Seita Nonaka
Seita Nonaka (野中 誠太, Nonaka Seita, born 25 October 2000) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in Super GT & Super Formula Lights. He was the former F4 Japanese Championship title winner in 2021.
| Seita Nonaka | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 25 October 2000 Saitama, Japan |
| Super GT - GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Current team | Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave |
| Car number | 52 |
| Former teams | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya |
| Starts | 8 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 25th in 2023 |
| Super Formula Lights career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | TOM'S |
| Car number | 35 |
| Starts | 34 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 12 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Previous series | |
| 2019-2021 | F4 Japanese Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2022 | F4 Japanese Championship |
Career edit
Early career edit
Nonaka started racing in 2019, competing in F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit and managed to claim 8th in his rookie season. He stayed in the same series, but joined TGR-DC Racing School.[1] In that season, he claimed 3rd place in the final standings. Nonaka once again continues to compete in the same series for the third season for 2021 with the same team from 2020. That season he clinches the title from Rin Arakawa & Iori Kimura in the last round at Fuji Speedway.[2] In the same year of 2021, he competed in Super Formula Lights where he replaces Kazuto Kotaka who originally should compete in the series, but have to race in Super Formula with KCMG covered Kamui Kobayashi who can't compete in Japan due to travel restrictions.[3] Nonaka competed all but 1 from 6 rounds. The next season Nonaka continues racing win Super Formula Lights with the same team, and he claimed a win and 9 podiums where he managed to be at 4th place.[4] He continues the series for the third season with TOM'S again.[5]
GT Racing edit
Nonaka makes his Super GT GT300 debut with Team Tsuchiya with Takashi Matsui partnering him.[6] He continues racing with the same team, but with new partner Togo Suganami.[7] Unfortunately he only managed ot race for 4 rounds as the last round he did at Fuji Speedway, his car caught on fire and burned badly and Nonaka safely out from the incident..[8] Nonaka joined Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave as a third driver. He wins the race but did not take a single lap thus did not classified for points.
On 2023, Nonaka raced in GT World Challenge Asia with Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia. He claimed 5 wins from 6 races.[9]
Racing record edit
Career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | TOM'S Spirit | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 8th |
| 2020 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 3rd |
| 2021 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 217 | 1st |
| Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 7th | |
| 2022 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 63 | 4th |
| Super GT - GT300 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34th | |
| 2023 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 7th |
| Super GT - GT300 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25th | |
| Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| GT World Challenge Asia - GT4 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 143 | 2nd | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 1st‡ |
‡ Team standings
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 | TOM'S Spirit | OKA 1 2 | OKA 2 3 | FUJ1 1 4 | FUJ1 2 8 | SUZ 1 35 | SUZ 2 7 | FUJ2 1 29 | FUJ2 2 11 | AUT 1 10 | AUT 2 10 | SUG 1 7 | SUG 2 4 | MOT 1 7 | MOT 2 6 | 8th | 89 |
| 2020 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 2 | FUJ1 2 3 | FUJ1 3 2 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 4 | SUZ 3 11 | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 6 | MOT 3 4 | FUJ2 1 Ret | FUJ2 2 5 | FUJ2 3 7 | 3rd | 123 | ||
| 2021 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 3 | FUJ1 2 1 | SUZ 1 28 | SUZ 2 7 | MOT1 1 1 | MOT1 2 1 | MOT1 3 1 | SUG 1 5 | SUG 2 7 | SUG 3 2 | MOT2 1 4 | MOT2 2 Ret | FUJ2 1 1 | FUJ2 2 1 | 1st | 217 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | TOM'S | FUJ 1 10 | FUJ 2 3 | FUJ 3 6 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 5 | SUZ 3 7 | AUT 1 Ret | AUT 2 5 | AUT 3 C | SUG 1 6 | SUG 2 Ret | SUG 3 7 | MOT 1 5 | MOT 2 5 | MOT 3 3 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | MOT 3 | 7th | 24 |
| 2022 | TOM'S | FUJ 1 1 | FUJ 2 5 | FUJ 3 3 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 12 | SUZ 3 6 | AUT 1 3 | AUT 2 3 | AUT 3 3 | SUG 1 4 | SUG 2 6 | SUG 3 3 | MOT 1 9 | MOT 2 2 | MOT 3 8 | OKA 1 4 | OKA 2 7 | OKA 3 3 | 4th | 63 |
| 2023 | TOM'S | AUT 1 6 | AUT 2 5 | AUT 3 10 | SUG 1 6 | SUG 2 9 | SUG 3 4 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 3 | SUZ 3 3 | FUJ 1 7 | FUJ 2 6 | FUJ 3 9 | OKA 1 3 | OKA 2 5 | OKA 3 Ret | MOT 1 5 | MOT 2 4 | MOT 3 7 | 7th | 36 |
Complete Super GT Results edit
References edit
- ^ "Toyota juniors fill 33-car grid for Japanese F4 opener". Formula Scout. October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Seita Nonaka crowned Japanese F4 champion in Fuji showdown". Formula Scout. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Nonaka to stand in for Kotaka at TOM'S in Super Formula Lights opener". Formula Scout. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing、2022年のドライバー育成計画を発表".
- ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "F4 Champion Seita Nonaka Joins Hoppy Team Tsuchiya; Kimiya Sato and New Livery for Max Racing". dailysportscar.com. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Tsuchiya SUPER GT team reveals refreshed 2023 line-up". motorsport.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (7 August 2023). "Tsuchiya Supra GT300 Car Destroyed in Fire at Fuji". motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Record-breaking entry confirmed for Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS 2023". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
External links edit
- Seita Nonaka career summary at DriverDB.com