Ryota Horachi

{{Short description|Japanese racing driver}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Ryota Horachi

| image =

| nationality = {{flagicon|JPN}} Japanese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|11|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Japan

| current series = F4 Japanese Championship

| first year = 2023

| current team = PONOS Racing

| car number = 45

| former teams = Akiland Racing, HFDP with B-Max Racing Team

| starts = 26

| wins = 1

| podiums = 5

| poles = 2

| fastest laps = 5

| prev series =

| prev series years =

| titles =

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| record template1 =

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{{nihongo|Ryota Horachi|洞地 遼大|Horachi Ryota|born 6 November 2006}} is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in F4 Japanese Championship.{{Cite web |date=19 January 2024 |title=Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview |url=https://global.honda/en/newsroom/news/2024/c240119eng.html |access-date=19 January 2024 |work=Honda Racing}}

Career

= Formula 4 =

Horachi started his Formula 4 career in 2022 with Akiland Racing.{{Cite web|date=2023-05-02|title=参戦台数は過去最多の46台。2023年FIA-F4選手権 第1戦・第2戦富士 エントリーリスト|url=https://www.as-web.jp/domestic/937256|website=AUTO SPORT web|language=ja}}{{Cite web|date=2023-06-03|title=【順位結果】2023FIA-F4選手権 第3戦鈴鹿 決勝|url=https://www.as-web.jp/domestic/948953|website=AUTO SPORT web|language=ja}} Horachi moved to HFDP with B-Max Racing Team after winning the Honda Suzuka Scholarship, partnering Yuto Nomura for the 2024 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.b-maxracing.co.jp/fia-f4/2024fiaf4_bmax_team_org/|title=2024 FIA-F4 B-Max 参戦体制|date=21 March 2024|website=b-maxracing.co.jp|accessdate=21 March 2024}} Horachi achieved his first win at Fuji Speedway. Horachi stayed again in Formula 4 for 2025, but this time racing with PONOS Racing.{{Cite web |title=『PONOS RACING』2025年シーズン参戦体制のお知らせ |url=https://www.ponos.jp/news/2025/02/『ponos-racing』2025年シーズン参戦体制のお知らせ/|date=19 February 2025|access-date=19 February 2025|website=Ponos}}

Racing record

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! FLaps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

2022

|align=left| F4 Japanese Championship

|align=left| Akiland Racing

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 24th

2023

|align=left| F4 Japanese Championship

|align=left| Akiland Racing

| 14

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 56

| 10th

2024

|align=left nowrap| F4 Japanese Championship

|align=left nowrap| HFDP with B-Max Racing Team

| 13

| 1

| 6

| 4

| 8

| 167

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd

2025

|align=left nowrap| F4 Japanese Championship

|align=left nowrap| PONOS Racing

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

= Complete F4 Japanese Championship results =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!Year

!Team

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!11

!12

!13

!14

!DC

!Points

2022

!Akiland Racing

|style="background:#;"| FUJ1
1

|style="background:#;"| FUJ1
2

|style="background:#;"| SUZ1
1

|style="background:#;"| SUZ1
2

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ2
1

{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ2
2

{{small|18}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ2
1

{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ2
2

{{small|29}}

|style="background:#;"| SUG
1

|style="background:#;"| SUG
2

|style="background:#;"| AUT
1

|style="background:#;"| AUT
2

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT
1

{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT
2

{{small|32†}}

! 24th

! 0

2023

!Akiland Racing

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ1
2

{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ1
1

{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ1
1

{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ1
2

{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ2
1

{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ2
2

{{small|37}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ2
1

{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ2
2

{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG
1

{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUG
2

{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
1

{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
2

{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MOT
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT
2

{{small|10}}

! 10th

! 56

2024

!nowrap|HFDP with B-Max Racing Team

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FUJ1
2

{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| FUJ1
1

{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SUZ1
1

{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUZ1
2

{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FUJ2
1

{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FUJ2
2

{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUG
1

{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG
2

{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
2

{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MOT
1

{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MOT
2

{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT
3

{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUZ2
1

{{small|3}}

|style="background:#000000;color:white"| SUZ2
2

{{small|DSQ}}

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 167

2025

!nowrap| PONOS Racing

| style="background:#;" | FUJ1
1

{{small

}

| style="background:#;" | FUJ1
2

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | FUJ1
3

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | FUJ2
1

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | FUJ2
2

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | SUG
1

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | SUG
2

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | SUG
3

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | AUT
1

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | AUT
2

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | MOT
1

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | MOT
2

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | SUZ2
1

{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" | SUZ2
2

{{small|}}

!

!

|}

References

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