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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Ryo Michigami

Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, Yogibo Drago Corse.
Driver facts
Full name
Ryo Michigami
Born
1 March 1973(b. 1973)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Yogibo Drago Corse
Series
Super GT
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
11
Career starts
105
Career DNFs
14
Racer Rating
4,442
Ryo Michigami
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,442
Rank 2111 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Ryo Michigami is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Yogibo Drago Corse. Michigami has recorded 1 win and 11 podiums from 105 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,442 ranks Michigami 2111th 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2021 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
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Recent results
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2021-11-27Fuji GT300Super GTP11+39
2021-11-06Twin Ring Motegi GT300Super GTP12+36
2021-10-23Autopolis GT300Super GTP22โˆ’73
2021-09-11Sportsland SUGO GT300Super GTP6+100
2021-08-21FUJIMAKI GROUP SUZUKA GT 300km RACE GT300Super GTP13+25
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+179Autopolis 2012Super GTP2
+159Sugo 2008Super GTP1
+159Macau 2017World Touring Car ChampionshipP3
+153Sugo 2018Super GTP4
+152Autopolis 2018Super GTP3
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Sugo8 starts+40
Autopolis8 starts+28
Motegi10 starts+7
Struggles
Sepang6 starts-19
Fuji19 starts-17
TI Aida8 starts-16
Suzuka14 starts-7
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2021โ–ธSuper GTYogibo Drago Corse800000P18+574,442
2020โ–ธSuper GTModulo Drago Corse800000P21+44,314
2019โ–ธSuper GTModulo Drago Corse801000P16+2294,525
2018โ–ธSuper GTModulo Drago Corse701100P12+3724,281
2017โ–ธWorld Touring Car ChampionshipHonda Racing Team JAS2001810P13โˆ’6713,822
2016โ–ธWorld Touring Car ChampionshipHonda Racing Team JAS200000P21โˆ’933,862
2014โ–ธSuper GTTeam Mugen100000P24+504,544
2013โ–ธSuper GTNakajima Racing800100P14โˆ’3024,494
2012โ–ธSuper GTNakajima Racing802210P12โˆ’384,796
2011โ–ธSuper GTNakajima Racing801000P12โˆ’14,834
2010โ–ธSuper GTNakajima Racing700100P14โˆ’4114,836
2009โ–ธSuper GTTeam Yoshiki & Dome Project902000P6+1485,246
2008โ–ธSuper GTDome Racing Team913020P3โ†‘400+3685,098
1998โ–ธFIA GT ChampionshipTeam Kunimitsu with Mooncraft100100P28โˆ’1454,330
1995โ–ธFormula 3 MacauTeam NMS100000โ€”+3,1254,475
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Michigami finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Joรฃo Paulo de OliveiraFIA Platinum5,25673324144%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Hironobu YasudaFIA Gold4,51672294340%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Seiji AraFIA Gold5,08266382858%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Andrรฉ CoutoFIA Silver4,43458322655%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Satoshi Motoyama4,49057233440%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Takashi KogureFIA Gold5,12155233242%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Yuji Tachikawa5,16050153530%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Hiroaki IshiuraFIA Platinum5,50549173235%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Ronnie Quintarelli5,45849133627%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Juichi WakisakaFIA Silver5,18449133627%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4ร— champion7,65973443%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5ร— champion6,57663350%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Naoki YamamotoFIA Platinum, 4ร— champion6,2443172423%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
2,101๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Fabian VettelNรผrburgring 24 Hours4,445
2,102๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Hiroshi KoizumiEuropean Le Mans Series4,445
2,103๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Steve ParkNASCAR Xfinity4,445
2,104๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Luca-Sandro TrefzNรผrburgring 24 Hours4,444
2,105๐Ÿณ๏ธ Victor ShaitarWEC4,444
2,106๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Carl RosenbladFIA GT Championship4,443
2,107๐Ÿณ๏ธ Marko HartungNรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,443
2,108๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Darrell WaltripNASCAR Xfinity4,442
2,109๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Denis NavarroStock Car Pro Series4,442
2,110๐Ÿณ๏ธ Frederic Fatien24H Series4,442
2,111๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Ryo MichigamiSuper GT4,442
2,112๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Salvatore TavanoWorld Touring Car Championship4,442
2,113๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Tony RoltFormula 14,442
2,114๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tor GravesWEC4,442
2,115๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Ben AucottFIA GT Championship4,441
2,116๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Colin CaresaniGT World Challenge Europe4,441
2,117๐Ÿณ๏ธ Finlay HutchisonGT World Challenge Europe4,441
2,118๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Henrique CisnerosIMSA WeatherTech4,441
2,119๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Manuel MaldonadoEuropean Le Mans Series4,441
2,120๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Victor GuerinGP2 Series4,441
2,121๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Dale Arnold JarrettNASCAR Xfinity4,439
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Ryo Michigami is a retired Japanese racing driver with a racer rating of 4,395, placing him in the professional tier; this is a driver who secured regular seats at the top level of his category, beats semi-professionals consistently, and earned a Silver FIA grading in sportscar and endurance racing. His career spanned 27 years from a Formula 3 Macau entry in 1995 to his final Super GT season in 2021, though his competitive record centres on 14 seasons in Super GT between 2008 and 2021, where he accumulated a single race win and eight podiums across 76 starts. His average finishing position of 16th across all classified results reflects a mid-field operator who was capable of occasional strong performances but did not establish himself as a front-running force.[1]

Michigami's head-to-head record against his most frequent rivals reveals a competitive but not dominant presence. Against Nobuteru Taniguchi, Tatsuya Kataoka and Katsuyuki Hiranaka, all Silver or Gold graded professionals, he held winning records, finishing ahead of Taniguchi 47 times and Kataoka 40 times in more than 70 shared races apiece. However, he consistently trailed Hironobu Yasuda in that same sample. Against elite drivers, the gap widened considerably; Ronnie Quintarelli, a three-time champion, finished ahead of him 59 times in 71 encounters, and Hiroaki Ishiura, a Platinum-graded professional, beat him in 54 of 71 races. Michigami nevertheless managed isolated successes against several much stronger drivers, including four finishes ahead of three-time champion Sho Tsuboi and nine against three-time champion Naoki Yamamoto, though these represented outlier results rather than sustained competitive patterns.[2]

The driver spent most of his Super GT career with Yogibo Drago Corse, which fielded him consistently through the final season of his career in 2021. That year, competing in eight rounds in a Honda NSX GT3 Evo, he failed to score points and finished 33rd in the final standings, marking an end to a long tenure in the category. Michigami won the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship in 2000, a significant domestic honour that underscored his credentials in touring and GT racing even if it did not translate to consistent success at the Super GT level.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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