| Hibiki Taira | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 11 June 2000 Okinawa, Japan |
| Super GT Series - GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2020 |
| Current team | muta Racing Inging |
| Car number | 2 |
| Former teams | K-Tunes Racing, apr |
| Starts | 14 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2023 |
| Super Formula Lights career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | TOM'S |
| Car number | 35 |
| Starts | 49 |
| Wins | 5 |
| Podiums | 21 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| Previous series | |
| 2019-2020 2017–18 | F4 Japanese Championship Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2020 | F4 Japanese Championship |
Hibiki Taira (平良 響, Taira Hibiki, born 11 July 2000) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in Super Formula Lights and Super GT. He was previously competed in 2020 F4 Japanese Championship and become the champion.
Career
Taira started professional racing in 2019, competed in F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit. He managed to claim 7th in the standings. He continues to race in the same series, but switched to the TGR-DC Racing School.[1] In that year, he won the championship title with 10 race victories.[2]
Super Formula Lights
The next season, Taira promoted to 2021 Super Formula Lights with TOM'S.[3] He managed to claim 5th in the standings. The next season he continued with TOM'S, and managed to win 2 races, and get 5th in the final standings.[4] Taira continue to race again with the same team.[5]
Super GT
In 2021, Taira competed in Super GT with K-Tunes racing but for couple of races[6] He also make a couple of appearances with apr the next season alongside Manabu Orido, and Yuta Kamimura.[7] He managed to get his first podium at Suzuka. Taira made his full season race with muta Inging, alongside Yuui Tsutsumi.[8] He collected 3 podiums, and claimed maiden podium in the series.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | Meritus.GP | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 6th |
| 2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | TOM'S Spirit | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 7th |
| 2020 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 270.5 | 1st |
| 2021 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41.5 | 5th |
| Super GT - GT300 | K-Tunes Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24th | |
| 2022 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 5th |
| Super GT - GT300 | apr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 22nd | |
| 2023 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 102 | 2nd |
| Super GT - GT300 | muta Racing INGING | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 2nd | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-X | Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 136‡ | 1st‡ |
‡ Team standings
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | TOM'S Spirit | OKA 1 4 |
OKA 2 8 |
FUJ1 1 7 |
FUJ1 2 4 |
SUZ 1 5 |
SUZ 2 5 |
FUJ2 1 23 |
FUJ2 2 4 |
AUT 1 12 |
AUT 2 32 |
SUG 1 5 |
SUG 2 3 |
MOT 1 5 |
MOT 2 Ret |
7th | 101 |
| 2020 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 3 |
FUJ1 2 1 |
FUJ1 3 1 |
SUZ 1 1 |
SUZ 2 1 |
SUZ 3 1 |
MOT 1 1 |
MOT 2 1 |
MOT 3 1 |
FUJ2 1 1 |
FUJ2 2 1 |
FUJ2 3 2 |
1st | 270.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | TOM'S | FUJ 1 4 |
FUJ 2 DNS |
FUJ 3 4 |
SUZ 1 5 |
SUZ 2 4 |
SUZ 3 3 |
AUT 1 4 |
AUT 2 4 |
AUT 3 C |
SUG 1 3 |
SUG 2 3 |
SUG 3 3 |
MOT 1 WD |
MOT 2 WD |
MOT 3 WD |
MOT 1 6 |
MOT 2 4 |
MOT 3 5 |
5th | 41.5 |
| 2022 | TOM'S | FUJ 1 3 |
FUJ 2 3 |
FUJ 3 1 |
SUZ 1 7 |
SUZ 2 4 |
SUZ 3 5 |
AUT 1 4 |
AUT 2 Ret |
AUT 3 5 |
SUG 1 2 |
SUG 2 4 |
SUG 3 2 |
MOT 1 10 |
MOT 2 1 |
MOT 3 7 |
OKA 1 6 |
OKA 2 6 |
OKA 3 5 |
5th | 62 |
| 2023 | TOM'S | AUT 1 2 |
AUT 2 6 |
AUT 3 2 |
SUG 1 1 |
SUG 2 1 |
SUG 3 12 |
SUZ 1 2 |
SUZ 2 2 |
SUZ 3 1 |
FUJ 1 3 |
FUJ 2 3 |
FUJ 3 2 |
OKA 1 5 |
OKA 2 4 |
OKA 3 4 |
MOT 1 4 |
MOT 2 5 |
MOT 3 |
2nd | 102 |
Complete Super GT 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | K-Tunes Racing | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 6 |
FUJ 14 |
MOT 13 |
SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | FUJ | 25th | 4 |
| 2022 | apr | Toyota GR86 GT300 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 18 |
SUZ | FUJ 15 |
SUZ 3 |
SUG | AUT | MOT | 22nd | 11 |
| 2023 | muta Racing Inging | Toyota GR86 GT300 | GT300 | OKA 18 |
FUJ 2 |
SUZ 2 |
FUJ 11 |
SUZ 7 |
SUG Ret |
AUT 2 |
MOT 9 |
2nd | 53 |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ↑ "Toyota junior Hibiki Taira starts Japanese F4 season on top at Fuji". Formula Scout. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ↑ "Toyota junior Hibiki Taira takes Japanese F4 crown at Fuji". Formula Scout. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Toyota promotes Japanese F4 champion Hibiki Taira to SF Lights". Formula Scout. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ↑ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing、2022年のドライバー育成計画を発表".
- ↑ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener". motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ↑ "43 Car Entry List For Fuji GT 450km Race | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ↑ "Teams & Drivers". Super GT. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
External links
- Hibiki Taira career summary at DriverDB.com