B-Max Racing

Founded	2010
Base	Ayase, Kanagawa
Founder(s)	Ryūji Kumita
Current series	Super Formula Super Formula Lights F4 Japanese Championship
Former series	Japanese Formula 3 Championship F3 Asian Championship Formula Regional Japanese Championship GT World Challenge Asia
Current drivers	Super Formula: Iori Kimura Super Formula Lights: Kaylen Frederick Syun Koide Nobuhiro Imada "Dragon" Makoto Fujiwara Yasuhiro Shimizu Rin Arakawa F4 Japanese Championship: Ryota Horachi Yuto Nomura

B-Max Racing Co., Ltd also known asB-Max Racing Team andB-Max Engineering is a Japanese race car constructor and racing team headquartered inAyase,Kanagawa, Japan.

Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. established the race division "B-Max Engineering" in 2009, and started participating in Super FJ andPorsche Carrera Cup Japan in 2010. Since then, the participation category has been expanded.Ryūji Kumita, the president and team representative, competes in the race himself under the pseudonym "Dragon".

In 2014, the team name was changed to "B-Max Racing Team" (Vehicle Division). In addition, B-Max Racing participate in theJapanese Formula 3 Championship.^[1] In November 2017, spun off from Byobugaura Kogyo Co., Ltd. as B-MAX RACING Co., Ltd.^[2]

The team have also participated inSuper Formula Championship from 2017 withTakashi Kogure their first driver.^[3] In 2019, they participated in Super Formula with two cars, in collaboration with theGerman racing teamMotopark Academy.^[4] For 2021, B-Max & Motopark ended their partnership, and the team did not race for first round of the season.Nobuharu Matsushita: joined B-Max Racing from the second round at Suzuka. He was initially denied an engine lease fromHonda, after signing a factory racing contract withNissan in theSuper GT Series. This prevented him from racing in the opening round at Fuji. Honda would reverse their decision after Masaya Nagai replaced Hiroshi Shimizu as the Director of Motorsport at Honda.^[5] They planned to enter two cars, after running just one car forNobuharu Matsushita in 2021. They confirmed on 4 March that they would continue to run one car, after a failed attempt to enter a non-Japanese driver in their second car, as2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship championKyffin Simpson declined the opportunity offered byHonda Performance Development (Honda's United States motorsport operation, which supplies engines to theFormula 4 United States andFormula Regional Americas championships) to the series champion because of pandemic-related restrictions.^[6]Raoul Hyman was awarded a Honda Super Formula scholarship for winning the2022 Formula Regional Americas Championship title, and drove for B-Max Racing. The team is currently scheduled to downsize from running two cars in 2023 to a single-car entry in 2024, to be piloted by reigningSuper Formula Lights championIori Kimura.^[7]

B-Max Racing venture in Super GT started in 2014 where they are set up with NDDP Racing which is theNISMO Nissan Driver Academy as they discontinued their partnership with Nova Engineering.Kazuki Hoshino as the leading senior driver, he has partnered up withLucas Ordóñez, andJann Mardenborough who won the Nissan Gran Turismo Academy.Mitsunori Takaboshi raced as well for two seasons.

In 2018 NDDP Racing moved up to the GT500 class, entering as NDDP Racing with B-Max. They take the place of MOLA, who withdrew from the series at the end of 2017.^[8][9] B-Max formed an all-new driver lineup:Kohei Hirate transferred to Nissan and secured his return to GT500 after a seventeen-year association with Toyota, while former Honda GT500 driverFrédéric Makowiecki returned to the series for the first time since 2014.^[10] For 2020Katsumasa Chiyo, who raced full-time in theIntercontinental GT Challenge for Nissan in 2019, returns to GT500 on a full-time basis at NDDP Racing with B-Max, replacing Makowiecki.^[11] In 2022,NISMO takes over the NDDP Team, thus ends B-Max Racing program in Super GT.

