Yasuhiro Shimizu is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super Formula Lights for Art Taste Racing. Shimizu has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 41 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,605 ranks Shimizu 11827th 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.
| 2026-04-23 | Autopolis | P11 | +8 |
| 2026-04-23 | Autopolis | P11 | +6 |
| 2026-04-23 | Autopolis | P8 | +74 |
| 2026-03-28 | Fuji | P14 | −55 |
| 2026-03-28 | Fuji | P11 | +16 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +76 | Fuji 2011 | Super GT | P10 |
| +74 | Autopolis 2026 | Super Formula Lights | P8 |
| +44 | Motegi 2025 | Super Formula Lights | P10 |
| +32 | Fuji 2025 | Super Formula Lights | P10 |
| +18 | Motegi 2011 | Super GT | P13 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Super Formula Lights | Art Taste Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +17 | 2,605 |
| 2025 | ▸Super Formula Lights | GNSY Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −135 | 2,589 |
| 2024 | ▸Super Formula Lights | GNSY Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | ↑121−1,176 | 2,724 |
| 2011 | ▸Super GT | Team Art Taste | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +2,429 | 3,779 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Dragon | 2,389 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 44% |
| 🇧🇷 Yuga Furutani | 4,270 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Rikuto KobayashiFIA Gold | 5,340 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Kaylen FrederickFIA Gold | 4,608 | 27 | 1 | 26 | 4% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuhiro ImadaFIA Bronze | 2,758 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 26% |
| 🇯🇵 Yusuke Mitsui | 4,691 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 5% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuhisa UrabeFIA Silver | 4,560 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 5% |
| 🇯🇵 Souta Arao | 4,222 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 5% |
| 🇬🇧 Reimei Ito | 3,791 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Syun Koide | 5,256 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,373 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshidaFIA Silver, 1× champion | 5,094 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuji KunimotoFIA Platinum | 5,017 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11,817 | 🏳️ Peter Toombs | International GT | 2,606 |
| 11,818 | 🇦🇷 Próspero Bonelli | TC Pista | 2,606 |
| 11,819 | 🏳️ Aden Rudolph | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,605 |
| 11,820 | 🇨🇳 Cao QiKuan | 24H Series | 2,605 |
| 11,821 | 🏳️ Dan Moen | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,605 |
| 11,822 | 🏳️ Etienne Borgeat | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge | 2,605 |
| 11,823 | 🏳️ Jay Mazzone | International GT | 2,605 |
| 11,824 | 🇺🇸 Parker Locke | Formula Regional Americas | 2,605 |
| 11,825 | 🏳️ Thomas Canning | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,605 |
| 11,826 | 🏳️ Todd Patnode | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 2,605 |
| 11,827 | 🇯🇵 Yasuhiro Shimizu | Super Formula Lights | 2,605 |
| 11,828 | 🇫🇷 Bernard Salam | 24H Series | 2,604 |
| 11,829 | 🏳️ Chris Brown | PCA Club Racing | 2,604 |
| 11,830 | 🏳️ Denny Lamers | SCCA Majors | 2,604 |
| 11,831 | 🏳️ Holly Clark | ARCA Menards West | 2,604 |
| 11,832 | 🏳️ Jan Lauryssen | Michelin 992 Endurance Cup | 2,604 |
| 11,833 | 🇩🇪 Marcus Menden | 24H Series | 2,604 |
| 11,834 | 🏳️ Nick Ramirez | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,604 |
| 11,835 | 🏳️ Sacha Norden | Michelin 992 Endurance Cup | 2,604 |
| 11,836 | 🏳️ Tony Lavanant | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,604 |
| 11,837 | 🏳️ Viktor Gustafsson | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,604 |
Shimizu is a semi-professional racing solo in a national single-class championship and shared-car endurance racing. He competes in Super Formula Lights for Art Taste Racing and raced Super GT's GT300 class for Team Art Taste. He holds an FIA Bronze grade, the amateur classification in endurance racing; he races alongside established professionals and graded drivers in both series.[1]
Shimizu's career spans from 2011 to the present, with 41 starts across two championships. His indexed record began with four rounds of Super GT in 2011, finishing 18th in the season standings. He returned to active racing in 2024, entering Super Formula Lights, where he has accumulated 37 starts for Art Taste Racing across three seasons.[2]
His regular opponents include Dragon, a competitive amateur with 89 Super Formula Lights starts against whom Shimizu runs closely matched, and Yuga Furutani, a professional with 69 starts in the series and 16 in Super GT, who typically finishes ahead. Shimizu has on several occasions beaten faster drivers; he has finished ahead of Haruki Kurosawa, a Gold-graded established professional and 2018 Super GT GT300 champion with 98 Super GT entries, in their three meetings, and ahead of Hiroki Yoshida, a Silver-graded established professional and 2023 Super GT GT300 champion with 103 Super GT starts, four times.