Takayuki Aoki

Takayuki Aoki (青木 孝行, Aoki Takayuki; born October 26, 1972 in Shiga) is a Japanese auto racing driver.

Takayuki Aoki preparing for the WTCC race in Macau, 2009.

Career

JGTC and Super GT

Aoki competed in the GT300 class of the Japanese GT Championship between 1998 and 2004, winning the class in 2001 in a Nissan Silvia.^[1] JGTC became Super GT in 2005 and Aoki has continued to compete in the GT300 class in a variety of cars.^[1]

World Touring Car Championship

Aoki joined WTCC team Wiechers-Sport for the final three rounds of the 2008 season, in Italy, Japan, and Macau. He will return to Wiechers for the season-ending 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Macau.^[2] He scored 4 points in race 1 and 10 points in race 2 to finish 13th in the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.^[3]