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Sota Ogawa

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Sota Ogawa
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 25)
Japan
Championship titles
2023Formula Regional Japanese Championship

Sota Ogawa (小川 颯太, Ogawa Souta, born 1 October 1999) is a Japanese racing driver.

Career

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Ogawa made his debut in 2017 F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit at Motegi. Ogawa made his full season debut with TOM'S Spirit the next season, racing alongside Kazuto Kotaka.[1] Ogawa finished in 9th place in the standings. Ogawa also made a couple of appearance in 2019 with Skill Speed. And in 2020, with the same team he scored a pole and four podiums.

In 2021, Ogawa moved up to Formula Regional Japanese Championship with Team Sutekina for the second half of the season.[2][3] Ogawa then won in Suzuka. Ogawa moved to Bionic Jack Racing for the next season.[4] He finished runners up with three wins, just behind the eventual champion Miki Koyama. Ogawa stayed with the team for the 2023 season.[5] He eventually won the title ahead of New Zealander Liam Sceats.[6]

Ogawa made an appearance in Super Formula Lights with Rn-sports.[7]

Ogawa raced in 2024 Macau Grand Prix with TGM Grand Prix alongside Takuma Sato's son Rintaro.[8]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2017 F4 Japanese Championship TOM'S Spirit 2 0 0 0 0 10 14th
2018 F4 Japanese Championship TOM'S Spirit 14 0 0 0 0 55 9th
2019 F4 Japanese Championship Skill Speed 8 0 0 0 0 14 13th
2020 F4 Japanese Championship Skill Speed 12 0 1 1 4 121 4th
2021 F4 Japanese Championship Skill Speed 14 0 0 0 0 52 10th
Formula Regional Japanese Championship Team Sutekina 7 1 0 1 2 73 7th
2022 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Bionic Jack Racing 17 3 2 1 12 280 2nd
2023 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Bionic Jack Racing 16 4 11 5 12 243.5 1st
Super Formula Lights Rn-Sports 3 0 0 0 0 0 11th
2024 Super Taikyu Series - ST-Z Buzz Progress Racing
Hitotsuyama Racing
Macau Grand Prix TGM Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF

‡ 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)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2017 TOM'S Spirit OKA
1
OKA
2
FUJ1
1
FUJ1
2
AUT
1
AUT
2
SUG
1
SUG
2
FUJ2
1
FUJ2
2
SUZ
1
SUZ
2
MOT
1

6
MOT
2

9
14th 10
2018 TOM'S Spirit OKA
1

5
OKA
2

6
FUJ1
1

11
FUJ1
2

21
SUZ
1

9
SUZ
2

9
FUJ2
1

4
FUJ2
2

5
SUG
1

8
SUG
2

10
AUT
1

9
AUT
2

12
MOT
1

8
MOT
2

24
9th 55
2019 Skill Speed OKA
1
OKA
2
FUJ1
1
FUJ1
2
SUZ
1
SUZ
2
FUJ2
1

12
FUJ2
2

Ret
AUT
1

4
AUT
2

31
SUG
1

10
SUG
2

10
MOT
1

Ret
MOT
2

Ret
13th 14
2020 Skill Speed FUJ1
1

7
FUJ1
2

6
FUJ1
3

7
SUZ
1

7
SUZ
2

12
SUZ
3

7
MOT
1

5
MOT
2

2
MOT
3

2
FUJ2
1

2
FUJ2
2

3
FUJ2
3

5
4th 121
2021 Skill Speed FUJ1
1

9
FUJ1
2

4
SUZ
1

9
SUZ
2

12
MOT1
1

9
MOT1
2

8
MOT1
3

8
SUG
1

12
SUG
2

13
SUG
3

11
MOT2
1

6
MOT2
2

4
FUJ2
1

13
FUJ2
2

7
10th 52

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship 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 Pos Points
2021 Rn-sports OKA
1
OKA
2
OKA
3
MOT
1
MOT
2
MOT
3
FUJ
1

9
FUJ
2

2
FUJ
3

5
SUG
1

12
SUG
2

7
SUZ
1

1
SUZ
2

4
7th 73
2022 Bionic Jack Racing FUJ1
1

4
FUJ1
2

4
FUJ1
3

2
OKA
1

3
OKA
2

2
OKA
3

3
MOT
1

3
MOT
2

4
MOT
3

2
SUG
1

1
SUG
2

8†
SUG
3

2
FUJ2
1

4
FUJ2
2

2
FUJ2
3

1
SUZ
1

1
SUZ
2

2
2nd 280
2023 Bionic Jack Racing FUJ1
1

2
FUJ1
2

2
FUJ1
3

1
SUZ
1

2
SUZ
2

1
OKA
1

1
OKA
2

2
OKA
3

2
MOT
1

Ret
MOT
2

1
MOT
3

2
FUJ2
1

2
FUJ2
2

Ret
SUG
1

3
SUG
2

4
SUG
3

4
1st 243.5

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
2023 Rn-sports AUT
1

AUT
2

AUT
3

SUG
1

SUG
2

SUG
3

SUZ
1
SUZ
2
SUZ
3
FUJ
1
FUJ
2
FUJ
3
OKA
1
OKA
2
OKA
3
MOT
1

9
MOT
2

7
MOT
3

9
11th 0

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

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Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2024 Japan TGM Grand Prix Tatuus F3 T-318 19th Ret Ret

References

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  1. ^ "018 FIA-F4 Championship 1st / 2nd Okayama Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ^ "2021 Inter Proto Series 第3大会 エントリーリスト" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  6. ^ Wood, Ida (2023-11-26). "Ogawa becomes FRegional Japan champion as Okuzumi wins at Sugo". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  7. ^ "Round16_17_18 | 2023年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  8. ^ "Macau Grand Prix - FIA FR World Cup Provisional Entry List" (PDF).
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