Yuki Tsunoda

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Yuki Tsunoda
2021 US GP, Tsunoda.jpg
Tsunoda in 2021
Born (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 (age 23)
Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityJapan Japanese
2023 teamAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT[1]
Car number22
Entries51 (49 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points46
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2021 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last entry2023 Spanish Grand Prix
2022 position17th (12 pts)
WebsiteOfficial website
Previous series
2020
2020
2019
2019
2016–18		FIA Formula 2 Championship
Toyota Racing Series
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2018F4 Japanese Championship
Awards
2020
2020		FIA Rookie of the Year
Anthoine Hubert Award

Yuki Tsunoda (Japanese: 角田 裕毅, Tsunoda Yūki, pronounced [tsɯnoda jɯ̟ᵝːkʲi]; born 11 May 2000) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Scuderia AlphaTauri. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the Honda Formula Dream Project [ja], he was the 2018 Japanese F4 champion and in 2019 also received backing from Red Bull.[2] He finished third in the 2020 Formula 2 Championship and made his Formula One debut in 2021 for AlphaTauri.

Early career[edit]

Karting[edit]

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

Japanese Formula 4[edit]

2016[edit]

In 2016, Tsunoda graduated from Honda's Suzuka Circuit Racing School [ja] in the advanced formula class and became a member of the Honda Formula Dream Project [ja].[4] In the same year he made his single-seater debut in the F4 Japanese Championship with the Sutekina Racing Team for a one-off event in Suzuka. He claimed his first podium with 2nd in the first race and finished 4th in the 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.[5] At Okayama, he would his win first race. Tsunoda won the title of the regional championship while finishing third in the national Formula 4 championship.[6] He contested both championships with Honda.[7]

2018[edit]

Tsunoda continued to race in Japanese F4 in 2018 with the Honda Formula Dream Project team.[8] Tsunoda amassed seven wins and claimed the title during the final race at Motegi, beating rival Teppei Natori by 14 points.[9]

FIA Formula 3 Championship[edit]

Tsunoda racing at the 2019 Spielberg Formula 3 round

With Honda tying up with Red Bull in Formula One, Tsunoda also joined the Red Bull junior team alongside the Honda programme.[2] At the end of 2018, Tsunoda was announced to join Jenzer Motorsport in the newly announced FIA Formula 3 Championship.[10] He scored tenth place and his first point during the first race in Barcelona, and ninth in Race 2.[11] More points came in Paul Ricard where he came away seventh in Race 1, but struggled to ninth in Race 2 from second.[12] Tsunoda failed to score points in Austria, but came back during Race 2 in Silverstone with seventh.[13][14] He scored points in Budapest, with ninth and sixth place.[15] In Spa-Francorchamps, he qualified in an astonishing third place.[16] The Japanese racer dropped to sixth in Race 1,[17] but from third in Race 2, scored a breakthrough second place.[18] Monza was fruitful for Tsunoda, finishing fourth on the road but was promoted to the podium following a penalty for Marcus Armstrong.[19] In Race 2, a storming start from sixth moved him to third at the start. After passing Fabio Scherer, he would go by Jake Hughes on lap 15 and claim his only F3 win of the year.[20][21] He finished ninth in the championship with 67 points, including three podiums and a win,[6] scoring all of the Jenzer team's points during the season. Tsunoda finished 11th for the Macau Grand Prix.

Euroformula Open[edit]

Tsunoda also competed for Motopark in the Euroformula Open Championship, following the cancellation of Formula European Masters.[22] After a second-place finish in the first race at Paul Ricard and achieving third place in the Pau Grand Prix,[23][24] Tsunoda claimed his maiden championship win in the second race at Hockenheim.[25] In Spa-Francorchamps, Tsunoda was involved in a collision with teammate Liam Lawson during the second race, having scored second place in Race 1.[26] He took a double podium during the Monza final round.[27][28] Despite missing two rounds due to F3 commitments, Tsunoda placed fourth in the standings with 151 points, one win and five more podiums.[29]

Toyota Racing Series[edit]

