Hiroki Yoshimoto


Hiroki Yoshimoto is a Japanese race car driver. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the BCN Competicion team, alongside the Venezuelan E. J. Viso. For 2006 he was initially teamed with the more experienced Timo Glock of Germany. In addition to his racing, he is also the vocalist for Japanese rock band doa under the name Daiki Yoshimoto.

Racing career

Yoshimoto is the only driver in GP2 Series to have driven the bulk of his pre-GP2 career in Asia, the rest of the series mainly moving up the ranks in South America or Europe. Yoshimoto started out in 1999, competing in Japanese Formula Junior 1600. He moved for Japanese Formula Toyota in 2000, racing in Korean F1800 later in the year. A move to Japanese Formula Three for 2001 was his reward for hard work, although his stint with the Yellow Hat team resulted in only two races.
He got his first taste of a full Japanese F3 season in 2002, though, with the Now team. He achieved 1 win, 1 pole position and two other podium finishes, finishing 8th in the championship. He also finished respectively 5th in the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. He stayed with the team for 2003 finishing 10th in the championship before moving on in 2004 for the Japanese GT Series. He also drove two races of the World Series by Nissan of the same year, for the Gabord team.
On 3 and 4 November 2007, Yoshimoto took part in the Formula Asia V6 by Renault Championship at the Zhuhai International Circuit. He won round 11 ahead of James Winslow and Armaan Ebrahim but stalled on the grid for round 12 and eventually finished 5th.
He returned to GP2 for 2008, driving for the Qi-Meritus Mahara team in the GP2 Asia Series. He continued in the series for the 2008–09 season with the BCN Competición team. However, BCN was purchased and renamed as Ocean Racing Technology after the first round of the season, and Yoshimoto was replaced by Yelmer Buurman.

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920212223DCPoints
2005BCN CompeticiónIMO
FEA
Ret		IMO
SPR
9		CAT
FEA
Ret		CAT
SPR
17		MON
FEA
DNS		NÜR
FEA
11		NÜR
SPR
Ret		MAG
FEA
6		MAG
SPR
2		SIL
FEA
13		SIL
SPR
Ret		HOC
FEA
12		HOC
SPR
Ret		HUN
FEA
13		HUN
SPR
17		IST
FEA
8		IST
SPR
10		MNZ
FEA
10		MNZ
SPR
16		SPA
FEA
Ret		SPA
SPR
17		BHR
FEA
7		BHR
SPR
6		16th14
2006BCN CompeticiónVAL
FEA
Ret		VAL
SPR
12		IMO
FEA
8		IMO
SPR
3		NÜR
FEA
8		NÜR
SPR
4		CAT
FEA
Ret		CAT
SPR
Ret		MON
FEA
Ret		SIL
FEA
Ret		SIL
SPR
17		MAG
FEA
9		MAG
SPR
Ret		HOC
FEA
23		HOC
SPR
Ret		HUN
FEA
Ret		HUN
SPR
Ret		IST
FEA
Ret		IST
SPR
19		MNZ
FEA
8		MNZ
SPR
5		15th12

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
2008Qi-Meritus MaharaDUB
FEA
6		DUB
SPR
4		SEN
FEA
Ret		SEN
SPR
20		SEP
FEA
Ret		SEP
SPR
10		BHR
FEA
12		BHR
SPR
4		DUB
FEA
5		DUB
SPR
13		10th13
2008–09BCN CompeticiónSHI
FEA
Ret		SHI
SPR
8		DUB
FEA		DUB
SPR		BHR
FEA		BHR
SPR		LSL
FEA		LSL
SPR		SEP
FEA		SEP
SPR		BHR
FEA		BHR
SPR		24th0

Complete Super GT results

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