Hoshino's nickname was "the fastest man/guy in Japan" (日本一速い男, Nippon ichi hayai otoko). He won the Japanese motocross national championships in the 90cc and 125cc classes for Kawasaki in 1968 before switching to cars as a Nissan factory driver in 1969.[2]
Hoshino participated in two Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 24 October 1976 at the Japanese Grand Prix, making him - along with compatriots Noritake Takahara and Masahiro Hasemi - the first Japanese driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix.[3] Driving a Tyrrell-Ford for Heros Racing, he ran as high as fourth, but retired having used up his tyre supply. He returned in 1977 and once again entered the Japanese Grand Prix driving for Heros Racing. He finished in eleventh place driving a year-old Kojima-Ford.[4] He scored no championship points in his Formula 1 career.[5]
His only major world championship win was in the 1985 World Sportscar Championship round at the Fuji 1000 race, which was boycotted by many competing teams due to torrential rain.[6]
Hoshino also dominated the Fuji Grand Champion Series in the 1970s and 1980s. He won five titles in 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1987, collecting 28 wins and 42 podiums.
Hoshino retired from racing in 2002 and now continues to run his own Super GT team and his own Nissan specialised aftermarket parts company, Impul. Since 2003, his racing team has won the Formula Nippon championship seven times in eight years. His son, Kazuki Hoshino, currently competes in Super GT driving for GAINER in the GT300 class.
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kazuyoshi, hoshino, shinjitai, 星野, 一義, hoshino, kazuyoshi, born, shizuoka, shizuoka, prefecture, july, 1947, japanese, former, racing, driver, businessman, 2010, team, principal, impulborn, 1947, july, 1947, formula, world, championship, careernationalityjapan. Kazuyoshi Hoshino Shinjitai 星野 一義 Hoshino Kazuyoshi born in Shizuoka Shizuoka Prefecture 1 July 1947 is a Japanese former racing driver and businessman 1 Kazuyoshi HoshinoIn 2010 as the team principal of ImpulBorn 1947 07 01 1 July 1947 age 75 Formula One World Championship careerNationalityJapaneseActive years1976 1977TeamsHeros RacingEntries2Championships0Wins0Podiums0Career points0Pole positions0Fastest laps0First entry1976 Japanese Grand PrixLast entry1977 Japanese Grand Prix24 Hours of Le Mans careerYears1986 1990 1995 1998TeamsNismo TOM SBest finish3rd 1998 Contents 1 Motorsport career 2 Racing record 2 1 All Japan FJ1300 Championship results 2 2 Complete All Japan F2000 All Japan F2 All Japan F3000 Formula Nippon results 2 3 Complete Fuji Grand Championship results 2 4 Complete Formula One results 2 5 Complete European Formula Two Championship results 2 6 Complete JTC JTCC results 2 7 Complete JGTC results 2 8 Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results 2 9 Complete Bathurst 1000 results 3 References 4 External linksMotorsport career EditHoshino s nickname was the fastest man guy in Japan 日本一速い男 Nippon ichi hayai otoko He won the Japanese motocross national championships in the 90cc and 125cc classes for Kawasaki in 1968 before switching to cars as a Nissan factory driver in 1969 2 Hoshino participated in two Formula One Grands Prix debuting on 24 October 1976 at the Japanese Grand Prix making him along with compatriots Noritake