Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver)

Japanese racing driver

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1988

Place of Birth: Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Profession: engineer, racing automobile driver

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver)

  • Naoki Yamamoto (????, Yamamoto Naoki, born July 11, 1988) is a Japanese racing driver.
  • He is currently driving in the Super GT and Super Formula championships.
  • He won the Super Formula championship in 2013 and 2018, and the Super GT championship in 2018.
  • In 2018, he became the first driver to win both the Super Formula and Super GT titles in the same year for 14 years.
  • His successes in both series has allowed him to reach the 40-point threshold required for an F1 superlicence.
  • He drove for Toro Rosso-Honda in the first practice session of the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix, completing the most laps in the session and setting a fastest lap time just 0.1s off his more experienced teammate's fastest time.

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