Hidetoshi Mitsusada is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Arktech Motorsports. Mitsusada has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,618 ranks Mitsusada 1698th of 40,308 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.
| 2008-11-07 | Fuji GT300 | P20 | −109 |
| 2008-10-17 | Autopolis GT300 | P13 | −47 |
| 2008-09-12 | Motegi GT300 | P5 | +68 |
| 2008-06-20 | Sepang International Circuit GT300 | DNF | −191 |
| 2008-05-02 | Fuji GT300 | P11 | −38 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +68 | Motegi 2008 | Super GT | P5 |
| +40 | Nurburgring 1998 | International Formula 3000 | P15 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ▸Super GT | Arktech Motorsports | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −513 | 4,618 |
| 1998 | ▸International Formula 3000 | Nordic Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P24 | ↑900−94 | 5,131 |
| 1994 | ▸Formula 3 Macau | Now Motor Sports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −61 | 4,326 |
| 1993 | ▸Formula 3 Macau | Now Motor Sports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +3,037 | 4,387 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Masami KageyamaFIA Silver | 3,847 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomonobu FujiiFIA Gold | 4,667 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇯🇵 Tetsuya TanakaFIA Bronze | 4,639 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇯🇵 Tetsuya YamanoFIA Bronze | 4,586 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇺🇦 Ryo Orime | 4,447 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% |
| 🇮🇹 Fabrizio GollinHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,726 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇮🇹 Oliver MartiniHigher-rated | 5,529 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇮🇹 Thomas BiagiFIA Gold, 2× champion | 5,509 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,688 | 🇫🇷 Esteban Masson | WEC | 4,626 |
| 1,689 | 🇬🇧 Marc Hynes | International Formula 3000 | 4,626 |
| 1,690 | 🇨🇦 Misha Goikhberg | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,626 |
| 1,691 | 🇧🇷 Nicolas Costa | WEC | 4,626 |
| 1,692 | 🇺🇸 Reece Ushijima | USF Pro 2000 | 4,625 |
| 1,693 | 🇮🇪 Ryan Cullen | European Le Mans Series | 4,625 |
| 1,694 | 🇺🇸 Tristan McKee | ARCA Menards Series | 4,624 |
| 1,695 | 🇫🇷 Maxime Jousse | International GT | 4,622 |
| 1,696 | 🇸🇪 Fredrik Ekblom | World Touring Car Championship | 4,620 |
| 1,697 | 🇺🇸 Connor Mosack | NASCAR Truck | 4,618 |
| 1,698 | 🇯🇵 Hidetoshi Mitsusada | Super GT | 4,618 |
| 1,699 | 🇺🇸 Jack Sprague | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,618 |
| 1,700 | 🇯🇵 Morio Nitta | Super GT | 4,618 |
| 1,701 | 🇬🇧 Nick Leventis | WEC | 4,618 |
| 1,702 | 🇿🇦 Adrian Zaugg | Super GT | 4,617 |
| 1,703 | 🇦🇹 Christian Engelhart | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,617 |
| 1,704 | 🇬🇧 Ian Aguilera | European Le Mans Series | 4,617 |
| 1,705 | 🇬🇧 Ian Loggie | British GT Championship | 4,617 |
| 1,706 | 🇩🇪 David Schiwietz | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,616 |
| 1,707 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Erwin | IndyCar | 4,615 |
| 1,708 | 🇫🇷 Reshad De Gérus | European Le Mans Series | 4,615 |
Hidetoshi Mitsusada is a professional racing driver who competed in single-seater and GT racing across 12 starts between 1993 and 2008. He raced in Formula 3 Macau and International Formula 3000 in the 1990s, then moved to Super GT in 2008 with Arktech Motorsports, where he drove GT300-class machinery in the Japanese national endurance series. His rating of 4,618 places him at professional level, the category for drivers who regularly race against established competitors and hold their own in graded fields.[1]
Mitsusada's career in the indexed record spans two Formula 3 Macau starts in 1993 and 1994, three International Formula 3000 rounds in 1998, and seven Super GT rounds in 2008, his final season of racing. His strongest result on record came against Haruki Kurosawa, a Gold-graded professional and three-time Super GT GT300 champion, whom he finished ahead of twice. He also beat Gareth Rees, an established Formula 3000 driver, once during his single F3000 campaign. In Super GT, he finished 19th in the championship standings across the season.[2]
In Super GT he raced regularly against Masami Kageyama, an entry-level professional with 54 Super GT starts, on closely matched terms, and against Nobuteru Taniguchi, a multiple series champion and established professional with 146 Super GT appearances, where he typically finished behind him. Arktech Motorsports fielded him as one of 15 drivers across the index and recorded no race wins as a team, with its strongest entry being professional-level driver Keita Sawa.