Keisuke Kunimoto

January 9, 1989

Yokohama, Japan

Kunimoto began karting in 2001 when he was 12. After winning the All Japan Karting Championship FA Class in 2004, he entered Formula Toyota Racing School and took scholarship of Toyota. He began his car racing career in the 2005 Formula Toyota season, at the seventh round of the season in Tsukuba. In 2008, he raced in the All-Japan Formula Three for TOM"South and in the Super GT for Asian-Pacific Region, as a Toyota young Drivers Program (TDP) driver. He finished runner-up in the first Formula Three season. 2008 Macau Grand Prix Formula Renault 3.5 Series Kunimoto joined Epsilon Euskadi for the last two Formula Renault 3.5 Series rounds of the 2009 season. He replaced Spaniard Dani Clos in the team"s line-up at the Nürburgring and at the season finale at the new Ciudad del Motor de Aragón circuit. 24 Hours of Le Mans results Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap).

Keisuke Kunimoto

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Background

His father, Yoshihiro Ri, also known as Yoshihiro Kunimoto, is the 1983 All Japan Karting Champion, and his uncle, Yoshihiko Ri, won same karting championship twice in 1980 and 1981. His mother is Japanese.

Career

Kunimoto began karting in 2001 when he was 12. After winning the All Japan Karting Championship FA Class in 2004, he entered Formula Toyota Racing School and took scholarship of Toyota. He began his car racing career in the 2005 Formula Toyota season, at the seventh round of the season in Tsukuba.

In 2008, he raced in the All-Japan Formula Three for TOM"South and in the Super GT for Asian-Pacific Region, as a Toyota young Drivers Program (TDP) driver.

He finished runner-up in the first Formula Three season. 2008 Macau Grand Prix

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Kunimoto joined Epsilon Euskadi for the last two Formula Renault 3.5 Series rounds of the 2009 season.

He replaced Spaniard Dani Clos in the team"s line-up at the Nürburgring and at the season finale at the new Ciudad del Motor de Aragón circuit. 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Achievements

He competed in Formula Toyota and Formula Challenge Japan in 2006 and 2007, and won the championship of Formula Challenge Japan with three wins and ended runner-up in Formula Toyota in 2007. At the end of the season, Kunimoto went to Macau with TOM"South and won the Macau F3 Grand Prix, becoming the second Japanese driver to win the race after Takuma Sato. He will return with the team for the 2010 season, partnering 2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion Albert Costa.

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