B-Max Racing
Industry | Automotive |
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Founded | 2010 November 3, 2017 (as a company) | (as a racing team)
Founder | Ryuji Kumita |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Key people | Ryuji Kumita, Representative Director |
Owner | Ryuji Kumita |
Website | http://b-maxracingteam.com/index.html |
B-Max Racing Co., Ltd is a race car builder and racing team headquartered in Ayase, Kanagawa.
History[]
Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. established the race division "B-Max Engineering" in 2009, and started participating in Super FJ and Porsche Carrera Cup Japan in 2010. Since then, the participation category has been expanded. Ryuji Kumita, the president and team representative, competes in the race himself under the pseudonym "Dragon".
In 2014, the team name was changed to "B-Max Racing Team" (Vehicle Division). In addition, from the same year, instead of Nova Engineering, B-Max Racing was entrusted with the team management of NDDP Racing, which they participate in the Super GT in the GT300 class and the Japanese Formula 3 Championship.[1] They have also participated in Super Formula Championship since 2017,[2] and in November of the same year, spun off from Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. as B-MAX RACING Co., Ltd.[3] They participated in the Super GT in the GT500 class in 2018.[4] In 2019, they participated in Super Formula with two cars, in collaboration with the German racing team Motopark Academy.[5]
Racing record[]
Complete Super GT results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Car | Class | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Points |
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2012 | Nissan GT-R | GT300 | 3 | Yuhi Sekiguchi Katsumasa Chiyo Daiki Sasaki |
OKA 19 |
FUJ 18 |
SEP 4 |
SUG 1 |
SUZ 2 |
FUJ 9 |
AUT 19 |
MOT 6 |
4th | 53 | |
2013 | 3 | Kazuki Hoshino Daiki Sasaki Lucas Ordóñez |
OKA Ret |
FUJ Ret |
SEP 10 |
SUG 9 |
SUZ 9 |
FUJ 5 |
FUJ | AUT Ret |
MOT 9 |
17th | 14 | ||
2014 | 3 | Kazuki Hoshino Lucas Ordóñez |
OKA 4 |
FUJ 5 |
AUT 4 |
SUG 9 |
FUJ 10 |
SUZ 19 |
BUR 1 |
MOT 8 |
4th | 48 | |||
2015 | 3 | Kazuki Hoshino |
OKA 8 |
FUJ 2 |
CHA 1 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ 14 |
SUG 8 |
AUT 1 |
MOT Ret |
4th | 61 | |||
2016 | 3 | Kazuki Hoshino Jann Mardenborough |
OKA 10 |
FUJ 1 |
SUG 5 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 10 |
CHA 2 |
MOT 13 |
MOT 6 |
4th | 52 | |||
2017 | 3 | Kazuki Hoshino |
OKA 7 |
FUJ 6 |
AUT 9 |
SUG 8 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ 14 |
CHA 9 |
MOT 10 |
17th | 17 | |||
2018 | GT500 | 3 | Satoshi Motoyama Katsumasa Chiyo |
OKA 7 |
FUJ 10 |
SUZ 7 |
CHA 13 |
FUJ 15 |
SUG 8 |
AUT 13 |
MOT 9 |
17th | 14 | ||
2019 | 3 | Kohei Hirate Frederic Makowiecki |
OKA 4‡ |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 9 |
CHA 6 |
FUJ 11 |
AUT 11 |
SUG 1 |
MOT DNS |
9th | 36 | |||
2020 | 3 | Kohei Hirate Katsumasa Chiyo |
FUJ 7 |
FUJ 8 |
SUZ 6 |
MOT 7 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ 4 |
MOT 15 |
FUJ 6 |
13th | 29 | |||
2021 | 3 | Kohei Hirate Katsumasa Chiyo |
OKA 9 |
FUJ 5 |
MOT 6 |
SUZ |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
FUJ |
9th* | 13* |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Super Formula results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T.C. | Points |
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2017 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 50 | Takashi Kogure | SUZ 15 |
OKA 18 |
OKA 15 |
FUJ 13 |
MOT 17 |
AUT 12 |
SUG 14 |
SUZ C |
SUZ C |
11th | 0 |
2018 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 50 | Katsumasa Chiyo | SUZ 14 |
AUT C |
SUG Ret |
FUJ 17 |
MOT 19 |
OKA 15 |
SUZ 10 |
11th | 0 | ||
2019 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 50 | Lucas Auer | SUZ 7 |
AUT 11 |
SUG 3 |
FUJ Ret |
MOT 7 |
OKA 5 |
SUZ 11 |
8th | 20 | ||
51 | Harrison Newey | SUZ Ret |
AUT 17 |
SUG Ret |
FUJ 16 |
MOT 19 |
OKA 3 |
SUZ 20 |
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2020 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 50 | Teppei Natori | MOT DNS |
9th | 16 | ||||||||
OKA 14 |
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Sérgio Sette Câmara | SUG Ret |
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Nobuharu Matsushita | AUT 6 |
SUZ Ret |
SUZ 14 |
FUJ 3 |
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51 | Charles Milesi | MOT | OKA | SUG | AUT 15 |
SUZ 11 |
SUZ 13 |
FUJ DNS |
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2021 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 51 | Nobuharu Matsushita | FUJ | SUZ 13 |
AUT 3‡ |
SUG 4 |
MOT |
MOT |
SUZ |
7th* | 13.5* |
References[]
- ^ 2014年B-MAX with NDDP 参戦概要を発表しました Archived 2015-11-02 at the Wayback Machine - B-MAX Racing Team・2014年3月14日
- ^ B-MAX RACING TEAMが2017年 全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権に参戦を表明 - スーパーフォーミュラ・2016年10月27日
- ^ "新会社設立のご案内". Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ 日産/ニスモ、2018年のモータースポーツ活動を発表 - 日産自動車ニュースルーム・2018年2月12日
- ^ B-MAXとモトパークがコラボを発表。2019年のスーパーフォーミュラに2台体制で参戦へ - auto sport web・2018年11月14日
External links[]
- Japanese racecar constructors
- Japanese auto racing teams
- Formula Nippon teams
- Super Formula teams
- Super GT teams
- Japanese Formula 3 Championship teams