Keiko Ihara (井原 慶子, Ihara Keiko) (born July 4, 1973) is a Japanese race car driver. She was a former race queen, a model who appears in a swimsuit or other fashionable apparel at race circuits, before deciding to become a racing driver. She is one of the few Japanese women nationals to race internationally at a high level. Her best finishes in the British Formula Three Championship are two 8th places finishes in 2005, which helped her to a final championship standing position of 16th with 12 points. In the 2006 series, she finished in 17th and last position in the Championship Class, with 4 points. Ihara joined the Gulf Racing Middle East to compete at the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Jean-Denis Délétraz and Fabien Giroix as codrivers. In 2013, she raced two rounds for Gulf Racing Middle East and four with OAK Racing, both in the LMP2 class. The driver won the Fuji round of the 2014 Asian Le Mans Series for Oak Racing, together with Ho-Pin Tung and David Cheng. Racing record Career summary Season still in progress. † – Charity race guest. 24 Hours of Le Mans results Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results * Season still in progress External links 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Tokyo Japanese racing drivers Japanese female racing drivers French Formula Three Championship drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Formula BMW Asia drivers European Le Mans Series drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers Carlin racing drivers Signature Team drivers OAK Racing drivers Eurasia Motorsport drivers Team Aguri drivers Larbre Compétition drivers