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Yuki Tsunoda
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 (age 24)
Kanagawa, Japan
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamCarlin
Car number7
Starts24 (24 entries)
Wins3
Podiums7
Poles4[a]
Fastest laps2
Previous series
2020
2019
2019
2016–18		Toyota Racing Series
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2018F4 Japanese Championship

Yuki Tsunoda (Japanese: 角田 裕毅, Tsunoda Yūki; born 11 May 2000) is a Japanese racing driver. He is the 2018 Japanese F4 champion and a member of the Honda Formula Dream Project and the Red Bull Junior Team.[2]

Career

Karting

Tsunoda was born in Kanagawa, and started his professional karting career in 2010 joining the JAF Junior Karting Championship, moving to the regional class in 2013 and to the national class in 2014.[3]

Japanese Formula 4

In 2016, Tsunoda made his single-seater debut in the F4 Japanese Championship with the Sutekina Racing Team for a one of race in Suzuka. He claimed his first podium with 2nd in his first race, finishing 4th in his second race.

In 2017, Tsunoda started his first full season of single-seater racing in the F4 Japanese Championship while also contesting in the regional East series of the JAF F4 Japanese Championship.[4] Tsunoda won the title of the regional championship while finishing fourth in the national Formula 4 championship. He contested both championships with Honda.[5]

Tsunoda continued to race in Japanese F4 in 2018 joining the Honda Formula Dream Project team. Tsunoda claimed the title amassing seven wins.

Euroformula Open Championship

Tsunoda had been scheduled to join Motopark in the inaugural season of the Formula European Masters Championship, but joined fellow Red Bull Junior Liam Lawson in following the team to the Euroformula Open Championship following the cancellation of Formula European Masters.[6] After a second place finish in the first race at Paul Ricard and achieving third place in the Pau Grand Prix, Tsunoda claimed his maiden championship win in the second race at Hockenheim.[7][8][9]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Yuki Tsunoda at 2019 Macau Grand Prix.

At the end of 2018, Tsunoda was announced to join Jenzer Motorsport in the newly announced FIA Formula 3 Championship.[10]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

In the beginning of 2020, Honda announced that Tsunoda will join Carlin to race in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.[11]

Racing record

Career Summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2016 F4 Japanese Championship Sutekina Racing Team 2 0 0 0 2 30 16th
2017 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 3 4 1 6 173 3rd
2018 F4 Japanese Championship 14 7 8 4 11 245 1st
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 16 1 0 1 3 67 9th
Euroformula Open Championship Motopark 14 1 0 3 6 151 4th
Macau Grand Prix Hitech Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 11th
2020 Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 1 0 0 3 257 4th
FIA Formula 2 Championship Carlin 24 3 4[a] 2 7 200 3rd*

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2019 Jenzer Motorsport CAT
FEA
10 		CAT
SPR
9 		LEC
FEA
7 		LEC
SPR
9 		RBR
FEA
16 		RBR
SPR
11 		SIL
FEA
14 		SIL
SPR
7 		HUN
FEA
9 		HUN
SPR
6 		SPA
FEA
6 		SPA
SPR
2 		MNZ
FEA
3 		MNZ
SPR
1 		SOC
FEA
12 		SOC
FEA
25† 		9th 67

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2020 Carlin RBR1
FEA
18 		RBR1
SPR
11 		RBR2
FEA
2 		RBR2
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
16 		HUN
SPR
18 		SIL1
FEA
3 		SIL1
SPR
Ret 		SIL2
FEA
6 		SIL2
SPR
1 		CAT
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MUG
FEA
 MUG
SPR
 SOC
FEA
 SOC
SPR
 3rd* 200*

* Season still in progress.

Notes

  1. ^ a b 1 pole achieved during qualifying, and 0 poles given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (5 December 2018). "Red Bull firms up Honda-linked junior team plan for 2019". Motorsport.com.
  3. ^ "Yuki Tsunoda". Red Bull Junior Team. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  4. ^ "日本Ｆ４協会ホームページ". www.f4k.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  5. ^ "Yuki Tsunoda - Formula 3". www.fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  6. ^ Simmons, Marcus (April 2, 2019). "Motopark, Red Bull juniors to Euroformula Open after FEM collapse". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Liam Lawson starts Euroformula season with victory at Paul Ricard". April 27, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "MONGER WINS PAU GRAND PRIX IN THE WET". May 19, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  9. ^ "Yuki Tsunoda takes his first Euroformula win in dramatic race at Hockenheim". May 26, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  10. ^ Horton, Phillip. "Formula 3: Honda-backed Japanese F4 champion Yuki Tsunoda joins F3". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  11. ^ "Honda Global | January 10, 2020 Honda 2020 Motorsports Program Overview". global.honda. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ritomo Miyata
 F4 Japanese Championship
Champion
2018 		Succeeded by
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