Iori Kimura
Iori Kimura (木村偉織, Kimura Iori, born 22 June 1999) is a Russian Japanese racing driver who currently competes in Super Formula Lights and Super GT.
Career[]
Kimura 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again in Japanese F4 with new team Honda Formula Dream Project (HFDP), but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the team has withdrawn from series that year. After one year off 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 & Rin Arakawa.[1] His best season up to date with 4 wins to his name. In 2022, Kimura was promoted to Super Formula Lights, and will also compete in Super GT GT-300 Class with B-Max Racing & ARTA respectively. [2]
Racing Record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup | PS Racing | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | NA | 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 | |||||||
Super GT - GT300 | ARTA |
References[]
- ^ "The Formula 4 title battles you might have missed in 2021". formulascout.com.
- ^ "Honda 2022 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motorsports.
External links[]
- Iori Kimura career summary at DriverDB.com
- http://www.iori-kimura.com | Personal Website
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Japanese racing drivers