🇯🇵 Kota Tsuchiashi

Kota Tsuchiashi is a competitive amateur driver with a Racer Rating of 2,971, placing him in the developing-to-amateur tier of the scale. This represents a driver establishing themselves at club and entry-level competitive racing; the level encompasses drivers racing against a mix of peers and semi-professionals in junior formulae and regional championships. Tsuchiashi's career on record spans a single season in 2026, with three starts in French F4 producing one podium finish and an average finishing position of seventh.[1]

The calibre of opposition in Tsuchiashi's limited racing has been notably consistent. Across three rounds, Tsuchiashi competed against drivers rated between 2,987 and 3,515, a field of competitive amateurs and semi-professionals. Most notably, Tsuchiashi defeated Hugo Herrouin, a semi-professional rated 3,515, in one race; Tsuchiashi also finished ahead of Thomas Senecloze, Oscar Goudchaux, and Lewis Francis twice apiece, though each of these drivers held a winning head-to-head record overall in their shared races. The one-podium tally from three races and the 7.7 average grid position suggest a driver capable of occasional top-ten performances but inconsistent in delivering them across a small sample of racing.

As an active driver with only three races recorded, Tsuchiashi remains at the earliest stage of career development. The next phase of their progression will depend on expanding volume and consistency against the semi-professional field they are beginning to race within.