Takumi Sanada is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT. Chong has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 10 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,394 ranks Chong 6304th of 40,349 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.
| 2024-12-07 | Suzuka GT300 | DNF | −46 |
| 2024-10-19 | Autopolis GT300 | P22 | −16 |
| 2024-08-03 | Fuji GT300 | P22 | −16 |
| 2024-06-01 | Suzuka GT300 | P22 | −19 |
| 2024-05-03 | Fuji GT300 | P24 | −44 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸Super GT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −141 | 3,394 | |
| 2023 | ▸Super GT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +2,184 | 3,534 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 João Paulo de OliveiraFIA Platinum | 5,260 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🇯🇵 Syun Koide | 5,256 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuui TsutsumiFIA Silver | 5,220 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| 🇧🇷 Igor FragaFIA Gold | 5,164 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
| 🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold | 5,151 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshidaFIA Silver | 5,094 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuya MotojimaFIA Silver | 5,085 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Takashi KogureFIA Gold | 5,006 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Naoya GamouFIA Gold | 4,995 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% |
| 🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,373 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,294 | 🇩🇪 Tim Vogler | 24H Series | 3,395 |
| 6,295 | 🇮🇹 Angelo Negro | 24H Series | 3,394 |
| 6,296 | 🇨🇦 Cole Powell | NASCAR Canada Series | 3,394 |
| 6,297 | 🇨🇭 Enea Frey | Formula Regional European | 3,394 |
| 6,298 | 🇨🇦 Jean-Frederic Laberge | GT World Challenge America | 3,394 |
| 6,299 | 🇸🇪 Jens Edman | World Touring Car Championship | 3,394 |
| 6,300 | 🇨🇦 Jonathan WOOLRIDGE | Le Mans Cup | 3,394 |
| 6,301 | 🇺🇸 Luke Baldwin | NASCAR Truck | 3,394 |
| 6,302 | 🇺🇸 Mike Goins | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,394 |
| 6,303 | 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mélin | Le Mans Cup | 3,394 |
| 6,304 | 🇯🇵 Takumi Sanada | Super GT | 3,394 |
| 6,305 | 🇺🇸 Vinnie Miller | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,394 |
| 6,306 | 🇮🇹 Alessandro Giardelli | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,393 |
| 6,307 | 🏳️ Brandon Watson | NASCAR Canada Series | 3,393 |
| 6,308 | 🇩🇪 Peter Sander | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,393 |
| 6,309 | 🇬🇧 Philip Lindberg | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,393 |
| 6,310 | 🇫🇷 Philippe Levy | FIA GT Championship | 3,393 |
| 6,311 | 🇭🇰 Daniel Philip Wells | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | 3,392 |
| 6,312 | 🇩🇪 Leonard Oehme | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,392 |
| 6,313 | 🇬🇧 Matt Mason | GB3 | 3,392 |
| 6,314 | 🇳🇱 Rafaël Coenen | FIA GT Championship | 3,392 |
Takumi Sanada is an entry-level professional racing in Japan's Super GT championship, a national endurance series in which GT300 class cars, a mix of FIA GT3 machinery and Japanese-built GT300 specials, share the track with a faster GT500 class. The series fields a multiclass grid that runs from amateur through to graded professionals. Sanada raced for two seasons across ten starts before retiring from the indexed record.[1]
Sanada competed in Super GT in 2023 and 2024, finishing twenty-first in the GT300 championship standings in 2024 across five rounds. His record places him in a field of mixed experience. He has occasionally finished ahead of established professionals including 2018 GT300 champion Haruki Kurosawa and 2023 GT300 champion Hiroki Yoshida, though both are drivers he more typically runs behind. His most regular opponents are João Paulo de Oliveira, a two-time GT300 champion with significant international experience in Formula 3 and Stock Car racing, and Syun Koide, who won the 2024 Super Formula Lights title; Sanada consistently finished behind both.[2]