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Tsunoda Yuki(Giappone, 11/05/2000)
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22Biography of F1 driver Tsunoda Yuki
Yuki Tsunoda (born 11 May 2000) is a Japanese racing driver. He started his professional karting career in 2010, when he took part in the JAF Junior Karting championship; in 2014 he moved to the national championship. In 2016 he made his debut with the single-seaters, taking part in two races of the Japanese F4 championship; in the debut race, on the circuit of Suzuka, they finished second. The following year he participated in the full championship, finishing in fourth place overall.
In 2018 he stayed in F4 and won seven wins and a championship win, after which he joined the Honda and Red Bull Young Driver programmes. In 2019 the Japanese man was supposed to participate with Motopark in the inaugural season of the European Formula Masters Championship, but after the cancellation of the competition he was entered in the Euroformula Open Championship; he won a victory and took fourth place overall, having skipped two races because he was simultaneously in the FIA Formula 3 championship. At the end of 2018, Jenzer Motorsport hired Tsunoda to compete in the next FIA Formula 3 championship. Tsunoda finished ninth overall with a victory.
At the beginning of 2020, Honda announced that Tsunoda would be taking part in the FIA Formula 2 championship with Carlin. In the second round of the season, on the Red Bull Ring, he took pole position and second place in race 1. The first victory in F2 came in the Sprint Race at Silverstone; in the rest of the championship he won two more victories and three pole positions, closing the year in third place overall behind Mick Schumacher and Callum Ilott and winning the Anthoine Hubert award, awarded to the best newcomer in the category.
In 2018, Yuki joined the Red Bull Junior Team, the youth program of Red Bull Racing. In December 2020, he has the chance to take the end-of-season tests after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the AlphaTauri team. On 16 December 2020, he officially lands in Formula 1 with Scuderia Alpha Tauri for the 2021 season, replacing Daniil Kvjat; currently he is still a driver of the junior team of Red Bull, now called Racing Bulls. He is also the first Japanese to compete in the Top Tier since 2014; his number in the race is 22.
Current season statistics
Formula 1 Season*
| Year | Team | Chassis | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Red Bull | RB21 | 12 |
| 2024 | Toro Rosso | VCARB-01 | 30 |
| 2023 | Toro Rosso | AT04 | 17 |
| 2022 | Toro Rosso | AT03 | 12 |
| 2021 | Toro Rosso | AT02 | 32 |
Qualifying teammate battle
| Year | Team | Teammate | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oracle Red Bull Racing (RB21) | Verstappen M. | 0 VS 16 | |
| 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team (VCARB-01) | Lawson L.. | 6 VS 0 | |
| 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri (AT04) | Ricciardo D. | 4 VS 3 | |
| 2022 | Scuderia AlphaTauri (AT03) | Gasly P. | 9 VS 13 | |
| 2021 | AlphaTauri (AT02) | Gasly P. | 1 VS 21 | |
| Total | 20 VS 53 | |||
Best results in Formula 1 *
| Grand Prix | Team | Chassis | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch GP 2025 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | RB21 | 9 |
| Emilia Romagna GP 2025 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | RB21 | 10 |
| Miami GP 2025 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | RB21 | 10 |
| Bahrain GP 2025 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | RB21 | 9 |
| Las Vegas GP 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | VCARB-01 | 9 |
| Brazilian GP 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | VCARB-01 | 7 |
| Hungarian GP 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | VCARB-01 | 9 |
| British GP 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | VCARB-01 | 10 |
| Monaco GP 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | VCARB-01 | 8 |
| Emilia Romagna GP 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | VCARB-01 | 10 |
| Miami GP 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | VCARB-01 | 7 |
| Japanese GP 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | VCARB-01 | 10 |
| Australian GP 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | VCARB-01 | 7 |
| Abu Dhabi GP 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT04 | 8 |
| Brazilian GP 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT04 | 9 |
| United States GP 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT04 | 8 |
| Belgian GP 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT04 | 10 |
| Azerbaijan GP 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT04 | 10 |
| Australian GP 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT04 | 10 |
| United States GP 2022 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT03 | 10 |
| Spanish GP 2022 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT03 | 10 |
| Emilia Romagna GP 2022 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT03 | 7 |
| Bahrain GP 2022 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT03 | 8 |
| Styrian GP 2021 | AlphaTauri | AT02 | 10 |
| Abu Dhabi GP 2021 | AlphaTauri | AT02 | 4 |
| United States GP 2021 | AlphaTauri | AT02 | 9 |
| Hungarian GP 2021 | AlphaTauri | AT02 | 6 |
| British GP 2021 | AlphaTauri | AT02 | 10 |
| Azerbaijan GP 2021 | AlphaTauri | AT02 | 7 |
| Bahrain GP 2021 | AlphaTauri | AT02 | 9 |