Takahara and Masahiro Hasemi the first Japanese driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix 3 Driving a Tyrrell Ford for Heros Racing he ran as high as fourth but retired having used up his tyre supply He returned in 1977 and once again entered the Japanese Grand Prix driving for Heros Racing He finished in eleventh place driving a year old Kojima Ford 4 He scored no championship points in his Formula 1 career 5 His only major world championship win was in the 1985 World Sportscar Championship round at the Fuji 1000 race which was boycotted by many competing teams due to torrential rain 6 Hoshino won the Japanese Formula 2000 championship in 1975 and 1977 before winning the Japanese Formula Two championship in 1978 7 8 He then competed in the Japanese Formula 3000 championship winning that title in 1987 1990 and 1993 9 Hoshino also dominated the Fuji Grand Champion Series in the 1970s and 1980s He won five titles in 1978 1982 1984 1985 and 1987 collecting 28 wins and 42 podiums Like his compatriot Masahiro Hasemi he continued his career racing for Nissan driving a Skyline GT R to win the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1990 Hoshino drove a Nissan R90C with Toshio Suzuki to win the 1990 Suzuka 1000 race 6 Hoshino and Suzuki also won the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship in 1991 and 1992 10 Along with Nissan Motorsports teammates Aguri Suzuki and Masahiko Kageyama Hoshino drove a Nissan R390 GT1 to a third place finish at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans 11 Hoshino retired from racing in 2002 and now continues to run his own Super GT team and his own Nissan specialised aftermarket parts company Impul Since 2003 his racing team has won the Formula Nippon championship seven times in eight years His son Kazuki Hoshino currently competes in Super GT driving for GAINER in the GT300 class Racing record EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it March 2021 All Japan FJ1300 Championship results Edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points1974 Tomei Automobile March 733 Nissan SUZ1 FUJ SUZ SUZ SUZ SUZRet SUZ SUZRet 7th 201975 Tomei Automobile March 733 Nissan SUZ3 SUZ TSURet SUZ FUJRet FUJ1 MIN1 SUZRet SUZ2 3rd 671976 Tomei Automobile March 733 Nissan SUZ1 FUJ3 SUZ SUZ2 SUZ1 1st 67Complete All Japan F2000 All Japan F2 All Japan F3000 Formula Nippon results Edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant Chassis Engine Tyre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points1974 Kojima Engineering Surtees TS15 Ford BDA B SUZ SUZ SUZ SUZ3 5th 101975 Victory Circle Club March 742 BMW M12 B FUJ SUZ2 FUJ1 SUZ3 SUZ1 1st 591976 Heros Racing Corporation 12 March 742 Nova 512B BMW M12 B FUJRet SUZ FUJ1 SUZ1 SUZDNS 4th 401977 Heros Racing Corporation Nova 512B Nova 532P BMW M12 B SUZ3 SUZ1 MIN SUZ2 FUJ1 FUJ1 SUZRet SUZ2 1st 90 102 1978 Heros Racing Corporation Nova 532 BMW M12 B SUZ1 FUJ1 SUZ3 SUZRet SUZ1 MIN SUZ12 1st 761979 Heros Racing Corporation March 792 Nova 532Kai BMW M12 B SUZ2 MIN SUZ2 FUJ10 SUZ2 SUZ6 SUZ1 2nd 78 79 1980 Heros Racing Corporation March 802 BMW M12 B SUZ3 MIN2 SUZ4 SUZRet SUZ2 SUZ1 2nd 651981 Heros Racing Corporation Lola T850 BMW M12 B SUZ2 SUZ10 SUZ1 SUZ3 SUZRet 2nd 481982 Heros Racing Corporation Lola T850 March 822 BMW M12 B SUZ3 FUJRet SUZRet SUZ1 SUZ5 SUZ2 2nd 551983 Hoshino