Kohei Hirate

Kohei Hirate
Hirate at the 2025 Super GT Malaysia Festival
Nationality Japanese
Born (1986-03-24) 24 March 1986
Komaki, Aichi, Japan
Super GT - GT300 career
Debut season2008
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Former teamsKondo Racing, HELM Motorsports
Starts23
Wins1
Best finish2nd in 2025
Previous series
2009-23
2008–13
2007
2004–06
2004
2003–04
2003–04
2003
2003
2002		Super GT - GT500
Super Formula
GP2 Series
Formula 3 Euro Series
Asian Formula Renault
FR2000 Germany
FR2000 Italia
FR2000 Netherlands
FR2000 Masters
Formula Toyota
Championship titles
2013 & 2016 Super GT - GT500

Kohei Hirate (平手 晃平, Hirate Kōhei; born 24 March 1986 in Komaki, Aichi) is a Japanese race car driver. Hirate has won the Super GT series twice.[1]

Career

Hirate began karting in 1999 when he was 13. After winning the All Japan Junior Kart Championship, coming third and fifth in the All Japan Kart Championship and coming third in the FIA Oceania Championship, he moved on to Formula Toyota, where he raced for the Tom's Spirit team and came second with four wins to his name.

Hirate during free practice for the first Motegi round of the 2010 Formula Nippon season

In 2003, Hirate moved to Formula Renault, at the Prema Power team. In his two-year spell here, he won seven races and came second in the 2004 season. In 2004, he also raced for Prema Power's Formula Three Euroseries team twice, and in 2005 made the decision to race here. After coming twelfth for Team Rosberg, he was made a Toyota F1 test driver in 2006 and came third in the Formula Three Euroseries. In 2007, he continued as a Toyota test driver and also drove for GP2 team Trident Racing.

Hirate returned to Japan in 2008, where he competed in both Formula Nippon and Super GT. He finished fourth in the 2008 Formula Nippon season and fifth in 2009, both times driving for Team Impul.

Hirate at the 2010 Fuji 400km Super GT race

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2002 Formula Toyota TOM'S Spirit ? 4 2 ? ? ? 2nd
2003 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Prema Powerteam 12 1 0 1 2 113 8th
Formula Renault 2000 Masters 8 0 0 0 0 8 21st
Formula Renault 2000 Germany Franken Racing 4 0 0 0 0 33 24th
Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands ? ? ? ? ? ? 15 21st
2004 Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 4 0 0 0 0 0 28th
Bahrain Superprix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
Formula Renault 2000 Italia 15 6 6 2 10 266 2nd
Formula Renault 2000 Germany 2 0 0 0 0 25 25th
Asian Formula Renault Challenge Asia Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2005 Formula 3 Euro Series Team Rosberg 20 0 0 0 1 18 11th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2006 Formula 3 Euro Series Manor Motorsport 20 1 0 2 5 61 3rd
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 27th
Formula One Panasonic Toyota Racing Test driver
2007 GP2 Series Trident Racing 21 0 0 0 1 9 19th
Formula One Panasonic Toyota Racing Test driver
2008 Formula Nippon Team Impul 8 1 0 0 3 42 4th
Super GT - GT300 apr 7 1 1 0 1 33 15th
2009 Formula Nippon Team Impul 8 0 1 0 2 32 5th
Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD 9 0 0 0 1 27 14th
2010 Formula Nippon Team Impul 8 1 0 2 2 25.5 5th
Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD 8 0 0 0 0 12 12th
2011 Formula Nippon Team Impul 8 0 0 1 1 15 8th
Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team Cerumo 8 1 0 0 2 47 6th
2012 Formula Nippon Project μ/cerumo・INGING 8 0 0 1 0 8 9th
Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team Cerumo 8 2 0 0 3 74 2nd
2013 Super Formula P.mu/cerumo・INGING 7 0 0 0 1 11 9th
Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team Cerumo 8 1 0 0 4 69 1st
2014 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team Cerumo 8 1 0 0 2 43 8th
2015 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD 8 0 0 1 0 23 13th
2016 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD 8 1 1 2 4 82 1st
2017 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team SARD 8 1 0 0 2 44 8th
2018 Super GT - GT300 apr 8 0 0 0 4 61 3rd
Suzuka 10 Hours ARN Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 16th
2019 Super GT - GT500 NDDP Racing with B-Max 7 1 0 0 1 36 6th
2020 Super GT - GT500 NDDP Racing with B-Max 8 0 0 0 0 29 13th
2021 Super GT - GT500 NDDP Racing with B-Max 8 0 0 0 1 39 10th
2022 Super GT - GT500 Kondo Racing 7 0 0 0 2 30.5 9th
Super Taikyu - ST-Q NISMO
2023 Super GT - GT500 Kondo Racing 7 0 1 0 0 11 16th
Super Taikyu - ST-Q NISMO 2 2 2 2 2 N/A‡ NC‡
2024 Super GT - GT300 HELM Motorsports 8 0 0 0 0 1 20th
Super Taikyu - ST-Q NISMO 2 0 1 1 2 N/A‡ NC‡
2025 Super GT - GT300 Kondo Racing 8 0 0 0 2 84 2nd
Super Taikyu - ST-Q NISMO
  • * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Italia 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2003 Prema Powerteam VLL
1
12 		VLL
2
6 		MAG
4 		SPA
1
10 		SPA
2
9 		A1R
1
1 		A1R
2
11 		MIS
1
4 		MIS
2
3 		VAR
8 		ADR
7 		MNZ
Ret 		8th 113
2004 Prema Powerteam VLL
1
1 		VLL
2
23 		VAR
1 		MAG
1 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
2 		MNZ
1
1 		MNZ
2
1 		MNZ
3
1 		MIS
1
Ret 		MIS
2
DNS 		MIS
3
DNS 		ADR
3 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
2 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
13 		2nd 266

