Yoshiaki Katayama

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.

Yoshiaki Katayama
Katayama's Audi R8 LMS in 2022
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1993-11-13) 13 November 1993 (age 30) Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Formula Regional Japanese Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Team LeMans with OIRC
Car number	6
Starts	18
Wins	4
Podiums	13
Poles	5
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	3rd 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
2016	Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National Class

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

(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	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	34th	0

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship-National Class Results^[16]

(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	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

(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	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

(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	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	Carlin	Dallara F317	27th	DNF	17th

Complete Super Formula Lights 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	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

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

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

(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	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

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

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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External links

• Yoshiaki Katayama career summary at DriverDB.com