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Team LeMans

{{short description|Automobile parts manufacturer and racing team}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Le Mans Ltd.

| type = Inc.

| location = Shibuya, Tokyo

| foundation = 1967

| homepage = http://www.lemans.co.jp/

}}

{{Infobox motor racing team

| name = {{flagicon|JPN}} Velorex

| base = Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture

| founded = 1969

| principal = Yoshinori Katayama

| current series = Super GT

| current drivers = {{plainlist|

}}

| former series = All-Japan Formula Three Championship
All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship
Fuji Grand Champion Series
Super Formula

| team titles = Super Formula:
1996, 1999

| driver titles = Super Formula:
1979: Keiji Matsumoto
1996: Ralf Schumacher
1998: Satoshi Motoyama
{{nobr|All-Japan Formula Three Championship:}}
1986: Akio Morimoto
Fuji Grand Champion Series:
1983: Keiji Matsumoto
1988-89: Geoff Lees
Super GT:
2002: Juichi Wakisaka, Akira Iida
2019: Kenta Yamashita, Kazuya Oshima

|website = [https://www.teamlemans.co.jp/ Team Le Mans]

}}

File:Osaka Auto Messe 2022 (87) - No.6 Team LeMans Audi R8 LMS in 2021 SUPER GT.jpg

Le Mans Ltd., headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo is an automobile parts manufacturer founded in 1967. The original company name was Le Mans Chamber of Commerce. The company is mainly engaged in the development and sales of motorsport parts and the import and sale of race cars overseas.

They also have a racing division called Team LeMans, currently compete under the Velorex name. The origin of the team name comes from 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team currently competes in Super GT, fielding the #6 Audi R8 LMS Evo II in the GT300 class for Yoshiaki Katayama, Roberto Merhi and Seiya Jin.

Team LeMans

In 1969 Team LeMans was established as a racing department of Le Mans Chamber of Commerce. It has been active in a variety of categories since the 1970s as one of the top teams of Japan.

File:ENEOS Sustina SC430 2011 Super GT Fuji 250km.jpg

The team has competed in single-seaters since 1976, when they entered the All-Japan F2000 Championship. They served as the Japanese distributor of Reynard products until 2002. In 1991, Michael Schumacher, before his Formula One debut, raced with the team in the Sportsland SUGO round of the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship, while in 1996 his brother Ralf became the champion with the same team.

They also developed their own racing machine, that complied to Group C regulations.

In 2012 in collaboration with Hideki Noda they founded "NODA racing Academy Senior High School", several engineers such as Donuma Hiroyoshi, the team principal, have served as lecturers at the school.[http://www.noda-racing-academy.org/life/lecturer/ NODA racing Academy Senior High School]

History

= All-Japan F2000/F2/F3000 Championship =

Their participation in the All Japan F2000 Championship started with Keiji Matsumoto in 1976. In 1979 he won the championship title. In 1988-89 Geoff Lees and Emanuele Pirro raced for the team, both winning one race.

= Formula Nippon =

In 1996, the team had its most successful year in Japan's top level open wheel series, when Ralf Schumacher and Naoki Hattori took the first two spots in the drivers' championship, also winning the first team title. The team repeated wins in the drivers and team championship with Satoshi Motoyama in 1998.

= Fuji GC =

The team achieved titles in The Fuji Grand Champion Series (Fuji GC) with in Keiji Matsumoto in 1983 and Geoff Lees in 1988 and 1989.

= 24 Hours of Le Mans =

Team LeMans first entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1987 under the name Italya Sports. They competed in the race through 1990 without a single finish.

= All-Japan GT Championship/Super GT =

File:2002 Esso Ultraflo Tom's Supra 01.JPG

Team LeMans first entered the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship on its inaugural season in 1994, fielding a production based Nissan 300ZX-LM in the GT1 class with FedEx as their primary sponsor. The team took three top-10 finishes with Masami Kageyama and finished 17th in the drivers standings. Kageyama and the 300ZX returned to compete in the following year, but the team failed to score any points and was not classified in the standings.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2020/12/29/nissans-history-in-gt500-in-pictures.html|title=Nissan's History In GT500, In Pictures|date=29 December 2020|work=dailysportscar.com|access-date=15 September 2022}}

For the 1996 season, Team LeMans bought an ex-IMSA Nissan 300ZX-GTS to compete in the rebranded GT500 class. Kageyama and series debutant Yuji Tachikawa took one top-10 finish in the final round of the championship at Mine Circuit and finished 25th in the drivers standings. Tachikawa stayed with the team for the 1997 season and was partnered by Tsuyoshi Takahashi, who replaced Kageyama after he was signed by SARD. The team took a 10th place finish in the season opening round at Suzuka, but a practice crash in the next round at Fuji totaled their 300ZX-GTS and the team was forced to withdraw their entry for the rest of the season.

