Hibiki Taira
Hibiki Taira (平良 響, Taira Hibiki, born 11 July 2000) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in Super Formula Lights and Super GT. He was previously competed in 2020 F4 Japanese Championship and become the champion.
Hibiki Taira | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Okinawa, Japan | 11 June 2000
Super Formula Lights career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | TOM'S |
Car number | 35 |
Starts | 31 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 10 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Previous series | |
2021 2019-2020 | Super Formula Lights F4 Japanese Championship |
Championship titles | |
2020 | F4 Japanese Championship |
Career
Taira started professional racing in 2019, competed in F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit. He managed to claim 7th in the standings. He continues to race in the same series, but switched to the TGR-DC Racing School.[1] In that year, he wins the championship title with massive 10 wins.[2] The next season, Taira promoted to 2021 Super Formula Lights with TOM'S.[3] He managed to claim 5th in the standings. Also in 2021, he competed in Super GT with K-Tunes racing but for couple of races[4]
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2017-18 | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | Meritus.GP | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 6th |
2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | TOM'S Spirit | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 7th |
2020 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 270.5 | 1st |
2021 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41.5 | 5th |
Super GT - GT300 | K-Tunes Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24th | |
2022 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 5th |
Super GT - GT300 | apr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 22nd | |
2023 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2nd* |
Super GT - GT300 | muta Racing INGING | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30* | 2nd* | |
Super Taikyu - ST-X | Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing |
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 |
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2019 | TOM'S Spirit | OKA 1 4 |
OKA 2 8 |
FUJ1 1 7 |
FUJ1 2 4 |
SUZ 1 5 |
SUZ 2 5 |
FUJ2 1 23 |
FUJ2 2 4 |
AUT 1 12 |
AUT 2 32 |
SUG 1 5 |
SUG 2 3 |
MOT 1 5 |
MOT 2 Ret |
7th | 101 |
2020 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 3 |
FUJ1 2 1 |
FUJ1 3 1 |
SUZ 1 1 |
SUZ 2 1 |
SUZ 3 1 |
MOT 1 1 |
MOT 2 1 |
MOT 3 1 |
FUJ2 1 1 |
FUJ2 2 1 |
FUJ2 3 2 |
1st | 270.5 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | TOM'S | FUJ 1 4 |
FUJ 2 DNS |
FUJ 3 4 |
SUZ 1 5 |
SUZ 2 4 |
SUZ 3 3 |
AUT 1 4 |
AUT 2 4 |
AUT 3 C |
SUG 1 3 |
SUG 2 3 |
SUG 3 3 |
MOT 1 WD |
MOT 2 WD |
MOT 3 WD |
MOT 1 6 |
MOT 2 4 |
MOT 3 5 |
5th | 41.5 |
2022 | TOM'S | FUJ 1 3 |
FUJ 2 3 |
FUJ 3 1 |
SUZ 1 7 |
SUZ 2 4 |
SUZ 3 5 |
AUT 1 4 |
AUT 2 Ret |
AUT 3 5 |
SUG 1 2 |
SUG 2 4 |
SUG 3 2 |
MOT 1 10 |
MOT 2 1 |
MOT 3 7 |
OKA 1 6 |
OKA 2 6 |
OKA 3 5 |
5th | 62 |
2023 | TOM'S | AUT 1 2 |
AUT 2 6 |
AUT 3 2 |
SUG 1 1 |
SUG 2 1 |
SUG 3 12 |
SUZ 1 2 |
SUZ 2 2 |
SUZ 3 1 |
FUJ 1 3 |
FUJ 2 3 |
FUJ 3 2 |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
OKA 3 |
MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
MOT 3 |
1st* | 83* |
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 |
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2021 | K-Tunes Racing | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 6 |
FUJ 14 |
MOT 13 |
SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | FUJ | 25th | 4 |
2022 | apr | Toyota GR86 GT300 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 18 |
SUZ | FUJ 15 |
SUZ 3 |
SUG | AUT | MOT 10 |
22nd | 11 |
2023 | muta Racing Inging | Toyota GR86 GT300 | GT300 | OKA 18 |
FUJ 2 |
SUZ 2 |
FUJ |
SUZ |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
2nd* | 30* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- "Toyota junior Hibiki Taira starts Japanese F4 season on top at Fuji". Formula Scout. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- "Toyota junior Hibiki Taira takes Japanese F4 crown at Fuji". Formula Scout. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Toyota promotes Japanese F4 champion Hibiki Taira to SF Lights". Formula Scout. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- "Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener". motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
External links
- Hibiki Taira career summary at DriverDB.com