#nobuharu matsushita

[umgeorge]

via nobu_mat13's ig story - september 19, 2023

[ryo-hirakawa]

basic post for if you want to get into superformula

superformula is the top flight of motorsport in japan, home to the fastest single seaters after f1. it's been around since 1973, which is quite a while!

4 races of the season may have passed but it is not too late and since there is increased interest this year i thought people might want to know, so...

the format

there are 22 cars and 2 groups of qualifying, Q1A and Q1B. the top 6 of each group then go on to fight for pole in Q2. each session is 7 min long.

the polesitter gets 3 points, starting p2 gets you 2 points, starting p3 gets you 1 point. this makes qualifying more important than other series imo

the races are typically 40ish laps; over 250km. you are given 2 sets of tyre compounds and you need to use both during the race, which means everyone must pit at some point. expect strategies like an f2 feature race.

the race winner gets 20 points. p2 gets 15, p3 gets 11, p4 gets 8, p5 gets 6. p6 down to p10 gets 5 to 1 point.

the drivers

they are mostly japanese, clearly. the radio and bulk of the onsite interviews are in japanese, but english comms will translate so i think it's not a problem. also the interviewer switches languages at the drop of a hat she's insane (in a good way).

i'm going to introduce the names you might have heard of in other series. but shoutout to tomoki nojiri, the current reigning champion.

ok. if you're reading this chances are you've heard of liam lawson (#15) and his exploits in this series thus far. one of marko's twinks-in-waiting and arguably the most promising one rn. has had a decent amount of lore in his career for his age thanks to dtm. and twitch 💀 bffs with yuki tsunoda and appeared on dts bc of it

ryo hirakawa (#20), the beloved little brother in the toyota gazoo racing #8, won le mans and the wec wdc as a rookie. youngest ever super formula driver. has come close, but has never won the championship. which he should bc he's won super gt and japan f3 already and if he wins this it's the japanese triple crown. bffs with nick cassidy of fe championship leader fame (sorry i had to mention it somehow)

kamui kobayashi (#7), who is somehow driving and being his own team principal in wec (where he coincidentally also drives a toyota #7). was in f1, has multiple wec titles to his name. but no super formula title either. in fairness i doubt it was ever his main focus. still fun to have him around.

if you've followed f2 since like 2018? you'll recognise some names such as nirei fukuzumi #12 (cousin nirei if you follow albon_pets, also has been sf vice-champion), nobuharu matsushita #50 (the embodiment of that tomato girl aesthetic on tiktok), giuliano alesi #36 (son of the jean alesi), and cem bolukbasi #55 (most recent f2 to sf grad alongside liam)

the calendar

ok there are only 5 races left.

sugo, 16-18 june

fuji, 14-16 july

motegi, 18-20 august

suzuka double header, 27-29 october

that's it! i'm new to this too tbh and i understand the timezones are pretty ass for people that aren't in the asia pacific region but i hope this helps you out regardless!

[motorsportverso]

Resultados do Super GT Okayama

GT500

1-36-Sho Tsuboi\Kenta Yamashita-Toyota GR Supra GT500-au Tom's -82 Laps

2-39-Yuki Sekiguchi\Yuichi Nakayama-Toyota GR Supra GT500-Denso Kebelco Sard

3-100-Naoki Yamamoto\Tadasuki Makino-Honda Civic Type R GT500-Stanley

4-38-Hiroaki Ishiura\Toshiki Oky-Toyota GR Supra GT500-Keeper Cerumo

5-23-Katsumassa Chiyo\Ronnie Quintarelli-Nissan Z GT500-Motul Autech Z

6-3-Mitsunori Takaboshi\Atsushi Miyake-Nissan Z GT500-Niterra Motul Z

7-37-Ukyo Sashara\Giuliano Alesi-Toyota GR Supra GT500-au Tom's

8-8-Tamoki Nojiri\Nobuharu Matsushita-Honda Civic Type R GT500-ARTA Mugen

9-16-Hiroki Otsu\Ren Sato-Honda Civic Type R GT500-ARTA Mugen

10-64-Takuya Izawa\Riki Okusa-Honda Civic Type R GT500-Modulo +1 Lap

GT300

1-2-Yuui Tsutsumi\Hibini Taira-Toyota GR86 GT300-Muta Racing-77 Laps

2-65-Naoya Gamou\Takura Shinohara-Mercedes-AMG GT3-LEON PYRAMID AMG

3-7-Seiji Aara\Niklas Krutten-BMW M4 GT3-BMW Team Studie

4-52-Hiroki Yoshida\Seita Nonaka-Toyota GR Supra GT300-Green Brave

5-31-Kazuto Kotaka\Jin Nakamura-Lexus LC 500 h-APR- +1 Lap

6-96-Morio Nitta\Shinichi Takagi-Lexus RC F GT3-K-tunes +1 Lap

7-87-Kosuke Matsuura\Natsu Sakaguchi-Lamborghini Huracan GT3-Metalive +1 Lap

8-88-Takashi Kogure\Yuya Motojima-Lamborghini Huracan GT3-JLOC +1 Lap

9-4-Nobutero Taniguchi\Tatsuya Kataoka-Mercedes AMG GT3-GOODSMILE Hatsune +1 Lap

10-6-Yoshiaki Katayama\Roberto Hermi-Ferrari 296 GT3-Uni Robo Bluegrass +1 Lap

[callumilott]

