Takashi Kasai is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Italian F4 for Prema Powerteam. Kasai has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 14 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,692 ranks Kasai 4988th 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.
| 2014-09-12 | Vallelunga | P3 | +98 |
| 2014-09-12 | Vallelunga | P10 | −24 |
| 2014-09-12 | Vallelunga | P4 | +81 |
| 2014-08-02 | Magione | P12 | −31 |
| 2014-08-02 | Magione | P6 | +42 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +98 | Vallelunga 2014 | Italian F4 | P3 |
| +85 | Mugello 2014 | Italian F4 | P4 |
| +81 | Vallelunga 2014 | Italian F4 | P4 |
| +72 | Adria 2014 | Italian F4 | P6 |
| +60 | Adria 2014 | Italian F4 | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ▸Italian F4 | Prema Powerteam | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P9 | +2,484 | 3,834 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Leonardo PulciniFIA Gold | 5,303 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 29% |
| 🇨🇭 Alain ValenteFIA Silver | 4,068 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
| 🇨🇭 Edi Haxhiu | 3,167 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 86% |
| 🇨🇦 Lance StrollFIA Platinum | 5,770 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% |
| 🇮🇹 Mattia DrudiFIA Platinum | 5,238 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🇫🇷 Brandon MaisanoFIA Silver | 4,720 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% |
| 🇮🇹 Andrea Russo | 3,792 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🏳️ Lucas MauronFIA Silver | 3,537 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 85% |
| 🇮🇹 Dante Zackary | 2,844 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 85% |
| 🇧🇷 Joao Vieira | 3,960 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 67% |
| 🇮🇹 Matteo CairoliFIA Platinum | 5,059 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,978 | 🇺🇸 Bosco Lowe | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,694 |
| 4,979 | 🇺🇸 Doug Harrington | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,694 |
| 4,980 | 🇧🇪 Christian Reip Wolfgang | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,693 |
| 4,981 | 🇬🇧 Jody Firth | WEC | 3,693 |
| 4,982 | 🇩🇰 Magnus Gustavsen | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,693 |
| 4,983 | 🇫🇷 Paul TROJANI | Le Mans Cup | 3,693 |
| 4,984 | 🇩🇰 Jan Jønck | GB3 | 3,692 |
| 4,985 | 🇬🇧 Martin Rich | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,692 |
| 4,986 | 🇮🇩 Philo Paz Armand | GP2 Series | 3,692 |
| 4,987 | 🇺🇸 Reed Sorenson | NASCAR Cup Series | 3,692 |
| 4,988 | 🇯🇵 Takashi Kasai | Italian F4 | 3,692 |
| 4,989 | 🇪🇪 Markus Kajak | SKUSA SuperNationals | 3,691 |
| 4,990 | 🇺🇸 Richard Mitchell | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,691 |
| 4,991 | 🇲🇽 Axel Matus | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,690 |
| 4,992 | 🇺🇸 Markus Liesner | Formula 3 Macau | 3,690 |
| 4,993 | 🇫🇷 Michel Orts | FIA GT Championship | 3,690 |
| 4,994 | 🇬🇧 Nigel Greensall | 24H Series | 3,690 |
| 4,995 | 🇺🇸 Stanley Smith | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,690 |
| 4,996 | 🇺🇸 Chad Chastain | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,689 |
| 4,997 | 🇺🇸 Davy Jones | IndyCar | 3,689 |
| 4,998 | 🇦🇷 Jonatan Castellano | Turismo Carretera | 3,689 |
Takashi Kasai is a retired Japanese driver who raced in single-seaters at the semi-professional level. His FIA categorisation as Silver places him as a professional-level driver within sportscar and endurance racing, typically early-career; however, his single season of racing came in Italian Formula 4 in 2014, a junior single-seater series. Across 14 starts for Prema Powerteam, he scored one podium finish and averaged eighth place, recording a Racer Rating of 3,713, which sits him in the semi-professional band; this level describes wins in pro-am and one-make classes and mid-pack finishes among full professionals.[1]
Kasai raced in a competitive field that included future full-time professionals and champions. He finished ahead of Leonardo Pulcini, a Gold-graded driver, in four of fourteen races, and beat Mattia Drudi and Matteo Cairoli, both Platinum-graded drivers, on multiple occasions. However, his head-to-head records reveal the scale of the challenge he faced against the series' front-runners. Against Lance Stroll, a Platinum-graded champion who would go on to race in Formula 1, Kasai finished ahead only once in thirteen shared races. Brandon Maisano, a one-time champion and Silver-graded professional, won all thirteen races they contested together. Kasai consistently outpaced only Edi Haxhiu among his regular rivals, finishing ahead in twelve of fourteen meetings. His record suggests a driver competitive in the mid-field of a strong junior series but unable to sustain a challenge at the front; he competed only in 2014 and has since retired from racing.