Rio Shimono

Rio Shimono
Nationality Japan
Born (2000-05-25) May 25, 2000 (age 24)
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Championship titles
2020TCR Japan Saturday Series Bronze

Rio Shimono (下野 璃央, Shimono Rio, born May 25, 2000) is a Japanese racing driver. She won the TCR Japan Saturday Series in the Bronze category in 2020, racing for Drago Corse and was also the first female driver in the series.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Saturday Series Drago Corse 5 1 1 0 2 81 2nd
TCR Japan Touring Car Series - Sunday Series 4 0 2 0 2 55 4th
2022 F4 Japanese Championship Zap Speed 14 0 0 0 0 0 31st
2023 F4 Japanese Championship Zap Speed 8 0 0 0 0 6 19th
Dr.Dry 6 0 0 0 0
2024 F4 Japanese Championship Dr.Dry 14 0 0 0 0 3 18th
2025 Kyojo Cup Itochu Enex Team Impul with Dr.Dry

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 15 DC Pts
2022 Zap Speed FUJ1
1
34 		FUJ1
2
16 		SUZ
1
22 		SUZ
2
34 		FUJ2
1
21 		FUJ2
2
20 		SUZ2
1
33 		SUZ2
2
18 		SUG
1
23 		SUG
2
24 		AUT
1
18 		AUT
2
19 		MOT
1
21 		MOT
2
Ret 		31st 0
2023 Zap Speed FUJ1
1
7 		FUJ1
2
18 		SUZ
1
19 		SUZ
2
20 		FUJ2
1
19 		FUJ2
2
24 		SUZ2
1
19 		SUZ2
2
19 		19th 6
Dr Dry SUG
1
16 		SUG
2
17 		AUT
1
17 		AUT
2
16 		MOT
1
17 		MOT
2
15
2024 Dr Dry FUJ1
1
Ret 		FUJ1
2
11 		SUZ
1
15 		SUZ
2
19 		FUJ2
1
13 		FUJ2
2
Ret 		SUG
1
12 		SUG
2
11 		AUT
1
C 		AUT
2
13 		MOT
1
11 		MOT
2
9 		MOT
3
13 		SUZ2
1
10 		SUZ2
2
11 		18th 3

References

  1. ^ "34_YGF VITA01_下野 璃央_KYOJO | ドライビングアスリート". ドライビングアスリート | Just another WordPress site (in Japanese). 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  2. ^ "Takuro Shinohara completes double at Fuji to claim Sunday Series title". TouringCarTimes. 2020-12-20. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  3. ^ "Drago Corse joins TCR Japan grid with Rio Shimono". TouringCarTimes. 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2019-12-24.


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