Kimiya Sato
Kimiya Sato 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.Career summary
† – As Sato was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| SUZ
| MOT
| FUJ
| SUZ
| MOT
| FUJ
| NC* | 0* |
† Sato was ineligible for points at the Suzuka round.
* Season still in progress.
