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2013 Formula Challenge Japan
The 2013 Formula Challenge Japan was a multi-event motor racing championship for open-wheel formula racing cars, and the eighth and final season of the Formula Challenge Japan racing series, a young driver development series jointly supported by Honda, Toyota, and Nissan. The championship featured a mix of manufacturer-affiliated drivers and independent entries, and commenced on 30 March and ended on 10 November. The championship was won by Toyota-backed rookie Kenta Yamashita after a season-long battle where the championship lead changed hands numerous times. Yamashita claimed the title after a hat-trick of wins at the final round in Fuji, more than doubling his points tally to emerge victorious in front of Honda-supported Tsubasa Takahashi and fellow Toyota junior Keishi Ishikawa. Hiroki Shinotani, who had led the championship going into the final round, slipped to fourth in the standings. The season saw five winners, with Yamashita claiming four, Takahashi winning thrice, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenta Yamashita
is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who is currently competing in Super GT for Rookie Racing, ROOKIE Racing and in Super Formula Championship, Super Formula for Masahiko Kondō, Kondō Racing. He won the GT500-class Super GT championship title in 2019, driving alongside Kazuya Oshima, and previously won the 2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship, 2016 All-Japan Formula 3 Championship and the 2013 Formula Challenge Japan titles. Career Karting Yamashita competed in karts before graduating to single-seater cars in 2012. Formula Super FJ and Formula Challenge Japan Yamashita began his racing car career in the 2012 Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ, which he won in his first season. In all four starts, he took the pole, fastest lap, and race win. In 2013, he progressed to the 2013 Formula Challenge Japan, Formula Challenge Japan series, which was a racing category intended for drivers between entry level and Formula 3. He scored 7 podiums and in 12 races, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Nemoto
is a Japanese racing driver who last competed in Super GT for Apr (racing team), apr, and in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing. He has spent most of his career racing in Italy with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing, VSR, winning the Italian GT Championship twice with the team - once in the Sprint category in 2020 Italian GT Championship, 2020, and again in the Endurance Championship in 2022 Italian GT Championship, 2022. Racing career Nemoto raced in F4 Japanese Championship for two seasons with KC Motorgroup, KCMG where he settled 7th & 13th respectively with three podiums during those seasons. In 2018, Nemoto competed in 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship, Japanese Formula 3 Championship with Albirex Racing Team. He only competed for couple of rounds where he claimed 1 podium. In 2020, Nemoto raced his last formula racing in 2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship, Formula Regional Japanese Championship with Zak Speed for one round at Sportsland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keishi Ishikawa
(born August 30, 1994) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in Super GT with GAINER. Career Super GT Ishikawa made his debut in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2016 for one round with Rn-sports. He made his full season debut next season as he raced with Rn-sports paired with Ryosei Yamashita. In 2018, Ishikawa moved to Pacific with Gulf Racing, partnering Rintaro Kubo as they drove a Porsche 911 GT3#991 GT3 R (2016–2019), Porsche 911 GT3 R. Ishikawa then moved to GAINER with Kazuki Hoshino (racing driver), Kazuki Hoshino. That season Hoshino and Ishikawa wins a race. After Kazuki Hoshino left the team in the end of 2021, Ishikawa paired with Hironobu Yasuda for the 2022 season. Ishikawa then change partners within the GAINER team for 2023 season, with Ryuichiro Tomita paired together with third driver Yusuke Shiotsu. He won his secondSuper GT with together with Tomita at Fuji Speedway. He stays with Tomita, and race with the team's Nissan Z GT300. Racing reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fastest Lap
In motorsports, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. In some racing series, like NASCAR, the fastest lap award championship points for a driver or team. In Formula One and MotoGP no point is awarded for the fastest lap. Formula One In Formula One, 140 different drivers have made fastest race laps. Michael Schumacher holds the record for the highest number of fastest laps with 77, followed by Lewis Hamilton with . Since , the DHL Fastest Lap Award is given to the driver with the most fastest laps in a season. Between 1950-1959 and 2019-2024, an extra point is given to the driver who records the fastest lap during a race. Between 2019 and 2024, the point could only be awarded if the driver achieving the fastest lap finished the race in 10th position or better. The point has been discontinued for the 2025 season. Fastest laps are often set during the final laps of a race. Lap times often decrease as tracks get "rubbered in" and fuel weights go down as a race pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pole Position
In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the race, although penalties may award it to the second fastest driver, as the pole position is statistically awarded to the driver starting in first position. The number-one qualifying driver is also referred to as the pole-sitter. The pole position starts the race "at the front of the starting grid. This provides the driver in the pole position the privilege of starting ahead of all the other drivers". Grid position is typically determined by a qualifying session before the race, where race participants compete to ascend to the number 1 grid slot, the driver, pilot, or rider having recorded fastest qualification time awarded the advantage of the number 1 grid slot (i.e., the pole-position) ahead of all other vehicles for the start of the race. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motegi, Tochigi
