Kenta Yamashita

Kenta Yamashita (山下健太 in Japanese; born 3 August 1995) is a Japanese racing driver who competes for Kondō Racing in the 2019 Super Formula Championship. A former champion in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, Yamashita made his Super Formula debut in 2017 with backing from Toyota.

Background
Yamashita's career began in karting, before progressing to the Formula Super FJ in 2012. Yamashita duly won all four races to claim his first title in a race car, earning a seat in the Formula Challenge Japan for 2013. Another strong season saw Yamashita claim a second title, resulting in the Japanese racer taking a seat with the Toyota backed Team TOM'S in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 2014.

Taming Talents
Yamashita was quickly up to speed in the Japanese F3 Championship, establishing himself as a front runner early in the season. He duly missed out on the crown to Nobuharu Matsushita, before repeating the feat in 2015, losing out to Nick Cassidy after a season long duel for the crown. Indeed, it was only at the third time of asking that Yamashita finally secured his F3 title, edging out Jann Mardenborough.

Yamashita would also be granted permission by Toyota to race in the Super GT Series from 2015 onward, racing for Porsche and Lexus across both the GT300 and GT500 classes.

Super Formula History
Yamashita's F3 title in 2016 ensured that the Japanese racer was promoted to the Super Formula Championship for the 2017. The Japanese youngster was duly partnered with former-F3 rival Cassidy, with the pair placed in the Toyota powered Kondō Racing team by the manufacturer.

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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