Yuki Tsunoda

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]

Yuki Tsunoda
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 Kanagawa, Japan
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2020
Current team	Carlin
Car number	7
Starts	11 (11 entries)
Wins	1
Podiums	3
Poles	1[lower-alpha 1]
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2020 2019 2019 2016–18	Toyota Racing Series FIA Formula 3 Championship Euroformula Open Championship F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2018	F4 Japanese Championship

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	11	1	1[lower-alpha 1]		3	74	5th*

^* 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 4	CAT SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MUG FEA	MUG SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	5th*	74*

^* Season still in progress.

Notes

1. 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.

External links

• Yuki Tsunoda career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ritomo Miyata	F4 Japanese Championship Champion 2018	Succeeded by Ren Sato