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🇯🇵 Ren Sato

Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, ARTA Mugen.
Driver facts
Full name
Ren Sato
Born
5 August 2000(b. 2000)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
ARTA Mugen
Series
Super GT
Status
Active
Career wins
5
Career podiums
17
Career starts
82
Career DNFs
7
Racer Rating
5,988
Ren Sato
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,988
Rank 231 of 38,983 indexed, +43 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Ren Sato is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for ARTA Mugen. Sato has recorded 5 wins and 17 podiums from 82 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,988 ranks Sato 231th 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
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Recent results
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2026-05-03Fuji GT500Super GTP5+32
2026-04-11Okayama GT500Super GTP6+10
2026-04-03MotegiSuper FormulaP11+1
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+156Motegi 2021Super Formula LightsP1
+155Fuji 2021Super Formula LightsP1
+146Fuji 2021Super GTP3
+143Motegi 2021Super Formula LightsP1
+142Suzuka 2021Super Formula LightsP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Suzuka19 starts+18
Motegi13 starts+15
Fuji21 starts+8
Twin Ring Motegi4 starts+3
Struggles
Okayama4 starts-42
Autopolis9 starts-27
Sugo7 starts-24
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Super GTARTA Mugen200000—+425,988
▸Super FormulaPONOS Nakajima Racing100000—+1
2025▸Super FormulaPONOS Nakajima Racing1202200P7+3915,945
▸Super GTARTA701120P7−57
2024▸Super FormulaPONOS Nakajima Racing900300P10−475,610
▸Super GTARTA801000P10+19
2023▸Super FormulaTCS Nakajima Racing800100P10+205,638
2022▸Super FormulaTeam Goh1001000P11↑841−75,618
2021▸Super Formula LightsToda Racing1759050P3+3,4344,784
▸Super GTAutobacs Racing Team Aguri803000P5+88
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Sato finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Atsushi MiyakeFIA Silver4,85975482764%
🇯🇵 Sena SakaguchiFIA Silver5,44262431969%
🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold6,63959194032%
🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum6,57659174229%
🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum6,26759263344%
🇯🇵 Nirei FukuzumiFIA Gold5,44859302951%
🇯🇵 Kazuya OshimaFIA Platinum5,51958332557%
🇯🇵 Giuliano AlesiFIA Gold4,67958352360%
🇯🇵 Toshiki OyuFIA Gold5,68356292752%
🇯🇵 Tomoki Nojiri6,15254124222%
🇯🇵 Ayumu IwasaHigher-rated6,3542261627%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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231🇯🇵 Ren SatoSuper GT5,988
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Ren Sato is an established professional racing driver with a Racer Rating of 6,296, placing him among the elite tier of drivers competing at the top level of international motorsport. This rating describes a driver capable of winning races in strong fields and holding a full-time seat among the world's best; Sato operates at the sharp end of Japanese single-seater and sportscar competition as a Honda factory driver and former Red Bull Junior.[1]

Sato's record reflects a driver in transition between feeder and top-tier series. His breakthrough came in 2021 in Super Formula Lights, where he won five races and took nine podiums across 17 starts for Toda Racing, a team that has fielded multiple championship-level drivers. That same season marked the start of his Super GT career with ARTA Mugen, where he has competed across five seasons with two podium finishes but no wins from 24 starts. His progression to Super Formula in 2024 brought a harder test; across seven starts in the top Japanese single-seater series he has yet to score a podium, finishing at an average of P10.1 across all his racing. His most frequent rivals split across two patterns. Against Atsushi Miyake and Shunsuke Kouno, both Silver-graded professionals, Sato holds a clear head-to-head advantage with winning records of 26–20 and 27–11. However, against the platinum-rated champions who regularly appear in Super GT, Sho Tsuboi, Naoki Yamamoto, and Kenta Yamashita, Sato trails significantly despite occasional victories; his record against Tsuboi, a three-time Super GT champion, stands at 7–22. His pattern of beating these elite drivers in isolated races while losing the broader head-to-head suggests he can perform on merit but lacks consistency against the very strongest in the field.[2]

Currently active in both Super GT and Super Formula for 2026, Sato remains early in his senior career. His conversion rate from podium-contending machinery into wins remains his development priority, particularly as he continues to establish himself against the platinum-graded championship-winning drivers who set the standard in Japanese motorsport.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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20 Jul 2026
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