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Kenta Yamashita

Kenta Yamashita
Nationality Japan Japanese
Born (1995-08-03) 3 August 1995 (age 21)
Chiba, Japan
All-Japan Formula Three Championship career
Debut season 2014
Current team Petronas Team TOM'S
Car no. 36
Starts 49
Wins 14
Poles 13
Fastest laps 10
Best finish 1st in 2016
Previous series
201416
2013
2012
All-Japan Formula Three
Formula Challenge Japan
Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ
Championship titles
2016
2013
2012
All-Japan Formula Three
Formula Challenge Japan
Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ

Kenta Yamashita (山下健太?, Yamashita Kenta) is a Japanese racing driver, known for his successes in single-seater junior categories, including winning the 2013 Formula Challenge Japan and the 2012 Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ. He currently races in the All-Japan Formula Three.

Yamashita competed in karts before graduating to single-seater cars in 2012.

Yamashita began his racing car career in the 2012 Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ, which he won in his first season. In all four starts, he took the pole, fastest lap, and race win. In 2013, he progressed to the Formula Challenge Japan series, which was a racing category intended for drivers between entry level and Formula 3. He scored 7 podiums and in 12 races, including 4 wins, and took the championship title.

In 2014, Yamashita graduated to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship with the Petronas Team TOM'S. He finished runner-up in the championship to the more experienced Nobuharu Matsushita.

In 2015, Yamashita continued to race in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, and currently holds the lead of the championship. In addition, he has raced in the GT300 category of the 2015 Super GT season.

* Season still in progress.

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

(Races in bold indicate pole position)

* Season still in progress.


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