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B-Max Racing Team

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B-Max Racing
Founded2010
BaseAyase, Kanagawa
Founder(s)Ryūji Kumita
Current series
Former series
Current drivers

B-Max Racing Co., Ltd also known as B-Max Racing Team and B-Max Engineering is a Japanese race car constructor and racing team headquartered in Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan.

History

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Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. established the race division "B-Max Engineering" in 2009, and started participating in Super FJ and Porsche Carrera Cup Japan in 2010. Since then, the participation category has been expanded. Ryūji Kumita, the president and team representative, competes in the race himself under the pseudonym "Dragon".

In 2014, the team name was changed to "B-Max Racing Team" (Vehicle Division). In addition, B-Max Racing participate in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship.[1] In November 2017, spun off from Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. as B-MAX RACING Co., Ltd.[2]

Super Formula

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The team have also participated in Super Formula Championship from 2017 with Takashi Kogure their first driver.[3] In 2019, they participated in Super Formula with two cars, in collaboration with the German racing team Motopark Academy.[4] For 2021, B-Max & Motopark ended their partnership, and the team did not race for first round of the season. Nobuharu Matsushita: joined B-Max Racing from the second round at Suzuka. He was initially denied an engine lease from Honda, after signing a factory racing contract with Nissan in the Super GT Series. This prevented him from racing in the opening round at Fuji. Honda would reverse their decision after Masaya Nagai replaced Hiroshi Shimizu as the Director of Motorsport at Honda.[5] They planned to enter two cars, after running just one car for Nobuharu Matsushita in 2021. They confirmed on 4 March that they would continue to run one car, after a failed attempt to enter a non-Japanese driver in their second car, as 2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship champion Kyffin Simpson declined the opportunity offered by Honda Performance Development (Honda's United States motorsport operation, which supplies engines to the Formula 4 United States and Formula Regional Americas championships) to the series champion because of pandemic-related restrictions. [6] Raoul Hyman was awarded a Honda Super Formula scholarship for winning the 2022 Formula Regional Americas Championship title, and drove for B-Max Racing. The team is currently scheduled to downsize from running two cars in 2023 to a single-car entry in 2024, to be piloted by reigning Super Formula Lights champion Iori Kimura.[7]

Super GT

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B-Max Racing venture in Super GT started in 2014 where they are set up with NDDP Racing which is the NISMO Nissan Driver Academy as they discontinued their partnership with Nova Engineering. Kazuki Hoshino as the leading senior driver, he has partnered up with Lucas Ordóñez, and Jann Mardenborough who won the Nissan Gran Turismo Academy. Mitsunori Takaboshi raced as well for two seasons. In 2018 NDDP Racing moved up to the GT500 class, entering as NDDP Racing with B-Max. They take the place of MOLA, who withdrew from the series at the end of 2017.[8][9] B-Max formed an all-new driver lineup: Kohei Hirate transferred to Nissan and secured his return to GT500 after a seventeen-year association with Toyota, while former Honda GT500 driver Frédéric Makowiecki returned to the series for the first time since 2014.[10] For 2020 Katsumasa Chiyo, who raced full-time in the Intercontinental GT Challenge for Nissan in 2019, returns to GT500 on a full-time basis at NDDP Racing with B-Max, replacing Makowiecki.[11] In 2022, NISMO takes over the NDDP Team, thus ends B-Max Racing program in Super GT.


B-MAX NDDP GT-R in 2017.

Current series results

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Super Formula

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Year Chassis Engine Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. Pts
2017 Dallara SF14 Honda HR-414E I4 t Japan Takashi Kogure 7 0 0 0 0 0 18th 11th 0
2018 Dallara SF14 Honda HR-414E I4 t Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 6 0 0 0 0 0 18th 11th 0
2019 Dallara SF19 Honda HR-417E I4 t Austria Lucas Auer 7 0 0 1 1 14 9th 8th 20
United Kingdom Harrison Newey 7 0 0 0 1 6 15th
2020 Dallara SF19 Honda HR-417E I4 t Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 4 0 0 0 1 16 15th 9th 16
Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara 1 0 1 0 0 3 20th
France Charles Milesi 3 0 0 0 0 0 21st
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi 1 0 0 0 0 0 26th
Japan Teppei Natori 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 Dallara SF19 Honda HR-417E I4 t Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 6 0 1 0 2 33.5 8th 8th 29.5
2022 Dallara SF19 Honda HR-417E I4 t Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 10 1 0 0 1 21 13th 9th 21
2023 Dallara SF23 Honda HR-417E I4 t Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 9 0 0 0 0 4 19th 12th 4
United Kingdom Raoul Hyman 9 0 0 0 0 0 25th

