Yuta Fujiwara
Japanese racing driver (born 2006)
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Yuta Fujiwara (藤原 優汰, Fujiwara Yūta; born 15 February 2006 in Sakai) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing for Pacific Racing Team in the GT300 class of Super GT. He also competes in professional drifting in the D1 Grand Prix series.[1]
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| Yuta Fujiwara | |
|---|---|
Fujiwara in 2024 | |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 15 February 2006 Sakai, Japan |
| Super GT – GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | Pacific Racing Team |
| Car number | 9 |
| Starts | 5 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | NC in 2024 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2022–2023 | Formula Regional Japanese Championship F4 Japanese Championship |
Career
In 2022, Fujiwara made his single-seater debut in the F4 Japanese Championship for Bionic Jack Racing.[2] Despite a mid-season switch to Akiland Racing, Fujiwara only scored a best result of 11th at Autopolis and ended the season 22nd in the points with no points.[3]
In 2023, Fujiwara stayed with Akiland Racing for his sophomore season in the F4 Japanese Championship.[4] In the season opening race at Fuji, Fujiwara finished tenth to score his maiden points in the championship.[5] Following three score-less rounds, Fujiwara returned to the points at Sugo, by finishing sixth in race two.[6] He finished 17th in the standings on nine points.[7]
After passing the 2024 Super GT pre-season rookie test,[8] Fujiwara was announced to be joining Pacific Racing Team as its third driver alongside Ryohei Sakaguchi and Yusuke Tomibayashi.[9] On his debut at Fuji, Fujiwara finished 12th, which would be his best result of the season.[10] During 2024, Fujiwara returned to Akiland Racing to compete in the first round of the newly-created F110 Cup at Okayama. He took both poles, fastest laps and wins to score maximum points from the two races.[11][12][13] Also during 2024, Fujiwara made his Formula Regional debut in the final round of the 2024 Formula Regional Japanese Championship at Fuji Speedway for Rn-sports.[14] Fujiwara finished sixth on debut and scored his first top-five in race two.[15] Alongside his rookie campaign in Super GT, Fujiwara made his D1GP Lights debut and took his first solo-run win at the third round of the season.[16]
The following year, Fujiwara returned to Pacific Racing Team as their third driver for the 2025 season, scoring a best result of 17th at Motegi in his third race of the season.[17] During 2025, Fujiwara also raced part-time in the ST-4 class of Super Taikyu for Overdrive Racing,[18] scoring a lone class win at Suzuka and helping the team secure fourth in points.[19] In 2026, Fujiwara will continue to drive with Pacific Racing Team as he will make his full-time debut in Super GT,[20] as well as returning to Over Drive to race in the ST-4 class of Super Taikyu.[21]
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Micro Max | K-TEC with Peter Pan | 3rd |
| Rotax Max Challenge Japan Mizunami Series – Micro Max | 1st | ||
| Rotax Max Festival Japan – Micro Max | 5th | ||
| 2016 | Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Mini Max | K-TEC with Peter Pan | 1st |
| Rotax Max Challenge Japan Mizunami Series – Mini Max | 1st | ||
| Rotax Max Festival Japan – Mini Max | 1st | ||
| Rotax Challenge Grand Finals – Mini Max | Eiko Japan | 32nd | |
| 2017 | Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Junior Max | K-TEC with Peter Pan | 5th |
| Rotax Max Challenge Japan Mizunami Series – Junior Max | 5th | ||
| Rotax Max Festival Japan – Junior Max | 3rd | ||
| 2018 | Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Junior Max | K-TEC with Peter Pan | 13th |
| Rotax Max Challenge Japan Mizunami Series – Junior Max | 3rd | ||
| Rotax Max Festival Japan – Junior Max | NC | ||
| 2019 | Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Senior Max | KP Buzz | 3rd |
| 2020 | Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Senior Max | K-TEC with Peter Pan | 154th |
| Sources:[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | F4 Japanese Championship | Bionic Jack Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd |
| Akiland Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | F4 Japanese Championship | Akiland Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT300 | Pacific Racing Team | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| F110 Cup | Akiland Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 2nd | |
| Formula Regional Japanese Championship | Rn-sports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19th | |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT300 | Pacific Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Super Taikyu - ST-4 | Over Drive | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 97.5‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2026 | Super GT – GT300 | Pacific Racing Team | |||||||
| Super Taikyu - ST-4 | Over Drive | ||||||||
| Sources:[22][32] | |||||||||
‡ Team standings
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bionic Jack Racing | FUJ1 1 20 |
FUJ1 2 17 |
SUZ1 1 23 |
SUZ1 2 22 |
FUJ2 1 Ret |
FUJ2 2 22 |
22nd | 0 | ||||||||
| Akiland Racing | SUZ2 1 25 |
SUZ2 2 14 |
SUG 1 19 |
SUG 2 20 |
AUT 1 14 |
AUT 2 11 |
MOT 1 14 |
MOT 2 13 | |||||||||
| 2023 | Akiland Racing | FUJ1 2 10 |
FUJ1 1 14 |
SUZ1 1 13 |
SUZ1 2 12 |
FUJ2 1 12 |
FUJ2 2 14 |
SUZ2 1 12 |
SUZ2 2 12 |
SUG 1 Ret |
SUG 2 6 |
AUT 1 15 |
AUT 2 13 |
MOT 1 34 |
MOT 2 13 |
17th | 9 |
Complete Super GT results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pacific Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 12 |
SUZ 17 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ | SUG 20 |
AUT | MOT 17 |
NC | 0 | |
| 2025 | Pacific Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 18 |
SEP | FS1 | FS2 | SUZ | SUG | AUT 23 |
MOT 17 |
NC | 0 |
| 2026 | Pacific Racing Team | BMW M4 GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA | FUJ |
SEP |
FUJ |
SUZ |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)