Seita Nonaka

Seita Nonaka (野中 誠太, Nonaka Seita, born 25 October 2000) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in F4 Japanese Championship & Super Formula Lights. He is the current 2021 F4 Japanese Championship title winner.

Seita Nonaka
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000
Saitama, Japan
Super GT - GT300 career
Debut season2023
Current teamHoppy Team Tsuchiya
Car number25
Starts8
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Super Formula Lights career
Debut season2021
Current teamTOM'S
Car number35
Starts32
Wins1
Podiums12
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Previous series
2019-2021F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2022F4 Japanese Championship

Career

Nonaka started racing in 2019 competed in F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit and managed to claim 8th in his rookie season. He stays 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.

Racing record

Career summary
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
Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
GT World Challenge Asia - GT4 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 6 5 4 4 6 143 2nd
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave

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 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

(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

References
  1. "Toyota juniors fill 33-car grid for Japanese F4 opener". Formula Scout. October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. "Seita Nonaka crowned Japanese F4 champion in Fuji showdown". Formula Scout. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. "Nonaka to stand in for Kotaka at TOM'S in Super Formula Lights opener". Formula Scout. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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