Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Kazuyoshi Hoshino In 2010, as the team principal of Impul Born (1947-07-01) 1 July 1947 Formula One World Championship career Nationality Japanese Active years 1976 - 1977 Teams Heros Racing Races 2 Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First race 1976 Japanese Grand Prix Last race 1977 Japanese Grand Prix 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 1986 - 1990, 1995 - 1998 Teams Nismo, TOM'S Best finish 3rd (1998)

Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Shinjitai: 星野 一義, Hoshino Kazuyoshi, born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, 1 July 1947) is a former racing driver and businessman from Japan.

Motorsport career

Hoshino's nickname was "the fastest man/guy in Japan" (日本一速い男, Nippon ichi hayai otoko). He won the Japanese motocross national championships in the 90cc and 125cc classes for Kawasaki in 1968 before switching to cars as a Nissan factory driver in 1969.

Hoshino participated in two Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 24 October 1976 at the Japanese Grand Prix. Driving a Tyrrell-Ford for Heros Racing, he retired having used up his tyre supply. He returned in 1977 and once again entered the Japanese Grand Prix driving for Heros Racing. He finished in eleventh place driving a year-old Kojima-Ford. He scored no championship points in his Formula 1 career.

Hoshino won the Japanese Formula 2000 championship in 1975 and 1977, before winning the Japanese Formula Two championship in 1978. His only major world championship win was in the 1985 World Sportscar Championship round at the Fuji 1000 race, which was boycotted by many competing teams due to torrential rain. He then competed in the Japanese Formula 3000 championship, winning that title in 1987, 1990 and 1993. Like his compatriot, Masahiro Hasemi, he continued his career racing for Nissan, driving a Skyline GT-R to win the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1990. Hoshino drove a Nissan R90C with Toshio Suzuki to win the 1990 Suzuka 1000 race. Hoshino and Suzuki also won the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship in 1991 and 1992. Along with Nissan Motorsports teammates Aguri Suzuki and Masahiko Kageyama, Hoshino drove a Nissan R390 GT1 to a third place finish at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Hoshino retired from racing in 2002 and now continues to run his own Super GT team and his own Nissan specialised aftermarket parts company, Impul. Since 2003, his racing team has won the Formula Nippon championship seven times in eight years. His son, Kazuki Hoshino, competes in Super GT, driving for his father's team.

