Takeshi Tsuchiya is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Tsuchiya Engineering. Tsuchiya has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 50 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,533 ranks Tsuchiya 2377th of 13,563 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Super GT | Tsuchiya Engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P90 | −29 | 2,565 |
| 2016 | Super GT | VivaC Team Tsuchiya | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P39 | +50 | 2,594 |
| 2015 | Super GT | VivaC Team Tsuchiya | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | +9 | 2,576 |
| 2014 | Super GT | Toyota Team Thailand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P70 | −116 | 2,551 |
| 2013 | Super GT | Okinawa-Imp Racing with Shift | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P38 | +33 | 2,651 |
| 2012 | Super GT | Team Art Taste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | +15 | 2,618 |
| 2011 | Super GT | Samurai Team Tsuchiya | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P34 | −49 | 2,603 |
| 2010 | Super GT | Samurai Team Tsuchiya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P68 | +33 | 2,652 |
| 2009 | Super GT | Team Nova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P47 | +43 | 2,619 |
| 2008 | Super GT | Toyota Team Tsuchiya | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +75 | 2,575 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Ronnie Quintarelli | 4,695 | 48 | 7 | 41 | 15% |
| 🇯🇵 Tatsuya Kataoka | 3,454 | 47 | 14 | 33 | 30% |
| 🏳️ Björn Wirdheim | 3,144 | 47 | 12 | 35 | 26% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru Taniguchi | 2,890 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 50% |
| 🇯🇵 Tsugio Matsuda | 6,204 | 45 | 7 | 38 | 16% |
| 🇧🇷 João Paulo de Oliveira | 4,215 | 45 | 6 | 39 | 13% |
| 🇯🇵 Hironobu Yasuda | 3,878 | 45 | 7 | 38 | 16% |
| 🇯🇵 Takashi Kogure | 3,853 | 45 | 4 | 41 | 9% |
| 🏳️ Yuji Tachikawa | 3,263 | 45 | 3 | 42 | 7% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi Takagi | 2,490 | 45 | 27 | 18 | 60% |
Takeshi Tsuchiya is a retired Japanese racing driver. His motorsport career consisted primarily of competition in Super GT, where he made 50 starts between 2008 and 2019 competing for Tsuchiya Engineering. Throughout his time in the series, Tsuchiya failed to record any wins or podium finishes.[1]
Tsuchiya's most recent racing activity occurred in 2019 when he competed in two rounds of Super GT, finishing 90th in the standings without securing wins or podiums. His retirement followed several years of participation in the series, during which his team, Tsuchiya Engineering, faced documented operational challenges in subsequent years.