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🇯🇵 Takeshi Kimura

Racing driver from Japan. European Le Mans Series, Kessel Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Takeshi Kimura
Born
22 October 1970(b. 1970)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Kessel Racing
Series
European Le Mans Series
Status
Active
Career wins
4
Career podiums
11
Career starts
74
Career DNFs
10
Racer Rating
4,556
Takeshi Kimura
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,556
Rank 1829 of 38,983 indexed, +144 this season
FIA Categorisation
Bronze
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Takeshi Kimura is a racing driver from Japan who competes in European Le Mans Series for Kessel Racing. Kimura has recorded 4 wins and 11 podiums from 74 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,556 ranks Kimura 1829th 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNF
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-05IMOLA LMGT3European Le Mans SeriesP11−108
2026-06-13LE MANS LMGT3WECP10+30
2026-05-03PAUL RICARD LMGT3European Le Mans SeriesP1+132
2026-04-12BARCELONA-CATALUNYA LMGT3European Le Mans SeriesP3+90
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+167CIRCUITO MOTORLAND ARAGON 2023European Le Mans SeriesP1
+167SPA FRANCORCHAMPS 2024European Le Mans SeriesP1
+158MUGELLO 2024European Le Mans SeriesP1
+138SEBRING 2023WECP3
+132PAUL RICARD 2026European Le Mans SeriesP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
SPA FRANCORCHAMPS5 starts+20
BARCELONA-CATALUNYA5 starts+16
AUTODROMO DO ALGARVE5 starts+15
LE MANS8 starts+8
Struggles
IMOLA5 starts-47
Fuji6 starts-12
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸European Le Mans SeriesKessel Racing312000—+1154,556
▸WECKessel Racing100000—+29
2025▸European Le Mans SeriesKessel Racing602100P5+514,412
▸Asian Le Mans SeriesCar Guy300000P16−46
▸WECKessel Racing100000P20+71
2024▸WECAkkodis ASP Team800100P27−3444,337
▸European Le Mans SeriesKessel Racing622100P2+201
2023▸WECKessel Racing702200P6+2524,480
▸European Le Mans SeriesKessel Racing411000—+301
▸Asian Le Mans SeriesCar Guy300000—−287
2022▸Super GTPacific CarGuy Racing600100P28−1084,214
▸European Le Mans SeriesKessel Racing502100P6↑69+230
▸WECTeam Project 1200000P22+42
2021▸Super GTPacific CarGuy Racing500000P21+1503,981
▸WECKessel Racing400100P12+231
2020▸Super GT200000P27−53,650
▸WECMR Racing100100—−72
2019▸WECCar Guy Racing100000P24+1213,678
2018▸Super GTCarGuy Racing600100P19+2,3283,678
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Kimura finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇮🇹 Matteo CRESSONIFIA Silver3,85048301863%
🇧🇪 Sarah BovyFIA Bronze4,36941172441%
🇩🇰 Michelle GattingFIA Silver4,16241172441%
🇮🇹 Davide RigonFIA Platinum3,96241231856%
🇮🇹 Claudio SchiavoniFIA Bronze3,95941251661%
🇮🇹 Riccardo PeraFIA Silver4,95732171553%
🏳️ Rahel FreyFIA Silver4,33931121939%
🇬🇧 Michael WainwrightFIA Bronze4,30131191261%
🇮🇪 Charlie EastwoodFIA Gold4,67230121840%
🇩🇪 Christian RiedFIA Bronze4,46928131546%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,38531233%
🇺🇸 Matt CampbellFIA Platinum, 3× champion6,27072529%
🇳🇿 Matthew PayneFIA Gold6,13643175%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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1,821🇩🇪 Joseph LoakeGT World Challenge Europe4,559
1,820🇰🇬 . "Selv"Nürburgring 24 Hours4,559
1,822🇬🇧 Struan MooreGT World Challenge Europe4,559
1,823🇦🇺 Nicholas McBrideFIA Formula 3 European4,558
1,824🇫🇷 Pierre-Louis ChovetGT World Challenge Europe4,558
1,825🇨🇦 Andrew RangerARCA Menards Series4,556
1,826🇫🇷 Eugène ChaboudFormula 14,556
1,827🇧🇷 Ingo HoffmannFormula 14,556
1,828🇺🇸 Seth NeimanIMSA WeatherTech4,556
1,829🇯🇵 Takeshi KimuraEuropean Le Mans Series4,556
1,830🇮🇪 Michael AvenattiIMSA WeatherTech4,555
1,831🇷🇺 Oleg KvitkaNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,555
1,832🇺🇸 Cliff GriffithFormula 14,554
1,833🇿🇦 Eddie KeizanFormula 14,554
1,834🇺🇸 Marshall TeagueFormula 14,554
1,835🇮🇹 Matteo PellegrinoFormula V8 3.54,554
1,836🇮🇹 Piergiuseppe PerazziniLe Mans Cup4,554
1,837🇺🇸 George ConnorFormula 14,553
1,838🇫🇷 Jamie Campbell-Walter24H Series4,553
1,839🇯🇵 Shinya HosokawaSuper GT4,552
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Takeshi Kimura is a racing driver from Japan who competes in European Le Mans Series for Kessel Racing. Kimura has recorded 4 wins and 11 podiums from 74 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,556 ranks Kimura 1829th 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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5 Jul 2026
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25 Feb 2026
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