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Kimiya Sato

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This article is about Kimiya Sato. For the unrelated Formula One and IndyCar Series driver, see Takuma Sato.
Kimiya Sato
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1989-10-05) 5 October 1989 (age 35)
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
GP2 Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number27
Starts20
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish27th in 2014
Previous series
2013-14
2012
2011
2011
2009–10
2008
2008
2006–07
2004		Auto GP
German Formula Three
Formula 3 Euro Series
FIA Formula 3 International Trophy
All Japan Formula Three
Formula Challenge Japan
Formula BMW Pacific
Formula BMW UK
Asia-Pacific Championship ICA
Championship titles
2014Auto GP
Sato testing for Sauber in 2013.

Kimiya Sato (佐藤 公哉, Satō Kimiya, born 5 October 1989 in Japan, Kobe) is a Japanese racing driver. He currently competes in Super GT.

Career

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After competing in karting in Asia, Sato spent two seasons in Formula BMW UK, ending fourth in 2007. He returned to Japan and resulted runner-up in the 2008 Formula Challenge Japan, then second and fourth in the 2009 and 2010 National Class of the All-Japan Formula Three Championship.

Back in Europe, Sato was 10th in the 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series and third in the 2012 German Formula Three. He climbed to Auto GP in 2013, where he ended second in the championship. Also in 2013, he drove for Sauber at the Formula One Young Driver Test, finishing 13th fastest on day 3 of the test.[1] Sato was the 25th fastest of 31 drivers overall.

For the 2014 season, he entered the GP2 Series with Campos Racing.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2006 Formula BMW UK Rowan Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 39 10th
2007 Formula BMW UK Nexa Racing 18 1 1 1 1 510 4th
Formula BMW World Final Team Loctite 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
2008 Formula Challenge Japan NDDP 16 1 1 3 8 171 2nd
Formula BMW Pacific Eurasia Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 N/A NC†
2009 All-Japan Formula 3 Championship - National Class Team Nova 16 3 2 2 10 89 2nd
2010 All-Japan Formula 3 Championship - National Class Team Nova 16 1 0 1 5 43 4th
Macau Grand Prix Motopark Academy 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 24th
2011 Formula 3 Euro Series Motopark Academy 27 1 0 0 2 86 10th
FIA Formula 3 International Trophy 6 0 0 0 0 7 9th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
2012 German Formula 3 Championship Lotus 27 4 3 7 12 86 3rd
2013 Auto GP Euronova Racing 16 5 0 5 9 213 2nd
Formula One Sauber F1 Team Test driver
2014 GP2 Series Campos Racing 20 0 0 0 0 2 27th
Auto GP Euronova Racing 12 6 1 7 10 221 1st
2015 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 6 0 0 0 0 4 22nd
2016 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 0 0 0 0 6 19th
2017 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 0 0 0 1 21 14th
2018 Super GT - GT300 JLOC 8 0 0 0 1 29 11th
Super Taikyu - ST-X MAX Racing 5 0 0 0 0 56‡ 6th‡
2019 Super GT - GT300 Tsuchiya Engineering 8 0 3 1 0 17 19th
Super Taikyu - ST-X MAX Racing 5 0 1 0 2 67.5‡ 4th‡
Super Taikyu - ST-4 TOM'S Spirit 1 1 1 0 1 123.5‡ 2nd‡
2020 Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 8 0 0 0 0 10 20th
Super Taikyu - ST-3 Max Racing 1 0 0 0 0 72.5‡ 4th‡
2021 Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 8 0 0 0 0 21 14th
Super Taikyu - ST-Z C.S.I Racing 5 1 4 0 2 73.5‡ 5th‡
Super Taikyu - ST-3 Max Racing 1 0 0 0 0 104‡ 2nd‡
2022 Super GT - GT300 Max Racing 7 0 0 0 0 1 35th
Super Taikyu - ST-3 FKS Team Fukushima 1 0 0 0 0 76‡ 4th‡
Team ZeroOne 2 0 0 0 1 49‡ 5th‡
2023 Super GT - GT300 Max Racing 4 0 0 0 1 11 19th
Super Taikyu - ST-3 Team ZeroOne 5 1 1 0 1 86‡ 5th‡
2024 Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team ZeroOne
Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC*

† – As Sato was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.