FORMULA 2 RACE WINNERS 2020

#4 Callum Ilott → 3 wins #15 Felipe Drugovich → 3 wins #21 Robert Shwartzman → 4 wins #6 Christian Lundgaard → 2 wins #25 Luca Ghiotto → 1 win #2 Dan Ticktum → 1 win #7 Yuki Tsunoda → 3 wins #14 Nobuharu Matsushita → 1 win #20 Mick Schumacher → 2 wins #3 Guanyu Zhou → 1 win #8 Jehan Daruvala → 1 win

[multifandomboii]

I'm back and it's a race week and most importantly, it's a 💫triple header💫 (and also a Stray Kids comeback-)! Anyways, here's the...

McLaren Young Driver Programme!

(Kinda lonely, isn't it?)

Former members:

- Wesley Graves (1998)

- Lewis Hamilton (1998-2006)

- Cheng Congfu (2003-2006)

- Giedo van der Garde (2006-2010)

- Oliver Rowland (2007-2010)

- Alexander Albon (2010)

- Jack Harvey (2010)

- Petri Suvanto (2010)

- Oliver Turvey (2010-2011)

- Kevin Magnussen (2010-2013)

- Ben Barnicoat (2010-2015)

- Nyck De Vries (2010-2018)

- Tom Blomqvist (2012)

- Stoffel Vandoorne (2013-2016)

- Nobuharu Matsushita (2015-2017)

- Lando Norris (2017-2018)

- Sergio Sette Câmara (2019)

Background as always:

Other academies:

Mercedes Junior Team

Ferrari Driver Academy

Sauber Academy

Williams Driver Academy

Alpine Academy

[loving-ricciardo]

So i prepared a quick summary of F2 for F2 newbies and i decided to also post it on here so here you go: 

(Disclaimer: These might not be 100% correct so feel free to correct me if you know more. Also the Super License points are harder to find that my will to live so yeah.. )

[oscar-piastri]

so i was bored and decided to annoy my friend by asking her about her first impressions on the f2 grid. she doesn’t know any drivers (except marcus) and i explained a bit about f2 to her as well

(of course tumblr is annoying so click for a better quality)

[aprilias]

The podiums of every F2 feature race this season (inspired by this post) 

Austrian Feature Race - Won by Callum Ilott

Styrian Feature Race - Won by Robert Shwartzman

Hungarian Feature Race - Won by Robert Shwartzman

British Feature Race - Won by Nikita Mazepin

70th Anniversary Feature Race - Won by Callum Ilott

Spanish Feature Race - Won by Nobuharu Matsushita

Belgian Feature Race - Won by Yuki Tsunoda

Italian Feature Race - Won by Mick Schumacher

Tuscan Feature Race - Won by Nikita Mazepin

Russian Feature Race - Won by Mick Schumacher

Bahrain Feature Race - Won by Felipe Drugovich

Sakhir Feature Race - Won by Yuki Tsunoda

[track-walk]

F2 | class of 2020

[umgeorge]

"Dosukoi‼️ Cool experience with @.georgerussell63" - september 19, 2023 📷 @.nobu_mat13 / instagram

[ryo-hirakawa]

i need to know why nobu's pfp is just a tomato

[pierregasly]

2020 FORMULA 2 ALIGNMENT CHART

▷ Part 2 of 2

[callumilott]

FORMULA 2 RACE WINNERS 2019

#6 Nicholas Latifi → 4 wins #8 Luca Ghiotto → 4 wins #15 Jack Aitken → 3 wins #4 Nyck de Vries → 4 wins #19 Anthoine Hubert → 2 wins #2 Nobuharu Matsushita → 2 wins #5 Sergio Sette Camara → 2 wins #9 Mick Schumacher → 1 win

[sanaeozora]

A day in the life of an F2 Fan:

You go from worried sick about Giuliano leaving the series, to happy he’s found a (hopefully) better seat, and back to worried sick that Matsushita is the one who looks like he’s leaving F2. 

This rollercoaster of emotions first thing in the morning cannot be good for my general wellbeing...

[piastri]

FORMULA 2: THE STARS OF TOMORROW

[aprilias]

That is not how you race your teammate.