Ukyo Sasahara

Ukyo Sasahara
Ukyo Sasahara
	Sasahara in the 2024 Super Formula Championship at Suzuka Circuit
Nationality	Japanese
Born	24 April 1996 (age 28); Numata, Gunma, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season	2020
Current team	TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S
Car number	37
Former teams	Team Mugen
Starts	39
Wins	2
Podiums	4
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14th in 2022
Super Formula career
Debut season	2020
Current team	Vantelin Team TOM'S
Car number	36
Former teams	Team Mugen, Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
Starts	31
Wins	1
Podiums	3
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	6th in 2022
Previous series
2019; 2019–20; 2018–19; 2017; 2016; 2014–15; 2014; 2013, 15; 2013	Porsche Carrera Cup Japan; F3 Asian Championship; Japanese Formula 3; F4 Japanese Championship; FIA European F3; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Italian F4 Championship; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Championship titles
2019; 2019; 2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Japan; FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup; F3 Asian Championship

Ukyō Sasahara (笹原右京, Sasahara Ukyō, born 24 April 1996) is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who is currently competing in Super GT and Super Formula for TOM'S. He was previously a factory driver for Honda, and has achieved successes in a wide variety of motorsport disciplines.

Career

Karting

Sasahara began karting aged seven in 2003. He won numerous domestic titles, including becoming JAF All Japan Championship Junior Champion in 2009.^[1] In the same year, he beat Matt Parry to win the Rotax Max Challenge Junior Grand Final,^[2] a title he went on to win for a second time in 2011.^[3] He went on to enjoy further success in the category, winning the Rotax Max Euro Challenge Junior title in 2011,^[1] and the Central Eastern European Rotax Max Challenge Senior title in 2012, his final year in karting.^[1]

European racing career

Sasahara graduated to single-seaters in 2013, racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship for Vincenzo Sospiri's Euronova Racing team.^[4] He finished in the points on seven occasions, taking a best race result of sixth at Misano to finish 13th in the championship.^[5] During the season, he also took part in the Spa-Francorchamps and Barcelona rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season with Euronova Racing as a guest driver.^{[citation needed]}

For 2014, Sasahara continued with Euronova Racing, switching to the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship.^[6] He took a single podium position, finishing second to Louis Delétraz in the opening race of the season at Monza, and finished in the points in all the remaining races except one to finish sixth in the championship.^[7]

In 2015, Sasahara joined the ART Junior Team to contest both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championships.^[8] After failing to score points in the opening round of the Eurocup at Motorland Aragón, Sasahara took his first race victory in the following round at Spa-Francorchamps, becoming only the second Japanese driver to win a Eurocup race after Kamui Kobayashi in the 2005 season.^[9]

In the NEC championship, Sasahara won the opening race of the season at Monza ahead of Manor MP Motorsport's Ignazio D'Agosto.^[10]

In June 2014, Sasahara took part in the opening round of the Italian F4 Championship at Adria International Raceway for Euronova Racing, replacing Italian driver Andrea Fontana who missed the event due to illness.^[11] After finishing fifth in the opening race, he won the reversed-grid second race ahead of the Prema Powerteam entry of eventual series champion Lance Stroll.^[12]

In 2016, initially Sasahara did not have a full time seat. He competed for 2 rounds at Spa-Francorchamps & Imola with Threebond T-Sport.^[13]

Japanese F4 and Japanese F3

Sasahara returns to Japan, where he competed in F4 Japanese Championship in 2017 with Honda backing. He competed with Honda Formula Dream Project, alongside Yuki Tsunoda & Toshiki Oyu as his teammates. He managed to get runners up place beating his teammates, but lose out to the eventual champion Ritomo Miyata. Sasahara made his step up to the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with ThreeBond Racing.^[14] He only managed to claim third in the championship standings, with couple of podiums to his name. He lose out to the TOM'S pairing of Sho Tsuboi who is the champion, and the runners up Ritomo Miyata.

F3 Asia and Porsche Carera Cup Japan

Unfortunately for Sasahara, he dropped by Honda for the 2019 season with no drive in Japanese F3 or even Super GT. With that Sasahara competed in Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. He competed as well in F3 Asian Championship with Hitech Grand Prix that season. Sasahara eventually won both of the series. He makes a return in the 2019–20 F3 Asian Championship as a guest with the same team.

