Kenta Yamashita
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1995-08-03) 3 August 1995
Chiba, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2015
Current teamROOKIE Racing
Car number14
Former teamsRacing Project Bandoh, Team LeMans, SARD, TOM'S
Starts44
Wins4
Podiums13
Poles4
Fastest laps2
Best finish1st in 2019
Super Formula career
Debut season2017
Current teamKondo Racing
Car number3
Starts52
Wins1
Podiums5
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish5th in 2019
Previous series
2019-20
2015-17
2014–16
2013
2012		FIA WEC - LMP2
Super GT - GT300
Japanese Formula 3 Championship
Formula Challenge Japan
Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ
Championship titles
2019
2016
2013
2012		Super GT
Japanese Formula 3 Championship
Formula Challenge Japan
Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ

Kenta Yamashita (山下 健太, Yamashita Kenta, born 3 August 1995) is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who is currently competing in Super GT for ROOKIE Racing and in Super Formula for Kondō Racing. He won the GT500-class Super GT championship title in 2019, driving alongside Kazuya Oshima, and previously won the 2016 All-Japan Formula 3 Championship and the 2013 Formula Challenge Japan titles.

Career

Karting

Yamashita competed in karts before graduating to single-seater cars in 2012.

Formula Super FJ and Formula Challenge Japan

Yamashita began his racing car career in the 2012 Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ, which he won in his first season. In all four starts, he took the pole, fastest lap, and race win.[1] In 2013, he progressed to the Formula Challenge Japan series, which was a racing category intended for drivers between entry level and Formula 3. He scored 7 podiums and in 12 races, including 4 wins, and took the championship title.[2]

All-Japan Formula Three

In 2014, Yamashita graduated to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship with the Petronas Team TOM'S. He finished runner-up in the championship to the more experienced Nobuharu Matsushita.[3]

In 2015, Yamashita continued to race in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, and currently holds the lead of the championship. In addition, he has raced in the GT300 category of the 2015 Super GT season.

Super GT

Super Formula

FIA World Endurance Championship

Yamashita made his international racing debut in the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship, driving in the LMP2 class for Danish team High Class Racing alongside Anders Fjordbach and amateur driver Mark Patterson. Yamashita would impress in qualifying sessions throughout the season, outmatching more experienced opponents on a regular basis, but the team would ultimately achieve little success in races and ended the season as the last-placed LMP2 team. Yamashita reached the Hyperpole session in qualifying for the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans before the team was forced to retire with a gearbox problem.


Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2012 Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ 4 4 4 4 4 64 1st
2013 Formula Challenge Japan FTRS FCJ 12 4 2 3 7 65 1st
2014 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Petronas Team TOM's 15 2 1 1 12 90 2nd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 0 9th
2015 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Petronas Team TOM's 17 5 5 5 13 113 2nd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th
Super GT - GT300 Porsche Team KTR 8 0 0 0 0 6 20th
2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Team TOM's 17 7 7 4 10 113 1st
Super GT - GT300 VivaC Team Tsuchiya 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Macau Grand Prix ThreeBond with T-Sport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2017 Super GT - GT300 VivaC Team Tsuchiya 7 1 3 1 2 48 5th
Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 1 0 0 0 0 1 20th
Super Formula Kondō Racing 7 0 1 0 0 6.5 11th
Super Taikyu - ST-3 Le Beausset Motorsports 4 2 2 1 4 95‡ 2nd‡
Macau Grand Prix B-Max Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2018 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 8 0 0 0 2 32 11th
Super Formula Kondō Racing 6 0 0 0 1 11.5 9th
Super Taikyu - ST-3 Le Beausset Motorsports 6 1 1 0 5 129‡ 2nd‡
2019 Super GT - GT500 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 8 2 1 0 4 85 1st
Super Formula Kondō Racing 7 1 0 0 2 21 5th
Super Taikyu - ST-3 Le Beausset Motorsports 4 2 1 1 2 92‡ 4th‡
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 High Class Racing 7 0 0 0 0 47 13th
2020 Super Formula Kondō Racing 6 0 0 0 1 34 7th
Super GT - GT500 TGR Team SARD 1 0 0 0 0 27 14th
TGR Team KeePer Tom's 2 0 1 1 1
24 Hours of Le Mans High Class Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2021 Super GT - GT500 TGR ENEOS ROOKIE 8 1 1 1 3 52 5th
Super Formula Kondō Racing 7 0 0 0 0 8 14th
2022 Super GT - GT500 TGR ENEOS ROOKIE 8 1 1 0 2 49 5th
Super Formula Kondō Racing 10 0 0 0 0 19 15th
2023 Super GT - GT500 TGR ENEOS ROOKIE 8 0 0 0 1 45 7th
Super Formula Kondō Racing 9 0 0 0 1 32 8th
Super Taikyu - ST-Q ORC ROOKIE Racing

