Quick Facts
Biography
Hibiki Taira (平良 響, Taira Hibiki, born 11 July 2000) is a racing driver from Japan who currently competes inSuper Formula Lights and Super GT. He was previously competed in 2020 F4 Japanese Championship and become the champion.
Career
Taira started professional racing in 2019, competed in F4 Japanese Championship with TOM'S Spirit. He managed to claim 7th in the standings. He continues to race in the same series, but switched to the TGR-DC Racing School. In that year, he won the championship title with 10 race victories.
Super Formula Lights
The next season, Taira promoted to 2021 Super Formula Lights with TOM'S. He managed to claim 5th in the standings. The next season he continued with TOM'S, and managed to win 2 races, and get 5th in the final standings. Taira continue to race again with the same team.
Super GT
In 2021, Taira competed in Super GT with K-Tunes racing but for couple of races He also make a couple of appearances with apr the next season alongside Manabu Orido, and Yuta Kamimura. He managed to get his first podium at Suzuka. Taira made his full season race with muta Inging, alongside Yuui Tsutsumi. He collected 3 podiums, and claimed maiden podium in the series.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | Meritus.GP | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 6th |
| 2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | TOM'S Spirit | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 7th |
| 2020 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 270.5 | 1st |
| 2021 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41.5 | 5th |
| Super GT - GT300 | K-Tunes Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24th | |
| 2022 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 5th |
| Super GT - GT300 | apr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 22nd | |
| 2023 | Super Formula Lights | TOM'S | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 102 | 2nd |
| Super GT - GT300 | muta Racing INGING | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 2nd | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-X | Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 136‡ | 1st‡ |
‡ Team standings
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | TOM'S Spirit | OKA1 4 | OKA2 8 | FUJ11 7 | FUJ12 4 | SUZ1 5 | SUZ2 5 | FUJ21 23 | FUJ22 4 | AUT1 12 | AUT2 32 | SUG1 5 | SUG2 3 | MOT1 5 | MOT2 Ret | 7th | 101 |
| 2020 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ11 3 | FUJ12 1 | FUJ13 1 | SUZ1 1 | SUZ2 1 | SUZ3 1 | MOT1 1 | MOT2 1 | MOT3 1 | FUJ21 1 | FUJ22 1 | FUJ23 2 | 1st | 270.5 |
Complete Super Formula Lights results
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | TOM'S | FUJ1 4 | FUJ2 DNS | FUJ3 4 | SUZ1 5 | SUZ2 4 | SUZ3 3 | AUT1 4 | AUT2 4 | AUT3 C | SUG1 3 | SUG2 3 | SUG3 3 | MOT1 WD | MOT2 WD | MOT3 WD | MOT1 6 | MOT2 4 | MOT3 5 | 5th | 41.5 |
| 2022 | TOM'S | FUJ1 3 | FUJ2 3 | FUJ3 1 | SUZ1 7 | SUZ2 4 | SUZ3 5 | AUT1 4 | AUT2 Ret | AUT3 5 | SUG1 2 | SUG2 4 | SUG3 2 | MOT1 10 | MOT2 1 | MOT3 7 | OKA1 6 | OKA2 6 | OKA3 5 | 5th | 62 |
| 2023 | TOM'S | AUT1 2 | AUT2 6 | AUT3 2 | SUG1 1 | SUG2 1 | SUG3 12 | SUZ1 2 | SUZ2 2 | SUZ3 1 | FUJ1 3 | FUJ2 3 | FUJ3 2 | OKA1 5 | OKA2 4 | OKA3 4 | MOT1 4 | MOT2 5 | MOT3 | 2nd | 102 |
Complete Super GT results
(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 | K-Tunes Racing | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 6 | FUJ 14 | MOT 13 | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | FUJ | 25th | 4 |
| 2022 | apr | Toyota GR86 GT300 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 18 | SUZ | FUJ 15 | SUZ 3 | SUG | AUT | MOT | 22nd | 11 |
| 2023 | muta Racing Inging | Toyota GR86 GT300 | GT300 | OKA 18 | FUJ 2 | SUZ 2 | FUJ 11 | SUZ 7 | SUG Ret | AUT 2 | MOT 9 | 2nd | 53 |
Season still in progress.