🇯🇵 Toshio Suzuki

Toshio Suzuki was an established professional racing driver from Saitama Prefecture, Japan, who competed in single-seater and stock car racing during the 1990s. His career on record spans two seasons and three starts: two races in Formula 1 in 1993 driving for Larrousse, and one NASCAR Xfinity start in 1996.[1]

In Formula 1, Suzuki started twice for Larrousse, a small team that fielded 12 drivers across the index without a race win; the strongest driver it developed was established professional Michele Alboreto. Suzuki's subsequent move to American stock car racing came three years later, when he made a single NASCAR Xfinity appearance in 1996 and finished 38th in the season standings. His indexed record shows one finish ahead of Derek Warwick, an established professional with 148 Formula 1 starts, and another ahead of Elliott Sadler, an established professional with 397 NASCAR Xfinity entries across a longer career in that series.[2]