# Yuya Hiraki

Yuya Hiraki (平木湧也, Hiraki Yūya, born 26 June 1996) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT for HELM Motorsports.

## Career
### Formula 4

Hiraki competed in F4 Japanese Championship from 2015 to 2017.

### Super GT

Hiraki stepped up to Super GT in 2018 with Team Mach alongside Natsu Sakaguchi for 3 years. Hiraki joined Team Mach alongside his brother Reiji Hiraki in 2021.
HELM Motorsports made their season debut in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2024. Hiraki was joined by Kohei Hirate and his brother Reiji, who was the team's third driver.

### Super Formula Lights

Hiraki alongside his older brother Yuya joined Super Formula Lights with their own team HELM Motorsports.

### Super Taikyu

Hiraki alongside his younger brother Reiji's HELM Motorsports made their debut in 2022 in Super Taikyu ST-X Class, with Yutaka Toriba as the third driver. In that season, they won the ST-X Class.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2015 | F4 Japanese Championship | RS Fine | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 5th |
| 2016 | F4 Japanese Championship | Le Beausset Motorsports | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 6th |
| 2017 | F4 Japanese Championship | Le Beausset Motorsports | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 11th |
| 2018 | Super GT - GT300 | Team Mach | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20nd |
| 2019 | Super GT - GT300 | Team Mach | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 21st |
| 2020 | Super GT - GT300 | Team Mach | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 22nd |
| 2020 | Super Taikyu - ST-1 | Field Management Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27‡ | 3rd‡ |
| 2020 | Super Taikyu - ST-3 | HELM Motorsports | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44‡ | 5th‡ |
| 2021 | Super GT - GT300 | Team Mach | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22nd |
| 2021 | Super Taikyu - ST-3 | HELM Motorsports | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 101.5‡ | 3rd‡ |
| 2022 | Super Taikyu - ST-X | HELM Motorsports | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 134.5‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2022 | Super Formula Lights | HELM Motorsports | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10th |
| 2022 | Super GT - GT300 | NILZZ Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | Super Taikyu - ST-X | HELM Motorsports | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 117‡ | 3rd‡ |
| 2023 | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | HELM Motorsports | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 8th |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT300 | HELM Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20th |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT300 | HELM Motorsports | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Pts |
| 2015 | RS Fine | OKA 1 3 | OKA 2 7 | FUJ1 1 6 | FUJ1 2 Ret | FUJ2 1 3 | FUJ2 2 2 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 3 | SUG 1 12 | SUG 2 13 | AUT 1 4 | AUT 2 20 | MOT 1 Ret | MOT 2 13 | 5th | 83 |
| 2016 | Le Beausset Motorsports | OKA 1 Ret | OKA 2 5 | FUJ1 1 15 | FUJ1 2 8 | SUG 1 4 | SUG 2 5 | FUJ2 1 10 | FUJ2 2 14 | FUJ2 3 1 | SUZ 1 8 | SUZ 2 11 | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 18 | MOT 3 1 | 6th | 106 |
| 2017 | Le Beausset Motorsports | OKA 1 6 | OKA 2 8 | FUJ1 1 10 | FUJ1 2 8 | AUT 1 8 | AUT 2 6 | SUG 1 10 | SUG 2 7 | FUJ2 1 5 | FUJ2 2 7 | SUZ 1 8 | SUZ 2 DSQ | MOT 1 12 | MOT 2 11 | 11th | 56 |

#### Complete Super GT results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts |
| 2018 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC | GT300 | OKA Ret | FUJ 12 | SUZ Ret | CHA | FUJ 19 | SUG 22 | AUT 7 | MOT 18 | 20th | 4 |
| 2019 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GT300 | OKA 21 | FUJ 21 | SUZ 2 | CHA | FUJ 17 | AUT 17 | SUG 18 | MOT 24 | 21st | 15 |
| 2020 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GT300 | FUJ 3 | FUJ 11 | SUZ 29 | MOT 23 | FUJ 15 | SUZ 4 | MOT Ret | FUJ Ret | 14th | 19 |
| 2021 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GT300 | OKA 25 | FUJ1 12 | MOT 27 | SUZ 5 | SUG 22 | AUT 21 | MOT2 18 | FUJ2 25 | 22nd | 6 |
| 2022 | NILZZ Racing | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ 21 | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 |
| 2024 | HELM Motorsports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA 18 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 11 | FUJ 13 | SUG 13 | AUT 17 | MOT 17 | SUZ 16 | 20th | 1 |
| 2025 | HELM Motorsports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | |

#### 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 |
| 2022 | HELM Motorsports | FUJ 1 8 | FUJ 2 10 | FUJ 3 10 | SUZ 1 10 | SUZ 2 9 | SUZ 3 10 | AUT 1 10 | AUT 2 5 | AUT 3 10 | SUG 1 8 | SUG 2 10 | SUG 3 Ret | MOT 1 WD | MOT 2 WD | MOT 3 WD | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | OKA 3 | 10th | 2 |

### Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2023 | HELM Motorsports | FUJ1 1 1 | FUJ1 2 3 | FUJ1 3 3 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | OKA 3 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | MOT 3 | FUJ2 1 | FUJ2 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | SUG 3 | 8th | 55 |