Yusuke Mitsui

Yusuke Mitsui
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 (age 22)
Saitama, Japan
Super GT - GT300 career
Debut season2023
Current teamTeam UpGarage
Car number18
Starts4
Previous series
2022-2023F4 Japanese Championship

Yusuke Mitsui (三井 優介, Mitsui Yusuke, born 22 April 2002) is a Japanese racing driver. He finished runner-up in the 2022 F4 Japanese Championship.[1] He is also a member of the Honda Formula Dream Project.[2]

Career

In 2022 Mitsui made his single-seater racing debut by competing in the F4 Japanese Championship.[3] He joined the Honda Formula Dream Project team alongside Syun Koide, and Kazuma Nishimura. He won the opening race of the season and he collected 2 more wins along with 8 more podiums to finish runner-up to teammate Koide.[1] For 2023, Mitsui stayed in F4 to fight for the title alongside Yuto Nomura, and rookie Tosei Moriyama.[4] Mitsui ended up finishing 3rd place in the standings to Runners Up Jin Nakamura, and the eventual champion Rikuto Kobayashi.[5]

Mitsui Also made his debut in Super Taikyu with Honda's M&K Racing.[6][7]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2022 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 3 2 1 11 246 2nd
Super Taikyu - ST-TCR M&K Honda Cars Okegawa Racing 3 1 2 2 3 116‡ 2nd‡
2023 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 4 4 3 7 181 3rd
Super Taikyu - ST-TCR M&K Racing 1 1 1 1 1 88‡ 1st‡
2024 Super GT - GT300 Team UpGarage
Super Taikyu - ST-2 Team Spoon
Super Taikyu - ST-Q Team HRC

‡ Team standings

Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2022 Honda Formula Dream Project FUJ1
2
1 		FUJ1
1
2 		SUZ1
1
2 		SUZ1
2
2 		FUJ2
1
3 		FUJ2
2
2 		SUZ2
1
1 		SUZ2
2
1 		SUG
1
4 		SUG
2
2 		AUT
1
3 		AUT
2
3 		MOT
1
4 		MOT
2
4 		2nd 246
2023 Honda Formula Dream Project FUJ1
2
Ret 		FUJ1
1
28 		SUZ1
1
1 		SUZ1
2
1 		FUJ2
1
4 		FUJ2
2
4 		SUZ2
1
1 		SUZ2
2
1 		SUG
1
2 		SUG
2
2 		AUT
1
3 		AUT
2
10 		MOT
1
10 		MOT
2
8 		3rd 181

Complete Super GT results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2024 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo GT300 OKA
 FUJ
7 		SUZ
13 		FUJ
16 		SUG
 AUT
15 		MOT
 SUZ
24 		NC 0

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ^ a b "Honda junior Syun Koide crowned Japanese F4 champion". formulascout.com. 6 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Yusuke Mitsui". Honda Racing.
  3. ^ "2022 第1戦・第2戦 富士スピードウェイ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  4. ^ "'No Third Year' Battle ; Three HFDP Drivers Take on FIA-F4". Honda Racing. 19 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Kobayashi beats fellow Toyota junior Nakamura to Japanese F4 title". formulascout.com. 5 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Super Taikyu Race In Autopolis Draws 41 Car Entry List (Updated)". dailysportscar.com. 20 July 2023.
  7. ^ "49 Cars Entered For Super Taikyu Race In Okayama". dailysportscar.com. 13 October 2023.