Takashi Kobayashi (racing driver)

Takashi Kobayashi
Takashi Kobayashi
Nationality	Japanese
Born	November 8, 1987 (age 33); Hiroshima
Super GT; Formula Nippon career
Debut season	2010 (GT500)
Current team	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
Car number	8
Starts	1
Wins	1
Previous series
2009–2010	All-Japan Formula Three

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.

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		Toyota 86 MC	GT300	OKA 1	FUJ 13	SUZ 6	CHA 18	FUJ 9	SUG 11	AUT 27	MOT ret		12th	28
2019		Honda NSX GT3	GT300	OKA 11	FUJ 12	SUZ 15	CHA 24	FUJ 4	SUG 9	AUT 10	MOT 19		22nd	13
2020		Honda NSX GT3 Evo	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	SEP	SUG	AUT	MOT		*	*

* Season still in progress.

Takashi Kobayashi (racing driver)

Racing record[]

Complete Super GT results[]

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