Yukihiro Hane

Yukihiro Hane ({{Nihongo|2=羽根幸浩|3=Hane Yukihiro}}, born August 26, 1962) is a former Japanese racing driver.{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Speedsport|title=Yukihiro Hane: Racedriver biography - career and success|url=https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/yukihiro-hane_-_335.html|access-date=2021-02-28|website=www.speedsport-magazine.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Driver Yukihiro Hane Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Yukihiro_Hane|access-date=2021-02-28|website=www.racing-reference.info}}{{Cite web|title=Yukihiro Hane • Career & Character Info {{!}} Motorsport Database|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/yukihiro-hane/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine|language=en-GB}}

Career

Hane is active in automobile racing. He participates in both domestic and overseas races like the Macau Grand Prix and the FIA GT Championship; he was the first Japanese driver to fully participate in the latter.

After his debut, he participated in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. In 1990, he ranked 4th after Naoki Hattori, Naohiro Furuya and Hisashi Wada.

He mainly drives Porsches and is well known as a Porsche messenger. At the Japan Touring Car Championship, he drove the Skyline GT-R and performed well in his vehicle without Nissan's support, but Masahiro Hasemi and Hideo Fukuyama won the championship.{{Cite web|title=第15回十勝24時間レース公式ウェブサイト [24時間レース史]|url=http://www.tokachi.org/race/24hours/history/01/index.html|access-date=2021-03-01|website=www.tokachi.org}}

Racing record

= Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results =

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Year ! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! DC ! Pts
1992 ! Kenji HKS Racing ! Nissan Skyline GT-R ! JTC-1 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| TAI {{small\|15}} \| AUT \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SUG {{small\|6}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SUZ {{small\|5}} \| MIN \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| TSU {{small\|7}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SEN {{small\|6}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| FUJ {{small\|4}} \| ! 11th ! 42
1993 ! HKS Racing Co. Ltd. !Nissan Skyline GT-R ! JTC-1 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MIN {{small\|9}} \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| AUT {{small\|Ret}} \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| *SUG* {{small\|1}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SUZ {{small\|19}} \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| TAI {{small\|Ret}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| TSU {{small\|9}} \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| TOK {{small\|3}} \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| SEN {{small\|2}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| FUJ {{small\|4}} ! 9th ! 79

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