Super GT

Sasahara made his debut in Super GT GT500 for Honda's Team Mugen, partnered alongside Hideki Mutoh.^[15] Sasahara took his maiden podium at Motegi. Sasahara continues to compete at Super GT, Team Mugen retained him, with new teammate Toshiki Oyu.^[16] Both pairs claimed their maiden pole in GT500 at Sportsland SUGO.^[17]^[18]

For 2023, Sasahara left Honda, and moved to Toyota. Sasahara competed with Deloitte Team TOM'S, alongside Giuliano Alesi.^[19]

Super Formula

Sasahara made his Super Formula debut with Team Mugen, replacing Juri Vips where initially to compete in this series, but due to COVID-19 border restriction in Japan prevents Vips to entering Japan, and compete for the entire season.^[20]^[21]^[22] Initially Sasahara not compete in Super Formula for 2021, but he competed for the first 2 rounds as he replaces Tadasuke Makino at Dandelion Racing after Makino suffered meningitis.^[23] Sasahara claimed his maiden podium in the series on the second round. Sasahara returns to Team Mugen for 2022 season of Super Formula with Team Mugen.^[24] Sasahara made his maiden win in Super Formula, as he won at Fuji, and finished 6th in the standings.

Sasahara competed in Super Formula as well, after replaces his Super GT Teammate Alesi in the Vantelin Team TOM'S for the last four rounds.^[25]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2009	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior Max	Team Global	1st
2010	Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior Max		6th
2010	Rotax Max Wintercup - Junior Max	Intrepid Force Rotax	1st
2011	Kartmasters British GP - Rotax Junior		18th
	Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior Max	Paul Carr Racing	1st
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior Max	Paul Carr Racing	1st
2012	Rotax Euro Challenge - Rotax Senior		9th
	Rotax International Open - Senior		10th
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Senior Max		9th
	Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe - Senior		1st

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2013	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Euronova Racing	14	0	0	0	0	32	13th
2013	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Euronova Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2014	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Euronova Racing	15	0	0	1	1	191	6th
2014	Italian F4 Championship	Euronova Racing by Fortec	3	1	0	0	1	25	17th
2015	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	ART Junior Team	17	1	1	0	4	116	7th
2015	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	ART Junior Team	16	2	1	1	8	296	3rd
2016	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Threebond with T-Sport	6	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2017	F4 Japanese Championship	Honda Formula Dream Project	14	3	1	3	10	224	2nd
2018	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	ThreeBond Racing	19	0	0	1	9	65	3rd
2018	Macau Grand Prix	ThreeBond Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019	F3 Asian Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	15	8	7	7	13	301	1st
	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	B-Max Racing with Motopark	3	0	0	0	0	3	12th
	FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup	Team Japan	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Japan	Porsche Japan	10	6	6	4	9	176	1st
2019–20	F3 Asian Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	15	3	4	1	6	N/A	NC†
2020	Super GT	Team Mugen	8	0	0	0	1	25	15th
2020	Super Formula	Team Mugen	7	0	0	0	0	5	18th
2021	Super GT	Team Red Bull Mugen	8	0	1	0	0	20	16th
2021	Super Formula	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	2	0	0	0	1	18	12th
2022	Super Formula	Team Mugen	10	2	1	0	2	57	6th
2022	Super GT	Team Red Bull Mugen	8	0	0	0	1	16.5	14th
2023	Super GT	TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S	8	0	0	0	0	15	15th
2023	Super Formula	Vantelin Team TOM’S	3	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
2024	Super GT	TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S	7	2	1	0	2	51	4th*
	Super Formula	Vantelin Team TOM’S	9	0	0	0	0	0	20th
	Japan Cup Series - GT3	Bingo Racing	2	2	2	?	2	50	9th

^† As Sasahara was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2013	Euronova Racing	VLL 1 8	VLL 2 8	IMO1 1 21	IMO1 2 18	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 16	MNZ 1 15	MNZ 2 15	MIS 1 8	MIS 2 6	MUG 1 9	MUG 2 8	IMO2 1 23	IMO2 2 21	13th	32

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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	DC	Points
2013	Euronova Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	SPA 1 21	SPA 2 16	MSC 1	MSC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 10				NC†	0
2015	ART Junior Team	ALC 1 11	ALC 2 17	ALC 3 Ret	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 2	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 12	SIL 1 12	SIL 2 4	SIL 3 3	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 8	LMS 1 5	LMS 2 9	JER 1 9	JER 2 16	JER 3 5	7th	116

