Seita Nonaka
Seita Nonaka (野中 誠太, Nonaka Seita, born 25 October 2000) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in F4 Japanese Championship & Super Formula Lights. He is the current 2021 F4 Japanese Championship title winner.
Career
Nonaka started racing in 2019 competed in F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit and managed to claimed 8th in his rookie season. He stays in the same series, but joined TGR-DC Racing School.[1] In that season, he claimed 3rd place in the final standings. Nonaka once again continues to compete in the same series for the third season for 2021 with the same team from 2020. That season he clinches the title from Rin Arakawa & Iori Kimura in the last round at Fuji Speedway.[2] In the same year of 2021, he competed in Super Formula Lights where he replaces Kazuto Kotaka who originally should compete in the series, but have to race in Super Formula with KCMG covered Kamui Kobayashi who can't compete in Japan due to travel restrictions.[3] Nonaka competed all but 1 from 6 rounds.
Racing Record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | TOM'S Spirit | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 8th |
| 2020 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 3rd |
| 2021 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 217 | 1st |
| Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 7th | |
| 2022 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 63 | 4th |
| Super GT - GT300 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya |
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | TOM'S Spirit | OKA 1 2 |
OKA 2 3 |
FUJ1 1 4 |
FUJ1 2 8 |
SUZ 1 35 |
SUZ 2 7 |
FUJ2 1 29 |
FUJ2 2 11 |
AUT 1 10 |
AUT 2 10 |
SUG 1 7 |
SUG 2 4 |
MOT 1 7 |
MOT 2 6 |
8th | 89 |
| 2020 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 2 |
FUJ1 2 3 |
FUJ1 3 2 |
SUZ 1 3 |
SUZ 2 4 |
SUZ 3 11 |
MOT 1 3 |
MOT 2 6 |
MOT 3 4 |
FUJ2 1 Ret |
FUJ2 2 5 |
FUJ2 3 7 |
3rd | 123 | ||
| 2021 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 3 |
FUJ1 2 1 |
SUZ 1 28 |
SUZ 2 7 |
MOT1 1 1 |
MOT1 2 1 |
MOT1 3 1 |
SUG 1 5 |
SUG 2 7 |
SUG 3 2 |
MOT2 1 4 |
MOT2 2 Ret |
FUJ2 1 1 |
FUJ2 2 1 |
1st | 217 |
References
- ^ "Toyota juniors fill 33-car grid for Japanese F4 opener". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Seita Nonaka crowned Japanese F4 champion in Fuji showdown". Formula Scout. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Nonaka to stand in for Kotaka at TOM'S in Super Formula Lights opener". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
External links
- Seita Nonaka career summary at DriverDB.com