Iori Kimura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality: | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 22 June 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current Series: | Super GT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Year: | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former Teams: | ARTA, Team Kunimitsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts: | 12 (8 in GT300) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins: | 1 (1 in GT300) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums: | 1 (1 in GT300) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poles: | 1 (1 in GT300) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fastest Laps: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best Finish: | 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year: | 2023
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is a Russian Japanese racing driver who is the current Super Formula Lights champion and competed in Super GT.
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 withdrew from that year of competition. After one year not 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 & runner-up Rin Arakawa.[1]
In 2022, Kimura was promoted to Super Formula Lights race with B-Max Racing[2] Kimura managed to get 3 wins that season, and 6 podiums. With that he managed to reach 3rd in the season behind Kakunoshin Ohta. Kimura raced with the same team for 2023.[3] He won the title over Hibiki Taira after taking his 6th win of the season at the final round at Motegi.[4]
Kimura also competed in the GT300 class of Super GT for ARTA alongside Hideki Mutoh.[2] Both of them managed to win the last race of the season at Motegi, and that win was the last for the team as ARTA focused on GT500 for 2023. Kimura initially did not race in Super GT in 2023, but became a third driver for ARTA at the second Fuji round, making his GT500 debut after an injured Toshiki Oyu was still recovering from a broken collarbone.[5] Kimura also raced in GT500 with Team Kunimitsu after Naoki Yamamoto suffered a massive crash at Sportsland SUGO, and was unable to compete in the final 2 races of the season.[6] Kimura finished 17th in the standings, with 3 points, all achieved with Team Kunimitsu.
Kimura then step up to Super Formula with B-Max Racing Team's single car.[7]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position | |
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2016 | Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup | PS Racing | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | N/A | NC | |
2017 | Asian Formula Renault Series Class B | 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 Team | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 85 | 3rd | |
Super GT - GT300 | ARTA | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 12th | ||
Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Team 5Zigen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 131.5‡ | 1st‡ | ||
2023 | Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing Team | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 113 | 1st | |
Super GT - GT500 | ARTA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17th | ||
Team Kunimitsu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2024 | Super Formula | San-Ei Gen with B-Max | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12th |
(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 | |
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2019 | Silver Star Racing | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | FUJ1 1 | FUJ1 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | FUJ2 1 | FUJ2 2 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | 9th | 69 | |
2021 | Honda Formula Dream Project | FUJ1 1 | FUJ1 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | MOT1 1 | MOT1 2 | MOT1 3 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | SUG 3 | MOT2 1 | MOT2 2 | FUJ2 1 | FUJ2 2 | 3rd | 191 |
(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 |
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2022 | B-Max Racing Team | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | SUZ 3 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | AUT 3 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | SUG 3 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | MOT 3 | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | OKA 3 | 3rd | 86 |
2023 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | AUT 3 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | SUG 3 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | SUZ 3 | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | FUJ 3 | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | OKA 3 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | MOT 3 | 1st | 113 |
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
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2022 | ARTA | Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | 12th | 26 |
2023 | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | 17th | 3 | |||
Team Kunimitsu | AUT | MOT |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)