Koudai Tsukakoshi
| Koudai Tsukakoshi | |
|---|---|
 Tsukakoshi at the 2025 Super GT Malaysia Festival | |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 20 November 1986 |
| Super GT career | |
| Debut season | 2008 |
| Current team | Real Racing |
| Car number | 17 |
| Starts | 138 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 31 |
| Poles | 6 |
| Fastest laps | 7 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2013 |
| Previous series | |
| 2013–21 2009–2012 2008 2005–07 2004 | Super Formula Formula Nippon Formula 3 Euro Series All-Japan Formula Three Formula Dream |
| Championship titles | |
| 2004 | JAF Formula 4 West Series |
Koudai Tsukakoshi (塚越広大, Tsukakoshi Kōdai; born 20 November 1986) is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Racing Corporation who competes in Super GT for Astemo Real Racing, and has competed in the series since 2008.
Career
Formula Three
After competing in Formula Dream in 2004 and 2005, winning the championship in his second year, Tsukakoshi moved into the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for the final three rounds of the 2005 season, finishing fourteenth in the standings competing for M-TEC. He remained with the team 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.
Super Formula
After a season in Europe, Tsukakoshi made his debut in Formula Nippon in 2009 with HFDP Racing, which was run by Real Racing. He raced with them before moving to Dandelion Racing in 2011. In 2012, he came close to winning the title, losing out to Kazuki Nakajima by three points. In 2013, he returned to Real Racing, and he raced with them for six seasons. Tsukakoshi initially was not scheduled to compete in the 2019 season, but he replaced Tristan Charpentier from the second round of the season onwards.[3] Real Racing announced it had withdrawn from the 2020 season, thus leaving Tsukakoshi without a seat.[4] That season, he was hired by Drago Corse to replace Tatiana Calderon, who was unable to race due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, for the Okayama and Sugo rounds that year.[5] He made a further three starts for the team in 2021, again replacing Calderon, which were his final outings as a driver.
Tsukakoshi was later recruited by the series to develop the new Dallara SF23 chassis as the test driver of Honda's development car. He also became part of a new ThreeBond Racing (formerly Drago Corse) structure as an advisor[6], and later took on the role of team director.
Super GT
Tsukakoshi made his debut with Honda GT500 team Real Racing in the 2008 Suzuka 1000km. He has driven for the team full-time since 2009, and finished runner-up in the 2013 standings alongside Toshihiro Kaneishi.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Japanese Formula 3 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Honda Team M-TEC | Mugen | MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
FUJ 1 |
FUJ 2 |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
MIN 1 |
MIN 2 |
FUJ 1 11 |
FUJ 2 7 |
MIN 1 7 |
MIN 2 8 |
MOT 1 12 |
MOT 2 5 |
14th | 19 |
| 2006 | Honda Team M-TEC | Mugen | FUJ 1 2 |
FUJ 2 5 |
SUZ 1 12 |
SUZ 2 9 |
MOT 1 7 |
MOT 2 3 |
OKA 1 2 |
OKA 2 4 |
SUZ 1 1 |
SUZ 2 2 |
AUT 1 7 |
AUT 2 4 |
FUJ 1 13 |
FUJ 2 11 |
SUG 1 5 |
SUG 2 5 |
MOT 1 2 |
MOT 2 11 |
5th | 153 | ||
| 2007 | Honda Team Real | Mugen | FUJ 1 7 |
FUJ 2 5 |
SUZ 1 5 |
SUZ 2 6 |
MOT 1 3 |
MOT 2 4 |
OKA 1 3 |
OKA 2 1 |
SUZ 1 3 |
SUZ 2 1 |
AUT 1 5 |
AUT 2 5 |
AUT 3 Ret |
FUJ 1 2 |
FUJ 2 2 |
SEN 1 6 |
SEN 2 8 |
SEN 3 4 |
MOT 1 5 |
MOT 2 8 |
5th | 182 |
Complete Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
References
- ↑ "Jarvis dominates Polytec Formula Three Macau Grand Prix". Macau Grand Prix. Macau Grand Prix Committee. 18 November 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ↑ "Japanese F3 champion joins Manor Motorsport". gpupdate.net. GPUpdate. 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ↑ Thukral, Rachit (9 May 2019). "Rookie Charpentier axed after one Super Formula race". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ↑ "Real Racing withdraws from 2020 Super Formula season". Motorsport Network. 27 February 2020.
- ↑ "Tatiana Calderon forced to miss Okayama Super Formula round". www.motorsport.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ↑ "ThreeBond takes over Drago Corse Super Formula entry". motorsport.com. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Koudai Tsukakoshi career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tochigi Prefecture
- Japanese racing drivers
- Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers
- Super GT drivers
- Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
- Formula Nippon drivers
- Super Formula drivers
- Manor Motorsport drivers
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Dandelion Racing drivers
- Prema Powerteam drivers
- Suzuka 1000 km drivers