Yukihiro Hane

Yukihiro Hane (Hane Yukihiro (羽根 幸浩), born August 26, 1962) is a former Japanese racing driver.^[1][2][3]

Career

Hane is active in automobile racing. He participates in both domestic and overseas races like the Macau Grand Prix and the FIA GT Championship; he was the first Japanese driver to fully participate in the latter.

After his debut, he participated in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. In 1990, he ranked 4th after Naoki Hattori, Naohiro Furuya and Hisashi Wada.

He mainly drives Porsches and is well known as a Porsche messenger. At the Japan Touring Car Championship, he drove the Skyline GT-R and performed well in his vehicle without Nissan's support, but Masahiro Hasemi and Hideo Fukuyama won the championship.^[4]

Racing record

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
1992	Kenji HKS Racing	Nissan Skyline GT-R	JTC-1	TAI 15	AUT	SUG 6	SUZ 5	MIN	TSU 7	SEN 6	FUJ 4		11th	42
1993	HKS Racing Co. Ltd.	Nissan Skyline GT-R	JTC-1	MIN 9	AUT Ret	SUG 1	SUZ 19	TAI Ret	TSU 9	TOK 3	SEN 2	FUJ 4	9th	79

Japanese Top Formula Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
1995	Team Nova	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ Ret	SUG	FUJ	TOK	FUJ	SUZ		NC	0
1996	Slim Beauty House Cerumo	SUZ 16	MIN Ret	FUJ Ret	TOK Ret	SUZ 13	SUG Ret	FUJ 16	MIN 13	SUZ 12	FUJ Ret	NC	0