Before the start of his 2020 season, Tsunoda partook in the 2020 Toyota Racing Series with M2 Competition alongside Liam Lawson.[30] Tsunoda scored only one win throughout the campaign, during the second race at the opening round in Highlands Motorsport Park.[31] Two further third places later landed him fourth place in the championship.[32]

FIA Formula 2 Championship[edit]

In the beginning of 2020, Honda announced that Tsunoda will join Carlin to race in the FIA Formula 2 Championship alongside new Red Bull junior Jehan Daruvala.[33] The season was set to start in Bahrain, but started in Austria in July due to the Covid-19 pandemic.[34] He topped free practice on his debut, but only qualified 12th.[35][36] His races were disappointing, colliding with Daruvala on the opening lap of the feature race saw him finish last, but recovered to 11th on Sunday.[37] During the second Austrian round, Tsunoda stormed to his first pole.[38][39] He would lead the race for much of the race under wet conditions, but encountered a radio problem that delayed his pit stop. He would pit two laps later than expected and drop to fourth place, but fought past the Virtuosi drivers for second place.[40] More disappointment followed as a engine issue saw him drop out of the race on lap 10.[41] Another disappointing round in Hungary rewarded him with zero points, with a 16 and 18th place.[42]

Tsunoda qualified ninth in Silverstone, and made a masterclass charge, passing Christian Lundgaard on the last lap for third place.[43] Another sprint race disappointment followed, as he was taken out by Callum Ilott on the opening lap.[44] During the second Silverstone round, Tsunoda qualified tenth and moved up to sixth for the feature race. In the sprint race, he remained in third for most of the race, until lap 19 of 21, where the two Prema drivers ahead collided and promoted Tsunoda for his maiden win.[45] Post-race, Tsunoda stated that "he had the potential for P1 even without late Prema crash".[46] Tsunoda qualified sixth in Barcelona. Tsunoda would briefly lead on lap 30 after a safety car restart due to the frontrunners pitting again, but they caught up on fresher tyres, including fellow compartriot Nobuharu Matsushita, and he dropped to fourth.[47] He again finished fourth in the sprint race.[48]

Tsunoda took his second pole of the year in Spa-Francorchamps.[49][50] After a slow pit stop during the feature race, Tsunoda would fall behind Nikita Mazepin but fought back to him by lap 20. Mazepin would push Tsunoda wide on the penultimate lap while defending, which earned the Russian a five-second time penalty. Tsunoda would be promoted to the win having finished second on the road.[51] In the sprint race,Tsunoda finished in ninth as a penalty for hitting Ilott at the start saw him drop out of the points due to a time penalty.[52] He secured second in qualifying for Monza.[53] A slow start in the feature race dropped him to fifth, Tsunoda made it up by crossing the line in fourth place.[54] In the sprint race, mechanical woes saw him out early.[55] In Mugello, he qualified 11th and finished eighth on the road in the feature race, but was penalised for colliding with Dan Ticktum, dropping to 16th. His disappointing weekend continued in the sprint race, as he damaged his front wing hitting the back of Felipe Drugovich on the fourth last lap, and was forced to pit which dropped him to 20th.[56]

In Sochi, Tsunoda claimed his third pole ahead of teammate Daruvala.[57][58] He settled for second place after being overtaken by Mick Schumacher, although he would win a battle over Ilott for runners-up position on the last lap.[59][60] In the sprint race, Tsunoda finished in sixth.[61] Tsunoda sat third in the standings heading into the two-month break before the final two rounds, 44 points behind leader Schumacher.[62] In Bahrain, Tsunoda spun out on his flying lap, which left him down in last.[63] He made an incredible charge on the alternate strategy, charging to sixth.[64] In the sprint race, Tsunoda suffered a puncture on lap 1 cause by contact with Marcus Armstrong which ruined his race, ending in 15th.[65] He took pole for the second Bahrain round.[66][67] Tsunoda had another feature race battle with Mazepin, but the Japanese driver would win out and take another victory.[68][69] In the sprint race, a last lap charge passing Ticktum would seal second place.[70] Overall. Tsunoda took three wins, four pole positions, seven podiums and finished third in the championship with 200 points.[71]