* Season still in progress.

‡ Team standings.

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 Porsche Team KTR Porsche 911 GT3 GT300 OKA
14		 FUJ
12		 CHA
8		 FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
18		 SUG
17		 AUT
8		 MOT
14		 20th 6
2016 VivaC Team Tsuchiya Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ
22		 CHA MOT MOT NC 0
2017 VivaC Team Tsuchiya Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA
4		 AUT
1		 SUG
3		 FUJ
29		 SUZ
18		 CHA
15		 MOT
5		 5th 48
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500 GT500 FUJ
10		 20th 1
2018 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500 GT500 OKA
9		 FUJ
12		 SUZ
13		 CHA
3		 FUJ
10		 SUG
Ret		 AUT
3		 MOT
5		 11th 32
2019 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's Lexus LC 500 GT500 OKA
13		 FUJ
8		 SUZ
3		 CHA
1		 FUJ
1		 AUT
6		 SUG
6		 MOT
2		 1st 85
2020 TGR Team SARD Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 FUJ
5		 FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ 14th 27
TGR Team KeePer Tom's MOT
6		 FUJ
2
2021 TGR ENEOS ROOKIE Racing Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA
1		 FUJ
2		 MOT
13		 SUZ
12		 SUG
12†		 AUT
11		 MOT
6		 FUJ
3		 5th 52
2022 TGR ENEOS ROOKIE Racing Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA
1		 FUJ
7‡		 SUZ
8		 FUJ
7		 SUZ
14		 SUG
11		 AUT
4		 MOT
3		 5th 49
2023 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA
4		 FUJ
4		 SUZ
6		 FUJ
11		 SUZ
3		 SUG
6		 AUT
8		 MOT
6		 7th 45

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete 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 10 DC Points
2017 Kondō Racing SUZ
14		 OKA
7		 OKA
6		 FUJ
Ret		 MOT
6		 AUT
13		 SUG
11		 SUZ
C		 SUZ
C		 11th 6.5
2018 Kondō Racing SUZ
9		 AUT
C		 SUG
8		 FUJ
18		 MOT
6		 OKA
6‡		 SUZ
3		 9th 11.5
2019 Kondō Racing SUZ
3		 AUT
7		 SUG
6		 FUJ
17		 MOT
13		 OKA
1		 SUZ
9		 5th 21
2020 Kondō Racing MOT
2		 OKA SUG
6		 AUT
5		 SUZ
9		 SUZ
6		 FUJ
10		 7th 34
2021 Kondō Racing FUJ
12		 SUZ
12		 AUT
11		 SUG
14		 MOT
15		 MOT
8		 SUZ
6		 14th 8
2022 Kondō Racing FUJ
11		 FUJ
4		 SUZ
16		 AUT
12		 SUG
Ret		 FUJ
7		 MOT
6		 MOT
Ret		 SUZ
14		 SUZ
13		 15th 19
2023 Kondō Racing FUJ
Ret		 FUJ
3		 SUZ
5		 AUT
4		 SUG
8		 FUJ
17		 MOT
9		 SUZ
11		 SUZ
9		 8th 32

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2019–20 High Class Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
7		 FUJ
4		 SHA
6		 BHR
7		 COA
7		 SPA
7		 LMS
Ret		 BHR 13th 47

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United States Mark Patterson		 Oreca 07 LMP2 88 DNF DNF

References

  1. ↑ "Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ 2012 standings | Driver Database". Driver Database. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Formula Challenge Japan 2013 standings | Driver Database". Driver Database. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship 2014 standings | Driver Database". Driver Database. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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