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Reiji Hiraki (平木 玲次, Hiraki Reiji, born 24 January 1998) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT as a third driver for HELM Motorsports.
| Reiji Hiraki | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 24 January 1998 Ibaragi, Japan |
| Super GT - GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | HELM Motorsports |
| Car number | 62 |
| Former teams | Team Mach |
| Starts | 16 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| 2022 2022 2016-2020 | Super Taikyu - ST-X Super Formula Lights F4 Japanese Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2022 | Super Taikyu - ST-X |
Career
editFormula 4
editHiraki competed in F4 Japanese Championship from 2016 to 2020. He ended his last F4 season as a runner up while Hibiki Taira wins the title.[1][2][3]
Super GT
editHiraki joined Team Mach alongside his brother Yuya in 2021.[4] Reiji continued the next season with Sim-racer Yusuke Tomobayashi.[5]
HELM Motorsports made their season debut in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2024. With Kohei Hirate as the main driver, alongside Yuya Hiraki, and Reiji Hiraki himself as the third driver.[6][7]
Super Formula Lights
editHiraki alongside his older brother Yuya joined Super Formula Lights with their own team HELM Motorsports.[8]
Super Taikyu
editHiraki alongside his older brother Yuya's HELM Motorsports made their debut in 2022 in Super Taikyu ST-X Class, with Yutaka Toriba as the third driver.[9] In that season, they won the ST-X Class.[10]
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | F4 Japanese Championship | Le Beausset Motorsports | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20th |
| 2017 | F4 Japanese Championship | Le Beausset Motorsports | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16th |
| 2018 | F4 Japanese Championship | Inging Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13th |
| 2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | Media Do Kageyama Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 129 | 4th |
| 2020 | F4 Japanese Championship | HELM Motorsports | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 180.5 | 2nd |
| 2021 | Super GT - GT300 | Team Mach | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22nd |
| 2022 | Super Taikyu - ST-X | HELM Motorsports | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 134.5 | 1st |
| Super Formula Lights | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9th | ||
| Super GT - GT300 | Team Mach | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15th | |
| 2023 | Super Taikyu - ST-X | HELM Motorsports | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 3rd |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT300 | HELM Motorsports | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20th |
Complete F4 Japanese 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 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Le Beausset Motorsports | OKA 1 25 |
OKA 2 13 |
FUJ1 1 12 |
FUJ1 2 11 |
SUG 1 Ret |
SUG 2 7 |
FUJ2 1 32 |
FUJ2 2 23 |
FUJ2 3 Ret |
SUZ 1 11 |
SUZ 2 20 |
MOT 1 21 |
MOT 2 12 |
MOT 3 9 |
20th | 8 |
| 2017 | Le Beausset Motorsports | OKA 1 15 |
OKA 2 13 |
FUJ1 1 8 |
FUJ1 2 15 |
AUT 1 11 |
AUT 2 11 |
SUG 1 11 |
SUG 2 10 |
FUJ2 1 10 |
FUJ2 2 11 |
SUZ 1 13 |
SUZ 2 16 |
MOT 1 14 |
MOT 2 16 |
16th | 6 |
| 2018 | Inging Motorsport | OKA 1 7 |
OKA 2 7 |
FUJ1 1 5 |
FUJ1 2 5 |
SUZ 1 Ret |
SUZ 2 12 |
FUJ2 1 28 |
FUJ2 2 8 |
SUG 1 12 |
SUG 2 11 |
AUT 1 12 |
AUT 2 9 |
MOT 1 Ret |
MOT 2 Ret |
13th | 38 |
| 2019 | Media Do Kageyama Racing | OKA 1 5 |
OKA 2 7 |
FUJ1 1 10 |
FUJ1 2 2 |
SUZ 1 8 |
SUZ 2 8 |
FUJ2 1 Ret |
FUJ2 2 2 |
AUT 1 8 |
AUT 2 4 |
SUG 1 4 |
SUG 2 5 |
MOT 1 2 |
MOT 2 4 |
4th | 129 |
| 2020 | HELM Motorsports | FUJ1 1 1 |
FUJ1 2 4 |
FUJ1 3 4 |
SUZ 1 4 |
SUZ 2 3 |
SUZ 3 2 |
MOT 1 2 |
MOT 2 3 |
MOT 3 5 |
FUJ2 1 6 |
FUJ2 2 2 |
FUJ2 3 1 |
2nd | 180.5 |
Complete Super GT results
edit| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GT300 | OKA 25 |
FUJ1 12 |
MOT 27 |
SUZ 5 |
SUG 22 |
AUT 21 |
MOT2 18 |
FUJ2 25 |
22nd | 6 |
| 2022 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GT300 | OKA 18 |
FUJ 24 |
SUZ 2 |
FUJ 17 |
SUZ 19 |
SUG 21 |
AUT 25 |
MOT Ret |
18th | 15 |
| 2024 | HELM Motorsports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 10 |
SUZ 11 |
FUJ 13 |
SUG | AUT 17 |
MOT | SUZ 16 |
20th | 1 |
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 | HELM Motorsports | FUJ 1 6 |
FUJ 2 8 |
FUJ 3 8 |
SUZ 1 9 |
SUZ 2 7 |
SUZ 3 9 |
AUT 1 7 |
AUT 2 4 |
AUT 3 8 |
SUG 1 3 |
SUG 2 12 |
SUG 3 7 |
MOT 1 WD |
MOT 2 WD |
MOT 3 WD |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
OKA 3 |
9th | 9 |
References
edit- ^ "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP | 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第1/2/3戦 富士大会エントリーリスト". fiaf4.jp. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP | 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第4・5・6戦 鈴鹿大会エントリーリスト". fiaf4.jp. 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP | 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第10・11・12戦 富士大会エントリーリスト". fiaf4.jp. 16 November 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener". motorsport.com. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Japanese Sim Racer Yusuke Tomibayashi Joins Reiji Hiraki at Team Mach | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Helm Motorsports Announces 2024 GT300 Entry". sportscar365. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Nissan/NMC announces 2024 Super GT teams". Nismo. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Fuji Speedway | 2022年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Provisional 61 Car Entry List for 2022 Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "HELM Motorsports Crowned ST-X Champions as Porsche Centre Okazaki Wins Suzuka S-Tai Finale". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
External links
edit- Reiji Hiraki career summary at DriverDB.com