Iori Kimura

Iori Kimura (ĉœ¨ĉ‘ċ‰çı”, Kimura Iori, born 22 June 1999) is a Russian Japanese racing driver who currently competes in Super Formula Lights and Super GT.

Iori Kimura
Kimura in 2022
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1999-06-22) 22 June 1999
Tokyo, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2022
Current teamARTA
Car number8
Starts5
Wins1
Podiums1
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Super Formula Lights career
Debut season2022
Current teamB-Max Racing
Car number50
Starts18
Wins2
Podiums9
Poles2
Fastest laps6
Previous series
2019, 2021
2017		F4 Japanese Championship
Asian Formula Renault Series

Career

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again in Japanese F4 with new team Honda Formula Dream Project (HFDP), but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the team has withdrawn from series that year.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. In 2022, Kimura was promoted to Super Formula Lights, and will also compete in Super GT GT-300 Class with B-Max Racing & ARTA respectively. [2]

Racing record

Career summary
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 3 3 2 3 3 35 1st*
Super GT - GT500 ARTA
Team Kunimitsu

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

(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

(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
 OKA
2
 OKA
3
 MOT
1
 MOT
2
 MOT
3
 2nd* 76*

References
  1. "The Formula 4 title battles you might have missed in 2021". formulascout.com.
  2. "Honda 2022 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motorsports.
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