Yuji Kunimoto

Yuji Kunimoto
Yuji Kunimoto
	Kunimoto in 2010.
Nationality	Japanese
Born	September 12, 1990; Yokohama, Japan
Formula Nippon and Super GT (GT300) career
Debut season	2011 (Formula Nippon),; 2009 (Super GT/GT300 class)
Current team	P.mu/cerumo・INGING (Super Formula),; Team LeMans (Super GT)
Previous series
2009–10; 2008; 2007–08; 2007	All-Japan Formula Three; Formula BMW Pacific; Formula Challenge Japan; Formula Toyota
Championship titles
2016; 2010; 2008	Super Formula Championship; All-Japan Formula Three; Formula Challenge Japan

Yuji Kunimoto (国本雄資, Kunimoto Yuji, born 12 September 1990) is a Japanese auto racing driver. He is the younger brother of 2008 Macau Grand Prix winner Keisuke Kunimoto. As of 2017, he is racing for Cerumo in the Super Formula Championship, where he is the defending series champion and for Racing Project Bandoh in Super GT.

Career highlights

2016 Super Formula Champion, P.mu/cerumo・INGING
2010 All-Japan Formula Three Champion, Petronas Team TOM'S
2009 All-Japan Formula Three Championship, Petronas Team TOM’S, Super GT Series, GT300 class, Corolla Axio apr GT
2008 Formula Challenge Japan, Series Champion; Formula BMW, Macau GP Support race, 5th position
2007 Formula Toyota, 10th Overall; Formula Challenge Japan, 4th Overall
2006 All Japan Kart Championship, FA Class, 8th Overall
2005 All Japan Kart Championship, ICA Class, 3rd Overall
2004 All Japan Kart Championship, ICA Class, 7th Overall; F-ARTA Arta Challenge Series
2003 All Japan Kart Championship, ICA Class; F-ARTA Arta Challenge Series
2002 All Japan Junior Kart Championship, 4th Overall
2001 All Japan Junior Kart Championship, 12th Overall
2000 Started go-karts

Kunimoto en route to his fourth successive victory of the 2010 All-Japan Formula Three season at Motegi.

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2009	apr	Toyota Corolla Axio	GT300	OKA 5	SUZ 9	FUJ 8	SEP 16	SUG 8	SUZ 4	FUJ 12	AUT 7	MOT 5	10th	32
2010	apr	Toyota Corolla Axio	GT300	SUZ 8	OKA 9	FUJ 1	SEP 3	SUG Ret	SUZ 3	FUJ C	MOT 17		5th	47
2011	apr	Toyota Corolla Axio	GT300	OKA 6	FUJ 7	SEP 6	SUG 2	SUZ 7	FUJ 14	AUT 8	MOT 9		7th	38
2012	Lexus Team KeePer Kraft	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA Ret	FUJ 12	SEP 10	SUG 6	SUZ 2	FUJ 7	AUT 13	MOT Ret		13th	28
2013	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 7	FUJ 3	SEP 7	SUG 6	SUZ Ret	FUJ 4	AUT 11	MOT 1		5th	52
2014	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 2	FUJ 3	AUT 9	SUG 5	FUJ 13	SUZ 5	BUR 9	MOT 11		7th	44
2015	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 9	FUJ 9	CHA 2	FUJ 13	SUZ Ret	SUG 4	AUT 8	MOT 9		9th	32
2016	Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 9	FUJ 8	SUG 5	FUJ 10	SUZ 5	CHA 1	MOT 5	MOT 3		4th	58
2017	Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	Lexus LC 500	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ	AUT 8	SUG 12	FUJ 7	SUZ 4	CHA 12	MOT 15		14th	22
2018	Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	Lexus LC 500	GT500	OKA 9	FUJ 12	SUZ 13	CHA 3	FUJ 10	SUG Ret	AUT 3	MOT 5		11th	32
2019	Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	Lexus LC 500	GT500	OKA 6‡	FUJ 13	SUZ 7	CHA 3	FUJ 9	SUG 8	AUT 13	MOT 7		11th	27.5
2020	Toyota Gazoo Racing Team WedsSport BANDOH	Toyota GR Supra GT500	GT500	FUJ 9	FUJ 15	SUZ 10	MOT Ret	FUJ 7	SUZ 9	MOT 11	FUJ		17th*	9*

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2011	Project μ/cerumo・INGING	SUZ 13	AUT 11	FUJ 15	MOT 12	SUZ C	SUG 5	MOT1 4	MOT2 DSQ		10th	6.5
2012	Project μ/cerumo・INGING	SUZ 14	MOT 9	AUT 8	FUJ 8	MOT 10	SUG 13	SUZ1 11	SUZ2 12		13th	2
2013	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	SUZ 10	AUT 10	FUJ 7	MOT 6	SUG 4	SUZ1 Ret	SUZ2 15			10th	10
2014	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	SUZ 13	FUJ1 5	FUJ2 7	FUJ 3	MOT 13	AUT 2	SUG 9	SUZ1 4	SUZ2 Ret	7th	19.5
2015	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	SUZ 17	OKA Ret	FUJ 4	MOT 18	AUT 8	SUG 17	SUZ1 7	SUZ2 8		9th	7.5
2016	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	SUZ 2	OKA 6	FUJ Ret	MOT 4	OKA1 2	OKA2 1	SUG 15	SUZ1 1	SUZ2 6	1st	33
2017	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	SUZ 3	OKA1 10	OKA2 9	FUJ Ret	MOT 15	AUT	SUG	SUZ1	SUZ2	9th*	7*

^* Season still in progress.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	Toyota Gazoo Racing	José María López Nicolas Lapierre	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	160	DNF	DNF

Sporting positions
Preceded by Keisuke Kunimoto	Formula Challenge Japan Champion 2008	Succeeded by Kazuki Miura
Preceded by Marcus Ericsson	Japanese Formula Three Champion 2010	Succeeded by Yuhi Sekiguchi
Preceded by Hiroaki Ishiura	Super Formula Champion 2016	Succeeded by Hiroaki Ishiura

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