Ryō Hirakawa

Ryō Hirakawa (平川亮 in Japanese; born 7 March 1994) is a Japanese born racing driver, who competes for Itochu Enex Team Impul in the 2019 Super Formula Championship. The 2012 All-Japan Formula Three Championship Champion, Hirakawa has competed in several seasons if Super Formula, having rejoined the series in 2018 after a three year lay-off.

Background
Hirakawa began his career in karting at the age of eleven, and duly rose through the ranks to reach the KF2 class in 2009. 2010 saw the Japanese racer move into his first race car series, the Formula Challenge Japan, with Hirakawa claiming two podium finishes. 2011 saw Hirakawa battle for the title in FCJ, ultimately finishing as runner-up, before repeating the feat in 2012 with five season wins.

F3 Dream
Hirakawa also raced in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 2012, with an impressive start seeing the Japanese racer dominate the early rounds. He subsequently survived to second the title in his maiden campaign in-spite of a late-season charge from Yuichi Nakayama, attracting the attention of entrants in both Super Formula and IndyCar.

Full Super Formula Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in Super Formula in statistical form.

Super Formula Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their SF career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full Super Formula record.


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