Ukyo Sasahara
{{Short description|Japanese racing driver (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Ukyo Sasahara
| image = Ukyo Sasahara 2024 SF Suzuka (Nov).jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Sasahara in the 2024 Super Formula Championship at Suzuka Circuit
| nationality = {{flagicon|JPN}} Japanese
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|04|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Numata, Gunma, Japan
| current series = Super GT - GT500
| first year = 2020
| current team = Team Deloitte TOM'S
| car number = 37
| former teams = Team Mugen
| starts = 41
| wins = 2
| poles = 2
| podiums = 4
| fastest laps = 0
| best finish = 5th
| year = 2024
| prev series = SRO Japan Cup
Super Formula
Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
F3 Asian Championship
Japanese Formula 3
F4 Japanese Championship
FIA European F3
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Italian F4 Championship
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
| prev series years = 2024
2020–2024
2019
2019–20
2018–19
2017
2016
2014–15
2014
2013, 15
2013
| titles = Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup
F3 Asian Championship
| awards =
}}
{{nihongo|Ukyō Sasahara|笹原 右京|Sasahara Ukyō|extra=born 24 April 1996}} is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who is currently competing in Super GT and Super Formula for TOM'S. He was previously a factory driver for Honda, and has achieved successes in a wide variety of motorsport disciplines.
Career
=Karting=
Sasahara began karting aged seven in 2003. He won numerous domestic titles, including becoming JAF All Japan Championship Junior Champion in 2009.{{cite news|title=Profile|work=gogoukyo.com|publisher=Ukyo Sasahara|url=http://gogoukyo.com/web/?page_id=725|access-date=17 June 2015}} In the same year, he beat Matt Parry to win the Rotax Max Challenge Junior Grand Final,{{cite news|title=Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior 2009 standings|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|url=https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/rotax-max-challenge-grand-finals---junior/2009/|access-date=17 June 2015}} a title he went on to win for a second time in 2011.{{cite news|title=Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior 2011 standings|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|url=https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/rotax-max-challenge-grand-finals---junior/2011/|access-date=17 June 2015}} He went on to enjoy further success in the category, winning the Rotax Max Euro Challenge Junior title in 2011, and the Central Eastern European Rotax Max Challenge Senior title in 2012, his final year in karting.
=European racing career=
Sasahara graduated to single-seaters in 2013, racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship for Vincenzo Sospiri's Euronova Racing team.{{cite news|url=http://euronova-racing.com/control/upload/190213_090400_6874_130219%20Alps%20Sasahara%20joins%20Euronova.pdf|title=Sasahara completes Euronova Formula Renault line up|date=19 February 2013|work=euronova-racing.com|publisher=Euronova Racing|access-date=17 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219015127/http://euronova-racing.com/control/upload/190213_090400_6874_130219%20Alps%20Sasahara%20joins%20Euronova.pdf|archive-date=19 February 2014}} He finished in the points on seven occasions, taking a best race result of sixth at Misano to finish 13th in the championship.{{cite news|title=Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2013 standings|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|url=https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/formula-renault-20-alps/2013/|access-date=17 June 2015}} During the season, he also took part in the Spa-Francorchamps and Barcelona rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season with Euronova Racing as a guest driver.{{fact|date=October 2024}}
For 2014, Sasahara continued with Euronova Racing, switching to the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship.{{cite news|title=Euronova sign Sasahara and Dalewski for Formula Renault NEC season|url=http://www.paddockscout.com/euronova-sign-sasahara-and-dalewski-for-formula-renault-nec-season/15329|last=Khorounzhiy|first=Valentin|work=paddockscout.com|publisher=Paddock Scout|date=2 April 2014|access-date=17 June 2015}} He took a single podium position, finishing second to Louis Delétraz in the opening race of the season at Monza, and finished in the points in all the remaining races except one to finish sixth in the championship.{{cite news|title=Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014 standings|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|url=https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/formula-renault-20-nec/2014/|access-date=17 June 2015}}
