Sakamoto Yuya is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Pacific Direction Racing. Yuya has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 30 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,394 ranks Yuya 2227th of 40,308 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.
| 2013-08-17 | Suzuka GT300 | P14 | −28 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +127 | Fuji 2008 | Super GT | P4 |
| +120 | Sugo 2008 | Super GT | P3 |
| +105 | Fuji 2008 | Super GT | P4 |
| +88 | Sepang International Circuit 2008 | Super GT | P6 |
| +79 | Autopolis 2009 | Super GT | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ▸Super GT | Pacific Direction Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −28 | 4,414 |
| 2012 | ▸Super GT | APR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +148 | 4,442 |
| 2010 | ▸Super GT | Team Taisan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −199 | 4,294 |
| 2009 | ▸Super GT | APR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +18 | 4,493 |
| 2008 | ▸Super GT | APR | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | ↑275+3,125 | 4,475 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 33% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 30 | 8 | 22 | 27% |
| 🇯🇵 Tetsuya TanakaFIA Bronze | 4,639 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 40% |
| 🇹🇭 Koji Yamanishi | 4,246 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 67% |
| 🇯🇵 Manabu OridoFIA Silver | 3,708 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 37% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 38% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 29 | 8 | 21 | 28% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 34% |
| 🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver | 4,419 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 61% |
| 🇭🇰 Kouta Sasaki | 3,738 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomoki NojiriHigher-rated, 2× champion | 6,367 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Katsumasa ChiyoFIA Gold | 5,981 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuhi SekiguchiFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,879 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,217 | 🇦🇺 Kenny Habul | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,396 |
| 2,218 | 🇫🇷 Louis IGLESIAS | Le Mans Cup | 4,396 |
| 2,219 | 🇨🇦 Parker Thompson | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,396 |
| 2,220 | 🇦🇺 Cameron Hill | Supercars Championship | 4,395 |
| 2,221 | 🇺🇸 Harry Gant | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,395 |
| 2,222 | 🇦🇺 Jamie Day | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,395 |
| 2,223 | 🇩🇪 Marco Werner | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,395 |
| 2,224 | 🇧🇪 Bas Leinders | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,394 |
| 2,225 | 🇬🇧 Gilbert Yates | Ferrari Challenge | 4,394 |
| 2,226 | 🇳🇴 Pål Varhaug | GP3 Series | 4,394 |
| 2,227 | 🇯🇵 Sakamoto Yuya | Super GT | 4,394 |
| 2,228 | 🇨🇭 Zoel Amberg | GP2 Series | 4,394 |
| 2,229 | 🇧🇷 Bia Figueiredo | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,393 |
| 2,230 | 🏳️ Daniel Allemann | 24H Series | 4,393 |
| 2,231 | 🏳️ George Richardson | 24H Series | 4,393 |
| 2,232 | 🇧🇷 Gianluca Petecof | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,393 |
| 2,233 | 🇫🇷 Mathieu DE BARBUAT | European Le Mans Series | 4,393 |
| 2,234 | 🇦🇷 Luis Pérez-Companc | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,392 |
| 2,235 | 🇸🇪 Magnus Wallinder | FIA GT Championship | 4,392 |
| 2,236 | 🇯🇵 Hiroyuki Matsumura | Super GT | 4,391 |
| 2,237 | 🇯🇵 Yuji Ide | Super GT | 4,391 |
Sakamoto Yuya was a professional racing driver in Super GT, Japan's premier multiclass endurance championship, where he drove a GT300-class car for Pacific Direction Racing and APR between 2008 and 2013. He shared his car with a co-driver across 30 starts in the series.[1]
His Super GT career yielded a single podium finish across five seasons. He raced regularly against established professionals including Nobuteru Taniguchi, a three-time GT300 champion, and Kazuki Hoshino, the 2010 GT300 champion; he typically finished behind both. In his final season, 2013, he took part in one round and finished 25th in the championship standings.[2]
Sakamoto occasionally finished ahead of established professionals in individual races, including FIA Gold-graded drivers such as Katsumasa Chiyo and Yuhi Sekiguchi, who would go on to win the GT500 championship in 2021. He spent the majority of his career with APR, a team with 14 wins across its full entry list and co-drivers including the established professional Kazuya Oshima.