Rafael Suzuki | |
---|---|
Nationality | Brazilian |
Born | São Paulo, Brazil | 13 August 1987
Stock Car Pro Series career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Pole Motorsport |
Car number | 8 |
Starts | 211 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 2 |
Poles | 1 |
Best finish | 6th in 2023 |
Previous series | |
2013 2012 2010, 2012 2008-09 2007-08 2007 | International GT Open Auto GP World Series All-Japan Formula Three Championship German Formula Three Championship Asian F3 Pacific Series Formula Three Sudamericana |
Rafael "Hideo" Suzuki (born 13 August 1987) is a Brazilian racing driver of Japanese descent who currently competes for Pole Motorsport in the Stock Car Pro Series, which he has raced in since 2014. He previously raced in a number of international Formula Three series, including the All-Japan Formula Three Championship and the German Formula Three Championship.
After a few indoor go-kart races, Rafael Suzuki started to compete at the age of 10 in 1998, and soon went to some wins and titles, building a successful career.
Season | Series | Team | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | F.Laps | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Formula São Paulo | Phebem Fórmula | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | 4 | 17th |
Formula 3 Sudamericana | Cesário Fórmula | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13th | |
2007–08 | Asian F3 Pacific Series | Team Goddard | 18 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 221 | 3rd |
2008 | German Formula 3 Championship | Performance Racing | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 7th |
2009 | German Formula 3 Championship | Performance Racing | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 4th |
HS Technik Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |||
Jenichen Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
2010 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | TOM'S | 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 78 | 3rd |
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 18th | ||
2012 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Toda Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 6th |
Auto GP World Series | Ombra Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17th | |
2013 | International GT Open - GTS | Bhai Tech Racing | 15 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 3rd |
Spanish GT Championship | Team Novadriver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |
2014 | Stock Car Brasil | ProGP | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.5 | 27th |
2015 | Stock Car Brasil | RZ Motorsport | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 27th |
2016 | Stock Car Brasil | Vogel Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 17th |
2017 | Stock Car Brasil | Cavaleiro Racing | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 18th |
2018 | Stock Car Brasil | Bardahl Hot Car | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 16th |
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | ArtLine Team Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |
2019 | Stock Car Brasil | Hot Car Competições | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 23rd |
Império Endurance Brasil - P1 | Power Imports Racing Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |
2020 | Stock Car Brasil | Full Time Bassani | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 172 | 14th |
Império Endurance Brasil - P1 | Power Imports Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |
Porsche Endurance Series - GT3 Cup | N/A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 192 | 3rd | |
2021 | Stock Car Pro Series | Full Time Bassani | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 16th |
Porsche Endurance Series - GT3 Cup | N/A | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 199 | 2nd | |
2022 | Stock Car Pro Series | Full Time Bassani | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 13th |
24H GT Series - 992 | Three Sixty Racing Team | ||||||||
2023 | Stock Car Pro Series | Pole Motorsport | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 263 | 6th |
TCR South America Touring Car Championship | PMO Motorsport [1] | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 331 | 6th | |
TCR World Tour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47th | ||
2024 | TCR South America Touring Car Championship | PMO - Full Time Sports |
Takuma Sato, nicknamed "Taku", is a Japanese professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 75 Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Sato is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, having won the event in 2017 and 2020. He was the first Asian driver to win the Indianapolis 500, and the twentieth driver to win the race more than once. Before winning the Indianapolis 500, Sato became the first Japanese-born driver to win an IndyCar Series race when he won the 2013 Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The Japanese Super Formula Championship is a formula racing series held primarily in Japan. It is considered to be the pinnacle of single-seater racing in Japan or Asia as a whole, making it one of the top motorsport series in the region. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and managed by Japan Race Promotion (JRP). As of 2024, Super Formula is the second fastest racing series in the world, after Formula One.
Ricardo Luiz Zonta is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 10 Toyota Corolla E210 for RCM Motorsport.
