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🇯🇵 Shintaro Kawabata

Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, Pacific Racing Team.
Driver facts
Full name
Shintaro Kawabata
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Pacific Racing Team
Series
Super GT
Status
Retired
Career wins
2
Career podiums
2
Career starts
37
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
4,038
Shintaro Kawabata
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,038
Rank 3391 of 38,983 indexed, -82 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Shintaro Kawabata is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Pacific Racing Team. Kawabata has recorded 2 wins and 2 podiums from 37 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,038 ranks Kawabata 3391th 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
2023 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
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Recent results
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2023-10-14Autopolis GT300Super GTP23−117
2023-08-26Suzuka GT300Super GTP11+45
2023-08-05Fuji GT300Super GTP22−91
2023-06-03Suzuka GT300Super GTP24−100
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+164Twin Ring Motegi 2021Super GTP1
+158Suzuka 300km 2020Super GTP1
+129Motegi 2020Super GTP5
+107Buriram 2017Super GTP7
+99Fuji 2020Super GTP8
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Motegi4 starts+9
Struggles
Autopolis4 starts-23
Suzuka5 starts-19
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2023▸Super GTPacific Racing Team400000P26−2654,120
2022▸Super GTPacific CarGuy Racing200000P28+404,384
2021▸Super GTAudi Team Hitotsuyama811000P12−174,345
2020▸Super GTAudi Team Hitotsuyama811000P11+4024,350
2018▸Super GTTeam Taisan700100P17−1613,960
2017▸Super GTTeam Up Garage with Bandoh800100P16+2,7284,078
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Kawabata finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver5,23637102727%
🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold5,12237102727%
🇯🇵 Naoya GamouFIA Gold5,0423792824%
🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze4,68437211657%
🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver4,54037122532%
🇯🇵 Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold4,47837122532%
🇯🇵 Kouki Saga4,46037172046%
🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold4,45137142338%
🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold3,86937122532%
🇯🇵 Hiroaki NagaiFIA Bronze3,62837261170%
🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion6,5761421214%
🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,26773443%
🇯🇵 Ren SatoHigher-rated5,98885363%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
3,381🇬🇧 Robert NearnFIA GT Championship4,041
3,382🇨🇭 Toni SeilerFIA GT Championship4,041
3,383🇳🇱 Arie Luyendyk Jr.SKUSA SuperNationals4,040
3,384🇯🇵 Darren TurnerBritish GT Championship4,040
3,385🇺🇸 Lyndon AmickNASCAR Xfinity4,040
3,386🇩🇰 Mikkel MacGT Winter Series4,040
3,387🇺🇸 Nick AndriesPro Mazda Championship4,040
3,388🇬🇧 Anthony ReidFIA GT Championship4,039
3,389🇺🇸 Johnny KAMINSKEYFerrari Challenge4,039
3,390🇺🇸 Greg SacksNASCAR Xfinity4,038
3,391🇯🇵 Shintaro KawabataSuper GT4,038
3,392🇯🇵 Yuya HirakiSuper GT4,038
3,393🇺🇸 Gary PotterNASCAR Xfinity4,037
3,394🏳️ Michael IllbruckNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,037
3,395🇨🇭 Michel FreyWEC4,037
3,396🇺🇸 Nick LeitzNASCAR Xfinity4,037
3,397🏳️ Archie HamiltonWEC4,036
3,398🇦🇹 Dominik OlbertGT World Challenge Europe4,036
3,399🇺🇸 Jack BaldwinPCA Club Racing4,036
3,400🇨🇭 Jacques IslerFormula 3 Macau4,036
3,401🇫🇷 Philippe CimadomoLe Mans Cup4,036
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Shintaro Kawabata is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Pacific Racing Team. Kawabata has recorded 2 wins and 2 podiums from 37 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,038 ranks Kawabata 3391th 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
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