Daisuke Itō (racing driver)

Daisuke Itō
Daisuke Itō
Nationality	Japanese
Born	November 5, 1975 (age 49); Mie
Super GT career
Debut season	1999 (GT300), 2000 (GT500)
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Former teams	Hitotsuyama Racing (GT300), Nakajima Racing, Team Kunimitsu, Dome Project, Mugen, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS, Lexus Team TOM'S
Starts	84
Wins	10
Best finish	1st in 2007
Previous series
2002; 1997–99	Formula Nippon; All-Japan Formula Three

Daisuke Itō (伊藤大輔, Itō Daisuke, born November 5, 1975 in Mie) is a Japanese racing driver. He last raced in the 2017 Super GT Season series in the GT500 category.

In 2007 he won the Super GT 500 championship, in the ARTA NSX with Ralph Firman.

Itō was also a regular presenter of Best Motoring.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Dome Racing Team	Tatsuya Kataoka Yuji Tachikawa	Dome S102-Judd	LMP1	272	33rd	13th

Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

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

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
1996	Smsc	Toyota	SUZ Ret	TSU	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	SEN	SUZ	FUJ		NC	0
1997	Skill Speed	Mugen	SUZ Ret	TSU Ret	MIN 8	FUJ 4	SUZ 14	SUG 7	SEN 7	MOT 6	FUJ C	SUZ 1	6th	11
1998	Skill Speed	Mugen	SUZ 2	TSU 4	MIN 7	FUJ 3	MOT 9	SUZ 4	SUG 6	TAI Ret	SEN 14	SUG Ret	5th	17
1999	Skill Speed	Mugen	SUZ 7	TSU 6	FUJ 7	MIN 2	FUJ 6	SUZ 4	SUG 2	TAI 4	MOT 7	SUZ Ret	7th	20

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
1999	Hitotsuyama Racing	BMW M3	GT300	SUZ 12	FUJ Ret	SUG 12	MIN 7	FUJ 9	TAI 14	MOT			25th	6
2000	Nakajima Racing	Honda NSX	GT500	MOT 3	FUJ 7	SUG 1	FUJ 9	TAI 16	MIN Ret	SUZ 1			4th	58
2001	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX	GT500	TAI 6	FUJ 5	SUG Ret	FUJ 9	MOT 4	SUZ 13	MIN 8			10th	29
2002	Dome Project	Honda NSX	GT500	TAI 5	FUJ 3	SUG 3	SEP 10	FUJ 11	MOT 16	MIN 1	SUZ 10		5th	59
2003	Mugen	Honda NSX	GT500	TAI 4	FUJ Ret	SUG 9	FUJ 12	FUJ 8	MOT 1	AUT 10	SUZ 11		10th	38
2004	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	TAI 13	SUG 9	SEP 11	TOK 12	MOT 11	AUT 13	SUZ 11			15th	2
2005	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	OKA 4	FUJ 12	SEP 2	SUG 6	MOT 16	FUJ 8	AUT 1	SUZ 12		2nd	61
2006	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ 3	OKA 7	FUJ 8	SEP 1	SUG 8	SUZ 6	MOT 15	AUT 11	FUJ 14	7th	68
2007	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ 12	OKA 1	FUJ 9	SEP 6	SUG 1	SUZ 2	MOT 12	AUT 1	FUJ 8	1st	94
2008	Team LeMans	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 9	OKA 13	FUJ 6	SEP 8	SUG	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ 3	16th	21
2009	Team LeMans	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 10	SUZ 4	FUJ 6	SEP 14	SUG 5	SUZ Ret	FUJ 5	AUT 10	MOT 4	12th	35
2010	Team LeMans	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 2	OKA 5	FUJ 3	SEP 4	SUG 3	SUZ 11	FUJ C	MOT 12		4th	51
2011	Team LeMans	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 11	FUJ 2	SEP 8	SUG 5	SUZ 8	FUJ 10	AUT 13	MOT 15		11th	26
2012	Team LeMans	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 13	FUJ 10	SEP 3	SUG 1	SUZ Ret	FUJ 10	AUT 12	MOT 12		10th	33
2013	Lexus Team TOM'S	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 15	FUJ 6	SEP 10	SUG 2	SUZ 5	FUJ 3	AUT 9	MOT 6		8th	47
2014	Lexus Team TOM'S	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 1	FUJ 5	AUT 4	SUG 2	FUJ 9	SUZ 7	BUR 4	MOT 2		2nd	79
2015	Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 14	FUJ 3	CHA 8	FUJ 7	SUZ 1	SUG 13	AUT 5	MOT Ret		7th	49
2016	Lexus Team TOM'S	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 8	FUJ 4	SUG 11	FUJ 5	SUZ 2	CHA 11	MOT 3	MOT 4		5th	54
2017	Lexus Team au TOM's	Lexus LC 500	GT500	OKA	FUJ 5	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	MOT		19th	6

Complete Formula Nippon results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
2002	TEAM 22	SUZ 10	FUJ 9	MIN 10	SUZ 9	MOT 8	SUG 9	FUJ 8	MIN 11	MOT 10	SUZ 8	NC	0

External links

Official website
Daisuke Itō career summary at DriverDB.com
SUPERGT.net – Driver information

Sporting positions
Preceded by Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer	Super GT (GT500) Champion 2007 with: Ralph Firman	Succeeded by Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Japan