Yuga Furutani

Yuga Furutani
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (2000-06-09) 9 June 2000 (age 24)
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2023
Current teamArnage Racing
Car number50
Starts7
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish23rd in 2023
Super Formula Lights career
Debut season2022
Current teamTOM'S
Car number37
Starts36
Wins0
Podiums8
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish6th in 2022
Previous series
2020-22
2020-21

2020		Super Taikyū
Formula Regional Japanese Championship
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2021Formula Regional Japanese Championship

Yuga Furutani (古谷悠河, Furutani Yūga, born 9 June 2000) is a Japanese racing driver who most recently competed in Super GT for Anest Iwata Racing and in Super Formula Lights for TOM'S. He was the champion of the Formula Regional Japanese Championship in 2021.

Career

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F4 Japanese & Formula Regional Japanese Championship

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Furutani started his formula racing career in 2020, where he competed in both F4 Japanese Championship, and Formula Regional Japanese Championship with TOM'S Youth respectively for both series.[1][2] Even though his debut in F4 Japan didn't go well with 5 points, and 16th in the standings, his results in Formula Regional Japanese were better as he racked up runners up in the standings just losing out to Sena Sakaguchi who won all but three races. He took no wins, but grabbed 11 podiums throughout the season. In 2021 Furutani continued to compete in Formula Regional Japanese Championship with the same team.[3] He clinched the title ahead of the only other full time driver in the series, apart from the masterclass group, Ai Miura. He managed to win 4 races, and get 10 podiums that season.[citation needed]

Super Formula Lights & Super GT - GT300

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In 2022 Furutani stepped up to Super Formula Lights with TOM'S again, with Kazuto Kotaka, Hibiki Taira, and Seita Nonaka.[4] Furutani achieved a couple of podiums in his debut season, and grabbed sixth in the standings ahead of Togo Suganami. In 2023 Furutani once again stayed in the series with the same team, and also made his debut also in the GT3000 class of the Super GT Series with Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage where he partnered with Igor Fraga & Miki Koyama as the third driver.[5][6] In Super Formula Lights, even tho he managed to clinch 3 podiums in a row in Autopolis. After that he did not achieve as much as he only managed to score a couple of points and 8th in the standings just barely beating David Vidales who missed the last round to mechanical failure. Furutani stayed for another year again.[7]

Personal life

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Furutani currently attends Waseda University. His father, Hideaki, is the owner and team principal of Hiroshima Toyopet Racing, which Furutani drove for in Super Taikyū between 2020 and 2022.[8]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 F4 Japanese Championship TOM'S Youth 12 0 0 0 0 5 16th
Formula Regional Japanese Championship 14 0 2 4 11 223 2nd
Super Taikyū - ST-5 Hiroshima Toyopet Racing 5 0 0 0 0 21‡ 10th‡
2021 Formula Regional Japanese Championship TOM'S Youth 13 4 3 7 10 240 1st
Super Taikyū - ST-Z Hiroshima Toyopet Racing 5 0 0 0 1 35‡ 10th‡
2022 Super Formula Lights TOM'S 18 0 0 0 5 45 6th
Super Taikyū - ST-Z Hiroshima Toyopet Racing 6 0 0 0 3 78‡ 6th‡
Super Taikyū - ST-5 1 0 0 0 0 8.5‡ 12th‡
2023 Super Formula Lights TOM'S 18 0 0 0 3 24 8th
Super GT - GT300 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage 8 0 0 0 2 34 8th
2024 Super Formula Lights TOM'S 12 0 0 0 2 23 7th
Super GT - GT300 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage 4 0 0 0 0 0 NA
Super Taikyu - ST-5 Maple Hiroshima Racing Team
Ferrari Challenge Japan Ferrari Japan

‡ Team standings

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results

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(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 Pos Points
2020 TOM'S Youth FUJ1
1
4 		FUJ1
2
5 		FUJ1
3
4 		SUG
1
2 		SUG
2
3 		SUG
3
3 		FUJ2
1
3 		FUJ2
2
2 		MOT
1
2 		MOT
2
2 		OKA
1
2 		OKA
2
2 		AUT
1
2 		AUT
2
2 		2nd 223
2021 TOM'S Youth OKA
1
2 		OKA
2
2 		OKA
3
2 		MOT
1
2 		MOT
2
1 		MOT
3
2 		FUJ
1
1 		FUJ
2
4 		FUJ
3
2 		SUG
1
1 		SUG
2
5 		SUZ
1
5 		SUZ
2
1 		1st 240

Complete Super Formula Lights results

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(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
2022 TOM'S FUJ
1
7 		FUJ
2
7 		FUJ
3
9 		SUZ
1
4 		SUZ
2
3 		SUZ
3
3 		AUT
1
8 		AUT
2
2 		AUT
3
7 		SUG
1
5 		SUG
2
2 		SUG
3
4 		MOT
1
4 		MOT
2
5 		MOT
3
3 		OKA
1
7 		OKA
2
5 		OKA
3
6 		6th 45
2023 TOM'S AUT
1
3 		AUT
2
3 		AUT
3
3 		SUG
1
Ret 		SUG
2
8 		SUG
3
7 		SUZ
1
7 		SUZ
2
4 		SUZ
3
8 		FUJ
1
9 		FUJ
2
Ret 		FUJ
3
6 		OKA
1
6 		OKA
2
6 		OKA
3
7 		MOT
1
6 		MOT
2
8 		MOT
3
5 		8th 24
2024 TOM'S AUT
1
6 		AUT
2
5 		AUT
3
4 		SUG
1
5 		SUG
2
6 		SUG
3
6 		FUJ
1
3 		FUJ
2
7 		FUJ
3
4 		OKA
1
7 		OKA
2
3 		OKA
3
9 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
3 		MOT
1 		MOT
2 		MOT
3 		7th* 23*

Complete Super GT Results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2023 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA
12 		FUJ
14 		SUZ
17 		FUJ
19 		SUZ
10 		SUG
7 		AUT
11 		MOT
17 		23rd 5
2024 Arnage Racing OKA
17 		FUJ
14 		SUZ
14 		FUJ
20 		SUZ
18 		SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 NC* 0*

References

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  1. ^ "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP | 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第1/2/3戦 富士大会エントリーリスト". fiaf4.jp. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ "フォーミュラリージョナル ジャパニーズチャンピオンシップ 開幕戦富士大会 エントリーリスト" (PDF). fia-fr.jp (in Japanese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Deloitte2022". SUEPR FORMULA LIGHTS (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Enzo Trulli lands TOM'S Super Formula Lights drive". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage Introduces All-Rookie Crew For Their Lexus RC F GT3". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Kaylen Frederick moves across to SF Lights after three years in FIA F3". formulascout. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  8. ^ CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR (29 October 2020). "一緒に広島を盛り上げましょう！（広島トヨペットHIROSHIMA TOYOPET RACING）～スーパー耐久第2戦現地レポート～". GAZOO.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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