‡ Team standings.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points
2011 Motopark Academy Dallara F308/098 Volkswagen LEC
1
Ret 		LEC
2
6 		LEC
3
8 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
12 		HOC
3
10 		ZAN
1
7 		ZAN
2
1 		ZAN
3
10 		RBR
1
11 		RBR
2
4 		RBR
3
10 		NOR
1
6 		NOR
2
Ret 		NOR
3
8 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
5 		NÜR
3
12 		SIL
1
8 		SIL
2
4 		SIL
3
DSQ 		VAL
1
8 		VAL
2
2 		VAL
3
9 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
7 		HOC
3
9 		10th 86

Complete Auto GP results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2013 Euronova Racing MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
1 		MAR
1
3 		MAR
2
3 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
6 		SIL
1
6 		SIL
2
1 		MUG
1
Ret 		MUG
2
3 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
1 		DON
1
14† 		DON
2
5 		BRN
2
4 		BRN
2
1 		2nd 213
2014 Euronova Racing MAR
1
1 		MAR
2
2 		LEC
1
3 		LEC
2
3 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
1 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		IMO
1
1 		IMO
2
4 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
8† 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
3 		EST
1 		EST
2 		1st 221

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2014 Campos Racing BHR
FEA
Ret 		BHR
SPR
19 		CAT
FEA
19 		CAT
SPR
15 		MON
FEA
15 		MON
SPR
14 		RBR
FEA
Ret 		RBR
SPR
19 		SIL
FEA
23 		SIL
SPR
20 		HOC
FEA 		HOC
SPR 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
17 		SPA
SPR
18 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
12 		SOC
FEA
13 		SOC
SPR
7 		YMC
FEA
14 		YMC
SPR
22 		27th 2

Complete Super GT results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2015 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ
Ret 		CHA
17 		FUJ
7 		SUZ
4† 		SUG
18 		AUT MOT
16 		22nd 4
2016 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GT300 OKA
13 		FUJ
8 		SUG
22 		FUJ
19 		SUZ
17 		CHA
21 		MOT
8 		MOT
11 		19th 6
2017 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GT300 OKA
11 		FUJ
4 		AUT
18 		SUG
19 		FUJ
12 		SUZ
3 		CHA
12 		MOT
11 		14th 21
2018 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GT300 OKA
12 		FUJ
16 		SUZ
12 		CHA
5 		FUJ
Ret 		SUG
13 		AUT
2 		MOT
4 		11th 29
2019 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA
Ret 		FUJ
18 		SUZ
5 		CHA
4 		FUJ
26 		AUT
16 		SUG
27 		MOT
18 		19th 17
2020 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Porsche 911 GT3 R GT300 FUJ
19 		FUJ
20 		SUZ
14 		MOT
8 		FUJ
11 		SUZ
9 		MOT
6 		FUJ
14 		20th 10
2021 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Porsche 911 GT3 R GT300 OKA
7 		FUJ
13 		MOT
6 		SUZ
23 		SUG
19 		AUT
10 		MOT
5 		FUJ
6 		14th 21
2022 Max Racing Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA FUJ
19 		SUZ
22 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
14 		AUT
10 		MOT
17 		35th 1
2023 Max Racing Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA
3 		FUJ
16 		SUZ
16 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ SUG AUT MOT 19th 11
2024 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA FUJ
23 		SUZ
18 		FUJ
Ret 		SUG
Ret 		AUT
11 		MOT SUZ
 NC* 0*

† Sato was ineligible for points at the Suzuka round. * Season still in progress.

References

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  1. ^ Straw, Edd (13 July 2013). "F1 young driver test: Sebastian Vettel fastest on final day". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Auto GP
Drivers' Champion
2014 		Succeeded by

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