| Teppei Natori | |
| Nationality: |  Japanese |
| Birth Date: | 2000 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Shōwa, Yamanashi, Japan |
| Current Series: | Super GT Series |
| First Year: | 2021 |
| Current Team: | Kondo Racing |
| Former Teams: | Team UpGarage Tomei Sports |
| Car Number: | 24 (GT500) |
| Starts: | 23 |
| Wins: | 1 |
| Podiums: | 1 |
| Poles: | 1 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| Best Finish: | 3rd |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Prev Series: | Super Formula Lights FIA Formula 3 Championship F4 Japanese Championship Euroformula Open Championship |
| Prev Series Years: | 2020–21 2019 2017–18 2019 |
| Titles: | Super Formula Lights |
| Title Years: | 2021 |
is a Japanese racing driver who most recently competed in Super GT for Kondō Racing in the GT300 class. He is the 2021 Super Formula Lights champion.
Natori started karting in 2014 when he was 14. He finished 6th in the ROK Cup International Final.
In 2017 Natori made his single seater debut with Buzz International in the Japanese F4 series.[1] He finished three of the four races he competed at in the points, gaining him 14 points and 13th in the standings.In 2018 Natori got a full-time drive with the Honda Formula Dream Project where he would finish on the podium eleven times, three of those times being wins. Natori finished runner up to teammate and Red Bull Junior driver Yuki Tsunoda.
Following his Japanese F4 success, Natori re-joined Carlin Buzz for the 2019 FIA F3 season.[2] Natori finished the season with one point after an 8th place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Natori also drove for Carlin in the Euroformula Open Championship. He finished on the podium 3 times and at the 2nd race in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Natori took pole, fastest lap and the race win. The only other driver to do this that season was the champion, Marino Sato.
In 2020, Natori returned to his native Japan to contest the inaugural season of the newly rebranded Super Formula Lights championship with Toda Racing,[3] and he claimed 4th. The next season, Natori's season was in doubt after being dropped by Honda works Factory. But he managed to get the necessary funding after settled a fundraiser. He competed with B-Max Racing for 2021 season, and he won the title off from Giuliano Alesi.
Natori also had one cameo race in 2020 in Super Formula with B-Max Racing, but unfortunately Natori could not compete due to medical reason.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | F4 Japanese Championship | Buzz International | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13th |
| 2018 | F4 Japanese Championship | Honda Formula Dream Project | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 231 | 2nd |
| 2019 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Carlin Buzz Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th |
| Euroformula Open Championship | Carlin | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 115 | 6th | |
| Euroformula Open Winter Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 3rd | ||
| 2020 | Super Formula Lights | Toda Racing | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 4th |
| Super Formula | Buzz Racing with B-MAX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2021 | Super Formula Lights | B-Max Racing | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 109 | 1st |
| Super GT - GT300 | Team UpGarage | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Z | B-Max Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14‡ | 13th‡ | |
| 2022 | Super GT - GT300 | Tomei Sports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36th |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Q | Max Racing | ||||||||
| Super Taikyu - ST-3 | Team ZeroOne | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49‡ | 5th‡ | |
| 2023 | Super GT - GT300 | Kondō Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 3rd |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Team ZeroOne | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 77.5‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT500 | Kondo Racing | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14th* |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Z | Team ZeroOne |
‡ Team standings
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | nowrap | Buzz International | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | FUJ1 1 | FUJ1 2 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | FUJ2 1 | FUJ2 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | 13th | 14 | |
| 2018 | nowrap | Honda Formula Dream Project | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | FUJ1 1 | FUJ1 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | FUJ2 1 | FUJ2 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | 2nd | 231 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.(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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | nowrap | Toda Racing | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | MOT 3 | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | SUG 3 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | AUT 3 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | SUZ 3 | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | FUJ 3 | 4th | |||
| 2021 | nowrap | B-Max Racing | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | SUZ 3 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | AUT 3 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | SUG 3 | MOT1 1 | MOT1 2 | MOT1 3 | MOT2 1 | MOT2 2 | MOT2 3 | 1st | 109 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | nowrap | Team UpGarage | nowrap | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | MOT | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | FUJ | 25th | 4 |
| 2022 | nowrap | Tomei Sports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | 36th | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Kondo Racing | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | 3rd | 50 | ||||
| 2024 | nowrap | Nissan Z NISMO GT500 | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | AUT | MOT | SUZ | 14th* | 8* |