 Tsunoda in 2021 | |
| Born | 11 May 2000 Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| 2024 team | RB-Honda RBPT[1] |
| Car number | 22 |
| Entries | 84 (81 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 83 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| First entry | 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2024 Singapore Grand Prix |
| 2023 position | 14th (17 pts) |
| Website | Official website |
| Previous series | |
| 2020 2020 2019 2019 2017 2016–18 2016 | FIA Formula 2 Championship Toyota Racing Series FIA Formula 3 Championship Euroformula Open JAF Japan Formula 4 F4 Japanese Championship Super-FJ Okayama Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2018 2017 2016 | F4 Japanese Championship JAF Formula 4 - East Series Super FJ - Japan Finals |
| 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 RB.
Supported by Honda since 2016 through the Honda Formula Dream Project, Tsunoda graduated from karting to junior formulae the same year. He won his first full championship at the JAF F4 East Series in 2017, winning the F4 Japanese Championship the next season. He progressed to FIA Formula 3 in 2019 with Jenzer Motorsport, before finishing third in his rookie season of Formula 2 in 2020 with Carlin Motorsport.
A member of the Red Bull Junior Team from 2019 to 2020,[2] Tsunoda signed for Scuderia AlphaTauri in 2021, using a Honda powertrain alongside Pierre Gasly. He finished a career-best fourth at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that year. Tsunoda retained his seat at AlphaTauri in 2022 and 2023, partnering Nyck de Vries and Daniel Ricciardo in the latter. He remained at the team for the 2024 season as they re-branded to RB. Tsunoda is set to remain at RB until at least the end of the 2025 season.[3]
- ^ "Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo with us in 2024". Scuderia AlphaTauri. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (5 December 2018). "Red Bull firms up Honda-linked junior team plan for 2019". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Tsunoda to stay as RB driver for 2025 with latest seat on the grid confirmed". Formula 1. Retrieved 8 June 2024.