# Hideki Noda

Hideki Noda (野田 英樹, Noda Hideki, born 7 March 1969) is a Japanese professional racing driver. He participated in three Formula One Grands Prix, debuting in the 1994 European Grand Prix, but did not score any championship points. He replaced Yannick Dalmas in the Larrousse car for the last three Grands Prix of the season, but failed to finish in any of the three races. In 1995, he joined Simtek as a test driver, hoping to get some races in. However, the Kobe earthquake and the folding of the Simtek team ended his brief Formula 1 career.
A year later, Noda went to America and raced in the Indy Lights and became the only Japanese driver to win a CART-sanctioned event. After a few years in America, Noda moved back to Japan, where he drove a Team Cerumo Toyota Supra with Hironori Takeuchi. In the annual non-championship All-Star event at Aida, Noda and Takeuchi were forced out with mechanical problems. In 1999, he joined the Esso Tiger Team Le Mans under Koichiro Mori, again to drive a Toyota Supra, ex-Australian V8 Supercar driver Wayne Gardner. The highlight of their season was a win at Fuji. With 33 points, they were equal 17th in the series.
In 2002, Noda returned to the United States and drove in six Indy Racing League IndyCar Series races for Convergent Racing and Indy Regency Racing with a best finish of 10th at Phoenix International Raceway while with Convergent. He also competed in a round of the inaugural A1 Grand Prix season with Japan at Lausitz, where he scored three points for the Japanese team.

## Career
### Formula One (1994-1995)

Noda replaced French driver Yannick Dalmas at Larrousse towards the end of the 1994 season at the European Grand Prix in Jerez. After qualifying 24th behind his teammate Érik Comas, he retired due to gearbox failure. At his home race in Japan, Noda was 23rd on the grid but retired again due, this time due to an electrical fault. His last Grand Prix saw him 23rd on the grid at Adelaide, this time out qualifying his new teammate Jean-Denis Délétraz. Noda again retired, this time due to an oil leak.
In 1995, Noda was due to drive for Simtek in Canada but the team withdrew from F1 before he could. In his last attempt to drive in F1, he was denied his super license, preventing him from driving for Forti at the TI Circuit for the Pacific Grand Prix.

### A1 Grand Prix (2005–2009)

In 2005, Noda was announced as the second driver for the Japan entry for the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season, second to Ryo Fukuda. His first race for the team came at the second round at Lausitz, where he qualified in 21st place. In sprint race, Noda managed to move up 11 places to finish 10th and score one point for Japan. The feature race saw Noda finish one place higher in ninth place, scoring a further two points for the Japanese A1 GP team. Japan finished 21st at the end of the season, with eight points.

## Personal life

Noda's daughter Juju is also a racing driver, who competed in the W Series.

## Racing record
### Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
| 1988 | JAX Racing Team with TOM'S | Toyota | SUZ Ret | TSU 3 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 9 | SUG DNS | TSU 17 | SEN 9 | SUZ DSQ | NIS 8 | SUZ | 10th | 4 |

### Complete British Formula Three Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Pts |
| 1990 | Alan Docking Racing | Mugen | A | DON 7 | SIL 6 | THR Ret | BRH DNS | SIL 6 | BRH 9 | THR 11 | SIL 16 | DON Ret | SIL Ret | SNE Ret | OUL 6 | SIL 5 | BRH 11 | DON 4 | THR 10 | SIL Ret | 12th | 8 |
| 1991 | Alan Docking Racing | Mugen | A | SIL 2 | THR 4 | DON Ret | BRH 10 | BRH 5 | THR 4 | SIL 4 | DON 7 | SIL 4 | SIL 5 | SNE 12 | SIL 1 | BRH 7 | DON 7 | SIL 5 | THR 4 | | 7th | 36 |

### Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
| 1992 | 3001 International | SIL Ret | PAU DNQ | CAT Ret | PER Ret | HOC DNS | NÜR 14 | SPA 17 | ALB 12 | NOG Ret | MAG 8 | NC | 0 |
| 1993 | TOM's | DON Ret | SIL 11 | PAU 9 | PER | HOC Ret | NÜR 19 | SPA 15 | MAG Ret | NOG 11 | | NC | 0 |
| 1994 | Forti Corse | SIL 5 | PAU Ret | CAT Ret | PER 3 | HOC Ret | SPA 7 | EST 16† | MAG 11 | | | 10th | 6 |