Team LeMans didn't take part in the 1998 season, but they returned in 1999 after they took over the entry of the #6 Esso Tiger Toyota Supra from Inging Motorsport. LeMans signed former Formula One driver Hideki Noda and reigning GT300 champion Shingo Tachi to compete with the team, but Tachi was killed in a pre-season testing accident at TI Aida with less than two weeks before the start of the 1999 season. Former MotoGP champion Wayne Gardner was then signed by the team to replace Tachi. The team took a pole position in the third round at Sportsland Sugo and a victory in the fifth round at Fuji Speedway on their first season with Toyota, finishing 12th in the drivers standings.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/03/12/remembering-shingo-tachi-20-years-later.html|title=Remembering Shingo Tachi, 20 Years Later|date=12 March 2019|work=dailysportscar.com|access-date=28 August 2022}}

In 2002, the team won drivers' championship in the GT500 class of the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship with Akira Iida and Juichi Wakisaka, who competed in a Toyota Supra race car.{{cite web|url=https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/all-japan-gt-championship---class-gt500/2002/|title=All-Japan GT Championship — Class GT500 2002 standings|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|accessdate=19 October 2016}} Wakisaka, as team principal, would later led Team LeMans to a second GT500 class title in 2019 with the driving pairing of Kazuya Oshima and Kenta Yamashita, but the team left the series at the conclusion of the season.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/11/03/lexus-team-lemans-wakos-kazuya-oshima-and-kenta-yamashita-take-gt500-title.html|title=Lexus Team LeMans Wako's Kazuya Oshima & Kenta Yamashita Take GT500 Title|date=3 November 2019|work=dailysportscar.com|access-date=28 August 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/12/12/team-lemans-toyota-to-part-ways-after-toyota-gazoo-racing-festival.html|title=Team LeMans, Toyota To Part Ways After Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival|date=12 December 2019|work=dailysportscar.com|access-date=28 August 2022}}

Team LeMans provided support to Hitotsuyama Racing in 2020 before they reentered the series in 2021 under a collaboration with Motoyama Racing. LeMans entered the #6 Audi R8 LMS Evo for ex-GT500 champion Satoshi Motoyama and Yoshiaki Katayama, son of the team's owner Yoshinori Katayama, in the GT300 class.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/01/28/satoshi-motoyama-returning-to-super-gt-with-team-le-mans.html|title=Satoshi Motoyama Returning To Super GT With Team LeMans|date=28 January 2021|work=dailysportscar.com|access-date=28 August 2022}} The team finished all races that year, but was not classified as they failed to score a points finish. Motoyama and Katayama returned the following year with an Evo II model of the Audi R8 LMS, but Motoyama was released after one round. Financial issues on Motoyama's sponsors was reported to be the primary reason of Motoyama's dismissal. Roberto Merhi was then signed by the team to replace Motoyama for the rest of the season.{{cite news |date=10 March 2022|title=Motoyama SUPER GT Audi gets Evo II upgrade for 2022 |work=Motorsport.com |url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/motoyama-audi-lemans-upgrade-2022/8858009/ |access-date=28 August 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/motoyama-lemans-audi-split-confirmed/10066144/|title=Motoyama confirms split from Team LeMans SUPER GT squad|date=20 April 2022|work=Motorsport.com|access-date=28 August 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/04/20/satoshi-motoyama-confirms-dismissal-from-team-lemans.html|title=Satoshi Motoyama Confirms Dismissal From Team LeMans|date=20 April 2022|work=dailysportscar.com|access-date=28 August 2022}}

Team LeMans Results

= Complete JGTC Results<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship |url=http://www.wsrp.cz/jgtc.html |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=www.wsrp.cz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Results {{!}} SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE |url=https://supergt.net/results |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=supergt.net}}</ref> =

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

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

! Car

!Tyres

!Class

!No.