In 2015, Sasahara joined the ART Junior Team to contest both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championships.{{cite news|title=Sasahara signs with ART Junior Team|url=http://www.paddockscout.com/sasahara-signs-with-art-junior-team/25590|last=Khorounzhiy|first=Valentin|work=paddockscout.com|publisher=Paddock Scout|date=21 March 2015|access-date=17 June 2015}} After failing to score points in the opening round of the Eurocup at Motorland Aragón, Sasahara took his first race victory in the following round at Spa-Francorchamps, becoming only the second Japanese driver to win a Eurocup race after Kamui Kobayashi in the 2005 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.com/Maiden-win-for-Sasahara-at-Spa.html|title=Maiden win for Sasahara at Spa|work=World Series by Renault|publisher=Renault Sport|date=30 May 2015|access-date=17 June 2015|archive-date=18 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618023138/http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.com/Maiden-win-for-Sasahara-at-Spa.html|url-status=dead}}
In the NEC championship, Sasahara won the opening race of the season at Monza ahead of Manor MP Motorsport's Ignazio D'Agosto.{{cite news|url=http://necup.com/sasahara-wins-thrilling-opening-race-season/|title=Sasahara wins thrilling opening race of the season|work=necup.com|publisher=Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup|date=11 April 2015|access-date=17 June 2015}}
In June 2014, Sasahara took part in the opening round of the Italian F4 Championship at Adria International Raceway for Euronova Racing, replacing Italian driver Andrea Fontana who missed the event due to illness.{{cite news|title=Sasahara steps in for Fontana at Italian F4 opener|url=http://www.paddockscout.com/sasahara-steps-in-for-fontana-at-italian-f4-opener/18641|first=Peter|last=Allen|work=paddockscout.com|publisher=Paddock Scout|date=6 June 2014|access-date=17 June 2015}} After finishing fifth in the opening race, he won the reversed-grid second race ahead of the Prema Powerteam entry of eventual series champion Lance Stroll.{{cite news|title=Sasahara claims close victory in race 2 at Adria|url=http://www.paddockscout.com/sasahara-claims-close-victory-in-race-2-at-adria/18732|first=Aditya|last=Banerjee|work=paddockscout.com|publisher=Paddock Scout|date=8 June 2014|access-date=17 June 2015}}
In 2016, initially Sasahara did not have a full time seat. He competed for 2 rounds at Spa-Francorchamps & Imola with Threebond T-Sport.{{cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/125269/tsport-back-to-euro-f3-with-exfrenault-ace|title=T-Sport back to European Formula 3 with ex-FRenault ace Sasahara|last=Simmons|first=Marcus|work=Autosport|date=13 July 2016|access-date=13 July 2016}}
=Japanese F4 and Japanese F3=
Sasahara returns to Japan, where he competed in F4 Japanese Championship in 2017 with Honda backing. He competed with Honda Formula Dream Project, alongside Yuki Tsunoda & Toshiki Oyu as his teammates. He managed to get runners up place beating his teammates, but lose out to the eventual champion Ritomo Miyata. Sasahara made his step up to the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with ThreeBond Racing.{{cite web|url=http://world.honda.com/news/2018/c180112eng.html|date=12 January 2018|access-date=16 February 2018|work=Honda Motor Co., Ltd|publisher=Honda Motor Co., Ltd|title=Honda 2018 Motorsports Program Overview}} He only managed to claim third in the championship standings, with couple of podiums to his name. He lose out to the TOM'S pairing of Sho Tsuboi who is the champion, and the runners up Ritomo Miyata.
=F3 Asia and Porsche Carera Cup Japan=
Unfortunately for Sasahara, he dropped by Honda for the 2019 season with no drive in Japanese F3 or even Super GT. With that Sasahara competed in Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. He competed as well in F3 Asian Championship with Hitech Grand Prix that season. Sasahara eventually won both of the series. He makes a return in the 2019–20 F3 Asian Championship as a guest with the same team.
