Iori Kimura (木村偉織, Kimura Iori, born 22 June 1999) is a Russian Japanese racing driver who is the current Super Formula Lights champion and competed in Super GT.
| Iori Kimura | |
|---|---|
 Kimura in 2022 | |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 22 June 1999 Tokyo, Japan |
| Super GT career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Former teams | ARTA, Team Kunimitsu |
| Starts | 12 (8 in GT300) |
| Wins | 1 (1 in GT300) |
| Podiums | 1 (1 in GT300) |
| Poles | 1 (1 in GT300) |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 17th in 2023 |
| Super Formula career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | San-Ei Gen with B-Max |
| Car number | 50 |
| Starts | 1 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| 2022-2023 2022 2019, 2021 2017 | Super Formula Lights Super GT GT300 F4 Japanese Championship Asian Formula Renault Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023 | Super Formula Lights |
Career
editEarly career
editKimura 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 withdrew from that year of competition. After one year not 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 & runner-up Rin Arakawa.[1]
Super Formula Lights
editIn 2022, Kimura was promoted to Super Formula Lights race with B-Max Racing[2] Kimura managed to get 3 wins that season, and 6 podiums. With that he managed to reach 3rd in the season behind Kakunoshin Ohta. Kimura raced with the same team for 2023.[3] He won the title over Hibiki Taira after taking his 6th win of the season at the final round at Motegi.[4]
Super GT
editKimura also competed in the GT300 class of Super GT for ARTA alongside Hideki Mutoh.[2] Both of them managed to win the last race of the season at Motegi, and that win was the last for the team as ARTA focused on GT500 for 2023. Kimura initially did not race in Super GT in 2023, but became a third driver for ARTA at the second Fuji round, making his GT500 debut after an injured Toshiki Oyu was still recovering from a broken collarbone.[5] Kimura also raced in GT500 with Team Kunimitsu after Naoki Yamamoto suffered a massive crash at Sportsland SUGO, and was unable to compete in the final 2 races of the season.[6] Kimura finished 17th in the standings, with 3 points, all achieved with Team Kunimitsu.[citation needed]
Super Formula
editKimura then step up to Super Formula with B-Max Racing Team's single car.[7]
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit| 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 | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Team 5Zigen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 131.5‡ | 1st‡ | |
| 2023 | Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing Team | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 113 | 1st |
| Super GT - GT500 | ARTA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17th | |
| Team Kunimitsu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Super Formula | San-Ei Gen with B-Max | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16th |
‡ 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 | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 11 |
OKA 2 3 |
OKA 3 6 |
MOT 1 1 |
MOT 2 1 |
MOT 3 2 |
1st | 113 |
Complete Super GT results
edit| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ARTA | Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 | GT300 | OKA 15 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ 10 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ 24 |
SUG 7 |
AUT 18 |
MOT 1 |
12th | 26 |
| 2023 | ARTA | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA |
FUJ |
SUZ |
FUJ 14 |
SUZ |
SUG |
17th | 3 | ||
| Team Kunimitsu | Honda NSX-GT | AUT 9 |
MOT 10 |
Complete Super Formula results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | San-Ei Gen with B-Max | Honda | SUZ 12 |
AUT 14 |
SUG 9 |
FUJ 15 |
MOT 17 |
FUJ Ret |
FUJ 9 |
SUZ 11 |
SUZ 11 |
16th | 3 |
References
edit- ^ "The Formula 4 title battles you might have missed in 2021". formulascout.com.
- ^ a b "Honda 2022 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motorsports.
- ^ "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Honda junior Iori Kimura wins Super Formula Lights title in Motegi finale". formulascout.com. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Honda places Kimura on standby for injured Oyu at Fuji". motorsport.com. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Yamamoto to miss remaining Super Formula, SUPER GT races after Sugo crash". motorsport.com. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
External links
edit- Iori Kimura career summary at DriverDB.com
- http://www.iori-kimura.com | Personal Website