!Drivers

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! Pos

! Pts

1993

|Nissan R92CP

|{{Bridgestone}}

|C1

|25

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takao Wada
{{flagicon|JPN}} Toshio Suzuki

|FUJ

|FUJ

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

|FUJ

|

|

|

|

!N/A

!N/A

1994

|Nissan Fairlady Z

|{{Bridgestone}}

|GT1

|25

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Masami Kageyama
{{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Ishikawa
{{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Dean

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

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

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

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

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

|

|

|

!10th

!10

1995

|Nissan Fairlady Z

|{{Yokohama}}

|GT1

|25

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Masami Kageyama

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

|FUJ
{{small|DNS}}

|SEN

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

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

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

|

|

!NC

!0

1996

|Nissan Fairlady Z

|{{Yokohama}}

|GT500

|25

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Masami Kageyama
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Tachikawa

|SUZ

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

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

|FUJ

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

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

|

|

!13th

!2

1997

|Nissan Fairlady Z

|{{Yokohama}}

|GT500

|75

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Tachikawa
{{flagicon|JPN}} Tsuyoshi Takahashi

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

|FUJ
{{small|DNS}}

|SEN

|FUJ

|MIN

|SUG

|

|

!NC

!1

1999

|Toyota Supra

|{{Bridgestone}}

|GT500

|6

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Gardner
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Noda

|SUZ
{{small|DNA}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

|

! 7th

! 33

2000

|Toyota Supra

|{{Bridgestone}}

|GT500

|6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Gardner
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Noda

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|

!6th

!35

2001

|Toyota Supra

|{{Bridgestone}}

|GT500

|6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Noda
{{flagicon|JPN}} Juichi Wakisaka

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

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

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

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|FUJ
{{small|3}}

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

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

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

|

!6th

!40

2002

|Toyota Supra

|{{Bridgestone}}

|GT500

|6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Iida
{{flagicon|JPN}} Juichi Wakisaka

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OKA
{{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:#DFDFDF;"|2nd

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

2003

|Toyota Supra

|{{Bridgestone}}

|GT500

|1

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Iida
{{flagicon|JPN}} Juichi Wakisaka

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|OKA
{{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

|Toyota Supra

|{{Bridgestone}}

|GT500

|6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Iida
{{flagicon|JPN}} Juichi Wakisaka

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|OKA
{{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}}

|

!4th

!57

= Complete Super GT Results<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Speedsport |title=Super GT & All Japan GT: Overview of seasons |url=https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/grand-touring/super-gt-all-japan-gt.html |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=www.speedsport-magazine.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Results {{!}} SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE |url=https://supergt.net/results |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=supergt.net}}</ref> =

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

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

! Year

! Car

!Tyres

! Class

! No.

! Drivers

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! Pos

! Points

2005

| Toyota Supra

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Iida
{{flagicon|JPN}} Juichi Wakisaka

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| OKA
{{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}}

|

! 5th

! 51

2006

| Lexus SC430

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Iida
{{flagicon|JPN}} Tatsuya Kataoka
{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Wirdheim

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

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| OKA
{{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}}

!11th

!36

2007

| Lexus SC430

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tatsuya Kataoka
{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Wirdheim

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

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| OKA
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FUJ
{{small|3}}

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

|SUG
{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SUZ
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| MOT
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT
{{small|8}}

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

! 9th

! 56

2008

| Lexus SC430

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Ito
{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Wirdheim
{{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Iida
{{flagicon|BRA}} Roberto Streit

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|SUZ
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|OKA
{{small|13}}

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|SEP
{{small|8}}

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

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

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

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

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|FUJ
{{small|3}}

!8th

!64

2009

| Lexus SC430

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Ito
{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Wirdheim

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|OKA
{{small|10}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

!11th

!54

2010

| Lexus SC430

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Ito
{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Wirdheim

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|OKA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|FUJ
{{small|3}}

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

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|SUG
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|SUZ
{{small|11}}

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

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|MOT
{{small|12}}

|

!4th

!70

2011

| Lexus SC430

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Ito
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Oshima

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|OKA
{{small|12}}

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|SEP
{{small|8}}

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|SUZ
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|FUJ
{{small|10}}

