B-Max Racing

B-Max Racing Co., Ltd
Industry	Automotive
Founded	2010;13 years ago (as a racing team); November 3, 2017;6 years ago (as a company)
Founder	Ryūji Kumita
Headquarters	Ayase, Kanagawa , Japan
Key people	Ryūji Kumita, Representative Director
Owner	Ryūji Kumita
Website	http://www.b-maxracing.co.jp/

Last updated December 04, 2023

B-Max Racing Co., Ltd also known as B-Max Racing Team and B-Max Engineering is a Japanese race car constructor and racing team headquartered in Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan.

History

Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. established the race division "B-Max Engineering" in 2009, and started participating in Super FJ and Porsche Carrera Cup Japan in 2010. Since then, the participation category has been expanded. Ryūji Kumita, the president and team representative, competes in the race himself under the pseudonym "Dragon".

In 2014, the team name was changed to "B-Max Racing Team" (Vehicle Division). In addition, from the same year, instead of Nova Engineering, B-Max Racing was entrusted with the team management of NDDP Racing, which they participate in the Super GT in the GT300 class and the Japanese Formula 3 Championship.^[1] They have also participated in Super Formula Championship since 2017,^[2] and in November of the same year, spun off from Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. as B-MAX RACING Co., Ltd.^[3] They participated in the Super GT in the GT500 class in 2018.^[4] In 2019, they participated in Super Formula with two cars, in collaboration with the German racing team Motopark Academy.^[5]

Current series results

Super Formula

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.	Pts
2017	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E I4 t	Takashi Kogure	7	0	0	0	0	0	18th	11th	0
2018	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E I4 t	Katsumasa Chiyo	6	0	0	0	0	0	18th	11th	0
2019	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-417E I4 t	Lucas Auer	7	0	0	1	1	14	9th	8th	20
2019	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-417E I4 t	Harrison Newey	7	0	0	0	1	6	15th	8th	20
2020	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-417E I4 t	Nobuharu Matsushita	4	0	0	0	1	16	15th	9th	16
			Sérgio Sette Câmara	1	0	1	0	0	3	20th
			Charles Milesi	3	0	0	0	0	0	21st
			Mitsunori Takaboshi	1	0	0	0	0	0	26th
			Teppei Natori	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-417E I4 t	Nobuharu Matsushita	6	0	1	0	2	33.5	8th	8th	29.5
2022	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-417E I4 t	Nobuharu Matsushita	10	1	0	0	1	21	13th	9th	21
2023	Dallara SF23	Honda HR-417E I4 t	Nobuharu Matsushita	9	0	0	0	0	4	19th	12th	4
2023	Dallara SF23	Honda HR-417E I4 t	Raoul Hyman	9	0	0	0	0	0	25th	12th	4

In detail

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

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	T.C.	Points
2017		SUZ	OKA	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ		11th	0
2017	Takashi Kogure	15	18	15	13	17	12	14	C	C		11th	0
2018		SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	OKA	SUZ				11th	0
2018	Katsumasa Chiyo	14	C	Ret	17	19	15	10				11th	0
2019		SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	OKA	SUZ				8th	20
	Lucas Auer	7	11	3	Ret	7	5	11
	Harrison Newey	Ret	17	Ret	16	19	3	20
2020		MOT	OKA	SUG	AUT	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ				9th	16
	Teppei Natori	DNS
	Mitsunori Takaboshi		14
	Sérgio Sette Câmara			Ret
	Nobuharu Matsushita				6	Ret	14	3
	Charles Milesi				15	11	13	DNS
2021		FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	MOT	MOT	SUZ				8th	29.5
2021	Nobuharu Matsushita		13	3‡	4	3	7	12				8th	29.5
2022		FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	MOT	SUZ	SUZ	9th	21
2022	Nobuharu Matsushita	Ret	19	1	10	Ret	Ret	11	11	17	Ret	9th	21
2023		FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUZ		12th	4
	Nobuharu Matsushita	13	12	12	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	13	7
	Raoul Hyman	16	18	18	17	18	Ret	15	21	18

