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Kimiya Sato

{{BLP sources|date=June 2025}}

{{short description|Japanese racing driver}}

{{About|Kimiya Sato|the unrelated Formula One and IndyCar Series driver|Takuma Sato}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Kimiya Sato

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| nationality = {{flagicon|JPN}} Japanese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

| racing licence = 12px FIA Gold {{small|(until 2022)}}
12px FIA Silver {{small|(2023–)}}

| current series = GP2 Series

| first year = 2014

| current team = Campos Racing

| car number = 27

| former teams =

| starts = 20

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 27th

| year = 2014

| prev series = 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

| prev series years = 2013-14
2012
2011
2011
2009–10
2008
2008
2006–07
2004

| titles = Auto GP

| title years = 2014

| awards =

| award years =

}}

File:Kimiya Sato Sauber 2013 Silverstone F1 Test 003.jpg in 2013.]]

{{nihongo|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

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108869|title=F1 young driver test: Sebastian Vettel fastest on final day|last=Straw|first=Edd|date=13 July 2013|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|accessdate=18 August 2014}} 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=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

2006

|align=left| Formula BMW UK

|align=left| Rowan Motorsport

| 20

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 39

|10th

rowspan=2| 2007

|align=left| Formula BMW UK

|align=left| Nexa Racing

| 18

| 1

| 1

| 1

| 1

| 510

|4th

align=left| Formula BMW World Final

|align=left| Team Loctite

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| N/A

|13th

rowspan=2| 2008

|align=left| Formula Challenge Japan

|align=left| NDDP

| 16

| 1

| 1

| 3

| 8

| 171

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

align=left| Formula BMW Pacific

|align=left| Eurasia Motorsport

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| N/A

| NC†

2009

|align=left nowrap| All-Japan Formula 3 Championship - National Class

|align=left| Team Nova

| 16

| 3

| 2

| 2

| 10

| 89

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

rowspan=2| 2010

|align=left| All-Japan Formula 3 Championship - National Class

|align=left| Team Nova

| 16

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 5

| 43

| 4th

align=left| Macau Grand Prix

|align=left| Motopark Academy

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| N/A

| 24th

rowspan=4| 2011

|align=left| Formula 3 Euro Series

|align=left rowspan=4| Motopark Academy

| 27

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 86

| 10th

align=left| FIA Formula 3 International Trophy

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 7

| 9th

align=left| Macau Grand Prix

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| N/A

| 12th

align=left| Masters of Formula 3

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| N/A

| 12th

2012

|align=left| German Formula 3 Championship

|align=left| Lotus

| 27

| 4

| 3

| 7

| 12

| 86

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

rowspan="2" | 2013

|align=left| Auto GP

|align=left| Euronova Racing

| 16

| 5

| 0

| 5

| 9

| 213

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

align=left| Formula One

|align=left| Sauber F1 Team

| colspan="7" |Test driver

rowspan=2| 2014

|align=left| GP2 Series

|align=left| Campos Racing

| 20

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 27th

align=left| Auto GP

|align=left| Euronova Racing

| 12

| 6

| 1

| 7

| 10

| 221

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

2015

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| JLOC

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

| 22nd

2016

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| JLOC

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 6

| 19th

2017

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| JLOC

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 21

| 14th

rowspan="2" | 2018

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| JLOC

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 29

| 11th

align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-X

|align=left| MAX Racing

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|56‡

|6th‡

rowspan="3" | 2019

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| Tsuchiya Engineering

| 8

| 0

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 17

| 19th

align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-X

|align=left| MAX Racing

|5

|0

|1

|0

|2

|67.5‡

|4th‡

align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-4

|align=left| TOM'S Spirit

|1

|1

|1

|0

|1

|123.5‡

|style="background:#DFDFDF| 2nd‡

rowspan="2" | 2020

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| Hoppy Team Tsuchiya

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 10

| 20th

align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-3

|align=left| Max Racing

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|72.5‡

|4th‡

rowspan="3" | 2021

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| Hoppy Team Tsuchiya

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 21

| 14th

align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-Z

|align=left| C.S.I Racing

|5

|1

|4

|0

|2

|73.5‡

|5th‡

align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-3

|align=left| Max Racing

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|104‡

|style="background:#dfdfdf"|2nd‡

rowspan="3" | 2022

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| Max Racing

| 7

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 35th

rowspan="2" align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-3

|align=left| FKS Team Fukushima

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|76‡

|4th‡

align=left| Team ZeroOne

|2

|0

|0

|0

|1

|49‡

|5th‡

rowspan="2" | 2023

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| Max Racing

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 11

| 19th

align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-3

|align=left| Team ZeroOne

|5

|1

|1

|0

|1

|86‡

|5th‡

rowspan="2" |2024

|align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-Z

|align=left| Team ZeroOne

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| Hoppy Team Tsuchiya

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

rowspan="2" |2025

|align=left| Super Taikyu - ST-Z

|align=left| Team ZeroOne

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| Hoppy Team Tsuchiya

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 28th*

† – As Sato was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

‡ Team standings.

