Kouta Sasaki is a racing driver from Hong Kong who last raced in Super GT for APR. Sasaki has recorded 6 wins and 10 podiums from 82 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,738 ranks Sasaki 4795th 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2020-11-28 | Fuji GT 300km GT300 | P16 | +37 |
| 2020-11-07 | Motegi GT300 | P20 | −1 |
| 2020-10-24 | Suzuka 300km GT300 | P22 | −14 |
| 2020-10-03 | Fuji GT300 | P29 | −107 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +173 | Suzuka 2010 | Super GT | P1 |
| +164 | Suzuka 2011 | Super GT | P1 |
| +160 | Sepang International Circuit 2008 | Super GT | P1 |
| +147 | Autopolis 2011 | Super GT | P1 |
| +136 | TI Aida 2008 | Super GT | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ▸Super GT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −86 | 3,738 | |
| 2018 | ▸Super GT | APR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −221 | 3,824 |
| 2017 | ▸Super GT | APR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −604 | 3,938 |
| 2016 | ▸Super GT | APR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −312 | 4,325 |
| 2015 | ▸Super GT | Team Up Garage with Bandoh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +18 | 4,954 |
| 2014 | ▸Super GT | R&D Sport | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −82 | 5,018 |
| 2013 | ▸Super GT | R&D Sport | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +389 | 5,026 |
| 2012 | ▸Super GT | R&D Sport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +17 | 4,637 |
| 2011 | ▸Super GT | R&D Sport | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +366 | 4,620 |
| 2010 | ▸Super GT | R&D Sport | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +66 | 4,255 |
| 2009 | ▸Super GT | Shift | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −66 | 4,188 |
| 2008 | ▸Super GT | Cusco Racing | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | ↑377+2,904 | 4,254 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 81 | 22 | 59 | 27% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 81 | 23 | 58 | 28% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 80 | 45 | 35 | 56% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 79 | 32 | 47 | 41% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 79 | 31 | 48 | 39% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomonobu FujiiFIA Gold | 4,667 | 76 | 27 | 49 | 36% |
| 🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold | 3,820 | 76 | 21 | 55 | 28% |
| 🇯🇵 Manabu OridoFIA Silver | 3,709 | 76 | 32 | 44 | 42% |
| 🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold | 5,373 | 73 | 31 | 42 | 42% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold | 4,452 | 73 | 33 | 40 | 45% |
| 🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 1× champion | 6,741 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,403 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomoki NojiriHigher-rated, 2× champion | 6,367 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,785 | 🇮🇹 Ignazio Zanon | GT Winter Series | 3,740 |
| 4,786 | 🇺🇸 Jonathan Davenport | NASCAR Cup Series | 3,740 |
| 4,787 | 🇺🇸 Ken Alexander | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,740 |
| 4,788 | 🇬🇧 Charlie Robertson | British GT Championship | 3,739 |
| 4,789 | 🇫🇷 Jules Roussel Champigny | Formula Regional European | 3,739 |
| 4,790 | 🇦🇷 Marcos Landa | Turismo Carretera | 3,739 |
| 4,791 | 🇦🇺 Brenton Grove | 24H Series | 3,738 |
| 4,792 | 🇬🇧 Christian Short | Road to Le Mans | 3,738 |
| 4,793 | 🇺🇸 Joe Cooksey | ARCA Menards Series | 3,738 |
| 4,794 | 🇯🇵 Kazuya Tsuruta | Super GT | 3,738 |
| 4,795 | 🇭🇰 Kouta Sasaki | Super GT | 3,738 |
| 4,796 | 🇦🇹 Lorenz Hörzing | Racing Prodigy | 3,738 |
| 4,797 | 🏳️ Steven Phillips | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,738 |
| 4,798 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Dromedari | European Le Mans Series | 3,737 |
| 4,799 | 🇺🇸 CR Crews | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,737 |
| 4,800 | 🇬🇧 Jem Hepworth | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,737 |
| 4,801 | 🇨🇳 Kerong Li | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,737 |
| 4,802 | 🇬🇧 Richard Kaye | FIA GT Championship | 3,737 |
| 4,803 | 🇺🇸 Jaxon Bell | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,736 |
| 4,804 | 🇺🇸 Joe Harrison | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,736 |
| 4,805 | 🇺🇸 Jon Branam | GT4 America | 3,736 |
Kouta Sasaki is an entry-level professional who raced in Super GT, Japan's premier multiclass endurance championship, where GT300-class cars share the grid with faster GT500 prototypes. He drove for APR across his 12 seasons on record, from 2008 to 2020, in a series that fields graded professionals alongside semi-professional and amateur drivers. He retired after the 2020 season.[1]
Sasaki took six wins and ten podiums across 82 starts in Super GT, finishing 27th in the 2020 championship standings in what proved his final season of four rounds. His record came primarily through sustained presence in the GT300 class rather than consistency at the front; he regularly raced against established professionals including two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino and three-time GT300 champion Nobuteru Taniguchi, finishing behind them as a rule. He scored victories over established professionals including Kenta Yamashita, a three-time Super GT GT500 champion who also competed in Super Formula and the World Endurance Championship, and Tomoki Nojiri, a two-time Super Formula champion with extensive Super GT experience, though these were minority results against drivers of stronger overall standing.[2]