Racing record

Japanese Top Formula Championship 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
1974	Kojima Engineering	SUZ	SUZ	SUZ	SUZ 3								5th	10
1975	Victory Circle Club	FUJ	SUZ 2	FUJ 1	SUZ 3	SUZ 1							1st	59
1976	Heroes Racing Corporation	FUJ Ret	SUZ	FUJ 1	SUZ 1	SUZ DNS							4th	40
1977	Heroes Racing Corporation	SUZ 3	SUZ 1	MIN	SUZ 2	FUJ 1	FUJ 1	SUZ Ret	SUZ 2				1st	90 (102)
1978	Heroes Racing Corporation	SUZ 1	FUJ 1	SUZ 3	SUZ Ret	SUZ 1	MIN	SUZ 12					1st	76
1979	Heroes Racing Corporation	SUZ 2	MIN	SUZ 2	FUJ 10	SUZ 2	SUZ 6	SUZ 1					2nd	78 (79)
1980	Heroes Racing Corporation	SUZ 3	MIN 2	SUZ 4	SUZ Ret	SUZ 2	SUZ 1						2nd	65
1981	Heroes Racing Corporation	SUZ 2	SUZ 10	SUZ 1	SUZ 3	SUZ Ret							2nd	48
1982	Heroes Racing Corporation	SUZ 3	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	SUZ 1	SUZ 5	SUZ 2						2nd	55
1983	Hoshino Racing	SUZ 4	FUJ DSQ	MIN 3	SUZ 2	SUZ 2	FUJ 3	SUZ 2	SUZ 3				2nd	79 (89)
1984	Hoshino Racing	SUZ 2	FUJ 2	MIN 1	SUZ 2	SUZ 2	FUJ 5	SUZ 2	SUZ Ret				3rd	95 (103)
1985	Hoshino Racing	SUZ 10	FUJ 2	MIN 2	SUZ DNS	SUZ 1	FUJ 11	SUZ 14	SUZ DNS				4th	51
1986	Hoshino Racing	SUZ Ret	FUJ 3	MIN Ret	SUZ 2	SUZ 1	FUJ Ret	SUZ 1	SUZ 1				2nd	87
1987	Hoshino Racing	SUZ 1	FUJ 10	MIN 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 1	SUG 1	FUJ 6	SUZ 2	SUZ 2			1st	132
1988	CABIN RACING TEAM WITH IMPUL	SUZ 1	FUJ 2	MIN 3	SUZ 2	SUG 3	FUJ Ret	SUZ 1	SUZ 1				2nd	43
1989	CABIN RACING TEAM WITH IMPUL	SUZ 1	FUJ Ret	MIN Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	SUZ 3	SUZ Ret				3rd	22
1990	CABIN RACING TEAM WITH IMPUL	SUZ 1	FUJ 1	MIN 4	SUZ 16	SUG 3	FUJ 1	FUJ 1	SUZ 1	FUJ 5	SUZ 1		1st	58 (63)
1991	CABIN RACING TEAM WITH IMPUL	SUZ Ret	AUT 2	FUJ 1	MIN Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ 1	SUZ Ret	FUJ C	SUZ Ret	FUJ Ret	4th	24
1992	CABIN RACING TEAM WITH IMPUL	SUZ 2	FUJ Ret	MIN DNS	SUZ Ret	AUT Ret	SUG 7	FUJ 3	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	FUJ 12	FUJ 13	12th	10
1993	NISSEKI IMPUL RACING TEAM	SUZ 2	FUJ 1	MIN Ret	SUZ 2	AUT C	SUG Ret	FUJ C	FUJ Ret	SUZ 5	FUJ 1	SUZ Ret	1st	32
1994	NISSEKI IMPUL RACING TEAM	SUZ Ret	FUJ 7	MIN Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ 5	SUZ 15	FUJ Ret	FUJ 4	SUZ 6		8th	6
1995	NISSEKI IMPUL RACING TEAM	SUZ 11	FUJ C	MIN 3	SUZ 6	SUG Ret	FUJ 2	TOK Ret	FUJ 2	SUZ 4			4th	20
1996	CALSONIC IMPUL	SUZ 1	MIN Ret	FUJ 3	TOK 4	SUZ 5	SUG 2	FUJ Ret	MIN Ret	SUZ 2	FUJ Ret		3rd	31

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Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1976	Heros Racing	Tyrrell 007	Cosworth V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN Ret		NC	0
1977	Heros Racing	Kojima KE009	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN 11	NC	0

External links

• Calsonic Sponsor's site (Japanese)
• Impul Own aftermarket company and team site (Japanese)
• Calsonic racing team (Japanese)
• Team profile
• Nismo.com: Hoshino History 1969-2002 (Japanese) - charting the motorsport career of Hoshino
• f1 corner statistics Kazuyoshi Hoshino's Statistics in Formula 1

Sporting positions
Preceded by Noritake Takahara	Japanese Formula 2000 Champion 1975	Succeeded by Noritake Takahara
Preceded by Noritake Takahara	Japanese Formula 2000 / Japanese Formula Two Champion 1977-1978	Succeeded by Keiiji Matsumoto
Preceded by Satoru Nakajima (Japanese Formula Two)	Japanese Formula 3000 Champion 1987	Succeeded by Aguri Suzuki
Preceded by Hitoshi Ogawa	Japanese Formula 3000 Champion 1990	Succeeded by Ukyo Katayama
Preceded by Masahiro Hasemi	Japanese Touring Car Championship Champion 1990	Succeeded by Masahiro Hasemi
Preceded by Mauro Martini	Japanese Formula 3000 Champion 1993	Succeeded by Marco Apicella