† As Sasahara was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 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	DC	Points
2014	Euronova Racing	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 Ret	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 7	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 18	HOC 3 5	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 4	ASS 1 9	ASS 2 4	MST 1 8	MST 2 9	MST 3 C	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 12	NÜR 3 C	6th	191
2015	ART Junior Team	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 2	SIL 1 2	SIL 2 4	RBR 1 10	RBR 2 18	RBR 3 6	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 5	ASS 1 2	ASS 2 3	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 8	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 4	HOC 3 3		3rd	296

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2014	Euronova Racing by Fortec	ADR 1 5	ADR 2 1	ADR 3 Ret	IMO1 1	IMO1 2	IMO1 3	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MAG 1	MAG 2	MAG 3	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	IMO2 1	IMO2 2	IMO2 3	17th	25

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2016	Threebond with T-Sport	Threebond	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NOR 1	NOR 2	NOR 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	SPA 1 13	SPA 2 Ret	SPA 3 19	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 13	IMO 3 Ret	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	26th	0

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2017	Honda Formula Dream Project	OKA 1 1	OKA 2 2	FUJ1 1 3	FUJ1 2 3	AUT 1 1	AUT 2 3	SUG 1 1	SUG 2 Ret	FUJ2 1 2	FUJ2 2 2	SUZ 1 4	SUZ 2 2	MOT 1 5	MOT 2 5	2nd	224

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Pts
2018	ThreeBond Racing	Tomei	SUZ 1 4	SUZ 2 7	SUG 1 5	SUG 2 5	FUJ 1 3	FUJ 2 3	OKA 1 3	OKA 2 7	OKA 3 C	MOT 1 Ret	MOT 2 4	MOT 3 7	OKA 1 4	OKA 2 2	OKA 3 C	SUG 1 3	SUG 2 3	SUG 3 2	SUG 4 3	FUJ 1 Ret	FUJ 2 2	3rd	65
2019	B-Max Racing with Motopark	Volkswagen	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	AUT 3	OKA 1	OKA 2	OKA 3	SUG 1	SUG 2	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	SUG 1	SUG 2	SUG 3	MOT 1 5	MOT 2 9	MOT 3 6	OKA 1	OKA 2		12th	3

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2018	ThreeBond Racing	Dallara F317	24th	22nd	DNF

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2019	Hitech Grand Prix	SEP 1 1	SEP 2 1	SEP 3 2	CHA 1 1	CHA 2 2	CHA 3 1	SUZ 1 2	SUZ 2 1	SUZ 3 9	SIC1 1 1	SIC1 2 1	SIC1 3 1	SIC2 1 3	SIC2 2 4	SIC2 3 2	1st	301
2019–20	Abu Dhabi Racing UAE	SEP 1 8	SEP 2 15†	SEP 3 15†	DUB 1 16†	DUB 2 Ret	DUB 3 2	ABU 1 1	ABU 2 2	ABU 3 4	SEP 1 9†	SEP 2 3	SEP 3 12†	CHA 1 13	CHA 2 1	CHA 3 1	NC†	0

† As Sasahara was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

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
2020	Team Mugen	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	FUJ 12	FUJ 10	SUZ Ret	MOT 3	FUJ 6	SUZ 13	MOT 4	FUJ 12	15th	25
2021	Team Red Bull Mugen			OKA 11	FUJ 11	MOT 4	SUZ 9	SUG 9	AUT Ret	MOT 5	FUJ 10	16th	20
2022	Team Red Bull Mugen			OKA 12	FUJ 10‡	SUZ 13	FUJ 13	SUZ 6	SUG 3	AUT 12	MOT 11	14th	16.5
2023	TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S	Toyota GR Supra GT500		OKA 13	FUJ 6	SUZ 11	FUJ 8	SUZ 11	SUG 10	AUT 7	MOT 9	15th	15
2024	TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S	Toyota GR Supra GT500		OKA 7	FUJ 11	SUZ 1	FUJ 10	SUG 1	AUT 8	MOT Ret	SUZ	4th*	51*