* Season still in progress.

=Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results=

(key)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! 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

! nowrap| Motopark Academy

! nowrap| Dallara F308/098

! Volkswagen

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LEC
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
2
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
3
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
3
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZAN
2
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN
3
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RBR
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RBR
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RBR
3
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
3
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
3
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#000000; color:white"| SIL
3
{{small|DSQ}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL
3
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
2
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
3
{{small|9}}

! 10th

! 86

=Complete Auto GP results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! Pos

! Points

2013

! nowrap| Euronova Racing

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MNZ
1
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MNZ
2
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HUN
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
2
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL
2
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MUG
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
1
14†

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRN
2
{{small|1}}

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 213

2014

! nowrap| Euronova Racing

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LEC
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LEC
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HUN
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HUN
2
{{small|1}}

| MNZ
1

| MNZ
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| IMO
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMO
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RBR
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RBR
2
8†

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NÜR
2
{{small|3}}

| EST
1

| EST
2

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! 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

! nowrap| Campos Racing

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHR
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR
SPR
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
FEA
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
SPR
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
FEA
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
SPR
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RBR
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR
SPR
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
FEA
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
SPR
{{small|20}}

| HOC
FEA

| HOC
SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA
FEA
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA
SPR
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ
SPR
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SOC
FEA
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SOC
SPR
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YMC
FEA
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YMC
SPR
{{small|22}}

! 27th

! 2

=Complete Super GT results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
Year

! Team

! Car

! Class

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! DC

! Points

2015

! JLOC

! nowrap| Lamborghini Gallardo GT3

! GT300

| OKA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHA
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
4†

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG
{{small|18}}

| AUT

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT
{{small|16}}

|

! 22nd

! 4

2016

! JLOC

! nowrap| Lamborghini Huracan GT3

! GT300

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHA
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT
{{small|11}}

|

! 19th

! 6

2017

! JLOC

! nowrap| Lamborghini Huracan GT3

! GT300

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUZ
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHA
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT
{{small|11}}

|

! 14th

! 21

2018

! JLOC

! nowrap| Lamborghini Huracan GT3

! GT300

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CHA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT
{{small|4}}

|

! 11th

! 29

2019

! nowrap| Tsuchiya Engineering

! nowrap| Toyota 86 MC

! GT300

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OKA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CHA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|26}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG
{{small|27}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT
{{small|18}}

|

! 19th

! 17

2020

! nowrap| Hoppy Team Tsuchiya

! nowrap| Porsche 911 GT3 R

! GT300

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|14}}

|

! 20th

! 10

2021

! nowrap| Hoppy Team Tsuchiya

! nowrap| Porsche 911 GT3 R

! GT300

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OKA
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOT
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ
{{small|6}}

|

! 14th

! 21

2022

! nowrap| Max Racing

! nowrap| Toyota GR Supra GT300

! GT300

| OKA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUG
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT
{{small|17}}

|

! 35th

! 1

2023

! nowrap| Max Racing

! nowrap| Toyota GR Supra GT300

! GT300

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OKA
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

| SUZ

| SUG

| AUT

| MOT

|

! 19th

! 11

2024

! nowrap| Hoppy Team Tsuchiya

! nowrap| Toyota GR Supra GT300

! GT300

| OKA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUG
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|11}}

| MOT

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|15}}

|

! NC

! 0

2025

! Hoppy Team Tsuchiya

! Toyota GR Supra GT300

! GT300

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OKA
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|22}}

| SEP

|style="background:#;"| FUJ
{{small

}

|style="background:#;"| FUJ
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SUZ
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SUG
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| AUT
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| MOT
{{small|}}

! 28th*

! 1*

|}

† Sato was ineligible for points at the Suzuka round.

* Season still in progress.

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.kimiyasato.com/}}
  • {{DriverDB driver|kimiya-sato}}

{{s-start}}

{{s-sports}}

{{succession box| before = Vittorio Ghirelli | title = Auto GP
Drivers' Champion | after = Luis Michael Dörrbecker
(2016)| years = 2014}}

{{s-end}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Campos Racing}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Kimiya}}

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