Juju Noda

Juju Noda was born on 2 February 2006. She is the daughter of former Formula One driver Hideki Noda, and began karting at the age of 3.

In 2018, Noda was featured in a micro-documentary created by Great Big Story.{{Cite web|date=2018-04-11|title=This 11-Year-Old Racing Prodigy Is Breaking Records|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B6XieLRDaIc&t=53s|access-date=2022-03-23|website=YouTube|language=en-GB}}

Noda tested single-seater race cars on Japanese circuits from the age of 9. She made her official competition car debut in the 2019 Lucas Oil Winter Race Series, where she finished 14th overall.

Noda made her debut in the Formula 4 category in 2020, racing in the F4 Danish Championship with her family team, Noda Racing. She won her first ever race in the series, and finished 6th in the standings.

She continued in the championship in 2021, after a last minute switch from the F4 United States Championship.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-11|title=Juju Noda makes surprise last-minute return to Danish F4|url=https://formulascout.com/juju-noda-makes-surprise-last-minute-return-to-danish-f4/78557|access-date=2022-03-23|website=FormulaScout|last=Wood|first=Ida|language=en-GB}} She finished 7th in the standings this year.

In January 2021, it was announced that Noda would race for Jay Howard Driver Development in the 2021 Formula 4 United States Championship.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-19|title=Juju Noda joins F4 US with JHDD and ROKiT|url=https://www.racers-behindthehelmet.com/post/juju-noda-joins-f4-us-with-jhdd-and-rokit|access-date=2022-03-23|website=Racers - Behind the Helmet|last=Strebelow|first=Vivien|language=en-GB}}

She was fastest in the practice session in Round 1 at Road Atlanta, however she then withdrew prior to qualifying.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-27|title=Juju Noda withdraws from opening US F4 round|url=https://formulascout.com/juju-noda-withdraws-from-opening-us-f4-round/76828|access-date=2022-03-23|website=FormulaScout|language=en-GB}} She did not appear at any more rounds.

Noda appeared at the second pre-season test on 2–4 March 2022 at Barcelona, the only driver to do so who was not an automatic qualifier or who had attended the first test in Arizona, one month prior. The full W Series grid was announced on 22 March 2022, with Noda included. She would go on to score two points throughout the season, finishing fourteenth in the championship.

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File:F3 CEZ 2023 Spielberg Nr. 10.jpg in 2023]]

Noda would compete in the Euroformula Open Championship for the eponymous Noda Racing team in 2023. A controversial technical regulation stated that female drivers in the championship could run at a minimum weight 26 kg lower than male counterparts.{{Cite web |title=Technical Regulations |url=http://www.euroformulaopen.net/en/regulations/6-technical-regulations |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=www.euroformulaopen.net |language=en}} This regulation was abolished before the fifth round of the season at the Red Bull Ring, mandating that Noda's car be run with the same minimum weight as those of her male competitors.{{Cite web |last=Arroyo |first=Juan |date=2023-09-05 |title=Euroformula Open rescinds rule allowing lighter cars for female drivers |url=https://feederseries.net/2023/09/05/euroformula-open-rescinds-rule-allowing-lighter-cars-for-female-drivers/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Feeder Series |language=en}} In response to this, Hideki Noda announced that they had retired Juju and the Noda Racing entry from the series. Despite only competing at four of the eight rounds, Noda finished 8th in the championship, with 118 points and one win at Circuit Paul Ricard.

File:Juju Noda 2024 SF Motegi Qualify.jpg Motegi round]]

Noda stepped up to Super Formula in 2024, partnering Nobuharu Matsushita at TGM Grand Prix. Noda became the first Japanese woman to race in Super Formula, Formula Nippon or any of its predecessors. Despite a best finish of twelfth in the attritional penultimate race at Suzuka, Noda struggled with a lack of professional-level motorsport experience – never qualifying higher than 19th in a 21-car field, and lapping on average 1.7 seconds slower than the leaders across the season.{{cite news|url=https://www.dive-bomb.com/article/opinion-juju-noda-should-take-control-of-her-career-now-before-it-s-too-late|title=Juju Noda should take control of her career now before it's too late|publisher=Divebomb|date=12 August 2024}}

For 2025 Noda moved to Triple Tree Racing, a new team set up by her father Hideki.{{Cite news|title=Juju Noda secures Super Formula return with new family run team|url= https://open.substack.com/pub/japanracinginsider/p/juju-noda-secures-super-formula-return?r=32xr96&utm_medium=ios|work=Japan Racing Insider|last=Klein|first=Jamie|date=15 January 2025|access-date=15 January 2025}}

^† As Noda was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.

^* Season still in progress.

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! 8th

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! 23rd*

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^* Season still in progress.

{{Reflist}}

• [https://juju-driver.com/ Official website]
• {{DriverDB driver|juju-noda}}
• Profile at [https://wseries.com/drivers/juju-noda/ W Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807125321/https://wseries.com/drivers/juju-noda/ |date=7 August 2022 }}

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