Yukinori Taniguchi is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in World Touring Car Championship for Nika Racing. Taniguchi has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 42 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,927 ranks Taniguchi 3912th 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.
| 2014-05-02 | Race of Hungary | P17 | โ58 |
| 2014-05-02 | Race of Hungary | P17 | โ68 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +123 | Race of Japan 2011 | World Touring Car Championship | P7 |
| +112 | Race of Japan 2010 | World Touring Car Championship | P9 |
| +60 | Race of Italy 2011 | World Touring Car Championship | P11 |
| +56 | Race of Macau 2010 | World Touring Car Championship | P13 |
| +46 | Race of Hungary 2011 | World Touring Car Championship | P11 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | โธWorld Touring Car Championship | Nika Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | โ126 | 3,927 |
| 2013 | โธWorld Touring Car Championship | Wiechers-Sport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +78 | 4,053 |
| 2012 | โธSuper GT | Hitotsuyama Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | โ3 | 3,975 |
| 2011 | โธWorld Touring Car Championship | bamboo engineering | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P19 | โ45 | 3,979 |
| 2010 | โธWorld Touring Car Championship | bamboo engineering | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P19 | โ21 | 4,023 |
| 2008 | โธWorld Touring Car Championship | N.technology | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +2,694 | 4,044 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ซ๐ท Yvan MullerFIA Gold | 5,294 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 5% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Robert Huff | 4,090 | 41 | 1 | 40 | 2% |
| ๐ฎ๐น Gabriele TarquiniFIA Silver | 4,858 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 25% |
| ๐ณ๐ฑ Tom CoronelFIA Gold | 3,506 | 40 | 5 | 35 | 13% |
| ๐ต๐น Tiago MonteiroFIA Gold | 3,421 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 25% |
| ๐ฉ๐ช Franz EngstlerFIA Bronze | 4,399 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 23% |
| ๐ญ๐บ Norbert MicheliszFIA Platinum | 5,144 | 37 | 8 | 29 | 22% |
| ๐ญ๐ฐ Darryl O'YoungFIA Silver | 4,375 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 31% |
| ๐ฒ๐ฆ Mehdi BennaniFIA Gold | 4,223 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 43% |
| ๐จ๐ญ Alain Menu | 5,619 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 9% |
| ๐ธ๐ช Thed BjorkHigher-rated, 1ร champion | 6,010 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Katsumasa ChiyoFIA Gold | 5,981 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Yuhi SekiguchiFIA Gold, 1ร champion | 5,879 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,902 | ๐ฉ๐ช Daniel Urrutia | Trans-Am | 3,929 |
| 3,903 | ๐จ๐ฆ Jason M. White | NASCAR Truck | 3,929 |
| 3,904 | ๐ญ๐บ Norbert Nagy | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,929 |
| 3,905 | ๐ป๐ช Tim Pappas | Porsche Endurance Challenge North America | 3,929 |
| 3,906 | ๐บ๐ฆ Andrij Kruglyk | Nรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,928 |
| 3,907 | ๐บ๐ธ Jon Field | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,928 |
| 3,908 | ๐ฒ๐ด Lo Kai Fung | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,928 |
| 3,909 | ๐ซ๐ท Anthony Janiec | Formula 3 Euro Series | 3,927 |
| 3,910 | ๐ง๐ท Henrique Martins | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,927 |
| 3,911 | ๐จ๐ฆ John Shen | 24H Series | 3,927 |
| 3,912 | ๐ฏ๐ต Yukinori Taniguchi | World Touring Car Championship | 3,927 |
| 3,913 | ๐ฌ๐ง Andrew Meyrick | European Le Mans Series | 3,926 |
| 3,914 | ๐ฎ๐น Gerhard Marchner | FIA GT Championship | 3,926 |
| 3,915 | ๐บ๐ธ Scott Speed | Nรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,926 |
| 3,916 | ๐ท๐บ Stanislav Minsky | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,926 |
| 3,917 | ๐บ๐ธ Clint King | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,925 |
| 3,918 | ๐จ๐ญ Levin Amweg | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,925 |
| 3,919 | ๐บ๐ธ Lowell Bennett | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,925 |
| 3,920 | ๐ฎ๐น Max Wiser | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,925 |
| 3,921 | ๐ซ๐ท David Smadja | FIA GT Championship | 3,924 |
| 3,922 | ๐บ๐ธ Jason Alder | Zenith Racing Series | 3,924 |
Yukinori Taniguchi is an entry-level professional who raced in the World Touring Car Championship between 2008 and 2014, accumulating 41 starts across that span for Nika Racing. He also made a single appearance in Super GT's GT300 class in 2012, driving a shared car for Hitotsuyama Racing. His record across both series totals 42 starts.[1]
In the World Touring Car Championship, Taniguchi finished 21st in the championship standings in 2014, his final season in the series. His time in WTCC put him regularly against established professionals, including two-time champion Robert Huff and four-time title winner Yvan Muller, though he typically finished behind both drivers when they raced together. He spent 29 of his 42 career starts at bamboo engineering, a team fielding multiple drivers across the touring car grid.[2]
Taniguchi's single Super GT appearance marked his only outing in shared-car endurance racing. In that entry and across his touring car career, he finished ahead of established professionals Katsumasa Chiyo and Yuhi Sekiguchi on isolated occasions, but his record predominantly reflects a driver competing at the entry level of a series that regularly mixed professionals with semi-professionals in a single field.