| Nationality | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 15 October 1991 (age 34) |
| Birth place | Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan |
| Current series | Super GT - GT500 |
| First year | 2012 |
| Current team | NISMO NDDP |
| Car number | 3 |
| Former teams | Team Impul, Kondo Racing |
| Starts | 88 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Best finish | 7th |
| Year | 2016 |
| Prev series | Super GT - GT300 All-Japan Formula Three Championship Formula Challenge Japan |
| Prev series years | 2012–13, 24 2010–13 2008–09 |
| Titles | Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National Class |
| Title years | 2012 |
Daiki Sasaki (佐々木大樹, Sasaki Daiki, born 15 October 1991) is a Japanese racing driver who last competed in Super GT for Kondo Racing.[1] He was champion of the National Class of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship in 2012.
Career
Sasaki has raced in Japanese Formula 3 Championship for two seasons in National class and one of the season in 2012 he won the title. He is a Nissan Driver Development Program (NDDP) Since 2011. He competed in Super GT in the GT300 Class in 2012 for two rounds, and competed full time in 2013 with NDDP Racing. Then promoted to the GT500 Class. He also competed back to Japanese Formula 3 for two seasons, in 2014 he competed full-time with B-Max Racing Team with NDDP with Mitsunori Takaboshi. He continued compete in Japanese Formula 3 in 2015 & 2016, but only a few cameos. He also attended his first Macau Grand Prix. And most of his career competes in Super GT 500 racing with Kondo Racing from 2014 to 2017 and Team Impul from 2018 towards 2020. He returned to his old team, Kondo Racing in 2021 alongside his old teammate Takaboshi and in 2022 with Kohei Hirate.[2][3][4][5]
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result.
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "Nissan/NISMO announces teams for 2023 Super GT and GT4 programs". NISMO. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Nissan Announces Super GT Programme From Yokohama". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Rossiter loses Super GT seat as Nissan reveals 2020 drivers". motorsport.com. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Nissan Confirms 2021 GT500 Driver Lineups". dailysportscar.com. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Nissan and NISMO announce 2022 Super GT GT500 class driver lineup". NISMO. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.