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

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|MOT
{{small|15}}

|

!10th

!50

2012

| Lexus SC430

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Daisuke Ito
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Oshima

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|OKA
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|FUJ
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|SEP
{{small|3}}

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

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|FUJ
{{small|10}}

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

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|MOT
{{small|12}}

|

!10th

!50

2013

| Lexus SC430

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Oshima
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Kunimoto

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|OKA
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|FUJ
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|SEP
{{small|7}}

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

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

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

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|AUT
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|MOT
{{small|1}}

|

!5th

!72

2014

| Lexus RC F

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Oshima
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Kunimoto

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|OKA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|FUJ
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|AUT
{{small|9}}

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

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|FUJ
{{small|13}}

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|BUR
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|MOT
{{small|11}}

|

! 6th

! 62

2015

| Lexus RC F

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Oshima
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Kunimoto

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| OKA
{{small|9}}

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

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| CHA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| FUJ
{{small|13}}

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

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT
{{small|8}}

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

|

!9th

!49

2016

| Lexus RC F

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Caldarelli
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Oshima

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | OKA
{{small|4}}

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

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

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

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

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | CHA
{{small|3}}

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

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

|

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

! style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 92

2017

| Lexus LC500 GT500

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Caldarelli
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Oshima

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| OKA
{{small|2}}

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

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

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SUG
{{small|3}}

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

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

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| CHA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MOT
{{small|13}}

|

! style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3rd

! style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 82

2018

| Lexus LC500 GT500

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Oshima
{{flagicon|SWE}} Felix Rosenqvist
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Rossiter

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| OKA
{{small|4}}

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

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

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| CHA
{{small|2}}

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

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MOT
{{small|6}}

|

!7th

!65

2019

| Lexus LC500 GT500

|{{Bridgestone}}

| GT500

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Oshima
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kenta Yamashita

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| OKA
{{small|13}}

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

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SUZ
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| BUR
{{small|1}}

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT
{{small|6}}

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

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

|

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

! style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 106

2021

| Audi R8 LMS Evo

|{{Yokohama}}

| GT300

| 6

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiaki Katayama
{{flagicon|JPN}} Satoshi Motoyama

| style="background:#cfcfff;" | OKA
{{small|22}}

| style="background:#cfcfff;" | FUJ
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#cfcfff;" | MOT
{{small|19}}

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

| style="background:#cfcfff;" | SUG
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#cfcfff;" | AUT
{{small|24}}

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

| style="background:#cfcfff;" | FUJ
{{small|18}}

|

!22nd

!21

2022

| Audi R8 LMS Evo II

|{{Yokohama}}

| GT300

| 6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiaki Katayama
{{flagicon|JPN}} Satoshi Motoyama
{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Shintaro Kawabata

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| OKA
{{small|5}}

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

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

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

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

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SUG
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MOT
{{small|13}}

|

!16th

!31.5

2023

|Audi R8 LMS Evo II

|{{Yokohama}}

|GT300

|6

|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiaki Katayama
{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Seiya Jin

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| OKA
{{small|21}}

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

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SUZ
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FUJ
{{small|3}}

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

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SUG
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| MOT
{{small|3}}

|

! 10th

! 55

2024

|Ferrari 296 GT3

|{{Yokohama}}

|GT300

|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiaki Katayama
{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|OKA
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"|FUJ
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|SUZ
{{small|3}}

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

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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|AUT
{{small|8}}

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

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

|

!10th

!44

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

* Season still in progress.

= All Japan Sports Prototype Championship =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Car

!Drivers

1984

|Nissan Skyline Turbo C (LM04C)

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Kenji Takahashi / {{flagicon|JPN}}Osamu Nakako / {{flagicon|JPN}}Toshio Suzuki

1985

|Nissan LM04C

Nissan LM05C

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Keji Matsumoto / {{flagicon|JPN}}Osamu Nakako / {{flagicon|JPN}}Akio Morimoto

1986

|Nissan March 86G

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Keji Matsumoto / {{flagicon|JPN}}Aguri Suzuki

