Ishiura confirms retirement from Immense Formula
As reported by Motorsport.com on Saturday, Inging driver Ishiura has elected no longer to continue in the one-seater category in 2021, making his final delivery up final weekend at Fuji Speedway.
He concluded the season with a subdued accelerate to 12th field, leaving him 10th in the standings with a most moving end this year of 2d at Okayama.
The 39-year-outdated college did no longer participate in the post-season take a look at at Fuji, with Immense Formula Lights driver Sena Sakaguchi stepping up to take his field at Inging alongside Sho Tsuboi.
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Ishiura’s retirement ends an unbroken accelerate of participation in Immense Formula dating wait on to 2014, when he first joined Inging after two years out of the series.
He wrote on his deepest weblog: “This is the 2d time I accomplished utilizing Immense Formula. Remaining time used to be at the end of 2011, and the truth is I was pretty downhearted.
“On the end of 2013, when Takeshi Tsuchiya used to be making an attempt to region up a team for me, I without note got a probability to affix Cerumo/Inging, and I got here wait on in 2014.
“This time I determined to end whereas I would possibly accumulated be rapidly, so I’m no longer unhappy or downhearted at all.”
Ishiura moreover underlined that he is rarely any longer retiring as a racing driver, suggesting he is doubtless to continue for one other season in Cerumo’s SUPER GT team in 2021.
He bows out of Immense Formula with 5 wins, eight pole positions and 20 podium finishes to his credit rating, as properly as his two drivers’ titles (2015, pictured below, and 2017).
Hiroaki Ishiura, Cerumo Inging
Utter by: Toyota