Masaki Kano

Masaki Kano (加納政樹, Kanō Masaki, born 4 February 1976 in Hyōgo) is a Japanese auto racing driver. He best known for having competed in the World Touring Car Championship.

Career

Kano competed in karting between 1991 and 1994.^[1] He then attended the Winfield Racing School in France in 1995.^[1]

Kano finished ninth in the Japanese Super Taikyu Series in 2006.^[1] He was runner up to Fariqe Hairuman in the 2007 Asian Touring Car Championship, driving a BMW 320i for Engstler Motorsport, winning the Division 2 category, also finishing third in the Super Taiku Series.^[1] The following year he finished third in the Asian Touring Car Championship.^[1]

He made his World Touring Car Championship debut for Engstler at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan; he also raced at the subsequent Race of Macau. He returned to the WTCC for Engstler in the Asian rounds of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.^[2] He joined Engstler Motorsport once again for the 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.^[3] For the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan he replaced team boss Franz Engstler, who was unable to race due to illness.^[4]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC
2008	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320i	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1	POR 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	EUR 1	EUR 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	JPN 1 24	JPN 2 21	MAC 1 Ret	MAC 2 DNS	NC
2009	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1	POR 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	JPN 1 21	JPN 2 20	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC
2010	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	BRA 1	BRA 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	BEL 1	BEL 2	POR 1	POR 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	GER 1	GER 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	JPN 1	JPN 2	MAC 1 20	MAC 2 Ret			NC
2011	DeTeam KK Motorsport	BMW 320 TC	BRA 1	BRA 2	BEL 1	BEL 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1	POR 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	JPN 1 12	JPN 2 16	CHN 1	CHN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC
2012	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	ITA 1	ITA 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	POR 1	POR 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	USA 1	USA 2	JPN 1 20	JPN 2 21	CHN 1	CHN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC
2013	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	ITA 1	ITA 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	RUS 1	RUS 2	POR 1	POR 2	ARG 1	ARG 2	USA 1	USA 2	JPN 1 19	JPN 2 15	CHN 1	CHN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2012	JLOC	Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	GT300	OKA 14	FUJ Ret	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ 18	AUT	MOT		NC	0
2013	Arnage Racing	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	GT300	OKA 20	FUJ Ret	SEP 20	SUG 14	SUZ 8	FUJ 18	FUJ	AUT 2	MOT Ret	15th	19
2014	Arnage Racing	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	GT300	OKA 13	FUJ 15	AUT 8	SUG 4	FUJ 16	SUZ Ret	BUR 6	MOT 10		19th	17
2015	Arnage Racing	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	GT300	OKA 18	FUJ 11	CHA 14	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG 20	AUT 16	MOT 22		NC	0
2018	Arnage Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	FUJ	SUG	AUT	MOT		NC	0
2019	Arnage Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	FUJ	AUT	SUG	MOT		NC	0
2020	Arnage Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	GT300	FUJ (1) 20	FUJ (2) 24	SUZ (1) 18	MOT (1) 22	FUJ (3) 23	SUZ (2) 23	MOT (2) 21	FUJ (4) 11		NC	0
2021	Arnage Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	GT300	OKA 18	FSW 21	SUZ 22	TRM 19	SUG 24	AUT 14	TRM 21	FSW DNS		NC	0
2022	Arnage Racing	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT

* Season still in progress.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "WTCC - Fia World Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-10-01. Profile at fiawtcc.com
^ http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/10/kano-gets-suzuka-seat Touring-Cars.Net — Kano gets Suzuka Seat
^ Ferret, Olivier (29 August 2012). "Team Engstler to run 3rd car in Asia". NextGen-Auto.com. NextGen-Auto. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
^ Abbott, Andrew (19 September 2013). "Unwell Engstler replaced by Kano". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 19 September 2013.