Teppei Natori

Teppei Natori (Japanese: 名取鉄平, Tepupii Natori; born 11 September 2000) is a Japanese racing driver.

Teppei Natori
Natori in 2019
Nationality Japan
Born (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000
Tokyo, Japan
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamCarlin Buzz Motorsport
Car number29
Starts15
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish24th in 2019 in
Previous series
2017-18
2019		F4 Japanese Championship
Euroformula Open Championship

Career

Karting

Natori started karting in 2014 when he was 14. He finished 6th in the ROK Cup International Final.

Japanese F4

In 2017 Natori made his single seater debut with Buzz International in the Japanese F4 series[1]. He finished three of the four races he competed at in the points, gaining him 14 points and 13th in the standings. In 2018 Natori got a full-time drive with the Honda Formula Dream Project where he would finish on the podium eleven times, three of those times being wins. Natori finished runner up to teammate and Red Bull Junior driver Yuki Tsunoda.

Euroformula Open Championship

In 2019 Natori drove for Carlin in the Euroformula Open Championship. He finished on the podium 3 times and at the 2nd race in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Natori took pole, fastest lap and the race win. The only other driver to do this that season was the champion, Marino Sato.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Following his Japanese F4 success, Natori re-joined Carlin Buzz for the 2019 FIA F3 season[2]. Natori finished the season with one point after an 8th place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 F4 Japanese Championship Buzz International 4 0 0 0 0 14 13th
2018 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 4 4 1 11 231 2nd
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 16 0 0 0 0 1 24th
Euroformula Open Championship Carlin 13 1 2 1 3 115 6th
Euroformula Open Winter Series 2 0 0 0 2 30 3rd

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2019 Carlin Buzz Racing CAT
FEA
24		 CAT
SPR
15		 LEC
FEA
Ret		 LEC
SPR
Ret		 RBR
FEA
Ret		 RBR
SPR
22		 SIL
FEA
25		 SIL
SPR
16		 HUN
FEA
20		 HUN
SPR
Ret		 SPA
FEA
11		 SPA
SPR
8		 MNZ
FEA
11		 MNZ
SPR
29†		 SOC
FEA
20		 SOC
SPR
19		 24th 1

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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References
  1. "2017 FIA-F4 Championship 5th / 6th Autopolis Round entry list". fiaf4.jp. F4 Japanese Championship. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. "Carlin announce title partner 'Buzz' and Natori in 2019 FIA Formula 3". carlin.co.uk. Carlin Motorsport. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.


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