Tsugio Matsuda

Tsugio Matsuda
Matsuda in 2010.
Nationality	Japanese
Born	June 18, 1979 Mie (Japan)
Super GT career
Debut season	2000
Current team	Nismo
Car no.	1
Former teams	Team Impul, Nakajima, Take One
Starts	131
Championships	2 (2014 & 2015)
Wins	18
Podiums	33
Poles	12
Best finish	1st in 2014, 2015
Finished last season	1st
Previous series
1998-2013	Formula Nippon

Tsugio Matsuda (松田 次生 Matsuda Tsugio, born June 18, 1979) is a Japanese professional racing driver. He has won the Formula Nippon series twice, in 2007 and 2008. He has also competed in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. Matsuda has also become a regular participant in the Super GT series which he won in 2014 jointly with Ronnie Quintarelli. The 2015 Super GT season was closely contested throughout the year, but ultimately Matsuda and Quintarelli successfully defended their title, taking the lead of the championship at the final race of the season at Motegi.

Racing record

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1998	Nakajima	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	MOT	SUZ 6	SUG	FUJ	MIN	FUJ	SUZ		15th	1
2000	Nakajima	SUZ 12	MOT 3	MIN 1	FUJ 16	SUZ 5	SUG 11	MOT 4	FUJ Ret	MIN 3	SUZ 3		4th	27
2001	Nakajima	SUZ Ret	MOT 3	MIN 8	FUJ Ret	SUZ 5	SUG 5	FUJ Ret	MIN Ret	MOT 9	SUZ 9		8th	10
2002	Nakajima	SUZ 3	FUJ 10	MIN 2	SUZ Ret	MOT 13	SUG 5	FUJ Ret	MIN 4	MOT 4	SUZ 6		5th	19
2003	Cerumo	SUZ 5	FUJ 9	MIN Ret	MOT Ret	SUZ 15	SUG 6	FUJ 5	MIN 5	MOT 14	SUZ Ret		11th	7
2004	Cerumo	SUZ 4	SUG Ret	MOT 12	SUZ 9	SUG DSQ	MIN 12	SEP 4	MOT 6	SUZ Ret			9th	7
2005	5ZIGEN	MOT 10	SUZ 2	SUG Ret	FUJ 3	SUZ 6	MIN 4	FUJ 9	MOT 10	SUZ 8			6th	14
2006	Impul	FUJ 2	SUZ 9	MOT 5	SUZ 2	AUT 1	FUJ 7	SUG 3	MOT 2	SUZ 2			2nd	37
2007	Impul	FUJ 2	SUZ 2	MOT 3	OKA 3	SUZ 4	FUJ 13	SUG 5	MOT 5	SUZ 4			1st	46
2008	Impul	FUJ 1	SUZ 1	MOT 1	OKA Ret	SUZ 1	SUZ 8	MOT 2	MOT 2	FUJ 4	FUJ 5	SUG 1	1st	93.5
2009	Impul	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	MOT 6	FUJ Ret	SUZ 12	MOT 5	AUT 7	SUG 7				11th	11
2010	Kondo	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	MOT Ret	SUG 8	AUT Ret	SUZ 14	SUZ 9				15th	1
2012	Impul	SUZ 8	MOT 6	AUT 4	FUJ 5	MOT 7	SUG Ret	SUZ 2	SUZ Ret				8th	20
2013	Impul	SUZ 2	AUT 5	FUJ 16	MOT 13	SUG 5	SUZ 4	SUZ 16					6th	18.5

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

(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	DC	Pts
2000	Take One	McLaren F1 GTR	GT500	MOT	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	TAI 4	MIN Ret	SUZ Ret			19th	10
2001	Nakajima	Honda NSX	GT500	TAI 3	FUJ 12	SUG 14	FUJ 6	MOT 1	SUZ Ret	MIN Ret			8th	38
2002	Nakajima	Honda NSX	GT500	TAI 1	FUJ 11	SUG Ret	SEP 1	FUJ 12	MOT 14	MIN 6	SUZ 1		2nd	74
2003	Nakajima	Honda NSX	GT500	TAI 5	FUJ 6	SUG 8	FUJ 13	FUJ 9	MOT Ret	AUT 2	SUZ 12		11th	36
2004	Nakajima	Honda NSX	GT500	TAI 10	SUG 4	SEP 9	TOK 6	MOT 1	AUT 12	SUZ 5			8th	42
2005	Nakajima	Honda NSX	GT500	OKA 5	FUJ 8	SEP 5	SUG 13	MOT 10	FUJ 2	AUT 14	SUZ 10		9th	38
2006	Nismo	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 2	OKA Ret	FUJ 4	SEP 5	SUG 2	SUZ DSQ	MOT 14	AUT 1	FUJ 11	6th	69
2007	Nismo	Nissan Z	GT500	SUZ 5	OKA 3	FUJ 2	SEP 10	SUG Ret	SUZ 6	MOT 2	AUT 4	FUJ 9	5th	63
2008	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	SUZ Ret	OKA 2	FUJ 9	SEP 14	SUG	SUZ 1	MOT 11	AUT 10	FUJ 1	5th	61
2009	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 4	SUZ 3	FUJ 15	SEP 7	SUG 8	SUZ 5	FUJ 15	AUT Ret	MOT 7	11th	36
2010	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	SUZ Ret	OKA 4	FUJ 6	SEP 1	SUG 4	SUZ 12	FUJ C	MOT 5		5th	47
2011	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 1	FUJ 14	SEP 15	SUG 13	SUZ 3	FUJ 2	AUT 10	MOT 9		5th	49
2012	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 5	SEP 5	SUG Ret	SUZ 4	FUJ 1	AUT 10	MOT 10		4th	45
2013	Impul	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ 5	SEP 1	SUG Ret	SUZ 4	FUJ 6	AUT Ret	MOT 13		9th	46
2014	Nismo	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 7	FUJ 8	AUT 1	SUG 14	FUJ 2	SUZ 2	BUR 10	MOT 1		1st	81
2015	NISMO	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 13	FUJ 1	CHA 5	FUJ 4	SUZ 7	SUG 6	AUT 1	MOT 2		1st	79
2016	NISMO	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 1	FUJ 1	SUG 9	FUJ 4	SUZ 6	CHA 14	MOT 9	MOT 7		3rd	62

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	DC	Pts
2013	KCMG	Morgan LMP2	LMP2	INJ	FSW	ZHU	SEP 2	9th	19

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(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	DC	Pts
2013	KCMG	Morgan LMP2	LMP2	SIL	SPA	LMN	SAO	COA	FSW 6	SHA	BHR	NC	0
2014	KCMG	Oreca 03 Oreca 03R	LMP2	SIL 2	SPA	LMN	COA 1	FSW	SHA	BHR	SAO	7th	43
2015	NISMO	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	LMP1	SIL	SPA	LMN Ret	NUR	COA	FSW	SHA	BHR	NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Nissan Motorsports	Mark Shulzhitskiy Lucas Ordóñez	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	LMP1	115	DNF	DNF
2016	KCMG	Richard Bradley Matthew Howson	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	116	DNF	DNF

References

External links

• Official website
• Tsugio Matsuda career summary at DriverDB.com