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2003 Prema Powerteam BRN
1
8 		BRN
2
10 		ASS
1
17 		ASS
2
17 		OSC
1
16 		OSC
2
27 		DON
1
27 		DON
2
13 		21st 8

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2004 Prema Powerteam Dallara F304 Opel HOC1
1 		HOC1
2 		EST
1 		EST
2 		ADR
1 		ADR
2 		PAU
1 		PAU
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		ZAN
1
16 		ZAN
2
Ret 		BRN
1 		BRN
2 		HOC2
1
13 		HOC2
2
14 		28th 0
2005 Team Rosberg Dallara F305 Opel HOC
1
12 		HOC
2
11 		PAU
1
10 		PAU
2
16 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
4 		MON
1
16 		MON
2
Ret 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
9 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
3 		NÜR
2
7 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
DSQ 		LAU
1
17 		LAU
2
8 		HOC
1
12 		HOC
2
10 		12th 18
2006 Manor Motorsport Dallara F305 Mercedes HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
4 		LAU
1
18 		LAU
2
11 		OSC
1
4 		OSC
2
2 		BRH
1
DNS 		BRH
2
17 		NOR
1
4 		NOR
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
13 		CAT
1
2 		CAT
2
4 		LMS
1
5 		LMS
2
3 		HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
7 		3rd 61

Complete GP2 Series 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2007 Trident Racing BHR
FEA
18 		BHR
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
13 		CAT
SPR
10 		MON
FEA
12 		MAG
FEA
Ret 		MAG
SPR
11 		SIL
FEA
18 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		NÜR
FEA
5 		NÜR
SPR
2 		HUN
FEA
11 		HUN
SPR
10 		IST
FEA
Ret 		IST
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
10 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
13 		VAL
FEA
Ret 		VAL
SPR
16 		19th 9

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

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

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
2008 Team Impul Toyota FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
2 		MOT
6 		OKA
3 		SUZ1
5 		SUZ2
1 		MOT1
Ret 		MOT2
DNS 		FUJ1 FUJ2 SUG
5 		4th 42
2009 Team Impul Toyota FUJ
3 		SUZ
4 		MOT
Ret 		FUJ
5 		SUZ
5 		MOT
8 		AUT
4 		SUG
3 		5th 32
2010 Team Impul Toyota SUZ
4 		MOT
7 		FUJ
1 		MOT
3 		SUG
12 		AUT
8 		SUZ1
9 		SUZ2
6 		5th 25.5
2011 Team Impul Toyota SUZ
9 		AUT
8 		FUJ
2 		MOT
5 		SUZ
C 		SUG
8 		MOT1
7 		MOT2
Ret 		8th 15
2012 P.mu/cerumo・INGING Toyota SUZ
10 		MOT
NC 		AUT
7 		FUJ
7 		MOT
8 		SUG
8 		SUZ1
9 		SUZ2
5 		9th 8
2013 P.mu/cerumo・INGING Toyota SUZ
12 		AUT
Ret 		FUJ
2 		MOT
15 		SUG
Ret 		SUZ1
5 		SUZ2
7 		9th 11

