Ayumu Iwasa
Japanese racing driver
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| 2025 | Continues racing in Super Formula with Team Mugen and serves as a reserve driver for Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team, while also being a test driver for Oracle Red Bull Racing. |
| 2025 | Iwasa continued with Team Mugen for the 2025 Super Formula season. |
| June 2025 | Drove the AlphaTauri AT04 at the Imola Circuit as part of a testing of previous car (TPC) programme. |
| March 2025 | Participated in the first free practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix, driving for Red Bull Racing in place of Max Verstappen. |
| 2024 | Completed 110 laps during the young drivers' test, driving the VCARB 01. |
| 2024 | Iwasa achieved his second consecutive runner-up finish at Sportsland Sugo in a race that ended early due to a crash. |
| 2024 | In the second Fuji round, Iwasa secured his third second-place podium of the season. |
| 2024 | Iwasa concluded the Super Formula season fifth in the standings with 63.5 points and a total of three podiums. |
| 2024 | At the second Suzuka round, Iwasa finished ninth and seventh due to poor starts. |
| 2024 | During the first Fuji round, Iwasa had a disastrous start and finished 11th, prompting criticism of his team's performance. |
| 2024 | In his second Super Formula race at Autopolis, Iwasa secured his first pole position but lost the lead at the start and finished as runner-up. |
| 2024 | Iwasa left Formula 2 and moved back to Japan, joining Team Mugen in Super Formula alongside two-time series champion Tomoki Nojiri. |
| November 2024 | Participated in free practice during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, finishing the session in 17th place and driving the VCARB 01. |
| April 2024 | Iwasa made his Formula One race weekend debut at the Japanese Grand Prix, driving in the first practice session for RB and placing 16th, just a second behind his teammate Yuki Tsunoda. |
| 2023 | Continued racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with DAMS, improving his performance and finishing fourth overall in the championship. |
| November 2023 | In the Abu Dhabi season finale, Iwasa finished fourth in the championship with 165 points, having secured one pole, three wins, and three additional podiums during the season. |
| May 2023 | In Monaco, Iwasa inherited the lead after Isack Hadjar's mechanical issues and won comfortably. |
| March 2023 | In Jeddah, Iwasa won his first race of the 2023 season by overtaking three rivals on the opening lap and maintaining the lead under intense pressure. |
| March 2023 | In Melbourne, Iwasa took his first pole of the year and won the feature race, taking the championship standings lead. |
| 2022 | Raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with DAMS, securing 2 wins and finishing 5th in the championship. |
| November 2022 | At the Yas Marina season finale, Iwasa took his second pole position and won his second race of the season. He finished fifth in the championship with 141 points and was presented with the Anthoine Hubert Award for being the top rookie. |
| August 2022 | At Budapest, Iwasa took his first pole position by an impressive four-tenths margin and finished third in the feature race. |
| July 2022 | At Paul Ricard, Iwasa claimed his first F2 victory, winning the feature race by nearly nine seconds. |
| May 2022 | At Barcelona, Iwasa secured his maiden F2 podium by finishing second in the sprint race. |
| March 2022 | In Bahrain, Iwasa stormed from last place to finish eighth in the sprint race, scoring his first F2 championship points. |
| January 14 2022 | Iwasa was announced by DAMS to race for their team in the FIA F2 Championship for the 2022 season, partnering with Roy Nissany. |
| 2021 | Competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Grand Prix, achieving 1 win and finishing 12th in the overall standings. |
| 2021 | Ayumu Iwasa was officially announced as a Red Bull Junior, marking the start of his professional racing development with the Red Bull program. |
| 2021 | Competed in the F3 Asian Championship with teammates Roy Nissany, Roman Staněk, and Reece Ushijima, securing his only podium in the first race of the fourth round at the Dubai Autodrome and finishing eighth in the championship. |
| 2020 | Ayumu Iwasa won the French F4 Championship, securing the title and demonstrating his early racing potential. |
| 2019 | Iwasa completed his first full season of car racing in the Suzuka Racing School's Single Seater Series, winning the championship title. |
| 2018 | Iwasa made another appearance in Japanese F4, driving for Rn-Sports and scoring points in the first race. He also finished third in the final round of the JAF F4 Suzuka series. |
| 2017 | Ayumu Iwasa made his single-seater debut in the F4 Japanese Championship, competing in two races for B-Max Racing and finishing 15th in both races. In the same year, he participated in two Asian Formula Renault Series races, taking pole position and finishing second in both races. |
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