=Super GT=
Sasahara made his debut in Super GT GT500 for Honda's Team Mugen, partnered alongside Hideki Mutoh.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2020/01/10/honda-announces-2020-super-gt-teams-and-drivers.html|title=Honda Announces 2020 Super GT Teams & Drivers|date=10 January 2020|work= dailysportscar.com|access-date=10 January 2020}} Sasahara took his maiden podium at Motegi. Sasahara continues to compete at Super GT, Team Mugen retained him, with new teammate Toshiki Oyu.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/01/15/honda-announces-2021-super-gt-teams-drivers.html|title=Honda Announces 2021 Super GT Teams & Drivers|date=15 January 2021|work= dailysportscar.com|access-date=15 January 2021}} Both pairs claimed their maiden pole in GT500 at Sportsland SUGO.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/12/17/new-honda-nsx-gt-type-s-spotted-testing-at-motegi.html|title=New Honda NSX-GT "Type S" Spotted Testing At Motegi|date=17 December 2021|work=dailysportscar.com|access-date=17 December 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/01/14/honda-announces-2022-super-gt-lineups.html|title=Honda Announces 2022 Super GT Lineups|date=14 January 2022|work=dailysportscar.com|access-date=14 January 2022}}
For 2023, Sasahara left Honda, and moved to Toyota. Sasahara competed with Deloitte Team TOM'S, alongside Giuliano Alesi.{{Cite web |title=Toyota signs Sasahara, but Alesi keeps Super Formula drive |url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/toyota-sasahara-toms-alesi-2023/10419707/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}
=Super Formula=
File:Ukyo Sasahara 2024 SF Motegi FP2.jpg in 2024 at Mobility Resort Motegi.]]
Sasahara made his Super Formula debut with Team Mugen, replacing Juri Vips where initially to compete in this series, but due to COVID-19 border restriction in Japan prevents Vips to entering Japan, and compete for the entire season.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Elliot|date=2020-08-19|title=Ukyo Sasahara replaces Vips for Super Formula season opener |url=https://formulascout.com/ukyo-sasahara-replaces-vips-for-super-formula-season-opener/66539|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Formula Scout|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Elliot|date=2020-09-16|url=https://formulascout.com/mugen-keeps-sasahara-mitsunori-takaboshi-at-b-max-in-super-formula/68210/|title=Mugen keeps Sasahara, Mitsunori Takaboshi at B-MAX in Super Formula|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Formula Scout|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Elliot|date=2020-11-10|title=Mugen retains Vips stand-in Sasahara for rest of Super Formula season|url=https://formulascout.com/mugen-retains-vips-stand-in-sasahara-for-rest-of-super-formula-season/70759|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Formula Scout|language=en-US}} Initially Sasahara not compete in Super Formula for 2021, but he competed for the first 2 rounds as he replaces Tadasuke Makino at Dandelion Racing after Makino suffered meningitis.{{Cite web|title=Kamui Kobayashi among absentees for Super Formula opener|url=https://www.motorsport.com/super-formula/news/kobayashi-fuji-entry-list-kotaka/5988555/|access-date=2021-03-30|website=www.motorsport.com|language=en}} Sasahara claimed his maiden podium in the series on the second round. Sasahara returns to Team Mugen for 2022 season of Super Formula with Team Mugen.{{Cite web |title=Mugen adds second Super Formula entry, signs Sasahara|url=https://au.motorsport.com/super-formula/news/mugen-adds-second-super-formula-entry-signs-sasahara/8681607/|access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Motorsport.com|language=en}} Sasahara made his maiden win in Super Formula, as he won at Fuji, and finished 6th in the standings.
Sasahara competed in Super Formula as well, after replaces his Super GT Teammate Alesi in the Vantelin Team TOM'S for the last four rounds.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-20 |title=Super Formula: TOM'S axes Giuliano Alesi, Sasahara returns |url=https://www.motorsport.com/super-formula/news/toms-alesi-axed-sasahara-return/10485403/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}
Karting record
= Karting career summary =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"
!Season !Series !Team !Position |
| 2009
| align="left" | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior Max | align="left" | Team Global | style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| align="left" | Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior Max | align="left" | | 6th |
| align="left" | Rotax Max Wintercup - Junior Max
| align="left" | Intrepid Force Rotax | style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st |
| rowspan="3"| 2011
| align="left" | Kartmasters British GP - Rotax Junior | align="left" | | 18th |
| align="left" | Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior Max
| rowspan="2" align="left" | Paul Carr Racing | style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st |
| align="left" | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior Max
| style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st |
| rowspan="4" | 2012
| align="left" | Rotax Euro Challenge - Rotax Senior | align="left" | | 9th |
| align="left" | Rotax International Open - Senior
| align="left" | | 10th |
| align="left" | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Senior Max
| align="left" | | 9th |
| align="left" | Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe - Senior
| align="left" | | style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st |
Racing record
=Racing career summary=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
! Season ! Series ! Team ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! Position |
| rowspan=2| 2013
|align=left| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps |align=left rowspan=2| Euronova Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13th |
|---|
| align=left| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| rowspan=2| 2014
|align=left| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC |align=left| Euronova Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 191 | 6th |
| align=left| Italian F4 Championship
|align=left| Euronova Racing by Fortec | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 17th |
| rowspan=2| 2015
|align=left| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |align=left rowspan=2| ART Junior Team | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 7th |
| align=left| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
| 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 296 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |
| 2016
|align=left| FIA Formula 3 European Championship |align=left| Threebond with T-Sport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
| 2017
|align=left| F4 Japanese Championship |align=left| Honda Formula Dream Project | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 224 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
| rowspan=2| 2018