In detail

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T.C. Points
2017 SUZ OKA OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 11th 0
Japan Takashi Kogure 15 18 15 13 17 12 14 C C
2018 SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 11th 0
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 14 C Ret 17 19 15 10
2019 SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 8th 20
Austria Lucas Auer 7 11 3 Ret 7 5 11
United Kingdom Harrison Newey Ret 17 Ret 16 19 3 20
2020 MOT OKA SUG AUT SUZ SUZ FUJ 9th 16
Japan Teppei Natori DNS
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi 14
Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Ret
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 6 Ret 14 3
France Charles Milesi 15 11 13 DNS
2021 FUJ SUZ AUT SUG MOT MOT SUZ 8th 29.5
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 13 3‡ 4 3 7 12
2022 FUJ FUJ SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT MOT SUZ SUZ 9th 21
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita Ret 19 1 10 Ret Ret 11 11 17 Ret
2023 FUJ FUJ SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT SUZ SUZ 12th 4
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 13 12 12 Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 7
United Kingdom Raoul Hyman 16 18 18 17 18 Ret 15 21 18

Super Formula Lights

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2020 Dallara 320-Volkswagen Japan Sena Sakaguchi 17 4 5 2 16 116 2nd N/A
Japan Yoshiaki Katayama 5 0 0 0 1 10 6th
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi 3 0 0 0 0 8 7th
Japan Mizuki Ishizaka 2 0 0 0 0 3 11th
Japan "Dragon" 17 0 0 0 0 2 12th
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 3 0 0 0 0 2 13th
Japan Masami Kageyama 2 0 0 0 0 1 14th
Japan Sakon Yamamoto 3 0 0 0 0 0 16th
Japan Satoshi Motoyama 3 0 0 0 0 0 17th
Japan Nobuhiro Imada 9 0 0 0 0 0 18th
Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 8 0 0 0 0 0 19th
Japan Takashi Hata 6 0 0 0 0 0 20th
2021 Dallara 320-Spiess Japan Nobuhiro Imada 17 0 0 0 0 1 10th 2nd
Japan "Dragon" 17 0 0 0 0 0 12th
Japan Miki Koyama 3 0 0 0 0 0 13th
Japan "Syuji" 8 0 0 0 0 0 14th
Japan Takashi Hata 6 0 0 0 0 0 17th
2022 Dallara 320-Spiess Japan Iori Kimura 18 3 2 6 9 85 3rd 3rd
Japan Togo Suganami 18 0 0 0 1 25 7th
Japan "Dragon" 18 0 0 0 0 1 11th
Japan Nobuhiro Imada 18 0 0 0 0 1 12th
Spain Roberto Merhi 3 0 0 0 0 0 14th
2023 Dallara 320-Spiess Japan Iori Kimura 18 6 4 8 12 113 1st 1st
Brazil Igor Fraga 18 1 1 1 7 62 4th
Japan Togo Suganami 9 2 0 1 4 39 6th
Spain David Vidales 15 0 0 0 1 19 9th
Japan Nobuhiro Imada 15 0 0 0 0 0 12th
Japan Takashi Hata 10 0 0 0 0 0 14th
Dallara 320-TOMEI Japan "Dragon" 18 0 0 0 0 0 13th
2024 Dallara 324-TOM'S United States Kaylen Frederick
Japan Syun Koide
Japan Rin Arakawa
Japan Makoto Fujiwara
Japan "Dragon"
Japan Nobuhiro Imada
Japan Yasuhiro Shimizu

Formula Regional Japanese Championship

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2020 Dome F111/3 Japan "Dragon" 11 0 0 0 0 76 6th N/A
Japan "Syuji" 12 0 0 0 0 41 10th
Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 5 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
2021 Dome F111/3 Japan Nobuhiro Imada 10 0 0 0 0 54 10th 5th
Japan "Takumi" 13 0 0 0 0 44 11th
Japan "Dragon" 10 0 0 0 0 20 18th
Japan "Syuji" 8 0 0 0 0 10 19th
2022 Dome F111/3 Japan Nobuhiro Imada 5 0 0 0 0 40 11th 9th

F4 Japanese Championship

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2016 Dome F110 Japan Shinji Sawada 14 0 1 0 5 106 7th 5th
Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 12 0 0 0 0 0 38th
Japan "Syuji" 2 0 0 0 0 0 48th
2017 Dome F110 Japan Shinji Sawada 14 0 0 0 2 85 6th 4th
Japan Ayumu Iwasa 2 0 0 0 0 0 28th
Malaysia Chia Wing Hoong 14 0 0 0 0 0 31st
Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 4 0 0 0 0 0 45th
2018 Dome F110 Japan "Syuji" 8 0 0 0 0 0 40th NC
Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 2 0 0 0 0 0 43rd
Japan "Dragon" 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 Dome F110 Japan "Dragon" 12 0 0 0 0 0 22nd NC
Japan "Syuji" 14 0 0 0 0 0 39th
2021 Dome F110 Japan Nobuhiro Imada 7 0 0 0 0 0 28th NC
Japan "Syuji" 7 0 0 0 0 0 42nd
2022 Dome F110 Japan Yuki Mishima 4 0 0 0 0 2 21st 12th
Japan "Dragon" 14 0 0 0 0 0 35th
Japan Nobuhiro Imada 3 0 0 0 0 0 46th
2023 Dome F110 Japan Nobuhiro Imada 12 0 0 0 0 0 37th NC
Japan "Dragon" 14 0 0 0 0 0 40th
Japan Makoto Fujiwara 14 0 0 0 0 0 36th
2024 Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 Japan "Dragon"
Japan Nobuhiro Imada
Japan Yuto Nomura
Japan Ryota Horachi