Formula One[edit]

In August 2020, Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda Formula One team principal Franz Tost announced that Tsunoda would drive for the team in the end-of-season rookie test at Abu Dhabi in December 2020.[72] He had his first drive in a 2018-spec car at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy.[73] He again tested Formula One machinery at Imola in January 2021, but this time, he drove an AlphaTauri-liveried Toro Rosso STR14, Toro Rosso's 2019 car.[74] Tsunoda continued his preparations with a test with the STR14 at Misano, on 3 February.[75]

AlphaTauri (2021–)[edit]

2021[edit]

Tsunoda at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix

Tsunoda replaced Daniil Kvyat and partnered Pierre Gasly at the team for the 2021 season.[76] His car number is 22, as he raced with number 11 during karting but the number was taken, hence he doubled it.[77]

At the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Tsunoda qualified 13th, despite being second fastest in Q1.[78] Tsunoda eventually finished in ninth place, having overtaken Lance Stroll on the last lap.[79][80] After the race, Ross Brawn, Formula One's technical director, hailed Tsunoda as "F1's best rookie for years".[81] Having targeted Q3 for the next race,[82] but he crashed in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which required him to replace new power unit elements.[83][84] After the starting from the back, Tsunoda made his way to ninth place following the red flag. However after the restart, he spun on his own right to the back, and recovered to 13th place.[85] At the Portuguese Grand Prix, Tsunoda qualified 14th, and lacked pace to drop to 15th.[86] He qualified 16th for the Spanish Grand Prix and later apologised after questioning whether he and teammate Gasly had "the same car".[87][88] He went on to retire from the race with an electrical failure, marking his first F1 retirement.[89]

The Monaco Grand Prix was disappointing as well, he would qualify and finish in 16th place at a track where overtaking was tough.[90][91] Tsunoda reached the third qualifying session (Q3) for the first time at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but then brought out the red flags after crashing, qualifying in eighth.[92] He finished the race seventh, his best finish so far up to that point, despite being "mad" after the race due to losing two positions at the red flag restart. Tsunoda crashed again in qualifying at the French Grand Prix and was forced to start from the pit lane.[93][94] He charged up to 13th place at the flag.[95] He reached Q3 again at the Styrian Grand Prix, qualifying eighth but received a grid penalty for impeding Valtteri Bottas, dropping Tsunoda to 11th.[96] He managed to finish in tenth place, despite a radio miscommunication.[97]

Tsunoda again made it to Q3 for the Austrian Grand Prix, securing his best qualifying up to that points with seventh.[98] He would not add a consecutive points score during the race as he opted on the two-stop strategy, received two five-second time penalties due to crossing the pit entry line and finished 12th.[99] During the new sprint qualifying format at the British Grand Prix, Tsunoda qualified in 16th, and finished the sprint in the same position.[100][101] He managed to secure a point late in the race, after Sergio Pérez pitted ahead on lap 50.[102] Tsunoda would again qualify 16th for the Hungarian Grand Prix.[103] During the race, Tsunoda avoided the lap 1 pileup, and found himself in sixth place following the red flag. Following being passed by faster cars, he would fall to finish in seventh at the finish line. However, he would be promoted to sixth place after Sebastian Vettel was disqualified, thus improving his highest Formula One result.[104]

Tsunoda qualified 15th at the Dutch Grand Prix, but he would fail to finish the race as he retired in the pits with a power unit issue.[105][106] At the following race, the Italian Grand Prix, he collided with Robert Kubica in sprint qualifying and then failed to start the race due to brake issues.[107][108] At the Russian Grand Prix, Tsunoda struggled once more, as he fell down to 17th place at the flag.[109] In the next seven Grands Prix, Tsunoda advanced to Q3 all but once, starting tenth.[110] During the race, he would hold a faster Lewis Hamilton for numerous laps but a later spin costed him a chance of points, and he wounded up 14th.[111] At the United States Grand Prix, Tsunoda started tenth, and would jump teammate Gasly and Valtteri Bottas at the start. He would be overtaken by Bottas on lap 20, but would easily finish in ninth place for his first points since the summer break.[112]

