Kyosuke Mineo (峰尾 恭輔, Mineo Kyōsuke; born 16 December 1974) is a Japanese racing driver who last competed in the GT300 class of Super GT for Pacific Racing with Good Speed.
| Kyosuke Mineo 峰尾恭輔 | |
|---|---|
 Mineo in 2012 | |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 16 December 1974 Hachioji, Japan |
| Categorisation |  FIA Silver |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012 2003 1997 | Super GT – GT300 Netz Cup Altezza Series Saurus Junior East Japan Series |
| Awards | |
| 2009 | Mitsubishi Motors/Ralliart Driver of the Year |
He was Super GT champion in 2012 in GT300 for Team Taisan Endless, and is also a three-time Super Taikyu champion.
Career
editMineo began his racing career in 1996, racing in the Nissan Saurus Junior Kanto Series.[1] After winning the East Japan Series the following year, Mineo then spent two years in the Formula Toyota Main Series, before progressing to the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with DTM in 2000, scoring a lone podium at Fuji.[2] Three seasons in the Netz Cup Altezza Series then followed, in which he clinched the title in 2003,[3] before joining Autobacs Racing Team Aguri to race primarily in Super Taikyu for the following two seasons.[4] During those two seasons, Mineo finished third in the Class N+ standings with five podiums and then scoring four ST-5 wins in 2005 en route to runner-up honours.[5]
In 2006, Mineo joined Porsche-fielding Endless Sports to make his debut in the GT300 class of Super GT, taking a lone podium at Fuji as he ended the year 21st in points.[6] In parallel, Mineo also raced for the team in the ST-2 class of Super Taikyu, in which he scored a class podium at Okayama.[7] Two seasons with Toyota-affiliated apr then ensued,[8] in which Mineo took his second series podium at Sugo in 2008, a year in which he finished 14th in points.[9] During 2008, Mineo also raced for Endless Sports in the ST-2 class of Super Taikyu, scoring wins at Motegi and Fuji.[10]
Staying with Endless for the 2009 Super Taikyu season,[11] Mineo scored four wins and three other podiums to secure the ST-2 title and was given the Mitsubishi Motors/Ralliart Driver of the Year award at season's end.[12] Towards the end of the year, Mineo reunited with apr to compete in the final five races of the 2009 Super GT Series.[13] Remaining in ST-2 with Endless for the following two seasons, Mineo won three times in 2010 en-route to runner-up honours,[14] before repeating the same feat a year later with four wins to his name.[15] In the midst of this, Mineo finished on the podium at the 2010 Pokka GT Summer Special for ASL-affiliated Autobacs Racing Team Aguri,[16] and raced for Team Taisan on a full-time basis in the 2011 Super GT Series.[17]
Remaining with the Porsche customer team for 2012, now in a partnership with Endless,[18] Mineo won the season-ending race at Motegi and scored three other podiums to clinch the GT300 title along with Naoki Yokomizo.[19] In parallel, Mineo continued with Endless to make his debut in the ST-1 class of Super Taikyu,[20] which he won after scoring four wins and standing on the podium in all seven races.[21] Continuing with Team Taisan Endless for the following year, Mineo scored a best result of third at Sugo to finish 12th in the GT300 standings in his title defence season.[22] During 2013, Mineo also made a one-off appearance for the team in the Asian Le Mans Series at Inje,[23] and led Endless in the GT3 class of Super Taikyu.[24]
After a season spent bouncing around teams in GT300 and scoring a lone overall win in Super Taikyu for Endless en route to second in ST-X,[25][26] Mineo joined Ferrari-fielding Direction Racing for the 2015 Super GT season, in which he took a best result of fourth at Autopolis.[27] In parallel, Mineo raced with Endless in Super Taikyu for his second consecutive season in the ST-X class, in which he scored three wins and two other podiums to seal the title.[28] Remaining with Endless for another season in ST-X, Mineo won twice and finished on the podium in every race he started to secure runner-up in the ST-X standings.[29] During 2016, Mineo also raced in the GT300 class of Super GT for Team Direction, in the then-new Lamborghini Huracán GT3.[30]
In 2017, Mineo joined Porsche customer team Pacific Racing with Gulf Racing.[31] In his eighth full-time season in Super GT, Mineo took a lone podium at Okayama as he ended the year eighth in GT300.[32] One-off appearances in Super GT and Super Taikyu then followed in 2018,[33][34] before Mineo returned to Pacific Racing for his full-time return in the former the following year, in which he took a best result of ninth at Sugo.[35]
Personal life
editRacing record
editRacing career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Nissan Saurus Junior Kanto Series | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brains Super Cup Race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | 11th | ||
