Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver)

Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto
	Yamamoto driving the Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14 during practice for the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix
Nationality	Japanese
Born	July 11, 1988; Utsunomiya, Japan
Super GT GT500 career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Team Kunimitsu
Car number	1
Former teams	Dome Racing
Starts	79
Wins	4
Podiums	21
Poles	2
Fastest laps	6
Best finish	1st in 2018
Previous series
2008-2009	All-Japan Formula Three
Championship titles
2018; 2013, 2018	Super GT; Super Formula

Naoki Yamamoto (山本尚貴, Yamamoto Naoki, born July 11, 1988) is a Japanese racing driver. He is currently driving in the Super GT and Super Formula championships. He won the Super Formula championship in 2013 and 2018, and the Super GT championship in 2018. In 2018, he became the first driver to win both the Super Formula and Super GT titles in the same year for 14 years. His successes in both series has allowed him to reach the 40-point threshold required for an F1 superlicence.[1] He drove for Toro Rosso-Honda in the first practice session of the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix, completing the most laps in the session and setting a fastest lap time just 0.1s off his more experienced teammate's fastest time.[2][3] The participation made him the first Japanese Formula One driver to drive a Formula One car since Kamui Kobayashi.

Racing record

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Pts
2010	Team Kunimitsu	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	SUZ 3	OKA 8	FUJ 10	SEP 5	SUG 8	SUZ 3	FUJ C	MOT 6	8th	40
2011	Team Kunimitsu	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA 2	FUJ 12	SEP 7	SUG 7	SUZ Ret	FUJ 5	AUT 14	MOT 4	9th	37
2012	Team Kunimitsu	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA 2	FUJ 2	SEP 6	SUG 8	SUZ 11	FUJ 12	AUT 8	MOT 9	5th	43
2013	Dome Racing	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA 5	FUJ 10	SEP 4	SUG Ret	SUZ 1	FUJ 5	AUT 5	MOT 7	4th	56
2014	Dome Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 5	FUJ 10	AUT 7	SUG 8	FUJ 1	SUZ 3	BUR 5	MOT 3	4th	64
2015	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 2	FUJ Ret	CHA Ret	FUJ 5	SUZ 5	SUG 1	AUT 11	MOT 3	3rd	60
2016	Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ Ret	SUG 10	FUJ 3	SUZ 7	CHA 10	MOT 10	MOT 12	14th	20
2017	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA Ret	FUJ 6	AUT 3	SUG 9	FUJ 8	SUZ 3	CHA 7	MOT 5	7th	45
2018	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 2	FUJ 9	SUZ 2	CHA 11	FUJ 5	SUG 1	AUT 5	MOT 3	1st	78
2019	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 15	FUJ 3	SUZ 13	CHA 12	FUJ 2	AUT Ret	SUG 8	MOT 6	8th	37
2020	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	FUJ (1)	FUJ (2)	SUZ (1)	MOT (1)	FUJ (3)	SUZ (2)	MOT (2)	FUJ (4)	*	*

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula 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	DC	Points
2010	Nakajima Racing	SUZ 7	MOT 5	FUJ 7	MOT 4	SUG Ret	AUT 5	SUZ 6	SUZ 5		7th	20.5
2011	Team Mugen	SUZ Ret	AUT 5	FUJ 9	MOT 14	SUZ C	SUG 11	MOT 12	MOT Ret		11th	5
2012	Team Mugen	SUZ 7	MOT 7	AUT 9	FUJ 12	MOT Ret	SUG 14	SUZ 15	SUZ Ret		11th	4
2013	Team Mugen	SUZ 4	AUT 3	FUJ 3	MOT 8	SUG 3	SUZ 1	SUZ 3			1st	37
2014	Team Mugen	SUZ 11	FUJ Ret	FUJ 5	FUJ 5	MOT 15	AUT 7	SUG 7	SUZ 7	SUZ 6	9th	14.5
2015	Team Mugen	SUZ 15	OKA 4	FUJ 12	MOT 8	AUT 7	SUG 2	SUZ 14	SUZ 1		5th	26
2016	Team Mugen	SUZ 1	OKA 5	FUJ Ret	MOT 8	OKA 10	OKA 6	SUG 14	SUZ 19	SUZ Ret	8th	15.5
2017	Team Mugen	SUZ 2	OKA 5	OKA 8	FUJ Ret	MOT 13	AUT 16	SUG 18	SUZ C	SUZ C	9th	10.5
2018	Team Mugen	SUZ 1	AUT C	SUG 1	FUJ 8	MOT 7	OKA 10	SUZ 1			1st	38
2019	DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	SUZ 2	AUT 2	SUG 1	FUJ 11	MOT 9	OKA 7	SUZ 5			2nd	33

Complete Formula One 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	WDC	Points
2019	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda RA619H 1.6 V6 t	AUS	BHR	CHN	AZE	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	AUT	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	RUS	JPN TD	MEX	USA	BRA	ABU	–	–

References

Yoshita, Tomohiro; Thukral, Rachit (2 December 2018). "Jenson Button: Super GT team-mate Yamamoto should be in F1". Autosport.com. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
"2019 Japanese Grand Prix: Toro Rosso to field Naoki Yamamoto in FP1". www.formula1.com. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
"Japanese GP: Bottas leads Mercedes 1-2 in FP1". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-10-11.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kazuki Nakajima (Formula Nippon)	Super Formula Champion 2013	Succeeded by Kazuki Nakajima
Preceded by Hiroaki Ishiura	Super Formula Champion 2018	Succeeded by Nick Cassidy
Preceded by Ryo Hirakawa Nick Cassidy	Super GT GT500 Champion 2018 With: Jenson Button	Succeeded by Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita

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[1] Yoshita, Tomohiro; Thukral, Rachit (2 December 2018). "Jenson Button: Super GT team-mate Yamamoto should be in F1". Autosport.com. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[2] "2019 Japanese Grand Prix: Toro Rosso to field Naoki Yamamoto in FP1". www.formula1.com. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[3] "Japanese GP: Bottas leads Mercedes 1-2 in FP1". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-10-11.