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🇯🇵 Kimiya Sato
Racing driver from Japan. GT World Challenge Asia, Team 5zigen.
Driver facts
Full name
Kimiya Sato
Born
5 October 1989(b. 1989)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Team 5zigen
Series
GT World Challenge Asia
Status
Active
Career wins
1
Career podiums
5
Career starts
123
Career DNFs
8
Racer Rating
3,975
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,975Rank 3688 of 40,349 indexed, -14 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Kimiya Sato is a racing driver from Japan who competes in GT World Challenge Asia for Team 5zigen. Sato has recorded 1 win and 5 podiums from 123 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,975 ranks Sato 3688th of 40,349 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.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2026-05-03 | Mandalika International Circuit | P10 | +11 |
| 2026-05-02 | Mandalika International Circuit | P12 | −25 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +190 | Zandvoort 2011 | Formula 3 Euro Series | P1 |
| +171 | Valencia 2011 | Formula 3 Euro Series | P2 |
| +127 | Okayama 2023 | Super GT | P3 |
| +119 | Autopolis 2018 | Super GT | P2 |
| +117 | Suzuka 2017 | Super GT | P3 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Motegi7 starts+27
Autopolis6 starts+22
Suzuka12 starts+16
Macau6 starts+8
Struggles
Sugo5 starts-37
Fuji22 starts-29
Red Bull Ring4 starts-18
TI Aida4 starts-12
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸GT World Challenge Asia | Team 5zigen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −15 | 3,975 |
| 2025 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | −70 | 3,989 |
| 2024 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −191 | 4,059 |
| 2023 | ▸Super GT | Max Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −73 | 4,250 |
| 2022 | ▸Super GT | Max Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −465 | 4,323 |
| 2021 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +176 | 4,788 |
| 2020 | ▸Super GT | Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +170 | 4,754 |
| 2019 | ▸Super GT | Tsuchiya Engineering | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −366 | 4,342 |
| 2018 | ▸Super GT | JLOC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +149 | 4,794 |
| 2017 | ▸Super GT | JLOC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +206 | 4,727 |
| 2016 | ▸Super GT | JLOC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −167 | 4,492 |
| 2015 | ▸Super GT | JLOC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −199 | 4,674 |
| 2014 | ▸GP2 Series | Campos Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | ↑650−535 | 4,573 |
| 2011 | ▸Formula 3 Euro Series | Motopark Academy | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P8 | ↑250+147 | 4,704 |
| ▸FIA Formula 3 European | Motopark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −116 | ||
| ▸Formula 3 Macau | Motopark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +46 | ||
| 2010 | ▸Formula 3 Macau | Motopark Academy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +3,027 | 4,377 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Sato finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold | 4,352 | 81 | 36 | 45 | 44% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 75 | 20 | 55 | 27% |
| 🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold | 5,151 | 75 | 20 | 55 | 27% |
| 🇯🇵 Naoya GamouFIA Gold | 4,995 | 75 | 16 | 59 | 21% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold | 4,452 | 75 | 37 | 38 | 49% |
| 🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver | 4,419 | 75 | 32 | 43 | 43% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 73 | 22 | 51 | 30% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 73 | 27 | 46 | 37% |
| 🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold | 3,820 | 73 | 30 | 43 | 41% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshidaFIA Silver | 5,094 | 72 | 32 | 40 | 44% |
| 🇪🇸 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 7,220 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇫🇷 Pierre GaslyFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 6,973 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇳🇿 Mitch EvansFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,953 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 24% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,349 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,678 | 🇺🇸 Cole Kleck | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,977 |
| 3,679 | 🇧🇷 Matheus Leist | GT4 America | 3,977 |
| 3,680 | 🇦🇷 Santiago Mangoni | Turismo Carretera | 3,977 |
| 3,681 | 🇫🇮 Valle Mäkelä | Star Mazda Championship | 3,977 |
| 3,682 | 🇬🇧 Will Martin | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,977 |
| 3,683 | 🇺🇸 Ben Hess | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,976 |
| 3,684 | 🇩🇰 Mikkel Overgaard Pedersen | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,976 |
| 3,685 | 🇺🇸 Tony Mrakovich | NASCAR Truck | 3,976 |
| 3,686 | 🇳🇱 Chris Buncombe | British GT Championship | 3,975 |
| 3,687 | 🇪🇪 Karl-Oscar Liiv | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,975 |
| 3,688 | 🇯🇵 Kimiya Sato | GT World Challenge Asia | 3,975 |
| 3,689 | 🇨🇴 Tatiana Calderón | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,975 |
| 3,690 | 🇲🇾 Weng Sun Mok | WEC | 3,975 |
| 3,691 | 🇭🇺 Csaba Walter | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,974 |
| 3,692 | 🇦🇷 Damián Fineschi | TCR World Tour | 3,974 |
| 3,693 | 🇮🇹 Diego Bertonelli | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,974 |
| 3,694 | 🇮🇹 Fabio Mancini | FIA GT Championship | 3,974 |
| 3,695 | 🇵🇱 Kacper Sztuka | Formula Regional European | 3,974 |
| 3,696 | 🇫🇮 Luka Sammalisto | Italian F4 | 3,974 |
| 3,697 | 🇩🇪 Sven Barth | Prototype Cup Germany | 3,974 |
| 3,698 | 🇺🇸 C.W. Smith | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,973 |
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