Takeshi Kimura (racing driver)

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Kimura made his car racing debut in 2015, racing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia, scoring a lone AM class win at Kuala Lumpur and ending the year fifth in points.^[6] After racing part-time in Lamborghin Super Trofeo Asia and Super Taikyu the following year,^[7][8] Kimura began expanding CarGuy Racing's operations in 2017 as he made select starts in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia, Super Taikyu and Blancpain GT Series Asia.^[9][10]

The following year, Kimura and CarGuy Racing made their debut in Super GT, scoring a best result of 15th at Okayama on debut.^[11] During 2018, Kimura also competed in select rounds of the Blancpain GT Series Asia for the same team.^[12] At the end of the year, Kimura raced in the GT class of the 2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series,^[13] winning all four races to secure the title.^[14] After making a one-off appearance in Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia and finishing fifth in the LMGTE Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2019,^[15] Kimura and CarGuy Racing returned to the Asian Le Mans Series for the 2019–20 season.^[16] In his sophomore year in the series, Kimura won at The Bend and finished second at Sepang to end the year runner-up in points.^[17]

In 2020, Kimura made starts in the GT300 class of Super GT for X Works,^[18] as well as an appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for MR Racing.^[19] The following year, Kimura returned to the GT class of the Asian Le Mans Series,^[20] scoring a lone win at Abu Dhabi and ending the season sixth in points.^[21] For the rest of the year, Kimura competed in select appearances in Super GT's GT300 class for Pacific/CarGuy Racing, taking a best result of ninth at Autopolis,^[22] as well as racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Super Taikyu.^[23]

The following year, Kimura competed in a dual campaign in both the LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series,^[24] and the newly relaunched GT World Challenge Asia.^[25] In ELMS, Kimura scored third-place finishes at Monza and Algarve to end the year sixth in points despite missing one round.^[26] In GTWC Asia, Kimura won at Suzuka and Fuji and took four more podiums to secure the overall and Pro-am titles.^[27] During 2022, Kimura also raced in select rounds of Super GT in the GT300 class for Pacific CarGuy Racing,^[28] as well as making a one-off appearance in the FIA World Endurance Championship at Fuji for Team Project 1.^[29] Continuing with Kessel Racing for 2023, Kimura drove with them for a dual campaign in the LMGTE Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship and the LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series.^[30][31] In the former, Kimura scored podiums at Sebring and Fuji to end the year seventh in the class standings.^[32] In the latter, Kimura scored his maiden series win at Aragón en route to a fourth-place points finish.^[33] During 2023, Kimura also raced for CarGuy Racing in both the Asian Le Mans Series,^[34] and in select rounds of GT World Challenge Asia.^[35]

Switching to Akkodis ASP Team for his second full-time season in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Kimura scored a best result of eighth at the 24 Hours of Le Mans to end the year a lowly 27th in the LMGT3 standings.^[36] In parallel to his WEC campaign, Kimura also continued with Kessel Racing to competed in the European Le Mans Series,^[37] a season in which he won at Spa and Mugello to secure runner-up honors in LMGT3.^[38][39] At the start of 2025, Kimura competed in the final two rounds of the 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series for CarGuy Racing, scoring a best result of sixth at Abu Dhabi to end the winter 20th in points.^[40] Returning to the European Le Mans Series with Kessel Racing for 2025,^[41] Kimura scored two podiums with a best result of second at Barcelona en route to a fifth-place finish.^[42]

Kimura continued with Kessel Racing for his fifth full-time campaign in the European Le Mans Series the following year.^[43]

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Racing career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Am		9	1	0	0	6	10	5th
2016	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super Taikyu - ST-X	DirectionRacing	1	0	0	0	1	15.5‡	11th‡
2017	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia	CarGuy Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3 Pro-Am		2	0	0	0	0	12	19th
	Super Taikyu - ST-X		4	0	0	0	0	32‡	8th‡
2018	Super GT Series - GT300	CarGuy Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3 Pro-Am		4	0	0	0	1	25	20th
	Suzuka 10 Hours		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	23rd
	Super Taikyu - ST-X		1	0	0	0	0	7‡	10th‡
2018–19	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	CarGuy Racing	4	4	1	0	4	101	1st
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - Am	CarGuy Racing	2	0	1	2	1	30	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2019-20	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	CarGuy Racing	4	1	1	0	2	64	2nd
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	MR Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	Super GT - GT300	X Works	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Car Guy Racing	4	1	0	0	1	31.5	6th
	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Am		4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Super Taikyu - ST-X		1	0	0	0	0	23‡	7th‡
	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Comet Racing	1	0	0	0	0	1‡	16th‡
	Super GT - GT300	Pacific – Car Guy Racing	5	0	0	0	0	2	27th
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Car Guy Racing by Kessel Racing	5	0	0	0	2	52	6th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	1	0	0	0	0	4	25th
	GT World Challenge Asia	CarGuy Racing	8	2	4	7	6	126	1st
	Super GT - GT300	Pacific Car Guy Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Car Guy Racing	4	0	0	0	0	1	19th
	GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am		6	0	0	0	0	18	30th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Kessel Racing	7	0	0	0	2	58	7th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE		6	1	0	2	1	65	4th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	Akkodis ASP Team	8	0	0	0	0	8	27th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	Kessel Racing	6	2	0	2	2	74	2nd
2024–25	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	CarGuy Racing	4	0	0	0	0	9	20th
2025	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	Kessel Racing	6	0	0	0	2	53	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGT3		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	8th
	Ligier European Series - JS P4	Pegasus Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	24th
2026	European Le Mans Series – LMGT3	Kessel Racing
Sources:[44][45]