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.	Pts
2017	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414EI4t	Takashi Kogure	7	0	0	0	0	0	18th	11th	0
2018	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414EI4t	Katsumasa Chiyo	6	0	0	0	0	0	18th	11th	0
2019	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-417EI4t	Lucas Auer	7	0	0	1	1	14	9th	8th	20
			Harrison Newey	7	0	0	0	1	6	15th
2020	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-417EI4t	Nobuharu Matsushita	4	0	0	0	1	16	15th	9th	16
			Sérgio Sette Câmara	1	0	1	0	0	3	20th
			Charles Milesi	3	0	0	0	0	0	21st
			Mitsunori Takaboshi	1	0	0	0	0	0	26th
			Teppei Natori	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-417EI4t	Nobuharu Matsushita	6	0	1	0	2	33.5	8th	8th	29.5
2022	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-417EI4t	Nobuharu Matsushita	10	1	0	0	1	21	13th	9th	21
2023	Dallara SF23	Honda HR-417EI4t	Nobuharu Matsushita	9	0	0	0	0	4	19th	12th	4
			Raoul Hyman	9	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2024	Dallara SF23	Honda HR-417EI4t	Iori Kimura	9	0	0	1	0	3	16th	10th	3
2025	Dallara SF23	Honda HR-417EI4t	Syun Koide	12	0	0	0	0	5	16th	9th	5

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

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	T.C.	Points
2017		SUZ	OKA	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ		11th	0
	Takashi Kogure	15	18	15	13	17	12	14	C	C
2018		SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	OKA	SUZ				11th	0
	Katsumasa Chiyo	14	C	Ret	17	19	15	10
2019		SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	OKA	SUZ				8th	20
	Lucas Auer	7	11	3	Ret	7	5	11
	Harrison Newey	Ret	17	Ret	16	19	3	20
2020		MOT	OKA	SUG	AUT	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ				9th	16
	Teppei Natori	DNS
	Mitsunori Takaboshi		14
	Sérgio Sette Câmara			Ret
	Nobuharu Matsushita				6	Ret	14	3
	Charles Milesi				15	11	13	DNS
2021		FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	MOT	MOT	SUZ				8th	29.5
	Nobuharu Matsushita		13	3‡	4	3	7	12
2022		FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	MOT	SUZ	SUZ	9th	21
	Nobuharu Matsushita	Ret	19	1	10	Ret	Ret	11	11	17	Ret
2023		FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUZ		12th	4
	Nobuharu Matsushita	13	12	12	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	13	7
	Raoul Hyman	16	18	18	17	18	Ret	15	21	18

