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| Yusuke Mitsui | |
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 Mitsui in 2023 | |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 22 April 2002 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2022-23 | Super GT - GT300 F4 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 was a member of the Honda Formula Dream Project.[2]
Career
[edit]Formula 4
[edit]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 two more wins along with eight 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 third place in the standings to runners-up Jin Nakamura, and the eventual champion Rikuto Kobayashi.[5]
Super GT
[edit]Mitsui would take up a role as the third driver for Team UpGarage in 2024. He did not make a single race in that season.[6]
Super Formula Lights
[edit]Mitsui joined new team Delightworks Racing for his Super Formula Lights debut in 2025.[7][8]
Super Taikyu
[edit]Mitsui also made his debut in Super Taikyu with Honda's M&K Racing in 2023.[9][10] Mitsui then raced for Team Spoon in the ST-2 class in 2024, and one race appearance with Honda's HRC Team in ST-Q.[11][12]
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]| 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Team Spoon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73‡ | 6th‡ | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Q | Team HRC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0‡ | NC‡ | |
| 2025 | Super Formula Lights | Delightworks Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6th |
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Team Spoon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 84.5‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2026 | Super Formula Lights | Delightworks Racing | |||||||
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Team Spoon |
* Season still in progress.
‡ Team standings
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results
[edit](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
[edit](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. † did not involve in the round thus no points rewarded.
Complete Super Formula Lights results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Delightworks Racing | SUZ 1 5 |
SUZ 2 7 |
SUZ 3 6 |
AUT 1 7 |
AUT 2 6 |
OKA 1 6 |
OKA 2 4 |
OKA 3 6 |
SUG 1 7 |
SUG 2 5 |
SUG 3 9 |
SUG 4 4 |
FUJ 1 4 |
FUJ 2 2 |
FUJ 3 13 |
MOT 1 4 |
MOT 2 4 |
MOT 3 5 |
6th | 32 |
| 2026 | Delightworks Racing | FUJ 1 1 |
FUJ 2 2 |
FUJ 3 1 |
AUT 1 |
AUT 2 |
AUT 3 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
SUZ 3 |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
OKA 3 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
SUG 3 |
MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
MOT 3 |
1st* | 28* |
* Season still in progress.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Honda junior Syun Koide crowned Japanese F4 champion". formulascout.com. 6 November 2022.
- ↑ "Yusuke Mitsui". Honda Racing. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "'No Third Year' Battle; Three HFDP Drivers Take on FIA-F4". Honda Racing. 19 June 2023.
- ↑ "Kobayashi beats fellow Toyota junior Nakamura to Japanese F4 title". formulascout.com. 5 November 2023.
- ↑ O'Connell, RJ (21 March 2024). "Asian News Notebook: Super GT, Japan Cup & GT World Challenge Asia". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ↑ "＜DELiGHTWORKS RACING＞全日本スーパーフォーミュラ・ライツ選手権 2025に2台体制で参戦". DELiGHTWORKS Motorsports. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (4 March 2025). "Super Formula Lights grid forms ahead of season opener". formulascout. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ↑ "Super Taikyu Race In Autopolis Draws 41 Car Entry List (Updated)". dailysportscar.com. 20 July 2023.
- ↑ "49 Cars Entered For Super Taikyu Race In Okayama". dailysportscar.com. 13 October 2023.
- ↑ O'Connell, RJ (4 April 2024). "Super Taikyu Series Reveals 69 Car Entry List For 2024". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ↑ "47 Entries For Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Yusuke Mitsui career summary at DriverDB.com