Iori Kimura
Iori Kimura (木村偉織, Kimura Iori, born 22 June 1999) is a Russian Japanese racing driver who is the current Super Formula Lights champion and competed in Super GT.
| Iori Kimura | |
|---|---|
Kimura in 2022 | |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 22 June 1999 Tokyo, Japan |
| Super GT career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Current team | Team Kunimitsu |
| Car number | 100 |
| Former teams | ARTA |
| Starts | 12 (8 in GT300) |
| Wins | 1 (1 in GT300) |
| Podiums | 1 (1 in GT300) |
| Poles | 1 (1 in GT300) |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 17th in 2023 |
| Super Formula Lights career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Current team | B-Max Racing |
| Car number | 50 |
| Starts | 36 |
| Wins | 9 |
| Podiums | 21 |
| Poles | 5 |
| Fastest laps | 15 |
| Previous series | |
| 2022 2019, 2021 2017 | Super GT GT300 F4 Japanese Championship Asian Formula Renault Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023 | Super Formula Lights |
Career edit
Early Career edit
Kimura started professional racing in 2016, competed in Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup. Then in 2017, Kimura raced in Asian Formula Renault Series Class B with PS Racing, however for one round only. He raced again in 2019 to compete in F4 Japanese Championship, where he finished 9th overall. In 2020, Kimura was supposed to race again in Japanese F4 with new team Honda Formula Dream Project (HFDP), but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the team has withdrawn from series that year. After one year off racing, Kimura returned to compete in 2021 F4 Japanese Championship with HFDP. In that season, he managed to clinch 3rd place, losing out to the champion Seita Nonaka & Rin Arakawa.[1] His best season up to date with 4 wins to his name.
Super Formula Lights edit
In 2022, Kimura was promoted to Super Formula Lights race with B-Max Racing[2] Kimura managed to get 3 wins that season, and 6 podiums. With that he managed to reach 3rd in the season behind Kakunoshin Ohta. Kimura continues to race with the same team for 2023.[3] He wins 4 races, and has 9 podiums.
Super GT edit
Kimura also compete in Super GT GT-300 Class ARTA alongside Hideki Mutoh.[2] Both of them managed to win the last race of the season at Motegi, and that win was the last for the team as ARTA focuses on GT500 the next season. Kimura did not race in Super GT, but he was part of ARTA once again as the third driver to cover for Toshiki Oyu.[4] But Kimura made his GT500 debut with Team Kunimitsu after Naoki Yamamoto suffered a massive crash at Sportsland SUGO, and unable to compete till the end of the season.[5]
Racing record edit
Career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup | PS Racing | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | N/A | NC |
| 2017 | Asian Formula Renault Series Class B | PS Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 10th |
| 2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | Silver Star Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 9th |
| 2021 | F4 Japanese Championship | Honda Formula Dream Project | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 191 | 3rd |
| 2022 | Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing Team | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 85 | 3rd |
| Super GT - GT300 | ARTA | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 12th | |
| 2023 | Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing Team | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 113 | 1st |
| Super GT - GT500 | ARTA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17th | |
| Team Kunimitsu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Silver Star Racing | OKA 1 7 | OKA 2 4 | FUJ1 1 13 | FUJ1 2 12 | SUZ 1 13 | SUZ 2 9 | FUJ2 1 Ret | FUJ2 2 7 | AUT 1 6 | AUT 2 5 | SUG 1 Ret | SUG 2 23 | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 5 | 9th | 69 |
| 2021 | Honda Formula Dream Project | FUJ1 1 1 | FUJ1 2 25 | SUZ 1 1 | SUZ 2 5 | MOT1 1 5 | MOT1 2 2 | MOT1 3 7 | SUG 1 2 | SUG 2 1 | SUG 3 26 | MOT2 1 1 | MOT2 2 9 | FUJ2 1 4 | FUJ2 2 3 | 3rd | 191 |
Complete Super Formula Lights results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | B-Max Racing Team | FUJ 1 2 | FUJ 2 6 | FUJ 3 2 | SUZ 1 5 | SUZ 2 5 | SUZ 3 7 | AUT 1 1 | AUT 2 8 | AUT 3 1 | SUG 1 Ret | SUG 2 5 | SUG 3 6 | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 Ret | MOT 3 1 | OKA 1 2 | OKA 2 2 | OKA 3 2 | 3rd | 86 |
| 2023 | B-Max Racing Team | AUT 1 1 | AUT 2 1 | AUT 3 1 | SUG 1 3 | SUG 2 2 | SUG 3 8 | SUZ 1 11 | SUZ 2 1 | SUZ 3 5 | FUJ 1 6 | FUJ 2 2 | FUJ 3 3 | OKA 1 11 | OKA 2 3 | OKA 3 6 | MOT 1 1 | MOT 2 1 | MOT 3 2 | 1st | 113 |
Complete Super GT results edit
References edit
- ^ "The Formula 4 title battles you might have missed in 2021". formulascout.com.
- ^ a b "Honda 2022 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motorsports.
- ^ "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Honda places Kimura on standby for injured Oyu at Fuji". motorsport.com. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Yamamoto to miss remaining Super Formula, SUPER GT races after Sugo crash". motorsport.com. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
External links edit
- Iori Kimura career summary at DriverDB.com
- http://www.iori-kimura.com | Personal Website