Super Formula Lights

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2020	Dallara 320-Volkswagen	Sena Sakaguchi	17	4	5	2	16	116	2nd	N/A
		Yoshiaki Katayama	5	0	0	0	1	10	6th
		Mitsunori Takaboshi	3	0	0	0	0	8	7th
		Mizuki Ishizaka	2	0	0	0	0	3	11th
		"Dragon"	17	0	0	0	0	2	12th
		Kiyoto Fujinami	3	0	0	0	0	2	13th
		Masami Kageyama	2	0	0	0	0	1	14th
		Sakon Yamamoto	3	0	0	0	0	0	16th
		Satoshi Motoyama	3	0	0	0	0	0	17th
		Nobuhiro Imada	9	0	0	0	0	0	18th
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	8	0	0	0	0	0	19th
		Takashi Hata	6	0	0	0	0	0	20th
2021	Dallara 320-Spiess	Nobuhiro Imada	17	0	0	0	0	1	10th	2nd
		"Dragon"	17	0	0	0	0	0	12th
		Miki Koyama	3	0	0	0	0	0	13th
		"Syuji"	8	0	0	0	0	0	14th
		Takashi Hata	6	0	0	0	0	0	17th
2022	Dallara 320-Spiess	Iori Kimura	18	3	2	6	9	85	3rd	3rd
		Togo Suganami	18	0	0	0	1	25	7th
		"Dragon"	18	0	0	0	0	1	11th
		Nobuhiro Imada	18	0	0	0	0	1	12th
		Roberto Merhi	3	0	0	0	0	0	14th
2023	Dallara 320-Spiess	Iori Kimura	18	6	4	8	12	113	1st	1st
		Igor Fraga	18	1	1	1	7	62	4th
		Togo Suganami	9	2	0	1	4	39	6th
		David Vidales	15	0	0	0	1	19	9th
		Nobuhiro Imada	15	0	0	0	0	0	12th
		Takashi Hata	10	0	0	0	0	0	14th
	Dallara 320-TOMEI	"Dragon"	18	0	0	0	0	0	13th

Formula Regional Japanese Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2020	Dome F111/3	"Dragon"	11	76	6th	N/A
		"Syuji"	12	41	10th
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	5	0	22nd
2021	Dome F111/3	Nobuhiro Imada	10	54	10th	5th
		"Takumi"	13	44	11th
		"Dragon"	10	20	18th
		"Syuji"	8	10	19th
2022	Dome F111/3	Nobuhiro Imada	5	40	11th	9th

F4 Japanese Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Poles	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2016	Dome F110	Shinji Sawada	14	1	5	106	7th	5th
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	12	0	0	0	38th
		"Syuji"	2	0	0	0	48th
2017	Dome F110	Shinji Sawada	14	0	2	85	6th	4th
		Ayumu Iwasa	2	0	0	0	28th
		Chia Wing Hoong	14	0	0	0	31st
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	4	0	0	0	45th
2018	Dome F110	"Syuji"	8	0	0	0	40th	NC
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	2	0	0	0	43rd
		"Dragon"	2	0	0	0	NC
2019	Dome F110	"Dragon"	12	0	0	0	22nd	NC
2019	Dome F110	"Syuji"	14	0	0	0	39th	NC
2021	Dome F110	Nobuhiro Imada	7	0	0	0	28th	NC
2021	Dome F110	"Syuji"	7	0	0	0	42nd	NC
2022	Dome F110	Yuki Mishima	4	0	0	2	21st	12th
		"Dragon"	14	0	0	0	35th
		Nobuhiro Imada	3	0	0	0	46th
2023	Dome F110	Nobuhiro Imada	12	0	0	0	37th	NC
		"Dragon"	14	0	0	0	40th
		Makoto Fujiwara	14	0	0	0	36th

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	"Dragon"	3	0	0	0	0	2	27th	10th

