| Rin Arakawa | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | (1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 25) Saitama, Japan |
| Super GT - GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | Tomei Sports |
| Car number | 360 |
| Starts | 3 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Super Formula Lights career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | B-Max Racing Team |
| Car number | 51 |
| Starts | 9 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| 2019-2023 | F4 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
Career
Formula 4
Arakawa made his debut in 2019 F4 Japanese Championship in the last round. He made his full season debut with Zap Speed, where he managed to get 2 podiums. Arakawa switched to TGR-DC Racing School for the 2021 season. He was runners-up in the standings with 2 wins, and 8 podiums, losing out to Seita Nonaka by 4 points.
For 2022, Arakawa stayed again with the same team and series. Arakawa managed only to get third place in the standings without a single win to his name. He lost out to Honda Junior drivers, champion Syun Koide & runners up Yusuke Mitsui. Arakawa spent another year in the series, as he returns to Zap Speed for his fourth season in F4.
Super Formula Lights
Arakawa stepped up to Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing Team as he only raced for selected rounds. He raced for the first round with "Team Dragon" where he managed to clinch a podium. He then moved to the B-Max team for the second and third rounds. He scored three more podiums.
Super GT
Arakawa joined Tomei Sport for the Super GT - GT300 2024 season as their third driver.
Racing record
Career summary
| 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 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
(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 | Akiland Racing | 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 |
| 2023 | Zap Speed | FUJ1 1 34 |
FUJ1 2 4 |
SUZ 1 5 |
SUZ 2 5 |
FUJ2 1 7 |
FUJ2 2 8 |
SUZ2 1 8 |
SUZ2 2 20 |
6th | 75 | ||||||
| Dr. Dry | SUG 1 8 |
SUG 2 7 |
AUT 1 11 |
AUT 2 8 |
MOT 1 3 |
MOT 2 12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Team Dragon | AUT 1 3 |
AUT 2 6 |
AUT 3 5 |
MOT 1 3 |
MOT 2 6 |
MOT 3 4 |
6th | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
Complete Super GT results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tomei Sports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA |
FUJ1 21 |
SUZ1 23 |
FUJ2 17 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT 18 |
SUZ2 18 |
NC | 0 |
References
- "The Formula 4 title battles you might have missed in 2021". formulascout.com. 23 December 2021.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "2024シーズンSFライツ参戦体制". B-Max Racing Team (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- "SUGO | 2024年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- O'Connell, RJ (21 March 2024). "Asian News Notebook: Super GT, Japan Cup & GT World Challenge Asia". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
External links
- Rin Arakawa career summary at DriverDB.com