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Seita Nonaka

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Seita Nonaka
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 24)
Saitama, Japan
Super GT - GT300 career
Debut season2022
Current teamSaitama Green Brave
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number52
Former teamsHoppy Team Tsuchiya
Starts8
Wins1
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2023
Super Formula Lights career
Debut season2021
Current teamTOM'S
Car number36
Starts34
Wins1
Podiums12
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Previous series
2019-2021F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2022F4 Japanese Championship

Seita Nonaka (野中 誠太, Nonaka Seita, born 25 October 2000) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in Super GT and Super Formula Lights. He was the former F4 Japanese Championship title winner in 2021.

Career

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Early career

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Nonaka started racing in 2019, competing in F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit and managed to claim 8th in his rookie season. He stayed 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. The next season Nonaka continues racing win Super Formula Lights with the same team, and he claimed a win and 9 podiums where he managed to be at 4th place.[4] He continues the series for the third season with TOM'S again.[5]

GT Racing

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Nonaka makes his Super GT GT300 debut with Team Tsuchiya with Takashi Matsui partnering him.[6] He continues racing with the same team, but with new partner Togo Suganami.[7] Unfortunately he only managed ot race for 4 rounds as the last round he did at Fuji Speedway, his car caught on fire and burned badly and Nonaka safely out from the incident..[8] Nonaka joined Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave as a third driver. He wins the race but did not take a single lap thus did not classified for points.[9]

On 2023, Nonaka raced in GT World Challenge Asia with Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia. He claimed 5 wins from 6 races.[10] Nonaka moves to recently 2023 GT300 champion team Saitama Green Brave as he replaces Kohta Kawaai.[11]

Racing record

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Career summary

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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
Super Taikyu - ST-2 Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports 6 4 0 1 4 100‡ 3rd‡
2022 Super Formula Lights TOM'S 18 1 0 1 9 63 4th
Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 7 0 0 0 0 1 34th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Corolla Shin-Ibaraki CSIRacing 5 1 1 1 2 107‡ 3rd‡
My Cars CSIRacing 2 0 0 0 2
2023 Super Formula Lights TOM'S 18 0 0 1 4 36 7th
Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 4 0 0 0 0 1 25th
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 1 1 0 0 1
GT World Challenge Asia - GT4 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 6 5 4 4 6 143 2nd
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 1 1 1 0 1 174‡ 1st‡
2024 Super Formula Lights TOM'S 12 3 0 2 5 52 2nd
Super GT - GT300 Saitama Green Brave 4 0 0 0 1 25 5th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z 4 2 0 0 3 91‡ 1st‡
Japan Cup Series - GT4 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 6 1 4 ? 5 103 6th
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP10 Toyota Gazoo Racing

‡ Team standings

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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(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

Complete Super Formula Lights results

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(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
10 		FUJ
2
3 		FUJ
3
6 		SUZ
1
3 		SUZ
2
5 		SUZ
3
7 		AUT
1
Ret 		AUT
2
5 		AUT
3
C 		SUG
1
6 		SUG
2
Ret 		SUG
3
7 		MOT
1
5 		MOT
2
5 		MOT
3
3 		MOT
1
 MOT
2
 MOT
3
 7th 24
2022 TOM'S FUJ
1
1 		FUJ
2
5 		FUJ
3
3 		SUZ
1
3 		SUZ
2
12 		SUZ
3
6 		AUT
1
3 		AUT
2
3 		AUT
3
3 		SUG
1
4 		SUG
2
6 		SUG
3
3 		MOT
1
9 		MOT
2
2 		MOT
3
8 		OKA
1
4 		OKA
2
7 		OKA
3
3 		4th 63
2023 TOM'S AUT
1
6 		AUT
2
5 		AUT
3
10 		SUG
1
6 		SUG
2
9 		SUG
3
4 		SUZ
1
3 		SUZ
2
3 		SUZ
3
3 		FUJ
1
7 		FUJ
2
6 		FUJ
3
9 		OKA
1
3 		OKA
2
5 		OKA
3
Ret 		MOT
1
5 		MOT
2
4 		MOT
3
7 		7th 36
2024 TOM'S AUT
1
1 		AUT
2
3 		AUT
3
1 		SUG
1
4 		SUG
2
7 		SUG
3
1 		FUJ
1
7 		FUJ
2
4 		FUJ
3
3 		OKA
1
4 		OKA
2
Ret 		OKA
3
4 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
3 		MOT
1 		MOT
2 		MOT
3 		2nd* 52*

Complete Super GT Results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2022 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA
22 		FUJ
11 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
 SUZ
15 		SUG
10 		AUT
16 		MOT
Ret 		34th 1
2023 OKA
12 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
17 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
 SUG
 25th 1
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave AUT
1 		MOT
2024 Saitama Green Brave OKA
4 		FUJ
3 		SUZ
5 		FUJ
23 		SUZ
DNS 		SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 8th* 25*

References

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  1. ^ "Toyota juniors fill 33-car grid for Japanese F4 opener". Formula Scout. October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Seita Nonaka crowned Japanese F4 champion in Fuji showdown". Formula Scout. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Nonaka to stand in for Kotaka at TOM'S in Super Formula Lights opener". Formula Scout. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing、2022年のドライバー育成計画を発表".
  5. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  6. ^ "F4 Champion Seita Nonaka Joins Hoppy Team Tsuchiya; Kimiya Sato and New Livery for Max Racing". dailysportscar.com. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Tsuchiya SUPER GT team reveals refreshed 2023 line-up". motorsport.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  8. ^ Klein, Jamie (7 August 2023). "Tsuchiya Supra GT300 Car Destroyed in Fire at Fuji". motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Honda confirms Iori Kimura's place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Record-breaking entry confirmed for Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS 2023". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Saitama Toyopet Gets New Lineup Amid Toyota Reshuffle". sportscar365.com. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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