Yuki Tsunoda is a racing driver from Japan who competes in Formula 1 for RB F1 Team. Tsunoda has recorded 4 wins and 10 podiums from 159 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 6,886 ranks Tsunoda 23th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-09-13 | Madring | P14 | −13 |
| 2026-09-06 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | P10 | +47 |
| 2026-08-23 | Zandvoort | P11 | +34 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +157 | Yas Marina Circuit 2021 | Formula 1 | P4 |
| +144 | Silverstone 2020 | Formula 2 | P1 |
| +125 | Spa-Francorchamps 2020 | Formula 2 | P1 |
| +122 | Sochi 2020 | Formula 2 | P2 |
| +122 | Sakhir 2020 | Formula 2 | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Formula 1 | RB F1 Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | P17 | +69 | 6,886 |
| 2025 | ▸Formula 1 | Red Bull | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | P15 | +182 | 6,817 |
| 2024 | ▸Formula 1 | RB F1 Team | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | P12 | +58 | 6,635 |
| 2023 | ▸Formula 1 | AlphaTauri | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | P14 | +273 | 6,578 |
| 2022 | ▸Formula 1 | AlphaTauri | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | P15 | −267 | 6,305 |
| 2021 | ▸Formula 1 | AlphaTauri | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | P14 | ↑40+172 | 6,572 |
| 2020 | ▸Formula 2 | Carlin | 24 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | P5 | ↑638+135 | 6,735 |
| 2019 | ▸Formula 3 | Jenzer Motorsport | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +4,655 | 6,005 |
| ▸Formula 3 Macau | Hitech Grand Prix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −91 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum | 8,754 | 117 | 8 | 109 | 7% |
| 🇬🇧 George RussellFIA Platinum | 8,724 | 117 | 21 | 96 | 18% |
| 🇬🇧 Lando NorrisFIA Platinum | 8,672 | 117 | 15 | 102 | 13% |
| 🇲🇨 Charles LeclercFIA Platinum | 8,578 | 117 | 18 | 99 | 15% |
| 🇬🇧 Lewis HamiltonFIA Platinum | 8,520 | 117 | 16 | 101 | 14% |
| 🇫🇷 Pierre GaslyFIA Platinum | 6,973 | 117 | 47 | 70 | 40% |
| 🇪🇸 Fernando AlonsoFIA Platinum | 6,584 | 117 | 33 | 84 | 28% |
| 🇪🇸 Carlos SainzFIA Platinum | 6,860 | 116 | 25 | 91 | 22% |
| 🇫🇷 Esteban OconFIA Platinum | 6,811 | 116 | 45 | 71 | 39% |
| 🇨🇦 Lance StrollFIA Platinum | 5,847 | 116 | 48 | 68 | 41% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 🇬🇧 Arvid Lindblad | Formula 1 | 7,139 |
| 14 | 🇲🇽 Pato O'Ward | IndyCar | 7,095 |
| 15 | 🇩🇰 Christian Lundgaard | IndyCar | 7,086 |
| 16 | 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly | Formula 1 | 6,973 |
| 17 | 🇩🇪 Pascal Wehrlein | Formula E | 6,966 |
| 18 | 🇬🇧 Oliver Rowland | Formula E | 6,961 |
| 19 | 🇳🇿 Mitch Evans | Formula E | 6,953 |
| 20 | 🇺🇸 Christopher Bell | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,919 |
| 21 | 🇩🇪 Nico Hülkenberg | Formula 1 | 6,898 |
| 22 | 🇦🇷 Juan Fangio | Formula 1 | 6,889 |
| 23 | 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda | Formula 1 | 6,886 |
| 24 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Vettel | Formula 1 | 6,884 |
| 25 | 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto | Formula 1 | 6,870 |
| 26 | 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz | Formula 1 | 6,860 |
| 27 | 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon | Formula 1 | 6,811 |
| 28 | 🇫🇷 Alain Prost | Formula 1 | 6,802 |
| 29 | 🇯🇵 Sho Tsuboi | Super GT | 6,799 |
| 30 | 🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlin | IndyCar | 6,770 |
| 31 | 🇦🇷 Franco Colapinto | Formula 1 | 6,767 |
| 32 | 🇺🇸 Ty Gibbs | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,759 |
| 33 | 🇯🇵 Tadasuke Makino | Super GT | 6,741 |
Yuki Tsunoda is an elite professional racing driver competing in Formula 1 for Red Bull Racing. Platinum-graded, he has raced single-seaters from Formula 3 through to the top tier of motorsport, with 117 starts in Formula 1 since 2021 and a professional career spanning from 2019. He drives a Formula 1 car in a single-class international championship that fields competitors ranging from semi-professionals to the sport's strongest graded drivers.[1]
Tsunoda won once in Formula 3 in 2019, taking three podiums across a 16-round season to finish eighth in the championship standings. His rise through Formula 2 the following year saw three wins from 24 starts and seven podiums, a full-season campaign that established him as a prospect for the top series. His Formula 1 career has run across six full seasons and into a seventh, accumulating 117 starts for Red Bull; he has taken two victories against the four-time champion Max Verstappen in that time and eleven against George Russell, a generational-level driver and former Formula 2 champion. Across his Formula 1 tenure, Tsunoda regularly races behind both men, who remain his most consistent competitors.[2]
The grid combines multiple four-time and three-time Formula 1 champions alongside emerging professionals, a field where Tsunoda has sustained a place as a reserve and part-time driver into 2026.