Tsugio Matsuda
Tsugio Matsuda is a Japanese professional racing driver. He has won the Formula Nippon series twice, in 2007 and 2008. He has also competed in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. Matsuda has also become a regular participant in the Super GT series which he won in 2014 jointly with Ronnie Quintarelli. The 2015 Super GT season was closely contested throughout the year, but ultimately Matsuda and Quintarelli successfully defended their title, taking the lead of the championship at the final race of the season at Motegi.
Racing record
Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
1998 | Nakajima | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | MOT | SUZ 6 | SUG | FUJ | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | 15th | 1 | |
2000 | Nakajima | SUZ 12 | MOT 3 | MIN 1 | FUJ 16 | SUZ 5 | SUG 11 | MOT 4 | FUJ Ret | MIN 3 | SUZ 3 | 4th | 27 | |
2001 | Nakajima | SUZ Ret | MOT 3 | MIN 8 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 5 | SUG 5 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT 9 | SUZ 9 | 8th | 10 | |
2002 | Nakajima | SUZ 3 | FUJ 10 | MIN 2 | SUZ Ret | MOT 13 | SUG 5 | FUJ Ret | MIN 4 | MOT 4 | SUZ 6 | 5th | 19 | |
2003 | Cerumo | SUZ 5 | FUJ 9 | MIN Ret | MOT Ret | SUZ 15 | SUG 6 | FUJ 5 | MIN 5 | MOT 14 | SUZ Ret | 11th | 7 | |
2004 | Cerumo | SUZ 4 | SUG Ret | MOT 12 | SUZ 9 | SUG DSQ | MIN 12 | SEP 4 | MOT 6 | SUZ Ret | 9th | 7 | ||
2005 | 5ZIGEN | MOT 10 | SUZ 2 | SUG Ret | FUJ 3 | SUZ 6 | MIN 4 | FUJ 9 | MOT 10 | SUZ 8 | 6th | 14 | ||
2006 | Impul | FUJ 2 | SUZ 9 | MOT 5 | SUZ 2 | AUT 1 | FUJ 7 | SUG 3 | MOT 2 | SUZ 2 | 2nd | 37 | ||
2007 | Impul | FUJ 2 | SUZ 2 | MOT 3 | OKA'' 3 | SUZ 4 | FUJ 13 | SUG 5 | MOT 5 | SUZ 4 | 1st | 46 | ||
2008 | Impul | FUJ 1 | SUZ 1 | MOT 1 | OKA Ret | SUZ 1 | SUZ 8 | MOT 2 | MOT 2 | FUJ 4 | FUJ 5 | SUG 1 | 1st | 93.5 |
2009 | Impul | FUJ Ret | SUZ Ret | MOT 6 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 12 | MOT 5 | AUT 7 | SUG 7 | 11th | 11 | |||
2010 | Kondo | SUZ | MOT | FUJ | MOT Ret | SUG 8 | AUT Ret | SUZ 14 | SUZ 9 | 15th | 1 | |||
2012 | Impul | SUZ 8 | MOT 6 | AUT 4 | FUJ 5 | MOT 7 | SUG Ret | SUZ 2 | SUZ Ret | 8th | 20 | |||
2013 | Impul | SUZ 2 | AUT 5 | FUJ 16 | MOT 13 | SUG 5 | SUZ 4 | SUZ 16 | 6th | 18.5 |
Complete JGTC/Super GT results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
2000 | Take One | McLaren F1 GTR | GT500 | MOT | FUJ | SUG | FUJ | TAI 4 | MIN Ret | SUZ Ret | 19th | 10 | ||
2001 | Nakajima | Honda NSX | GT500 | TAI 3 | FUJ 12 | SUG 14 | FUJ 6 | MOT 1 | SUZ Ret | MIN Ret | 8th | 38 | ||
2002 | Nakajima | Honda NSX | GT500 | TAI 1 | FUJ 11 | SUG Ret | SEP 1 | FUJ 12 | MOT 14 | MIN 6 | SUZ 1 | 2nd | 74 | |
2003 | Nakajima | Honda NSX | GT500 | TAI 5 | FUJ 6 | SUG 8 | FUJ 13 | FUJ 9 | MOT Ret | AUT 2 | SUZ 12 | 11th | 36 | |
2004 | Nakajima | Honda NSX | GT500 | TAI 10 | SUG 4 | SEP 9 | TOK 6 | MOT 1 | AUT 12 | SUZ 5 | 8th | 42 | ||
