Yoshiaki Katayama
Katayama's Audi R8 LMS in 2022
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1993-11-13) 13 November 1993 (age 30)
Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Formula Regional Japanese Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamTeam LeMans with OIRC
Car number6
Starts18
Wins4
Podiums13
Poles5
Fastest laps4
Best finish3rd in 2022
Previous series
2021
2020
2016–2019
2016–17
2015		S5000 Tasman Series
Super Formula Lights
Japanese Formula 3 Championship
MRF Challenge
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2016Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National Class

Yoshiaki Katayama (born 13 November 1993 in the Aichi prefecture, Chūbu Region) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT in the GT300 class. He is the 2016 Japanese Formula 3 - National Class champion.

Career

Lower formulae

In 2015 Katayama made his debut in singe-seater racing by competing in the F4 Japanese Championship for miNami aoYama with SARD.

Katayama later competed in the 2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship, where he came eleventh in the drivers' standings.[1]

Formula 3

In 2016 Katayama competed in the National class of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with Petit Lemans Racing. He took nine National class wins on his way to become champion.

In 2017 he returned to the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with the OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC. This time he would compete for the overall championship. He finished the season in ninth.

In 2018 he remained in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with OIRC team YTB.[2] He finished the season in seventh. At the end of the year he joined Carlin Motorsport to compete in the 2018 Macau Grand Prix. He finished the main race in seventeenth after having started from twenty seventh due to an accident in the qualifying race.[3]

In 2019 he once again remained in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with OIRC team YTB which was operated by Carlin Motorsport.[4] In the third round at the Okayama International Circuit he took his first overall race win in the championship.[5] Like the previous year, he finished the season in seventh.

In 2020 he competed in the Formula 3-spec Super Formula Lights series with B-Max Racing as the Japanese Formula 3 Championship had been discontinued.[6] After only competing in two rounds he finished the season in sixth.

In 2021 he joined the Formula Regional Japanese Championship as a Privateer.[7] He only competed in the opening round at the Okayama International Circuit where he won all three races.

In 2022 he returned to the Formula Regional Japanese Championship. This time he competed for Team LeMans with OIRC.[8] He took his only win of the season at the Okayama International Circuit and finished third in the drivers' standings after not taking part in the final round of the season.[9][10]

S5000 Tasman Series

In 2021 Katayama raced outside of Asia for the first time by competing in the S5000 Tasman Series with Team BRM.[11] He finished the season in eleventh.

Super GT

In 2021 Katayama made his debut in sports car racing by competing in the GT300-class of the Super GT Series for Team LeMans with Satoshi Motoyama being his teammate.[12]

In 2022 he remained in the Super GT Series with the same team. He finished the season in twenty-first.[13]

In 2023 he will remain in the Super GT Series for a third season with the team. His teammate will be Roberto Merhi.[14][15]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 F4 Japanese Championship miNami aoYama with SARD 3 0 0 0 0 0 34th
2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Petit Lemans Racing 17 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National 17 9 12 11 13 139 1st
2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 16 0 0 1 0 32 11th
2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC 20 0 0 0 0 11 9th
2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship OIRC team YTB 19 0 0 0 0 14 7th
Macau Grand Prix Carlin 2 0 0 0 0 N/A 17th
2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship OIRC team YTB by Carlin 20 1 0 0 2 34 7th
2020 Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing 5 0 0 0 1 10 6th
2021 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Privateer 3 3 2 2 3 75 6th
S5000 Tasman Series Team BRM 6 0 0 0 0 48 11th
Super GT - GT300 Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Team LeMans with OIRC 15 1 3 2 10 212 3rd
Super GT - GT300 Team LeMans 8 0 0 0 0 12 21st
2023 Super GT - GT300 Team LeMans 8 0 0 0 3 37 9th
2024 Super GT - GT300 Team LeMans

Complete F4 Japanese Championship Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2015 miNami aoYama with SARD OKA
1
21 		OKA
2
13 		FSW
1
DNS 		FSW
2
Ret 		FSW
1 		FSW
2 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		AUT
1 		AUT
2 		MOT
1 		MOT
2 		0 34th

