Ai Miura
Ai Miura is a Japanese female racing driver who last raced in the Formula Regional Japanese Championship.
Career
Miura's single seater career began due to the influence of her father and brother. At the age of twelve, she participated in a kart race for the first time and eventually won the championship. After that, she honed her skills in karting. At Osaka Sangyo University, where she studied Mechanical Engineering, Miura was one of the drivers of their solar car project, participating in the yearly FIA Solar Car Race at the Suzuka Circuit, taking several victories throughout the years.In 2011, Miura participated in Super FJ with the support of Exedy in recognition of her success in karting. After graduating from university one year later, she became an employee of Exedy and participated in Formula Challenge Japan while enrolled in the public relations department of the company.
In 2014, Miura made her debut in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, being the first female driver in the series in eighteen years. She finished on the podium at the opening race held at Suzuka Circuit, and took her first victory in the following second round, finally finishing in fourth place in the series. In 2015, she continued to participate in the N class of the All Japan F3 Championship, winning three races and finishing 2nd.
From 2016 until 2018, Miura was part of the B-MAX Racing Team, achieving a best race result of 4th Overall and 8th in the standings. The following year, in 2019, she joined ThreeBond Racing and continued participated in the All-Japan F3 Championship. In 2020, she participated in the KYOJO CUP for LHG Racing with YLT, winning the championship in her first try. In addition, she also took part in a few races in the Formula Regional Japanese Championship in place of Tomoki Takahashi with the Super License team. She took her first podium at the Twin Ring Motegi. In 2021, she finished as runner-up of the championship, taking her first win at Fuji Speedway during the season, while also competing in Super Taikyu.
Racing record
Karting
;2001 1st SL Meihan Final Round FP3-F Class;2002
- Suzuka Championship - RSO class
; 20042nd RotaxMax Junior class2nd Suzuka Championship - JRMC class11th Macau International Kart GP - JrMAX Class 9th Asia Pacific Championship - MAX Class
; 20055th Rotax Max - Junior class2nd Suzuka Championship - JRMC class18th EuroChallenge UK round - Junior Class
; 20064th Rotax Max - Senior class2nd Mizunami Challenge Cup - RMC Class31st EuroChallenge in Italy - Senior Class28th EuroChallenge in Austria - Senior ClassRet EuroChallenge in Belgium - Senior Class6th Macau International Kart GP SrMAX class
; 200719th RotaxMax Senior Class
- Participation in EuroChallenge - Senior class
- Participated in the Japan Open Masters
- Participated in the Japan Open Masters
; FIA Solar Car Race Suzuka
- 2009: 1st, 2010: 1st, 2011: 2nd, 2012: 1st, 2013: 1st, 2014: 1st, 2016: 1st