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🇯🇵 Yuichi Nakayama

Racing driver from Japan. Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, Toyo Tires with Ring Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Yuichi Nakayama
Born
25 July 1991(b. 1991)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Toyo Tires with Ring Racing
Series
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie
Status
Active
Career wins
10
Career podiums
19
Career starts
113
Career DNFs
6
Racer Rating
3,988
Yuichi Nakayama
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,988
Rank 3579 of 38,983 indexed, +54 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Yuichi Nakayama is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Toyo Tires with Ring Racing. Nakayama has recorded 10 wins and 19 podiums from 113 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,988 ranks Nakayama 3579th 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)
P1P5P10P20DNFJPNJPNJPNGERGERGERDEUGERGERGERGERGERDEUGER
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-01Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 Pro-AmNürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP4+32
2026-05-14Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9Nürburgring 24 HoursP15+97
2026-04-19Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieDNF−96
2026-03-21Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 Pro-AmNürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP4+20
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+178Autopolis 2024Super GTP1
+166Autopolis 2019Super GTP1
+146Suzuka 2023Super GTP2
+137Fuji 2020Super GTP1
+135Okayama 2024Super GTP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Okayama5 starts+28
Sportsland SUGO4 starts+28
Buriram5 starts+19
Suzuka17 starts+13
Struggles
Nürburgring Nordschleife12 starts-23
Motegi8 starts-17
TI Aida6 starts-11
Sugo6 starts-5
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieToyo Tires with Ring Racing300100—−433,988
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursToyo Tires with Ring Racing100000—+97
2025▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieKCMG601100P9−9443,934
▸GT World Challenge EuropeNordique Racing400000P37−402
▸WECAkkodis ASP Team200000P17+71
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursToyo Tires with Ring Racing100000—−132
2024▸Super GTTGR Team Sard812000P7+985,341
▸IMSA Pilot ChallengeHattori Motorsports100000P28−201
2023▸Super GTTGR Team Sard802000P9+305,444
2022▸Super GTTGR Team Sard801100P8+125,414
2021▸Super GTTGR Team Sard800000P9+2495,402
▸Super FormulaKondo Racing500100P20−354
2020▸Super GTTGR Team Sard811000P9−205,288
▸Super Formulacarrozzeria Team KCMG200000P17−151
2019▸Super GTLexus Team Sard811100P5+1955,758
▸Super FormulaUOMO Sunoco Team LeMans200000P18↑372−155
2018▸Super GTK-Tunes Racing LM Corsa822000P5+45,480
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieCar #282101000—−56
2017▸Super GTLM Corsa822000P3+3625,238
2016▸Super GTAPR712000P5−1525,110
2015▸Super GTAPR823000P3+4324,985
2014▸Super GTAPR101000P15+1254,904
2013▸Formula 3 MacauTOM'S200000—−154,549
▸Super GTAPR100000P25−55
2012▸Formula 3 MacauTOM''S100000—↑800−834,618
▸Super GTAPR100100P23+3,268
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Nakayama finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Kazuki HiramineFIA Gold5,69570383254%
🇯🇵 Mitsunori TakaboshiFIA Gold5,46668373154%
🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum6,57666254138%
🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum6,26766254138%
🇯🇵 Tomoki Nojiri6,15259312853%
🇯🇵 Kazuya OshimaFIA Platinum5,51957253244%
🇯🇵 Yuji KunimotoFIA Platinum4,81057352261%
🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold6,63955253045%
🇯🇵 Naoki YamamotoFIA Platinum6,24455223340%
🇯🇵 Koudai Tsukakoshi5,39754223241%
🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum, 4× champion8,72421150%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,65921150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
3,569🇸🇪 Eric UllströmNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,989
3,570🇮🇳 Kai DaryananiFormula Regional European3,989
3,571🇬🇧 Rowan Campbell-PillingGB33,989
3,572🇺🇸 Aaron FarhadiGT Winter Series3,988
3,573🇺🇸 Jack JeffersUSF Pro 20003,988
3,574🇬🇧 James GreenwayGB33,988
3,575🇺🇸 Kenny MurilloIMSA Pilot Challenge3,988
3,576🇫🇷 Mike ParisyGT World Challenge Europe3,988
3,577🇫🇷 Romain FavreEuropean Le Mans Series3,988
3,578🇺🇸 Ron BarfieldNASCAR Xfinity3,988
3,579🇯🇵 Yuichi NakayamaNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,988
3,580🇺🇸 Erin CrockerNASCAR Xfinity3,987
3,581🇮🇹 Gianni ColliniFIA GT Championship3,987
3,582🇳🇱 Jarno OpmeerFormula Renault Eurocup3,987
3,583🇳🇱 Nigel SchoonderwoerdAsian Le Mans Series3,987
3,584🇮🇹 Sabino de Castro24H Series3,987
3,585🇩🇪 Tim SandtlerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,987
3,586🇺🇸 Tyler DippelNASCAR Truck3,987
3,587🇳🇴 Anders BuchardtNürburgring 24 Hours3,986
3,588🇦🇺 Macauley JonesSupercars Championship3,986
3,589🇦🇺 Tim MacrowS50003,986
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Yuichi Nakayama is an established professional sportscar driver with a rating of 5,339, placing him among the upper tier of full-time competitors in international endurance racing. His career has been built almost entirely around Super GT, where he has contested 79 races for TGR Team Sard since 2013, scoring three wins and seven podiums. This sustained tenure in Japan's premier GT championship, combined with his FIA Gold categorisation and his recent expansion into WEC and GT World Challenge Europe, defines him as a professional-level driver competing in the strongest global sportscar fields. His average finish across all 91 starts stands at fifteenth, reflecting mid-field consistency rather than frontrunning pace.[1]

Nakayama's competitive record within Super GT reveals a pattern of competitive but secondary status among his most frequent rivals. He holds a strongly winning head-to-head record against two Gold-graded peers, Tatsuya Kataoka and Nobuteru Taniguchi, finishing ahead of each in the majority of their shared 77 to 78 races. However, against the championship-winning calibre of drivers in the same field, Ronnie Quintarelli, Tsugio Matsuda, Kazuya Oshima, and Sho Tsuboi, all Platinum graded or multi-time Super GT champions, Nakayama trails significantly, managing wins in only 19 to 21 of between 75 and 75 shared races. This disparity indicates that while he competes regularly and competently among professionals, his wins have typically come at the expense of mid-field opposition rather than the championship contenders. His three career victories in Super GT span a period of sustained campaigning rather than concentrated success; they do not mark him as a series frontrunner.[2]

Nakayama's international expansion in 2025 and 2026, including entries in WEC, the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and GT World Challenge Europe, shows continued professional activity at the sportscar level, though his results remain consistent with his established mid-field standing. He remains active in Super GT as of 2025, continuing his long association with TGR Team Sard whilst balancing international commitments typical of a journeyman professional in endurance racing.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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