Yu Kanamaru

Yu Kanamaru
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 30)
Tokyo, Japan
F3 Asian Championship career
Debut season2019
Racing licence FIA Silver
TeamsBlackArts Racing Team
Starts24
Wins1
Best finish6th in 2019-20

Yu Kanamaru (金丸 悠, Kanamaru Yū, born 13 May 1994 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese racing driver.[1]

Career

Kanamaru's single seater career began in 2012 after graduating from karting. He took a surprise win in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC in 2012 at the final race of the season at Spa-Francorchamps. He made his Formula Renault 3.5 debut in 2015 for Pons Racing replacing Meindert van Buuren.[citation needed]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC KTR 20 1 0 0 1 97 17th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 0 0 39th
2013 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC KTR 8 0 0 0 0 47 26th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 0 0 31st
2014 Euroformula Open Championship Emilio de Villota Motorsport 16 0 0 2 4 128 4th
Spanish Formula Three Championship 6 0 0 1 1 47 5th
Macau Grand Prix Carlin 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2015 Euroformula Open Championship Emilio de Villota Motorsport 16 1 2 1 7 206 3rd
Spanish Formula Three Championship 6 0 0 1 3 88 3rd
Macau Grand Prix Carlin 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing 6 0 0 0 0 9 18th
2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series Teo Martín Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 85 8th
2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 RP Motorsport 18 0 0 1 1 115 7th
2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship B-MAX Racing Team 19 0 0 0 3 40 5th
2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Saturday Series Team GOH Models 5 2 1 0 3 75 3rd
TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Sunday Series 5 2 1 0 2 77 2nd
F3 Asian Championship Super License 9 0 0 0 0 50 9th
2019–20 F3 Asian Championship BlackArts Racing Team 15 1 0 0 2 104 6th
2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Sutekina Racing Team 5 0 0 0 4 75 7th
2021 Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team 5Zigen 2 0 0 0 1 80.5‡ 3rd‡
2022 Super Taikyu - ST-TCR Team Noah 1 1 1 0 1 139‡ 1st‡
2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3 FastMD Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Super Taikyu - ST-X Team 5Zigen 2 1 1 2 1 36‡ 7th‡
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team Noah 1 0 0 0 0 37.5‡ 9th‡
Formula Regional Japanese Championship Sutekina Racing Team 3 1 0 1 3 55 9th
2024 GT World Challenge Asia Team 5Zigen 12 1 0 ? 2 44 12th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team Noah

‡ Team standings

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 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 15 16 17 18 Pos. Points
2015 Pons Racing ALC
1 		ALC
2 		MON
1 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
13 		BUG
1
6 		BUG
2
Ret 		JER
1
10 		JER
2
11 		18th 9
2016 Teo Martín Motorsport ALC
1
Ret 		ALC
2
4 		HUN
1
9 		HUN
2
10 		SPA
1
4 		SPA
2
7 		LEC
1
7 		LEC
2
11 		SIL
1
7 		SIL
2
9 		RBR
1
7 		RBR
2
Ret 		MNZ
1
6 		MNZ
2
5 		JER
1
6 		JER
2
10 		CAT
1
8 		CAT
2
10 		8th 85
2017 RP Motorsport SIL
1
10 		SIL
2
Ret 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
8 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
3 		JER
1
7 		JER
2
10 		ALC
1
7 		ALC
2
4 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
7 		MEX
1
7 		MEX
2
7 		COA
1
7 		COA
2
7 		BHR
1
4 		BHR
2
6 		7th 115

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2023 FastMD Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY
6† 		SEB
 WGL
 MOS
 ELK
 IMS
 PET
 NC† 0†

† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.

References

  1. ^ "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 21 October 2015.


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