| 1997 | Nissan Saurus Junior East Japan Series | 5 | 4 | ? | ? | 4 | 1st | ||
| 1998 | Formula Toyota Main Series | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th | ||
| 1999 | Formula Toyota Main Series | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5th | ||
| 2000 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | DTM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9th |
| 2001 | Netz Cup Altezza Series | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8th | ||
| 2002 | Netz Cup Altezza Series | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9th | ||
| 24 Hours of Tokachi – Class N+ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | 4th | ||
| Integra East Japan Series | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
| 2003 | Netz Cup Altezza Series | 7 | 2 | ? | ? | 4 | 1st | ||
| Integra One-Make Series Intercup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
| Integra One-Make East Japan Series | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
| 24 Hours of Tokachi – Class N+ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/a | 2nd | ||
| 2004 | Super Taikyu – Class N+ | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3rd‡ | |
| 2005 | Super Taikyu – ST-5 | ARTA with SPIRIT | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2nd‡ | |
| 2006 | Super GT – GT300 | Endless Sports | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 21st |
| Super Taikyu – ST-2 | Endless Sports | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2007 | Super GT – GT300 | apr | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18th |
| 2008 | Super Taikyu – ST-2 | Endless Sports | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Super GT – GT300 | apr | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 14th | |
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | Super Taikyu – ST-2 | Endless Sports | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1st‡ | |
| Super GT – GT300 | apr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15th | |
| 2010 | Super Taikyu – ST-2 | Endless Sports | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2nd‡ | |
| Super GT – GT300 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC | |
| 2011 | Super Taikyu – ST-2 | Endless Sports | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2nd‡ | |
| Super GT – GT300 | Team Taisan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2012 | Super GT – GT300 | Team Taisan Endless | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 1st |
| Super Taikyu – ST-1 | Endless Sports | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1st‡ | ||
| 2013 | Asian Le Mans Series – GTC | Team Taisan Ken Endless | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11th |
| Super GT – GT300 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12th | ||
| Super Taikyu – GT3 | Endless Sports | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49.5‡ | 5th‡ | |
| 2014 | Super GT – GT300 | Leon Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23rd |
| Porsche Team KTR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Taisan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Super Taikyu – ST-X | Endless Sports | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 84‡ | 2nd‡ | |
| 2015 | Super GT – GT300 | Direction Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17th |
| Super Taikyu – ST-X | Endless Sports | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 108‡ | 1st‡ | |
| 2016 | Super GT – GT300 | Lamborghini Team Direction Shift | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Super Taikyu – ST-X | Endless Sports | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 116.5‡ | 2nd‡ | |
| 2017 | Super GT – GT300 | Pacific Racing with Gulf Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8th |
| 2018 | Super Taikyu – ST-X | Endless Sports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88‡ | 3rd‡ |
| Super GT – GT300 | Pacific Racing with Gulf Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2019 | Super GT – GT300 | Pacific Racing with Good Speed | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27th |
| Sources:[37][38] | |||||||||
† As Mineo was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
‡ Team standings.
Complete Super GT results
edit‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Team Taisan Ken Endless | GTC | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 | INJ 2 |
FUJ |
ZHU |
SEP |
11th | 18 |
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- ↑ "Kyosuke Mineo Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
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External links
edit- Kyosuke Mineo career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website