Teppei Natori

Teppei Natori
Teppei Natori
	Natori in 2019
Nationality	Japan
Born	11 September 2000 (age 21); Tokyo, Japan
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2019
Current team	Carlin Buzz Racing
Car number	29
Starts	15
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	24th in 2019 in
Previous series
2017–18; 2019	F4 Japanese Championship; Euroformula Open Championship

Teppei Natori (Japanese: 名取鉄平, Natori Teppei; born 11 September 2000) is a Japanese racing driver.

Career[]

Karting[]

Natori started karting in 2014 when he was 14. He finished 6th in the ROK Cup International Final.

Japanese F4[]

In 2017 Natori made his single seater debut with Buzz International in the Japanese F4 series.^[1] He finished three of the four races he competed at in the points, gaining him 14 points and 13th in the standings. In 2018 Natori got a full-time drive with the Honda Formula Dream Project where he would finish on the podium eleven times, three of those times being wins. Natori finished runner up to teammate and Red Bull Junior driver Yuki Tsunoda.

Euroformula Open Championship[]

In 2019 Natori drove for Carlin in the Euroformula Open Championship. He finished on the podium 3 times and at the 2nd race in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Natori took pole, fastest lap and the race win. The only other driver to do this that season was the champion, Marino Sato.

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

Following his Japanese F4 success, Natori re-joined Carlin Buzz for the 2019 FIA F3 season.^[2] Natori finished the season with one point after an 8th place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

Super Formula Lights[]

In 2020, Natori returned to his native Japan to contest the inaugural season of the newly rebranded Super Formula Lights championship with Toda Racing.^[3]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	F4 Japanese Championship	Buzz International	4	0	0	0	0	14	13th
2018	F4 Japanese Championship	Honda Formula Dream Project	14	4	4	1	11	231	2nd
2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Carlin Buzz Racing	16	0	0	0	0	1	24th
	Euroformula Open Championship	Carlin	13	1	2	1	3	115	6th
	Euroformula Open Winter Series	Carlin	2	0	0	0	2	30	3rd
2020	Super Formula Lights	Toda Racing	17	0	1	0	6	54	4th
2020	Super Formula	Buzz Racing with B-MAX	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Super Formula Lights	B-Max Racing	17	6	6	5	11	109	1st
2021	Super GT - GT300	Team UpGarage	8	0	1	0	0	4	25th

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results[]

(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
2017	Buzz International	OKA 1	OKA 2	FUJ1 1	FUJ1 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	SUG 1	SUG 2	FUJ2 1 9	FUJ2 2 8	SUZ 1 Ret	SUZ 2 6	MOT 1	MOT 2	13th	14
2018	Honda Formula Dream Project	OKA 1 1	OKA 2 4	FUJ1 1 2	FUJ1 2 17	SUZ 1 3	SUZ 2 4	FUJ2 1 3	FUJ2 2 2	SUG 1 1	SUG 2 2	AUT 1 3	AUT 2 3	MOT 1 2	MOT 2 1	2nd	231

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results[]

(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	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2019	Carlin Motorsport	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 8	PAU 1 DNS	PAU 2 7	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 8	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 6	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 6	RBR 1	RBR 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 1	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 3	6th	115

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	DC	Points
2019	Carlin Buzz Racing	CAT FEA 24	CAT SPR 15	LEC FEA Ret	LEC SPR Ret	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 22	SIL FEA 25	SIL SPR 16	HUN FEA 20	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA 11	SPA SPR 8	MNZ FEA 11	MNZ SPR 29†	SOC FEA 20	SOC SPR 19	24th	1

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Super Formula Lights results[]

(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
2020	Toda Racing	MOT 1 3	MOT 2 7	MOT 3 5	OKA 1 4	OKA 2 4	SUG 1 Ret	SUG 2 3	SUG 3 5	AUT 1 3	AUT 2 2	AUT 3 3	SUZ 1 5	SUZ 2 3	SUZ 3 5	FUJ 1 4	FUJ 2 4	FUJ 3 4		4th	54
2021	B-Max Racing	FUJ 1 1	FUJ 2 2	FUJ 3 2	SUZ 1 1	SUZ 2 1	SUZ 3 1	AUT 1 5	AUT 2 1	AUT 3 C	SUG 1 2	SUG 2 1	SUG 3 2	MOT1 1 2	MOT1 2 4	MOT1 3 7	MOT2 1 4	MOT2 2 10	MOT2 3 8	1st	109

Complete Super Formula results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	DC	Points
2020	Buzz Racing with B-MAX	MOT DNS	OKA	SUG	AUT	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ	NC	0

Complete Super GT results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2021	Team UpGarage	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	GT300	OKA 11	FUJ 9	MOT 10	SUZ DNS	SUG 12	AUT 16	MOT Ret	FUJ Ret	25th	4

References[]

^ "2017 FIA-F4 Championship 5th / 6th Autopolis Round entry list". fiaf4.jp. F4 Japanese Championship. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "Carlin announce title partner 'Buzz' and Natori in 2019 FIA Formula 3". carlin.co.uk. Carlin Motorsport. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ Klein, Jamie (August 26, 2020). "Super Formula Lights attracts 12-car entry for opener". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

External links[]

Teppei Natori career summary at DriverDB.com

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[Autopolis-1] "2017 FIA-F4 Championship 5th / 6th Autopolis Round entry list". fiaf4.jp. F4 Japanese Championship. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[Natori-2] "Carlin announce title partner 'Buzz' and Natori in 2019 FIA Formula 3". carlin.co.uk. Carlin Motorsport. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[3] Klein, Jamie (August 26, 2020). "Super Formula Lights attracts 12-car entry for opener". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

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