Masaki Kano
Masaki Kano | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | February 4, 1976 |
Previous series | |
2008–13 2007–08 |
WTCC ATCC |
Masaki Kano (加納 政樹 Kanō Masaki, born 4 February 1976 in Hyōgo) is a Japanese auto racing driver. He best known for having competed in the World Touring Car Championship.
Career
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Kano competed in karting between 1991 and 1994.[1] He then attended the Winfield Racing School in France in 1995.[1]
Kano finished ninth in the Japanese Super Taikyu Series in 2006.[1] He was runner up to Fariqe Hairuman in the 2007 Asian Touring Car Championship, driving a BMW 320i for Engstler Motorsport, winning the Division 2 category, also finishing third in the Super Taiku Series.[1] The following year he finished third in the Asian Touring Car Championship.[1] He made his World Touring Car Championship debut for Engstler at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, also racing at the subsequent Race of Macau. He returned to the WTCC for Engstler in the Asian rounds of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.[2] He joined Engstler Motorsport once again for the 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.[3] For the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan he replaced team boss Franz Engstler who was unable to race due to illness.[4]
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Super GT results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
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2012 | JLOC | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | GT300 | OKA 14 |
FUJ Ret |
SEP | SUG | SUZ | FUJ 18 |
AUT | MOT | NC | 0 | |
2013 | Arnage Racing | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT300 | OKA 20 |
FUJ Ret |
SEP 20 |
SUG 14 |
SUZ 8 |
FUJ 18 |
FUJ | AUT 2 |
MOT Ret |
15th | 19 |
2014 | Arnage Racing | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT300 | OKA 13 |
FUJ 15 |
AUT 8 |
SUG 4 |
FUJ 16 |
SUZ Ret |
BUR 6 |
MOT 10 |
19th | 17 | |
2015 | Arnage Racing | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | GT300 | OKA 18 |
FUJ 11 |
CHA 14 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ Ret |
SUG 20 |
AUT 16 |
MOT 22 |
NC | 0 |
* Season still in progress.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-10-01. Profile at fiawtcc.com
- ↑ http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/10/kano-gets-suzuka-seat Touring-Cars.Net — Kano gets Suzuka Seat
- ↑ Ferret, Olivier (29 August 2012). "Team Engstler to run 3rd car in Asia". NextGen-Auto.com. NextGen-Auto. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ↑ Abbott, Andrew (19 September 2013). "Unwell Engstler replaced by Kano". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 19 September 2013.