Keiko Ihara (井原 慶子, Ihara Keiko) (born July 4, 1973) is a Japanese race car driver. She was a former race queen, a model who appears in a swimsuit or other fashionable apparel at race circuits, before deciding to become a racing driver. She is one of the few Japanese women nationals to race internationally at a high level. Her best finishes in the British Formula Three Championship are two 8th places finishes in 2005, which helped her to a final championship standing position of 16th with 12 points. In the 2006 series, she finished in 17th and last position in the Championship Class, with 4 points.
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Keiko Ihara 井原 慶子 Ihara Keiko born July 4 1973 is a Japanese race car driver She was a former race queen a model who appears in a swimsuit or other fashionable apparel at race circuits before deciding to become a racing driver She is one of the few Japanese women nationals to race internationally at a high level Her best finishes in the British Formula Three Championship are two 8th places finishes in 2005 which helped her to a final championship standing position of 16th with 12 points In the 2006 series she finished in 17th and last position in the Championship Class with 4 points Keiko IharaKeiko Ihara at the 2014 6 Hours of FujiNationalityJapaneseBorn 1973 07 04 July 4 1973 age 50 Tokyo JapanFIA World Endurance Championship careerDebut season2012Current teamLarbre CompetitionCar number50Starts2Wins0Poles0Fastest laps0Previous series200920082005 062005200420032003200220012000Formula Le Mans CupAston Martin Asia CupBritish Formula ThreeMasters of Formula 3Le Mans Endurance SeriesSuper GTFormula BMW AsiaAsia Formula 2000French Formula ThreeFormula Renault 2 0 UKIhara joined the Gulf Racing Middle East to compete at the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Jean Denis Deletraz and Fabien Giroix as codrivers In 2013 she raced two rounds for Gulf Racing Middle East and four with OAK Racing both in the LMP2 class The driver won the Fuji round of the 2014 Asian Le Mans Series for Oak Racing together with Ho Pin Tung and David Cheng Contents 1 Racing record 1 1 Career summary 1 2 24 Hours of Le Mans results 1 3 Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results 1 4 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results 2 External linksRacing record editCareer summary edit Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums F Laps Points Position2000 Formula Renault 2 0 UK Championship 12 0 0 0 0 0 NC2001 French Formula 3 Championship ARTA Signature 11 0 0 0 0 22 13th2002 Asian Formula 2000 Autosports Racing Team 2 Macau Asian Formula 2000 Challenge 1 0 0 1 0 N A 3rd2003 JGTC GT300 R amp D Sports 4 0 0 0 0 0 NCFormula BMW Asia Team Yellow Hat 14 0 0 0 5 139 3rd2004 Le Mans Endurance Series GT T2M Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC2005 British Formula 3 International Series Carlin Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 12 17thMasters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N A 25th2006 British Formula 3 International Series Carlin Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 4 17th2008 Aston Martin Asia Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 N A 2009 Formula Le Mans Cup Exagon Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 1 49th2012 FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 Gulf Racing Middle East 8 0 0 0 0 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N A DNF2013 FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 Gulf Racing Middle East 2 0 0 0 0 35 10thOAK Racing 4 0 0 0 024 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 Gulf Racing Middle East 1 0 0 0 0 N A DNF2014 Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 OAK Racing Team Total 1 1 0 0 1 25 5thEuropean Le Mans Series LMP2 Larbre Competition 1 0 0 0 0 2 26th24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N A 9th2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship Prototype Mazda Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 24 32nd2017 18 Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Eurasia Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 12 10th2018 19 FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 Larbre Competition 1 0 0 0 0 10 18th Season still in progress Charity race guest 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Pos ClassPos 2012 nbsp Gulf Racing Middle East nbsp Jean Denis Deletraz nbsp Marc Rostan Lola B12 80 Nissan LMP2 17 DNF DNF2013 nbsp Gulf Racing Middle East nbsp Fabien Giroix nbsp Philippe Haezebrouck Lola B12 80 Nissan LMP2 22 DNF DNF2014 nbsp Larbre Competition nbsp Pierre Ragues nbsp Ricky Taylor Morgan LMP2 Judd LMP2 341 14th 9thComplete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit Year Entrant Class Car Engine Tyres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points2012 Gulf Racing Middle East LMP2 Lola B12 80 Nissan VK45DE 4 5 L V8 D SEBEX SPA9 LMSRet SIL11 SAO9 BHRRet FUJ6 SHARet 70th 22013 Gulf Racing Middle East LMP2 Lola B12 80 Nissan VK45DE 4 5 L V8 D SIL SPA9 LMSRet 22nd 12OAK Racing Morgan LMP2 SAO5 COA FUJ9 SHA6 BHR52014 Larbre Competition LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3 6 L V8 M SIL SPA LMS 9 N A N AOAK Racing Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3 6 L V8 D COA FUJ3 SHA BHR3 SAO2018 19 Larbre Competition LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 M SPA LMS SIL FUJ5 SHA SEB SPA LMS 14th 10 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results edit Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points2016 Mazda Motorsports P Mazda Prototype Mazda MZ 2 0T 2 0 L I4 Turbo DAY SIR8 LBH LAG DET WAT MSP ELK COA PET 32nd 24 Season still in progressExternal links editOfficial website in Japanese Keiko Ihara career summary at DriverDB com 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 Keiko Ihara amp oldid 1159448825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
