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Shinya Michimi
道見ショーン真也
Born
Shinya Sean Michimi

(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 32)
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
NationalityJapan Japanese
Racing licence FIA Silver
Championship titles
2016Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro

Shinya Sean Michimi (道見ショーン真也, Michimi Shōn Shinya; born 29 June 1993) is an American-born Japanese former racing driver who last competed in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian.

Career

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Born in Cincinnati to a Japanese father and American mother, Michimi lived in the US throughout his karting career,[1] before moving to Japan to make his single-seater debut in 2012 in Formula Challenge Japan.[2] In his first season in the series as a Toyota development driver, Michimi scored his only points of the season at Suzuka by finishing fourth and taking three points.[3]

Returning to Formula Challenge Japan under Toyota's support for 2013,[4] Michimi took his maiden series podium at Motegi by finishing second from pole.[5] Michimi then scored two more podiums in the subsequent two rounds at Fuji, which helped him end the year seventh in points.[6][7] At the end of the year, Michimi competed in the MRF Racing-centrally run 2013–14 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship.[8] Racing in the first three rounds of the season, Michimi took his only podium of the season on his final series appearance, finishing second to Rupert Svendsen-Cook in race four at Bahrain.[9][10]

After testing Auto GP machinery in late 2013 for Euronova Racing,[11] Michimi joined the team for the fourth round of the 2014 season at Monza to make his series debut.[12] Running as high as fourth on debut, Michimi retired due to a mechanical failure in race one,[13] before finishing sixth in race two.[14] After another one-off appearance at the Red Bull Ring in which he finished fourth in race two,[15] Michimi returned to the team for the season-finale at Estoril, taking his maiden win in cars in race two.[16]

Michimi remained with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing as he switched to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for 2015. Racing alongside Kei Cozzolino, the pair won in the Pro-Am class at Monza,[17] before moving up to the Pro class and taking a best result of second at Spa.[18] Remaining in Super Trofeo competition for 2016, Michimi joined Prestige Performance to race in its North American counterpart in the Pro class as a Lamborghini junior.[19][20] Taking his maiden series win at Laguna Seca,[21] before winning both races at Watkins Glen and VIR,[22][23] and then taking winning Road America,[24] helping him to secure the Super Trofeo North America title at season's end.[25] After taking a one-year hiatus, Michimi returned to Super Trofeo North America for 2018, joining Precision Performance Motorsports in the Pro class alongside Brandon Gdovic.[26] In his return to racing, Michimi took a lone win at Road America en route to a fourth-place points finish in class.[27]

In 2019, Michimi joined X Works to race with them in Super Taikyu and part-time in the GT300 class of the Super GT Series,[28] in which he scored a best result of sixth at Sugo.[29] During 2019, Michimi missed the second-to-last round of the Super Taikyu series as he made a one-off comeback to Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America at VIR, in which he won race two.[30] Towards the end of the year, Michimi competed in the Petit Le Mans for Precision Performance Motorsports in the GTD class,[31] in which he qualified third in class and set the fastest lap in GTD.[32]

The following year, Michimi joined Honda-affiliated Meyer Shank Racing to contest the endurance rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.[33] In the four races he contested, Michimi won at Road Atlanta,[34] finished third at Sebring and scored the GTD pole for the Petit Le Mans.[35][36] After sitting most of 2021 on the sidelines, Michimi made a one-off appearance in the ST-X class of the Super Taikyu Series as he raced in the Fuji 24 Hours for CarGuy Racing.[37]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2005 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – HPV Junior Sportsman 22nd
WKA Manufacturer's Cup – Yamaha Junior 30th
2006 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – Yamaha Junior 10th
2007 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – HPV Junior Heavy 7th
200 Miles of Newcastle L&T Racing 62nd
2008 Manufacturer's Cup Series – Yamaha Jr SuperCan Heavy 2nd
Manufacturer's Cup Series – Yamaha Jr SuperCan Lite Merlin Woltjer USA 13th
Rotax Max Challenge USA – Junior Max Merlin MRP USA 25th
200 Miles of Newcastle Team KartLift 35th
2009 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – HPV Junior Lite 5th
2010 200 Miles of Newcastle RaceToADomain.com 34th
2011 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – Komet Lite 2nd
2012 200 Miles of Newcastle Three Samurais 41st
Sources:[38]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 Formula Challenge Japan FTRS Scholarship 12 0 0 0 0 3 10th
2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 4 0 0 0 0 24 12th
2013 Formula Challenge Japan FTRS Scholarship SMR 12 0 2 0 3 26 7th
2013–14 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 8 0 0 0 1 62 6th
2014 Auto GP Series Euronova Racing 6 1 0 3 1 55 8th
2015 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 4 1 0 1 1 0 NC
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro 10 0 0 0 2 81 5th
2016 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Prestige Performance 12 6 6 8 12 110 1st
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final – Pro 2 0 0 0 0 9 7th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 2 0 0 0 0 2 20th
2018 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Precision Performance Motorsports 10 1 3 0 8 110 4th
California 8 Hours – GT3 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 1 — 2nd
2019 Super GT – GT300 X Works 5 0 0 0 0 12 23rd
Super Taikyu – ST-X 4 0 0 0 0 60‡ 6th‡
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Precision Performance Motorsports 2 1 1 0 2 26 7th
IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD 1 0 0 1 0 21 55th
2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 4 1 1 0 2 107 26th
2021 Super Taikyu – ST-X CarGuy Racing 1 0 0 0 0 23‡ 7th‡
Sources:[39][38]

‡ Team standings

Complete Super GT Series results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2019 X Works Nismo GT-R GT3 GT300 OKA
 FUJ
7 		SUZ
 CHA
 FUJ
16 		AUT
19 		SUG
6 		MOT
8 		23rd 12

Complete IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship results

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Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref
2019 Precision Performance Motorsports GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
SEB
 MDO
DET
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
LAG
PET
10 		55th 21 [40]
2020 Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian GTD Acura NSX GT3 Evo Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
10 		DAY
 SEB ELK
 VIR
 ATL
1 		MOH
 CLT
 PET
10 		LGA
 SEB
3 		26th 107 [41]

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