Racing March 832 BMW M12 B SUZ4 FUJDSQ MIN3 SUZ2 SUZ2 FUJ3 SUZ2 SUZ3 2nd 79 89 1984 Hoshino Racing March 842 BMW M12 B SUZ2 FUJ2 MIN1 SUZ2 SUZ2 FUJ5 SUZ2 SUZRet 3rd 95 103 1985 Hoshino Racing March 85J Honda B SUZ10 FUJ2 MIN2 SUZDNS SUZ1 FUJ11 SUZ14 SUZDNS 4th 511986 Hoshino Racing March 86J Honda B SUZRet FUJ3 MINRet SUZ2 SUZ1 FUJRet SUZ1 SUZ1 2nd 871987 Hoshino Racing March 87B Lola T87 50 Honda RA387E B SUZ1 FUJ10 MIN2 SUZ1 SUZ1 SUG1 FUJ6 SUZ2 SUZ2 1st 1321988 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T88 50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ1 FUJ2 MIN3 SUZ2 SUG3 FUJRet SUZ1 SUZ1 2nd 431989 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T88 50 Lola T89 50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ1 FUJRet MINRet SUZRet SUGRet FUJ1 SUZ3 SUZRet 3rd 221990 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T90 50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ1 FUJ1 MIN4 SUZ16 SUG3 FUJ1 FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ5 SUZ1 1st 58 63 1991 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T90 50 Lola T91 50 Mugen MF308 B SUZRet AUT2 FUJ1 MINRet SUZRet SUGRet FUJ1 SUZRet FUJC SUZRet FUJRet 4th 241992 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T91 50 Lola T92 50 Reynard 92D Mugen MF308 Cosworth DFV B SUZ2 FUJRet MINDNS SUZRet AUTRet SUG7 FUJ3 FUJRet SUZRet FUJ12 SUZ13 12th 101993 Nisseki Impul Racing Team Lola T92 50 Cosworth DFV B SUZ2 FUJ1 MINRet SUZ2 AUTC SUGRet FUJC FUJRet SUZ5 FUJ1 SUZRet 1st 321994 Nisseki Impul Racing Team Lola T92 50 Lola T93 50 Mugen MF308 B SUZRet FUJ7 MINRet SUZRet SUGRet FUJ5 SUZ15 FUJRet FUJ4 SUZ6 8th 61995 Nisseki Impul Racing Team Lola T93 50 Lola T94 50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ11 FUJC MIN3 SUZ6 SUGRet FUJ2 TOKRet FUJ2 SUZ4 4th 201996 Calsonic RACING TEAM with IMPUL Lola T96 52 Mugen MF308 B SUZ1 MINRet FUJ3 TOK4 SUZ5 SUG2 FUJRet MINRet SUZ2 FUJRet 3rd 31Complete Fuji Grand Championship results Edit Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points1972 Nissan Sports Car Club Nissan Fairlady 240ZG Nissan FUJ14 FUJ2 FUJ3Ret FUJ4 9th 151973 Nissan Sports Car Club Nissan Fairlady 240ZG Nissan FUJ15 FUJ2 FUJ3 FUJ4 FUJ5 15th 81974 Sakai Racing Team March 73S BMW M12 FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 FUJ4Ret FUJ5 FUJ6 NC 01975 March 74S BMW M12 FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 FUJ42 FUJ5Ret 8th 161976 Heroes Racing Corporation March 74S BMW M12 FUJ114 FUJ2 FUJ36 FUJ412 FUJ51 6th 281977 Heroes Racing Corporation March 74S BMW M12 FUJ11 FUJ28 FUJ3Ret FUJ41 FUJ51 2nd 631978 Heroes Racing Corporation March 74S Nova 53S BMW M12 FUJ11 FUJ21 FUJ3Ret FUJ41 FUJ516 1st 271979 Heroes Racing Corporation Nova 53S Nova 54S BMW M12 FUJ14 FUJ21 FUJ3Ret FUJ4Ret 5th 301980 Heroes Racing Corporation MCS Nova BMW M12 FUJ1Ret FUJ21 FUJ37 FUJ46 5th 301981 Heroes Racing Corporation MCS Nova MCS II March 792 BMW M12 FUJ16 FUJ23 FUJ32 FUJ412 4th 331982 Heroes Racing Corporation MCS II March 792 BMW M12 FUJ1Ret FUJ22 FUJ3C FUJ42 FUJ51 st 501983 MCS IV March 822 BMW M12 FUJ11 FUJ2Ret FUJ3Ret FUJ41 2nd 401984 MCS V March 832 BMW M12 FUJ11 FUJ21 FUJ31 FUJ41 1st 801985 MCS VI March 842 BMW M12 FUJ12 FUJ21 FUJ3Ret FUJ41 1st 551986 MCS VII March 85J BMW M12 FUJ11 FUJ2Ret FUJ32 FUJ414 4th 351987 MCS VIIKai March 86B Ford FUJ11 FUJ22 FUJ31 FUJ41 1st 751988 MCS