I recieved these funy Christmas and silvester illustrations from a japanese fan of ours, custom made for me….

With the team, we also use his designs in some other stuff. Thanks!

As  a racing driver you always think the new year will hopefully be good and bring you luck, lots of wins and succes but as a person today, I want to wish everybody a positive, prosperous new year full of joy, love, good life and most importantly a good health!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!

Not much to say today really… I drove most of the trying to get temperature in the tires but it didn’t happen until the last 30m where i could finally enjoy some grip!

Today was the first time we rolled out with our new 2009 GT car at Fuji speedway, we just got it fresh from the Toyota Racing Development division, you can see, no paint, just naked carbon. Love it in black!! The team did a great job putting it together in time. I think it looks real cool with the 2009 rules, its much wider and lower, gives the car a even more aggressive and fast look then before. 

Other then that, the vibe in the team was good, we are defenetly all happy to work together!

I also found some time to vacuum and clean my car, it really needed it… 

Every time I have the luck to get this view out of my balcony, the red and clear sky with sight to Mt. Fuji, I HAVE to take a picture and share it with you on the blog!! Real nice!!