Shinnosuke Yamada

Shinnosuke Yamada (山田 真之亮, Yamada Shinnosuke; born 29 August 1992 in Okayama^[1]) is a Japanese racing driver currently racing for SHADE Racing in the ST-4 class of Super Taikyu.

Shinnosuke Yamada
Yamada in 2017
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1992-08-29) 29 August 1992 (age 32) Okayama, Japan
Racing licence	FIA Silver

Early career

In late 2010, Yamada won the Honda SRS-F scholarship to compete in the 2011 Formula Challenge Japan.^[2]

In 2015, Yamada joined B-Max Racing Team to compete in the inaugural season of the F4 Japanese Championship.^[3] Yamada won race two at Autopolis and concluded the season fourth in points.^[4]

Super GT

Stepping up to GT300 for 2016, Yamada joined Team UpGarage with Bandoh alongside Yuhki Nakayama.^[5]

In 2017, Yamada switched to Team Taisan SARD, partnering Shintaro Kawabata.^[6]

Yamada stayed with Team Taisan for the 2018 season.^[7] At the season-opener in Okayama, Yamada scored his only points of the season, finishing ninth and scoring two points.^[8]

With Team Taisan exiting Super GT following the 2018 season,^[9] Yamada returned to Team UpGarage as their third driver for the 2019 season.^[10]

In early 2020, it was announced that Yamada would join JLOC alongside Tsubasa Takahashi.^[11] At the sixth round of the season at Suzuka, Yamada scored his only points-paying position of the season by taking sixth after benefitting from an earlier safety car intervention.^[12]

During 2022 Yamada returned to GT300, racing as SHADE Racing's third driver for the fifth round of the season at Suzuka.^[13] However, Yamada didn't run the race and thus wasn't credited with the team's seventh-place finish.^[14]

In 2023, Yamada returned to SHADE Racing's GT300 operations as a third driver for five out of eight races.^[15] Despite being entered for five races, Yamada didn't run in those and thus wasn't credited with points when Shade Racing finished tenth at Suzuka.^[16]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula Challenge Japan	HFDP/SRS-F/Kotira R	13	0	0	0	2	12	8th
2013	Super FJ – Okayama Series	Bloom Group & MTN[17]	??	4	??	??	??	??	1st
	Super FJ – All-Japan Masters Race		??	??	??	??	??	??	1st
2014	JAF F4 – Grand Champion		??	??	??	??	??	142	5th
2015	F4 Japanese Championship	B-MAX Racing Team	14	1	0	0	4	84	4th
2016	Super GT – GT300	Team UpGarage with Bandoh	8	0	1	1	0	25	14th
2017	Super GT – GT300	Team Taisan SARD	8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Super GT – GT300	Team Taisan	7	0	0	0	0	2	21st
2019	Super GT – GT300	Team UpGarage	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super Taikyu – ST-Z	Endless Sports	1	1	0	1	1	160‡	1st‡
2020	Super GT – GT300	JLOC	8	0	0	0	0	5	25th
	Super Taikyu – ST-Z	Endless Sports	1	1	0	0	1	129.5‡	1st‡
2021	Super Taikyu – ST-Z	Techno First[18]	3	0	0	0	0	16‡	12th‡
		Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing	1	0	0	1	0	42‡	8th‡
2022	Super GT – GT300	SHADE Racing[19]	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super Taikyu – ST-Z		1	0	0	1	0	115.5‡	2nd‡
	Super Taikyu – ST-4		5	1	1	2	1	142‡	2nd‡
2023	Super GT – GT300	SHADE Racing[20]	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super Taikyu – ST-4		6	0	3	0	1	56‡	7th‡
2024	Super Taikyu – ST-4	SHADE Racing[21]	6	2	1	1	4	118‡	2nd‡
2025	Super Taikyu – ST-4	SHADE Racing[22]						*‡	*‡
Sources:[23]

‡ Team standings

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Pts
2016	Team Up Garage with Bandoh	Toyota 86	GT300	OKA 15	FUJ 4	SUG 8	FUJ 10	SUZ 4	CHA 22	MOT 12	MOT 9	14th	25
2017	Team Taisan SARD	Audi R8 LMS	GT300	OKA 21	FUJ 21	AUT 14	SUG 18	FUJ 19	SUZ Ret	CHA 19	MOT 14	NC	0
2018	Team Taisan	Audi R8 LMS	GT300	OKA 9	FUJ 15	SUZ 28	CHA	FUJ Ret	SUG 20	AUT 20	MOT 16	21st	2
2019	Team UpGarage	Honda NSX GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ 12	SUZ	CHA	FUJ 4[a]	SUG	AUT	MOT	NC	0
2020	JLOC	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO	GT300	FSW 26	FSW 25	SUZ 16	MOT Ret	FSW 17	SUZ 6	MOT 26	FSW Ret	25th	5
2022	SHADE Racing	Toyota GR86 GT300	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ 7[a]	SUG	AUT	MOT	NC	0
2023	SHADE Racing	Toyota GR86 GT300	GT300	OKA	FUJ 12	SUZ 10[a]	FUJ 15	SUZ 18	SUG	AUT 13	MOT	NC	0

Notes

1. Did not run in race as third driver and therefore ineligible for points