Keisuke Kunimoto is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Formula V8 3.5 for Epsilon Euskadi. Kunimoto has recorded 2 wins and 3 podiums from 30 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,921 ranks Kunimoto 3870th 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.
| 2010-10-08 | Catalunya | P11 | +30 |
| 2010-10-08 | Catalunya | P18 | −81 |
| 2010-09-17 | Silverstone | P12 | −42 |
| 2010-09-17 | Silverstone | P13 | +20 |
| 2010-09-03 | Hockenheim | P12 | −6 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +164 | Fuji 2008 | Super GT | P1 |
| +161 | Macau 2008 | Formula 3 Macau | P1 |
| +155 | Macau 2008 | Formula 3 Macau | P2 |
| +115 | Brno 2010 | Formula V8 3.5 | P5 |
| +80 | Sugo 2008 | Super GT | P6 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ▸Formula V8 3.5 | Epsilon Euskadi | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −468 | 3,921 |
| 2009 | ▸Formula V8 3.5 | Epsilon Euskadi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −358 | 4,388 |
| 2008 | ▸Super GT | APR | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P12 | ↑378+3,396 | 4,746 |
| ▸Formula 3 Macau | TOM''S Team | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ↑125+317 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jon LancasterFIA Gold | 4,463 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41% |
| 🇪🇸 Albert CostaFIA Platinum | 5,598 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% |
| 🇲🇨 Stefano ColettiFIA Gold | 4,864 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% |
| 🇪🇪 Sten PentusFIA Silver | 4,333 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% |
| 🇦🇺 Daniel RicciardoFIA Platinum | 6,735 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% |
| 🇷🇺 Mikhail AleshinFIA Platinum | 5,420 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% |
| 🇷🇺 Daniil MoveFIA Bronze | 4,287 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
| 🇮🇹 Federico LeoFIA Silver | 3,824 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% |
| 🇨🇴 Julián Leal | 5,482 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |
| 🇦🇹 Walter Grubmüller | 4,746 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |
| 🇮🇹 Edoardo MortaraFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,552 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇧🇪 Laurens VanthoorFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,488 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇪🇸 Jaime AlguersuariHigher-rated | 6,017 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,860 | 🇺🇸 Willie Allen | NASCAR Truck | 3,925 |
| 3,861 | 🇫🇷 David Smadja | FIA GT Championship | 3,924 |
| 3,862 | 🇩🇪 Valentin Kluss | Italian F4 | 3,924 |
| 3,863 | 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,923 |
| 3,864 | 🇺🇸 Bob Pressley | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,922 |
| 3,865 | 🇮🇹 David Fumanelli | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,922 |
| 3,866 | 🇺🇸 Gerardo Bonilla | Star Mazda Championship | 3,922 |
| 3,867 | 🇺🇸 Jason Alder | Zenith Racing Series | 3,922 |
| 3,868 | 🇬🇧 Peter Owen | FIA GT Championship | 3,922 |
| 3,869 | 🇺🇸 Jesse Little | NASCAR Truck | 3,921 |
| 3,870 | 🇯🇵 Keisuke Kunimoto | Formula V8 3.5 | 3,921 |
| 3,871 | 🇺🇸 John Schauerman | Le Mans Cup | 3,920 |
| 3,872 | 🇬🇧 Leon Wilson | GB3 | 3,920 |
| 3,873 | 🇺🇸 Mike Messer | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,920 |
| 3,874 | 🏳️ Simon Orange | GT Winter Series | 3,920 |
| 3,875 | 🇺🇸 Tom Hessert III | ARCA Menards Series | 3,920 |
| 3,876 | 🇫🇷 Alban Varutti | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,919 |
| 3,877 | 🇺🇸 Gresham Wagner | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,919 |
| 3,878 | 🇺🇸 Tyler McQuarrie | GT4 America | 3,919 |
| 3,879 | 🇺🇸 Wayne Grubb | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,919 |
| 3,880 | 🇺🇸 Clark Toppe | IMSA Mazda Prototype Lites | 3,918 |
Kunimoto is a semi-professional single-seater driver competing at entry-level professional standard, rated 3,914. His racing spanned three seasons from 2008 to 2010 across Formula 3 Macau, Super GT, and Formula V8 3.5. He drove for Epsilon Euskadi in the latter series, a team that has fielded elite-level talent and taken multiple race wins across the index.[1]
His record comprises 29 starts and one win, which came in Formula 3 Macau in 2008. That season he took two podium finishes from two starts in the championship. His Formula V8 3.5 campaign across 2009 and 2010 yielded 19 starts with no podiums. In Super GT, he shared a car with teammates across eight rounds in 2008 and finished 22nd in the season standings.[2]
Kunimoto raced fields that mixed amateurs with graded professionals. Against Jon Lancaster, a Gold-graded professional with GP2 and Formula Renault experience, he proved closely matched across their meetings. He typically finished behind Albert Costa, the 2009 Formula Renault Eurocup champion, though he beat Daniel Ricciardo and Edoardo Mortara once each; Ricciardo went on to win the 2010 Formula V8 3.5 title and reach Formula 1, while Mortara won the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series and later raced in Formula E and DTM.