Sota Ogawa (小川 颯太, Kogawa Souta, born 1 October 1999) is a Japanese racing driver.

Sota Ogawa
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 25)
Japan
Championship titles
2023Formula Regional Japanese Championship

Career

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Ogawa made his bebut in 2017 F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit for one round at Motegi. Ogawa made his full season with TOM'S Spirit the next season, he race alongside Kazuto Kotaka.[1] Ogawa finished up in 9th place. Ogawa made couple of appearance in 2019 with Skillspeed. And in 2020 with Skillspeed he got podiums, and pole.

In 2021, Ogawa then moves up to Formula Regional Japanese Championship with Team Sutekina for the second half of the season.[2][3] Ogawa then won in Suzuka. Ogawa moves to Bionic Jack Racing for the next season.[4] He finished runners up with three wins, just behind the eventual champion Miki Koyama. Ogawa stay again with the team for the 2023 season.[5] He eventually win the title ahead to the New Zealander Liam Sceats.[6]

Ogawa made an appearances in Super Formula Lights with Rn-sports.[7]

Ogawa will race in 2024 Macau Grand Prix with TGM Grand Prix alongside Takuma Sato's son Rintaro.[8]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2017 F4 Japanese Championship TOM'S Spirit 2 0 0 0 0 10 14th
2018 F4 Japanese Championship TOM'S Spirit 14 0 0 0 0 55 9th
2019 F4 Japanese Championship Skill Speed 8 0 0 0 0 14 13th
2020 F4 Japanese Championship Skill Speed 12 0 1 1 4 121 4th
2021 F4 Japanese Championship Skill Speed 14 0 0 0 0 52 10th
Formula Regional Japanese Championship Team Sutekina 7 1 0 1 2 73 7th
2022 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Bionic Jack Racing 17 3 2 1 12 280 2nd
2023 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Bionic Jack Racing 16 4 11 5 12 243.5 1st
Super Formula Lights Rn-Sports 3 0 0 0 0 0 11th
2024 Super Taikyu Series - ST-Z Buzz Progress Racing
Hitotsuyama Racing
Macau Grand Prix TGM Grand Prix

‡ Team standings

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2017 TOM'S Spirit OKA
1
OKA
2
FUJ1
1
FUJ1
2
AUT
1
AUT
2
SUG
1
SUG
2
FUJ2
1
FUJ2
2
SUZ
1
SUZ
2
MOT
1

6
MOT
2

9
14th 10
2018 TOM'S Spirit OKA
1

5
OKA
2

6
FUJ1
1

11
FUJ1
2

21
SUZ
1

9
SUZ
2

9
FUJ2
1

4
FUJ2
2

5
SUG
1

8
SUG
2

10
AUT
1

9
AUT
2

12
MOT
1

8
MOT
2

24
9th 55
2019 Skill Speed OKA
1
OKA
2
FUJ1
1
FUJ1
2
SUZ
1
SUZ
2
FUJ2
1

12
FUJ2
2

Ret
AUT
1

4
AUT
2

31
SUG
1

10
SUG
2

10
MOT
1

Ret
MOT
2

Ret
13th 14
2020 Skill Speed FUJ1
1

7
FUJ1
2

6
FUJ1
3

7
SUZ
1

7
SUZ
2

12
SUZ
3

7
MOT
1

5
MOT
2

2
MOT
3

2
FUJ2
1

2
FUJ2
2

3
FUJ2
3

5
4th 121

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results

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(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
2021 Rn-sports OKA
1
OKA
2
OKA
3
MOT
1
MOT
2
MOT
3
FUJ
1

9
FUJ
2

2
FUJ
3

5
SUG
1

12
SUG
2

7
SUZ
1

1
SUZ
2

4
7th 73
2022 Bionic Jack Racing 2nd 280

References

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  1. ^ "018 FIA-F4 Championship 1st / 2nd Okayama Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ^ "2021 Inter Proto Series 第3大会 エントリーリスト" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  6. ^ Wood, Ida (2023-11-26). "Ogawa becomes FRegional Japan champion as Okuzumi wins at Sugo". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  7. ^ "Round16_17_18 | 2023年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  8. ^ "Macau Grand Prix - FIA FR World Cup Provisional Entry List" (PDF).
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