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🇯🇵 Dominik Farnbacher

Racing driver from Japan. IMSA WeatherTech, Scuderia Corsa.
Driver facts
Full name
Dominik Farnbacher
Born
26 September 1984(b. 1984)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Scuderia Corsa
Series
IMSA WeatherTech
Status
Retired
Career wins
3
Career podiums
5
Career starts
31
Career DNFs
5
Racer Rating
4,633
Dominik Farnbacher
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,633
Rank 1669 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Dominik Farnbacher is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in IMSA WeatherTech for Scuderia Corsa. Farnbacher has recorded 3 wins and 5 podiums from 31 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,633 ranks Farnbacher 1669th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2019 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAJPNGERJPNUSAUSAGERJPNDEU
Recent results
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2019-06-20Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9Nürburgring 24 HoursP16+21
2019-05-03Fuji GT300Super GTP9+39
2019-04-27Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 ProNürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP13−11
2019-01-26Daytona International Speedway GTDIMSA WeatherTechP23−150
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+199LE MANS 2012WECP2
+157Daytona 24 Hours 2014IMSA WeatherTechP12
+148Fuji 2008Super GTP1
+119Monterey 2014IMSA WeatherTechP13
+117Sebring International Raceway 2004PCA Club RacingP1
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2019▸IMSA WeatherTechScuderia Corsa100000P38−1504,633
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursBandoh Racing with Novel Racing100000—+22
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieBandoh Racing with Novel Racing100000P32−11
▸Super GTLM Corsa100000P23+39
2017▸IMSA WeatherTech3GT Racing100000P42−84,734
2016▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieFarnbacher Racing100100—−2024,734
▸Super GTLM Corsa100000P20−67
2015▸IMSA WeatherTechRiley Motorsports100000P36+964,809
▸Super GTLM Corsa100000P22−101
2014▸IMSA WeatherTechSRT Motorsports1100000P28+9585,112
2013▸WECSRT Motorsports100000P21+444,058
2012▸WECLuxury Racing201100—+804,014
2011▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieHANKOOK - TEAM FARNBACHER100100—−823,934
2010▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieHANKOOK - TEAM FARNBACHER Porsche301100P15−3964,016
2008▸FIA GT ChampionshipAF Corse100100P27↑2,828−864,412
▸Super GTTeam Taisan with Nishizawa111000P15+148
2004▸PCA Club Racing222000P15+1721,522
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Farnbacher finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Patrick LongFIA Platinum5,3951610663%
🇩🇪 Wolf HenzlerFIA Platinum4,4051510567%
🇪🇸 Antonio GarciaFIA Platinum5,666147750%
🇩🇰 Michael ChristensenFIA Platinum5,578148657%
🇬🇧 Nick TandyFIA Platinum5,5391410471%
🇺🇸 Tommy MilnerFIA Platinum5,392147750%
🇦🇹 Richard LietzFIA Platinum5,225149564%
🇫🇷 Richard WestbrookFIA Platinum5,0161431121%
🇺🇸 Jordan TaylorFIA Platinum4,9801441029%
🇬🇧 Dirk MullerFIA Platinum4,878148657%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,659110100%
🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 2× champion6,639110100%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,38532167%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1,659🇩🇰 Allan SimonsenWEC4,639
1,660🇦🇺 Jack BeetonIndy NXT4,639
1,661🇯🇵 Tetsuya TanakaSuper GT4,639
1,662🇦🇺 Todd HazelwoodSupercars Championship4,639
1,663🇷🇺 Aleksey BasovWEC4,637
1,664🇦🇹 Mick WishoferDTM4,636
1,665🇩🇪 Thomas Kiefer24H Series4,636
1,666🇮🇹 Emanuele NaspettiWorld Touring Car Championship4,635
1,667🇬🇷 Kriton LendoudisAsian Le Mans Series4,634
1,668🇺🇸 Michael AnnettNASCAR Xfinity4,634
1,669🇯🇵 Dominik FarnbacherIMSA WeatherTech4,633
1,670🇦🇺 Hugh BarterFormula 34,633
1,671🇩🇪 Lance-David ArnoldGT World Challenge Europe4,633
1,672🇦🇺 Michael CarusoSupercars Championship4,633
1,673🇫🇷 Paul EvrardGT World Challenge Europe4,633
1,674🇩🇰 Frederik SchandorffIMSA WeatherTech4,632
1,675🇬🇧 Ian JamesWEC4,632
1,676🇹🇭 Carl Wattana BennettWEC4,631
1,677🇰🇬 Egor OrudzhevLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe4,631
1,678🇩🇪 Florian GruberNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,631
1,679🇬🇧 Thomas FlemingWEC4,631
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Dominik Farnbacher is a Gold-graded sportscar professional, a rating that places him among established drivers in endurance racing with a Racer Rating of 4,765. This level describes a professional capable of competitive drives at the top of sportscar racing, though his record shows he was typically outpaced by the strongest fields he encountered.[1]

Farnbacher's career ran from 2008 to 2019 across four endurance and sportscar series, with 10 starts producing a single podium finish. Most of his racing came in Super GT between 2008 and 2019, where he made four starts without a rostrum. He also competed in the World Endurance Championship in 2012 and 2013, scoring his sole podium there, and made brief appearances in IMSA WeatherTech in 2017 and 2019 and the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2019. His average finish across all starts was 18th. In the shared races where records overlap, he finished consistently behind established professionals and multiple champions; he was outpaced by Platinum-graded drivers Hiroaki Ishiura, Takuya Izawa, Ronnie Quintarelli, Tsugio Matsuda and Nick Cassidy in every encounter. He showed occasional pace against very strong drivers, beating 4-time champion Alex Palou once and 1-time champion Kenta Yamashita once, though these were isolated results rather than patterns.[2]

The arc of Farnbacher's activity shows concentration in the middle period of his career; after three races between 2012 and 2013 he stepped back from major international competition for four years, returning briefly in 2017 and 2019 before retiring. He was affiliated with SRT Motorsports as a factory driver and raced for established sportscar teams including LM Corsa and Scuderia Corsa.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
dailysportscar.com[1]
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