# Shinnosuke Yamada

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

## Early career

In late 2010, Yamada won the Honda SRS-F scolarship to compete in the 2011 Formula Challenge Japan.
In 2015, Yamada joined B-Max Racing Team to compete in the inaugural season of the F4 Japanese Championship. Yamada won race two at Autopolis and concluded the season fourth in points.

## Super GT

Stepping up to GT300 for 2016, Yamada joined Team UpGarage with Bandoh alongside Yuhki Nakayama.
In 2017, Yamada switched to Team Taisan SARD, partnering Shintaro Kawabata.
Yamada stayed with Team Taisan for the 2018 season. At the season-opener in Okayama, Yamada scored his only points of the season, finishing ninth and scoring two points.
With Team Taisan exiting Super GT following the 2018 season, Yamada returned to Team UpGarage as their third driver for the 2019 season.
In early 2020, it was announced that Yamada would join JLOC alongside Tsubasa Takahashi. 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.
During 2022 Yamada returned to GT300, racing as SHADE Racing's third driver for the fifth round of the season at Suzuka. However, Yamada didn't run the race and thus wasn't credited with the team's seventh-place finish.
In 2023, Yamada returned to SHADE Racing's GT300 operations as a third driver for five out of eight races. 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.

## 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 | ?? | 4 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | 1st |
| 2013 | Super FJ – All-Japan Masters Race | Bloom Group & MTN | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | 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 |
| 2019 | 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 |
| 2020 | Super Taikyu – ST-Z | Endless Sports | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 129.5‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2021 | Super Taikyu – ST-Z | Techno First | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16‡ | 12th‡ |
| 2021 | Super Taikyu – ST-Z | Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42‡ | 8th‡ |
| 2022 | Super GT – GT300 | SHADE Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2022 | Super Taikyu – ST-Z | SHADE Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115.5‡ | 2nd‡ |
| 2022 | Super Taikyu – ST-4 | SHADE Racing | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 142‡ | 2nd‡ |
| 2023 | Super GT – GT300 | SHADE Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | Super Taikyu – ST-4 | SHADE Racing | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 56‡ | 7th‡ |
| 2024 | Super Taikyu – ST-4 | SHADE Racing | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 118‡ | 2nd‡ |
| 2025 | Super Taikyu – ST-4 | SHADE Racing | | | | | | *‡ | *‡ |
| Sources: ||||||||||
‡ 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 | 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 | SUG | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 |
| 2023 | SHADE Racing | Toyota GR86 GT300 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 12 | SUZ 10 | FUJ 15 | SUZ 18 | SUG | AUT 13 | MOT | NC | 0 |