Ayumu Iwasa

Ayumu Iwasa
Ayumu Iwasa
Nationality	Japanese
Born	22 September 2001; Osaka, Japan
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Hitech Grand Prix
Car number	11
Starts	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2020 ; 2017–18 ; 2017	French F4 Championship ; Japanese F4 Championship ; Asian Formula Renault Series
Championship titles
2020	French F4 Championship

Ayumu Iwasa (born 22 September 2001) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in FIA F3 and Asian F3, both with Hitech Grand Prix. He is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.

Career

Karting

Iwasa started karting in 2005 karting in Japan and started it competitively in 2014 . Some of his notable campaigns were winning the 2015 Suzuka Karting Championship Yamaha-SS Class and becoming champion of the Suzuka Karting Championship x-30 class. Iwasa also competed in the JAF Junior Karting Championship FP in the junior class during his karting career.

Lower formulae

Iwasa made his single-seater debut in 2017 in the F4 Japanese Championship competing in two races for B-Max Racing, finishing 15th in both of them. That year he also took part in two races of the Asian Formula Renault Series. He took pole for both races and finished both races in second place. In 2018 he made another cameo appearance in Japanese F4, driving for Rn-Sports, as he scored points in the first race. In that year Iwasa also finished third in the final round of the JAF F4 Suzuka series.

Iwasa did his first full season of car racing in the Suzuka Racing School's Single Seater Series in 2019, where he won the title.

In 2020 he was made a Honda Junior Driver. It would be the Japanese driver's best season yet as he competing in 2020 French Formula 4, he dominated the series, taking five pole positions, nine wins and 15 podium finishes overall.

FIA Formula 3

In 2021 Iwasa is set to compete in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech GP alongside fellow Red Bull Junior Jak Crawford and Roman Stanek.[1] He will also race in the Asian F3 Championship with the same team.

Red Bull

Along with the move to Hitech, Iwasa was officially announced as a Red Bull Junior.[2]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	F/Laps	Poles	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	Japanese F4 Championship	B-Max Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	28th
2017	Asian Formula Renault	Asia Racing Team	2	0	1	2	2	48	13th
2018	Japanese F4 Championship	Rn-Sports	2	0	0	0	0	8	17th
2020	French F4 Championship	N/A	21	9	7	5	15	338	1st
2021	F3 Asian Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	6	0	0	0	0	43	7th*
2021	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Hitech Grand Prix

^* Season still in progress.

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	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2021	Hitech Grand Prix	CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	COA 1	COA 2	COA 3

References

Wood, Elliot (2021-01-15). "New Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa to race in Asian and FIA F3 for Hitech". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
"Ayumu Iwasa". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hadrien David	French F4 Championship Champion 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] Wood, Elliot (2021-01-15). "New Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa to race in Asian and FIA F3 for Hitech". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

[2] "Ayumu Iwasa". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.