Kimiya Sato
Introduction Sauber in 2013.is a Japanese racing driver. He currently competes in Super GT.
Career 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. Sato was the 25th fastest of 31 drivers overall.For the 2014 season, he entered the GP2 Series with Campos Racing.
Racing record ===Career summary=== Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2006 Formula BMW UK Rowan Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 3910th 2007 Formula BMW UK Nexa Racing 18 1 1 1 1 5104th Formula BMW World Final Team Loctite 1 0 0 0 0 N/A13th 2008 Formula Challenge JapanNDDP 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 TeamTest 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 Racing5000056‡6th‡ 2019 Super GT - GT300 Tsuchiya Engineering 8 0 3 1 0 17 19th Super Taikyu - ST-X MAX Racing5010267.5‡4th‡ Super Taikyu - ST-4 TOM'S Spirit11101123.5‡ '''2nd‡''' 2020 Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 8 0 0 0 0 10 20th Super Taikyu - ST-3 Max Racing1000072.5‡4th‡ 2021 Super GT - GT300 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 8 0 0 0 0 21 14th Super Taikyu - ST-Z C.S.I Racing5140273.5‡5th‡ Super Taikyu - ST-3 Max Racing10000104‡'''2nd‡''' 2022 Super GT - GT300 Max Racing 7 0 0 0 0 1 35th Super Taikyu - ST-3 FKS Team Fukushima1000076‡4th‡ Team ZeroOne2000149‡5th‡ 2023 Super GT - GT300 Max Racing 4 0 0 0 1 11 19th Super Taikyu - ST-3 Team ZeroOne5110186‡5th‡† – As Sato was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.‡ Team standings.===Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results===(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 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 10th 86===Complete Auto GP results===(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 MNZ1 ''MNZ2'' MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 ''SIL2'' MUG1 MUG2 NÜR1 ''NÜR2'' ''DON1''14† DON2 BRN2 ''BRN2'' 2nd 213 2014 Euronova Racing MAR1 MAR2 ''LEC1'' LEC2 HUN1 ''HUN2'' MNZ1 MNZ2 ''IMO1'' ''IMO2'' '''''RBR1''''' RBR28† ''NÜR1'' ''NÜR2'' EST1 EST2 1st 221† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.===Complete GP2 Series results===(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 BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 27th 2===Complete Super GT results===(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 JLOCLamborghini Gallardo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ CHA FUJ SUZ4† SUG AUT MOT 22nd 4 2016 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT MOT 19th 6 2017 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT 14th 21 2018 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ SUG AUT MOT 11th 29 2019 Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA FUJ '''''SUZ''''' '''CHA''' FUJ '''AUT''' SUG MOT 19th 17 2020 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Porsche 911 GT3 R GT300 FUJ FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ 20th 10 2021 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Porsche 911 GT3 R GT300 OKA FUJ MOT SUZ SUG AUT MOT FUJ 14th 21 2022 Max Racing Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 35th 1 2023 Max Racing Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 19th 11† Sato was ineligible for points at the Suzuka round.
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