Kotaro Sakurai
| Kotaro Sakurai | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born |
29 June 1994 Tokyo, Japan |
| Previous series | |
|
2012 2011 2011 2010 |
GP3 Series British F3 Rookie Class Toyota Racing Series Formula BMW Pacific |
| Championship titles | |
| 2011 | British F3 Rookie Class |
Kotaro Sakurai (桜井孝太郎 Sakurai Kōtarō?, born 29 June 1994 in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver. Sakurai raced under Filipino license in Formula BMW Pacific and currently in the GP3 Series.
Sakurai began his racing career in karting at the age of nine and raced in Japan and Australia.
In 2010, Sakurai graduated to single–seaters into the Formula BMW Pacific series in Asia, joining Eurasia Motorsport and racing under a Filipino racing licence. He scored a podium in the second race of the opening round at Sepang and achieved seven more point-scoring finishes on his way to eighth in the championship.
Sakurai participated in the Toyota Racing Series in early 2011 with M2 Competition, finishing fourteenth in the championship, the lowest-placed of the International Trophy drivers to contest the series.
In 2011, Sakurai decided to race in Europe, taking part in the rebranded Rookie Class of the British Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Racing. Bart Hylkema was his only class rival in the first half of the championship, before he graduated to the International Class, allowing Sakurai to take the championship title. During the season he also appeared in the Brands Hatch round of the European F3 Open Championship.
Sakurai raced in the GP3 Series in 2012 with Status Grand Prix.
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