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Gainer (racing Team)
Gainer Co, Ltd. is a Japanese racing team that competes in Super GT. History GAINER was founded in 1999. They made their debut in the 2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship with the Ferrari F355. For 2003, GAINER changed the team name to "Jim Gainer Racing" where they participated with the aim of becoming the series champion with a Ferrari 360. In 2007 the team changed to the Ferrari F430, which was completely designed and manufactured in-house by GAINER itself. In 2009, Tetsuya Tanaka (racing driver), Tetsuya Tanaka and Katsuyuki Hiranaka raced with the team achieving a win at Autopolis along with two other podium finishes. In 2010 the team switched to Dunlop Tyres, Dunlop tires. The team won the JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup. In 2012 The team name was changed to GAINER and switched to the Audi R8, Audi R8 LMS ultra. They managed to finish 7th place in the standings, achieving another win, this time in the season opener at Okayama International Circuit, Okayama. GAINE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoto City
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the List of cities in Japan, ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. It is also part of the even larger Keihanshin, Keihanshin metropolitan area, along with Osaka and Kobe. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjorn Wirdheim
Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal). In Swedish and Finnish, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn. Surname *Claus Bjørn, Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster *Evert Björn, Swedish Olympic athlete *Hugo Björne, Swedish actor * Kristian Bjørn, Norwegian skier * Lasse Björn, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player *Nathalie Björn, Swedish football player *Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer Given name Acting *Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor and musician *Björn Bjelfvenstam, Swedish actor *Björn Granath, Swedish actor *Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian and actor *Björn Gustafson, Swedish actor *Björn Kjellman, Swedish actor and singer *Björn Skifs, Swedish singer and actor Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nissan Z (RZ34)
The Nissan Z, known in Japan as the , is the seventh generation of the Nissan Z-car, Z-car line of sports cars manufactured by Nissan. The model succeeded the Nissan 370Z, 370Z, though is built on a modified and revised version of the previous generation's platform. The model also drops the numerical nomenclature of the previous generations. The Z was introduced in August 2021. it featured Nissan's ''Nissan VR engine, VR30DDTT'' engine and built on an evolution of Nissan FM platform, Nissan FM Z34 platform, giving a model code "RZ34". It also has two transmission options, a 6-speed manual and a 9-speed automatic transmission. Deliveries began in late 2022 and was offered with two trims, "Performance" and "Sport". More powerful and track-focused, Z Nismo was introduced in July 2023 with significant upgrades over the standard version. The Z is also involved in various motorsports, such as in Super GT and Group GT4, GT4 Racing. It is well received among car enthusiasts and motor pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilou Wadoux
Lilou Chloé Perrine Wadoux-Ducellier (born 10 April 2001) is a French people, French professional racing driver. She is the first woman to ever win an FIA World Endurance Championship race and the first woman to drive a Le Mans Hypercar, having previously starred in the Alpine Elf Europa Cup and competed in TCR Europe Touring Car Series, TCR Europe. Before signing for Scuderia Ferrari#Sportscar racing, Ferrari as a factory driver in 2023, she raced in the WEC for Richard Mille's Signatech-run LMP2 team. Career Early career Though her father Cédric was briefly a rally driver, Wadoux spent her youth competing in tennis. She only started karting, mostly for fun, at the late age of 14. Aided by fellow Amiens racing drivers Julien and Florian Briché, she made the jump to competitive circuit racing two years later, in 2017. Starting out in the French lower-division One-Design, one-make touring car racing, saloon car championships, Wadoux encountered success from early on, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kei Cozzolino
Kei Francesco Cozzolino (born in Shinjuku, Tokyo, November 9, 1987) is a Japanese-Italian professional racing driver from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He competes in motorsport championships including the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, and the Asian Le Mans Series with AF Corse. Cozzolino joined the 2024 Super GT series, driving a Ferrari 296 GT3 for PONOS RACING. Early life Cozzolino was born in Ichigaya, Shinjuku by Japanese mother and Italian father. He grew up in Japan and had his first experience with racing at 8 years old, thanks to his dad's passion for cars. When Cozzolino turned 14, they moved to Florence, Italy, where he will study at an international school. Racing career Karting Cozzolino started karting at the age of 9. He competed and won in various competitions in classes in Japan and around the world. His karting career ended in 2005 when he switched to racing cars. Junior Formula In 2006, Cozzolino made his debut i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrari 296
The Ferrari 296 (Type F171) is a sports car built since 2022 by the Italian company Ferrari. The 296 is a two-seater, offered as a GTB coupe and a GTS folding hard-top convertible. It is a plug-in hybrid with a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and its powertrain combines a twin-turbocharged 120-degree bank angle V6, with an electric drive fitted in between the engine and gearbox. The 296 can be driven in electric-only mode for short distances, to comply with use in urban zero-emission zones. Unveiled on 24 June 2021, the 296 is Ferrari's first stock model with 6-cylinders other than the Dino 206 GT, 246 GT and 246 GTS cars produced by Ferrari but sold under the Dino marque. Its power pack puts out a combined , giving the 296 a power-to-weight ratio of 560 hp/ton. History The 296 GTB was presented as the first "real Ferrari with just six cylinders on it" on 24 June 2021. Previously, such models were both designed and built by Ferrari, but ''marketed'' as a new, ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PONOS
