Daiki Sasaki

Daiki Sasaki
NationalityJapanese
Born (1991-10-15) 15 October 1991 (age 33)
Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2012
Current teamKondo Racing
Car number56 (GT300)
Former teamsTeam Impul, NDDP Racing
Starts82
Wins3
Poles3 (1 in GT300)
Fastest laps0
Best finish7th in 2016
Previous series
201213
201013

2008–09
Super GT - GT300
All-Japan Formula Three Championship
Formula Challenge Japan
Championship titles
2012Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National Class

Daiki Sasaki (佐々木大樹, Sasaki Daiki, born 15 October 1991) is a Japanese racing driver who last competed in Super GT for Kondo Racing.[1] He was champion of the National Class of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship in 2012.

Career

Sasaki has raced in Japanese Formula 3 Championship for 2 seasons in National class and one of the season in 2012 he won the title. He is a Nissan Driver Development Program (NDDP) Since 2011. He competed in Super GT in the GT300 Class in 2012 for 2 rounds, and competed full time in 2013 with NDDP Racing. Then promoted to the GT500 Class. He also competed back to Japanese Formula 3 for 2 seasons, in 2014 he competed full time with B-Max Racing Team with NDDP with Mitsunori Takaboshi. He continued compete in Japanese Formula 3 in 2015 & 2016, but only a few cameos. He also attended his first Macau Grand Prix. And most of his career competes in Super GT 500 racing with Kondo Racing from 2014 to 2017 and Team Impul from 2018 towards 2020. He returns to his old team, Kondo Racing in 2021 alongside his old teammate Takaboshi and in 2022 with Kohei Hirate.[2][3][4][5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2008 Formula Challenge Japan NDDP FCJ 14 0 0 0 0 29 15th
2009 Formula Challenge Japan NDDP Autobacs FCJ 14 3 3 3 6 70 2nd
2010 Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National Class Team Nova 16 0 0 1 2 29 7th
2011 Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National Class NDDP Racing 14 1 0 0 6 58 4th
2012 Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National Class NDDP Racing 15 9 11 13 13 146 1st
Super GT - GT300 NDDP Racing 2 0 0 0 1 2 24th
2013 Super GT - GT300 NDDP Racing 8 0 1 0 0 14 17th
2014 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 0 0 1 1 35 10th
Japanese Formula 3 Championship B-Max Racing Team with NDDP 15 2 2 3 6 63 5th
2015 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 1 0 0 2 31 10th
Japanese Formula 3 Championship B-Max Racing Team with NDDP 2 0 0 0 0 5 9th
2016 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 2 0 2 2 43 7th
Japanese Formula 3 Championship B-Max Racing Team with NDDP 4 2 1 3 2 29 7th
Macau Grand Prix B-Max Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
2017 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 0 0 0 0 12 16th
FRD LMP3 Series B-Max Racing Team
2018 Super GT Team Impul 8 0 0 0 1 29 12th
2019 Super GT Team Impul 8 0 0 0 1 17.5 113th
2020 Super GT Team Impul 8 0 0 0 1 24 15th
2021 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 0 0 0 1 20 15th
2022 Super GT Kondō Racing 7 0 0 0 2 30.5 9th
Super Taikyū - ST-Q NISMO 1 0 0 0 1 N/A NC
2023 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 0 1 0 0 11 16th
Super Taikyū - ST-Q NISMO 2 2 2 2 2 N/A NC
2024 Super GT - GT300 Kondo Racing
Super Taikyu - ST-Q NISMO
Super Taikyu - ST-X Team Handwork Challenge

Complete Super GT results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2012 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R GT300 OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
SUZ
2
FUJ
9
AUT
MOT
24th 2
2013 OKA
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SEP
10
SUG
9
SUZ
9
FUJ
5
FUJ AUT
Ret
MOT
9
17th 14
2014 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
12
FUJ
4
AUT
13
SUG
10
FUJ
15
SUZ
9
BUR
2
MOT
4
10th 35
2015 OKA
11
FUJ
11
BUR
Ret
FUJ
1
SUZ
13
SUG
3
AUT
15
MOT
12
10th 31
2016 OKA
13
FUJ
9
SUG
1
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
12
CHA
13
MOT
1
MOT
10
7th 43
2017 OKA
10
FUJ
12
AUT
9
SUG
Ret
FUJ
13
SUZ
5
CHA
Ret
MOT
12
16th 12
2018 Team Impul OKA
14
FUJ
6
SUZ
4
CHA
6
FUJ
12
SUG
3
AUT
11
MOT
11
12th 29
2019 OKA
3‡
FUJ
12
SUZ
10
BUR
8
FUJ
5
AUT
12
SUG
14
MOT
Ret
13th 17.5
2020 FSW
Ret
FSW
11
SUZ
12
MOT
12
FSW
8
SUZ
2
MOT
9
FSW
7
15th 24
2021 Kondō Racing FUJ
14
FUJ
12
SUZ
12
MOT
3
FUJ
6
SUZ
14
MOT
7
FUJ
11
15th 20
2022 Nissan Z GT500 OKA
14
FUJ
8
SUZ
6
FUJ
3
SUZ
10
SUG
14
AUT
3
MOT
Ret
9th 30.5
2023 OKA
14
FUJ
15
SUZ
8
FUJ
10
SUZ
13
SUG
5
AUT
12
MOT
14
16th 11
2024 Nissan GT-R GT300 OKA
FUJ
SUZ
FUJ
SUZ
SUG
AUT
MOT

References

  1. ^ "Nissan/NISMO announces teams for 2023 Super GT and GT4 programs". NISMO. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Nissan Announces Super GT Programme From Yokohama". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Rossiter loses Super GT seat as Nissan reveals 2020 drivers". motorsport.com. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Nissan Confirms 2021 GT500 Driver Lineups". dailysportscar.com. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Nissan and NISMO announce 2022 Super GT GT500 class driver lineup". NISMO. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.