Keiichi Suzuki (racing driver)
Keiichi Suzuki (鈴木恵一, Suzuki Keiichi, born 21 March 1949) is a former Japanese racing driver. In 1996 and 1998 Suzuki won the GT300 class in the Japan Grand Touring Car Championship. He retired in 1999 following the death of his teammate Shingo Tachi in a testing crash at the TI Circuit and has since worked with the Hankook KTR team in Super GT.
Racing record
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Tsuchiya Engineering | Toyota Corolla Ceres |
AUT 1 6 |
AUT 2 8 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
TOK 1 5 |
TOK 2 5 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
MIN 1 Ret |
MIN 2 4 |
AID 1 |
AID 2 |
TSU 1 Ret |
TSU 2 DNS |
SEN 1 |
SEN 2 |
FUJ 1 DNS |
FUJ 2 DNS |
12th | 27 |
Complete JGTC Results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Team Taisan | Ferrari F40 | GT1 |
FUJ 3 |
SEN |
FUJ 3 |
SUG |
MIN 8 |
11th | 27 | ||
| 1995 | Team Taisan | Porsche 911 GT2 | GT1 |
SUZ Ret |
FUJ 7 |
SEN 8 |
FUJ Ret |
SUG |
MIN 1 |
20th | 7 | |
| 1996 | Team Taisan Jr | Porsche 964 | GT300 |
SUZ 1 |
FUJ 2 |
SEN Ret |
FUJ 2 |
SUG 1 |
MIN 1 |
1st | 90 | |
| 1997 | Team Taisan Jr | Porsche 964 | GT300 |
SUZ 4 |
FUJ 1 |
SEN 3 |
FUJ 1 |
MIN 3 |
SUG 2 |
2nd | 89 | |
| 1998 | Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya | Toyota MR2 | GT300 |
SUZ 1 |
FUJ C |
SEN 1 |
FUJ 1 |
MOT 6 |
MIN 1 |
SUG 1 |
1st | 106 |