|align=left| Japanese Formula 3 Championship |align=left rowspan=2| ThreeBond Racing | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 65 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |
| align=left| Macau Grand Prix
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| rowspan="4" | 2019
|align=left| F3 Asian Championship |align=left| Hitech Grand Prix | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 301 |style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st |
| align=left| Japanese Formula 3 Championship
|align=left| B-Max Racing with Motopark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12th |
| align=left| FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup
|align=left| Team Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A |style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st |
| align=left| Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
|align=left| Porsche Japan |10 |6 |6 |4 |9 |176 |style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st |
| 2019–20
|align=left| F3 Asian Championship |align=left| Hitech Grand Prix | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | N/A | NC† |
| rowspan=2| 2020
|align=left| Super GT - GT500 |align=left rowspan=2| Team Mugen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 15th |
| align=left| Super Formula
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th |
| rowspan=2| 2021
|align=left| Super GT - GT500 |align=left| Team Red Bull Mugen | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16th |
| align=left| Super Formula
|align=left| Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12th |
| rowspan=2| 2022
|align=left| Super Formula |align=left| Team Mugen | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 6th |
| align=left| Super GT - GT500
|align=left| Team Red Bull Mugen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.5 | 14th |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
|align=left| Super GT - GT500 |align=left| TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15th |
| align=left| Super Formula
|align=left| Vantelin Team TOM’S | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd |
| rowspan="3" | 2024
|align=left| Super GT - GT500 |align=left| TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 5th |
| align=left| Super Formula
|align=left| Vantelin Team TOM’S | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th |
| align=left| SRO Japan Cup - GT3
|align=left| Bingo Racing |2 |2 |2 |? |2 |50 |9th |
| 2025
|align=left| Super GT - GT500 |align=left| TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5th* |
† As Sasahara was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
=Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| 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 ! Pos ! Points |
| 2013
!nowrap| Euronova Racing |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VLL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VLL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO2 ! 13th ! 32 |
= Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results =
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |
| Year
! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! DC ! Points |
|---|
| 2013
! nowrap| Euronova Racing | ALC | ALC | style="background:#CFCFFF"|SPA | style="background:#CFCFFF"|SPA |MSC |MSC |RBR |RBR |HUN |HUN |LEC |LEC | style="background:#EFCFFF"| CAT | style="background:#CFCFFF"| CAT |colspan=3| ! NC† ! 0 |
| 2015
!nowrap| ART Junior Team | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | ALC | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | ALC | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ALC | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SPA | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SPA | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | HUN | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HUN | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SIL | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SIL | style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SIL | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | NÜR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NÜR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LMS | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LMS | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | JER | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | JER | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | JER ! 7th ! 116 |
† As Sasahara was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points
= Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup results =
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |
| Year
! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! DC ! Points |
|---|
| 2014
!nowrap| Euronova Racing | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MNZ | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MNZ | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SIL | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SIL | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | HOC | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | HOC | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | HOC | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ASS | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ASS | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MST | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MST | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | MST | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NÜR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NÜR | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | NÜR ! 6th ! 191 |
| 2015
!nowrap| ART Junior Team | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | MNZ | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MNZ | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SIL | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SIL | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | RBR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | RBR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | RBR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | ASS | style="background:#FFDF9F;" | ASS | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | NÜR | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NÜR | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | HOC | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | HOC | style="background:#FFDF9F;" | HOC | ! style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd ! style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 296 |
= Complete Italian F4 Championship results =
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| 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 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! DC ! Points |
|---|
| 2014
