Takashi Kobayashi (racing driver)

Takashi Kobayashi (小林 崇志, Kobayashi Takashi, born November 8, 1987 in Hiroshima) is a Japanese racing driver. He currently drives in the Formula Nippon, and the Super GT series in the GT500 category. He is not related to fellow Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi.

Takashi Kobayashi
NationalityJapanese
Born (1987-11-08) November 8, 1987
Hiroshima
Super GT
Formula Nippon career
Debut season2010 (GT500)
Current teamAutobacs Racing Team Aguri
Car number8
Starts1
Wins1
Previous series
20092010All-Japan Formula Three

In 2010 he won the All-Japan Formula Three championship, National Class.

In 2010 he made his debut in the Super GT series (GT500) at the Pokka GT Summer Special (Suzuka Circuit) as the 3rd driver of the ARTA. Despite the team mistakenly declaring him to qualify instead of Ralph Firman in the final session, he claimed the pole position, being the first to do so on a debut. the ARTA team won the race the following day.

Kobayashi driving the Honda HSV-010 GT for ARTA in 2011

His performance led to him becoming part of the new lineup of ARTA in the 2011 Super GT season, partnered with former IndyCar Series driver Hideki Mutoh.

Racing record

Complete Super GT results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2010 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda HSV-010 GT GT500 SUZ
OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
SUZ
1
FUJ
MOT
NC 0
2011 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda HSV-010 GT GT500 OKA
12
FUJ
9
SEP
9
SUG
10
SUZ
9
FUJ
14
AUT
12
MOT
13
15th 7
2012 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda HSV-010 GT GT500 OKA
6
FUJ
Ret
SEP
12
SUG
Ret
SUZ
7
FUJ
9
AUT
11
MOT
13
16th 12
2013 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda CR-Z GT300 OKA
12
FUJ
19
SEP
1
SUG
1
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
16
FUJ
Ret
AUT
16
MOT
15
7th 40
2014 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda CR-Z GT300 OKA
6
FUJ
18
AUT
1
SUG
16
FUJ
22
SUZ
16
BUR
13
MOT
12
11th 25
2015 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda CR-Z GT300 OKA
2
FUJ
17
CHA
10
FUJ
1
SUZ
12
SUG
12
AUT
6
MOT
4
6th 49
2016 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA
11
FUJ
2
SUG
ret
FUJ
1
SUZ
14
CHA
3
MOT
ret
MOT
DNS
5th 48
2017 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA
DNS
FUJ
9
AUT
ret
FUJ
5
SUZ
1
SUG
8
CHA
11
MOT
9
9th 37
2018 Team UpGarage Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA
1
FUJ
13
SUZ
6
CHA
18
FUJ
9
SUG
11
AUT
27
MOT
ret
12th 28
2019 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 GT300 OKA
11
FUJ
12
SUZ
15
CHA
24
FUJ
4
SUG
9
AUT
10
MOT
19
22nd 13
2020 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo GT300 OKA
FUJ
SUZ
CHA
SEP
SUG
AUT
MOT
* *

* Season still in progress.

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