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2020	Dallara 320-Volkswagen	Sena Sakaguchi	17	4	5	2	16	116	2nd	N/A
		Yoshiaki Katayama	5	0	0	0	1	10	6th
		Mitsunori Takaboshi	3	0	0	0	0	8	7th
		Mizuki Ishizaka	2	0	0	0	0	3	11th
		"Dragon"	17	0	0	0	0	2	12th
		Kiyoto Fujinami	3	0	0	0	0	2	13th
		Masami Kageyama	2	0	0	0	0	1	14th
		Sakon Yamamoto	3	0	0	0	0	0	16th
		Satoshi Motoyama	3	0	0	0	0	0	17th
		Nobuhiro Imada	9	0	0	0	0	0	18th
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	8	0	0	0	0	0	19th
		Takashi Hata	6	0	0	0	0	0	20th
2021	Dallara 320-Spiess	Nobuhiro Imada	17	0	0	0	0	1	10th	2nd
		"Dragon"	17	0	0	0	0	0	12th
		Miki Koyama	3	0	0	0	0	0	13th
		"Syuji"	8	0	0	0	0	0	14th
		Takashi Hata	6	0	0	0	0	0	17th
2022	Dallara 320-Spiess	Iori Kimura	18	3	2	6	9	85	3rd	3rd
		Togo Suganami	18	0	0	0	1	25	7th
		"Dragon"	18	0	0	0	0	1	11th
		Nobuhiro Imada	18	0	0	0	0	1	12th
		Roberto Merhi	3	0	0	0	0	0	14th
2023	Dallara 320-Spiess	Iori Kimura	18	6	4	8	12	113	1st	1st
		Igor Fraga	18	1	1	1	7	62	4th
		Togo Suganami	9	2	0	1	4	39	6th
		David Vidales	15	0	0	0	1	19	9th
		Nobuhiro Imada	15	0	0	0	0	0	12th
		Takashi Hata	10	0	0	0	0	0	14th
	Dallara 320-TOMEI	"Dragon"	18	0	0	0	0	0	13th
2024	Dallara 324-TOM'S	Syun Koide	18	8	6	7	11	115	1st	2nd
		Kaylen Frederick	18	1	1	0	4	46	5th
		Rin Arakawa	9	0	0	0	3	44	6th
			6	0	0	0	2			4th
		"Dragon"	18	0	0	0	0	0	11th
		Makoto Fujiwara	12	0	0	0	0	0	14th
		Nobuhiro Imada	14	0	0	0	0	0	10th	6th
		Togo Suganami	3	0	0	0	0	0	13th
		Yasuhiro Shimizu	18	0	0	0	0	0	15th	8th
2025	Dallara 324-TOM'S	Yuto Nomura	18	12	7	8	16	153	1st	1st
		Kaylen Frederick	15	1	1	1	4	35	5th
		Zachary David	18	0	0	0	1	25	8th
		Kazuhisa Urabe	18	0	0	1	0	5	10th
		"Dragon"	18	0	0	0	0	0	18th
		Keito Matsui	3	0	0	0	0	0	19th
		Takuya Otaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Tosei Moriyama	3	0	0	0	0	0	12th	5th
		Nobuhiro Imada	12	0	0	0	0	0	15th
		"Ken Alex"	3	0	0	0	0	0	14th	6th
		Yasuhiro Shimizu	18	0	0	0	0	0	16th	7th

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2016	Dome F110	Shinji Sawada	14	0	1	0	5	106	7th	5th
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	12	0	0	0	0	0	38th
		"Syuji"	2	0	0	0	0	0	48th
2017	Dome F110	Shinji Sawada	14	0	0	0	2	85	6th	4th
		Ayumu Iwasa	2	0	0	0	0	0	28th
		Chia Wing Hoong	14	0	0	0	0	0	31st
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	4	0	0	0	0	0	45th
2018	Dome F110	"Syuji"	8	0	0	0	0	0	40th	NC
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	2	0	0	0	0	0	43rd
		"Dragon"	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2019	Dome F110	"Dragon"	12	0	0	0	0	0	22nd	NC
		"Syuji"	14	0	0	0	0	0	39th
2021	Dome F110	Nobuhiro Imada	7	0	0	0	0	0	28th	NC
		"Syuji"	7	0	0	0	0	0	42nd
2022	Dome F110	Yuki Mishima	4	0	0	0	0	2	21st	12th
		"Dragon"	14	0	0	0	0	0	35th
		Nobuhiro Imada	3	0	0	0	0	0	46th
2023	Dome F110	Nobuhiro Imada	12	0	0	0	0	0	37th	NC
		"Dragon"	14	0	0	0	0	0	40th
		Makoto Fujiwara	14	0	0	0	0	0	36th
2024	Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24	"Dragon"	13	5	5	4	9	202	1st	1st[a]
		Nobuhiro Imada	12	4	4	1	10	199.5	2nd
		Yuto Nomura	13	7	3	4	10	236	1st	1st
		Ryota Horachi	13	1	6	4	8	167	2nd
2025	Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24	Nobuhiro Imada	14	2	0	1	11	226	1st	1st[b]
		"Dragon"	14	4	3	3	9	190.5	3rd
		Yasuhiro Shimizu	4	1	0	0	2	55	10th
		Kazutaka Miura	7	0	0	1	0	2	19th
		Kotaro Shimbara	14	2	3	1	5	127	4th	3rd
		Syo Momose	14	0	0	0	2	96	6th
		Tosei Moriyama	14	0	1	1	3	88	8th	5th
		Ayato Iwasaki	14	0	0	0	0	23	14th

