# Yusuke Tomibayashi

Yusuke Tomibayashi (冨林 勇佑, Tomibayashi Yūsuke, born 4 May 1996 in Yokohama) is a Japanese racing driver and sim racer currently competing for Pacific Racing Team in the GT300 class of Super GT. He is the 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup champion.

## Esports career

Starting his career on racing simulators, Tomibayashi saw early success on Gran Turismo Sport-based championships, winning the FIA-sanctioned 2016 Manufacturer Fan Cup and taking fifth in the 2018 Roots Japan Cup Final.
In 2019, Tomibayashi won the Roots Japan Cup Final and the National Prefectural eSports Championship at Ibaraki, representing Kanagawa. Three years later, in 2022, he participated in the iRacing-based Suzuka E-Sports Challenge Race along with Iori Kimura.

## Super Taikyu
### 2021

Tomibayashi won at Autopolis and Suzuka to clinch his second ST-3 title with a race to spare.

### 2022

Tracy Sports with Delta retained Tomibayashi for the 2022 season, staying in ST-3 class alongside the returning Hirotaka Ishii, and Takashi Ito who moved over from the 41 car. Tomibayashi won at Sugo and clinched his third ST-3 title in a row.

### 2023

Staying with Tracy Sports with Delta for the fourth season in a row, Tomibayashi moved to the ST-4 class for the 2023 season. Tomibayashi took wins at Motegi and Okayama to win his fourth straight Super Taikyu title and first in ST-4.

### 2024

Tomibayashi stayed in the ST-4 class for the 2024 season, continuing a five year-long partnership with Tracy Sports with Delta. In the final race of the season, Tomibayashi was leading in his class but suffered a tire failure in the closing stages, which forced the car into retirement and had to settle for third in the standings.

## Super GT
### 2022

Tomibayashi stepped up to Super GT's GT300 class in 2022, joining Team Mach alongside Reiji Hiraki, becoming Japan's first sim-racer to race in the series. In only his third race in GT300, Tomibayashi finished on the podium, taking second place at Suzuka.

### 2023

Towards the end of 2022, it was announced that Tomibayashi would return to Team Mach for the 2023 season, alongside Takamitsu Matsui. In the opening race of the season at Okayama, Tomibayashi scored 15th place in a weekend headlined by rain.

### 2024

After two years at Team Mach, Tomibayashi joined Pacific Racing Team ahead of the 2024 season alongside Ryohei Sakaguchi. In the second round at Fuji, Tomibayashi ended the race in 12th, which would turn out to be his season-best result.

### 2025

Tomibayashi returned to Pacific Racing Team for the 2025 season, alongside Sakaguchi and returning third driver Yuta Fujiwara.

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2019 | Roadster Party Race East Japan Series – ND Series | Ena Motorsports Club | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 1st |
| 2019 | Super Taikyu Series – ST-4 | Glory Racing with A-One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9‡ | 11th‡ |
| 2020 | Super Taikyu Series – ST-3 | Tracy Sports with Delta | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 117.5‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2020 | Mini Challenge Japan – Cooper S | D.D.R | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 148 | 10th |
| 2021 | Super Taikyu Series – ST-3 | Tracy Sports with Delta | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 119.5‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2022 | Super GT – GT300 | Team Mach | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 18th |
| 2022 | Super Taikyu Series – ST-3 | Tracy Sports with Delta | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 136.5‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2022 | TGR GR86/BRZ Cup | Delta Motorsports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 1st |
| 2023 | Super GT – GT300 | Team Mach | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | Super Taikyu Series – ST-3 | Tracy Sports with Delta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.5‡ | 2nd‡ |
| 2023 | Super Taikyu Series – ST-4 | Tracy Sports with Delta | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 132‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2023 | TGR GR86/BRZ Cup | Delta Motorsports | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13th |
| 2024 | Super GT – GT300 | Pacific Racing Team | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2024 | Super Taikyu Series – ST-3 | Tracy Sports with Delta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 129‡ | 2nd‡ |
| 2024 | Super Taikyu Series – ST-4 | Tracy Sports with Delta | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 116.5‡ | 3rd‡ |
| 2024 | TGR GR86/BRZ Cup | Delta Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 3rd |
| 2025 | Super GT – GT300 | Pacific Racing Team | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | Super Taikyu Series – ST-4 | Tracy Sports with Delta | | | | | | *‡ | *‡ |
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‡ Team standings

### Complete Super GT results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GT300 | OKA 18 | FUJ 24 | SUZ 2 | FUJ 17 | SUZ 19 | SUG 21 | AUT 25 | MOT Ret | 18th | 15 |
| 2023 | Team Mach | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GT300 | OKA 15 | FUJ1 22 | SUZ1 19 | FUJ2 18 | SUZ2 21 | SUG 22 | MOT 18 | MOT 18 | NC | 0 |
| 2024 | Pacific Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA 21 | FUJ 12 | SUZ 17 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 14 | SUG 20 | AUT Ret | MOT 17 | NC | 0 |
| 2025 | Pacific Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | |