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Rin Arakawa

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Rin Arakawa
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 25)
Saitama, Japan
Super GT - GT300 career
Debut season2024
Current teamTomei Sports
Car number360
Starts3
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Super Formula Lights career
Debut season2024
Current teamB-Max Racing Team
Car number51
Starts9
Wins0
Podiums4
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2019-2023F4 Japanese Championship

Rin Arakawa (荒川 麟, Arakawa Rin, born 10 October 1999) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT and Super Formula Lights. He was runner up in the 2021 F4 Japanese Championship[1]

Career

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Formula 4

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Arakawa started his debut in 2019 F4 Japanese Championship on the last round.[2] He made his full season debut with Zap Speed, where he did managed to get 2 podiums.[3] Arakawa switched to TGR-DC Racing School for the 2021 season. He finished his highest position in the series as he gets second place in the standings with 2 wins, and 8 podiums. He almost win the title, only lose to Seita Nonaka by 4 points. Arakawa stays again with the same team and series.[4][5] Arakawa managed only to get 3rd place in the standings without a single win to his name. He lose out to Honda Junior drivers, champion Syun Koide & runners up Yusuke Mitsui. Arakawa spends another year in the series, as he returns to Zak Speed for his fourth season in F4.[6]

Super Formula Lights

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Arakawa steps up to Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing Team as he only race for selected rounds.[7] He raced for the first round with "Team Dragon" where he managed to clinch a podium. Then he moved to the B-Max team for the second, and third round.[8] He scored 3 podiums more.[citation needed]

Super GT

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Arakawa joined Tomei Sport for the Super GT - GT300 2024 season as the third driver.[9]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2019 F4 Japanese Championship Akiland Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2020 F4 Japanese Championship Zap Speed 12 0 0 0 2 54 8th
2021 F4 Japanese Championship TGR-DC Racing School 14 2 2 3 8 126 2nd
2022 F4 Japanese Championship TGR-DC Racing School 14 0 0 1 9 173 3rd
Super Taikyu - ST-2 KTMS Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports 6 5 0 1 6 173‡ 1st‡
2023 F4 Japanese Championship Zap Speed 8 0 0 1 0 75 6th
Dr.Dry 6 0 0 1 1
Super Taikyu - ST-2 Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports 6 1 2 5 1 95‡ 4th‡
2024 Super Formula Lights Team Dragon 3 0 0 0 1 35* 6th*
B-Max Racing Team 9 0 0 0 3
Super GT - GT300 Tomei Sport 3 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
Super Taikyu - ST-2 Saitama Green Brave
Super Taikyu - ST-X Team Handwork Challenge

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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(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
2019 Arakawasetubi OKA
1

OKA
2

FUJ1
1

FUJ1
2

SUZ
1

SUZ
2

FUJ2
1

FUJ2
2

AUT
1

AUT
2

SUG
1

SUG
2

MOT
1

14
MOT
2

15
28th 0
2020 Zap Speed FUJ1
1

Ret
FUJ1
2

2
FUJ1
3

17
SUZ
1

2
SUZ
2

5
SUZ
3

Ret
MOT
1

DNS
MOT
2

5
MOT
3

17
FUJ2
1

Ret
FUJ2
2

10
FUJ2
3

9
8th 54
2021 TGR-DC Racing School FUJ1
1

6
FUJ1
2

2
SUZ
1

5
SUZ
2

1
MOT1
1

4
MOT1
2

3
MOT1
3

3
SUG
1

4
SUG
2

5
SUG
3

4
MOT2
1

2
MOT2
2

1
FUJ2
1

3
FUJ2
2

2
2nd 213
2022 TGR-DC Racing School FUJ1
1

4
FUJ1
2

21
SUZ1
1

3
SUZ1
2

15
FUJ2
1

2
FUJ2
2

4
SUZ2
1

3
SUZ2
2

3
SUG
1

8
SUG
2

3
AUT
1

2
AUT
2

2
MOT
1

3
MOT
2

2
3rd 175

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
2024 Team Dragon AUT
1

3
AUT
2

6
AUT
3

5
6th* 35*
B-Max Racing Team SUG
1

3
SUG
2

4
SUG
3

4
FUJ
1

2
FUJ
2

5
FUJ
3

2
OKA
1

Ret
OKA
2

7
OKA
3

8
SUZ
1
SUZ
2
SUZ
3
MOT
1
MOT
2
MOT
3

References

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  1. ^ "The Formula 4 title battles you might have missed in 2021". formulascout.com. 23 December 2021.
  2. ^ "2019 FIA-F4 Championship Round 13/14 Motegi Tournament Entry List". 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP | 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第1/2/3戦 富士大会エントリーリスト". fiaf4.jp. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  4. ^ "2022 第1戦・第2戦 富士スピードウェイ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 第3戦・第4戦 鈴鹿サーキット". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  6. ^ "参戦台数は過去最多の46台。2023年FIA-F4選手権 第1戦・第2戦富士 エントリーリスト". AUTO SPORT web (in Japanese). 2 May 2023.
  7. ^ "2024シーズンSFライツ参戦体制". B-Max Racing Team (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  8. ^ "SUGO | 2024年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  9. ^ O'Connell, RJ (21 March 2024). "Asian News Notebook: Super GT, Japan Cup & GT World Challenge Asia". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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