is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,777 in 4503 households, and a population density of 68 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Motegi is located on the far eastern border of Tochigi Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities Ibaraki Prefecture * Hitachiōmiya * Kasama * Sakuragawa * Shirosato Tochigi Prefecture * Ichikai * Mashiko * Nasukarasuyama Climate Motegi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Motegi is 13.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1410 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Motegi peaked in the 1950s and has declined steadily over the past 70 years. It is now less than half w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Ring Motegi
Mobility Resort Motegi (モビリティリゾートもてぎ) is a motorsport venue located in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Originally Twin Ring Motegi (ツインリンクもてぎ), the venue's name came from the facility having two race tracks: a oval track and a road course. It was built in 1997 by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., as part of the company's effort to bring the Championship Auto Racing Teams series to Japan, helping to increase their knowledge of American open-wheel racing. The oval was last raced on in 2010 by the Indycar Series. On 1 March 2022, the name of the track was changed to Mobility Resort Motegi, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the facility. The road course's most notable event is the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix which is currently held every year. The track also currently hosts rounds in the domestic Super Formula Championship and Super GT series each year. Speedway The oval course is the only one of its kind in Japan used for competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oyama, Shizuoka
is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Suntō District, Shizuoka, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 17,297 in 7496 households and a population density of 127 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Oyama is located in the far northeastern corner of Shizuoka Prefecture, bordering on Yamanashi Prefecture, Yamanashi and Kanagawa Prefectures. Located in between the Tanzawa Mountains and the foothills of Mount Fuji, the town has an average altitude of 800 meters, and has a cool climate with heavy rainfall. Some 65% of the town is covered in forest. Surrounding municipalities *Kanagawa Prefecture **Hakone, Kanagawa, Hakone **Minamiashigara, Kanagawa, Minamiashigara **Yamakita, Kanagawa, Yamakita *Shizuoka Prefecture **Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Fujinomiya **Gotemba, Shizuoka, Gotemba *Yamanashi Prefecture **Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Fujiyoshida **Yamanakako, Yamanashi, Yamanakako Demographics Per Japanese census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-Max Racing
B-Max Racing Co., Ltd also known as B-Max Racing Team and B-Max Engineering is a Japanese race car constructor and racing team headquartered in Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan. History Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. established the race division "B-Max Engineering" in 2009, and started participating in Super FJ and Porsche Carrera Cup Japan in 2010. Since then, the participation category has been expanded. Ryūji Kumita, the president and team representative, competes in the race himself under the pseudonym "Dragon". In 2014, the team name was changed to "B-Max Racing Team" (Vehicle Division). In addition, B-Max Racing participate in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. In November 2017, spun off from Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. as B-MAX RACING Co., Ltd. Super Formula The team have also participated in Super Formula Championship from 2017 with Takashi Kogure their first driver. In 2019, they participated in Super Formula with two cars, in collaboration with the German racing team Moto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mie Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to the northwest, Nara Prefecture to the west, Wakayama Prefecture to the southwest, and Aichi Prefecture to the east. Tsu, Mie, Tsu is the capital and Yokkaichi is the largest city of Mie Prefecture, with other major cities including Suzuka, Mie, Suzuka, Matsusaka, Ise, Mie, Ise, and Kuwana, Mie, Kuwana. Mie Prefecture is located on the eastern coast of the Kii Peninsula, forming the western side of Ise Bay which features the Mouth (river), mouths of the Kiso Three Rivers. Mie Prefecture is a popular tourism destination home to Nagashima Spa Land, Suzuka International Racing Course, and some of the oldest and holiest sites in Shinto, the traditional religion of Japan, including the Ise Grand Shrine and the Tsubaki Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoto Fujinami
is a Japanese professional racing driver who currently competes in Super GT for Team Mach. He is a two-time champion in the series, having won the GT300 class title with Kondo Racing, Kondō Racing in 2020 Super GT Series, 2020 and 2022 Super GT Series, 2022. Career Following success in karting, headlined by the 2010 CIK-FIA Asia Pacific KF2 Championship, Fujinami entered the Formula Challenge Japan in 2012 as a member of the Nissan Driver Development Programme (NDDP). He scored 2 points in his first season on the way to 13th in the championship. Returning for 2013, he scored 5 pole positions and 3 podiums over the 12 races, ending with 29 points and 6th in the championship. Fujinami transitioned to sports car racing in 2014, racing in the ST-3 class of the Super Taikyu Series with Techno First Racing Team. He scored his first class win at Autopolis aboard the #34 Nissan 370Z, Nissan Fairlady Z34. In 2015, Fujinami moved up to the ST-X (Group GT3, GT3) class with Team Mach, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Miura
is a Japanese female racing driver who last raced in the Formula Regional Japanese Championship. Career Miura's single seater career began due to the influence of her father and brother. At the age of 12, she participated in a kart race for the first time and eventually won the championship. After that, she honed her skills in karting. At Osaka Sangyo University, where she studied Mechanical Engineering, she was one of the drivers of their solar car project, participating in the yearly FIA Solar Car Race at the Suzuka Circuit, taking several victories throughout the years. In 2011, she participated in Super FJ (Suzuka) with the support of Exedy in recognition of her success in karting. After graduating from university one year later, she became an employee of Exedy and participated in Formula Challenge Japan (FCJ) while enrolled in the public relations department of the company. In 2014, she made her debut in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship (N class), being the first femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