1987

|Nissan March 86G

|{{flagicon|Sweden}}Anders Olofsson / {{flagicon|JPN}}Takao Wada

1988

|#86 Nissan March 88G

|{{flagicon|Sweden}}Anders Olofsson / {{flagicon|JPN}}Takao Wada

1989

|#85 Nissan March 88G

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Osamu Nakako / {{flagicon|JPN}}Akio Morimoto / {{flagicon|JPN}}Koji Sato

1990

|#85 Nissan R89C

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Osamu Nakako / {{flagicon|JPN}}Takao Wada / {{flagicon|Brazil}}Maurizio Sandro Sala

1991

|#25 Nissan R89C

#25 Nissan R90CP

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Hideki Okada / {{flagicon|JPN}}Takao Wada

{{flagicon|JPN}}Masahiko Kageyama / {{flagicon|Brazil}}Maurizio Sandro Sala

=24 Hours of Le Mans=

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

! Entrant

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

!Tyres

! Car

! Drivers

! Class

! Laps

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

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

1987

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Italya Sports
{{flagicon|JPN}} Team LeMans

| 29

|{{Yokohama}}

| Nissan R86V

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Anders Olofsson
{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Ferté
{{flagicon|FRA

} Patrick Gonin

| Gr.C1

| 86

| DNF

| DNF

|-

! rowspan="2" | 1988

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Italya Cabin
{{flagicon|JPN}} Team LeMans Co.

| 85

|{{Yokohama}}

| Nissan R87S

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Toshio Suzuki
{{flagicon|AME}} Danny Ongais
{{flagicon|FRA|}} Michel Trollé

| Gr.C1

| 74

| DNF

| DNF

|-

|86

|{{Yokohama}}

|Nissan R88S

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Anders Olofsson
{{flagicon|ITA}} Lamberto Leoni
{{flagicon|JPN|}} Akio Morimoto

|Gr.C1

|69

|DNF

|DNF

|-

! 1989

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Team LeMans Co.
{{flagicon|FRA}} Courage Compétition

| 32

|{{Yokohama}}

| March 88S

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takao Wada
{{flagicon|JPN}} Akio Morimoto
{{flagicon|SWE|}} Anders Olofsson

| C1

| 221

| DNF

| DNF

|-

!1990

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Team Le Mans

| 85

|{{Yokohama}}

|Nissan R89C

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takao Wada
{{flagicon|SWE}} Anders Olofsson
{{flagicon|BRA|}} Maurizio Sandro Sala

| C1

| 182

| DNF

| DNF

|}

= Super Formula (Formula Nippon, Japanese Formula 3000, Japanese Formula 2000) =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!Chassis

!Engine

!Drivers

!Rankings

1979

|Team LeMans

|March 792

|BMW M12/7

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Keiji Matsumoto

|1st

rowspan="2" |1988

| rowspan="2" |Team LeMans

|March

| rowspan="2" |Mugen Honda

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|ITA}}Emanuele Pirro / {{flagicon|GBR}} Geoff Lees

| rowspan="2" |3rd

Reynard
1989

|Team LeMans

|Reynard

|Mugen Honda

|{{flagicon|ITA}}Emanuele Pirro / {{flagicon|GBR}} Geoff Lees

|6th

1990

|Team LeMans

|Reynard

|Mugen Honda

|{{flagicon|GBR}}Johnny Herbert / {{flagicon|JPN}}Takuya Kurosawa

|16th

rowspan="2" |1991

| rowspan="2" |Team LeMans

|Reynard

| rowspan="2" |Mugen Honda

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} Ross Cheever / {{flagicon|GBR}}Johnny Herbert / {{flagicon|DEU}} Michael Schumacher

| rowspan="2" |2nd

Ralt
1992

|Team LeMans

|Reynard

|Mugen Honda

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ross Cheever

|3rd

1993

|Team LeMans

|Reynard

|Mugen Honda

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Ishikawa

|NA

1994

|Team LeMans

|Reynard

|Mugen Honda

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ross Cheever / {{flagicon|JPN}}Naoki Hattori / {{flagicon|JPN}}Masami Kageyama

|3rd

1995

|Team LeMans

|Reynard

|Mugen Honda

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Naoki Hattori

|8th

1996

|X Japan Racing Team LeMans

|Reynard 96D

|Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Naoki Hattori / {{flagicon|DEU}} Ralf Schumacher

