Shinichi Takagi

Shinichi Takagi (高木真一, Takagi Shinichi, born 6 May 1970) is a Japanese professional racing driver.[1][2] He won the GT300 class Super GT championship in 2002 and 2019.

Career
Takagi won the 2019 GT300 championship driving a Honda NSX GT3 Evo for ARTA.

Takagi made his debut in the All-Japan GT Championship (JGTC) in 1998, driving for Inging in the GT500 class. For the 1999 season, he switched to the GT300 class, finishing third in the championship that year. He won his maiden title in 2002 with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA), driving an apr Racing-prepared Toyota MR-S alongside Morio Nitta.[3] In the following years, with the series renamed as Super GT in 2005, Takagi won numerous races and finished runner-up in the standings in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2018. In 2019, he won his second GT300 championship seventeen years after his first, driving the Honda NSX GT3 Evo of ARTA, with Takagi and his co-driver Nirei Fukuzumi finishing over ten points clear of the second place finishers.[4][5]

Complete JGTC/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 Pts
1998 Inging Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
Ret		 FSW
C		 SEN
Ret		 FSW
13		 TRM
Ret		 MIN
6		 SUG
DNQ		 18th 6
1999 MOMOCORSE Racing Team with Tsuchiya Toyota MR2 GT300 SUZ FSW
1		 SUG
2		 MIN
2		 FSW
5		 TAI
Ret		 TRM
3		 3rd 70
2000 Super AUTOBACS Racing with A’PEX Toyota MR-S GT300 TRM FSW SUG FSW
6		 TAI
Ret		 MIN
14		 SUZ
1		 12th 26
2001 ARTA with A’PEX GT300 TAI
1		 FSW
3		 SUG
Ret		 FSW
5		 TRM
Ret		 SUZ
Ret		 MIN
Ret		 7th 40
2002 GT300 TAI
1		 FSW
Ret		 SUG
17		 SEP
2		 FSW
4		 TRM
5		 MIN
5		 SUZ
4		 1st 75
2003 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL Garaiya GT300 TAI
19		 FSW
3		 SUG
4		 FSW
10		 FSW
6		 TRM
2		 AUT
5		 SUZ
NC		 7th 55
2004 GT300 TAI
2		 SUG
5		 SEP
21		 TOK
1		 TRM
1		 AUT
2		 SUZ
2		 2nd 92
2005 GT300 OKA
10		 FSW
2		 SEP
1		 SUG
18		 TRM
3		 FSW
Ret		 AUT
2		 SUZ
8		 3rd 74
2006 apr Toyota MR-S GT300 SUZ
Ret		 OKA
9		 FSW
2		 SEP
Ret		 SUG
5		 SUZ
3		 TRM
10		 AUT
Ret		 FSW
1		 5th 60
2007 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL Garaiya GT300 SUZ
18		 OKA
17		 FSW
1		 SEP
Ret		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
2		 TRM
3		 AUT
5		 FSW
7		 4th 66
2008 GT300 SUZ
5		 OKA
1		 FSW
7		 SEP
12		 SUG
1		 SUZ
Ret		 TRM
9		 AUT
2		 FSW
9		 2nd 77
2009 GT300 OKA
2		 SUZ
5		 FSW
1		 SEP
10		 SUG
9		 SUZ
2		 FSW
7		 AUT
4		 TRM
14		 5th 71
2010 GT300 SUZ
Ret		 OKA
6		 FSW
2		 SEP
2		 SUG
6		 SUZ
2		 FSW
C		 TRM
12		 2nd 55
2011 GT300 OKA
20		 FSW
6		 SEP
5		 SUG
3		 SUZ
20		 FSW
12		 AUT
13		 TRM
7		 12th 26
2012 GT300 OKA
8		 FSW
4		 SEP
9		 SUG
9		 SUZ
4		 FSW
5		 AUT
17		 TRM
21		 9th 33
2013 Honda CR-Z GT300 OKA
12		 FSW
19		 SEP
1		 SUG
1		 SUZ
Ret		 FSW
16		 AUT
16		 TRM
15		 7th 40
2014 GT300 OKA
6		 FSW
18		 AUT
1		 SUG
16		 FSW
22		 SUZ
16		 CHA
13		 TRM
12		 11th 25
2015 GT300 OKA
2		 FSW
17		 CHA
10		 FSW
1		 SUZ
12		 SUG
12		 AUT
6		 TRM
4		 6th 49
2016 BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA
11		 FSW
2		 SUG
Ret		 FSW
1		 SUZ
14		 CHA
3		 TRM
Ret		 TRM
DNQ		 5th 48
2017 GT300 OKA
5		 FSW
17		 AUT
3		 SUG
Ret		 FSW
1		 SUZ
Ret		 CHA
4		 TRM
2		 4th 61
2018 GT300 OKA
6		 FSW
1		 SUZ
20		 CHA
11		 FSW
1		 SUG
10		 AUT
4		 TRM
9		 2nd 62
2019 ARTA Honda NSX GT3 GT300 OKA
2		 FSW
2		 SUZ
6		 CHA
9		 FSW
6		 AUT
6		 SUG
1		 TRM
4		 1st 69.5
2020 GT300 FSW
7		 FSW
3		 SUZ
26		 TRM
7		 FSW
2		 SUZ
7		 TRM FSW 7th 38
2021 GT300 OKA
26		 FSW
3		 TRM
23		 SUZ
7		 SUG
2		 AUT
2		 TRM
2		 FSW
2		 4th 45
2022 K-Tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA
 FSW
 SUZ
 FSW
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 TRM

References
  1. "Shinichi Takagi | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. Magazine, Speedsport. "Shinichi Takagi: Racedriver biography - career and success". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  3. "JGTC 2002 Round8". supergt.net. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  4. "Lexus Team LeMans Wako's Kazuya Oshima & Kenta Yamashita Take GT500 Title". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "2019 Super GT World Awards: GT300 Driver of the Year". Super GT World. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
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