Hideki Noda

For the Japanese playwright, see Hideki Noda (playwright).

Hideki Noda (野田 英樹, Noda Hideki, born 7 March 1969) is a Japanese professional racing driver. 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 Formula 1 career.

Hideki Noda

Noda in 2009
Born	(1969-03-07) 7 March 1969 Osaka, Japan
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Japanese
Active years	1994
Teams	Larrousse
Entries	3
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1994 European Grand Prix
Last entry	1994 Australian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2008–2010
Teams	Kruse Schiller Motorsport (KSM)
Best finish	26th (2010)
Class wins	0

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.

Career

Formula One (1994-1995)

Noda replaced French driver Yannick Dalmas at Larrousse towards the end of the 1994 season at the European Grand Prix in Jerez. After qualifying 24th behind his teammate Érik Comas, he retired due to gearbox failure. At his home race in Japan, Noda was 23rd on the grid but retired again due, this time due to an electrical fault. His last Grand Prix saw him 23rd on the grid at Adelaide, this time out qualifying his new teammate Jean-Denis Délétraz. Noda again retired, this time due to an oil leak.

In 1995, Noda was due to drive for Simtek in Canada but the team withdrew from F1 before he could. In his last attempt to drive in F1, he was denied his super license, preventing him from driving for Forti at the TI Circuit for the Pacific Grand Prix.

A1 Grand Prix (2005–2009)

In 2005, Noda was announced as the second driver for the Japan entry for the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season, second to Ryo Fukuda. His first race for the team came at the second round at Lausitz, where he qualified in 21st place. In sprint race, Noda managed to move up 11 places to finish 10th and score one point for Japan. The feature race saw Noda finish one place higher in ninth place, scoring a further two points for the Japanese A1 GP team. Japan finished 21st at the end of the season, with eight points.

Personal life

Noda's daughter Juju is also a racing driver, who competed in the W Series.

Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

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

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
1988	JAX Racing Team with TOM'S	Toyota	SUZ Ret	TSU 3	FUJ Ret	SUZ 9	SUG DNS	TSU 17	SEN 9	SUZ DSQ	NIS 8	SUZ	10th	4

Complete British Formula 3 results

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

Year	Team	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Pts
1990	Alan Docking Racing	Mugen	A	DON 7	SIL 6	THR Ret	BRH DNS	SIL 6	BRH 9	THR 11	SIL 16	DON Ret	SIL Ret	SNE Ret	OUL 6	SIL 5	BRH 11	DON 4	THR 10	SIL Ret	12th	8
1991	Alan Docking Racing	Mugen	A	SIL 2	THR 4	DON Ret	BRH 10	BRH 5	THR 4	SIL 4	DON 7	SIL 4	SIL 5	SNE 12	SIL 1	BRH 7	DON 7	SIL 5	THR 4		7th	36

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	SIL Ret	PAU DNQ	CAT Ret	PER Ret	HOC DNS	NÜR 14	SPA 17	ALB 12	NOG Ret	MAG 8	NC	0
1993	TOM's	DON Ret	SIL 11	PAU 9	PER	HOC Ret	NÜR 19	SPA 15	MAG Ret	NOG 11		NC	0
1994	Forti Corse	SIL 5	PAU Ret	CAT Ret	PER 3	HOC Ret	SPA 7	EST 16†	MAG 11			10th	6

Complete Japanese Formula 3000/Formula Nippon 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	11	DC	Points
1993	TOM'S	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ 19	SUZ Ret	NC	0
1998	Team Cerumo	SUZ 5	MIN Ret	FUJ 5	MOT 6	SUZ Ret	SUG 3	FUJ C	MIN Ret	FUJ 9	SUZ Ret		10th	9
1999	Impul	SUZ Ret	MOT 16	MIN 13	FUJ 14	SUZ 6	SUG Ret	FUJ Ret	MIN 2	MOT 9	SUZ 11		11th	7
2000	Team LeMans	SUZ Ret	MOT 10	MIN 3	FUJ 15	SUZ 2	SUG Ret	MOT 5	FUJ 6	MIN 17	SUZ 5		5th	15
2001	DoCoMo Team Dandelion	SUZ Ret	MOT Ret	MIN Ret	FUJ 13	SUZ 12	SUG Ret	FUJ 13	MIN Ret	MOT Ret	SUZ 11		21st	0
2003	Team MOHN	SUZ 6	FUJ 10	MIN 8	MOT Ret	SUZ 12	SUG Ret	FUJ Ret	MIN 10	MOT Ret	SUZ 10		13th	1
2004	Team MOHN	SUZ 9	SUG 8	MOT 11	SUZ Ret	SUG 12	MIN Ret	SEP Ret	MOT 11	SUZ 14			15th	0
2005	Team MOHN	MOT Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG 10	FUJ Ret	SUZ 9	MIN Ret	FUJ 10	MOT 8	SUZ 13			16th	0

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	EUR Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	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	MIA 11	LBH 16	NAZ 7	MIS 13	MIL 12	DET 16	POR 20	CLE 5	TOR 3	TRO 12	VAN 13	LS 15		14th	34
1997	Indy Regency Racing	MIA 18	LBH 19	NAZ 16	SAV 6	STL 16	MIL 14	DET 14	POR 1	TOR 15	TRO 6	VAN 3	LS 12	FON	9th	51

Indy Racing League

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points	Ref
2002	Convergent Racing	G-Force	20	Chevrolet	HMS 23	PHX 10	FON 25	NZR	INDY	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY				32nd	54
	Indy Regency Racing		28														STL 17	CHI 24	TX2 27

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
1998	Team Cerumo	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 9	FUJ C	SEN Ret	FUJ Ret	MOT 5	MIN 12	SUG 3			11th	22
1999	Team LeMans	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ	FUJ 8	SUG 16	MIN 5	FUJ 1	TAI 9	MOT 13			12th	33
2000	Team LeMans	Toyota Supra	GT500	MOT 8	FUJ 4	SUG 7	FUJ 15	TAI 7	MIN 5	SUZ 6			9th	35
2001	Team LeMans	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI Ret	FUJ 1	SUG 5	FUJ 3	MOT 13	SUZ Ret	MIN 14			7th	40
2002	TOM'S	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ 16		NC	0
2003	Team Tsuchiya	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI	FUJ Ret	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUZ		NC	0
2005	Team Tsuchiya	Toyota Supra	GT500	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	MOT	FUJ Ret	AUT	SUZ		20th	1
2006	Team Tsuchiya	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ Ret	MOT	AUT	FUJ	28th	5
2012	Hitotsuyama Racing	Audi R8 LMS	GT300	OKA 18	FUJ 16	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	AUT	MOT		NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtales Allan Simonsen	Lola B05/40-Mazda	LMP2	147	DNF
2009		Jean de Pourtales Matthew Marsh	Lola B07/46-Mazda		261	DNF
2010		Jean de Pourtales Jonathan Kennard	Lola B07/40-Judd		291	26th	10th

References

All Formula One race and championship results are taken from:

• Official Formula 1 Website. Archive: Results for 1994 season www.formula1.com. Retrieved 7 July 2006

All IRL race and championship results are taken from:

• Official IRL Website. Archive: Results for 2002 season IndyCar.com. Retrieved 7 July 2006

External links

• Hideki Noda Official Website (in Japanese)