Miki Koyama

Miki Koyama (小山 美姫, Koyama Miki, born 5 September 1997 in Yokohama) is a Japanese female racing driver. She is currently competing in the 2022 season of Formula Regional Japanese Championship, where she prematurely clinched the title with three races to spare.[1]

Miki Koyama
Koyama (left) in 2019
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1997-09-05) 5 September 1997
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Formula Regional Japanese Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamSuper License Team
Car number8
Starts15
Championships1
Wins7
Podiums15
Poles5
Fastest laps8
Best finish1st in 2022
Championship titles
2022Formula Regional Japanese Championship
Last updated on: 18 November 2022.

Biography

Having started racing in karts, Koyama attended the Formula Toyota Racing School before moving to Japanese F4 in 2015.[2]

In 2019, Koyama was announced as one of the 18 permanent drivers for the inaugural season of the W Series.[3] At the first W Series round at Hockenheim, Koyama qualified 17th and finished 7th after setting the fastest lap of the race.[4] During the remainder of the season, Koyama earned three more points finishes en route to 7th in the championship, and was named as a returning competitor for the 2020 W Series.[5]

Racing record

Career summary
Koyama competing in the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 F4 Japanese Championship miNami aoYama with SARD 4 0 0 0 0 0 50th
2016 F4 Japanese Championship miNami aoYama with SARD / Saitama
Toyopet GreenBrave		 6 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
2017 F4 Japanese Championship leprix sport 13 0 0 0 0 0 34th
Super Taikyu Series - ST-4 T's Concept 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2018 F4 Japanese Championship Field Motorsports 14 0 0 0 0 10 15th
2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 0 0 1 0 30 7th
F3 Asian Winter Series B-Max Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
F3 Asian Championship 3 0 0 0 0 18 15th
BlackArts Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0
F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 10 0 0 0 0 7 17th
2019–20 F3 Asian Championship BlackArts Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 3 16th
2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Zap Speed 2 0 0 0 0 16 20th
2021 W Series Sirin Racing 8 0 0 0 0 14 14th
Super Formula Lights B-Max Engineering 3 0 0 0 0 0 13th
2022 Formula Regional Japanese Championship Super License 17 7 5 8 17 349 1st
2023 Super GT - GT300 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC*

* Season still in progress.

Complete W Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2019 Hitech GP HOC
7		 ZOL
8		 MIS
4		 NOR
6		 ASS
Ret		 BRH
20		 7th 30
2021 Sirin Racing RBR
5		 RBR
18		 SIL
Ret		 HUN
12		 SPA
9		 ZAN
10		 COA
10		 COA
12		 14th 14

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2023 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ
14		 SUZ
 FUJ
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 NC* 0*

* Season still in progress.

See also

References
  1. "Toyota adds W Series graduate Miki Koyama to junior scheme". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  2. Callahan (鮎川きお), Kat (24 June 2016). "Meet The Honda-Thrashing Japanese Schoolgirl Who Dreams Of Being An F1 Driver". Jalopnik. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  3. "W Series announces its driver line-up". W Series. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. "Hockenheim Race Report". W Series. 2019-05-04. Archived from the original on 2021-04-04. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  5. "W Series reveals most of 2020 grid, Chadwick to defend title". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
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