |Shinjitai: 飯田 章|Iida Akira|extra= born 18 December 1969 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa}} is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in the Super GT series in GT300 class with LM corsa, one of the teams under Toyota Motorsport's GAZOO racing arm. Iida won the 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500 class with Esso Toyota Team LeMans, driving with Juichi Wakisaka. He also won 2013 Asian Le Mans Series GTE class driving for Team Taisan Ken Endless.{{fact|date=October 2024}}

Iida was also a presenter on the Japanese Best Motoring TV series.{{fact|date=October 2024}}

Career

Iida has competed in Super GT since 1994; he has five career wins and also won the driver's title in 2002.

Iida have also driven in Formula 3000 and Formula Nippon.

Being experienced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Akira Iida did also participate in the 2008 24 Hours Nürburgring race as well as in VLN endurance races, winning his class twice with a Lexus LF-A.

On August 31, 2011, Iida recorded a lap time of 7:14.64 in a fully road-legal Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. This marked a new fastest time for regular production cars, running on standard specification tyres.

Racing record

=24 Hours of Le Mans =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

1994

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Kremer Honda Racing
{{flagicon|JPN}} Team Kunimitsu

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kunimitsu Takahashi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Keiichi Tsuchiya

|align="left"| Honda NSX

| GT2

| 222

| 18th

| 9th

1995

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Team Kunimitsu Honda

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kunimitsu Takahashi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Keiichi Tsuchiya

|align="left"| Honda NSX

| GT2

| 275

| 8th

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

1996

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Team Kunimitsu Honda

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kunimitsu Takahashi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Keiichi Tsuchiya

|align="left"| Honda NSX

| GT2

| 305

| 16th

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

2000

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} TV Asahi Team Dragon

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiichi Tsuchiya
{{flagicon|JPN}} Masahiko Kondō

|align="left"| Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan

| LMP900

| 330

| 8th

| 7th

2002

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Team Taisan Advan

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Atsushi Yogo
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuyuki Nishizawa

|align="left"| Porsche 911 GT3-RS

| GT

| 316

| 21st

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

2003

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Team Taisan Advan

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Atsushi Yogo
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuyuki Nishizawa

|align="left"| Porsche 911 GT3-RS

| GT

| 304

| 19th

| 4th

=Complete JTC/JTCC results=

class="wikitable"style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"
Year

!Team

!Car

!Class

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! DC

! Pts

1993

!NISMO

!Nissan Skyline GT-R

!JTC-1

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |MIN
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |AUT
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F"| SUG
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |SUZ
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF" |AID
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF" |TSU
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF" |TOK
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |SEN
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F" |FUJ
{{small|3}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

! 4th

! 119

1994

!NISMO

!Nissan Sunny

!

|AUT
1

|AUT
2

|SUG
1

|SUG
2

|TOK
1

|TOK
2

|SUZ
1

|SUZ
2

|MIN
1

|MIN
2

| style="background:#CFCFFF" |AID
1
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF" |AID
2
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |TSU
1
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF" |TSU
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF"| SEN
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF"|SEN
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF" |FUJ
1
{{small|12}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |FUJ
2
{{small|10}}

!13th

!24

1995

!NISMO

!Nissan Sunny

!

|FUJ
1

|FUJ
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |SUG
1
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF" |SUG
2
{{small|DNS}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |TOK
1
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |TOK
2
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |SUZ
1
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |SUZ
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF" |MIN
1
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |MIN
2
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |AID
1
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |AID
2
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF" |SEN
1
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F" |SEN
2
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |FUJ
1
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |FUJ
2
{{small|6}}

|

|

! 6th

! 67

1997

!HKS Opel Team Japan

!Opel Vectra

!

| style="background:#FFFFFF" |FUJ
1
{{small|C}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF" |FUJ
2
{{small|C}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |AID
1
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |AID
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |SUG
1
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |SUG
2
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |SUZ
1
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |SUZ
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |MIN
1
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF" |MIN
2
{{small|DNS}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F" |SEN
1
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF" |SEN
2
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF" |TOK
1
{{small|12}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF" |TOK
2
{{small|DNS}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF" |FUJ
1
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |FUJ
2
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

!8th

!43

=Japanese Top Formula Championship results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! DC