!nowrap| Euronova Racing by Fortec |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ADR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ADR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ADR |style="background:#;"| IMO1 |style="background:#;"| IMO1 |style="background:#;"| IMO1 |style="background:#;"| MUG |style="background:#;"| MUG |style="background:#;"| MUG |style="background:#;"| MAG |style="background:#;"| MAG |style="background:#;"| MAG |style="background:#;"| VLL |style="background:#;"| VLL |style="background:#;"| VLL |style="background:#;"| MNZ |style="background:#;"| MNZ |style="background:#;"| MNZ |style="background:#;"| IMO2 |style="background:#;"| IMO2 |style="background:#;"| IMO2 ! 17th ! 25 |
=Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Entrant ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! 25 ! 26 ! 27 ! 28 ! 29 ! 30 ! DC ! Points |
| 2016
!nowrap| Threebond with T-Sport !nowrap| Threebond | LEC | LEC | LEC | HUN | HUN | HUN | PAU | PAU | PAU | RBR | RBR | RBR | NOR | NOR | NOR | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO | HOC | HOC | HOC ! 26th ! 0 |
= Complete F4 Japanese Championship results =
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| 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 |
| 2017
!nowrap| Honda Formula Dream Project |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OKA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OKA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FUJ1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FUJ1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUT |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SUG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUG |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FUJ2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FUJ2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 224 |
=Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! DC ! Pts |
| 2018
! nowrap| ThreeBond Racing ! Tomei |style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUG |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OKA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OKA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OKA |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUG |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUG |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SUG |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FUJ !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 65 |
| 2019
!nowrap| B-Max Racing with Motopark !nowrap| Volkswagen | style="background:#;" | SUZ | style="background:#;" | SUZ | style="background:#;" | AUT | style="background:#;" | AUT | style="background:#;" | AUT | style="background:#;" | OKA | style="background:#;" | OKA | style="background:#;" | OKA | style="background:#;" | SUG | style="background:#;" | SUG | style="background:#;" | FUJ | style="background:#;" | FUJ | style="background:#;" | SUG | style="background:#;" | SUG | style="background:#;" | SUG | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MOT | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MOT | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MOT | style="background:#;" | OKA | style="background:#;" | OKA | ! 12th ! 3 |
= Complete Macau Grand Prix results =
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! Year ! Team ! Car ! Qualifying ! Quali Race ! Main race |
| 2018
| align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|JPN}} ThreeBond Racing | align="left" nowrap| Dallara F317 | 24th | 22nd | DNF |
|---|
= Complete F3 Asian Championship results =
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! DC ! Points |
| 2019
! nowrap| Hitech Grand Prix | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SEP | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SEP | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | CHA | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | CHA | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | CHA | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SUZ | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SUZ | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SUZ | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SIC1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SIC1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SIC1 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SIC2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SIC2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SIC2 ! style="background:#FFFFBF"| 1st ! style="background:#FFFFBF"| 301 |
| nowrap| 2019–20
!nowrap| Abu Dhabi Racing UAE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DUB |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DUB |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DUB |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ABU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ABU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ABU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHA ! NC† ! 0 |
† As Sasahara was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points
=Complete Super GT results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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| Year
! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! DC ! Points |
|---|
| 2020
!nowrap| Team Mugen ! GT500 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ ! 15th ! 25 |
| 2021
! nowrap| Team Red Bull Mugen ! GT500 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ ! 16th ! 20 |
| 2022
! nowrap| Team Red Bull Mugen ! GT500 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT ! 14th ! 16.5 |
| 2023
! GT500 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT ! 15th ! 15 |
| 2024
! GT500 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OKA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MOT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ ! 5th ! 51 |
| 2025
! GT500 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OKA |style="background:#;"| FUJ |
|style="background:#;"| SEP
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|style="background:#;"| FUJ
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|style="background:#;"| SUZ
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|style="background:#;"| SUG
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! 5th*
! 6*
|}
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
* Season still in progress.
=Complete Super Formula results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! DC ! Points |
| 2020
!nowrap| Team Mugen |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ | | | ! 18th ! 5 |
| 2021
!nowrap| Docomo Team Dandelion Racing |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUZ | AUT | SUG | MOT | MOT | SUZ | | | ! 12th ! 18 |
| 2022
!nowrap| Team Mugen |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUG |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FUJ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ ! 6th ! 57 |
| 2023
| FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | AUT | SUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SUZ | ! 22nd ! 0 |
| 2024
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ | ! 20th ! 0 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|https://ukyosasahara.com/}}
- {{DriverDB driver|ukyo-sasahara}}
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