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Complete GT World Challenge Asia results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Pts
2017	Car Guy Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro-Am	SEP 1	SEP 2	BUR 1	BUR 2	SUZ 1 8	SUZ 2 6	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	SHA 1	SHA 2	ZHE 1	ZHE 2	19th	12
2018	Car Guy Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro-Am	SEP 1	SEP 2	BUR 1	BUR 2	SUZ 1 6	SUZ 2 3	FUJ 1 11	FUJ 2 9	SHA 1	SHA 2	ZHE 1	ZHE 2	20th	25
2019	CarGuy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Am	SEP 1	SEP 2	CHA 1	CHA 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	FUJ 1 2	FUJ 2 4	KOR 1	KOR 2	SHA 1	SHA 2	6th	30
2022	Car Guy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Pro-Am	SEP 1	SEP 2	SUZ 1 1	SUZ 2 5	FUJ 1 1	FUJ 2 3	SUG 1 2	SUG 2 3	OKA 1 2	OKA 2 12			2nd	153
2023	Car Guy Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Pro-Am	BUR 1	BUR 2	FUJ 1 12	FUJ 2 9	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	MOT 1 7	MOT 2 24	OKA 1 6	OKA 2 16	SEP 1	SEP 2	30th	18

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Complete Super GT results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Pts
2018	Car Guy Racing	Honda NSX GT3	GT300	OKA 15	FUJ 26	SUZ 21	CHA	FUJ 17	SUG	AUT Ret	MOT 23	NC	0
2020	X Works	Audi R8 LMS EVO	GT300	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ 24	MOT 27	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	NC	0
2021	Pacific - Car Guy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO 2020	GT300	OKA 23	FUJ1 25	SUZ	MOT1	SUG 15	AUT 9	MOT2	FUJ2 13	27th	2
2022	Pacific Car Guy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO 2020	GT300	OKA	FUJ 23	SUZ 17	FUJ 12	SUZ	SUG Ret	AUT 13	MOT 15	NC	0

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Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2018–19	Car Guy Racing	GT	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SHA 1	FUJ 1	CHA 1	SEP 1			1st	101
2019–20	Car Guy Racing	GT	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SHA 5	BEN 1	CHA 5	SEP 2			2nd	64
2021	Car Guy Racing	GT	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 9	DUB 2 8	ABU 1 13	ABU 2 1			6th	31.5
2023	Car Guy Racing	GT	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 14	DUB 2 Ret	ABU 1 10	ABU 2 14			19th	1
2024–25	CarGuy Racing	GT	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	SEP 1	SEP 2	DUB 1 11	DUB 2 11	ABU 1 Ret	ABU 2 6	20th	9

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2019-20	MR Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL	FUJ	SHA	BHR	COA	SPA	LMS Ret	BHR	NC	0
2021	Kessel Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	SPA	POR 4	MON	LMS Ret	BHR 9	BHR 5			NC†	0†
2022	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB	SPA	LMS	MNZ	FUJ 8	BHR			25th	4
2023	Kessel Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SEB 3	PRT 10	SPA 8	LMS Ret	MNZ Ret	FUJ 3	BHR 5		7th	58
2024	Akkodis ASP Team	LMGT3	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8	QAT 16	IMO 15	SPA 14	LMS 8	SÃO 11	COA 11	FUJ 12	BHR Ret	27th	8

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Car Guy Racing	Kei Cozzolino Côme Ledogar	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	332	35th	5th
2020	MR Racing	Vincent Abril Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	172	DNF	DNF
2021	Kessel Racing	Scott Andrews Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	128	DNF	DNF
2022	Kessel Racing	Mikkel Jensen Frederik Schandorff	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	336	45th	12th
2023	Kessel Racing	Scott Huffaker Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	254	DNF	DNF
2024	Akkodis ASP Team	Jack Hawksworth Esteban Masson	Lexus RC F GT3	LMGT3	279	37th	10th
2025	Kessel Racing	Daniel Serra Casper Stevenson	Ferrari 296 GT3	LMGT3	339	40th	8th
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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2022	Car Guy Racing by Kessel Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC 5	IMO DSQ	MNZ 3	CAT 4	SPA	ALG 3	6th	52
2023	Kessel Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	BAR 7	LEC 4	ARA 1	SPA 5	POR 4	ALG 12	4th	65
2024	Kessel Racing	LMGT3	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	CAT 9	LEC Ret	IMO 4	SPA 1	MUG 1	ALG 5	2nd	74
2025	Kessel Racing	LMGT3	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	CAT 2	LEC 9	IMO Ret	SPA 3	SIL 4	ALG 7	5th	53
2026	Kessel Racing	LMGT3	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	CAT 3	LEC	IMO	SPA	SIL	ALG	3rd*	15*
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