Teppei Natori Explained

Teppei Natori
Nationality: Japanese
Birth Date:2000 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Shōwa, Yamanashi, Japan
Current Series:Super GT - GT500
First Year:2024
Current Team:Kondo Racing
Former Teams:Team UpGarage
Tomei Sports
Car Number:24
Starts:16
Wins:1
Podiums:1
Poles:1
Fastest Laps:1
Best Finish:14th
Year:2024, 2025
Prev Series:Super GT - GT300
Super Formula Lights
FIA Formula 3 Championship
F4 Japanese Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
Prev Series Years:2021-2023
2020–21
2019
2017–18
2019
Titles:Super Formula Lights
Title Years:2021

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 fourteen. He finished sixth 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 fourteen 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.

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 eighth place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Natori also drove for Carlin in the Euroformula Open Championship. He finished on the podium three times and at the second 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.

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 fourth. 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

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2017F4 Japanese ChampionshipBuzz International400001413th
2018F4 Japanese Championshipalign=left nowrapHonda Formula Dream Project14441112312nd
2019FIA Formula 3 ChampionshipCarlin Buzz Racing160000124th
align=left nowrapEuroformula Open ChampionshipCarlin1312131156th
Euroformula Open Winter Series20002303rd
2020Super Formula LightsToda Racing170106544th
Super FormulaBuzz Racing with B-MAX000000NC
2021Super Formula LightsB-Max Racing17665111091st
Super GT - GT300Team UpGarage80100425th
Super Taikyu - ST-ZB-Max Engineering1000014‡13th‡
2022Super GT - GT300Tomei Sports10000136th
Super Taikyu - ST-QMax Racing
Super Taikyu - ST-3Team ZeroOne6000249‡5th‡
2023Super GT - GT300Kondō Racing81101503rd
Super Taikyu - ST-ZTeam ZeroOne6011377.5‡4th‡
2024Super GT - GT500Kondo Racing80110814th
Super Taikyu - ST-ZTeam ZeroOne7100263.5‡8th‡
2025Super GT - GT500Kondo Racing8100121.514th
Super Taikyu - ST-ZTeam ZeroOne6110277‡4th*‡
2026Super GT - GT500Kondo Racing
‡ 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)

YearTeam1234567891011121314DCPoints
2017nowrapBuzz InternationalOKA
1
OKA
2
FUJ1
1
FUJ1
2
AUT
1
AUT
2
SUG
1
SUG
2
FUJ2
1

FUJ2
2

SUZ
1

SUZ
2

MOT
1
MOT
2
13th14
2018nowrapHonda Formula Dream ProjectOKA
1

OKA
2

FUJ1
1

FUJ1
2

SUZ
1

SUZ
2

FUJ2
1

FUJ2
2

SUG
1

SUG
2

AUT
1

AUT
2

MOT
1

MOT
2

2nd231

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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

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)

† 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)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2020nowrapToda RacingMOT
1

MOT
2

MOT
3

OKA
1

OKA
2

SUG
1

SUG
2

SUG
3

AUT
1

AUT
2

AUT
3

SUZ
1

SUZ
2

SUZ
3

FUJ
1

FUJ
2

FUJ
3

4th
2021nowrapB-Max RacingFUJ
1

FUJ
2

FUJ
3

SUZ
1

SUZ
2

SUZ
3

AUT
1

AUT
2

AUT
3

SUG
1

SUG
2

SUG
3

MOT1
1

MOT1
2

MOT1
3

MOT2
1

MOT2
2

MOT2
3

1st109

Complete Super Formula results

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

Complete Super GT results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2021nowrapTeam UpGaragenowrapHonda NSX GT3 EvoGT300OKA
FUJ
MOT
SUZ
SUG
AUT
MOT
FUJ
25th4
2022nowrapTomei SportsnowrapNissan GT-R NISMO GT3GT300OKAFUJSUZFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT
36th1
2023Kondo RacingNissan GT-R NISMO GT3GT300OKA
FUJ
SUZ
FUJ
SUZ
SUG
AUT
MOT
3rd50
2024Kondo RacingnowrapNissan Z NISMO GT500GT500OKA
FUJ
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
AUT
MOT
SUZ
14th8
2025Kondo RacingnowrapNissan Z NISMO GT500GT500OKA
FUJ
SEP
FS1
FS2
SUZ
SUG
AUT
MOT
14th21.5
2026Kondo RacingNissan Z NISMO GT500GT500OKA
FUJ
SEP
FUJ
SUZ
SUG
AUT
MOT
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.(Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result.

Notes and References

  1. News: 2017 FIA-F4 Championship 5th / 6th Autopolis Round entry list. 5 June 2017. fiaf4.jp. F4 Japanese Championship. 8 May 2017. 31 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170831083654/https://fiaf4.jp/news/single/271. dead.
  2. News: Carlin announce title partner 'Buzz' and Natori in 2019 FIA Formula 3. carlin.co.uk. Carlin Motorsport. 11 January 2019. 11 January 2019. 7 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201107224557/http://www.carlin.co.uk/news/fia-european/carlin-announce-title-partner-buzz-and-natori-in-2019-fia-formula-3/. dead.
  3. Web site: Super Formula Lights attracts 12-car entry for opener. Klein. Jamie. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. August 26, 2020. August 26, 2020.