|1st

1997

|Team LeMans

|Reynard 96D

Reynard 97D

|Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Norberto Fontana

|3rd

1998

|LEMONed Racing Team LeMans

|Reynard 97D

|Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Norberto Fontana /  {{flagicon|JPN}}Satoshi Motoyama

|1st

1999

|Unlimited Racing Team LeMans

|Reynard 99L

|Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Satoshi Motoyama /  {{flagicon|JPN}}Koji Yamanishi

|2nd

2000

|Team LeMans

|Reynard 99L

|Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Hideki Noda / {{flagicon|JPN}}Yudai Igarashi

|5th

2001

|Team LeMans

|Reynard 99L

|Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}}Alex Yoong / {{flagicon|JPN}}Koji Yamanishi / {{flagicon|JPN}}Yudai Igarashi

|14th

rowspan="2" |2002

| rowspan="2" |Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Reynard 99L

Reynard 01L

| rowspan="2" |Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Masami Kageyama / {{flagicon|DEU}}Dominik Schwager

|13th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Takeshi Tsuchiya

|4th

rowspan="2" |2003

| rowspan="2" |Forum Engineering ARTA Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Lola B03/51

| rowspan="2" |Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Toshihiro Kaneishi

|4th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Takeshi Tsuchiya

|8th

rowspan="2" |2004

| rowspan="2" |Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Lola B03/51

| rowspan="2" |Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Juichi Wakisaka

|5th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Takeshi Tsuchiya

|13th

rowspan="2" |2005

| rowspan="2" |Forum Engineering Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Lola B03/51

| rowspan="2" |Mugen MF308

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Tatsuya Kataoka

|11th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Takeshi Tsuchiya

|8th

rowspan="2" |2006

| rowspan="2" |Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Lola FN06

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RV8J

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Tatsuya Kataoka

|7th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Toranosuke Takagi

|18th

rowspan="2" |2007

| rowspan="2" |Forum Engineering Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Lola FN06

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RV8J

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Tatsuya Kataoka

|14th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Toranosuke Takagi

|16th

rowspan="2" |2008

| rowspan="2" |Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Lola FN06

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RV8J

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Satoshi Motoyama

|11th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Hiroaki Ishiura

|16th

rowspan="2" |2009

| rowspan="2" |Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Swift 017.n

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RV8K

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Keisuke Kunimoto

|13th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Hiroaki Ishiura

|6th

rowspan="2" |2010

| rowspan="2" |Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Swift 017.n

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RV8K

|{{flagicon|ITA}}Kei Cozzolino

|10th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Hiroaki Ishiura

|8th

rowspan="2" |2011

|Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Swift 017.n

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RV8K

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Kazuya Oshima

|5th

Team Kygnus Sunoco

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Hiroaki Ishiura

|6th

rowspan="2" |2012

|Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Swift 017.n

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RV8K

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Kazuya Oshima

|7th

Team Kygnus Sunoco

|{{flagicon|FRA}}Loïc Duval

|6th

rowspan="2" |2013

| rowspan="2" |Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Swift 017.n

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RV8K

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Ryō Hirakawa

|11th

{{flagicon|ITA}}Andrea Caldarelli /{{flagicon|FRA}}Loïc Duval

|13th / 3rd

rowspan="2" |2014

| rowspan="2" |Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Dallara SF14

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RI4A

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Ryō Hirakawa

|8th

{{flagicon|ITA}}Andrea Caldarelli /{{flagicon|FRA}}Loïc Duval

|12th / 4th

rowspan="2" |2015

| rowspan="2" |Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Dallara SF14

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RI4A

|{{flagicon|JPN}}Ryō Hirakawa

|8th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Kamui Kobayashi

|6th

rowspan="2" |2016

| rowspan="2" |SUNOCO Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Dallara SF14

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RI4A

|{{flagicon|IND}}Narain Karthikeyan

|14th

{{flagicon|JPN}}Kamui Kobayashi

|17th

rowspan="2" |2017

| rowspan="2" |SUNOCO Team LeMans

| rowspan="2" |Dallara SF14

| rowspan="2" |Toyota RI4A

|{{flagicon|SWE}}Felix Rosenqvist

|TBD

{{flagicon|JPN}}Kazuya Oshima

|TBD

Footnotes

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.lemans.co.jp/ Ltd. Le Mans]
  • [https://www.teamlemans.co.jp/ Team LeMans]

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