Togo Suganami (菅波 冬悟, Suganami Togo, born 2 November 1995) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in Super GT.

Togo Suganami
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 29)
Hyogo, Japan
Super GT - GT300 career
Debut season2019
Current teamHoppy Team Tsuchiya
Car number25
Former teams
Starts24
Wins1
Podiums5
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish3rd in 2020
Previous series
2022-2023
2017-2018
Super Formula Lights
F4 Japanese Championship

Career

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Formula career

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Suganami started his first Formula racing in 2017 in F4 Japanese Championship until 2018 season which was his highest standing in 5th with 2 wins and 3 podiums. On 2022, Suganami returned to formula racing at Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing with Iori Kimura as his teammate.[1] He returns to the series for couple of rounds with the same team where he replaces Nobuhiro Imada, and Takashi Hata for each 1 round respectively.[2] He claimed his first win at Suzuka Circuit, and 2 podiums on that round.[citation needed]

Super GT

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Suganami made his Super GT GT300 debut on 2019 for K2 R&D LEON Racing, replaces Haruki Kurosawa for the last 3 rounds of the series.[3] Suganami claimed his maiden podium in the last round at Motegi where he reach second place alongside Naoya Gamou. Suganami retained for next season with Gamou.[4] That season he got a win and 2 podiums, where both him, and Gamou clinched third place in the standings. Suganami continued for next season where he claimed 2 podiums, but only managed to get 6th place in the standings where that would be his last race with Leon Racing. Suganami returns to the series for 2022 for one round to replaces Hiroki Yoshida for one round at Fuji Speedway.[5] Suganami moves to Team Tsuchiya for 2023, partnered up with regular from last season Seita Nonaka.[6] Unfortunately Team Tsuchiya cannot continue the rest of the season after the car caught up with fire where the car cannot be repaired to return for the season.[7]

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 OTG Motor Sports 14 0 0 1 0 8 15th
2018 F4 Japanese Championship OTG Motor Sports 14 2 2 3 3 119 5th
2019 Super GT - GT300 K2 R&D LEON Racing 3 0 0 0 1 27 11th
F4 Japanese Championship OTG Motor Sports 14 0 0 0 4 128 5th
Super Taikyu - ST-4 Endless Sports 1 0 0 1 1 89‡ 4th‡
2020 Super GT - GT300 K2 R&D LEON Racing 8 1 1 0 2 59 3rd
Super Taikyu - ST-4 Endless Sports 1 0 0 0 1 74‡ 4th‡
2021 Super GT - GT300 K2 R&D LEON Racing 8 0 0 0 2 43 6th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z Endless Sports 6 1 0 0 4 106‡ 1st‡
2022 Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing Team 18 0 0 0 1 25 7th
Super GT - GT300 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 1 0 0 0 0 1 33rd
Super Taikyu - ST-Q Endless Sports
2023 Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing Team 9 2 0 1 4 39 6th
Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 4 0 0 0 0 1 25th
Super Taikyu - ST-4 Endless Sports 5 1 2 0 2 69‡ 6th‡
TGR GR86/BRZ Cup OTG Motor Sports 7 1 2 0 2 53 3rd
2024 Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya
Super Taikyu - ST-4 Endless Sports
Super Formula Lights JMS Racing Team

‡ Team standings

Complete Super GT results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2019 K2 R&D LEON Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
FUJ
SUZ
CHA
FUJ
AUT
7
SUG
4
MOT
2
11th 27
2020 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO FUJ
6
FUJ
4
SUZ
6
MOT
1
FUJ
3
SUZ
10
MOT
19
FUJ
4
3rd 59
2021 OKA
2
FUJ
4
SUZ
9
MOT
15
SUG
14
AUT
8
MOT
Ret
FUJ
2
6th 43
2022 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Toyota GR Supra GT300 OKA FUJ
9
SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 33rd 1
2023 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya OKA
12
FUJ
10
SUZ
17
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
SUG
AUT
MOT
25th 1
2024 OKA
FUJ
SUZ
FUJ
SUZ
SUG
AUT
MOT

Complete Super Formula Lights 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 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2022 B-Max Racing Team FUJ
1

5
FUJ
2

9
FUJ
3

5
SUZ
1

6
SUZ
2

6
SUZ
3

4
AUT
1

5
AUT
2

10
AUT
3

4
SUG
1

Ret
SUG
2

7
SUG
3

8
MOT
1

7
MOT
2

3
MOT
3

6
OKA
1

5
OKA
2

4
OKA
3

8
7th 25
2023 B-Max Racing Team AUT
1

AUT
2

AUT
3

SUG
1

SUG
2

SUG
3

SUZ
1

1
SUZ
2

8
SUZ
3

2
FUJ
1

5
FUJ
2

7
FUJ
3

5
OKA
1

OKA
2

OKA
3

MOT
1

2
MOT
2

11
MOT
3

1
6th 39

References

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  1. ^ "Fuji Speedway | 2022年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ "FUJI | 2023年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ "GT300チャンピオンのK2 R&D LEON RACINGが新体制を発表。黒澤治樹/蒲生尚弥のコンビを継続". autosport.web (in Japanese). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ "44 Cars On Entry List For Season-Opening Super GT Fuji 300km". dailysportscar.com. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Togo Suganami To Relieve Hiroki Yoshida For Fuji 450km | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Tsuchiya SUPER GT team reveals refreshed 2023 line-up". motorsport.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  7. ^ Klein, Jamie (7 August 2023). "Tsuchiya Supra GT300 Car Destroyed in Fire at Fuji". motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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