(1945-11-13) 13 November 1945 (age 78) Tokyo, Japan
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
Japanese
Active years
1976
Teams
Kojima
Entries
1
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
01
First entry
1976 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry
1976 Japanese Grand Prix
Masahiro Hasemi (Shinjitai: 長谷見 昌弘, Hasemi Masahiro, born 13 November 1945 in Tokyo) is a former racing driver and team owner from Japan. He started racing motocross when he was 15 years old. In 1964 he signed to drive for Nissan. After establishing himself in saloon car and GT races in Japan, he participated in his only Formula One race at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix for Kojima on 24 October 1976. He qualified 10th after an error which cost him his chance of a pole position and finished 11th, seven laps behind the winner. Contrary to a widely propagated but mistaken result, however, he never set a fastest lap in a Formula One championship race.1 Along with compatriots Noritake Takahara and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he was the first Japanese driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix.
Hasemi became the Japanese Formula 2 champion in 1980, and got two titles in the Fuji Grand Champion Series in 1974 and 1980. After that he reverted to racing Skylines, which he became heavily synonymous with in Group 5, touring cars and JGTC. He won the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1989, 1991 and 1992. He also won the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship in 1990, with the controversial win at the Guia Touring Car race at the Macau Grand Prix in 1990 and Daytona 24 hour in 1992. Hasemi retired from driving in 2001 and now runs NDDP Racing, a Super GT team that currently competes in the GT500 class. Hasemi also owns Hasemi Sport, a former Super GT racing team that ran under the Hasemi Motorsport banner and Nissan aftermarket parts company.
Hasemi is the most recent Japanese driver to win his home Grand Prix, winning it in 1975, when it was a non-championship race.
Hasemi's former Kojima KE007 on display at Yurakucho Marion in 2013.1994 Nissan Skyline GT-R prepared by Hasemi Motorsport and driven by Masahiro Hasemi in the 1994 JGTC season
MasahiroHasemi (Shinjitai: 長谷見 昌弘, HasemiMasahiro, born 13 November 1945 in Tokyo) is a former racing driver and team owner from Japan. He started racing...
Hasemi (written: 長谷見) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: MasahiroHasemi (長谷見 昌弘) (born 1945), Japanese racing driver Saki...
were led by drivers such as Kunimitsu Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, MasahiroHasemi, Keiji Matsumoto, and Satoru Nakajima, who would go on to become the...
tested throughout the autumn of 1976, with MasahiroHasemi, a Japanese Formula 2 driver, at the wheel. Hasemi then scored a huge stir at the Japanese Grand...
2023. Retrieved 26 November 2016. It was initially announced that MasahiroHasemi set the fastest lap at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix, but it was a measurement...
manufacturer. Kojima Engineering entered a locally built chassis for MasahiroHasemi (on Dunlop tyres). Heading into the final race of the season it was...
politician Masahiro Hamazaki (浜崎 昌弘, 1940–2011), Japanese footballer MasahiroHasemi (長谷見 昌弘, born 1945), Japanese racing driver Masahiro Hayama (早間 雅博...
Grand Prix, making him – along with compatriots Noritake Takahara and MasahiroHasemi – the first Japanese driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix. Driving...
Fuji Speedway on 10 November. The championship was won by MasahiroHasemi, driving for Hasemi Motorsport. Overall winner in bold. Points were awarded 20...
the No. 23 Nissan Motorsport International Nissan R91CP driven by MasahiroHasemi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Toshio Suzuki. Victory in the GTP class went to...
1976. He scored no championship points. Along with his compatriots MasahiroHasemi and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he was the first Japanese driver to start a...
approximately 950 hp (710 kW; 960 PS) during qualifying. Driven by MasahiroHasemi, the #24 car took part in the 1988 and 1989 All-Japan Sports Prototype...
Fuji Speedway on 8 November. The championship was won by MasahiroHasemi, driving for Hasemi Motorsport. Overall winner in bold. Points were awarded 20...
1990 champion was the #24 Nissan Motorsports Nissan R91CP driven by MasahiroHasemi and Anders Olofsson. All races were held in Japan. Overall winner in...
WEC-JAPAN as expected, on November 6, former F1 driver David Hobbs (GB), MasahiroHasemi (J), rally in South Africa Kyalami 9 Hours Category 2 (Gr.4 and 5)...
025 Andrew Gilbert-Scott Lola T93/50 April 10, 1994 Group C 1:17.574 MasahiroHasemi Nissan R92CP May 4, 1992 Formula Nippon 1:17.728 Naoki Hattori Reynard...
Bob Sobey Ford Mustang GT 1993 1000 km of Suzuka Group A 2:16.177 MasahiroHasemi Nissan Skyline GT-R (BNR32) 1991 Suzuka JTCC round IMSA GTU 2:20.848...
Motoharu Kurosawa March-BMW Formula 2000 Report 1974 Not held 1975 MasahiroHasemi March-BMW Fuji Formula 2000 Report 1976 Jacques Laffite Chevron-BMW...
best result in the WRC he participated in from 1983 to 1986 was 2nd. MasahiroHasemi, a former racing driver and Nissan works driver at the time, also participated...
Carter (3rd, 1953 Indianapolis 500). It was initially announced that MasahiroHasemi set the fastest lap at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix, but it was a measurement...
fastest lap at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix was initially credited to MasahiroHasemi. This was a measurement mistake, and, several days later, the circuit...
Katayama, 1:36.11 Pole position: Takashi Yamamoto, 1:45.54 Pole position: MasahiroHasemi, 1:34.66 Average speed of pole position driver: 178.1 km/h Average...
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