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🇯🇵 Naoki Yamamoto
Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, Stanley Team Kunimitsu. Three-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Naoki Yamamoto
Born
11 July 1988(b. 1988)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Stanley Team Kunimitsu
Series
Super GT
Status
Active
Championships
32018, 2020, 2020
Career wins
11
Career podiums
44
Career starts
178
Career DNFs
13
Racer Rating
6,328
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,328Rank 87 of 40,349 indexed, -54 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Naoki Yamamoto is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for Stanley Team Kunimitsu. Yamamoto is a three-time champion (2018, 2020, 2020), with 11 wins and 44 podiums from 178 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 6,328 ranks Yamamoto 87th 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 | Fuji GT500 | P8 | −59 |
| 2026-05-03 | Fuji | P8 | +20 |
| 2026-04-11 | Okayama GT500 | P7 | −40 |
| 2026-04-11 | Okayama | P7 | +25 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +146 | Suzuka 2013 | Super GT | P1 |
| +138 | Motegi 2022 | Super Formula | P1 |
| +135 | Fuji 2014 | Super GT | P1 |
| +129 | Sugo 2019 | Super Formula | P1 |
| +126 | Sugo 2015 | Super GT | P1 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Sepang International Circuit5 starts+10
Suzuka32 starts+8
Okayama8 starts+7
TI Aida11 starts+6
Struggles
Buriram6 starts-44
Sugo16 starts-11
Sportsland SUGO5 starts-8
Fuji46 starts-5
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Super GT | Stanley Team Kunimitsu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −54 | 6,328 |
| 2025 | ▸Super GT | Stanley Team Kunimitsu | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +136 | 6,382 |
| 2024 | ▸Super Formula | PONOS Nakajima Racing | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +213 | 6,246 |
| ▸Super GT | Stanley Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +252 | ||
| 2023 | ▸Super Formula | TCS Nakajima Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P12 | −121 | 5,782 |
| ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | P11 | −141 | ||
| 2022 | ▸Super Formula | TCS Nakajima Racing | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P10 | −112 | 6,043 |
| ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P3 | +209 | ||
| 2021 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P2 | −99 | 5,947 |
| ▸Super Formula | TCS Nakajima Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −365 | ||
| 2020 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +121 | 6,384 |
| ▸Super Formula | DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | P1 | +98 | ||
| 2019 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −564 | 6,211 |
| ▸Super Formula | DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P2 | ↑383+445 | ||
| 2018 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P1 | +353 | 6,222 |
| 2017 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | P7 | +98 | 5,654 |
| 2016 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −332 | 5,428 |
| 2015 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P3 | −33 | 5,556 |
| 2014 | ▸Super GT | Weider Modulo Dome Racing | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +300 | 5,610 |
| 2013 | ▸Super GT | Weider Modulo Dome Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +209 | 5,542 |
| 2012 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −13 | 5,333 |
| 2011 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −117 | 5,346 |
| 2010 | ▸Super GT | Team Kunimitsu | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +4,113 | 5,463 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Yamamoto finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Kazuya OshimaFIA Platinum | 5,649 | 178 | 110 | 68 | 62% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuji KunimotoFIA Platinum | 5,017 | 162 | 112 | 50 | 69% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuhi SekiguchiFIA Gold | 5,879 | 140 | 77 | 63 | 55% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroaki IshiuraFIA Platinum | 5,433 | 139 | 75 | 64 | 54% |
| 🇯🇵 Koudai Tsukakoshi | 5,527 | 138 | 86 | 52 | 62% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomoki Nojiri | 6,367 | 137 | 68 | 69 | 50% |
| 🇯🇵 Tsugio MatsudaFIA Platinum | 4,874 | 122 | 71 | 51 | 58% |
| 🇯🇵 Ronnie Quintarelli | 5,468 | 116 | 60 | 56 | 52% |
| 🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum | 6,403 | 111 | 57 | 54 | 51% |
| 🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum | 6,799 | 109 | 48 | 61 | 44% |
| 🇪🇸 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 7,220 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% |
| 🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold, 2× champion | 7,095 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 1× champion | 6,741 | 58 | 25 | 33 | 43% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,349 drivers indexed
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|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 🇬🇧 Jolyon Palmer | Formula 1 | 6,353 |
| 78 | 🇬🇧 Dario Franchitti | NASCAR Truck | 6,348 |
| 79 | 🇩🇪 Wolfgang von Trips | Formula 1 | 6,339 |
| 80 | 🇸🇪 Marcus Ericsson | IndyCar | 6,337 |
| 81 | 🇳🇱 Rinus VeeKay | IndyCar | 6,335 |
| 82 | 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna | Formula 1 | 6,332 |
| 83 | 🇮🇹 Gabriele Mini | Formula 2 | 6,332 |
| 84 | 🇧🇷 Rafael Câmara | Formula 2 | 6,332 |
| 85 | 🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher | Formula 1 | 6,331 |
| 86 | 🇬🇧 Stirling Moss | Formula 1 | 6,330 |
| 87 | 🇯🇵 Naoki Yamamoto | Super GT | 6,328 |
| 88 | 🇺🇸 Chase Elliott | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,325 |
| 89 | 🇺🇸 Jak Crawford | Formula 2 | 6,323 |
| 90 | 🇩🇪 Maro Engel | GT World Challenge Europe | 6,319 |
| 91 | 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | Formula 1 | 6,318 |
| 92 | 🇸🇪 Dino Beganovic | Formula 2 | 6,318 |
| 93 | 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Bandini | Formula 1 | 6,318 |
| 94 | 🇨🇭 Sébastien Buemi | Formula E | 6,301 |
| 95 | 🇺🇸 Josef Newgarden | IndyCar | 6,297 |
| 96 | 🇫🇷 François Cevert | Formula 1 | 6,294 |
| 97 | 🇧🇷 Christian Fittipaldi | IMSA WeatherTech | 6,290 |
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