Anna Inotsume (猪爪 杏奈, Inotsume Anna, born 15 February 1995) is a Japanese racing driver who is currently competing in the 2025 Formula Regional Japanese Championship.
Career
Formula Regional
Inotsume involved in her first formula racing in 2023, as he competed in Formula Regional Japanese Championship with Bionic Jack Racing for Fuji Speedway round.[1] Inotsume would make her first full season debut in the series for 2024 as she race with HELM Motorsports.[2] She clinched her first podium in Fuji as she finished second.[3] She would continue again to her second full season for 2025.[4]
Super Taikyu
Inotsume would racing in Super Taikyu in 2018 as she race in ST-5 class with Love Drive Racing. Then she returns in 2020, but with Nihon Automobile College as she race to 2021. She then race in ST-2 class with Claris Racing in 2022. For 2023 she did a round for Birth Racing Project to race in Fuji 24 Hours. Inotsume would make her full season in ST-X with Birth Racing Project as well for 2024.[5]
Racing record
Racing career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Super Taikyu - ST-5 | Love Drive Racing with NATS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.5‡ | 9th‡ |
2018–19 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 | R24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | NC |
2020 | Super Taikyu - ST-5 | Nihon Automobile College | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.5‡ | 6th‡ |
2021 | TCR Japan - Saturday Series | Dome Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11th |
TCR Japan - Sunday Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11th | ||
Super Taikyu - ST-5 | Nihon Automobile College | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 70‡ | 3rd‡ | |
2022 | TCR Japan Touring Car Series | Dome Racing | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 153 | 2nd |
Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Claris Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27‡ | 7th‡ | |
2023 | TCR Japan Touring Car Series | Hagoromo 6 DOME RACING | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 126 | 1st |
Formula Regional Japanese Championship | Bionic Jack Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 16th | |
Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Birth Racing Project 【BRP】 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.5‡ | 6th‡ | |
2024 | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | HELM Motorsports | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 7th |
Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Birth Racing Project 【BRP】 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53.5‡ | 9th‡ | |
2025 | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | TBA | |||||||
Ref:[6][7] |
Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship 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 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Bionic Jack Racing | FUJ1 1 |
FUJ1 2 |
FUJ1 3 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
OKA 3 |
MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
MOT 3 |
FUJ2 1 5 |
FUJ2 2 4 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
SUG 3 |
16th | 11 |
2024 | HELM Motorsports | SUZ 1 6 |
SUZ 2 Ret |
SUZ 3 6 |
SUG 1 6 |
SUG 2 7 |
OKA 1 5 |
OKA 2 6 |
OKA 3 5 |
MOT 1 Ret |
MOT 2 5 |
FUJ1 1 2 |
FUJ1 2 5 |
FUJ2 1 10 |
FUJ2 2 10 |
7th | 98 | ||
2025 | TBA | OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
OKA 3 |
FUJ1 1 |
FUJ1 2 |
SUZ1 1 |
SUZ1 2 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
SUG 3 |
FUJ2 1 |
FUJ2 2 |
SUZ2 1 |
SUZ2 2 |
SUZ2 3 |
References
- ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "ユピテルが「2024 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」に参戦!". yupiteru.co.jp. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (14 September 2024). "Toyota junior Sano wins on debut, Sauter clinches FRJC title at Fuji". Formula Scout. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "年間参戦スケジュール". Anna Inotsume. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ O'Connell, RJ (21 March 2024). "Asian News Notebook: Super GT, Japan Cup & GT World Challenge Asia". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Three Hondas added to TCR Japan season opener grid". TouringCarTimes. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Asian Le Mans Series Confirm Boost In Early Entries For 2018/19 Season". Dailysportscar. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
External links
- Anna Inotsume career summary at DriverDB.com
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