Hikaru Abe is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in IMSA WeatherTech for Performance Tech Motorsports. Abe has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,953 ranks Abe 8777th 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.
| 2022-01-29 | Daytona International Speedway LMP3 | P7 | −36 |
| 2022-01-23 | ROAR Before the 24 LMP3 | P7 | −82 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Performance Tech Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | +1,603 | 2,953 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Gar RobinsonFIA Silver, 3× champion | 5,336 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇧🇷 Felipe FragaFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,135 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Trenton EstepFIA Silver | 4,506 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,767 | 🇩🇪 Max Reis | GT World Challenge Europe | 2,955 |
| 8,768 | 🇹🇷 Ramazan Kaya | TCR World Tour | 2,955 |
| 8,769 | 🇬🇧 David Sear | ARCA Menards Series | 2,954 |
| 8,770 | 🇮🇹 Giulio Valentini | TCR World Tour | 2,954 |
| 8,771 | 🇦🇷 Nicolás Moscardini | Turismo Carretera | 2,954 |
| 8,772 | 🇧🇪 Tony Verhulst | TCR World Tour | 2,954 |
| 8,773 | 🇺🇸 Alex Vogel | GT4 America | 2,953 |
| 8,774 | 🇺🇸 Angelo Dinkov | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 2,953 |
| 8,775 | 🏳️ Beckham Jacir | Ligier JS F4 Series | 2,953 |
| 8,776 | 🇨🇦 Erika Hoffmann | GT4 America | 2,953 |
| 8,777 | 🇯🇵 Hikaru Abe | IMSA WeatherTech | 2,953 |
| 8,778 | 🇺🇸 Joel Johnson | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America GT3 Cup | 2,953 |
| 8,779 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Conway | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 2,953 |
| 8,780 | 🇺🇸 Laura Hayes | GT4 America | 2,953 |
| 8,781 | 🏳️ Marcelo Vine | NASA | 2,953 |
| 8,782 | 🇺🇸 Rick Redig-Tackman | ARCA Menards Series | 2,953 |
| 8,783 | 🇨🇳 Yan Chuang | TCR World Tour | 2,953 |
| 8,784 | 🇺🇸 David Empringham | IMSA WeatherTech | 2,952 |
| 8,785 | 🏳️ Fritz Leesmann | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,952 |
| 8,786 | 🇬🇧 James Owen | Ferrari Challenge | 2,952 |
| 8,787 | 🏳️ Pablo Benites | Ligier JS F4 Series | 2,952 |
Hikaru Abe is an entry-level professional racing in IMSA WeatherTech, a multiclass endurance championship run in the United States. He races LMP3 prototypes for Performance Tech Motorsports, an established team that fields multiple classes across the series. Abe holds an FIA Bronze grade, the amateur classification in endurance racing.[1]
Abe's indexed record spans a single season in 2022, when he made two starts in IMSA WeatherTech's LMP3 class and finished 30th in the championship standings. His experience in the series remains limited to those two races.[2]
In his limited starts, Abe finished ahead of Gar Robinson, a three-time IMSA WeatherTech LMP3 champion and established professional, and Felipe Fraga, a Gold-graded professional who has raced at the highest levels of IMSA and international GT racing. The Performance Tech Motorsports lineup that season included drivers ranging from semi-professionals to elite competitors.