Sébastien Philippe is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Team Impul. Philippe has recorded 2 wins and 4 podiums from 19 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,915 ranks Philippe 1270th 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.
| 2009-11-07 | Motegi GT500 | P7 | +33 |
| 2009-10-17 | Autopolis GT500 | DNF | −112 |
| 2009-09-12 | Fuji GT500 | P15 | −149 |
| 2009-08-22 | Suzuka GT500 | P5 | +63 |
| 2009-07-25 | Sugo GT500 | P8 | −5 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +170 | Fuji 2008 | Super GT | P1 |
| +156 | TI Aida 2008 | Super GT | P2 |
| +142 | Suzuka 2008 | Super GT | P1 |
| +108 | Suzuka 2009 | Super GT | P3 |
| +95 | TI Aida 2009 | Super GT | P4 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ▸Super GT | Team Impul | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −100 | 4,930 |
| 2008 | ▸Super GT | Team Impul | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P9 | ↑400+152 | 5,030 |
| 2000 | ▸Formula 3 Macau | Equipe de France FFSA Gauloises Blondes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +3,128 | 4,478 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 André CoutoFIA Silver | 4,434 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 53% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuji IdeFIA Gold | 4,391 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 47% |
| 🇯🇵 Seiji AraFIA Gold | 4,296 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 58% |
| 🇩🇪 André LottererFIA Platinum | 5,727 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 28% |
| 🇯🇵 Ronnie Quintarelli | 5,468 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroaki IshiuraFIA Platinum | 5,433 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50% |
| 🇧🇷 João Paulo de OliveiraFIA Platinum | 5,260 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 56% |
| 🇯🇵 Juichi WakisakaFIA Silver | 5,184 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 28% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuji Tachikawa | 5,160 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% |
| 🇯🇵 Björn Wirdheim | 5,099 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuhi SekiguchiFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,879 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Benoît TréluyerFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 5,712 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 53% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuya OshimaFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,648 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,260 | 🇨🇦 Doug Didero | IndyCar | 4,923 |
| 1,261 | 🇫🇷 Alessandro Ghiretti | GT World Challenge Asia | 4,921 |
| 1,262 | 🇧🇷 César Ramos | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,921 |
| 1,263 | 🇺🇸 Ty Dillon | NASCAR Cup Series | 4,921 |
| 1,264 | 🇳🇿 Louis Sharp | Formula 3 | 4,919 |
| 1,265 | 🇯🇵 Michael Krumm | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,919 |
| 1,266 | 🇫🇷 Pierre Thiriet | WEC | 4,917 |
| 1,267 | 🇪🇸 Bruno Del Pino | Formula 3 | 4,915 |
| 1,268 | 🇫🇷 Franck Mailleux | WEC | 4,915 |
| 1,269 | 🇧🇷 Matheus Tobias Leist | GB3 | 4,915 |
| 1,270 | 🇯🇵 Sébastien Philippe | Super GT | 4,915 |
| 1,271 | 🇺🇸 Corey Day | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,913 |
| 1,272 | 🇧🇪 Mikke van Hool | International Formula 3000 | 4,913 |
| 1,273 | 🇧🇷 Luciano Burti | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,912 |
| 1,274 | 🇩🇪 Timo Scheider | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,912 |
| 1,275 | 🇬🇧 Frederick Lubin | WEC | 4,911 |
| 1,276 | 🇦🇷 José María López | WEC | 4,911 |
| 1,277 | 🇫🇷 Paul Lafargue | European Le Mans Series | 4,911 |
| 1,278 | 🇺🇸 Justin Rothberg | GT World Challenge America | 4,910 |
| 1,279 | 🇦🇺 Marcos Ambrose | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,910 |
| 1,280 | 🇬🇧 Ricky Collard | BTCC | 4,909 |
Sébastien Philippe was a professional driver competing in Japanese motorsport, primarily in the Super GT endurance championship's GT500 class driving purpose-built Toyota, Honda and Nissan machinery for Team Impul. His indexed racing career spans 2000 to 2009, with 19 starts across two series.[1]
Philippe took two wins and four podiums in Super GT across the 2008 and 2009 seasons, finishing 11th in the championship standings in his final year. His earlier recorded outing came at the 2000 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix, a mixed amateur and professional field where he made a single start. His Super GT tenure placed him among regular opponents including André Couto, a professional and 2015 GT300 champion, and Yuji Ide, a Gold-graded professional with Formula 1 experience, with whom he proved closely matched over multiple encounters. He also beat Yuhi Sekiguchi, now a Gold-graded professional and 2021 GT500 champion, on at least one occasion, and finished ahead of André Lotterer, an established Platinum-graded professional and multiple WEC champion, five times across their meetings in the championship.[2]