Takeshi Kimura (racing driver)

This article is about the Japanese racing driver. For the screenwriter, see Takeshi Kimura.

Takeshi Kimura (木村 武史, Kimura Takeshi; born 22 October 1970 in Matsudo) is a Japanese racing driver who is set to compete in the 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series for CarGuy Racing. He is an Asian Le Mans Series class champion and also won 2022 GT World Challenge Asia overall.^[1][2]

Takeshi Kimura
Kimura in 2024
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1970-10-22) 22 October 1970 (age 54) Matsudo, Japan
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Championship titles
2022 2018-19	GT World Challenge Asia Asian Le Mans Series - GT

Kimura founded Ruf Co., Ltd. in 2001 and still serves as its CEO as of 2025.^[3]

In February of 2015, Kimura founded CarGuy Racing and also launched SeaGuy in 2024.^[4][5]

Racing record

Kimura's CarGuy-branded Ferrari at the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans

Kimura driving a Lexus for Akkodis ASP at the 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Racing career summary

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[6][7]	1	0	0	0	1	15.5‡	11th‡
2017	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia	CarGuy Racing[8]	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super Taikyu - ST-X		4	0	0	0	0	32‡	8th‡
2018	Super GT Series - GT300	CarGuy Racing[9][10]	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3		4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	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[11]	4	4	1	0	4	101	1st
2019	Blancpain GT Series 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	6th
2019-20	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	CarGuy Racing[12]	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[13]	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Car Guy Racing[14]	4	1	0	0	1	31.5	6th
	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[15]	1	0	0	0	0	1‡	16th‡
	Super GT - GT300	Pacific - Car Guy Racing[16]	5	0	0	0	0	2	27th
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Car Guy Racing by Kessel Racing[17]	5	0	0	0	2	52	6th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Team Project 1[18]	1	0	0	0	0	4	25th
	GT World Challenge Asia	CarGuy Racing[19]	8	2	4	7	6	126	1st
	Super GT - GT300	Pacific Car Guy Racing[20]	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Car Guy Racing[21][22]	4	0	0	0	0	1	19th
	GT World Challenge Asia		3	0	0	0	0	16	27th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Kessel Racing[23][24]	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[25]	8	0	0	0	0	8	27th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	Kessel Racing[26]	6	2	0	2	2	74	2nd
2024-25	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	CarGuy Racing[27]	4	0	0	0	0	9	20th
2025	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	Kessel Racing[28]
	Super GT - GT300	CarGuy MKS Racing
	Ligier European Series - JS P4	Pegasus Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0*	17th*
Sources:[29][30]

‡ 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	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

Complete GT World Challenge Asia 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	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 15	SUZ 2 12	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	SHA 1	SHA 2	ZHE 1	ZHE 2	19th	12
2018	Car Guy Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Silver	SEP 1	SEP 2	BUR 1	BUR 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	FUJ 1 1	FUJ 2 15	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 15	FUJ 2 17	KOR 1	KOR 2	SHA 1	SHA 2	4th	55
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			1st	126
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	27th	16

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	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	FUJ 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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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
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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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
Source:[31][32]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

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	SPA	SIL	ALG	4th*	20*
Source:[29]

^* Season still in progress.

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