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Super Formula 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	DC	Points
2020	Team Mugen	MOT 11	OKA 13	SUG Ret	AUT 14	SUZ Ret	SUZ 11	FUJ 7				18th	5
2021	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	FUJ 5	SUZ 3	AUT	SUG	MOT	MOT	SUZ				12th	18
2022	Team Mugen	FUJ 19¹	FUJ 10³	SUZ 14	AUT 7	SUG 10	FUJ 1	MOT 7	MOT 8	SUZ 1	SUZ 17	6th	57
2023	Vantelin Team TOM’S	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ 19	MOT 12	SUZ 22	SUZ WD		22nd	0
2024	Vantelin Team TOM’S	SUZ 15	AUT 12	SUG 16	FUJ 12	MOT 16	FUJ 12	FUJ 14	SUZ 15†	SUZ 14		20th	0

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Profile". gogoukyo.com. Ukyo Sasahara. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior 2009 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Sasahara completes Euronova Formula Renault line up" (PDF). euronova-racing.com. Euronova Racing. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (2 April 2014). "Euronova sign Sasahara and Dalewski for Formula Renault NEC season". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (21 March 2015). "Sasahara signs with ART Junior Team". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Maiden win for Sasahara at Spa". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 30 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Sasahara wins thrilling opening race of the season". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ Allen, Peter (6 June 2014). "Sasahara steps in for Fontana at Italian F4 opener". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ Banerjee, Aditya (8 June 2014). "Sasahara claims close victory in race 2 at Adria". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ Simmons, Marcus (13 July 2016). "T-Sport back to European Formula 3 with ex-FRenault ace Sasahara". Autosport. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ "Honda 2018 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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^ "New Honda NSX-GT "Type S" Spotted Testing At Motegi". dailysportscar.com. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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^ Wood, Elliot (16 September 2020). "Mugen keeps Sasahara, Mitsunori Takaboshi at B-MAX in Super Formula". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ Wood, Elliot (10 November 2020). "Mugen retains Vips stand-in Sasahara for rest of Super Formula season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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^ "Super Formula: TOM'S axes Giuliano Alesi, Sasahara returns". www.motorsport.com. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

External links

Official website
Ukyo Sasahara on Twitter
Ukyo Sasahara on Instagram
Ukyo Sasahara career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Raoul Hyman	F3 Asian Championship Champion 2019	Succeeded by Joey Alders
Preceded by Inaugural	FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Winner 2019 With: Hiroshi Hamaguchi	Succeeded by Simon Gachet Eric Debard

[Karting-1] "Profile". gogoukyo.com. Ukyo Sasahara. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[2] "Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior 2009 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[3] "Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[4] "Sasahara completes Euronova Formula Renault line up" (PDF). euronova-racing.com. Euronova Racing. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[5] "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[6] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (2 April 2014). "Euronova sign Sasahara and Dalewski for Formula Renault NEC season". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[7] "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[8] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (21 March 2015). "Sasahara signs with ART Junior Team". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[9] "Maiden win for Sasahara at Spa". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 30 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[10] "Sasahara wins thrilling opening race of the season". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[11] Allen, Peter (6 June 2014). "Sasahara steps in for Fontana at Italian F4 opener". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[12] Banerjee, Aditya (8 June 2014). "Sasahara claims close victory in race 2 at Adria". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[Sasahara-13] Simmons, Marcus (13 July 2016). "T-Sport back to European Formula 3 with ex-FRenault ace Sasahara". Autosport. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[14] "Honda 2018 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[Honda20-15] "Honda Announces 2020 Super GT Teams & Drivers". dailysportscar.com. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

[Honda21-16] "Honda Announces 2021 Super GT Teams & Drivers". dailysportscar.com. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[HondaTypeSGT500-17] "New Honda NSX-GT "Type S" Spotted Testing At Motegi". dailysportscar.com. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[Honda2022-18] "Honda Announces 2022 Super GT Lineups". dailysportscar.com. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[19] "Toyota signs Sasahara, but Alesi keeps Super Formula drive". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[20] Wood, Elliot (19 August 2020). "Ukyo Sasahara replaces Vips for Super Formula season opener". Formula Scout. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[Okayama-21] Wood, Elliot (16 September 2020). "Mugen keeps Sasahara, Mitsunori Takaboshi at B-MAX in Super Formula". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[22] Wood, Elliot (10 November 2020). "Mugen retains Vips stand-in Sasahara for rest of Super Formula season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[23] "Kamui Kobayashi among absentees for Super Formula opener". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[24] "Mugen adds second Super Formula entry, signs Sasahara". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

[25] "Super Formula: TOM'S axes Giuliano Alesi, Sasahara returns". www.motorsport.com. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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