Makoto Fujiwara is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super Formula Lights for Team Dragon. Fujiwara has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,938 ranks Fujiwara 8865th of 40,308 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2024-11-07 | Suzuka | P12 | −91 |
| 2024-11-07 | Suzuka | P10 | −55 |
| 2024-11-07 | Suzuka | P12 | −80 |
| 2024-09-12 | Okayama | P10 | −70 |
| 2024-09-12 | Okayama | P9 | −89 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸Super Formula Lights | Team Dragon | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +1,588 | 2,938 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Syun Koide | 5,256 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Jin Nakamura | 4,933 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% |
| 🇧🇷 Yuga Furutani | 4,270 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Souta Arao | 4,222 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Dragon | 2,389 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% |
| 🇯🇵 Rikuto KobayashiFIA Gold | 5,340 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Seita NonakaFIA Gold | 5,055 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Kaylen FrederickFIA Gold | 4,608 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% |
| 🇯🇵 Yasuhiro ShimizuFIA Bronze | 2,605 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuhiro ImadaFIA Bronze | 2,758 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,855 | 🇫🇷 Xavier Michel | 24H Series | 2,940 |
| 8,856 | 🇨🇦 Amber Balcaen | ARCA Menards Series | 2,939 |
| 8,857 | 🇵🇹 André Fernandes | GT Winter Series | 2,939 |
| 8,858 | 🇬🇧 Barry Horne | BTCC | 2,939 |
| 8,859 | 🇮🇹 Edoardo Bacci | 24H Series | 2,939 |
| 8,860 | 🇺🇸 L.B. Skaggs | ARCA Menards Series | 2,939 |
| 8,861 | 🏳️ Matt Dusek | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America GT3 Cup | 2,939 |
| 8,862 | 🇩🇪 Pierre Ehret | GT Winter Series | 2,939 |
| 8,863 | 🇬🇧 Rachel Robertson | F1 Academy | 2,939 |
| 8,864 | 🇫🇷 Simon ESCALLIER | Road to Le Mans | 2,939 |
| 8,865 | 🇯🇵 Makoto Fujiwara | Super Formula Lights | 2,938 |
| 8,866 | 🇮🇹 Manuel Quondamcarlo | Italian F4 | 2,938 |
| 8,867 | 🏳️ Nick Joanides | ARCA Menards West | 2,938 |
| 8,868 | 🇬🇧 Oliver Wheldon | USF2000 | 2,938 |
| 8,869 | 🇺🇸 Rip Michels | ARCA Menards West | 2,938 |
| 8,870 | 🏳️ Ronan Murphy | US F4 | 2,938 |
| 8,871 | 🇺🇸 Ted Giovanis | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 2,938 |
| 8,872 | 🇺🇸 Britt Casey | Mustang Challenge | 2,937 |
| 8,873 | 🇦🇹 Daniel Drexel | 24H Series | 2,937 |
| 8,874 | 🇦🇷 Rodrigo Lugón | Turismo Carretera | 2,937 |
| 8,875 | 🏳️ Roy Fulmer IV | Trans-Am TA2 | 2,937 |
Makoto Fujiwara is a competitive amateur driver whose rating of 2,804 places him at the entry end of club racing; this level encompasses drivers building experience in regional fields or those new to racing with competitive results at that tier. His only season on record came in 2024, when he contested Super Formula Lights with Team Dragon across twelve rounds. He finished thirteenth in the championship with no wins or podiums, averaging a tenth-place finish across classified starts.[1]
Fujiwara faced a field anchored by established professionals. Series champion Syun Koide, a driver rated at the professional level, finished ahead of Fujiwara in all twelve shared races, as did Jin Nakamura and Yuga Furutani, both strong professionals in their own right. He was also consistently outpaced by Seita Nonaka, an FIA Gold graded driver rated in the elite professional band. His only head-to-head victories came against Kaylen Frederick once, an FIA Gold driver and former GB3 champion, and twice against Nobuhiro Imada, another graded professional. Against his own team at Dragon, which fielded no race winners across the season, he finished ahead in two of twelve races.
Fujiwara has since retired from competition. His record in Super Formula Lights represents the entirety of his racing career on file, and he did not progress beyond a single season at that level.