Complete Super GT results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2008 apr Toyota MR-S GT300 SUZ
13 		OKA
12 		FUJ
1 		SEP
9 		SUG
6 		SUZ MOT AUT
9 		FUJ
Ret 		15th 33
2009 Lexus Team SARD Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
15 		SUZ
10 		FUJ
10 		SEP
13 		SUG
2 		SUZ
7 		FUJ
11 		AUT
12 		MOT
5 		14th 27
2010 Lexus Team SARD Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
5 		OKA
10 		FUJ
Ret 		SEP
10 		SUG
10 		SUZ
8 		FUJ
C 		MOT
11 		12th 12
2011 Lexus Team Cerumo Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
8 		FUJ
5 		SEP
5 		SUG
11 		SUZ
14 		FUJ
1 		AUT
3 		MOT
10 		6th 47
2012 Lexus Team Cerumo Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
1 		FUJ
8 		SEP
2 		SUG
5 		SUZ
9 		FUJ
8 		AUT
7 		MOT
1 		2nd 74
2013 Lexus Team Cerumo Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
4 		FUJ
2 		SEP
14 		SUG
11 		SUZ
11 		FUJ
1 		AUT
2 		MOT
3 		1st 69
2014 Lexus Team Cerumo Lexus RC F GT500 OKA
14 		FUJ
2 		AUT
12 		SUG
1 		FUJ
14 		SUZ
8 		BUR
11 		MOT
7 		8th 43
2015 Lexus Team SARD Lexus RC F GT500 OKA
5 		FUJ
5 		CHA
7 		FUJ
9 		SUZ
11 		SUG
Ret 		AUT
13 		MOT
6 		13th 23
2016 Lexus Team SARD Lexus RC F GT500 OKA
7 		FUJ
2 		SUG
2 		FUJ
8 		SUZ
8 		CHA
7 		MOT
2 		MOT
1 		1st 82
2017 Lexus Team SARD Lexus LC500 GT500 OKA
3 		FUJ
7 		AUT
14 		SUG
1 		SUZ
10 		FUJ
13 		CHA
6 		MOT
8 		8th 44
2018 apr Toyota Prius GT300 OKA
Ret 		FUJ
2 		SUZ
9 		CHA
2 		FUJ
3 		SUG
25 		AUT
10 		MOT
2 		3rd 61
2019 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 GT500 OKA
4‡ 		FUJ
6 		SUZ
9 		CHA
6 		FUJ
11 		AUT
11 		SUG
1 		MOT
DNS 		9th 36
2020 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 GT500 FUJ
7 		FUJ
8 		SUZ
6 		MOT
7 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
4 		MOT
15 		FUJ
6 		13th 29
2021 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 GT500 OKA
9 		FUJ
5 		SUZ
6 		MOT
2 		SUG
Ret 		AUT
4 		MOT
14 		FUJ
8 		10th 39
2022 Kondo Racing Nissan Z GT500 GT500 OKA
14 		FUJ
8 		SUZ
6 		FUJ
3 		SUZ
10 		SUG
14 		AUT
3 		MOT
Ret 		9th 30.5
2023 Kondo Racing Nissan Z GT500 GT500 OKA
14 		FUJ
15 		SUZ
8 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
13 		SUG
5 		AUT
12 		MOT
14 		16th 11
2024 HELM Motorsports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
18 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
11 		FUJ
13 		SUG
13 		AUT
17 		MOT
17 		SUZ
16 		20th 1
2025 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
3 		FUJ
7 		SEP
10 		FS1
(11) 		FS2
10 		SUZ
8 		SUG
2 		AUT
4 		MOT
4 		2nd 84

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result.
* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ^ Klein, Jamie (23 April 2021). "Why a driver twice rejected by Toyota can have the last laugh". Autosport. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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