# Yuki Nemoto

Yuki Nemoto (根本悠生, Nemoto Yūki, born September 22, 1996) is a Japanese racing driver who last competed in Super GT for apr, and in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing. He has spent most of his career racing in Italy with VSR, winning the Italian GT Championship twice with the team - once in the Sprint category in 2020, and again in the Endurance Championship in 2022.

## Racing career

Nemoto raced in F4 Japanese Championship for two seasons with KCMG where he settled 7th & 13th respectively with three podiums during those seasons. In 2018, Nemoto competed in Japanese Formula 3 Championship with Albirex Racing Team. He only competed for couple of rounds where he claimed 1 podium. In 2020, Nemoto raced his last formula racing in Formula Regional Japanese Championship with Zak Speed for one round at Sportsland SUGO. On that season he claimed his first win, and couple of podiums. For 2023, Nemoto made his debut in Super GT - GT300 with apr with their new car Lexus LC500h, as the third driver. Nemoto claimed his Super GT podium at Autopolis, and for the last round at Motegi he competed with Kazuto Kotaka replaces original driver Koki Saga.

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2013 | Formula Challenge Japan | Tokyo Toyopet FTRS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11th |
| 2014 | JAF Japan Formula 4 - West | WiLLDO ZTE Spirit | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 7th |
| 2014 | JAF Japan Formula 4 - East | WiLLDO ZTE Spirit | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 2nd |
| 2015 | F4 Japanese Championship | KCMG | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 7th |
| 2016 | F4 Japanese Championship | KCMG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 13th |
| 2016 | Italian GT Championship - Super GT Cup | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 102 | 9th |
| 2017 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | VS Racing | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 121 | 4th |
| 2017 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final | VS Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2nd |
| 2017 | Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3 | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 23rd |
| 2018 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Albirex Racing Team | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9th |
| 2019 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | VSR | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 6th |
| 2019 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final | VS Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7th |
| 2020 | Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 76 | 1st |
| 2020 | Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10th |
| 2020 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | VS Racing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 2020 | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | Zap Speed | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 8th |
| 2020 | Super Taikyu - ST-X | Mercedes-AMG Team Hirix Racing | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 105‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2021 | International GT Open | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 105 | 4th |
| 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2021 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | Garage 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 14th |
| 2022 | Italian GT Endurance Championship | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 1st |
| 2022 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12th |
| 2022 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | Super GT - GT300 | apr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 11th |
| 2023 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | VSR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT300 | apr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NA |
| 2024 | GT World Challenge Asia | ANR with VSR | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2024 | SRO Japan Cup - GT3 | ANR with VSR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11th |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT300 | apr | | | | | | | |
‡ Team standings

### Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Pts |
| 2015 | KCMG | OKA 1 Ret | OKA 2 10 | FUJ1 1 8 | FUJ1 2 7 | FUJ2 1 12 | FUJ2 2 Ret | SUZ 1 10 | SUZ 2 5 | SUG 1 15 | SUG 2 14 | AUT 1 14 | AUT 2 8 | MOT 1 2 | MOT 2 3 | 7th | 47 |
| 2016 | KCMG | OKA 1 9 | OKA 2 7 | FUJ1 1 6 | FUJ1 2 6 | SUG 1 Ret | SUG 2 3 | FUJ2 1 Ret | FUJ2 2 7 | FUJ2 3 19 | SUZ 1 10 | SUZ 2 10 | MOT 1 20 | MOT 2 7 | MOT 3 13 | 13th | 53 |

### Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
| 2018 | Albirex Racing Team | Mercedes-Benz | SUZ 1 9 | SUZ 2 10 | SUG1 1 9 | SUG1 2 7 | FUJ1 1 9 | FUJ1 2 8 | OKA1 1 | OKA1 2 | OKA1 3 | MOT 1 8 | MOT 2 13 | MOT 3 8 | OKA2 1 3 | OKA2 2 6 | OKA2 3 C | SUG2 1 13 | SUG2 2 10 | SUG2 3 6 | SUG2 4 Ret | FUJ2 1 | FUJ2 2 | 9th | 7 |

### Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
| 2020 | Zap Speed | FUJ1 1 | FUJ1 2 | FUJ1 3 | SUG 1 3 | SUG 2 1 | SUG 3 2 | FUJ2 1 | FUJ2 2 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | 8th | 58 |

### Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
| 2023 | apr | Lexus LC 500h GT | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 8 | SUZ 13 | FUJ 5 | SUZ 6 | SUG | AUT 3 | MOT 4 | 11th | 33 |
| 2024 | apr | Lexus LC 500h GT | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 5 | SUZ 4 | FUJ 12 | SUG | AUT 14 | MOT | SUZ 3 | NC | - |
| 2025 | apr | Lexus LC 500h GT | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | |
$^*$ Season still in progress.