Nirei Fukuzumi

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Nirei Fukuzumi at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2018

Nirei Fukuzumi ( Japanese 福 住 仁 嶺 , Fukuzumi Nirei ; born January 24, 1997 ) is a Japanese automobile racing driver . He will start in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and Super Formula in 2018 .

Career

Fukuzumi began his motorsport career in karting in 2010 , where he remained active until 2013. In 2014 he made his debut in formula racing and immediately won the Japanese Formula 4 West Championship . In 2015 Fukuzumi was signed by Honda and received a cockpit from their team, HFDP Racing, in the Japanese Formula 3 championship . At the second event in Motegi , he led every lap, winning both races. He finished the season in fourth place. In addition, he made a guest start in the Super GT for the Autobacs Racing Team Aguri and thus took part in a GT race for the first time.

In 2016 Fukuzumi switched to the GP3 series at ART Grand Prix in Europe with the support of Honda . He was on the podium three times, with a second place being his best result. He finished seventh in the drivers' championship, while his team-mate Charles Leclerc took overall victory. For the 2017 GP3 series , Fukuzumi stayed at ART Grand Prix. During the season he won two races and was third in the overall championship standings with 134 points.

In 2018 Fukuzumi competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with BWT Arden , where he finished 17th at the end of the season. At the same time, he started in the Japanese Super Formula , in which he will also compete in 2019.

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the Japanese Formula 3 championship

year team engine 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th Points rank
2015 HFDP Racing Honda JapanJapan SUZ JapanJapan MO1 JapanJapan OK1 JapanJapan FU1 JapanJapan OK2 JapanJapan FU2 JapanJapan MO2 JapanJapan SUG 72 4th
5 7th 4th 4th 2 7th 5 5 4th 4th 5 2 3 1 1 3 5

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2016 ART Grand Prix SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA MalaysiaMalaysia MAS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 91 7th
3 13 7th DNF 11 7th 4th 4th DNF 11 DNF 15th 5 DNF 7th 2 5 3
2017 ART Grand Prix SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SpainSpain ESP United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     134 3.
1 6th 3 3 DNF 16 2 DNF 3 4th DNS C. 1 5 15th 14th    

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 Points rank
2018 BWT Arden BahrainBahrain BRN AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON FranceFrance FRA AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 17th 17th
18th 8th 13 12 11 DNF 10 11 * 9 12 9 9 DNF DNS 10 6th DNF 17th 14th 13 8th 7th DNF 12
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b R.J. O'Connell: Nirei Fukuzumi joins ART for rookie GP3 campaign. paddockscout.com, February 12, 2016, accessed on February 12, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Fukuzumi upstages Japanese F3 title fight with Motegi double. paddockscout.com, August 23, 2015, accessed February 12, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Chloe Hewitt: ART GP sign Honda-backed Nirei Fukuzumi for GP3 campaign. thecheckeredflag.co.uk, January 12, 2016, accessed January 12, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Jamie Klein: Matsushita, Fukuzumi retained by ART for 2017. motorsport.com, February 13, 2017, accessed on February 25, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ Rachit Thukral: Honda protege Fukuzumi to combine Formula 2, Super Formula in 2018. autosport.com, January 12, 2018, accessed on April 30, 2018 (English).
  6. ↑ Peter Allen: Matsushita back to F2 with Carlin, Makino and Fukuzumi set for Super Formula. Formula Scout, November 26, 2018, accessed on December 9, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Fukuzumi, Nirei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 福 住 仁 嶺 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese automobile racer
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1997