Born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Hagiwara was a graduate of the Tokai University in Tokyo. He started his racing career at age 21, driving a Nissan Sunny, and eventually progressed to the Japanese Formula 3 championship finishing fourth in 1980 and runner-up in 1981.[1] After a season spent in the JAF Pacific Series, Hagiwara embarked on a full-time campaign in the Japanese Formula 2 championship alongside sporadic appearances in the All Japan Endurance Championship, racing alongside Kazuyoshi Hoshino. In 1985, Hagiwara, Hoshino, and Keiji Matsumoto became the first few Japanese drivers to ever win a race in the World Sportscar Championship;[2] Hoshino was actually the only one who got to drive the car before the race was stopped early due to heavy rain.[3]
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Hagiwara was killed during a private testing session at Sportsland SUGO on Monday, 7 April 1986. Piloting a Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16V operated by Leyton House Racing, Hagiwara crashed in Turn 2 (now called Rainbow Corner). The car then engulfed in flames, trapping the 29-year-old driver inside.[3]
Originally, Hagiwara was not supposed to test on Monday as he had entered the opening race of the All Japan Endurance Championship held on Sunday, 6 April 1986 (the International Suzuka 500km held at Suzuka Circuit). However, the Nissan R86V, which was scheduled to race in Suzuka, suffered from a mechanical problem during free practice and was unable to participate in the race. Hagiwara thus changed his schedule and headed for Sportsland SUGO which led to the fateful testing session.
akira, hagiwara, 萩原, hagiwara, akira, july, 1956, april, 1986, japanese, racing, driver, contents, career, death, racing, record, japanese, formula, championship, results, referencescareer, editborn, odawara, kanagawa, prefecture, japan, hagiwara, graduate, to. Akira Hagiwara 萩原 光 Hagiwara Akira 21 July 1956 7 April 1986 was a Japanese racing driver Contents 1 Career 2 Death 3 Racing record 3 1 Japanese Top Formula Championship results 4 ReferencesCareer editBorn in Odawara Kanagawa Prefecture Japan Hagiwara was a graduate of the Tokai University in Tokyo He started his racing career at age 21 driving a Nissan Sunny and eventually progressed to the Japanese Formula 3 championship finishing fourth in 1980 and runner up in 1981 1 After a season spent in the JAF Pacific Series Hagiwara embarked on a full time campaign in the Japanese Formula 2 championship alongside sporadic appearances in the All Japan Endurance Championship racing alongside Kazuyoshi Hoshino In 1985 Hagiwara Hoshino and Keiji Matsumoto became the first few Japanese drivers to ever win a race in the World Sportscar Championship 2 Hoshino was actually the only one who got to drive the car before the race was stopped early due to heavy rain 3 Death editHagiwara was killed during a private testing session at Sportsland SUGO on Monday 7 April 1986 Piloting a Mercedes Benz 190E 2 3 16V operated by Leyton House Racing Hagiwara crashed in Turn 2 now called Rainbow Corner The car then engulfed in flames trapping the 29 year old driver inside 3 Originally Hagiwara was not supposed to test on Monday as he had entered the opening race of the All Japan Endurance Championship held on Sunday 6 April 1986 the International Suzuka 500km held at Suzuka Circuit However the Nissan R86V which was scheduled to race in Suzuka suffered from a mechanical problem during free practice and was unable to participate in the race Hagiwara thus changed his schedule and headed for Sportsland SUGO which led to the fateful testing session After his death Aguri Suzuki was chosen to replace Hagiwara for the 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 23 Nissan R86V entry 3 Racing record editJapanese Top Formula Championship results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points1983 Autobacs Racing SUZ10 FUJ6 MIN SUZ12 SUZRet FUJ8 SUZRet SUZ16 12th 101984 Tomei Racing SUZ6 FUJ7 MIN4 SUZ8 SUZ4 FUJRet SUZ13 SUZRet 7th 331985 Tomei Racing SUZ5 FUJ4 MIN7 SUZ4 SUZDNS FUJ12 SUZ7 SUZ7 7th 401986 Leyton House Racing Team SUZRet FUJ MIN SUZ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUZ NC 0References edit Akira Hagiwara Retrieved 27 October 2021 O Connell R J 18 March 2020 Rhapsody in Blue The History of Calsonic amp Nissan Racing Daily Sportscar Retrieved 27 October 2021 a b c Motorsport Memorial Retrieved 27 October 2021 http afw fc2web com ziko ziko1980 htm nbsp This biographical article related to Japanese auto racing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Akira Hagiwara amp oldid 1160411569, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