! Points

1995

! Shionogi Team Nova

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | SUZ
Ret

| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | FUJ
C

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | MIN
Ret

| SUZ

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | SUG
8

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | FUJ
11

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | TOK
Ret

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | FUJ
11

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | SUZ
11

|

! NC

! 0

1997

! Shionogi Team Nova

| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" | SUZ
6

| bgcolor="#FFDF9F" | MIN
3

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | FUJ
Ret

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | SUZ
7

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | SUG
Ret

| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" | FUJ
5

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | MIN
10

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | MOT
11

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | FUJ
Ret

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |SUZ
13

! 10th

! 7

1998

! Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo

| SUZ

| MIN

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | FUJ
8

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | MOT
Ret

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | SUZ
Ret

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | SUG
9

| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | FUJ
C

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | MIN
Ret

| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" | FUJ
5

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | SUZ
12

! 14th

! 2

1999

! Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | SUZ
7

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | MOT
Ret

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | MIN
Ret

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | FUJ
16

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | SUZ
Ret

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | SUG
10

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | FUJ
Ret

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" | MIN
Ret

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | MOT
13

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" | SUZ
12

! NC

! 0

=International Formula 3000 results =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! DC

! Pts

1996

! Nordic Racing

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PAU
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PER
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EST
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
{{small|9}}

! NC

! 0

= Complete JGTC/Super GT Results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! Class

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! DC

! Pts

1994

!Johnson Nismo

! Nissan Skyline GT-R

!GT1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEN
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |FUJ
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIN
{{small|9}}

|

|

|

|

!13th

!19

1995

!Nismo

!Nissan Skyline GT-R

!GT1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SUZ
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|4}}

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|SEN
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FUJ
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MIN
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

!9th

!30

1997

!Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft

!Honda NSX

!GT500

|SUZ

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SEN
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|MIN
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SUG
{{small|2}}

|

|

|

!9th

!30

1998

!Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft

!Honda NSX

!GT500

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|C}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEN
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MIN
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUG
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

!10th

!25

1999

!Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft

!Honda NSX

!GT500

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SUZ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|FUJ
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUG
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MIN
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TAI
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT
{{small|9}}

|

|

!11th

!34

2000

!Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft

!Honda NSX

!GT500

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MOT
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TAI
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MIN
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"|Suzuka International Racing Course
{{small|DSQ}}

|

|

!15th

!13

2001

!Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft

!Honda NSX

!GT500

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TAI
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SUG
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUZ
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIN
{{small|8}}

|

|

!10th

!29

2002

!Esso Toyota Team LeMans

!Toyota Supra

!GT500

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TAI
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SUG
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SEP
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIN
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SUZ
{{small|3}}

|

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"|75

2003

!Esso Toyota Team LeMans

!Toyota Supra

!GT500

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|TAI
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SUG
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ
{{small|7}}

|

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2nd

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|83

2004

!Esso Toyota Team LeMans

!Toyota Supra

!GT500

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|TAI
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUG
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SEP
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|TOK
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|MOT
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SUZ
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"|57

2005

! Esso Toyota Team LeMans

!Toyota Supra

!GT500

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|TAI
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEP
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FUJ
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SUZ
{{small|3}}

|

!6th

!51

2006

! Mobile 1 Toyota Team Lemans

!Lexus SC430

!GT500

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|TAI
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SEP
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SUZ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|AUT
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|5}}

!12th

!41

2007

!Racing Project Bandoh

!Toyota Celica

!GT300

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUZ
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|TAI
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEP
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SUG
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUZ
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MOT
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|16}}

!10th

!32

2008

! Eneos Toyota Team Lemans

!Lexus SC430

!GT500

|SUZ

|TAI

|FUJ

|SEP

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOT
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|AUT
{{small|14}}

|FUJ

!17th

!20

2014

! Lm Corse

!BMW Z4 GT3

!GT300

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|TAI
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SUZ
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CHA
{{small|4}}

|MOT

|

!7th

!44

2015

! Lm Corse

!Lexus RC F GT3

!GT300

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TAI
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|CHA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUZ
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUG
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|AUT
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MOT
{{small|17}}

|

!33rd

!2

2016

! Lm Corse

!Lexus RC F GT3

!GT300

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|TAI
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SUG
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SUZ
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|CHA
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MOT
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MOT
{{small|Ret}}

|

!NC

!0

2017

! Lm Corse

!Lexus RC F GT3

!GT300

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|TAI
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FUJ
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|AUT
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUG
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FUJ
{{small|27}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SUZ
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CHA
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MOT
{{small|18}}

|

!12th

!24

External links

  • [http://www.akira.jp/ Official site]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070329204603/http://www.supergt.net/supergt/2006/06team/06teams_e/06t006.shtm?d1 SuperGT.net profile]
  • [http://www.speedsport-magazine.de/rennfahrer-datenbank/biographie/Akira-Iida-,374.html Photo and CV] {{in lang|de}}

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{{succession box|title= All-Japan Grand Touring Car Champion (GT500)|before= Hironori Takeuchi
Yuji Tachikawa |after= Satoshi Motoyama
Michael Krumm|years= 2002 with:
Juichi Wakisaka}}

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