### Complete Japanese Formula 3000/Formula Nippon results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
| 1993 | TOM'S | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | AUT | SUG | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ 19 | SUZ Ret | NC | 0 |
| 1998 | Team Cerumo | SUZ 5 | MIN Ret | FUJ 5 | MOT 6 | SUZ Ret | SUG 3 | FUJ C | MIN Ret | FUJ 9 | SUZ Ret | | 10th | 9 |
| 1999 | Impul | SUZ Ret | MOT 16 | MIN 13 | FUJ 14 | SUZ 6 | SUG Ret | FUJ Ret | MIN 2 | MOT 9 | SUZ 11 | | 11th | 7 |
| 2000 | Team LeMans | SUZ Ret | MOT 10 | MIN 3 | FUJ 15 | SUZ 2 | SUG Ret | MOT 5 | FUJ 6 | MIN 17 | SUZ 5 | | 5th | 15 |
| 2001 | DoCoMo Team Dandelion | SUZ Ret | MOT Ret | MIN Ret | FUJ 13 | SUZ 12 | SUG Ret | FUJ 13 | MIN Ret | MOT Ret | SUZ 11 | | 21st | 0 |
| 2003 | Team MOHN | SUZ 6 | FUJ 10 | MIN 8 | MOT Ret | SUZ 12 | SUG Ret | FUJ Ret | MIN 10 | MOT Ret | SUZ 10 | | 13th | 1 |
| 2004 | Team MOHN | SUZ 9 | SUG 8 | MOT 11 | SUZ Ret | SUG 12 | MIN Ret | SEP Ret | MOT 11 | SUZ 14 | | | 15th | 0 |
| 2005 | Team MOHN | MOT Ret | SUZ Ret | SUG 10 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 9 | MIN Ret | FUJ 10 | MOT 8 | SUZ 13 | | | 16th | 0 |

### Complete Formula One results

(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
| 1994 | Tourtel Larrousse F1 | Larrousse LH94 | Ford V8 | BRA | PAC | SMR | MON | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | EUR Ret | JPN Ret | AUS Ret | NC | 0 |

### American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

#### Indy Lights

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points |
| 1996 | Indy Regency Racing | MIA 11 | LBH 16 | NAZ 7 | MIS 13 | MIL 12 | DET 16 | POR 20 | CLE 5 | TOR 3 | TRO 12 | VAN 13 | LS 15 | | 14th | 34 |
| 1997 | Indy Regency Racing | MIA 18 | LBH 19 | NAZ 16 | SAV 6 | STL 16 | MIL 14 | DET 14 | POR 1 | TOR 15 | TRO 6 | VAN 3 | LS 12 | FON | 9th | 51 |

#### Indy Racing League

| Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2002 | Convergent Racing | G-Force | 20 | Chevrolet | HMS 23 | PHX 10 | FON 25 | NZR | INDY | TXS | PPI | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIS | KTY | | | | 32nd | 54 | |
| 2002 | Indy Regency Racing | G-Force | 28 | Chevrolet | | | | | | | | | | | | | STL 17 | CHI 24 | TX2 27 | 32nd | 54 | |

### Complete JGTC/Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 1998 | Team Cerumo | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ 9 | FUJ C | SEN Ret | FUJ Ret | MOT 5 | MIN 12 | SUG 3 | | | 11th | 22 |
| 1999 | Team LeMans | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ 8 | SUG 16 | MIN 5 | FUJ 1 | TAI 9 | MOT 13 | | | 12th | 33 |
| 2000 | Team LeMans | Toyota Supra | GT500 | MOT 8 | FUJ 4 | SUG 7 | FUJ 15 | TAI 7 | MIN 5 | SUZ 6 | | | 9th | 35 |
| 2001 | Team LeMans | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI Ret | FUJ 1 | SUG 5 | FUJ 3 | MOT 13 | SUZ Ret | MIN 14 | | | 7th | 40 |
| 2002 | TOM'S | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI | FUJ | SUG | SEP | FUJ | MOT | MIN | SUZ 16 | | NC | 0 |
| 2003 | Team Tsuchiya | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI | FUJ Ret | SUG | FUJ | FUJ | MOT | AUT | SUZ | | NC | 0 |
| 2005 | Team Tsuchiya | Toyota Supra | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | MOT | FUJ Ret | AUT | SUZ | | 20th | 1 |
| 2006 | Team Tsuchiya | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ Ret | MOT | AUT | FUJ | 28th | 5 |
| 2012 | Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi R8 LMS | GT300 | OKA 18 | FUJ 16 | SEP | SUG | SUZ | FUJ | AUT | MOT | | NC | 0 |

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2008 | Kruse Schiller Motorsport | Jean de Pourtales Allan Simonsen | Lola B05/40-Mazda | LMP2 | 147 | DNF | DNF |
| 2009 | Kruse Schiller Motorsport | Jean de Pourtales Matthew Marsh | Lola B07/46-Mazda | LMP2 | 261 | DNF | DNF |
| 2010 | Kruse Schiller Motorsport | Jean de Pourtales Jonathan Kennard | Lola B07/40-Judd | LMP2 | 291 | 26th | 10th |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers — Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
* 1 2 "Larrousse LH94 • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
* ↑ "Hideki NODA - Involvement • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
* ↑ Southwell, Hazel (22 March 2022). "W Series confirms 17 drivers for 2022 including youngest-ever racer Juju Noda". RaceFans. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
* ↑ "Hideki Noda – 2002 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 August 2023.