Yuta Fujiwara

Yuta Fujiwara
Fujiwara in 2024
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (2006-02-15) 15 February 2006
Sakai, Japan
Super GT – GT300 career
Debut season2024
Current teamPacific Racing Team
Car number9
Starts5
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishNC in 2024
Previous series
2024
2022–2023		Formula Regional Japanese Championship
F4 Japanese Championship

Yuta Fujiwara (藤原 優汰, Fujiwara Yūta; born 15 February 2006 in Sakai) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing for Pacific Racing Team in the GT300 class of Super GT.

Early career

Formula 4

2022

In 2022, Fujiwara made his single-seater debut in the F4 Japanese Championship for Bionic Jack Racing.[1] Despite a mid-season switch to Akiland Racing, Fujiwara only scored a best result of 11th at Autopolis and ended the season 22nd in the points with no points.[2]

2023

In 2023, Fujiwara stayed with Akiland Racing for his sophomore season in the F4 Japanese Championship.[3] In the season opening race at Fuji, Fujiwara finished 10th to score his maiden points in the championship.[4] Following three score-less rounds, Fujiwara returned to the points at Sugo, by finishing sixth in race two.[5] He finished 17th in the standings on nine points.[6]

2024

Fujiwara returned to Akiland Racing to compete in the first round of the newly-created F110 Cup at Okayama. He took both poles, fastest laps and wins to score maximum points from the two races.[7][8][9]

Formula Regional

In the final round of the 2024 Formula Regional Japanese Championship at Fuji Speedway, Fujiwara made his Formula Regional debut, joining Rn-sports alongside Masayuki Ueda.[10] Fujiwara finished sixth on debut and scored his first top-five in race two.[11]

Drifting career

Alongside his rookie campaign in Super GT, Fujiwara made his D1GP Lights debut and took his first solo-run win at the third round of the season.[12]

Super GT

2024

After passing the pre-season rookie test,[13] Fujiwara was announced to be joining Pacific Racing Team as its third driver alongside Ryohei Sakaguchi and Yusuke Tomibayashi.[14] On his debut at Fuji, Fujiwara finished 12th, which would be his best result of the season.[15]

2025

Ahead of the 2025 season, it was announced that Fujiwara would return to Super GT as Pacific Racing Team's third driver.[16]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2015 Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Micro Max K-TEC with Peter Pan 3rd
Rotax Max Challenge Japan Mizunami Series – Micro Max 1st
Rotax Max Festival Japan – Micro Max 5th
2016 Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Mini Max K-TEC with Peter Pan 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Japan Mizunami Series – Mini Max 1st
Rotax Max Festival Japan – Mini Max 1st
Rotax Challenge Grand Finals – Mini Max Eiko Japan 32nd
2017 Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Junior Max K-TEC with Peter Pan 5th
Rotax Max Challenge Japan Mizunami Series – Junior Max 5th
Rotax Max Festival Japan – Junior Max 3rd
2018 Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Junior Max K-TEC with Peter Pan 13th
Rotax Max Challenge Japan Mizunami Series – Junior Max 3rd
Rotax Max Festival Japan – Junior Max NC
2019 Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Senior Max KP Buzz 3rd
2020 Rotax Max Challenge Japan – Senior Max K-TEC with Peter Pan 154th
Sources:[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2022 F4 Japanese Championship Bionic Jack Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
Akiland Racing 8 0 0 0 0
2023 F4 Japanese Championship Akiland Racing 14 0 0 0 0 9 17th
2024 Super GT - GT300 Pacific Racing Team 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
F110 Cup Akiland Racing 2 2 2 2 2 50 2nd
Formula Regional Japanese Championship Rn-sports 2 0 0 0 0 18 19th
2025 Super GT - GT300 Pacific Racing Team
Super Taikyu - ST-4 Over Drive
Sources:[17][27]

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2022 Bionic Jack Racing FUJ1
1
20 		FUJ1
2
17 		SUZ1
1
23 		SUZ1
2
22 		FUJ2
1
Ret 		FUJ2
2
22 		22nd 0
Akiland Racing SUZ2
1
25 		SUZ2
2
14 		SUG
1
19 		SUG
2
20 		AUT
1
14 		AUT
2
11 		MOT
1
14 		MOT
2
13
2023 Akiland Racing FUJ1
2
10 		FUJ1
1
14 		SUZ1
1
13 		SUZ1
2
12 		FUJ2
1
12 		FUJ2
2
14 		SUZ2
1
12 		SUZ2
2
12 		SUG
1
Ret 		SUG
2
6 		AUT
1
15 		AUT
2
13 		MOT
1
34 		MOT
2
13 		17th 9

Complete Super GT results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2024 Pacific Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT300 OKA FUJ
12 		SUZ
17 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ SUG
20 		AUT MOT
17 		NC 0
2025 Pacific Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship 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 Pos Points
2024 Rn-sports SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
3 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		OKA
1 		OKA
2 		OKA
3 		MOT
1 		MOT
2 		FUJ1
1 		FUJ1
2 		FUJ2
1
6 		FUJ2
2
5 		19th 18

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