Nattavude Charoensukhawatana is a racing driver from Thailand who last raced in Nürburgring 24 Hours for Toyota Gazoo Racing Team THAland. Charoensukhawatana has recorded 1 win and 4 podiums from 27 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,004 ranks Charoensukhawatana 8355th of 38,983 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.
| 2023-05-18 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 3 | P1 | +47 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +63 | Fuji 2018 | Super GT | P16 |
| +50 | Buriram 2018 | Super GT | P15 |
| +47 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2023 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P1 |
| +34 | Suzuka 2017 | Super GT | P20 |
| +30 | Sugo 2018 | Super GT | P18 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Toyota Gazoo Racing Team THAland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +47 | 3,004 |
| 2022 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −21 | 2,957 |
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −92 | 2,978 |
| 2020 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −37 | 2,978 |
| 2019 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Gazoo Racing Team Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −227 | 3,107 |
| ▸Super GT | Panther Arto Team Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −10 | ||
| 2018 | ▸Super GT | Arto-Panther Team Thailand | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +62 | 3,107 |
| 2017 | ▸Super GT | Panther Team Thailand | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −214 | 3,285 |
| 2016 | ▸Super GT | Toyota Team Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +11 | 3,290 |
| 2014 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Toyota Team Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +2,135 | 3,485 |
| ▸Super GT | Toyota Team Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | ↑1,950+29 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold | 5,335 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 5% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,236 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold | 5,122 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 11% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,567 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 5% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomonobu FujiiFIA Gold | 4,540 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 16% |
| 🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver | 4,540 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 42% |
| 🇯🇵 Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold | 4,478 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 42% |
| 🇯🇵 Kouki Saga | 4,460 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 26% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold | 4,451 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 16% |
| 🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 6,576 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% |
| 🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,267 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki HiramineFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,695 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,345 | 🇺🇸 Bryce Haugeberg | ARCA Menards Series | 3,005 |
| 8,346 | 🇺🇸 Dave Zavelson | SCCA Majors | 3,005 |
| 8,347 | 🇮🇹 Giulio Glorioso | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,005 |
| 8,348 | 🏳️ Hernan Palermo | SCCA Majors | 3,005 |
| 8,349 | 🇦🇺 Lewis Francis | French F4 | 3,005 |
| 8,350 | 🇨🇦 Louka St-Jean | USF Pro 2000 | 3,005 |
| 8,351 | 🇪🇪 Thomas Padovani | Le Mans Cup | 3,005 |
| 8,352 | 🇺🇸 Dave Musial Sr. | GT America | 3,004 |
| 8,353 | 🏳️ David Pogosian | 24H Series | 3,004 |
| 8,354 | 🏳️ Matty Graham | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,004 |
| 8,355 | 🇹🇭 Nattavude Charoensukhawatana | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,004 |
| 8,356 | 🏳️ Preston Powell | Zenith Racing Series | 3,004 |
| 8,357 | 🇮🇳 Aditya Kulkarni | Formula Regional European | 3,003 |
| 8,358 | 🏳️ Caleb Gafrarar | USF2000 | 3,003 |
| 8,359 | 🇺🇸 Claire Decker | NASCAR Truck | 3,003 |
| 8,360 | 🇺🇸 John Ferrier | ARCA Menards Series | 3,003 |
| 8,361 | 🇦🇷 Martín Basso | Turismo Carretera | 3,003 |
| 8,362 | 🇩🇰 Oskar KRISTENSEN | Le Mans Cup | 3,003 |
| 8,363 | 🏳️ Christian Vaglio | Le Mans Cup | 3,002 |
| 8,364 | 🇨🇳 Pengcheng YE | Road to Le Mans | 3,002 |
| 8,365 | 🇦🇷 Tobías Martínez | Turismo Carretera | 3,002 |
Charoensukhawatana was a Bronze-graded amateur endurance racing driver competing in Japanese and European multiclass championships from 2014 to 2023. He raced primarily in Super GT's GT300 class for Panther Arto Team Thailand, with additional campaigns in the Nürburgring 24 Hours and Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie; he drove FIA GT3 and Japanese GT300 specification cars in Super GT, modified production-based machinery in the 24-hour race, and Toyota GT86 cup cars in the regional series.[1]
Across nine seasons and 27 starts, Charoensukhawatana took one win and four podiums. His win came in the Nürburgring 24 Hours in the SP 3 class, where he was a regular starter for Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand between 2019 and 2023 and finished on the podium in all but one of his five appearances. He spent the bulk of his racing life in Super GT, starting 19 times in GT300 between 2014 and 2019, where he finished 25th in the final championship standings in 2019. His only other indexed series was a three-race stint in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie in 2014.[2]
In Super GT, Charoensukhawatana regularly raced against a field that included a 2018 GT300 champion and a three-time GT300 champion in FIA Silver, drivers he typically finished behind. He beat the Platinum-graded Sho Tsuboi, a two-time Super GT GT500 champion and four-time Super Formula champion, three times in shared-car racing; he also finished ahead of Kenta Yamashita, a Platinum-graded 2024 GT500 champion, once across their meetings.