*anese racing driver

Kotaro Sakurai (桜井孝太郎, Sakurai Kōtarō, born 29 June 1994 in Tokyo) is a *anese racing driver. Sakurai raced under Filipino license in Formula BMW Pacific and in the GP3 Series.

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 Karting
  • 1.2 Formula BMW Pacific
  • 1.3 Toyota Racing Series
  • 1.4 Formula Three
  • 1.5 GP3 Series
• 2 Racing record
  • 2.1 Career summary
  • 2.2 Complete GP3 Series results
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Karting

Sakurai began his racing career in karting at the age of nine and raced in *an and Australia.

Formula BMW Pacific

In 2010, Sakurai graduated to single–seaters into the Formula BMW Pacific series in Asia, joining Eurasia Motorsport and racing under a Filipino racing licence. He scored a podium in the second race of the opening round at Sepang and achieved seven more point-scoring finishes on his way to eighth in the championship.

Toyota Racing Series

Sakurai participated in the Toyota Racing Series in early 2011 with M2 Compe*ion, finishing fourteenth in the championship, the lowest-placed of the International Trophy drivers to contest the series.

Formula Three

In 2011, Sakurai decided to race in Europe, taking part in the rebranded Rookie Cl* of the British Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Racing. Bart Hylkema was his only cl* rival in the first half of the championship, before he graduated to the International Cl*, allowing Sakurai to take the championship *le. During the season he also appeared in the Brands Hatch round of the European F3 Open Championship.

GP3 Series

Sakurai raced in the GP3 Series in 2012 with Status Grand Prix.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GP3 Series results

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

References

External links

• Official website
• Kotaro Sakurai career summary at DriverDB.com