Koudai Tsukakoshi

Koudai Tsukakoshi
Koudai Tsukakoshi
	Tsukakoshi in 2010.
Nationality	Japanese
Born	November 20, 1986; Tochigi, Japan
Super Formula career
Debut season	2009
Current team	HP Real Racing
Car number	10
Former teams	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing, HFDP Racing
Starts	30
Wins	1
Poles	2
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	2nd in 2012
Previous series
2008; 2005–07; 2004	Formula 3 Euro Series; All-Japan Formula Three; Formula Dream
Super GT career
Debut season	2008
Current team	Keihin Real Racing
Car number	17
Starts	36
Wins	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	2nd in 2013

Koudai Tsukakoshi (塚越広大, Tsukakoshi Kōdai, born November 20, 1986 in Tochigi Prefecture) is a Japanese racing driver.

Career

Formula Three

After competing in Formula Dream in 2004, Tsukakoshi moved into the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for the 2005 campaign. Competing for M Tec, Tsukakoshi finished his first season in fourteenth position. He moved to Honda Team Mugen for the 2006 season, finishing fifth in the standings, taking a victory at Suzuka. Another fifth place championship finish followed in 2007, as Tsukakoshi took two wins for Honda Team Real at Okayama and Suzuka. He also finished in second place at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix for Manor Motorsport; finishing behind Oliver Jarvis.[1] Tsukakoshi moved to Manor Motorsport and the Formula Three Euroseries for the 2008 season.[2] He finished seventh in the championship standings, with a best result of second place on four occasions.

Racing record

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	9	DC	Pts
2008	Real Racing	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ Ret	MOT	AUT	FUJ	25th	1
2009	Real Racing	Honda NSX	GT500	OKA 5	SUZ 6	FUJ 12	SEP 2	SUG 6	SUZ 10	FUJ 4	AUT Ret	MOT 3	5th	51
2010	Real Racing	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	SUZ 7	OKA 7	FUJ 5	SEP 12	SUG 1	SUZ 4	FUJ C	MOT 3		3rd	53
2011	Real Racing	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA 3	FUJ 8	SEP 3	SUG 6	SUZ 12	FUJ 3	AUT 6	MOT 7		4th	50
2012	Real Racing	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA 3	FUJ 6	SEP 7	SUG 9	SUZ 10	FUJ 5	AUT 14	MOT Ret		12th	30
2013	Real Racing	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA 2	FUJ Ret	SEP 5	SUG Ret	SUZ 7	FUJ 2	AUT 3	MOT 2		2nd	67
2014	Real Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ Ret	AUT Ret	SUG 3	FUJ 4	SUZ Ret	BUR 12	MOT 15		12th	24
2015	Real Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 12	FUJ 4	CHA 3	FUJ 8	SUZ Ret	SUG 8	AUT 3	MOT 8		8th	39
2016	Keihin Real Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 12	FUJ 13	SUG 7	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	CHA 2	MOT 12	MOT 15		13th	20
2017	Keihin Real Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 9	FUJ 15	AUT 11	SUG 6	FUJ Ret	SUZ 12	CHA 13	MOT 11		18th	7
2018	Keihin Real Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 14	SUZ Ret	CHA 5	FUJ 14	SUG 4	AUT 14	MOT 14		15th	16
2019	Keihin Real Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 14	FUJ 5	SUZ Ret	CHA 13	FUJ 8	AUT 2	SUG 5	MOT 5		6th	39
2020	Keihin Real Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	FUJ (1)	FUJ (2)	SUZ (1)	MOT (1)	FUJ (3)	SUZ (2)	MOT (2)	FUJ (4)

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2009	HFDP Racing	FUJ 6	SUZ 5	MOT 4	FUJ 6	SUZ 9	MOT 10	AUT Ret	SUG 4		7th	20
2010	HFDP Racing	SUZ 8	MOT 2	FUJ 11	MOT 10	SUG Ret	AUT Ret	SUZ1 10	SUZ2 12		9th	9
2011	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	SUZ 7	AUT 3	FUJ 5	MOT 4	SUZ C	SUG 4	MOT1 3	MOT2 8		4th	26.5
2012	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	SUZ 2	MOT 5	AUT 1	FUJ 9	MOT 3	SUG 2	SUZ1 3	SUZ2 3		2nd	43
2013	HP Real Racing	SUZ 9	AUT 6	FUJ 9	MOT 9	SUG Ret	SUZ1 Ret	SUZ2 Ret			15th	3
2014	HP Real Racing	SUZ 14	FUJ1 DNS	FUJ2 9	FUJ Ret	MOT 6	AUT 4	SUG Ret	SUZ1 8	SUZ2 13	11th	8.5
2015	Real Racing	SUZ DNS	OKA 14	FUJ 13	MOT Ret	AUT 17	SUG 9	SUZ1 9	SUZ2 11		17th	0
2016	Real Racing	SUZ 5	OKA 2	FUJ 8	MOT 12	OKA 5	OKA 11	SUG 11	SUZ1 11	SUZ2 12	11th	11

References

"Jarvis dominates Polytec Formula Three Macau Grand Prix". Macau Grand Prix. Macau Grand Prix Committee. 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
"Japanese F3 champion joins Manor Motorsport". gpupdate.net. GPUpdate. 2008-01-02. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2010-04-30.

External links

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[1] "Jarvis dominates Polytec Formula Three Macau Grand Prix". Macau Grand Prix. Macau Grand Prix Committee. 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2010-04-30.

[2] "Japanese F3 champion joins Manor Motorsport". gpupdate.net. GPUpdate. 2008-01-02. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2010-04-30.