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driver.

Career

JGTC and Super GT

Aoki competed in the GT300 class of the Japanese GT Championship between 1998 and 2004, winning the class in 2001 in a

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in 2005 and Aoki has continued to compete in the GT300 class in a variety of cars.

World Touring Car Championship

Aoki joined WTCC team

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for the final three rounds of the 2008 season, in Italy, Japan, and Macau. He will return to Wiechers for the season-ending 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Macau. He scored 4 points in race 1 and 10 points in race 2 to finish 13th in the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.2009 WTCC Yokohama Independents' Trophy points standings.

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aoki, Takayuki Living people 1972 births Japanese racing drivers Super GT drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers Sportspeople from Shiga Prefecture Asian Le Mans Series drivers 21st-century Japanese sportsmen