Yusuke Mitsui
Japanese Race Driver
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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 was a member of the Honda Formula Dream Project.[2]
Japanese| Yusuke Mitsui | |
|---|---|
Mitsui in 2023 | |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 22 April 2002 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2022-23 | Super GT - GT300 F4 Japanese Championship |
Career
Formula 4
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]
Super GT
Mitsui would take up a role as the third driver for Team UpGarage in 2024. But Mitsui did not made a single race in that season.[6]
Super Formula Lights
Mitsui joined new team Delightworks Racing for his Super Formula Lights debut in 2025.[7][8]
Super Taikyu
Mitsui also made his debut in Super Taikyu with Honda's M&K Racing in 2023.[9][10] Mitsui then raced for Team Spoon in the ST-2 class in 2024, and one race appearance with Honda's HRC Team in ST-Q.[11][12]
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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Team Spoon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73‡ | 6th‡ | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-Q | Team HRC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0‡ | NC‡ | |
| 2025 | Super Formula Lights | Delightworks Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6th |
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Team Spoon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 84.5‡ | 4th‡ |
* Season still in progress.
‡ 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. † did not involve in the round thus no points rewarded.
Complete Super Formula Lights results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.