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship-National Class Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2016 Petit Lemans Racing SUZ1
1
1 		SUZ1
2
1 		FSW1
1
Ret 		FSW1
2
1 		OKA1
1
1 		OKA1
2
1 		SUZ2
1
Ret 		SUZ2
2
3 		FSW2
1
2 		FSW2
2
5 		MOT
1
3 		MOT
1
1 		OKA2
1
1 		OKA2
2
1 		SUG
1
1 		SUG
2
2 		SUG
3
Ret 		139 1st

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2016–17 MRF Racing BHR
1
10 		BHR
2
12 		BHR
3
9 		BHR
4
10 		DUB
1
16 		DUB
2
12 		DUB
3
10 		DUB
4
7 		GNO
1
8 		GNO
2
7 		GNO
3
11 		GNO
4
10 		CHE
1
11 		CHE
2
12 		CHE
3
8 		CHE
4
9 		32 11th

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points
2017 OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC OKA1
1
7 		OKA1
2
Ret 		OKA1
3
8 		SUZ1
1
8 		SUZ1
2
5 		FUJ1
1
8 		FUJ1
2
9 		OKA2
1
14 		OKA2
2
7 		SUZ2
1
8 		SUZ2
2
6 		FUJ2
1
15 		FUJ2
2
Ret 		MOT
1
5 		MOT
2
5 		MOT
3
5 		AUT
1
6 		AUT
2
9 		SUG
1
6 		SUG
2
8 		11 9th
2018 OIRC team YTB SUZ
1
Ret 		SUZ
2
4 		SUG1
1
7 		SUG1
2
6 		FUJ1
1
7 		FUJ1
2
14 		OKA1
1
7 		OKA1
2
6 		OKA1
3
C 		MOT
1
6 		MOT
2
Ret 		MOT
3
5 		OKA2
1
7 		OKA2
2
7 		OKA2
3
C 		SUG2
1
5 		SUG2
2
6 		SUG2
3
5 		SUG2
4
9 		FUJ2
1
11 		FUJ2
2
Ret 		14 7th
2019 OIRC team YTB by Carlin SUZ
1
8 		SUZ
2
8 		AUT
1
8 		AUT
2
9 		AUT
3
4 		OKA1
1
2 		OKA1
2
4 		OKA1
3
1 		SUG1
1
7 		SUG1
2
5 		FUJ
1
5 		FUJ
2
7 		SUG2
1
7 		SUG2
2
5 		SUG2
3
7 		MOT
1
6 		MOT
2
7 		MOT
3
9 		OKA2
1
6 		OKA2
2
4 		34 7th

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2018 United Kingdom Carlin Dallara F317 27th DNF 17th

Complete Super Formula Lights Championship Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2020 B-Max Racing MOT
1 		MOT
2 		MOT
3 		OKA
1
3 		OKA
2
Ret 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		SUG
3 		AUT
1 		AUT
2 		AUT
3 		SUZ
1
4 		SUZ
2
5 		SUZ
3
7 		FSW
1 		FSW
2 		FSW
3 		10 6th

Complete S5000 Tasman Series Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2021 Team BRM SYD
1
8 		SYD
2
Ret 		SYD
3
8 		BAT
1
8 		BAT
2
Ret 		BAT
3
Ret 		BAT
4
C 		11th 48

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2021 Yoshiaki Katayama OKA
1
1 		OKA
2
1 		OKA
3
1 		MOT
1 		MOT
2 		MOT
3 		FUJ
1 		FUJ
2 		FUJ
3 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		6th 75
2022 Team LeMans with OIRC FUJ1
1
3 		FUJ1
2
3 		FUJ1
3
4 		OKA
1
1 		OKA
2
3 		OKA
3
2 		MOT
1
2 		MOT
2
Ret 		MOT
3
3 		SUG
1
4 		SUG
2
3 		SUG
3
4 		FUJ2
1
3 		FUJ2
2
5 		FUJ2
3
3 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		3rd 212

Complete Super GT - GT300 Results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2021 Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo GT300 OKA
22 		FUJ
23 		MOT
19 		SUZ
12 		SUG
18 		AUT
24 		MOT
20 		FUJ
18 		0 NC
2022 Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing (round 1)

Team LeMans (round 2-)

Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT300 OKA
5 		FUJ
14 		SUZ
18 		FUJ
16 		SUZ
5 		SUG
16 		AUT
20 		MOT
13 		12 12th
2023 Team LeMans Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT300 OKA
21 		FUJ
7 		SUZ
15 		FUJ
3 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
3 		AUT
15 		MOT
3 		9th 37

References

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