Yuji Ide

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yuji Ide
Occupation	Japanese Racing Driver
Date Of Birth	Jan 21, 1975(1975-01-21)
Age	49
Country	Japan
Birth City	Saitama
Horoscope	Capricorn

Yuji Ide Biography

Yuji Ide is one of the most popular and richest Japanese racing driver who was born on January 21, 1975 in Saitama, Japan. Yuji Ide (Jing Chu Your Zhi / Ide Yuji), a Japanese professional racing driver, was born 21 January 1975. He graduated from Formula Nippon 2005 to Formula One in 2006. However, he lost his FIA Super Licence due to erratic, dangerous driving.

Ide’s FIA Super Licence was revoked by the FIA on May 10, 2006. This meant that he couldn’t compete in F1 for the 2006 season. Super Aguri was determined to get Ide back in Formula One until their departure.

The third race of the 2006 season went poorly for Ide: He was blamed for blocking Rubens Barrichello during his qualifying lap, causing the Brazilian to be stuck in the first round of qualifying and start 16th on the grid. Ide finished in Australia, two laps down. His weekend in Melbourne was notable for a number of spins, and team principal Aguri Suzuki subsequently suggested Ide’s seat was not safe if his performances did not improve.

At age 31, Ide became one of Formula One’s oldest rookies when he landed a seat at Super Aguri for the 2006 season, in part due to Super Aguri’s aspiration of fielding an all-Japanese team. Ide had known Aguri Suzuki for a long time, according to a press release, however Ide’s meshing with the team had some issues with his lack of proficient English.

Ide was to race for Team Dandelion Racing during the Formula Nippon Championship’s final six rounds in July 2006. This was with the goal of improving his racing experience. Ide contested 2006 Super GT Series in No. 23. After making contact with the No. 55 of Hidetoshi Mitchellada; Ide ignored that black flag and his team was disqualified.

Yuji Ide Net Worth

Yuji Ide is one of the richest Japanese Racing Driver from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yuji Ide 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ide was born in Saitama (Saitama), and began his racing career in 1990 in kart racing. He won the Kantou National Cup Kart Championship in 1991. He was second in the Regional Kart Championship East Kantou series A1 Class in 1992 and won the Japan Kart Grand Prix SS Stock class National GP. He joined the All-Japan Kart Championship Series Formula A Class the following year, and then advanced to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship.

He was second in 1999’s All Japan GT Championship GT300 Class Series. He was also Japan’s Formula Dream series champion. Ide was seventh in the French Formula Three Championship series in 2002. In 2003, Ide joined the French Formula Three Championship series and finished seventh. He finished third in the All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Series in 2004, before going on to win Super Endurance Race Class 3 Series. He was second in the 2005 Formula Nippon championship, his first stint.

On 4 May 2006, Super Aguri announced that following advice from the FIA, Ide would be dropped from the upcoming European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, being replaced by former Renault test driver Franck Montagny. Ide was demoted to Montagny’s seat as test driver.

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Facts & Trivia

Yuji Ranked on the list of most popular Japanese racing driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yuji Ide celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.