Ritomo Miyata
宮田莉朋
Miyata at the2023 6 Hours of Monza
Born	(1999-08-10)10 August 1999 (age 26) Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2024
Current team	ART Grand Prix
Racing licence	FIA Gold(until 2023) FIA Platinum(2024–present)
Car number	15
Former teams	Rodin
Starts	39
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	19th in2024
Super Formula career
Years active	2020–2023
Teams	TOM'S
Starts	28
Championships	1 (2023)
Wins	2
Podiums	8
Poles	0
Fastest laps	3
Super GT career
Years active	2018–2023
Teams	LM,TOM'S,Bandoh
Starts	48
Championships	1 (2023)
Wins	5
Podiums	10
Poles	3
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	1st in2023(GT500)
Previous series
2024 2018–2023 2020 2019 2017–2019 2015–2017	ELMS Super Taikyu Super Formula Lights WTCC Japanese F3 F4 Japanese
Championship titles
2020 2016,2017	Super Formula Lights F4 Japanese Championship

Ritomo Miyata (Japanese:宮田莉朋,Hepburn:Miyata Ritomo; born 10 August 1999) is a Japaneseracing driver who competes in theFIA Formula 2 Championship forART Grand Prix as part of theTGR Driver Challenge Program and serves as a reserve driver in theFIA World Endurance Championship forToyota. InJapanese motorsport, Miyata won theSuper Formula Championship andSuper GT, both in 2023 withTOM'S.

A member of theTGR Driver Challenge Program from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025, he last competed in the series in2024 withRodin Motorsport. He previously won the2020 Super Formula Lights championship, as well as back-to-back titles in theF4 Japanese Championship.

Miyata is a graduate of Yokohama High School. His name comes from theFiat Ritmo, named as such by his parents as they were car enthusiasts. He was diagnosed withautism early in his childhood and was unable to adjust to school life during his kindergarten and elementary schooling years, spending much of his early life receiving counseling at various hospitals; he uses racing as a method of subduing his traits.^[1]

Miyata is an avid gamer, bringing his computer and consoles to races.^[2] As of September 2023, Miyata has over 500 race wins from 1,000 starts iniRacing official events^[3] and also participates in esports racing events for BS+COMPETITION.^[4]

Miyata started his motorsport career in karting in 2004, winning the All-Japan Kart Championship KF class title in 2014. In 2015, after his 16th birthday, he made his formula racing debut in theFormula 4 Japanese Championship with the RSS team at the last three race weekends of the season. Despite his limited experience, he finished in the top ten in three of the six races, including a podium finish atAutopolis. He finished 15th in the standings with 24 points.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016 he made his full-time Japanese F4 debut with Toyota-backedTOM'S Spirit. He won two races atFuji Speedway and took podium finishes in three other races, and won the championship by just four points over Honda-sponsored driverUkyo Sasahara.

In 2017, Miyata raced a dual program in Japanese F4 and theAll-Japan Formula Three Championship, driving in both series withTOM'S (TOM'S Spirit in F4). He won his second consecutive F4 title with four wins and 11 podiums, including a sweep of the two races atFuji during theGolden Week holiday. He defeated Sasahara for the second year, this time by a margin of seven points, while finishing 58 points ahead of third-place driverYuki Tsunoda.

In his debut Formula 3 season, he achieved ten podium finishes and finished fourth in the championship with 79 points, behindMitsunori Takaboshi,Sho Tsuboi andÁlex Palou. At the end of the year he made his debut in theMacau Grand Prix, finishing 12th.

Miyata continued in All-Japan F3 for a second season with TOM'S. He won his first race at Fuji on 8 July, followed by a second win atOkayama on 28 July. These two wins propelled him to second in the championship behind his teammate Tsuboi, who won the championship and the other 17 races that year. Miyata finished 13th in his second Macau Grand Prix start.

He returned for a third season of All-Japan F3 in2019. Miyata won eight races, including five of the last eight, but finished second in the standings again, this time to formerRenault Sport Academy driverSacha Fenestraz ofB-Max Racing Team.

