Yuji Kunimoto

Yuji Kunimoto (国本雄資) is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who is currently competing in Super GT for Racing Project Bandoh and in Super Formula for Team Impul. He is the champion of the 2016 Super Formula Championship and the 2010 Japanese Formula 3 Championship.

He is the younger brother of 2008 Macau Grand Prix winner Keisuke Kunimoto.



Early Career highlights

 * 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

Career
From 2009, 2010 Kunimoto competed in Japanese Formula 3 Championship with TOM'S where he clinched third place, and as a champion the next year.

Super GT
Kunimoto made his debut in the series' GT300 Class with apr on 2009 with Takuto Iguchi. the next 2 seasons he paired with Morio Nitta. The latter pair clinch 1 win and 4 podium during 2 season in 2010 & 2011.

Kunimoto then step up to GT500 with Kraft in 2012 with Andrea Caldarelli new to the series, as the pair clinch 1 podiun in the season. Kunimoto then moves to Team LeMans partnering Kazuya Oshima for three seasons. Both pair only won once from 2013, and five podiums. For 2016, Kunimoto moves to WedsSport Bandoh alongside Yuhi Sekiguchi. He won only once on that season. After that he is the main driver for Bandoh for four seasons, with Kenta Yamashita, Sho Tsuboi, Ritomo Miyata, and Sena Sakaguchi as his teammate. Kunimoto wins again with Sakaguchi in 2-23 at Suzuka Circuit. For 2024, he stays with the same team and teammate.

Super Formula
Kunimoto made his debut in Formula Nippon in 2011 with Cerumo・INGING as a single car entry. Kunimoto then won the series title in 2016 with his maiden two wins and four podiums, as he beats Andre Lotterer by three points. After that he did not win another title, and race till now. After eight seasons with Cerumo INGING, he moves to Kondo Racing in 2019, then KCMG. For 2024, Kunimoto moves to Team Impul with Theo Pourchaire.

Le Mans 24
Kunimoto made a wildcard debut with Toyota Gazoo Racing for 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans. He paired with Jose Maria Lopez, and Nicolas Lapierre. The car only completed 160 laps, and did not finish the race.

Career summary
‡ Team standings

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
 * Season still in progress.