Complete Super GT results

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

Year	Car	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Points
2012	Nissan GT-R	GT300	3	Yuhi Sekiguchi Katsumasa Chiyo Daiki Sasaki	OKA 19	FUJ 18	SEP 4	SUG 1	SUZ 2	FUJ 9	AUT 19	MOT 6		4th	53
2013			3	Kazuki Hoshino Daiki Sasaki Lucas Ordóñez	OKA Ret	FUJ Ret	SEP 10	SUG 9	SUZ 9	FUJ 5	FUJ	AUT Ret	MOT 9	17th	14
2014			3	Kazuki Hoshino Lucas Ordóñez Wolfgang Reip	OKA 4	FUJ 5	AUT 4	SUG 9	FUJ 10	SUZ 19	BUR 1	MOT 8		4th	48
2015			3	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi Wolfgang Reip	OKA 8	FUJ 2	CHA 1	FUJ Ret	SUZ 14	SUG 8	AUT 1	MOT Ret		4th	61
2016			3	Kazuki Hoshino Jann Mardenborough	OKA 10	FUJ 1	SUG 5	FUJ 6	SUZ 10	CHA 2	MOT 13	MOT 6		4th	52
2017			3	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi	OKA 7	FUJ 6	AUT 9	SUG 8	FUJ Ret	SUZ 14	CHA 9	MOT 10		17th	17
2018		GT500	3	Satoshi Motoyama Katsumasa Chiyo	OKA 7	FUJ 10	SUZ 7	CHA 13	FUJ 15	SUG 8	AUT 13	MOT 9		17th	14
2019			3	Kohei Hirate Frederic Makowiecki	OKA 4‡	FUJ 6	SUZ 9	CHA 6	FUJ 11	AUT 11	SUG 1	MOT DNS		9th	36
2020			3	Kohei Hirate Katsumasa Chiyo	FUJ 7	FUJ 8	SUZ 6	MOT 7	FUJ Ret	SUZ 4	MOT 15	FUJ 6		13th	29
2021			3	Kohei Hirate Katsumasa Chiyo	OKA 9	FUJ 5	MOT 6	SUZ 2	SUG Ret	AUT 4	MOT 14	FUJ 8		10th	39

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Former series results

F3 Asian Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2018	Tatuus F3 T-318	"Dragon"	9	0	23rd	11th
2018	Tatuus F3 T-318	Tairoku Yamaguchi	3	0	24th	11th
2019 Summer	Tatuus F3 T-318	Miki Koyama†	6	18	15th	9th
		Kiyoto Fujinami	3	14	16th
		"Dragon"	3	0	21st
		Tairoku Yamaguchi	3	0	22nd
2019 Winter	Tatuus F3 T-318	Motoyoshi Yoshida	6	11	14th	6th
		Tairoku Yamaguchi	9	7	15th
		"Dragon"	3	0	16th
		Miki Koyama	3	0	NC‡

† Koyama drove for BlackArts Racing Team in round 3.

‡ Guest driver

Timeline

Current series
F4 Japanese Championship	2016–2019, 2021–present
Super Formula Championship	2017–present
Super Formula Lights	2020–present
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	2023–present
Former Series
Japanese Formula 3 Championship	2011–2019
Super GT	2012–2021
Formula Challenge Japan	2013
Super Taikyu Series	2018
F3 Asian Championship	2018–2019
Formula Regional Japanese Championship	2020–2022

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References

↑ 2014年B-MAX with NDDP 参戦概要を発表しました Archived 2015-11-02 at the Wayback Machine - B-MAX Racing Team・2014年3月14日
↑ B-MAX RACING TEAMが2017年全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権に参戦を表明 - スーパーフォーミュラ・2016年10月27日
↑ "新会社設立のご案内". Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
↑ 日産/ニスモ、2018年のモータースポーツ活動を発表 - 日産自動車ニュースルーム・2018年2月12日
↑ B-MAXとモトパークがコラボを発表。2019年のスーパーフォーミュラに2台体制で参戦へ - auto sport web・2018年11月14日

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[1] 2014年B-MAX with NDDP 参戦概要を発表しました Archived 2015-11-02 at the Wayback Machine - B-MAX Racing Team・2014年3月14日

[2] B-MAX RACING TEAMが2017年全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権に参戦を表明 - スーパーフォーミュラ・2016年10月27日

[3] "新会社設立のご案内". Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2020-12-22.

[4] 日産/ニスモ、2018年のモータースポーツ活動を発表 - 日産自動車ニュースルーム・2018年2月12日

[5] B-MAXとモトパークがコラボを発表。2019年のスーパーフォーミュラに2台体制で参戦へ - auto sport web・2018年11月14日

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