Tadasuke Makino

Tadasuke Makino
Tadasuke Makino
Nationality	Japanese
Born	28 June 1997 (age 24); Osaka, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Team Kunimitsu
Car number	1
Former teams	Drago Corse, Nakajima Racing
Starts	23
Wins	2
Podiums	7
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	1st in 2020
Previous series
2018; 2017; 2016; 2015	FIA Formula 2 Championship; FIA European F3; All-Japan F3 Championship; F4 Japanese Championship
Championship titles
2020	Super GT

Tadasuke Makino (牧野任祐, Makino Tadasuke, born 28 June 1997) is a Japanese racing driver.^[1] He has competed in a range of motorsport disciplines, including Super GT and European Formula 3. In 2018, Makino joined the FIA Formula 2 Championship with the series' defending champions Russian Time.^[2]

Karting record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Position
2011	Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior	Intrepid Force Rotax	31st
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior		29th
	WSK Final Cup — KF3	Tony Kart Racing Team	14th
2012	Rotax International Open — Senior		33rd
	IAME International Final — X30 Senior		18th
	Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Senior		19th
	CIK-FIA Asia Pacific Championship — KF2		25th
2013	Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Senior		5th
2013	CIK-FIA Asia Pacific Championship — KF		19th

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	F4 Japanese Championship	Rn-sports	14	6	4	3	11	192	2nd
2016	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	Toda Racing	17	0	1	0	4	41	5th
	Macau Grand Prix	Toda Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
	Super GT	Drago Modulo Honda Racing	3	0	0	0	1	15	16th
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Hitech GP	27	0	0	0	1	57	15th
2017	Macau Grand Prix	Motopark	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2018	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Russian Time	24	1	0	0	1	48	13th
2019	Super GT	Modulo Nakajima Racing	8	0	0	0	1	23.5	12th
	Super Formula	TCS Nakajima Racing	7	0	1	0	0	6	16th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Honda	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	Super GT	Team Kunimitsu	8	1	0	0	3	69	1st
2020	Super Formula	TCS Nakajima Racing	6	0	0	0	1	20	12th
2021	Super GT	Team Kunimitsu	4	1	1	0	2	52	2nd*
2021	Super Formula	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	3	0	0	0	0	12	11th*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship 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	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2016	Team TOM'S	SUZ1 1 8	SUZ1 2 6	FUJ1 1 6	FUJ1 2 6	OKA1 1 Ret	OKA1 1 2	SUZ2 1 4	SUZ2 2 6	FUJ2 1 3	FUJ2 2 5	MOT 1 2	MOT 2 5	OKA2 1 5	OKA2 2 3	SUG 1 4	SUG 2 9	SUG 3 7	5th	41

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	Pts
2016	Drago Modulo Honda Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA 2	MOT 12	MOT 15	16th	15
2019	Modulo Nakajima Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 10	SUZ 11	CHA 10	FUJ 10	AUT 7	SUG 2	MOT 12	12th	23.5
2020	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	FUJ 6	FUJ 5	SUZ 2	MOT 5	FUJ 5	SUZ Ret	MOT 3	FUJ 1	1st	69
2021	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA	FUJ 4	MOT 1	SUZ 4	SUG 2	AUT	MOT	FUJ	2nd*	52*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2016	Toda Racing	Dallara F312	22nd	19th	14th
2017	Motopark	Dallara F317	12th	17th	9th

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2017	Hitech GP	Mercedes	SIL 1 11	SIL 2 19	SIL 3 15	MNZ 1 12	MNZ 2 14	MNZ 3 13	PAU 1 13	PAU 2 12	PAU 3 7	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 17	HUN 3 17	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 14	NOR 3 Ret	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 15	ZAN 3 16	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 19	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 17	RBR 3 3	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 9	HOC 3 11	15th	57

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2018	Russian Time	BHR FEA 19	BHR SPR 17	BAK FEA 9	BAK SPR 9	CAT FEA 9	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA 14†	MON SPR Ret	LEC FEA 8	LEC SPR Ret	RBR FEA 7	RBR SPR 6	SIL FEA 12	SIL SPR 11	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR 12	SPA FEA 12	SPA SPR 11	MNZ FEA 1	MNZ SPR 14	SOC FEA 10	SOC SPR 11	YMC FEA 9	YMC SPR Ret	13th	48

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete 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	DC	Points
2019	TCS Nakajima Racing	SUZ Ret	AUT 4	SUG 14	FUJ 10	MOT Ret	OKA 17	SUZ 13	16th	6
2020	TCS Nakajima Racing	MOT 9	OKA Ret	SUG 7	AUT 3	SUZ Ret	SUZ 8	FUJ	12th	20
2021	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	FUJ	SUZ	AUT 14	SUG 5	MOT 7	MOT	SUZ	11th*	12*

^* Season still in progress.

References[]

^ "Tadasuke Makino". DriverDB. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (9 February 2018). "Honda protege Tadasuke Makino steps up to F2 with Russian Time". formulascout.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)
Tadasuke Makino career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita	Super GT GT500 Champion 2020 With: Naoki Yamamoto	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] "Tadasuke Makino". DriverDB. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[2] Allen, Peter (9 February 2018). "Honda protege Tadasuke Makino steps up to F2 with Russian Time". formulascout.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

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