Reiji Hiraki Explained

Reiji Hiraki
Nationality:	Japanese
Birth Date:	24 January 1998
Birth Place:	Ibaragi, Japan
Current Series:	Super GT - GT300
First Year:	2021
Current Team:	HELM Motorsports
Car Number:	62
Former Teams:	Team Mach
Starts:	16
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Poles:	0
Fastest Laps:	0
Prev Series:	Super Taikyu - ST-X Super Formula Lights F4 Japanese Championship
Prev Series Years:	2022 2022 2016-2020
Titles:	Super Taikyu - ST-X
Title Years:	2022

is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT as a third driver.

Career

Formula 4

Hiraki competed in F4 Japanese Championship from 2016 to 2020. He ended his last F4 season as a runner up while Hibiki Taira wins the title.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Super GT

Hiraki joined Team Mach alongside his brother Yuya in 2021.^[4] Reiji continued the next season with E-Sport gamer Yusuke Tomobayashi.^[5]

HELM Motorsports made their season debut in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2024. With Kohei Hirate as the main driver, alongside Yuya Hiraki, and Reiji Hiraki himself as the third driver.^{[6] [7]}

Super Formula Lights

Hiraki alongside his older brother Yuya joined Super Formula Lights with their own team HELM Motorsports.^[8]

Super Taikyu

Hiraki alongside his older brother Yuya's HELM Motorsports made their debut in 2022 in Super Taikyu ST-X Class, with Yutaka Toriba as the third driver.^[9] In that season, they won the ST-X Class.^[10]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	F4 Japanese Championship	Le Beausset Motorsports	14	0	0	0	0	8	20th
2017	F4 Japanese Championship	Le Beausset Motorsports	14	0	0	0	0	6	16th
2018	F4 Japanese Championship	Inging Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	38	13th
2019	F4 Japanese Championship	Media Do Kageyama Racing	14	0	0	2	3	129	4th
2020	F4 Japanese Championship	HELM Motorsports	12	2	2	2	7	180.5	2nd
2021	Super GT - GT300	Team Mach	8	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
2022	Super Taikyu - ST-X	HELM Motorsports	7	2	1	0	3	134.5	1st
	Super Formula Lights		12	0	0	0	1	9	9th
	Super GT - GT300	Team Mach	8	0	0	0	0	1	15th
2023	Super Taikyu - ST-X	HELM Motorsports	7	0	2	0	3	117	3rd
2024	Super GT - GT300	HELM Motorsports

Notes and References

1. Web site: 23 September 2020. F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第1/2/3戦 富士大会エントリーリスト. dead. fiaf4.jp. 21 September 2020. 21 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921101351/https://fiaf4.jp/news/single/613.
2. Web site: 9 October 2020. F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第4・5・6戦 鈴鹿大会エントリーリスト. dead. fiaf4.jp. 10 October 2020. 20 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020233310/https://fiaf4.jp/news/single/635.
3. Web site: 16 November 2020. F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第10・11・12戦 富士大会エントリーリスト. fiaf4.jp.
4. News: Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener. 29 March 2021. motorsport.com. 5 April 2021.
5. Web site: Japanese Sim Racer Yusuke Tomibayashi Joins Reiji Hiraki at Team Mach dailysportscar.com . 2022-03-31 . www.dailysportscar.com.
6. Web site: Helm Motorsports Announces 2024 GT300 Entry. 2023-12-15. sportscar365.
7. News: Nissan/NMC announces 2024 Super GT teams. 18 January 2024. 18 January 2024. Nismo.
8. Web site: Fuji Speedway 2022年 SFL シリーズカレンダー superformula lights en . 2022-04-04 . superformula-lights.com.
9. Web site: Provisional 61 Car Entry List for 2022 Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook. 16 February 2022 . dailysportscar.com.
10. Web site: HELM Motorsports Crowned ST-X Champions as Porsche Centre Okazaki Wins Suzuka S-Tai Finale. 29 November 2022. dailysportscar.com.