2005 | Nakajima | Honda NSX | GT500 | OKA 5 | FUJ 8 | SEP 5 | SUG 13 | MOT 10 | FUJ 2 | AUT 14 | SUZ 10 | 9th | 38 | |
2006 | Nismo | Nissan Z | GT500 | SUZ 2 | OKA Ret | FUJ 4 | SEP 5 | SUG 2 | Suzuka Circuit| DSQ | MOT 14 | AUT 1 | FUJ 11 | 6th | 69 |
2007 | Nismo | Nissan Z | GT500 | SUZ 5 | OKA 3 | FUJ 2 | SEP 10 | SUG Ret | SUZ 6 | MOT 2 | AUT 4 | FUJ 9 | 5th | 63 |
2008 | Impul | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | SUZ Ret | OKA 2 | FUJ 9 | SEP 14 | SUG | SUZ 1 | MOT 11 | AUT 10 | FUJ 1 | 5th | 61 |
2009 | Impul | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 4 | SUZ 3 | FUJ 15 | SEP 7 | SUG 8 | SUZ 5 | FUJ 15 | AUT Ret | MOT 7 | 11th | 36 |
2010 | Impul | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | SUZ Ret | OKA 4 | FUJ 6 | SEP 1 | SUG 4 | SUZ 12 | FUJ C | MOT 5 | 5th | 47 | |
2011 | Impul | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 1 | FUJ 14 | SEP 15 | SUG 13 | SUZ 3 | FUJ 2 | AUT 10 | MOT 9 | 5th | 49 | |
2012 | Impul | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 10 | FUJ 5 | SEP 5 | SUG Ret | SUZ 4 | FUJ 1 | AUT 10 | MOT 10 | 4th | 45 | |
2013 | Impul | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 6 | FUJ 5 | SEP 1 | SUG Ret | SUZ 4 | FUJ 6 | AUT Ret | MOT 13 | 9th | 46 | |
2014 | Nismo | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 7 | FUJ 8 | AUT 1 | SUG 14 | FUJ 2 | SUZ 2 | BUR 10 | MOT 1 | 1st | 81 | |
2015 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 13 | FUJ 1 | CHA 5 | FUJ 4 | SUZ 7 | SUG 6 | AUT 1 | MOT 2 | 1st | 79 | |
2016 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 1 | FUJ 1 | SUG 9 | FUJ 4 | SUZ 6 | CHA 14 | MOT 9 | MOT 7 | 3rd | 62 | |
2017 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 7 | FUJ 4 | AUT 5 | SUG 4 | FUJ 2 | SUZ 2 | CHA 9 | MOT 1 | 2nd | 82 | |
2018 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 5 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 6 | CHA 12 | FUJ 9 | SUG 7 | AUT 15 | MOT 7 | 8th | 43 | |
2019 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 2‡ | FUJ 2 | SUZ Ret | CHA 11 | FUJ 3 | AUT 13 | SUG 3 | MOT 8 | 3rd | 52.5 | |
2020 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 | GT500 | FUJ 11 | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | FUJ | NC* | 0* |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | DC | Pts |
2013 | KCMG | Morgan LMP2 | LMP2 | INJ | FSW | ZHU | SEP 2 | 9th | 19 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts |
2013 | KCMG | Morgan LMP2 | LMP2 | SIL | SPA | LMN | SAO | COA | FSW 6 | SHA | BHR | NC | 0 |
2014 | KCMG | Oreca 03 Oreca 03R | LMP2 | SIL 2 | SPA | LMN | COA 1 | FSW | SHA | BHR | SAO | 7th | 43 |
2015 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R LM Nismo | LMP1 | SIL | SPA | LMN Ret | NUR | COA | FSW | SHA | BHR | NC | 0 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | ||
2015 | Nissan Motorsports | Mark Shulzhitskiy Lucas Ordóñez | Nissan GT-R LM Nismo | LMP1 | 115 | DNF | DNF |
2016 | KCMG | Richard Bradley Matthew Howson | Oreca 05-Nissan | LMP2 | 116 | DNF | DNF |