Kondo Racing

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Kondo Racing is an automobile racing team founded, owned and headed by Masahiko Kondo. The operating body is MK Company Co., Ltd. MK is an abbreviation for Masahiko Kondo. The team competes in Super Formula as well as in Super GT in both the GT500 and GT300 classes.

History

Kondo Racing was founded in 2000 by Japanese pop star Masahiko Kondo, also known as "Matchy". Kondo himself had raced for many years since the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s.^[1] In 1998 Kondo launched "Masahiko Kondo Racing Project" together with Teams TMS, a team with which he raced at the time, to compete in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship in 1998 and 1999. While working to develop young drivers, Kondo himself learned how of run a racing team as a team manager. Based on that experience, in 2000 he established the "Kondo Racing Team" and began participating in Formula Nippon.

Super Formula

In 2000, Kondo Racing began competing in Formula Nippon, the premier Japanese open-wheel series, and the team has continued racing in the series ever since, with the series having rebranded as Super Formula in 2013. Since 2006, Kondo Racing has raced with Toyota engines. The team has not won a drivers' championship title, but came second overall with Nick Cassidy^[2]^[3]^[4] in 2018 and with Sacha Fenestraz in 2022.^[5]^[6] Kenta Yamashita has been one of the long standing driver for Kondo's Super Formula, as he has competed since 2017 with one win to his name, along with couple of podiums. For 2024 Yamashita, paired once again with last season's driver Kazuto Kotaka.^[7]

Super GT – GT500

Kondo Racing entered Super GT in the top GT500 class with Nissan in 2006. From the first year, Yokohama Tire joined Kondo till now. Also with the introduction of a strong lineup of former F1 driver Eric Comas and Nissan's own driver Masataka Yanagida. Since there was no data available, the first priority was to develop tires. Comas temporarily withdrew due to back pain and was replaced by Seiji Ara. Although Comas returned for the sixth race, he was unable to regain his form and was forced to stay out for the rest of the season, leaving Ara to team up with Yanagida until the final race. In the final race, he fought for 2nd place with some help from his machine, and then finished in 3rd place, earning his long-awaited first podium. Throughout the years the team has won several races, but has never been a serious championship contender.^[8]

Super GT – GT300

Since 2012, it has been participating in the Super Taikyu together with five Nissan Automobile College schools (Tochigi, Yokohama, Aichi, Kyoto, and Ehime). Kondo Racing also participated in the Nürburgring 24 endurance race with a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, marking the team’s first overseas competition. Kondo’s Nurburgring 24 driver lineup was Tsugio Matsuda, Mitsunori Takaboshi, Tomonobu Fujii and Tom Coronel.^[9]

In 2019, Kondo Racing entered the GT300 class of Super GT with Kazuki Hiramine and Sacha Fenestraz as their drivers in the class in the second-generation Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.^[10] The pair came close to winning the fourth round in Buriram, battling for the win until the final lap, but ultimately finished second.^[11]

In 2020, Kondo Racing won its first titles in the category with the driver pairing of Kiyoto Fujinami & João Paulo de Oliveira.^[12]^[13]^[14] After being in title contention again in 2021,^[15] the team returned to the top of the standings in 2022, clinching the titles after their main rivals lost a decisive position on the final lap of the last race.^[16] For 2023, de Oliveira stayed with the team, while Fujinami was replaced by Teppei Natori after he was reportedly involved in a physical altercation with another driver in the smaller Vita Pro series.^[17]^[18]

Nürburgring 24 Hours

Race results

Complete Super GT Results

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

Year	Car	Tyres	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
2006	Nissan Fairlady Z	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Masataka Yanagida Template:Flagicon Érik Comas Template:Flagicon Seiji Ara	SUZ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OKA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		12th	33
2007	Nissan Fairlady Z	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira Template:Flagicon Seiji Ara	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OKA 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		12th	47
2008	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira Template:Flagicon Seiji Ara	SUZ 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OKA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		11th	56
2009	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira Template:Flagicon Seiji Ara	OKA 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		7th	69
2010	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira Template:Flagicon Hironobu Yasuda	SUZ 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OKA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC1 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC2 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10th	48
2011	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Hironobu Yasuda Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	OKA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC2 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	11th	50
2012	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Hironobu Yasuda Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	OKA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC1 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC2 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	14th	38
2013	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Hironobu Yasuda Template:Flagicon Michael Krumm	OKA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC1 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC2 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	13th	32
2014	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Michael Krumm Template:Flagicon Daiki Sasaki	OKA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			8th	51
2015	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Daiki Sasaki Template:Flagicon Lucas Ordóñez Template:Flagicon Michael Krumm	OKA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			12th	43
2016	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Daiki Sasaki Template:Flagicon Masataka Yanagida	OKA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			7th	57
2017	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Daiki Sasaki Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira	OKA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			14th	24
2018	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira Template:Flagicon Mitsunori Takaboshi	OKA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			12th	42
2019	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Mitsunori Takaboshi Template:Flagicon Jann Mardenborough	OKA 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC1 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC2 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	13th	34
2019	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Y	GT300	56	Template:Flagicon Kazuki Hiramine Template:Flagicon Sacha Fenestraz	OKA 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC1	NC2	5th	69
2020	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Mitsunori Takaboshi Template:Flagicon Jann Mardenborough	FUJ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			15th	19
2020	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Y	GT300	56	Template:Flagicon Kiyoto Fujinami Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira	FUJ 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			1st	95
2021	Nissan GT-R	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Mitsunori Takaboshi Template:Flagicon Daiki Sasaki	OKA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			13th	40
2021	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Y	GT300	56	Template:Flagicon Kiyoto Fujinami Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira	OKA 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			2nd	77
2022	Nissan Z	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Daiki Sasaki Template:Flagicon Kohei Hirate	OKA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			10th	46
2022	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Y	GT300	56	Template:Flagicon Kiyoto Fujinami Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira	OKA 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			1st	74.5
2023	Nissan Z	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Daiki Sasaki Template:Flagicon Kohei Hirate	OKA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			15th	25
2023	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Y	GT300	56	Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira Template:Flagicon Teppei Natori	OKA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			3rd	70
2024	Nissan Z	Y	GT500	24	Template:Flagicon Tsugio Matsuda Template:Flagicon Teppei Natori	OKA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 12†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			14th	22
2024	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Y	GT300	56	Template:Flagicon Daiki Sasaki Template:Flagicon João Paulo de Oliveira	OKA 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			6th	49

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.

Note: Non-championship races (NC1,NC2) are major races that do not count towards the championship.

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Kondo Racing

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