Daisuke Itō (racing driver)

Japanese racing driver

Daisuke Itō

Nationality|  Japanese
Born|  (1975-11-05) November 5, 1975 (age 48)
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[edit]

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

## Racing record[edit]

### Complete Japanese Formula 3 results[edit]

(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

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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[edit]

Year  | Team  | Car  | Class  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | DC  | Pts

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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[edit]

(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

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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[edit]

* 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

*[Best finish]: Best finish in the championship