Tomonobu Fujii
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1980-12-17) 17 December 1980 Tokyo
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Championship titles
2006 2007 2007 2011 2012	All Japan Endurance Championship, LMP2 Class SuperTaikyu, ST1 Class All Japan Endurance Championship, LMGT1 Class SuperTaikyu, ST-X Class SuperGT Jaf Grand Prix, GT300 Class

Tomonobu Fujii (藤井 誠暢, Fujii Tomonobu, born 17 December 1980, in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver.^[1]

Racing Kart / Formula race

Tomonobu Fujii entered the second-hand Racing Kart in 1994 and made his debut in local races when he was 13 years old. He won the championship right away and continued to display his talent in local races. He continued to achieve many victories won the Series Championships twice. He stepped up to Formula races soon after, that but was forced to suspend his participation in the races due to lack of funds. Fujii went to seek sponsors in this one year of interval. He then participated in Japan Formula 4 in 2002 where he won two victories in a year and obtained Second Series as well as MVP. Fujii received a scholarship and participated in Formula Dream by HONDA for two years from 2003. He accumulated more experience, eventually winning the 4th Series Championship in 2004.

Super GT

Fujii made his debut in Super GT, which is the top category in Japan, in 2005. Once he started to race with a Nissan 350Z, he reached the podium four times and won the 4th position in 2006. He won his first championship in the opening race of Super GT in 2007 and competed for the Series Championship. He then received a contract with NISMO as a factory driver in 2008, although he continued to race with a Nissan 350Z in Super GT till 2008. He obtained 5th place in 2007 and 2008. From 2010 to 2013, he contracted with Hankook Tire as a factory driver and raced with a Porsche GT3R (RSR) during that 4 years. He reached 3rd Series in 2011 and 2nd Series in 2012. He has been racing with an Audi R8 LMS Ultra since 2014.

Super GT / JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup

Fujii obtained 3rd place with a Porsche GT3R in 2010, 2nd place in 2011, and he won the championship in 2012 in the JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup held at Fuji Speedway.

Endurance race

Fujii has been participating in the Super Taikyu race along with the Super GT in Japan for many years. He raced with Nissan a 350Z from 2006 to 2009 and won the Series Championship in 2007. He won the victory as a development driver of a Nissan 370Z NISMO RC in 2010. He won three victories with an Audi R8 LMS in 2011 and won the Series Championship for the GT3 Class. He raced with a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 from 2012 to 2014. Fujii also joined the All Japan Endurance Championship held in Japan in both 2006 and 2007. He won the Series Championship in the LMP2 class in 2006 and in the LMGT1 class with a Ferrari 550 GT1 in 2007.

Fujii also has experience in overseas races, mainly participating in craft racing in Hong Kong with an Aston Martin Vantage GT3. He has participated in the Asian Lemans, Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race, and the Dubai 24Hrs race. He achieved 3rd place in Dubai 24Hrs in 2013. He has also placed 53rd in the Rolex 24 AT Daytona 2015, driving with Flying Lizard Motorsports.

Racing Record

24 Hours of Dubai results

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	ClassPos.
2013	Craft Racing AMR	Frank Yu Darryl O'Young Darren Turner Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	A6-Pro	3rd
2014	Craft Racing AMR	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Darryl O'Young	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	A6-Pro	DNF

24 Hours of Daytona results

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	ClassPos.
2015	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Markus Winkelhock Robert Thorne Satoshi Hoshino	Audi R8 LMS	GTD	10th

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	D'station Racing	Andrew Watson Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	333	33rd	6th
2022	D'station Racing	Charlie Fagg Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	112	DNF	DNF
2023	D'station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Casper Stevenson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	163	DNF	DNF

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