Second GT-MES Hall of Fame-member is 5-time GT-MES champion sota59 from Finland.
Founder of the league, and only driver to take part in all seasons sofar. He is holder for all GT-MES records: starts, wins and titles.
Some words from sota59: ''I would like to thank all other HoF-members that will be revealed next weeks. I have fought with pretty much each of you for race wins past 9 seasons, you guys are what have made the GT-MES.''
sota59 started with Honda in Gr4-class in Season 1, and won the very first GT-MES race in Lower Class, fighting from last place after going for interesting tactic. Next weekend he was only spectator as a admin, but returned to track for Round 3 in Lago Maggiore. Finnish-driver yet again opted for fuel saving tactic, then fighting back to quite easy win. After this he would be pushing from the start, and first won easily in Kyoto, then in Dragon Trail to win title with race to left. He won his 5th race of the season after battle with
Emilius73.
After first season, sota59 was going to focus only on moderating, but in the end, decided to enter Top Class with Porsche. His first Gr3 races were struggle, but was improving after getting to know his car better. sota59 would get quite lucky wins in Blue Moon and Kyoto, and after beating
GT_EAGLE65 in Suzuka, who already had missed race too much, Finnish-driver was really in title fight going in to Le Mans Finale. But with his rivals failing to show up, sota59 would cruise to easy race win and his second GT-MES title, first Top Class-title.
sota59 would move to new Gr2-class next season, and fell in love with his Honda from the start. After epic battle for a win in Round 1 with his teammate
Nils, they would dominate the class, going back and forth for wins, but sota59 would get the advantage in Round 7, winning second race in a row. He would take his 5th win in a season in Le Mans Finale after another epic battle with teammate, and won his 3rd straight title.
He would stay in Honda Gr2 for Season 4, would team up with his friend jonimestari91, and team that is together to this day. sota59 battled to the lead in Round 1, and won his 4th race in a row. His rival for next 2 seasons,
VQS_VitmnG would win the next race, and even after hard battles, sota59 finished behind him next 3 races. He finally beat him in Dragon Trail, won the race and cut back the points difference. Going in to the finale, Finnish-driver would need a bit of luck for the title. He would win in Le Mans easily, but most importantly, his rival
VQS_VitmnG would crash out. sota59 had won his 4th title.
Another title-defence in Honda next season, started awfully, getting crashed out, finishing outside the podium. Second place, and a win next 2 races after huge battles seemed to turn season around, but he would get whooped next 2 races by his rivals,
xZePhyR96x being clearly miles ahead of rest. sota59 would start to focus on his teammates title run, and having helped him to second place in previous race, jonimestari91 would win in Barcelona after his teammate holded up their rivals. But with both Honda-drivers crashing out in Round 7, title looked unlikely. In Le Mans Finale, 2x points yet again in offer, all would change again,
xZePhyR96x would crash out after being overtook by sota59 for the lead, and
VQS_VitmnG would also yet again crash. sota59 would win his 4th Le Mans, and 5th straight title.
Before Season 6, it was already known that sota59 would miss his first races since Season 1, so title run would be coming to the end. But he could start the first 5-races, so when Gr3-class became new Top-Class, Finnish-driver would sign with Nissan. Unlike with Honda, he could not get the car working, and before ending his season, high of his season would be 2nd place in Kyoto.
Season 7 he would enter late for Gr4-class with Aston Martin, sharing the entry with his friend
jonimestari91. He would make season debut on Round 3, and before handing out the car to his teammate, Finnish-driver would get bit lucky win in Maggiore and Kyoto. He returned to the car for Le Mans-finale, trying to beat his old teammate
Nils for win, and the title. But he was clearly outperformed, and title would head to Germany.
sota59 would move back to Gr3 following season, he and jonimestari91 driving pair of Audi's. It became clear from start that best thing would be for sota59 to focus on his teammate doing well. 5-time champion would still get some great results, but even though his teammate was in the end main rival for
Kobr4K_21 going in to the Le Mans Finale, it was sota59 who battled with him for the race win. In the end, he would win his 5th Le Mans, first win of the season after close battle, and finished 3rd overall in standings.
Season 9 would see return of Gr2-cars, class where sota59 had won 3 out of 3 titles. He would yet again had to miss races, so title would be unlikely, but he showed some flashes from the past, dominating win in Sardegna being highlight. Unlike last season, he would be the driver in the team going for the title, altought with unlikely odds. After championship-leader
VQS_VitmnG once again struggled, door was open. sota59 would have absolutely massive fight with
G2 Rotary for Le Mans win, and the Gr2-title last laps of the race, but in the end Finnish-driver would had to settle for second place in race and also in championship.
