Aguri Suzuki
In 2008, as the supervisor of ARTA.
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| Born |
8 September 1960 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Japanese |
| Active years | 1988–1995 |
| Teams | Larrousse, Zakspeed, Footwork, Jordan, Ligier |
| Entries | 88 (64 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Career points | 8 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1988 Japanese Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1995 Japanese Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 1986–1988, 1990, 1996–1999 |
| Teams | Nissan Motorsport, Toyota Team Tom's, Nismo (Nismo/TWR) |
| Best finish | 3rd (1998) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Aguri Suzuki (鈴木 亜久里 Suzuki Aguri?, born 8 September 1960) is a Japanese former racing driver. He participated in 88 Formula One Grands Prix, and his most notable achievement in racing was 3rd place at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix. Suzuki then became involved in team ownership, with interests firstly in the Japanese Formula Nippon Championship and the IRL in partnership with Mexican racer Adrian Fernandez. Most notably however, he was the owner of the Super Aguri F1 team, which participated in Formula One from 2006 to 2008. He then went on to form Team Aguri, which raced in Formula E from 2014 to 2016.
Suzuki began racing karts in 1972, at the age of 12. In 1978 he won the Japanese kart championship and in 1979 made his debut in the Japanese Formula Three (All-Japan F3) championship. He continued in karting and in 1981 was again Japanese Kart Champion. In 1983 he finished second in the All-Japan F3 series, driving a Hayashi-Toyota. He then turned to touring car racing and, driving for the Nissan factory team won the Japanese title in 1986. The same year he made his debut in Japanese F2 and drove in the Le Mans 24 Hours. In 1987 he finished runner-up in the Japanese F3000 series, winning one race (Suzuka). In 1988, driving a March-Yamaha he won the title with three wins (Fuji, Nishi-Nippon and Suzuka).
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