VIII March 88GC Lola T88 50 Mugen FUJ116 SUG14 FUJ23 FUJ31 SUZ15 FUJ41 3rd 601989 Cerumo 89G MCS VIII Lola T88 50 Mugen FUJ12 SUG14 FUJ24 FUJ3Ret SUZ12 FUJ43 5th 22Complete Formula One results Edit key Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points1976 Heros Racing Tyrrell 007 Cosworth V8 BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPNRet NC 01977 Heros Racing Kojima KE009 Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA USW ESP MON BEL SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN JPN11 NC 0Complete European Formula Two Championship results Edit key Races in bold indicate pole position races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts1978 Heros Racing Nova 532 BMW THR HOC NUR PAU MUG VAL ROURet DONRet NOG PER MIS HOC NC 01983 James Gresham Racing March 832 BMW SIL THR HOC NUR VAL PAU JAR DON4 MIS PER ZOL MUG 16th 3Complete JTC JTCC results Edit 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 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts1989 Impul Nissan Skyline GTS R JTC 1 NISRet SEN1 TSU4 SUGRet SUZ6 FUJRet 1990 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R JTC 1 NIS1 SUG1 SUZ2 TSU1 SEN1 FUJ1 1st 2301991 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R JTC 1 SUG1 SUZRet TSU3 SEN1 AUT2 FUJ1 3rd 1741992 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R JTC 1 AIDRet AUT3 SUG1 SUZRet MINRet TSU1 SEN1 FUJ6 7th 781993 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R JTC 1 MIN1 AUT3 SUG SUZ3 AID1 TSU2 TOK1 SEN1 FUJRet 2nd 1191994 Nismo Nissan Primera AUT13 AUT2Ret SUG1Ret SUG23 TOK17 TOK2Ret SUZ13 SUZ220 MIN116 MIN2Ret AID14 AID2Ret TSU1Ret TSU2DNS SEN1 SEN2 FUJ11 FUJ2Ret 8th 531995 Hoshino Racing Nissan Primera FUJ16 FUJ26 SUG124 SUG26 TOK1Ret TOK2Ret SUZ13 SUZ22 MIN114 MIN2Ret AID12 AID22 SEN16 SEN25 FUJ12 FUJ21 3rd 981996 Team Impul Nissan Primera FUJ1Ret FUJ2Ret SUG15 SUG216 SUZ19 SUZ217 MIN11 MIN22 SEN1Ret SEN24 TOK110 TOK2Ret FUJ15 FUJ22 6th 611997 Nismo Nissan Primera FUJ1C FUJ2C AID16 AID214 SUG12 SUG21 SUZ12 SUZ26 MIN14 MIN211 SEN12 SEN2Ret TOK13 TOK2Ret FUJ18 FUJ21 4th 95Complete JGTC results Edit key Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts1995 Hoshino Racing Nissan Skyline GT R GT1 SUZ FUJ SEN2 FUJ7 SUG2 MIN3 14th 191996 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R GT500 SUZ8 FUJ5 SEN5 MIN1 SUG2 MINRet 4th 541997 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R GT500 SUZRet FUJ SEN15 FUJ4 MIN6 SUG14 13th 161998 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R GT500 SUZ11 FUJ SEN5 FUJ3 MOT2 MIN7 SUG4 3rd 491999 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R GT500 SUZ10 FUJ3 SUG5 MIN6 FUJ5 TAI10 MOT7 7th 402000 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R GT500 MOT17 FUJ5 SUG5 FUJ3 TAI6 MIN1 SUZ3 3rd 662001 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R GT500 TAI FUJ SUG FUJ7 MOT3 SUZ11 MIN5 13th 242002 Impul Nissan Skyline GT R GT500 TAI14 FUJRet SUG8 SEP14 FUJRet MOT MIN SUZ 24th 3Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Edit Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Pos ClassPos 1986 Nissan Motorsport Keiji Matsumoto Aguri Suzuki Nissan R86V C1 64 DNF DNF1987 Nissan Motorsport Kenji Takahashi Keiji Matsumoto Nissan R87E C1 181 DNF DNF1988 Nissan Motorsport Takao Wada Aguri Suzuki Nissan R88C C1 296 DNF DNF1989 Nissan Motorsport Masahiro