Teppei Natori (

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: 名取鉄平, ''Natori Teppei''; born 11 September 2000) is a Japanese racing driver.

Career

Karting

Natori started karting in 2014 when he was 14. He finished 6th in the ROK Cup International Final.

Japanese F4

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Natori made his single seater debut with Buzz International in the Japanese F4 series. He finished three of the four races he competed at in the points, gaining him 14 points and 13th in the standings. In

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Natori got a full-time drive with the

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where he would finish on the podium eleven times, three of those times being wins. Natori finished runner up to teammate and Red Bull Junior driver

Yuki Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda (Japanese: 角田裕毅, ''Tsunoda Yūki'', ; born 11 May 2000) is a Japanese racing driver who is racing for Scuderia AlphaTauri in Formula One. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the , he was the 2018 Japanese F4 champion a ...

European Racing

Following his Japanese F4 success, Natori re-joined Carlin Buzz for the

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FIA F3 season. Natori finished the season with one point after an 8th place at

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. Natori also drove for Carlin in the

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. He finished on the podium 3 times and at the 2nd race in

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Natori took pole, fastest lap and the race win. The only other driver to do this that season was the champion,

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Super Formula & Super Formula Lights

In 2020, Natori returned to his native Japan to contest the inaugural season of the newly rebranded

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championship with Toda Racing, and he claimed 4th. The next season, Natori's season was in doubt after being dropped by Honda works Factory. But he managed to get the necessary funding after settled a fundraiser. He competed with

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for 2021 season, and he won the title off from

Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Ryu Alesi (born 20 September 1999) is a French-Japanese racing driver. He is the son of Japanese former actress Kumiko Goto and former Formula One driver Jean Alesi. Career Karting Born in Avignon, Alesi began karting in 2013 before com ...

. Natori also had one cameo race in 2020 in

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with

, but unfortunately Natori could not compete due to medical reason.

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Super Formula Lights results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Super Formula results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Super GT results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Natori, Teppei 2000 births Living people Japanese racing drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers Carlin racing drivers Super Formula drivers Super GT drivers Motopark Academy drivers Japanese F4 Championship drivers B-Max Racing drivers Kondō Racing drivers Racing drivers from Tokyo