Teppei Natori
Natori in 2019
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000
Shōwa, Yamanashi, Japan
Super GT Series career
Debut season2021
Current teamKondo Racing
Car number24 (GT500)
Former teamsTeam UpGarage
Tomei Sports
Starts16
Wins1
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish3rd in 2023
Previous series
202021
2019
201718
2019
Super Formula Lights
FIA Formula 3 Championship
F4 Japanese Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
Championship titles
2021Super 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.

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.

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.

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 2 0 0 0 2 30 3rd
2020 Super Formula Lights Toda Racing 17 0 1 0 6 54 4th
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
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team ZeroOne 6 0 1 1 3 77.5‡ 4th‡
2024 Super GT - GT500 Kondo Racing

* 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 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT
10
36th 1
2023 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
10
FUJ
1
SUZ
4
FUJ
4
SUZ
Ret
SUG
10
AUT
5
MOT
6
3rd 50

References

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