Yuto Nomura (野村勇斗, Nomura Yuto, born 12 November 2005) is a Japanese racing driver who currently compete in competed in Super Formula Lights. He was also the current F4 Japanese Champion.
Career
Formula 4
Nomura made his formula racing debut in the French F4 Championship alongside his compatriot Souta Arao as part of winning the HRS Formula Scholarship.[1] Nomura won 2 races and got 2 podiums, but only managed to rack up 7th in the standings.[2] He was also a member of the Red Bull Junior Team for that season only. Nomura returned to Japan to compete in F4 Japanese Championship with Honda Formula Dreams Project, alongside Yusuke Mitsui & Tosei Moriyama. He claimed fourth in the standings with just a win and 8 podiums.[3] Nomura will race in the same series, but move to HFDP with B-Max Racing Team after the HFDP F4 team discontinued their running.[4][5] Nomura is also part of the Honda Formula Dream Project driver. Nomura wins the title from his teammate Ryota Horachi, with seven wins to his name, and clinch lots of podiums.
Super Formula Lights
After won the F4 Japan title, Nomura promoted to Super Formula Lights with HFDP with B-Max Racing Team.[6]
Super GT
GT300
Nomura will make GT300 debut with Team UpGarage alongside Takashi Kobayashi in 2025.[7]
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 7th |
| 2023 | F4 Japanese Championship | Honda Formula Dream Project | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 167 | 4th |
| 2024 | F4 Japanese Championship | HFDP with B-Max Racing Team | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 236 | 1st |
| 2025 | Super Formula Lights | HFDP with B-Max Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 2nd* |
| Super GT - GT300 | Team UpGarage |
Complete French F4 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | NOG 1 7 |
NOG 2 1 |
NOG 3 10 |
PAU 1 Ret |
PAU 2 DNS |
PAU 3 DNS |
MAG 1 9 |
MAG 2 1 |
MAG 3 Ret |
SPA 1 7 |
SPA 2 10 |
SPA 3 6 |
LÉD 1 5 |
LÉD 2 5 |
LÉD 3 Ret |
CRT 1 Ret |
CRT 2 6 |
CRT 3 4 |
LEC 1 9 |
LEC 2 7 |
LEC 3 11 |
7th | 100 |
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Honda Formula Dream Project | FUJ1 2 Ret |
FUJ1 1 2 |
SUZ1 1 3 |
SUZ1 2 3 |
FUJ2 1 2 |
FUJ2 2 3 |
SUZ2 1 3 |
SUZ2 2 2 |
SUG 1 1 |
SUG 2 24 |
AUT 1 6 |
AUT 2 5 |
MOT 1 Ret |
MOT 2 5 |
4th | 167 | |
| 2024 | HFDP with B-Max Racing Team | FUJ1 2 2 |
FUJ1 1 DNS |
SUZ1 1 1 |
SUZ1 2 1 |
FUJ2 1 3 |
FUJ2 2 8 |
SUG 1 7 |
SUG 2 4 |
AUT 1 C |
AUT 2 1 |
MOT 1 1 |
MOT 2 1 |
MOT 3 1 |
SUZ2 1 1 |
SUZ2 2 2 |
1st | 236 |
Complete Super Formula Lights 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 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | HFDP with B-Max Racing Team | SUZ 1 2 |
SUZ 2 2 |
SUZ 3 2 |
AUT 1 |
AUT 2 |
AUT 3 |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
OKA 3 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
SUG 3 |
FUJ 1 |
FUJ 2 |
FUJ 3 |
MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
MOT 3 |
2nd* | 21 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Team UpGarage | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA |
FUJ |
SEP |
FUJ |
SUZ |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "Red Bull to have five F1 juniors on 2022 F2 grid". .the-race.com. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Honda's Nomura wins on debut F4 weekend in reversed grid Nogaro race". Formula Scout. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Nomura and Urabe win but Mitsui takes Japanese F4 lead at Sugo". Formula Scout. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "'No Third Year' Battle ; Three HFDP Drivers Take on FIA-F4". Honda Racing. 19 June 2023.
- ^ "French F4 champion Taito Kato to race in FRegional with ART GP". fFormula Scout. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (10 January 2025). "Team UpGarage Reveals Switch to Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
External links
- Yuto Nomura career summary at DriverDB.com
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