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2020	Dome F111/3	"Dragon"	11	0	0	0	0	76	6th	4th
		"Syuji"	12	0	0	0	0	41	10th
		Motoyoshi Yoshida	5	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
2021	Dome F111/3	Nobuhiro Imada	10	0	0	0	0	54	10th	5th
		"Takumi"	13	0	0	0	0	44	11th
		"Dragon"	10	0	0	0	0	20	18th
		"Syuji"	8	0	0	0	0	10	19th
2022	Dome F111/3	Nobuhiro Imada	5	0	0	0	0	40	11th	9th
2025	Dome F111/3	Kazuhisa Urabe	12	3	1	0	10	187	3rd	2nd
		Jia Zhanbin	15	0	0	1	0	65	9th

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

Year	Car	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Points
2012	Nissan GT-R	GT300	3	Yuhi Sekiguchi Katsumasa Chiyo Daiki Sasaki	OKA 19	FUJ 18	SEP 4	SUG 1	SUZ 2	FUJ 9	AUT 19	MOT 6		4th	53
2013			3	Kazuki Hoshino Daiki Sasaki Lucas Ordóñez	OKA Ret	FUJ Ret	SEP 10	SUG 9	SUZ 9	FUJ 5	FUJ	AUT Ret	MOT 9	17th	14
2014			3	Kazuki Hoshino Lucas Ordóñez Wolfgang Reip	OKA 4	FUJ 5	AUT 4	SUG 9	FUJ 10	SUZ 19	BUR 1	MOT 8		4th	48
2015			3	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi Wolfgang Reip	OKA 8	FUJ 2	CHA 1	FUJ Ret	SUZ 14	SUG 8	AUT 1	MOT Ret		4th	61
2016			3	Kazuki Hoshino Jann Mardenborough	OKA 10	FUJ 1	SUG 5	FUJ 6	SUZ 10	CHA 2	MOT 13	MOT 6		4th	52
2017			3	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi	OKA 7	FUJ 6	AUT 9	SUG 8	FUJ Ret	SUZ 14	CHA 9	MOT 10		17th	17
2018		GT500	3	Satoshi Motoyama Katsumasa Chiyo	OKA 7	FUJ 10	SUZ 7	CHA 13	FUJ 15	SUG 8	AUT 13	MOT 9		17th	14
2019			3	Kohei Hirate Frederic Makowiecki	OKA 4‡	FUJ 6	SUZ 9	CHA 6	FUJ 11	AUT 11	SUG 1	MOT DNS		9th	36
2020			3	Kohei Hirate Katsumasa Chiyo	FUJ 7	FUJ 8	SUZ 6	MOT 7	FUJ Ret	SUZ 4	MOT 15	FUJ 6		13th	29
2021			3	Kohei Hirate Katsumasa Chiyo	OKA 9	FUJ 5	MOT 6	SUZ 2	SUG Ret	AUT 4	MOT 14	FUJ 8		10th	39

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2018	Tatuus F3 T-318	"Dragon"	9	0	0	0	0	0	23rd	11th
		Tairoku Yamaguchi	3	0	0	0	0	0	24th
2019 Summer	Tatuus F3 T-318	Miki Koyama†	6	0	0	0	0	18	15th	9th
		Kiyoto Fujinami	3	0	0	0	0	14	16th
		"Dragon"	3	0	0	0	0	0	21st
		Tairoku Yamaguchi	3	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
2019 Winter	Tatuus F3 T-318	Motoyoshi Yoshida	6	0	0	0	0	11	14th	6th
		Tairoku Yamaguchi	9	0	0	0	0	7	15th
		"Dragon"	3	0	0	0	0	0	16th
		Miki Koyama	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡

† Koyama drove forBlackArts Racing Team in round 3. ‡ Guest driver

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	"Dragon"	3	0	0	0	0	2	27th	10th

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