Satoshi Motoyama
| Satoshi Motoyama | |
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Motoyama in 2010.
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born |
4 March 1971 Tokyo, Japan |
| Super GT career | |
| Debut season | 1997 (GT500) |
| Current team | MOLA |
| Car no. | 46 |
| Former teams | Nismo, Impul, ARTA |
| Starts | 130 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Poles | 9 |
| Fastest laps | 12 |
| Previous series | |
| 1990–1995 1995-1997 1996-2008 1996 |
All-Japan F3 JTCC Formula Nippon JGTC GT300 |
| Championship titles | |
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1998, 2001, 2003 and 2005 2003-2004 2008 |
Formula Nippon JGTC (GT500) Super GT (GT500) |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 1998–1999, 2012, 2014 |
| Teams | Nismo/TWR |
| Best finish | 10th (1998) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Satoshi Motoyama (本山哲 - Motoyama Satoshi; born March 4, 1971) is a Japanese professional racing driver.
Born in Tokyo, Motoyama gathered an impressive resume of results in his native country, winning the Formula Nippon championship in 1998, 2001, 2003, and 2005. He also competes in the Japan GT Championship and won that series title in 2003, 2004 and 2008, sharing the car with Michael Krumm, Richard Lyons and Benoît Tréluyer respectively. Motoyama and Tréluyer won the 2008 championship with 3 wins in 9 races. Motoyama is a Nissan driver, and he has competed in the JGTC / Super GT for Nismo and Autech with the Nissan Z-car, Nissan Skyline GT-R and Nissan GT-R.
The closest Motoyama has come to Formula One was a Friday test for Jordan at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, and a pre-season test session with Renault in 2004.
Motoyama has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the main sports prototype class. He drove a Nissan R390 GT1 works car in 1998, finishing 10th, and he retired in 1999 with a Nissan R391. Also in 1999, he won the 1999 Le Mans Fuji 1000 km in a R391. In 2012, he drove the Nissan-powered DeltaWing experimental car for Highcroft Racing, joining Krumm and Marino Franchitti.
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