Alessandro Giuseppe "Alex" Caffi is an Italian racing driver, former Formula One driver, and team owner. He participated in 75 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 September 1986. In 2006 he raced in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired Formula One drivers. He currently serves as the team owner of NASCAR Whelen Euro Series team Academy Motorsport and had acted as an owner-driver during the team's previous guise as Alex Caffi Motorsport.
Kazuyoshi Hoshino is a Japanese former racing driver and businessman.
Mario Ermirio de Moraes Filho is a Brazilian professional race car driver. Moraes started his career in minor youth motorsports. In 2003 Moraes competed in American Formula Renault with World Speed Motorsports and won races against some competition such as Marco Andretti. In 2005 he drove for the Bassan Motorsport team in Formula Three Sudamericana and finished eighth. In 2006 he finished second in F3 Sudamericana, then moved to the British Formula Three National Class driving for Carlin Motorsport and earned several good finishes while not competing for series points. He finished in 14th place in the 2007 British Formula Three championship's Championship Class, again competing for Carlin.
Adrián Fernández Mier is a Mexican former professional race car driver and co-owner of the Fernandez Racing team.
Yuji Ide is a Japanese racing driver. He is the 2005 Formula Nippon runner-up and the 2010 Suzuka 1000km winner. He competed in Formula One with the Super Aguri team in 2006, but was demoted to third driver after four races and subsequently lost his FIA Super Licence.
Direxiv Co. Ltd. was a motorsports company that competed in Super GT and Formula Nippon. The company had links to the GP2 Series, then the feeder series for Formula One, and had submitted an entry to run a Formula One team in 2008.
Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing, Super Formula for Kids com Team KCMG, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 50 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing. He also serves as team principal for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe for their FIA World Endurance Championship team. Kobayashi previously competed in Formula One, Formula E, the GP2 Series, and the GP2 Asia Series. He became champion of the FIA World Endurance Championship alongside co-drivers Mike Conway and José María López in the 2019–20 season and in 2021, where he also won the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Rodrigo Sperafico is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil series. He belongs to the Sperafico family of racing drivers, which includes twin brother Ricardo, along with cousins Alexandre and the late Rafael.
Jérôme d’Ambrosio is a Belgian former professional racing driver, motorsport executive and Driver Development Director at Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. He was formerly the Team Principal of Venturi Racing in Formula E.
Roberto Merhi Muntan, is a Spanish racing driver who previously competed in Formula E for Mahindra Racing and who drove in Formula One. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racing, and won the Formula 3 Euro Series championship, while driving for Prema Powerteam. In 2018, he drove for MP Motorsport and Campos Vexatec Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. Since 2019, he has competed in sportscar racing, including finishing third in the 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series. In May 2023, it was announced he would drive for Mahindra Racing from the 2023 Jakarta ePrix.
João Paulo Lima de Oliveira is a Brazilian professional racing driver currently competing in the Japanese Super GT series and in the FIA World Endurance Championship driving for the Vanwall Racing Team. He won the Super GT GT300 class championship in both 2020 and 2022 and the Formula Nippon championship in 2010.
Kazuya Oshima is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series and the Super Formula Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing and ROOKIE Racing.
The 2010 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 32nd edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It commenced on April 17 at Suzuka and ended on October 17 at Autopolis after 16 races held at eight race meetings.
Luís Felipe "Pipo" Derani is a Brazilian race car driver who is currently driving a Cadillac prototype for Action Express Racing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and is an overall winner of the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2023 12 Hours of Sebring. Pipo is the son of the late Walter Derani and younger brother of Rafael Derani, both well-known Brazilian racing drivers.
Nobuharu Matsushita is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT for ARTA and Super Formula for TGM Grand Prix.
Igor Omura Fraga is a Japanese-born Brazilian racing driver, esports player, and former member of the Red Bull Junior Team. He currently competes in the 2024 Super GT Series for Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage in the GT300 class, and is a reserve driver for Nakajima Racing in the Super Formula Championship. He was the 2020 Toyota Racing Series champion, winning the title by six points ahead of Liam Lawson. Fraga also currently serves as the esports ambassador for the Super Formula Championship.
Rafael Chaves Câmara is a Brazilian racing driver who is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He is set to compete in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship, driving for Prema Racing.