Yusuke Mitsui

Yusuke Mitsui
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 (age 22) Saitama, Japan
Super GT - GT300 career
Debut season	2023
Current team	Team UpGarage
Car number	18
Starts	4
Previous series
2022-2023	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 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. "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.

External links

• Yusuke Mitsui career summary at DriverDB.com