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Tomoki Nojiri
Nojiri at the2025 Super GT Malaysia Festival
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (age 36) Sekijō (nowChikusei),Ibaraki, Japan
Super Formula career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Team Mugen
Car number	16
Former teams	Dandelion Racing
Starts	99
Wins	14
Podiums	32
Poles	22
Fastest laps	8
Best finish	1st in2021,2022
Super GT - GT500 career
Debut season	2015
Current team	ARTA
Car number	8
Former teams	Team Mugen
Starts	87
Wins	9
Podiums	14
Poles	12
Fastest laps	8
Best finish	2nd in2021
Previous series
2013–14 2011–13 2009–10	Super GT - GT300 All-Japan Formula Three Championship Formula Challenge Japan
Championship titles
2021-22	Super Formula

Tomoki Nojiri (野尻智紀,Nojiri Tomoki; born 15 September 1989) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes as aHonda factory driver inSuper GT forARTA and inSuper Formula forTeam Mugen, where he won the championship title in2021 and2022.^[1]

Nojiri began his karting career in the All-Japan Karting Championship in 2003, and in 2006, he became the FA class champion.^[2] Nojiri moved to Europe to race in the European championship, the Italian Masters, and World Cup KF1 in 2007. In 2008, Nojiri was the top graduate from theSuzuka Circuit Racing School Formula, earning him a scholarship to compete inFormula Challenge Japan (FCJ) for 2009. He finished fifth in the FCJ standings in2009, and again in2010, while also finishing fifth in theJAF Formula 4 West Series in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, Nojiri graduated to theAll-Japan Formula 3 Championship National Class withHFDP Racing. He won three times, including in his first start atSuzuka Circuit, and finished second in the championship toKatsumasa Chiyo. In 2021, Nojiri stepped up to the main level championship in Japanese F3; he finished fifth in the standings, and won the tenth round atOkayama International Circuit. Nojiri moved toToda Racing in 2013, where he finished fourth in the championship.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Nojiri joineddocomo Team Dandelion Racing in theSuper Formula Championship. In the sixth and penultimate round of the championship atSportsland Sugo, Nojiri scored his first career victory in just his seventh race.^[3] He finished the year tenth in the championship, and won Rookie of the Year honours ahead ofFormula One veteranVitantonio Liuzzi, and reigning Japanese F3 championYuichi Nakayama. Nojiri remained with Dandelion Racing from 2015 to 2018. He finished seventh in the championship in2015, ninth in2016, and seventh in2018. Over these four seasons, Nojiri won three pole positions, recorded four podiums, and two fastest laps.^{[citation needed]}

For the 2019 season, Nojiri transferred toTeam Mugen, in a swap for reigning championNaoki Yamamoto (who took Nojiri's place at Dandelion Racing). The move to Mugen, along with the introduction of the new Dallara SF19 chassis, paid dividends for Nojiri. He finished a career-best fourth in the championship, while also ending a five-year winless drought at the season-endingJAF Grand Prix in Suzuka. He finished fifth in the championship in 2020, winning the fourth round atAutopolis from pole position.^{[citation needed]}

Nojiri won back-to-back races atFuji Speedway and Suzuka to open the2021 season. He then went on to win the fifth round atMobility Resort Motegi from pole position. In the next race at Motegi, Nojiri finished fifth to clinch his first Super Formula drivers' championship, becoming the first driver sinceLoïc Duval in 2009 to clinch the Japanese top formula championship before the final round of the season.^[4]

Nojiri's form carried into2022; he opened the season with a win and second place finish at the doubleheader weekend at Fuji, along with a pole position in round two. He strung together four consecutive pole positions, six podiums and never finished lower than fourth in the first eight races of the season. At the JAF Grand Prix Suzuka, Nojiri won the pole for the first race, and clinched his second consecutive championship with a second place finish. He completed the season with a pole-to-win victory, his second of the season. Nojiri became the first driver sinceTsugio Matsuda to win consecutive championships in Japanese top formula racing.^[5]

Nojiri's first Super GT start came in the GT300 class, drivingAutobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA)'sHonda CR-Z GT300 at the 2013Suzuka 1000km. He stepped up to full-time Super GT competition in 2014 with Team Mugen, taking over for reigning GT300 championHideki Mutoh. Nojiri and co-driverYuhki Nakayama finished tenth in the GT300 championship, with a third place finish at the Fuji 500 km.

In2015, Nojiri moved up to the GT500 class with ARTA, driving aHonda NSX-GT. He finished fourth in his top class debut, at Okayama. Two years later, Nojiri won his first GT500 pole in the fourth round at Sugo, and then won the fifth round at Fuji Speedway (with co-driverTakashi Kobayashi) to take his first career GT500 victory.Takuya Izawa transferred to ARTA as Nojiri's new co-driver in2018. Nojiri and Izawa won the third round at Suzuka, and the eighth and final round at Motegi, en route to a third place finish in the GT500 championship. They won the rain-shortened opening round at Okayama in2019, but fell to tenth in the standings at the end of the season.

For2020,Nirei Fukuzumi joined ARTA as Nojiri's co-driver. After a difficult start to the season, Nojiri and Fukuzumi strung together four top five finishes to finish the year fifth in the championship; this included a win at the seventh round at Motegi. Nojiri and Fukuzumi returned to ARTA for the2021 season. One week after clinching the Super Formula championship, Nojiri won the sixth round of the Super GT series at Autopolis alongside Fukuzumi, then won the following round at Motegi. They finished the year second in the drivers' championship.

In2022, Nojiri and Fukuzumi won a shortened Golden Week race at Fuji Speedway.

Nojiri was joined byToshiki Oyu for the2023 season after Fukuzumi was moved to ARTA's new sister entry to partnerHiroki Otsu. Nojiri and Oyu would go on to finish eighth in the championship after inconsistent qualifying form throughout the season, taking a dominant victory atSportsland Sugo. He is set to contest the2024 season alongsideNobuharu Matsushita, who will move over from Real Racing after Oyu's departure from the Honda factory stable for rivalsToyota Gazoo Racing.

^† As Nojiri was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
^‡ Team standings.
^* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
^(Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result.
^* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
^* Season still in progress.

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