Tsunoda qualified ninth for the Mexico City Grand Prix, but was required to start at the back due to taking additional power unit elements.[113][114] However, during his final run, he went off-track to let other drivers past. This accidently ruined the sister Red Bull Racing drivers their final laps, which created a controversy.[115] In the race, he would be taken out on the first lap by Esteban Ocon.[116] At the São Paulo Grand Prix, Tsunoda started 12th for the sprint qualifying and would drop to 15th at the end.[117] He would finish the race in the same position after clashing with Lance Stroll early on, and Tsunoda received a ten-second penalty for the incident.[118] Tsunoda qualified eighth for the Qatar Grand Prix.[119] The race would not pan out for him on the two-stop strategy, as he was left to finish in 13th place.[120] Tsunoda secured eighth during qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.[121] His race unravelled when he damaged his front wing colliding into Sebastian Vettel, and finished in 14th.[122]

In the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, he qualified in eighth position; notably, this was the first time all season that he outqualified teammate Gasly, who was eliminated in Q2.[123][124] From this position, Tsunoda drove superbly and he went on to finish fourth and gain 12 points, just ahead of Gasly in fifth, thereby improving his best Formula One result thus far.[125][126] With those points, Tsunoda secured 14th place in the drivers' championship and ended the year on 32 points.[127]

2022[edit]

Tsunoda at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Tsunoda and Gasly were retained by AlphaTauri for the 2022 season.[128] Tsunoda qualified sixteenth and finished eighth at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. A fuel issue prevented him from setting a qualifying time at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix;[129] he then failed to start the race after a power unit failure.[130] At the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Tsunoda finished seventh, ahead of teammate Gasly, having qualified sixteenth. He described the race as the best of his Formula One career.[131] His first Q3 appearance of the season came at the Miami Grand Prix and he scored points for the third time in six races at the Spanish Grand Prix, finishing tenth.

A streak of twelve races without scoring points followed. Tsunoda hit the wall in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix and finished the race seventeenth. He was running seventh at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix until he was forced to pit for repairs after a DRS failure. He crashed whilst exiting the pits at the Canadian Grand Prix and collided with Gasly at the British Grand Prix, for which Tsunoda later apologised.[132] He qualified eighth for the French Grand Prix but a first-lap collision with Esteban Ocon resulted in Tsunoda's eventual retirement. At the Dutch Grand Prix, Tsunoda retired with a differential issue. He had stopped at the side of the track and loosened his seatbelts before driving back to the pits, for which he was given his fifth reprimand of the season and therefore a grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix. At that event, he received another penalty for failing to slow for yellow flags in practice. He then crashed out of the Singapore Grand Prix having qualified tenth.

Tsunoda scored a point at the United States Grand Prix where he started nineteenth, gained five places on the first lap and finished tenth.[133] He was running eleventh at the Mexico City Grand Prix but was eliminated in a collision with Daniel Ricciardo. He ended the season seventeenth in the drivers' championship with 12 points to Gasly's 23.

2023[edit]

On 22 September 2022, AlphaTauri announced Tsunoda would stay with the team through the 2023 season.[134] Nyck de Vries will replace Alpine-bound Gasly as Tsunoda's new teammate.[135] Tsunoda finished eleventh in the opening two rounds of the season, having run as high as eighth in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. In the Australian Grand Prix he ran as high as fifth before the third red flag came out, eventually finishing tenth, earning his and AlphaTauri's first point of the season. He again finished tenth in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. In the Monaco Grand Prix he was running ninth when he developed brake issues and eventually finished fifteenth, the first time he finished behind his De Vries.

