Yuki Tsunoda is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Scuderia AlphaTauri.
51 Facts About Yuki Tsunoda
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Yuki Tsunoda finished third in the 2020 Formula 2 Championship and made his Formula One debut in 2021 for AlphaTauri.
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In 2016, Yuki Tsunoda graduated from Honda's Suzuka Circuit Racing School in the advanced formula class and became a member of the Honda Formula Dream Project.
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Yuki Tsunoda claimed his first podium with 2nd in the first race and finished 4th in the second race.
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In 2017, Yuki Tsunoda started his first full season of single-seater racing in the F4 Japanese Championship while contesting in the regional East series of the JAF F4 Japanese Championship.
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Yuki Tsunoda won the title of the regional championship while finishing third in the national Formula 4 championship.
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Yuki Tsunoda continued to race in Japanese F4 in 2018 with the Honda Formula Dream Project team.
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Yuki Tsunoda amassed seven wins and claimed the title during the final race at Motegi, beating rival Teppei Natori by 14 points.
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Yuki Tsunoda scored tenth place and his first point during the first race in Barcelona, and ninth in Race 2.
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Yuki Tsunoda failed to score points in Austria, but came back during Race 2 in Silverstone with seventh.
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Yuki Tsunoda scored points in Budapest, with ninth and sixth place.
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Monza was fruitful for Yuki Tsunoda, finishing fourth on the road but was promoted to the podium following a penalty for Marcus Armstrong.
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Yuki Tsunoda finished ninth in the championship with 67 points, including three podiums and a win, scoring all of the Jenzer team's points during the season.
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Yuki Tsunoda competed for Motopark in the Euroformula Open Championship, following the cancellation of Formula European Masters.
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In Spa-Francorchamps, Yuki Tsunoda was involved in a collision with teammate Liam Lawson during the second race, having scored second place in Race 1.
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Yuki Tsunoda took a double podium during the Monza final round.
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Yuki Tsunoda scored only one win throughout the campaign, during the second race at the opening round in Highlands Motorsport Park.
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Yuki Tsunoda topped free practice on his debut, but only qualified 12th.
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Post-race, Yuki Tsunoda stated that "he had the potential for P1 even without late Prema crash".
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Yuki Tsunoda took his second pole of the year in Spa-Francorchamps.
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Yuki Tsunoda would be promoted to the win having finished second on the road.
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In Sochi, Yuki Tsunoda claimed his third pole ahead of teammate Daruvala.
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Yuki Tsunoda 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.
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Yuki Tsunoda sat third in the standings heading into the two-month break before the final two rounds, 44 points behind leader Schumacher.
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In Bahrain, Yuki Tsunoda spun out on his flying lap, which left him down in last.
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Yuki Tsunoda made an incredible charge on the alternate strategy, charging to sixth.
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Yuki Tsunoda had another feature race battle with Mazepin, but the Japanese driver would win out and take another victory.
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Yuki Tsunoda took three wins, four pole positions, seven podiums and finished third in the championship with 200 points.
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Yuki Tsunoda had his first drive in a 2018-spec car at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy.
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Yuki Tsunoda 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.
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Yuki Tsunoda replaced Daniil Kvyat and partnered Pierre Gasly at the team for the 2021 season.
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Yuki Tsunoda eventually finished in ninth place, having overtaken Lance Stroll on the last lap.
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Yuki Tsunoda went on to retire from the race with an electrical failure, marking his first F1 retirement.
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Yuki Tsunoda 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.
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Yuki Tsunoda crashed again in qualifying at the French Grand Prix and was forced to start from the pit lane.
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Yuki Tsunoda reached Q3 again at the Styrian Grand Prix, qualifying eighth but received a grid penalty for impeding Valtteri Bottas, dropping Tsunoda to 11th.
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Yuki Tsunoda managed to finish in tenth place, despite a miscommunication.
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Yuki Tsunoda achieved his best Formula One result up to that point at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Yuki Tsunoda started the race sixteenth, improved to seventh place at the finish line, and was promoted to sixth after Sebastian Vettel's disqualification.
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Yuki Tsunoda retired from the Dutch Grand Prix with a power unit issue.
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At the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Yuki Tsunoda finished seventh, ahead of teammate Gasly, having qualified sixteenth.
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Yuki Tsunoda described the race as the best of his Formula One career.
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Yuki Tsunoda hit the wall in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix and finished the race seventeenth.
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Yuki Tsunoda crashed whilst exiting the pits at the Canadian Grand Prix and collided with Gasly at the British Grand Prix, for which Tsunoda later apologised.
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At the Dutch Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda retired with a differential issue.
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Yuki Tsunoda 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.
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Yuki Tsunoda then crashed out of the Singapore Grand Prix having qualified tenth.
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Yuki Tsunoda scored a point at the United States Grand Prix where he started nineteenth, gained five places on the first lap and finished tenth.
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Yuki Tsunoda was running eleventh at the Mexico City Grand Prix but was eliminated in a collision with Daniel Ricciardo.
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Yuki Tsunoda ended the season seventeenth in the drivers' championship with 12 points to Gasly's 23.
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On 22 September 2022, AlphaTauri announced Yuki Tsunoda would stay with the team through the 2023 season.