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🇯🇵 Yuki Nakayama
Racing driver from Japan. Super GT, Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Yuki Nakayama
Born
29 July 1987(b. 1987)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo
Series
Super GT
Status
Active
Championships
12013
Career wins
3
Career podiums
12
Career starts
113
Career DNFs
11
Racer Rating
4,048
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,048Rank 3398 of 40,349 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Yuki Nakayama is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Super GT for Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo. Nakayama is a one-time champion (2013), with 3 wins and 12 podiums from 113 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,048 ranks Nakayama 3398th 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.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2025 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2025-06-27 | Sepang International Circuit GT300 | P3 | +160 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +186 | Autopolis 2012 | Super GT | P2 |
| +167 | Autopolis 2021 | Super GT | P1 |
| +164 | Sugo 2011 | Super GT | P3 |
| +160 | Sepang International Circuit 2025 | Super GT | P3 |
| +153 | Motegi 2012 | Super GT | P3 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Autopolis10 starts+21
TI Aida11 starts+7
Sugo11 starts+6
Suzuka16 starts+1
Struggles
Buriram6 starts-26
Sepang International Circuit6 starts-16
Motegi13 starts-3
Fuji29 starts-1
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸Super GT | Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +160 | 4,048 |
| 2022 | ▸Super GT | APR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −310 | 3,887 |
| 2021 | ▸Super GT | APR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | −82 | 4,197 |
| 2020 | ▸Super GT | APR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +51 | 4,097 |
| 2019 | ▸Super GT | APR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −163 | 4,133 |
| 2018 | ▸Super GT | Team UpGarage | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −158 | 4,368 |
| 2017 | ▸Super GT | Team Up Garage with Bandoh | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −42 | 4,650 |
| 2016 | ▸Super GT | Team Up Garage with Bandoh | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +205 | 4,463 |
| 2015 | ▸Super GT | Team Up Garage with Bandoh | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −739 | 4,494 |
| 2014 | ▸Super GT | Team Mugen | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −158 | 4,747 |
| 2013 | ▸Super GT | Team Mugen | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P1 | +598 | 5,283 |
| 2012 | ▸Super GT | Nakajima Racing | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | P12 | +34 | 4,685 |
| 2011 | ▸Super GT | Nakajima Racing | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +117 | 4,651 |
| 2010 | ▸Super GT | Nakajima Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −238 | 4,535 |
| 2009 | ▸Super GT | Nakajima Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | P15 | +3,423 | 4,773 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Nakayama finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold | 5,151 | 87 | 28 | 59 | 32% |
| 🇯🇵 Seiji AraFIA Gold | 4,297 | 86 | 37 | 49 | 43% |
| 🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver | 4,419 | 81 | 28 | 53 | 35% |
| 🇯🇵 Takashi KobayashiFIA Gold | 4,295 | 81 | 36 | 45 | 44% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold | 4,452 | 80 | 33 | 47 | 41% |
| 🇯🇵 Hideki YamauchiFIA Gold | 4,352 | 80 | 32 | 48 | 40% |
| 🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold | 3,820 | 80 | 27 | 53 | 34% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 79 | 24 | 55 | 30% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 79 | 52 | 27 | 66% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 79 | 27 | 52 | 34% |
| 🇪🇸 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 7,220 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 6,799 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% |
| 🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 1× champion | 6,741 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,349 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,388 | 🇨🇿 Dan Skocdopole | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,051 |
| 3,389 | 🇩🇪 Harald Becker | FIA GT Championship | 4,051 |
| 3,390 | 🇯🇵 Shogo Mitsuyama | Super GT | 4,051 |
| 3,391 | 🇺🇸 Chris Eggleston | NASCAR Truck | 4,050 |
| 3,392 | 🇦🇺 Declan Fraser | Supercars Championship | 4,050 |
| 3,393 | 🇺🇸 Lance Norick | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,050 |
| 3,394 | 🇩🇰 Mikkel Gaarde PEDERSEN | European Le Mans Series | 4,050 |
| 3,395 | 🇻🇪 Luis Schiavo | Star Mazda Championship | 4,049 |
| 3,396 | 🇳🇿 Neil Cunningham | FIA GT Championship | 4,049 |
| 3,397 | 🇦🇺 Nick Foster | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,049 |
| 3,398 | 🇯🇵 Yuki Nakayama | Super GT | 4,048 |
| 3,399 | 🇱🇧 Basil Shaaban | Formula 3 Euro Series | 4,047 |
| 3,400 | 🇺🇸 Bryce Aron | Indy NXT | 4,047 |
| 3,401 | 🇲🇽 Diego Menchaca | 24H Series | 4,047 |
| 3,402 | 🇩🇪 Klaus Horn | FIA GT Championship | 4,047 |
| 3,403 | 🇺🇸 Kuno Wittmer | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,047 |
| 3,404 | 🇳🇱 Peter van Merksteijn | FIA GT Championship | 4,047 |
| 3,405 | 🇨🇦 Ramez Azzam | 24H Series | 4,047 |
| 3,406 | 🇬🇧 Freddie Hunt | Prototype Cup Germany | 4,046 |
| 3,407 | 🇮🇹 Giacomo Petrobelli | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,046 |
| 3,408 | 🇬🇧 Ruben del Sarte | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,046 |
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