Teppei Natori
Teppei Natori (名取鉄平, Natori Teppei, born 11 September 2000) is a Japanese racing driver who most recently competed in Super GT for Kondō Racing in the GT300 class. He is the 2021 Super Formula Lights champion.
| Teppei Natori | |
|---|---|
Natori in 2019 | |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 11 September 2000 Shōwa, Yamanashi, Japan |
| Super GT Series career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | Kondo Racing |
| Car number | 24 (GT500) |
| Former teams | Team UpGarage Tomei Sports |
| Starts | 18 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2023 |
| Previous series | |
| 2020–21 2019 2017–18 2019 | Super Formula Lights FIA Formula 3 Championship F4 Japanese Championship Euroformula Open Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2021 | Super Formula Lights |
Career edit
Karting edit
Natori started karting in 2014 when he was 14. He finished 6th in the ROK Cup International Final.
Japanese F4 edit
In 2017 Natori made his single seater debut with Buzz International in the Japanese F4 series.[1] He finished three of the four races he competed at in the points, gaining him 14 points and 13th in the standings. In 2018 Natori got a full-time drive with the Honda Formula Dream Project 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.
European Racing edit
Following his Japanese F4 success, Natori re-joined Carlin Buzz for the 2019 FIA F3 season.[2] Natori finished the season with one point after an 8th place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Natori also drove for Carlin in the Euroformula Open Championship. He finished on the podium 3 times and at the 2nd race in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Natori took pole, fastest lap and the race win. The only other driver to do this that season was the champion, Marino Sato.
Super Formula & Super Formula Lights edit
In 2020, Natori returned to his native Japan to contest the inaugural season of the newly rebranded Super Formula Lights championship with Toda Racing,[3] 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 B-Max Racing for 2021 season, and he won the title off from Giuliano Alesi.
Natori also had one cameo race in 2020 in Super Formula with B-Max Racing, but unfortunately Natori could not compete due to medical reason.
Racing record edit
Career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | F4 Japanese Championship | Buzz International | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13th |
| 2018 | F4 Japanese Championship | Honda Formula Dream Project | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 231 | 2nd |
| 2019 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Carlin Buzz Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th |
| Euroformula Open Championship | Carlin | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 115 | 6th | |
| Euroformula Open Winter Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 3rd | ||
| 2020 | Super Formula Lights | Toda Racing | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 4th |
| Super Formula | Buzz Racing with B-MAX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2021 | Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 109 | 1st |
| Super GT - GT300 | Team UpGarage | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Z | B-Max Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14‡ | 13th‡ | |
| 2022 | Super GT - GT300 | Tomei Sports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36th |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Q | Max Racing | ||||||||
| Super Taikyu - ST-3 | Team ZeroOne | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49‡ | 5th‡ | |
| 2023 | Super GT - GT300 | Kondō Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 3rd |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Team ZeroOne | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 77.5‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT500 | Kondo Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC* |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Team ZeroOne |
* Season still in progress.
‡ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Buzz International | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | FUJ1 1 | FUJ1 2 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | FUJ2 1 9 | FUJ2 2 8 | SUZ 1 Ret | SUZ 2 6 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | 13th | 14 |
| 2018 | Honda Formula Dream Project | OKA 1 1 | OKA 2 4 | FUJ1 1 2 | FUJ1 2 17 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 4 | FUJ2 1 3 | FUJ2 2 2 | SUG 1 1 | SUG 2 2 | AUT 1 3 | AUT 2 3 | MOT 1 2 | MOT 2 1 | 2nd | 231 |
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Carlin Motorsport | LEC 1 6 | LEC 2 8 | PAU 1 DNS | PAU 2 7 | HOC 1 11 | HOC 2 8 | SPA 1 8 | SPA 2 6 | HUN 1 6 | HUN 2 6 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | CAT 1 9 | CAT 2 1 | MNZ 1 2 | MNZ 2 3 | 6th | 115 |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Carlin Buzz Racing | CAT FEA 24 | CAT SPR 15 | LEC FEA Ret | LEC SPR Ret | RBR FEA Ret | RBR SPR 22 | SIL FEA 25 | SIL SPR 16 | HUN FEA 20 | HUN SPR Ret | SPA FEA 11 | SPA SPR 8 | MNZ FEA 11 | MNZ SPR 29† | SOC FEA 20 | SOC SPR 19 | 24th | 1 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Toda Racing | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 7 | MOT 3 5 | OKA 1 4 | OKA 2 4 | SUG 1 Ret | SUG 2 3 | SUG 3 5 | AUT 1 3 | AUT 2 2 | AUT 3 3 | SUZ 1 5 | SUZ 2 3 | SUZ 3 5 | FUJ 1 4 | FUJ 2 4 | FUJ 3 4 | 4th | 54 | |
| 2021 | B-Max Racing | FUJ 1 1 | FUJ 2 2 | FUJ 3 2 | SUZ 1 1 | SUZ 2 1 | SUZ 3 1 | AUT 1 5 | AUT 2 1 | AUT 3 C | SUG 1 2 | SUG 2 1 | SUG 3 2 | MOT1 1 2 | MOT1 2 4 | MOT1 3 7 | MOT2 1 4 | MOT2 2 10 | MOT2 3 8 | 1st | 109 |
Complete Super Formula results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Buzz Racing with B-MAX | MOT DNS | OKA | SUG | AUT | SUZ | SUZ | FUJ | NC | 0 |
Complete Super GT results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Team UpGarage | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA 11 | FUJ 9 | MOT 10 | SUZ DNS | SUG 12 | AUT 16 | MOT Ret | FUJ Ret | 25th | 4 |
| 2022 | Tomei Sports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT 10 | 36th | 1 | |
| 2023 | Kondo Racing | OKA 10 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 4 | FUJ 4 | SUZ Ret | SUG 10 | AUT 5 | MOT 6 | 3rd | 50 | ||
| 2024 | Nissan Z NISMO GT500 | GT500 | OKA 12 | FUJ 13 | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | NC* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.
References edit
- ^ . fiaf4.jp. F4 Japanese Championship. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ . carlin.co.uk. Carlin Motorsport. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (August 26, 2020). "Super Formula Lights attracts 12-car entry for opener". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
External links edit
- Teppei Natori career summary at DriverDB.com