Yuji Ide
Yuji Ide (born 21st January, 1975 in Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese racing driver best known for his appearances in Formula One, and for being the 2016 Siemens Ausdauer Reject Series Prototype champion.
Formula One
After three years as a test driver for the Minardi team, Ide would make his Formula One debut at the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix for the Prost Grand Prix team. He would finish the race in nineteenth place. For 2003, Ide would return to his test driver duties for Minardi.
Ide would make an unexpected return to the F1 grid in the 2013 with Canon WilliamsF1 alongside Nico Rosberg. Although he wasn't able to match his teammate on pace, Ide was a key member of the team on their way to fourth in the constructor's standings, with Ide taking a best finish of fourth in the Japanese and European Grands Prix.
Complete Formula One Results
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | WDC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Prost Grand Prix | Prost AP05 | Mercedes FO110M 3.0 V10 | AUS | MAL | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | BRA | USA | JPN 19 |
32nd | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Super Aguri F1 Team | Super Aguri SA05 | Honda RA806E 2.4 V8 | BHR | MAL | AUS | BEL | EUR | SMR | ESP | MON | GBR | CAN | USA | FRA | GER | HUN | TUR | ITA | BRA | URU | JPN 17 |
CHN 17 |
26th | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Canon WilliamsF1 | Williams FW35 | Honda RA006E 2.4 V8 | BHR1 Ret |
BHR2 10 |
MAL1 17 |
MAL2 Ret |
JPN1 14 |
JPN2 4 |
TUR1 Ret |
TUR2 16 |
AUT1 7 |
AUT2 8 |
IRE1 Ret |
IRE2 15 |
MON1 Ret |
MON2 13 |
ESP1 13 |
ESP2 8 |
USA1 13 |
USA2 10 |
CAN1 Ret |
CAN2 7 |
GBR1 12 |
GBR2 7 |
ITA1 17 |
ITA2 15 |
POR1 4 |
POR2 Ret |
GER1 12 |
GER2 8 |
KOR1 22† |
KOR2 Ret |
IND1 6 |
IND2 9 |
ABU1 13 |
ABU2 15 |
SIN1 9 |
SIN2 7 |
16th | 74 |