Yuga Furutani

Yuga Furutani (古谷悠河, Furutani Yūga, born 9 June 2000) is a Japanese racing driver who most recently competed in Super GT for Anest Iwata Racing and in Super Formula Lights for TOM'S. He was the champion of the Formula Regional Japanese Championship in 2021.

Yuga Furutani
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(2000-06-09) 9 June 2000 (age 24) Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season	2023
Current team	Arnage Racing
Car number	50
Starts	7
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	23rd in 2023
Super Formula Lights career
Debut season	2022
Current team	TOM'S
Car number	37
Starts	36
Wins	0
Podiums	8
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	6th in 2022
Previous series
2020-22 2020-21 2020	Super Taikyū Formula Regional Japanese Championship F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2021	Formula Regional Japanese Championship

Career

F4 Japanese & Formula Regional Japanese Championship

Furutani started his formula racing career in 2020, where he competed in both F4 Japanese Championship, and Formula Regional Japanese Championship with TOM'S Youth respectively for both series.^[1][2] Even though his debut in F4 Japan didn't go well with 5 points, and 16th in the standings, his results in Formula Regional Japanese were better as he racked up runners up in the standings just losing out to Sena Sakaguchi who won all but three races. He took no wins, but grabbed 11 podiums throughout the season. In 2021 Furutani continued to compete in Formula Regional Japanese Championship with the same team.^[3] He clinched the title ahead of the only other full time driver in the series, apart from the masterclass group, Ai Miura. He managed to win 4 races, and get 10 podiums that season.^{[citation needed]}

Super Formula Lights & Super GT - GT300

In 2022 Furutani stepped up to Super Formula Lights with TOM'S again, with Kazuto Kotaka, Hibiki Taira, and Seita Nonaka.^[4] Furutani achieved a couple of podiums in his debut season, and grabbed sixth in the standings ahead of Togo Suganami. In 2023 Furutani once again stayed in the series with the same team, and also made his debut also in the GT3000 class of the Super GT Series with Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage where he partnered with Igor Fraga & Miki Koyama as the third driver.^[5][6] In Super Formula Lights, even tho he managed to clinch 3 podiums in a row in Autopolis. After that he did not achieve as much as he only managed to score a couple of points and 8th in the standings just barely beating David Vidales who missed the last round to mechanical failure. Furutani stayed for another year again.^[7]

Personal life

Furutani currently attends Waseda University. His father, Hideaki, is the owner and team principal of Hiroshima Toyopet Racing, which Furutani drove for in Super Taikyū between 2020 and 2022.^[8]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2020	F4 Japanese Championship	TOM'S Youth	12	0	0	0	0	5	16th
	Formula Regional Japanese Championship		14	0	2	4	11	223	2nd
	Super Taikyū - ST-5	Hiroshima Toyopet Racing	5	0	0	0	0	21‡	10th‡
2021	Formula Regional Japanese Championship	TOM'S Youth	13	4	3	7	10	240	1st
	Super Taikyū - ST-Z	Hiroshima Toyopet Racing	5	0	0	0	1	35‡	10th‡
2022	Super Formula Lights	TOM'S	18	0	0	0	5	45	6th
	Super Taikyū - ST-Z	Hiroshima Toyopet Racing	6	0	0	0	3	78‡	6th‡
	Super Taikyū - ST-5		1	0	0	0	0	8.5‡	12th‡
2023	Super Formula Lights	TOM'S	18	0	0	0	3	24	8th
	Super GT - GT300	Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage	8	0	0	0	2	34	8th
2024	Super Formula Lights	TOM'S	12	0	0	0	2	23	7th
	Super GT - GT300	Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage	4	0	0	0	0	0	NA
	Super Taikyu - ST-5	Maple Hiroshima Racing Team
	Ferrari Challenge Japan	Ferrari Japan

‡ Team standings

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	Pos	Points
2020	TOM'S Youth	FUJ1 1 4	FUJ1 2 5	FUJ1 3 4	SUG 1 2	SUG 2 3	SUG 3 3	FUJ2 1 3	FUJ2 2 2	MOT 1 2	MOT 2 2	OKA 1 2	OKA 2 2	AUT 1 2	AUT 2 2	2nd	223
2021	TOM'S Youth	OKA 1 2	OKA 2 2	OKA 3 2	MOT 1 2	MOT 2 1	MOT 3 2	FUJ 1 1	FUJ 2 4	FUJ 3 2	SUG 1 1	SUG 2 5	SUZ 1 5	SUZ 2 1		1st	240

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	TOM'S	FUJ 1 7	FUJ 2 7	FUJ 3 9	SUZ 1 4	SUZ 2 3	SUZ 3 3	AUT 1 8	AUT 2 2	AUT 3 7	SUG 1 5	SUG 2 2	SUG 3 4	MOT 1 4	MOT 2 5	MOT 3 3	OKA 1 7	OKA 2 5	OKA 3 6	6th	45
2023	TOM'S	AUT 1 3	AUT 2 3	AUT 3 3	SUG 1 Ret	SUG 2 8	SUG 3 7	SUZ 1 7	SUZ 2 4	SUZ 3 8	FUJ 1 9	FUJ 2 Ret	FUJ 3 6	OKA 1 6	OKA 2 6	OKA 3 7	MOT 1 6	MOT 2 8	MOT 3 5	8th	24
2024	TOM'S	AUT 1 6	AUT 2 5	AUT 3 4	SUG 1 5	SUG 2 6	SUG 3 6	FUJ 1 3	FUJ 2 7	FUJ 3 4	OKA 1 7	OKA 2 3	OKA 3 9	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	SUZ 3	MOT 1	MOT 2	MOT 3	7th*	23*

Complete Super GT Results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Pts
2023	Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage	Lexus RC F GT3	GT300	OKA 12	FUJ 14	SUZ 17	FUJ 19	SUZ 10	SUG 7	AUT 11	MOT 17	23rd	5
2024	Arnage Racing			OKA 17	FUJ 14	SUZ 14	FUJ 20	SUZ 18	SUG	AUT	MOT	NC*	0*

References

1. "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.
2. "フォーミュラリージョナル ジャパニーズチャンピオンシップ 開幕戦富士大会 エントリーリスト" (PDF). fia-fr.jp (in Japanese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
3. "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
4. "Deloitte2022". SUEPR FORMULA LIGHTS (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
5. "Enzo Trulli lands TOM'S Super Formula Lights drive". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
6. "Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage Introduces All-Rookie Crew For Their Lexus RC F GT3". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
7. "Kaylen Frederick moves across to SF Lights after three years in FIA F3". formulascout. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
8. CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR (29 October 2020). "一緒に広島を盛り上げましょう！（広島トヨペットHIROSHIMA TOYOPET RACING）～スーパー耐久第2戦現地レポート～". GAZOO.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 January 2024.

External links

• Yuga Furutani career summary at DriverDB.com