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. He would then come back to Minardi as a test driver for 2003 and 2004. Ide returned to the Formula One grid in 2006 for Super Aguri as he took a pair of 17th place finishes in Japan and China.

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	BHR 1 Ret	BHR 2 10	MAL 1 17	MAL 2 Ret	JPN 1 14	JPN 2 4	TUR 1 Ret	TUR 2 16	AUT 1 7	AUT 2 8	IRE 1 Ret	IRE 2 15	MON 1 Ret	MON 2 13	ESP 1 13	ESP 2 8	USA 1 13	USA 2 10	CAN 1 Ret	CAN 2 7	GBR 1 12	GBR 2 7	ITA 1 17	ITA 2 15	POR 1 4	POR 2 Ret	GER 1 12	GER 2 8	KOR 1 22†	KOR 2 Ret	IND 1 6	IND 2 9	ABU 1 13	ABU 2 15	SIN 1 9	SIN 2 7	16th	74