Yuya Hiraki

Yuya Hiraki
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1996-06-25) 25 June 1996 (age 28)
Ibaragi, Japan
Super GT - GT300 career
Debut season2018
Current teamHELM Motorsports
Car number62
Former teamsTeam Mach, NILZZ Racing
Starts30
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2022
2022
2015-2017		Super Taikyu - ST-X
Super Formula Lights
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2022Super Taikyu - ST-X

Yuya Hiraki (平木 湧也, Hiraki Yuya, born 26 June 1996) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT for HELM Motorsports.

Career

Formula 4

Hiraki competed in F4 Japanese Championship from 2015 to 2017.[citation needed]

Super GT

Hiraki stepped up to Super GT in 2018 with Team Mach alongside Natsu Sakaguchi for 3 years.[1][2] Hiraki joined Team Mach alongside his brother Reiji Hiraki in 2021.[3]

HELM Motorsports made their season debut in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2024. Hiraki was joined by Kohei Hirate and his brother Reiji, who was the team's third driver.[4][5]

Super Formula Lights

Hiraki alongside his older brother Yuya joined Super Formula Lights with their own team HELM Motorsports.[6]

Super Taikyu

Hiraki alongside his younger brother Reiji's HELM Motorsports made their debut in 2022 in Super Taikyu ST-X Class, with Yutaka Toriba as the third driver.[7] In that season, they won the ST-X Class.[8]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2015 F4 Japanese Championship RS Fine 14 0 1 0 5 83 5th
2016 F4 Japanese Championship Le Beausset Motorsports 13 2 0 0 3 106 6th
2017 F4 Japanese Championship Le Beausset Motorsports 14 0 0 0 0 56 11th
2018 Super GT - GT300 Team Mach 8 0 0 1 0 4 20nd
2019 Super GT - GT300 Team Mach 7 0 0 0 1 15 21st
2020 Super GT - GT300 Team Mach 7 0 0 0 1 19 22nd
2021 Super GT - GT300 Team Mach 8 0 0 0 0 6 22nd
2022 Super Taikyu - ST-X HELM Motorsports 7 2 1 0 3 134.5 1st
Super Formula Lights 12 0 0 0 0 2 10th
Super GT - GT300 NILZZ Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NA
2023 Super Taikyu - ST-X HELM Motorsports 7 0 2 0 3 117 3rd
Formula Regional Japanese Championship 3 1 0 1 3 55 8th
2024 Super GT - GT300 HELM Motorsports 8 0 0 0 0 1 20th

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 Pts
2015 RS Fine OKA
1
3 		OKA
2
7 		FUJ1
1
6 		FUJ1
2
Ret 		FUJ2
1
3 		FUJ2
2
2 		SUZ
1
3 		SUZ
2
3 		SUG
1
12 		SUG
2
13 		AUT
1
4 		AUT
2
20 		MOT
1
Ret 		MOT
2
13 		5th 83
2016 Le Beausset Motorsports OKA
1
Ret 		OKA
2
5 		FUJ1
1
15 		FUJ1
2
8 		SUG
1
4 		SUG
2
5 		FUJ2
1
10 		FUJ2
2
14 		FUJ2
3
1 		SUZ
1
8 		SUZ
2
11 		MOT
1
3 		MOT
2
18 		MOT
3
1 		6th 106
2017 Le Beausset Motorsports OKA
1
6 		OKA
2
8 		FUJ1
1
10 		FUJ1
2
8 		AUT
1
8 		AUT
2
6 		SUG
1
10 		SUG
2
7 		FUJ2
1
5 		FUJ2
2
7 		SUZ
1
8 		SUZ
2
DSQ 		MOT
1
12 		MOT
2
11 		11th 56

Complete Super GT results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2018 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA
Ret 		FUJ
12 		SUZ
Ret 		CHA
 FUJ
19 		SUG
22 		AUT
7 		MOT
18 		20th 4
2019 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300 GT300 OKA
21 		FUJ
21 		SUZ
2 		CHA
 FUJ
17 		AUT
17 		SUG
18 		MOT
24 		21st 15
2020 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300 GT300 FUJ
3 		FUJ
11 		SUZ
29 		MOT
23 		FUJ
15 		SUZ
4 		MOT
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		14th 19
2021 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300 GT300 OKA
25 		FUJ1
12 		MOT
27 		SUZ
5 		SUG
22 		AUT
21 		MOT2
18 		FUJ2
25 		22nd 6
2022 NILZZ Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ
21 		FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT NC 0
2024 HELM Motorsports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
18 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
11 		FUJ
13 		SUG
13 		AUT
17 		MOT
17 		SUZ
16 		20th 1

Complete Super Formula Lights 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 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2022 HELM Motorsports FUJ
1
8 		FUJ
2
10 		FUJ
3
10 		SUZ
1
10 		SUZ
2
9 		SUZ
3
10 		AUT
1
10 		AUT
2
5 		AUT
3
10 		SUG
1
8 		SUG
2
10 		SUG
3
Ret 		MOT
1
WD 		MOT
2
WD 		MOT
3
WD 		OKA
1 		OKA
2 		OKA
3 		10th 2

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 15 16 Pos Points
2023 HELM Motorsports FUJ1
1
1 		FUJ1
2
3 		FUJ1
3
3 		SUZ
1
 SUZ
2
 OKA
1
 OKA
2
 OKA
3
 MOT
1
 MOT
2
 MOT
3
 FUJ2
1
 FUJ2
2
 SUG
1
 SUG
2
 SUG
3
 8th 55

References

  1. ^ "Yuya Hiraki to make Super GT debut for Team Mach". Super GT World. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ "44 Cars On Entry List For Season-Opening Super GT Fuji 300km". dailysportscar.com. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener". motorsport.com. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Helm Motorsports Announces 2024 GT300 Entry". sportscar365. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Nissan/NMC announces 2024 Super GT teams". Nismo. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Fuji Speedway | 2022年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Provisional 61 Car Entry List for 2022 Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  8. ^ "HELM Motorsports Crowned ST-X Champions as Porsche Centre Okazaki Wins Suzuka S-Tai Finale". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.