Yoshiaki Katayama

Yoshiaki Katayama (born 13 November 1993 in the Aichi prefecture, Chūbu Region) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in the Formula Regional Japanese Championship and the Super GT Series. He is the 2016 Japanese Formula 3 - National Class champion.

Yoshiaki Katayama
Katayama's Audi R8 LMS in 2022
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1993-11-13) November 13, 1993
Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Formula Regional Japanese Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamTeam LeMans with OIRC
Car number6
Starts18
Wins4
Podiums13
Poles5
Fastest laps4
Best finish3rd in 2022
Previous series
2021
2020
2016–2019
2016–17
2015		S5000 Tasman Series
Super Formula Lights
Japanese Formula 3 Championship
MRF Challenge
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2016Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National Class

Career

Lower formulae

In 2015 Katayama made his debut in singe-seater racing by competing in the F4 Japanese Championship for miNami aoYama with SARD.

Katayama later competed in the 2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship, where he came eleventh in the drivers' standings.[1]

Formula 3

In 2016 Katayama competed in the National class of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with Petit Lemans Racing. He took nine National class wins on his way to become champion.

In 2017 he returned to the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with the OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC. This time he would compete for the overall championship. He finished the season in ninth.

In 2018 he remained in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with OIRC team YTB.[2] He finished the season in seventh. At the end of the year he joined Carlin Motorsport to compete in the 2018 Macau Grand Prix. He finished the main race in seventeenth after having started from twenty seventh due to an accident in the qualifying race.[3]

In 2019 he once again remained in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with OIRC team YTB which was operated by Carlin Motorsport.[4] In the third round at the Okayama International Circuit he took his first overall race win in the championship.[5] Like the previous year, he finished the season in seventh.

In 2020 he competed in the Formula 3-spec Super Formula Lights series with B-Max Racing as the Japanese Formula 3 Championship had been discontinued.[6] After only competing in two rounds he finished the season in sixth.

In 2021 he joined the Formula Regional Japanese Championship as a Privateer.[7] He only competed in the opening round at the Okayama International Circuit where he won all three races.

In 2022 he returned to the Formula Regional Japanese Championship. This time he competed for Team LeMans with OIRC.[8] He took his only win of the season at the Okayama International Circuit and finished third in the drivers' standings after not taking part in the final round of the season.[9][10]

S5000 Tasman Series

In 2021 Katayama raced outside of Asia for the first time by competing in the S5000 Tasman Series with Team BRM.[11] He finished the season in eleventh.

Super GT

In 2021 Katayama made his debut in sports car racing by competing in the GT300-class of the Super GT Series for Team LeMans with Satoshi Motoyama being his teammate.[12]

In 2022 he remained in the Super GT Series with the same team. He finished the season in twenty-first.[13]

In 2023 he will remain in the Super GT Series for a third season with the team. His teammate will be Roberto Merhi.[14][15]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 F4 Japanese Championship miNami aoYama with SARD 3 0 0 0 0 0 34th
2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Petit Lemans Racing 17 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National 17 9 12 11 13 139 1st
2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 16 0 0 1 0 32 11th
2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC 20 0 0 0 0 11 9th
2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship OIRC team YTB 19 0 0 0 0 14 7th
Macau Grand Prix Carlin 2 0 0 0 0 N/A 17th
2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship OIRC team YTB by Carlin 20 1 0 0 2 34 7th
2020 Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing 5 0 0 0 1 10 6th
2021 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Privateer 3 3 2 2 3 75 6th
S5000 Tasman Series Team BRM 6 0 0 0 0 48 11th
Super GT - GT300 Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Team LeMans with OIRC 15 1 3 2 10 212 3rd
Super GT - GT300 Team LeMans 8 0 0 0 0 12 21st
2023 Super GT - GT300 Team LeMans

Complete F4 Japanese Championship Results
Year OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Points Position
2015 21 13 DNS Ret 0 34th

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship-National Class Results[16]
Year SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points Position
2016 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 Ret 3 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 139 1st

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship
Year BHR DUB GNO CHE Points Position
2016–17 10 12 9 10 16 12 10 7 8 7 11 10 11 12 8 9 32 11th

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Points Position
2017 OKA1 7 OKA1 Ret OKA18 SUZ18 SUZ1 5 FUJ18 FUJ19 OKA2 14 OKA27 SUZ28 SUZ2 6 FUJ2 15 FUJ2 Ret MOT 5 MOT 5 MOT 5 AUT 6 AUT9 SUG

6

 SUG 8 11 9th
2018 SUZRet SUZ4 SUG1 7 SUG1 6 FUJ1 7 FUJ114 OKA1 7 OKA1 6 OKA1 C MOT6 MOTRet MOT5 OKA2 7 OKA2 7 OKA2 C SUG2 5 SUG2 6 SUG2 5 SUG2 9 FUJ211 FUJ2 Ret 14 7th
2019 SUZ8 SUZ8 AUT8 AUT9 AUT4 OKA1 2 OKA1 4 OKA1 1 SUG1 7 SUG1 5 FUJ5 FUJ7 SUG2 7 SUG2 5 SUG2 7 MOT

6

 MOT

7

 MOT9 OKA26 OKA2 4 34 7th

Complete Macau Grand Prix Results
Year Team Qualifying Classification Qualifying Race Main Race
2018 Carlin 27 DNF 17

Complete Super Formula Lights Championship Results
Year MOT OKA SUG AUT SUZ FUJ Points Position
2020 3 Ret 4 5 7 10 6th

Complete S5000 Tasman Series Results
Year SYD BAT
Q R1 R2 R3 Q R4 R5 R6 R7 Points Position
2021 11 8 Ret 8 DNP 8 Ret Ret C 48 11th

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Points Position
2021 OKA

1

 OKA

1

 OKA

1

 MOT MOT MOT FUJ FUJ FUJ SUG SUG SUZ SUZ 75 6th
2022 FUJ13 FUJ13 FUJ1

4

 OKA OKA OKA MOT MOT MOT SUG SUG SUG FUJ2 FUJ2 FUJ2 SUZ SUZ 42 4th

Complete Super GT - GT300 Results
Year Co-Drivers Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Position
2021 Satoshi Motoyama Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing OKA

22

 FUJ

23

 MOT

19

 SUZ

12

 SUG

18

 AUT

24

 MOT

20

 FUJ

18

 0 NC
2022 Satoshi Motoyama (round 1 only)

Roberto Merhi (round 2-)

Shintaro Kawabata (round 2)

 Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing (round 1)

Team LeMans (round 2-)

 OKA

5

 FUJ

14

 SUZ

18

 FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 6 14th

References
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