In Greek mythology, Ponos or Ponus () is the personification of toil and stress. According to Hesiod's '' Theogony'', "painful" Ponos was the son of Eris (Strife), with no father mentioned. Like all of the children of Eris given by Hesiod, Ponos is a personified abstraction, allegorizing the meaning of his name, and representing one of the many harmful things which might be thought to result from discord and strife, with no other identity. Cicero has the equivalent personification of the meaning of the Latin word ''labor'' as the offspring of Erebus and Night (''Erebo et Nocte''). Although Ponos has a negative connotation in Hesiod, in a poem of Lucian (2nd century AD), he is seen as having the positive aspect of leading to a virtuous life.Thurmanns.v. Ponos Lucian, ''Timon'31–33 Notes References * Caldwell, Richard, ''Hesiod's Theogony'', Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company (June 1, 1987). Internet Archive * '' The Cambridge Greek Lexicon'', edited by J. Diggle ''et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riki Okusa
(born November 25, 1999) is a Japanese racing driver. He currently competes in the GT500 class in Super GT for Nakajima Racing for the 2024 season and previously in the GT300 class in for GAINER, partnered with Hironobu Yasuda. Racing career Early career In 2018, Okusa made his formula racing debut in the final round of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, finishing fifth in his first race. The following year, he contested the shootout for Honda's scholarship, but lost out to current Formula 2 driver Ayumu Iwasa. After spending 2019 starring in Super Taikyū, where he claimed the championship title in the ST-3 class, Okusa returned to formula racing in the inaugural season of the Formula Regional Japanese Championship, claiming the first podium of his formula racing career by finishing third in a one-off appearance at Fuji Speedway. In Super Taikyū, he switched to the ST-TCR class, ultimately finishing as championship runner-up alongside Katsumasa Chiyo and mentor Hironobu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuki Hoshino (racing Driver)
Kazuki Hoshino (星野一樹 - Hoshino Kazuki; born October 13, 1977) is a semi-retired Japanese professional racing driver and current team principal (team director) of Team Impul in the Super GT Series and Super Formula Championship. He is the son of former racing driver and Impul co-founder, Kazuyoshi Hoshino. He is a two-time Super GT GT300 class champion (2008, 2010), a four-time Super Taikyu Series champion (2004 ST-3 class, 2014, 2018, and 2019 ST-X class), and a former Nissan factory GT500 driver with his father's team from 2006 to 2007 where he won the 2006 Suzuka 1000km. He also raced in the Formula Nippon (now Super Formula) Championship for Impul in 2006. Hoshino announced his retirement from racing in Super GT after the 2021 season, and became the Technical Director at Team Impul in 2022. That season, Impul won its first GT500 class championship in 27 years. In 2023, Hoshino succeeded his father as the team director of Impul's Super GT and Super Formula teams. Hoshino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hironobu Yasuda
is a Japanese racing driver. He currently drives in the Super GT series in the Super GT#GT300, GT300 category for Anest Iwata Racing. In 2008 he won the GT300 class in the Super GT championship, co-driving with Kazuki Hoshino (racing driver), Kazuki Hoshino. In 2009 he made his full season debut in the GT500 class in the Super GT series. Racing record Complete Japanese Formula 3 results (:Template:Motorsport driver results legend, key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete Super GT results (:Template:Motorsport driver results legend, key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results (:Template:A1GP results legend, key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) External linksOfficial website* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yasuda, Hironobu 1983 births Living people Japanese racing drivers Japanese Formula 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsumasa Chiyo
is a Japanese factory racing driver, currently competing in the Autobacs Super GT Series as a factory driver for Nissan. He is a graduate of the Nissan Driver Development Program (NDDP), and a past champion of the Bathurst 12 Hour race, and the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Career Early career Chiyo began racing cars in 2007, competing in the Formula Challenge Japan (FCJ) series after earning a scholarship from the NDDP. He finished third in the 2008 FCJ series, before moving into the National Class of the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 2009. Chiyo won the National Class title in 2011 with NDDP Racing, winning five races to defeat Honda prospect Tomoki Nojiri on a tie breaker. Chiyo returned to All-Japan F3 in 2013, competing in the main class with the B-Max Racing Team. He finished third in the championship, with two victories. Chiyo took part in the 2013 Macau Grand Prix, finishing in 15th place. In 2015, Chiyo made a one off return to F3 at Fuji Speedw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Couto
André Bragança Macedo e Couto ( zh, t=安德烈·高度; born 14 December 1976) is a Macau, Macanese'This was the one race he wanted' John Carney. ''The Standard''. 20 November 2000. racing, motor racing driver who is best known for winning his Macau Grand Prix, home F3 Grand Prix in 2000 and the 2015 Super GT Series in the GT300 class. Career Early years André Couto was born in Lisbon but moved to Macau with his family when he was four. He started his career in Karting in Macau influenced by the popular Macau Grand Prix and friends who competed in the local Karting championship. He rapidly enjoyed success and started competing and winning in international level. He moved to racing cars ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
