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🇯🇵 Taku Bamba

Racing driver from Japan. GT Winter Series, Norik Racing. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Taku Bamba
Born
1 January 1982(b. 1982)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Norik Racing
Series
GT Winter Series
Status
Active
Championships
12011
Career wins
3
Career podiums
3
Career starts
46
Career DNFs
5
Racer Rating
3,423
Taku Bamba
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,423
Rank 6069 of 38,983 indexed, -553 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Taku Bamba is a racing driver from Japan who competes in GT Winter Series for Norik Racing. Bamba is a one-time champion (2011), with 3 wins and 3 podiums from 46 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,423 ranks Bamba 6069th 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)
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Recent results
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2026-02-15Valencia GT3GT Winter SeriesP11−179
2026-02-15Valencia GT3GT Winter SeriesP9−113
2026-02-15Valencia GT3GT Winter SeriesP11−157
2026-01-10Yas Marina Circuit 99224H SeriesP12−104
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+164Sepang 2011Super GTP1
+135Fuji 2011Super GTP1
+128Motegi 2011Super GTP1
+125TI Aida 2011Super GTP4
+115Fuji 2011Super GTP5
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Sugo5 starts+17
Suzuka7 starts+11
Autopolis5 starts+1
Struggles
Fuji9 starts-14
TI Aida5 starts-7
Motegi6 starts-1
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸GT Winter SeriesNorik Racing300000P28−4493,423
▸24H SeriesNorik Racing by HRT Performance100000—−104
2025▸24H SeriesJBR100100P29−2113,976
2018▸Super GTSAITAMA TOYOPET Green Brave800100P16+274,187
2017▸Super GTSAITAMA TOYOPET Green Brave800100P20−5174,156
2012▸Super GTGsr&Studie with Team Ukyo800000P20−1324,677
2011▸Super GTGsr&Studie with Team Ukyo833000P1+8434,808
2010▸Super GTGood Smile Racing with COX600000P16+3033,965
2009▸Super GTStudie Glad Racing300200P22+2,3123,662
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Bamba finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino4,79541152637%
🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze4,68441241759%
🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver4,56741152637%
🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold4,45141192246%
🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold3,8694193222%
🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver4,52240172343%
🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold5,33538122632%
🇯🇵 Kouki Saga4,46038172145%
🇭🇰 Kouta Sasaki3,73838211755%
🇯🇵 Tomonobu FujiiFIA Gold4,54037112630%
🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion6,5761531220%
🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,26772529%
🇯🇵 Katsumasa ChiyoFIA Gold5,83983538%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
6,059🇱🇺 Laurent NefFIA GT Championship3,426
6,060🇬🇧 Maxwell BeaverbrookFIA GT Championship3,426
6,061🇺🇸 Logan BROUGHTONFerrari Challenge3,425
6,062🇺🇸 Mitchell GREENFerrari Challenge3,425
6,063🇯🇵 Takuya ShirasakaRoad to Le Mans3,425
6,064🇱🇧 Karl MassaadBritish F43,424
6,065🇮🇹 Massimiliano CuccareseGT Winter Series3,424
6,066🇫🇷 Patrick Charlaix24H Series3,424
6,067🇺🇸 Chris CookTrans-Am TA23,423
6,068🇱🇺 Gabriele Rindone24H Series3,423
6,069🇯🇵 Taku BambaGT Winter Series3,423
6,070🇲🇾 Adrian D'Silva24H Series3,422
6,071🇺🇸 Bill IngleNASCAR Xfinity3,422
6,072🇭🇰 David PunRoad to Le Mans3,422
6,073🇺🇸 Frankie MossmanUSF Pro 20003,422
6,074🇨🇦 Jerimy Daniel24H Series3,422
6,075🇨🇦 Ron TomlinsonIMSA Pilot Challenge3,422
6,076🇳🇱 Nina GademanF1 Academy3,421
6,077🇫🇷 RaëlFIA GT Championship3,421
6,078🇵🇹 Tiago MonteiroNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,421
6,079🇩🇪 Andreas ZieglerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,420
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Taku Bamba is a racing driver from Japan who competes in GT Winter Series for Norik Racing. Bamba is a one-time champion (2011), with 3 wins and 3 podiums from 46 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,423 ranks Bamba 6069th 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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