1. Yuhi Sekiguchi currently competes in the GT500 class of the Super GT Series for TGR Team SARD.
35 Facts About Yuhi Sekiguchi
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Yuhi Sekiguchi made his single-seater debut in 2004 after winning a scholarship from Toyota to compete in the Japanese Formula Toyota series.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi raced part time in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge.
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In 2006, Yuhi Sekiguchi won the Formula Toyota championship in his third season, and won the inaugural Formula Challenge Japan championship.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi moved up to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 2007, driving for the Now Motor Sports team owned by Naohiro Fujita.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi moved to Europe in 2008 to compete in the International Formula Master championship.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi finished sixteenth in the points standings, with two fourth-place finishes at Imola and Monza.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi was the fourth Japanese driver in the championship, alongside Sakon Yamamoto, Kamui Kobayashi, and Hiroki Yoshimoto.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi returned to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for 2009, finishing fifth in the National class with AIM Sports.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi moved to ThreeBond Racing and finished second in the 2010 championship with three wins, then took part in his first Macau Grand Prix.
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In 2011, Yuhi Sekiguchi moved to B-Max Engineering and won the series championship with six victories.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi then went on to finish fourth in that year's Macau Grand Prix driving for Mucke Motorsport.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi returned to the Macau Grand Prix in 2013,2015,2017, and 2018.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi made his Super GT debut in 2007, partnering 2002 GT500 champion Akira Iida at Racing Project Bandoh.
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In just his fifth race at Sportsland Sugo, Yuhi Sekiguchi drove from behind and passed Shigekazu Wakisaka with just a few laps remaining to take the win.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi made a one-off appearance for the Bandoh team during the 2008 Suzuka 1000km.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi drove for JLOC during the 2010 and 2011 seasons, recording a best finish of third in the 2010 season finale at Motegi.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi made his debut in the GT500 class for the 2013 season, joining the defending series champion MOLA and partnering three-time GT500 champion co-driver Satoshi Motoyama.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi led the opening laps of the fourth round at Sugo but would finish seventh after a puncture.
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In 2014, Yuhi Sekiguchi transferred from Nissan to Lexus and reunited with Racing Project Bandoh, who had made the step up to GT500 in 2011.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi drove alongside another three-time GT500 champion, Juichi Wakisaka.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi finished every race in the points for the second year in a row, and was fourth in the standings alongside Kunimoto.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi moved to TOM'S Racing in 2018, and won the 2018 Fuji GT 500 Mile Race and 2019 Suzuka round alongside co-driver Kazuki Nakajima.
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For 2021, Yuhi Sekiguchi was joined by Sho Tsuboi at TOM'S.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi joined TGR Team SARD in 2022, reuniting with his former co-driver Wakisaka, who was now the team director.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi spent eight seasons in the Super Formula Championship with Team Impul.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi made his series debut in 2016, as one of two rookies in the field alongside reigning GP2 Series champion Stoffel Vandoorne.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi finished third in the 2016 championship with two wins, at Twin Ring Motegi, and at Sportsland Sugo.
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At Sugo, Yuhi Sekiguchi won from pole position after building up a 14-second lead when the safety car was deployed following a spin by teammate Joao Paulo de Oliveira.
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Once the safety car was withdrawn, Yuhi Sekiguchi lapped over a second per lap faster than the field to build a 35-second lead before making his pit stop.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi left the pits ahead of second-place Daisuke Nakajima and won by over 14 seconds without relinquishing the lead.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi held off another GP2 Series champion and Formula One prospect, Pierre Gasly, by 0.243 seconds to take his second consecutive win at Sugo in 2017.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi finished as high as third in the championship standings twice, in 2016, and in 2021 when he helped Impul win the Teams' Championship.
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Yuhi Sekiguchi was dropped from the Toyota Super Formula roster in 2024 after failing to score any points in the previous season.
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In total, Yuhi Sekiguchi recorded seven victories, six pole positions, and 13 podiums in 65 races.