Hideki Noda

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Hideki Noda : biography

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is a racing driver from Japan. He participated in three Formula One Grands Prix, debuting in the 1994 European Grand Prix, but did not score any championship points. He replaced Yannick Dalmas in the Larrousse car for the last three Grands Prix of the season, but failed to finish in any of the three races. In 1995, he joined Simtek as a test driver, hoping to get some races in. However, the Kobe earthquake and the folding of the Simtek team ended his brief career. 

A year later, Noda went to America and raced in the Indy Lights and became the only Japanese driver to win a CART-sanctioned event. After a few years in America, Noda moved back to Japan, where he drove a Team Cerumo Toyota Supra with Hironori Takeuchi. In the annual non-championship All-Star event at Aida, Noda and Takeuchi were forced out with mechanical problems. In 1999 he joined the Esso Tiger Team Le Mans under Koichiro Mori, again to drive a Toyota Supra, ex-Australian V8 Supercar driver Wayne Gardner. The highlight of their season was a win at Fuji. With 33 points they were equal 17th in the series.

In 2002, Noda returned to the United States and drove in six Indy Racing League IndyCar Series races for Convergent Racing and Indy Regency Racing with a best finish of 10th at Phoenix International Raceway while with Convergent. He also competed in a round of the inaugural A1 Grand Prix season with Japan at Lausitz, where he scored three points for the Japanese team. He has also been seen in the Zytek sports-prototype in 2006.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
1992 3001 International SILRet PAUDNQ CATRet PERRet HOCDNS NÜR14 SPA17 ALB12 NOGRet MAG8 NC 0
1993 TOM’s DONRet SIL11 PAU9 PER HOCRet NÜR19 SPA15 MAGRet NOG11 NC 0
1994 Forti Corse SIL5 PAURet CATRet PER3 HOCRet SPA7 EST16† MAG11 10th 6

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1994 Tourtel Larrousse F1 Larrousse LH94 Ford V8 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EURRet JPNRet AUSRet NC 0

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
1996 Indy Regency Racing MIA11 LBH16 NAZ7 MIS13 MIL12 DET16 POR20 CLE5 TOR3 TRO12 VAN13 LS15 14th 34
1997 Indy Regency Racing MIA18 LBH19 NAZ16 SAV6 STL16 MIL14 DET14 POR1 TOR15 TRO6 VAN3 LS12 FON 9th 51