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 F4 Japanese Championship Sutekina Racing Team 2 0 0 0 1 30 16th
2017 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 3 4 1 6 173 3rd
2018 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 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 FIA Formula 2 Championship Carlin 24 3 4 1 7 200 3rd
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 1 0 0 3 257 4th
2021 Formula One Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 22 0 0 0 0 32 14th
2022 Formula One Scuderia AlphaTauri 22 0 0 0 0 12 17th
2023 Formula One Scuderia AlphaTauri 7 0 0 0 0 2* 16th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2016 Sutekina Racing Team OKA
1 		OKA
2 		FUJ1
1 		FUJ1
2 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		FUJ2
1 		FUJ2
2 		FUJ2
3 		SUZ
1
2 		SUZ
2
4 		MOT
1 		MOT
2 		MOT
3 		16th 30
2017 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA
1
3 		OKA
2
1 		FUJ1
1
11 		FUJ1
2
5 		AUT
1
9 		AUT
2
2 		SUG
1
5 		SUG
2
Ret 		FUJ2
1
1 		FUJ2
2
4 		SUZ
1
1 		SUZ
2
3 		MOT
1
8 		MOT
2
4 		3rd 173
2018 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA
1
Ret 		OKA
2
1 		FUJ1
1
1 		FUJ1
2
1 		SUZ
1
1 		SUZ
2
1 		FUJ2
1
2 		FUJ2
2
3 		SUG
1
3 		SUG
2
1 		AUT
1
8 		AUT
2
11 		MOT
1
1 		MOT
2
2 		1st 245

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[edit]

(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
SPR
25† 		9th 67

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

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[edit]

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix Dallara F3 2019 21st 16th 11th

Complete Toyota Racing Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2020 M2 Competition HIG
1
5 		HIG
2
1 		HIG
3
4 		TER
1
11 		TER
2
7 		TER
3
3 		HMP
1
7 		HMP
2
16 		HMP
3
3 		PUK
1
4 		PUK
2
7 		PUK
3
4 		MAN
1
9 		MAN
2
7 		MAN
3
6 		4th 257

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[edit]

(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 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2020 Carlin RBR
FEA
18 		RBR
SPR
11 		RBR
FEA
2 		RBR
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
16 		HUN
SPR
18 		SIL
FEA
3 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
6 		SIL
SPR
1 		CAT
FEA
4 		CAT
SPR
4 		SPA
FEA
1 		SPA
SPR
9 		MNZ
FEA
4 		MNZ
SPR
NC 		MUG
FEA
16 		MUG
SPR
19 		SOC
FEA
2 		SOC
SPR
6‡ 		BHR
FEA
6 		BHR
SPR
15 		BHR
FEA
1 		BHR
SPR
2 		3rd 200

‡ Half points were awarded as less than 75% of the scheduled race distance was completed.

Complete Formula One results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 WDC Points
2021 Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda AlphaTauri AT02 Honda RA621H 1.6 V6 t BHR
9 		EMI
12 		POR
15 		ESP
Ret 		MON
16 		AZE
7 		FRA
13 		STY
10 		AUT
12 		GBR
10 		HUN
6 		BEL
15 		NED
Ret 		ITA
DNS 		RUS
17 		TUR
14 		USA
9 		MXC
Ret 		SAP
15 		QAT
13 		SAU
14 		ABU
4 		14th 32
2022 Scuderia AlphaTauri AlphaTauri AT03 Red Bull RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t BHR
8 		SAU
DNS 		AUS
15 		EMI
7 		MIA
12 		ESP
10 		MON
17 		AZE
13 		CAN
Ret 		GBR
14 		AUT
16 		FRA
Ret 		HUN
19 		BEL
13 		NED
Ret 		ITA
14 		SIN
Ret 		JPN
13 		USA
10 		MXC
Ret 		SAP
17 		ABU
11 		17th 12
2023 Scuderia AlphaTauri AlphaTauri AT04 Honda RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t BHR
11 		SAU
11 		AUS
10 		AZE
10 		MIA
11 		MON
15 		ESP
12 		CAN
 AUT
 GBR
 HUN
 BEL
 NED
 ITA
 SIN
 JPN
 QAT
 USA
 MXC
 SAP
 LVG
 ABU
 16th* 2*

* Season still in progress.

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