Hibiki Taira

Hibiki Taira (平良 響, Taira Hibiki, born 11 July 2000) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in Super Formula Lights and Super GT. He was previously competed in 2020 F4 Japanese Championship and become the champion.

Hibiki Taira
Nationality Japanese
Born (2000-06-11) 11 June 2000
Okinawa, Japan
Previous series
2021
2019-2020		Super Formula Lights
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2020F4 Japanese Championship

Career

Taira started professional racing in 2019, competed in F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit. He managed to claimed 7th in the standings. He continues to race in the same series, but switched to the TGR-DC Racing School.[1] In that year, he wins the championship title with massive 10 wins.[2] The next season, Taira promoted to 2021 Super Formula Lights with TOM'S.[3] He managed to claimed 5th in the standings. Also in 2021, he competed in Super GT with K-Tunes racing but for couple of races[4]

Racing Record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2017-18 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Meritus.GP 12 0 0 2 3 127 6th
2019 F4 Japanese Championship TOM'S Spirit 14 0 0 0 1 101 7th
2020 F4 Japanese Championship TGR-DC Racing School 12 10 6 4 12 270.5 1st
2021 Super Formula Lights TOM'S 17 0 0 0 4 41.5 5th
Super GT - GT300 K-Tunes Racing 3 0 0 0 0 5 24th
2022 Super Formula Lights TOM'S

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2019 TOM'S Spirit OKA
1
4		 OKA
2
8		 FUJ1
1
7		 FUJ1
2
4		 SUZ
1
5		 SUZ
2
5		 FUJ2
1
23		 FUJ2
2
4		 AUT
1
12		 AUT
2
32		 SUG
1
5		 SUG
2
3		 MOT
1
5		 MOT
2
Ret		 7th 101
2020 TGR-DC Racing School FUJ1
1
3		 FUJ1
2
1		 FUJ1
3
1		 SUZ
1
1		 SUZ
2
1		 SUZ
3
1		 MOT
1
1		 MOT
2
1		 MOT
3
1		 FUJ2
1
1		 FUJ2
2
1		 FUJ2
3
2		 1st 270.5

References
  1. "Toyota junior Hibiki Taira starts Japanese F4 season on top at Fuji". Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. "Toyota junior Hibiki Taira takes Japanese F4 crown at Fuji". Formula Scout. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. "Toyota promotes Japanese F4 champion Hibiki Taira to SF Lights". Formula Scout. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. "Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener". motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
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