Kean Nakamura-Berta

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Kean Nakamura-Berta
F4 Italy 2024 Mugello Kean Nakamura-Berta.jpg
Nakamura-Berta in 2024
Nationality Flag of Japan.svg Japanese
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakian
Full nameKean Nakamura-Berta
Born (2007-11-12) 12 November 2007 (age 17)
United Kingdom
Italian F4 Championship career
Debut season 2024
Current team Prema Racing
Car number51
Starts21 (21 entries)
Wins1
Podiums5
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish6th in 2024
Previous series
2024
2024
2024
2023 		Euro 4 Championship
Italian F4 Championship
Formula 4 UAE
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

Kean Nakamura-Berta (born 12 November 2007) is a Japanese-Slovakian racing driver who lives in the UK, who last competed in the 2024 Italian F4 Championship with Prema Racing. [1] He is the 2024 Formula 4 UAE runner-up.

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He is a member of the Alpine Academy. [2]

Career

Karting

Nakamura-Berta has had a very successful karting career. He took his first European title at the IAME International final at Le Mans in 2019 in the X30 Mini Category. [3] For 2020, he joined the 60 Mini category. He came second in the WSK Euro Series, and second in the WSK Super Master Series. [4] [5] In 2021, he joined the OK-Junior category, and in October he won the Karting World Championship in the category. By the end of the season, Nakamura-Berta was competing in the OK category, and he won his first OK title at the South Garda Winter Cup. [6] [7] In 2022, Nakamura-Berta won the Karting European Championship, controversially beating his Kart Republic teammate Alex Powell. [8] For 2023, Nakamura-Berta continued in OK Karting whilst making some KZ2 appearances. He came second in the OK category in Champions of the Future, and came sixth in KZ2 in the World and European karting Championships. [9]

Formula 4

2023

At the end of 2023, Nakamura-Berta made an appearance at the final two rounds of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship with Prema Racing. [10] He claimed two pole positions, three fastest laps and a best finish of second over the course of six races. [11]

2024

Nakamura-Berta racing at the Mugello Circuit during the 2024 Italian F4 Championship F4 Italy 2024 Mugello Nr. 51 Nakamura-Berta.jpg
Nakamura-Berta racing at the Mugello Circuit during the 2024 Italian F4 Championship

During the winter, Nakamura-Berta competed in the Formula 4 UAE Championship. [12] He opened his account by scoring his first single-seater victory during the first race in Yas Marina, before earning a double podium for the second Yas Marina round. [13] Another double podium followed in the first Dubai round, but his title hopes were hampered by a double retirement in the next round. [14] He managed to take another win and a second place in the Dubai second round, which allowed him to finish runner-up in the standings to Freddie Slater. [15]

Nakamura-Berta racing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2024 Euro 4 Championship Euro 4 Championship 2024 Nr. 51 Nakamura-Berta.jpg
Nakamura-Berta racing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2024 Euro 4 Championship

For his main campaign, Nakamura-Berta would be competing in both Italian F4 and Euro 4 for Prema Racing for the coming season. [16] In the first half of the season, he only took one podium during the opening round in Imola, but was able to take his first win in a damp race in Paul Ricard. [17] [18] He earned three more podiums following that and placed sixth in the standings, missing out on the rookie title to Alex Powell by six points. [19] In Euro 4, Nakamura-Berta had a more successful campaign, racking up one win in Monza and ended third in the overall standings, as well as being the rookie champion. [20]

Formula One

In 2022, Nakamura-Berta became an Alpine Affiliate, and in 2023 he became a fully-fledged member of the Alpine Academy. [21]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2018Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Honda CadetProject One4th
2019LGM Series — IAME Cadet3rd
Kartmasters Grand Prix — Honda CadetProject One Racing2nd
Kartmasters Grand Prix — IAME CadetFusion Motorsport1st
British Kart Championship — IAME CadetFusion Motorsport3rd
British Kart Championship — Honda CadetProject One Racing2nd
IAME International Final — X30 Mini1st
WSK Open Cup — 60 MiniTony Kart Racing Team30th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini
2020 WSK Champions Cup - 60 MiniTeam Driver Racing Kart33rd
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini2nd
WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini2nd
WSK Open Cup — Mini13th
2021 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Forza Racing2nd
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 7th
WSK Euro Series — OKJ 55th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 37th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 1st
WSK Open Cup — OKJ 25th
WSK Final Cup — OK 14th
Champions of the Future — OKJ 17th
26° South Garda Winter Cup — OK Forza Racing1st
2022Champions of the Future - Winter Series — OK Kart Republic Motorsport3rd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 1st
CIK-FIA World Championship —31st
27° South Garda Winter Cup — KZ2 7th
2023 WSK Super Master Series — KZ2 Prema Racing 52nd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 5th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2 6th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 3rd
FIA Karting World Cup — KZ2 6th
WSK Open Series — KZ2 7th
Sources: [1] [22]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Prema Racing 60221486th
2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 1522371682nd
Italian F4 Championship Prema Racing 2110051706th
Euro 4 Championship 91113973rd
Sources: [1]

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011PosPoints
2023 Prema Racing ZZIC1
1
ZZIC1
2
ZZIC1
3
MAC
1
MAC
2
SEP1
1
5		 SEP1
2
6		 SEP1
3
2		 SEP2
1
4		 SEP2
2
Ret		 SEP2
3
14		6th48

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415DCPoints
2024 Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited YMC1
1
1		 YMC1
2
8		 YMC1
3
5		 YMC2
1
12		 YMC2
2
2		 YMC2
3
3		 DUB1
1
2		 DUB1
2
6		 DUB1
3
3		 YMC3
1
5		 YMC3
2
Ret		 YMC3
3
Ret		 DUB2
1
1		 DUB2
2
9		 DUB2
3
2		2nd168

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2024 Prema Racing MIS
1
8		 MIS
2
Ret		 MIS
3
3		 IMO
1
Ret		 IMO
2
5		 IMO
3
6		 VLL
1
Ret		 VLL
2
11		 VLL
3
8		 MUG
1
6		 MUG
2
15		 MUG
3
5		 LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
8		 LEC
3
1		 CAT
1
11		 CAT
2
4		 CAT
3
3		 MNZ
1
3		 MNZ
2
2		 MNZ
3
4		6th170

Complete Euro 4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789DCPoints
2024 Prema Racing MUG
1
4		 MUG
2
11		 MUG
3
4		 RBR
1
3		 RBR
2
7		 RBR
3
Ret		 MNZ
1
4		 MNZ
2
1		 MNZ
3
3		3rd97

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