45 Facts About Ritomo Miyata

Ritomo Miyata is a Japanese racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for ART Grand Prix, and serves as a reserve driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota.

In Japanese motorsport, Miyata won the Super Formula Championship and Super GT, both in 2023 with TOM'S.

Ritomo Miyata previously won the 2020 Super Formula Lights championship, as well as back-to-back titles in the F4 Japanese Championship.

Ritomo Miyata's name comes from the Fiat Ritmo, named as such by his parents as they were car enthusiasts.

Ritomo Miyata was diagnosed with autism 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.

Ritomo Miyata is an avid gamer, bringing his computer and consoles to races.

Ritomo Miyata started his motorsport career in karting in 2004, winning the All-Japan Kart Championship KF class title in 2014.

Ritomo Miyata finished 15th in the standings with 24 points.

Ritomo Miyata won two races at Fuji Speedway and took podium finishes in three other races, and won the championship by just four points over Honda-sponsored driver Ukyo Sasahara.

In 2017, Ritomo Miyata raced a dual program in Japanese F4 and the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, driving in both series with TOM'S.

Ritomo Miyata won his second consecutive F4 title with four wins and 11 podiums, including a sweep of the two races at Fuji during the Golden Week holiday.

Ritomo Miyata defeated Sasahara for the second year, this time by a margin of seven points, while finishing 58 points ahead of third-place driver Yuki Tsunoda.

Ritomo Miyata continued in All-Japan F3 for a second season with TOM'S.

Ritomo Miyata finished 13th in his second Macau Grand Prix start.

Ritomo Miyata returned for a third season of All-Japan F3 in 2019.

Ritomo Miyata won eight races, including five of the last eight, but finished second in the standings again, this time to former Renault Sport Academy driver Sacha Fenestraz of B-Max Racing Team.

Ritomo Miyata made his debut in Super GT in 2018, driving in the GT300 class for Lexus customer team LM corsa.

LM corsa changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Dunlop in 2019, and Ritomo Miyata returned for his second season.

Ritomo Miyata scored five top-ten finishes including a best finish of seventh place in round five at Fuji.

Ritomo Miyata remained at the WedsSport Bandoh team for a second season in 2021.

Ritomo Miyata joined the number 37 team, replacing World Endurance Championship-bound Ryo Hirakawa and forming a new partnership with his one-time F3 rival Sacha Fenestraz.

In 2023, Ritomo Miyata moved over to the number 36 car, this time on a permanent basis with Sho Tsuboi as his co-driver.

Late in the race, Ritomo Miyata was running in second place, which would have given TOM'S the championship ahead of NDDP Racing drivers Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi.

Takaboshi spun off while leading, and Ritomo Miyata took the lead with five laps to go.

Ritomo 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.

Ritomo Miyata took another step forward in 2022, the last season for the Dallara SF19 chassis.

Ritomo Miyata got his first podium finish, a third place, in the second round at Fuji.

Ritomo Miyata finished the season with another third place in the final round at Suzuka, and was fourth in the final championship standings.

Ritomo Miyata got his second win in round five at Sugo, ahead of two-time series champion Tomoki Nojiri.

Ritomo Miyata scored a total of six podium finishes and finished all nine races inside the top five.

On 14 November 2023, Toyota announced that Ritomo Miyata would enter the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Ritomo Miyata recorded his first points-paying finish at Bahrain International Circuit.

Ritomo Miyata continued in Formula 2 for 2025, this time moving over to ART Grand Prix.

Thanks to the technical partnership agreement that Toyota Gazoo Racing and Haas F1 Team signed in October 2024, Ritomo Miyata had the opportunity to drive a Haas VF-23 of the American team in private tests in Jerez in January 2025 alongside the team's official drivers, Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman.

On 30 May 2023, Toyota Gazoo Racing announced that Ritomo 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.

Ritomo Miyata joined Toyota Gazoo Racing in a non-driving role at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 6 Hours of Monza later that season.

At the 6 Hours of Fuji, Ritomo Miyata made his WEC race debut in the LMGTE Am class, driving a Ferrari 488 GTE Evo for Kessel Racing with the blessing of Toyota.

Ritomo 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 a Full Course Yellow.

In November 2023, Ritomo Miyata was confirmed to race in the European Le Mans Series LMP2 class with Cool Racing, alongside Peugeot Sport development driver Malthe Jakobsen and Lorenzo Fluxa.

Ritomo Miyata won in his first start in the series at the 4 Hours of Barcelona.

Ritomo Miyata entered the 2019 World Touring Car Cup Race of Japan at Suzuka, driving an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR for Audi Team Hitotsuyama as a wildcard entry.

Ritomo Miyata was scheduled to compete in the 2020 Suzuka 10 Hours for Hitotsuyama in an Audi R8 LMS GT3, but the race was cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ritomo Miyata 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.

Ritomo Miyata then competed the ST-4 class with Endless Sports from 2019 to 2020.

Ritomo Miyata made his IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship debut at the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona, driving a Lexus RC F GT3 for Vasser Sullivan Racing.