Ayumu Iwasa
| Ayumu Iwasa | |
|---|---|
 Iwasa at the Red Bull Ring in 2021 | |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 22 September 2001 Osaka, Japan |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Current team | DAMS |
| Car number | 17 |
| Best finish | TBD in 2022 |
| Previous series | |
| 2021 2021 2020 2017–18 2017 | FIA Formula 3 Championship F3 Asian Championship French F4 Championship Japanese F4 Championship Asian Formula Renault Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2021 2020 | F3 Asia Rookie Cup French F4 Championship |
Ayumu Iwasa (born 22 September 2001) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with DAMS. He previously raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Grand Prix. He is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and the 2020 French F4 champion.
Career[]
Karting[]
Iwasa started karting in Japan in 2005 and began racing competitively in 2014 . Some of his notable campaigns were winning the 2014 Suzuka Karting Championship Yamaha-SS Class and becoming champion of the Suzuka Karting Championship x-30 class. Iwasa also competed in the JAF Junior Karting Championship FP in the junior class during his karting career.
Lower formulae[]
Iwasa made his single-seater debut in 2017 in the F4 Japanese Championship competing in two races for B-Max Racing, finishing 15th in both of them. That year he also took part in two races of the Asian Formula Renault Series. He took pole for both races and finished both races in second place. In 2018 he made another cameo appearance in Japanese F4, driving for Rn-Sports, as he scored points in the first race. In that year Iwasa also finished third in the final round of the JAF F4 Suzuka series.
Iwasa did his first full season of car racing in the Suzuka Racing School's Single Seater Series in 2019, where he won the title.
In 2020 he was made a Honda Junior Driver. It would be the Japanese driver's best season yet as he competing in 2020 French Formula 4, where he dominated the series, taking five pole positions, nine wins and 15 podium finishes overall.
F3 Asian Championship[]
At the start of 2021 Iwasa competed in the F3 Asian Championship, partnering Roy Nissany, Roman Staněk and Reece Ushijima.[1] He scored his only podium of the campaign in the first race of the fourth round at the Dubai Autodrome and ended up eighth in the championship.
FIA Formula 3 Championship[]
Iwasa's focus for the year would lie in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, where he drove for the same team alongside Stanek and fellow Red Bull Junior Jak Crawford.[2] In race one at the Hungaroring he finished second behind Lorenzo Colombo, but after the Italian driver was penalised for a Safety car infringement the victory went to Iwasa. He achieved his second podium in the category at Zandvoort, finishing third behind Arthur Leclerc and Logan Sargeant in the first race. The Japanese driver finished the season in twelfth place overall, and fourth among rookies in the series. He also beat both of his teammates in the standings.
FIA Formula 2 Championship[]
Iwasa participated in post-season testing in FIA F2 at the Yas Marina circuit with DAMS. On 14 January 2022, the French outfit announced that Iwasa would race for the team during the 2022 season, partnering Roy Nissany.[3]
Formula One[]
At the beginning of 2021 Iwasa was officially announced as a Red Bull Junior.[4]
Racing record[]
Racing career summary[]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | F4 Japanese Championship | B-Max Racing Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
| Asian Formula Renault Series | Asia Racing Team | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 13th | |
| 2018 | F4 Japanese Championship | Rn-Sports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17th |
| 2020 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 338 | 1st |
| 2021 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Hitech Grand Prix | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 12th |
| F3 Asian Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 8th | ||
| 2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | DAMS |
Complete French F4 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | NOG 1 1 |
NOG 2 5 |
NOG 3 1 |
MAG 1 4 |
MAG 2 5 |
MAG 3 3 |
ZAN 1 1 |
ZAN 2 4 |
ZAN 3 1 |
LEC1 1 1 |
LEC1 2 3 |
LEC1 3 1 |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 2 |
SPA 3 1 |
LEC2 1 2 |
LEC2 2 5 |
LEC2 3 2 |
LEC3 1 2 |
LEC3 2 6 |
LEC3 3 1 |
1st | 338 |
Complete F3 Asian Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Hitech Grand Prix | DUB 1 6 |
DUB 2 5 |
DUB 3 5 |
ABU 1 9 |
ABU 2 10 |
ABU 3 4 |
ABU 1 6 |
ABU 2 10 |
ABU 3 7 |
DUB 1 3 |
DUB 2 Ret |
DUB 3 10 |
ABU 1 10 |
ABU 2 10 |
ABU 3 7 |
8th | 82 |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Hitech Grand Prix | CAT 1 14 |
CAT 2 7 |
CAT 3 15 |
LEC 1 8 |
LEC 2 9 |
LEC 3 7 |
RBR 1 DSQ |
RBR 2 14 |
RBR 3 6 |
HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 10 |
HUN 3 12 |
SPA 1 15 |
SPA 2 11 |
SPA 3 13 |
ZAN 1 3 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
ZAN 3 11 |
SOC 1 10 |
SOC 2 C |
SOC 3 9 |
12th | 52 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | DAMS | BHR SPR |
BHR FEA |
JED SPR |
JED FEA |
IMO SPR |
IMO FEA |
CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
MCO SPR |
MCO FEA |
BAK SPR |
BAK FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
HUN SPR |
HUN FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
ZAN SPR |
ZAN FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MNZ FEA |
SOC SPR |
SOC FEA |
YMC SPR |
YMC FEA |
-* | 0* |
* Season starts 18 March 2022.
References[]
- ^ "Honda 2021 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Global. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (2021-01-15). "New Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa to race in Asian and FIA F3 for Hitech". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Iwasa steps up from F3 to complete DAMS' 2022 line-up". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Ayumu Iwasa". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
External links[]
- Ayumu Iwasa career summary at DriverDB.com
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Japanese racing drivers
- FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers
- F3 Asian Championship drivers
- Auto Sport Academy drivers
- Hitech Grand Prix drivers
- DAMS drivers