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2023 Tatuus F4-T421 Japan "Dragon" 3 0 0 0 0 2 27th 10th

Former series results

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Super GT

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Car Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points
2012 Nissan GT-R GT300 3 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Japan Daiki Sasaki
OKA
19
FUJ
18
SEP
4
SUG
1
SUZ
2
FUJ
9
AUT
19
MOT
6
4th 53
2013 3 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Daiki Sasaki
Spain Lucas Ordóñez
OKA
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SEP
10
SUG
9
SUZ
9
FUJ
5
FUJ AUT
Ret
MOT
9
17th 14
2014 3 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Spain Lucas Ordóñez
Belgium Wolfgang Reip
OKA
4
FUJ
5
AUT
4
SUG
9
FUJ
10
SUZ
19
BUR
1
MOT
8
4th 48
2015 3 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
Belgium Wolfgang Reip
OKA
8
FUJ
2
CHA
1
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
14
SUG
8
AUT
1
MOT
Ret
4th 61
2016 3 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough
OKA
10
FUJ
1
SUG
5
FUJ
6
SUZ
10
CHA
2
MOT
13
MOT
6
4th 52
2017 3 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
OKA
7
FUJ
6
AUT
9
SUG
8
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
14
CHA
9
MOT
10
17th 17
2018 GT500 3 Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
OKA
7
FUJ
10
SUZ
7
CHA
13
FUJ
15
SUG
8
AUT
13
MOT
9
17th 14
2019 3 Japan Kohei Hirate
France Frederic Makowiecki
OKA
4‡
FUJ
6
SUZ
9
CHA
6
FUJ
11
AUT
11
SUG
1
MOT
DNS
9th 36
2020 3 Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
FUJ
7
FUJ
8
SUZ
6
MOT
7
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
4
MOT
15
FUJ
6
13th 29
2021 3 Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
OKA
9
FUJ
5
MOT
6
SUZ
2
SUG
Ret
AUT
4
MOT
14
FUJ
8
10th 39

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

F3 Asian Championship

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2018 Tatuus F3 T-318 Japan "Dragon" 9 0 0 0 0 0 23rd 11th
Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi 3 0 0 0 0 0 24th
2019 Summer Tatuus F3 T-318 Japan Miki Koyama† 6 0 0 0 0 18 15th 9th
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 3 0 0 0 0 14 16th
Japan "Dragon" 3 0 0 0 0 0 21st
Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi 3 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
2019 Winter Tatuus F3 T-318 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 6 0 0 0 0 11 14th 6th
Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi 9 0 0 0 0 7 15th
Japan "Dragon" 3 0 0 0 0 0 16th
Japan Miki Koyama 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡

† Koyama drove for BlackArts Racing Team in round 3.

‡ Guest driver

Timeline

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Current series
F4 Japanese Championship 2016–2019, 2021–present
Super Formula Championship 2017–present
Super Formula Lights 2020–present
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship 2023–present
Former Series
Japanese Formula 3 Championship 2011–2019
Super GT 2012–2021
Formula Challenge Japan 2013
Super Taikyu Series 2018
F3 Asian Championship 2018–2019
Formula Regional Japanese Championship 2020–2022

References

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  1. ^ 2014年B-MAX with NDDP 参戦概要を発表しました Archived 2015-11-02 at the Wayback Machine - B-MAX Racing Team・2014年3月14日
  2. ^ "新会社設立のご案内". Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. ^ B-MAX RACING TEAMが2017年 全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権に参戦を表明 - スーパーフォーミュラ・2016年10月27日
  4. ^ B-MAXとモトパークがコラボを発表。2019年のスーパーフォーミュラに2台体制で参戦へ - auto sport web・2018年11月14日
  5. ^ "Super Formula: Honda boss explains Nobuharu Matsushita saga". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  6. ^ "B-Max Racing Team 2022 Race Structure". B-Max Racing Team (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  7. ^ O’Connell, RJ (12 December 2023). "Honda Announces 2024 GT500 Drivers". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Nissan & NISMO Announce 2018 Super GT Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. ^ 日産/ニスモ、2018年のモータースポーツ活動を発表 - 日産自動車ニュースルーム・2018年2月12日
  10. ^ "Nissan Announces Super GT Programme From Yokohama". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Rossiter loses Super GT seat as Nissan reveals 2020 drivers". motorsport.com. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
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