Teppei Natori

Teppei Natori
Teppei Natori
	Natori in 2019
Nationality	Japanese
Born	11 September 2000 (age 24); Shōwa, Yamanashi, Japan
Super GT Series career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Kondo Racing
Car number	24 (GT500)
Former teams	Team UpGarage ; Tomei Sports
Starts	23
Wins	1
Podiums	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	3rd in 2023
Previous series
2020–21; 2019; 2017–18; 2019	Super Formula Lights; FIA Formula 3 Championship; F4 Japanese Championship; Euroformula Open Championship
Championship titles
2021	Super Formula Lights

Teppei Natori (名取鉄平, Natori Teppei, born 11 September 2000) is a Japanese racing driver who most recently competed in Super GT for Kondō Racing in the GT300 class. He is the 2021 Super Formula Lights champion.

Career

Karting

Natori started karting in 2014 when he was 14. He finished 6th in the ROK Cup International Final.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

European Racing

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. Natori also 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.^{[citation needed]}

Super Formula & 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] and he claimed 4th. The next season, Natori's season was in doubt after being dropped by Honda works Factory. But he managed to get the necessary funding after settled a fundraiser. He competed with B-Max Racing for 2021 season, and he won the title off from Giuliano Alesi.

Natori also had one cameo race in 2020 in Super Formula with B-Max Racing, but unfortunately Natori could not compete due to medical reason.

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
	Super GT - GT300	Team UpGarage	8	0	1	0	0	4	25th
	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	B-Max Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	14‡	13th‡
2022	Super GT - GT300	Tomei Sports	1	0	0	0	0	1	36th
	Super Taikyu - ST-Q	Max Racing
	Super Taikyu - ST-3	Team ZeroOne	6	0	0	0	2	49‡	5th‡
2023	Super GT - GT300	Kondō Racing	8	1	1	0	1	50	3rd
2023	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Team ZeroOne	6	0	1	1	3	77.5‡	4th‡
2024	Super GT - GT500	Kondo Racing	7	0	1	0	0	8	14th*
2024	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Team ZeroOne

^* Season still in progress.

‡ Team standings

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
2022	Tomei Sports	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3		OKA	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT 10	36th	1
2023	Kondo Racing	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3		OKA 10	FUJ 1	SUZ 4	FUJ 4	SUZ Ret	SUG 10	AUT 5	MOT 6	3rd	50
2024	Kondo Racing	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	GT500	OKA 12	FUJ 13	SUZ 9	FUJ 14	SUG 13	AUT 12†	MOT 8	SUZ	14th*	8*

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

References

^ "2017 FIA-F4 Championship 5th / 6th Autopolis Round entry list". fiaf4.jp. F4 Japanese Championship. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 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. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ Klein, Jamie (26 August 2020). "Super Formula Lights attracts 12-car entry for opener". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

External links

Teppei Natori career summary at DriverDB.com

[Autopolis-1] "2017 FIA-F4 Championship 5th / 6th Autopolis Round entry list". fiaf4.jp. F4 Japanese Championship. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 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. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

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

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