Kohei Hirate is a racing driver from Brazil who competes in Super GT for Kondo Racing. Hirate is a two-time champion (2013, 2025), with 9 wins and 36 podiums from 190 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,175 ranks Hirate 936th 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.
| 2025-11-01 | Twin Ring Motegi GT300 | P4 | +71 |
| 2025-10-18 | Autopolis GT300 | P4 | +73 |
| 2025-09-20 | Sportsland SUGO GT300 | P2 | +104 |
| 2025-08-23 | Suzuka GT300 | P8 | +40 |
| 2025-06-27 | Sepang International Circuit GT300 | P10 | โ27 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +183 | Fuji 2011 | Super GT | P1 |
| +161 | Sugo 2019 | Super GT | P1 |
| +160 | TI Aida 2012 | Super GT | P1 |
| +154 | Sugo 2009 | Super GT | P2 |
| +151 | Hockenheim 2006 | Formula 3 Euro Series | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | โธSuper GT | Kondo Racing | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +419 | 5,175 |
| 2024 | โธSuper GT | HELM Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | โ257 | 4,756 |
| 2023 | โธSuper GT | Kondo Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P16 | โ385 | 5,013 |
| 2022 | โธSuper GT | Kondo Racing | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | P10 | โ123 | 5,398 |
| 2021 | โธSuper GT | NDDP Racing with B-Max | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +42 | 5,521 |
| 2020 | โธSuper GT | NDDP Racing with B-Max | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P11 | โ106 | 5,585 |
| 2019 | โธSuper GT | NDDP Racing with B-Max | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +208 | 5,597 |
| 2018 | โธSuper GT | APR | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | โ105 | 5,543 |
| 2017 | โธSuper GT | Lexus Team Sard | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | โ130 | 5,442 |
| 2016 | โธSuper GT | Lexus Team Sard | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P2 | +374 | 5,665 |
| 2015 | โธSuper GT | Lexus Team Sard | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P11 | โ196 | 5,397 |
| 2014 | โธSuper GT | Lexus Team Zent Cerumo | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | โ260 | 5,546 |
| 2013 | โธSuper GT | Lexus Team Zent Cerumo | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P1 | +189 | 5,695 |
| 2012 | โธSuper GT | Lexus Team Zent Cerumo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P2 | +446 | 5,507 |
| 2011 | โธSuper GT | Lexus Team Zent Cerumo | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +370 | 5,061 |
| 2010 | โธSuper GT | Lexus Team Sard | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | โ265 | 4,691 |
| 2009 | โธSuper GT | Lexus Team Sard | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | โ198 | 4,956 |
| 2008 | โธSuper GT | APR | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P12 | โ404 | 5,154 |
| 2007 | โธGP2 Series | Trident Racing | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | โ403โ343 | 5,557 |
| 2006 | โธFormula 3 Euro Series | Manor Motorsport | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +779 | 5,497 |
| โธFormula 3 Macau | Manor Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ | โ122 | ||
| 2005 | โธFormula 3 Euro Series | Team Rosberg | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | โ181 | 4,840 |
| โธFormula 3 Macau | Team Rosberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ | โ100 | ||
| 2004 | โธFormula 3 Euro Series | Prema Powerteam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +3,771 | 5,121 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ฏ๐ต Kazuya OshimaFIA Platinum | 5,648 | 112 | 51 | 61 | 46% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Koudai Tsukakoshi | 5,527 | 111 | 54 | 57 | 49% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Ronnie Quintarelli | 5,468 | 110 | 41 | 69 | 37% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Hiroaki IshiuraFIA Platinum | 5,433 | 110 | 47 | 63 | 43% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Tsugio MatsudaFIA Platinum | 4,874 | 110 | 50 | 60 | 45% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Takuya Izawa | 4,700 | 103 | 53 | 50 | 51% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Naoki YamamotoFIA Platinum | 6,328 | 99 | 43 | 56 | 43% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Hironobu YasudaFIA Gold | 4,368 | 92 | 45 | 47 | 49% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Takashi KogureFIA Gold | 5,006 | 86 | 43 | 43 | 50% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Yuji KunimotoFIA Platinum | 5,017 | 85 | 48 | 37 | 56% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Lewis HamiltonFIA Platinum, 9ร champion | 8,463 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 6% |
| ๐ฉ๐ช Sebastian VettelFIA Platinum, 4ร champion | 6,884 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 42% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5ร champion | 6,799 | 46 | 18 | 28 | 39% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 926 | ๐บ๐ธ Christian Eckes | NASCAR Truck | 5,187 |
| 927 | ๐ง๐ท Guilherme Salas | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,187 |
| 928 | ๐ฎ๐น Fabrizio de Simone | FIA GT Championship | 5,185 |
| 929 | ๐บ๐ธ Jordan Taylor | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,184 |
| 930 | ๐ฏ๐ต Juichi Wakisaka | Super GT | 5,184 |
| 931 | ๐ฌ๐ง James Weaver | FIA GT Championship | 5,182 |
| 932 | ๐ง๐ช Ugo De Wilde | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,181 |
| 933 | ๐บ๐ธ Juan Manuel Correa | Formula 2 | 5,178 |
| 934 | ๐จ๐ฟ Jarek Janis | 24H Series | 5,176 |
| 935 | ๐ฉ๐ช Adrian Sutil | Ferrari Challenge | 5,175 |
| 936 | ๐ง๐ท Kohei Hirate | Super GT | 5,175 |
| 937 | ๐บ๐ธ Jon Bennett | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,173 |
| 938 | ๐ง๐ท Marcelo Battistuzzi | International Formula 3000 | 5,173 |
| 939 | ๐บ๐ธ Scott Heckert | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,172 |
| 940 | ๐ต๐น Mรกrio de Araรบjo Cabral | Formula 1 | 5,170 |
| 941 | ๐ฌ๐ง Ben Green | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,169 |
| 942 | ๐ซ๐ท Nicolas Leboissetier | International Formula 3000 | 5,169 |
| 943 | ๐บ๐ธ Oliver Askew | Formula E | 5,168 |
| 944 | ๐ฌ๐ง Steve Robertson | International Formula 3000 | 5,168 |
| 945 | ๐จ๐ญ Grรฉgoire Saucy | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,165 |
| 946 | ๐ฟ๐ฆ Gary Formato | International Formula 3000 | 5,164 |
Kohei Hirate is an established professional racing in Super GT, Japan's national multiclass endurance championship. He holds FIA Platinum grading, the top tier of sportscar driver certification. Since 2008 he has raced primarily in Super GT's GT300 class, currently driving for Kondo Racing, and has won two Super GT championships; his most recent came in 2025 when he led the GT300 standings across the season, taking two podiums from seven rounds. Earlier in his career he raced single-seater championships including the Formula 3 Euro Series and GP2 Series between 2004 and 2007.[1]
Over 22 seasons and 190 starts across all series, Hirate has recorded nine wins and 36 podiums. In Super GT alone, across 140 starts, he has taken eight wins and 28 podiums. He won his first Super GT title with Lexus Team Zent Cerumo in 2013, when the team won the GT500 championship; he then raced GT500 for that team until moving to Kondo Racing's GT300 programme, where he has since established himself as a multiple championship winner. His earlier career included a Formula 3 Euro Series podium finish in 2005, a single win in that series in 2006, a podium at Formula 3 Macau, and one podium in the GP2 Series in 2007.[2]
Hirate's regular opponents in Super GT are the established professionals Kazuya Oshima, a 2016 Super GT GT500 champion with 139 starts in the series, and Koudai Tsukakoshi, a 138-start Super GT regular; he races closely matched against both. In the Formula 3 Euro Series, he shared grids that included generational-level drivers; he finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton once in the Formula 3 Euro Series and Sebastian Vettel 13 times across their careers.