2019 was the last season for the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, which was renamedSuper Formula Lights in2020. Miyata returned for a fourth season in this category. Beginning with a sweep of the opening round atTwin Ring Motegi, Miyata won 12 out of 17 races and clinched the championship with a win in the penultimate race meeting atSuzuka Circuit.^[5]

Miyata made his debut in Super GT in 2018, driving in the GT300 class forLexus customer teamLM corsa. At 18 years old, he recorded his first podium finish atChang International Circuit inBuriram, Thailand, where he and co-driverHiroki Yoshimoto finished third.

LM corsa changed tyre suppliers fromYokohama toDunlop in 2019, and Miyata returned for his second season. In the sixth round at Autopolis, Miyata took his first career win after a late-race charge from Yoshimoto to take the lead with four laps to go.^[6] Miyata and Yoshimoto also won both races of theauto sport Web Sprint Cup, a GT3 and GT300-only support race held during the inaugural Super GT x DTM Dream Race weekend at Fuji Speedway.^[7]

Earlier that season, Miyata made his one-off GT500 debut at the Fuji GT 500 km Race, when he substituted forKazuki Nakajima at TOM'S, driving the number 36Lexus LC 500 alongsideYuhi Sekiguchi.

In 2020, Toyota Gazoo Racing confirmed that Miyata would step up to GT500 full-time withTGR Team WedsSport Bandoh, driving the newToyota GR Supra GT500 alongsideYuji Kunimoto. Miyata scored five top-ten finishes including a best finish of seventh place in round five at Fuji.

Miyata remained at the WedsSport Bandoh team for a second season in 2021. He scored his first pole position at the Fuji 500 km, and finished second at the following round in Motegi for his first GT500 podium. Miyata and Kunimoto would finish second again in the seventh round at Motegi, ending the season 11th in the drivers' standings.

After two seasons, Miyata transferred to TOM'S for the 2022 season. He joined the number 37 team, replacingWorld Endurance Championship-boundRyō Hirakawa and forming a new partnership with his one-time F3 rival Sacha Fenestraz. The combination of Miyata and Fenestraz had an impressive season highlighted by both drivers' first career GT500 wins, during the Fuji GT 450 km Race in August. Miyata and Fenestraz finished sixth in the drivers' championship with six top-ten finishes and two podiums.

In 2023, Miyata moved over to the number 36 car, this time on a permanent basis with Sho Tsuboi as his co-driver. Miyata and Tsuboi won the Golden Week 450 km race at Fuji in only their second race together, then finished second in the following round at Suzuka. The pair won their second race at Autopolis in the penultimate round of the season, which gave them a seven-point lead going into the final race at Motegi. Late in the race, Miyata was running in second place, which would have given TOM'S the championship ahead of NDDP Racing driversKatsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi. Takaboshi spun off while leading, and Miyata took the lead with five laps to go. Miyata and Tsuboi clinched the championship with their third win of the season.

This made Miyata the fifth driver to win both the Super GT GT500 and Super Formula championships in the same year, joiningPedro de la Rosa (1997),Satoshi Motoyama (2003),Richard Lyons (2004), andNaoki Yamamoto (2018 and 2020).

Due toKazuki Nakajima's commitments in theFIA World Endurance Championship and the travel restrictions mandated during theCOVID-19 pandemic, Miyata made his Super Formula championship debut in 2020, replacing Nakajima at Vantelin Team TOM'S for two races. He qualified on the front row for his series debut atOkayama International Circuit, finished ninth in the race, then finished eighth in his second start atAutopolis.

After winning the Super Formula Lights championship, Miyata earned a full-time Super Formula drive with TOM'S in 2021, replacing the departingNick Cassidy. Miyata had six top-ten finishes in seven races, and finished tenth in the championship with a best finish of fourth in a rain-shortened race at Autopolis. Miyata took another step forward in 2022, the last season for theDallara SF19 chassis. He got his first podium finish, a third place, in the second round at Fuji. He finished the season with another third place in the final round at Suzuka, and was fourth in the final championship standings.

