Naoya Yamano is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Excellence Porsche Team KTR. Yamano has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 26 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,266 ranks Yamano 2549th 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.
| 2016-11-11 | Motegi GT300 | P2 | +159 |
| 2016-10-08 | Buriram GT300 | P7 | +107 |
| 2016-08-27 | Suzuka GT300 | P7 | +117 |
| 2016-08-06 | Fuji GT300 | P24 | −71 |
| 2016-07-23 | Sugo GT300 | P14 | +40 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +159 | Motegi 2016 | Super GT | P2 |
| +117 | Suzuka 2016 | Super GT | P7 |
| +107 | Buriram 2016 | Super GT | P7 |
| +59 | Fuji 2008 | Super GT | P10 |
| +46 | TI Aida 2008 | Super GT | P10 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ▸Super GT | Excellence Porsche Team KTR | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +230 | 4,266 |
| 2014 | ▸Super GT | Team Mach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −128 | 4,035 |
| 2013 | ▸Super GT | Team Mach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −19 | 4,164 |
| 2012 | ▸Super GT | Team SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −123 | 4,183 |
| 2009 | ▸Super GT | Shift | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −80 | 4,306 |
| 2008 | ▸Super GT | Team Mach | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | ↑675+3,036 | 4,386 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 16% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 16% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 24% |
| 🇯🇵 Manabu OridoFIA Silver | 3,709 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 28% |
| 🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold | 5,373 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 50% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 25% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomonobu FujiiFIA Gold | 4,667 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 21% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 25% |
| 🇯🇵 Masayuki UedaFIA Bronze | 2,914 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 58% |
| 🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver | 4,419 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 30% |
| 🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 1× champion | 6,741 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,403 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomoki NojiriHigher-rated, 2× champion | 6,367 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,539 | 🇫🇷 Adam Eteki | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,269 |
| 2,540 | 🇳🇱 Nicky Pastorelli | 24H Series | 4,269 |
| 2,541 | 🇪🇸 Siso Cunill | Formula V8 3.5 | 4,269 |
| 2,542 | 🏳️ Wolfgang Kohler | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,269 |
| 2,543 | 🇺🇸 Michael Marsal | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,268 |
| 2,544 | 🇺🇸 Tommy Archer | FIA GT Championship | 4,268 |
| 2,545 | 🏳️ Chris Brück | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,267 |
| 2,546 | 🇪🇸 David Vidales | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,267 |
| 2,547 | 🇮🇹 Gabriele Piana | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,267 |
| 2,548 | 🇬🇧 Rowan Campbell-Pilling | GB3 | 4,267 |
| 2,549 | 🇯🇵 Naoya Yamano | Super GT | 4,266 |
| 2,550 | 🇧🇷 Antonella Bassani | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,265 |
| 2,551 | 🇩🇪 Mike-David Ortmann | GT4 America | 4,265 |
| 2,552 | 🇺🇸 Tristan McKee | ARCA Menards Series | 4,265 |
| 2,553 | 🇨🇭 Alexander Fach | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,264 |
| 2,554 | 🇫🇷 Jean-Claude Lagniez | FIA GT Championship | 4,263 |
| 2,555 | 🇨🇦 Orey Fidani | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,263 |
| 2,556 | 🇻🇪 Diego Ferreira | Pro Mazda Championship | 4,262 |
| 2,557 | 🇬🇧 Jake Hill | 24H Series | 4,262 |
| 2,558 | 🇨🇭 Josh Dufek | Formula 3 | 4,262 |
| 2,559 | 🇺🇸 Jared Thomas | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 4,261 |
Yamano was a professional endurance racing driver in Japan's Super GT championship, where he raced a GT300-specification car for Team Mach and other entries between 2008 and 2016. He holds an FIA Bronze grading, the amateur classification within GT and endurance racing, and competed in a multiclass field that mixed amateurs with graded professionals in shared-driver endurance races.[1]
Across nine seasons on record Yamano started 26 times in Super GT's GT300 class and took a single podium finish. His best championship result came in 2016, when he scored points to finish tenth in the standings over seven rounds. He raced most regularly for Team Mach, which fielded him in eleven of his starts; the team won twice in the index and counted an established professional in Iori Kimura among its drivers.[2]
Yamano raced consistently against established professionals throughout his time in Super GT. He finished behind FIA Silver driver Nobuteru Taniguchi, a three-time GT300 champion, in their regular meetings. He was outpaced by Kazuki Hoshino, a 2010 GT300 champion who had over a hundred Super GT starts. He did finish ahead of established professionals Kenta Yamashita and Katsumasa Chiyo on single occasions, Yamashita going on to win the GT500 championship in 2024.