Togo Suganami (菅波 冬悟, Suganami Togo, born 2 November 1995) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes in Super GT.
| Togo Suganami | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 2 November 1995 Hyogo, Japan |
| Super GT - GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2019 |
| Current team | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya |
| Car number | 25 |
| Former teams | |
| Starts | 24 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 5 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2020 |
| Previous series | |
| 2022-2023 2017-2018 | Super Formula Lights F4 Japanese Championship |
Career edit
Formula career edit
Suganami started his first Formula racing in 2017 in F4 Japanese Championship until 2018 season which was his highest standing in 5th with 2 wins and 3 podiums. On 2022, Suganami returned to formula racing at Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing with Iori Kimura as his teammate.[1] He returns to the series for couple of rounds with the same team where he replaces Nobuhiro Imada, and Takashi Hata for each 1 round respectively.[2] He claimed his first win at Suzuka Circuit, and 2 podiums on that round.
Super GT edit
Suganami made his Super GT GT300 debut on 2019 for K2 R&D LEON Racing, replaces Haruki Kurosawa for the last 3 rounds of the series.[3] Suganami claimed his maiden podium in the last round at Motegi where he reach second place alongside Naoya Gamou. Suganami retained for next season with Gamou.[4] That season he got a win and 2 podiums, where both him, and Gamou clinched third place in the standings. Suganami continued for next season where he claimed 2 podiums, but only managed to get 6th place in the standings where that would be his last race with Leon Racing. Suganami returns to the series for 2022 for one round to replaces Hiroki Yoshida for one round at Fuji Speedway.[5] Suganami moves to Team Tsuchiya for 2023, partnered up with regular from last season Seita Nonaka.[6] Unfortunately Team Tsuchiya cannot continue the rest of the season after the car caught up with fire where the car cannot be repaired to return for the season.[7]
Racing record edit
Career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | F4 Japanese Championship | OTG Motor Sports | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15th |
| 2018 | F4 Japanese Championship | OTG Motor Sports | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 119 | 5th |
| 2019 | Super GT - GT300 | K2 R&D LEON Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11th |
| Super Taikyu - ST-4 | Endless Sports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 89‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2020 | Super GT - GT300 | K2 R&D LEON Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 3rd |
| Super Taikyu - ST-4 | Endless Sports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2021 | Super GT - GT300 | K2 R&D LEON Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 6th |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Endless Sports | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106‡ | 1st‡ | |
| 2022 | Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7th |
| Super GT - GT300 | Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33rd | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Q | Endless Sports | ||||||||
| 2023 | Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing Team | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 6th |
| Super GT - GT300 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25th | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-4 | Endless Sports | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69‡ | 6th‡ | |
| TGR GR86/BRZ Cup | OTG Motor Sports | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 3rd | |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT300 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | |||||||
| Super Taikyu - ST-4 | Endless Sports |
‡ Team standings
Complete Super GT results edit
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | K2 R&D LEON Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | GT300 | OKA |
FUJ |
SUZ |
CHA |
FUJ |
AUT 7 |
SUG 4 |
MOT 2 |
11th | 27 |
| 2020 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | FUJ 6 |
FUJ 4 |
SUZ 6 |
MOT 1 |
FUJ 3 |
SUZ 10 |
MOT 19 |
FUJ 4 |
3rd | 59 | ||
| 2021 | OKA 2 |
FUJ 4 |
SUZ 9 |
MOT 15 |
SUG 14 |
AUT 8 |
MOT Ret |
FUJ 2 |
6th | 43 | |||
| 2022 | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | OKA | FUJ 9 |
SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | 33rd | 1 | |
| 2023 | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | OKA 12 |
FUJ 10 |
SUZ 17 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
25th | 1 | ||
| 2024 | OKA |
FUJ |
SUZ |
FUJ |
SUZ |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Complete Super Formula Lights results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | B-Max Racing Team | FUJ 1 5 |
FUJ 2 9 |
FUJ 3 5 |
SUZ 1 6 |
SUZ 2 6 |
SUZ 3 4 |
AUT 1 5 |
AUT 2 10 |
AUT 3 4 |
SUG 1 Ret |
SUG 2 7 |
SUG 3 8 |
MOT 1 7 |
MOT 2 3 |
MOT 3 6 |
OKA 1 5 |
OKA 2 4 |
OKA 3 8 |
7th | 25 |
| 2023 | B-Max Racing Team | AUT 1 |
AUT 2 |
AUT 3 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
SUG 3 |
SUZ 1 1 |
SUZ 2 8 |
SUZ 3 2 |
FUJ 1 5 |
FUJ 2 7 |
FUJ 3 5 |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
OKA 3 |
MOT 1 2 |
MOT 2 11 |
MOT 3 1 |
6th | 39 |
References edit
- ^ "Fuji Speedway | 2022年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "FUJI | 2023年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ "GT300チャンピオンのK2 R&D LEON RACINGが新体制を発表。黒澤治樹／蒲生尚弥のコンビを継続". autosport.web (in Japanese). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "44 Cars On Entry List For Season-Opening Super GT Fuji 300km". dailysportscar.com. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Togo Suganami To Relieve Hiroki Yoshida For Fuji 450km | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "Tsuchiya SUPER GT team reveals refreshed 2023 line-up". motorsport.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (7 August 2023). "Tsuchiya Supra GT300 Car Destroyed in Fire at Fuji". motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
External links edit
- Togo Suganami career summary at DriverDB.com