Hasemi Toshio Suzuki Nissan R89C C1 167 DNF DNF1990 Nissan Motorsport Masahiro Hasemi Toshio Suzuki Nissan R90C C1 348 5th 5th1995 Nissan Motorsport Masahiko Kageyama Toshio Suzuki Nissan Skyline GT R LM GT1 157 DNF DNF1996 Nissan Motorsport Masahiro Hasemi Toshio Suzuki Nissan Skyline GT R LM GT1 307 15th 10th1997 Nissan Motorsport TWR Erik Comas Masahiko Kageyama Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 294 12th 5th1998 Nissan Motorsport TWR Aguri Suzuki Masahiko Kageyama Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 347 3rd 3rdComplete Bathurst 1000 results Edit Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Pos ClassPos 1981 Nissan Motor Co Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Bluebird Turbo 4 Cylinder 66 DNF DNF1982 Nissan Motor Co Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Bluebird Turbo B 153 8th 1stReferences Edit Kazuyoshi Hoshino profile Archived from the original on 25 May 2011 Retrieved 24 August 2008 Moto Racing Japan Champions motoracing japan com Archived from the original on 30 April 2001 Retrieved 24 August 2011 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1976 Formula 1 results formula1 com Retrieved 24 August 2011 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1977 Formula 1 results formula1 com Retrieved 24 August 2011 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Formula 1 career profile f1pulse com Retrieved 24 August 2011 a b Kazuyoshi Hoshino career profile race driver archive com Archived from the original on 6 October 2011 Retrieved 27 August 2011 Japanese Formula 2000 Championship overview race driver archive com Retrieved 27 August 2011 Japanese Formula 2 Championship overview race driver archive com Retrieved 27 August 2011 Japanese Formula 3000 championship overview race driver archive com Retrieved 27 August 2011 Japanese Sportscar Championship overview race driver archive com Retrieved 27 August 2011 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans results experiencelemans com Retrieved 24 August 2011 Heros Racing Corporation Motor Sport magazine database 2015 Retrieved 20 September 2016 External links EditKazuyoshi Hoshino profile at the Japan Automobile Federation Calsonic Sponsor s site in Japanese Impul Own aftermarket company and team site in Japanese Calsonic racing team in Japanese Nismo com Hoshino History 1969 2002 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine in Japanese charting the motorsport career of Hoshino Kazuyoshi Hoshino career summary at DriverDB comSporting positionsPreceded byTaichi Yoshimura All Japan 125cc MotocrossChampion1968 Succeeded byKinjiro YajimaPreceded byNoritake Takahara Japanese Formula 2000Champion1975 Succeeded byNoritake TakaharaPreceded byNoritake Takahara Japanese Formula 2000 Japanese Formula TwoChampion1977 1978 Succeeded byKeiiji MatsumotoPreceded bySatoru Nakajima Japanese Formula Two Japanese Formula 3000Champion1987 Succeeded byAguri SuzukiPreceded byHitoshi Ogawa Japanese Formula 3000Champion1990 Succeeded byUkyo KatayamaPreceded byMasahiro Hasemi Japanese Touring Car ChampionshipChampion1990 Succeeded byMasahiro HasemiPreceded byMauro Martini Japanese Formula 3000Champion1993 Succeeded byMarco Apicella Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kazuyoshi Hoshino amp oldid 1130537250, 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