The newDallara SF23 made its debut in 2023, Miyata's fourth season in Super Formula. In the third round of the season at Suzuka, Miyata took his first career win. He got his second win in round five at Sugo, ahead of two-time series championTomoki Nojiri. A third-place finish at the season-endingJAF Grand Prix at Suzuka was enough for Miyata to clinch the championship ahead ofRed Bull Racing reserve driverLiam Lawson and Nojiri. Miyata scored a total of six podium finishes and finished all nine races inside the top five.

On 14 November 2023, Toyota announced that Miyata would enter the2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship. Two weeks later, he would be confirmed to drive forRodin Motorsport (formerly Rodin Carlin) alongsideZane Maloney.^[8][9] Miyata recorded his first points-paying finish atBahrain International Circuit.

Miyata continued inFormula 2 for 2025, this time moving over toART Grand Prix.^[10]

Thanks to the technical partnership agreement thatToyota Gazoo Racing andHaas F1 Team signed in October 2024, Miyata had the opportunity to drive aHaas VF-23 of the American team in private tests inJerez in January 2025 alongside the team's official drivers,Esteban Ocon andOliver Bearman.^[11] In 2025, Miyata also conducted tests withAlpine in May atZandvoort and in June atMonza.^[12][13]

On 30 May 2023, Toyota Gazoo Racing announced that Miyata was selected as a WEC Challenge programme driver, with the goal of developing a career path towards the top category of the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[14] Miyata joined Toyota Gazoo Racing in a non-driving role at the2023 24 Hours of Le Mans and the6 Hours of Monza later that season.

At the6 Hours of Fuji, Miyata made his WEC race debut in theLMGTE Am class, driving aFerrari 488 GTE Evo forKessel Racing with the blessing of Toyota.^[15] Miyata finished third in class, after he was demoted from second place following a post-race time penalty for not reducing his speed in time during aFull Course Yellow.^[16] He returned to the WEC at the2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, replacingKelvin van der Linde in the #78Akkodis ASP TeamLexus RC F LMGT3.^[17]

In November 2023, Miyata was confirmed to race in theEuropean Le Mans Series LMP2 class with Cool Racing, alongsidePeugeot Sport development driverMalthe Jakobsen andLorenzo Fluxá.^[8] Miyata won in his first start in the series at the4 Hours of Barcelona.^[18]

Miyata entered the2019 World Touring Car CupRace of Japan at Suzuka, driving anAudi RS 3 LMS TCR forAudi Team Hitotsuyama as a wildcard entry. Miyata was scheduled to compete in the 2020Suzuka 10 Hours for Hitotsuyama in anAudi R8 LMS GT3,^[19] but the race was cancelled due to the effects of theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Beginning in 2018, Miyata began competing in theSuper Taikyu Series. He made his debut in the ST-3 class with Le Beausset Motorsports, where he helped the team to a runner-up finish in the championship. He then competed the ST-4 class with Endless Sports from 2019 to 2020. From 2021 to 2023, he drove Audi Team Hitotsuyama, beginning with a one-off ST-X class drive at theFuji 24 Hours in anAudi R8 LMS GT3, then in the ST-Z class in anAudi R8 LMS GT4 in 2022 and 2023.

Miyata made hisIMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship debut at the2024 24 Hours of Daytona, driving a Lexus RC F GT3 forVasser Sullivan Racing.^[20] Miyata and co-driversFrankie Montecalvo,Parker Thompson, andAaron Telitz started from pole position in the GT Daytona (GTD) class but retired in the final hour after the car caught fire after a pit stop.

* Season still in progress.
† As Miyata was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
‡ Team standings.

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^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

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* Season still in progress.

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2024	Cool Racing	Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	289	26th	12th

• Ritomo Miyata career summary at DriverDB.com

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