# Tadasuke Makino

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Japanese racing driver (born 1997)

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Tadasuke Makino Makino in 2024 Nationality Japanese Born (1997-06-28) 28 June 1997 (age 29) Osaka, Japan Super GT - GT500 career Debut season 2016 Current team Team Kunimitsu Categorisation FIA Gold Car number 100 Former teams Drago Corse, Nakajima Racing Starts 60 Wins 4 Podiums 16 Poles 3 Fastest laps 2 Best finish 1st in 2020 Super Formula career Debut season 2019 Current team Docomo Team Dandelion Racing Car number 5 Former teams Nakajima Racing Starts 62 Wins 4 Podiums 17 Poles 4 Fastest laps 0 Best finish 3rd in 2024 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](/source/Motorsport) for [Honda Motor Company](/source/Honda) who currently competes in [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) for [Team Kunimitsu](/source/Team_Kunimitsu) and in the [Super Formula Championship](/source/Super_Formula_Championship) for [Dandelion Racing](/source/Dandelion_Racing). A feature race winner in the [FIA Formula 2 Championship](/source/FIA_Formula_2_Championship) during his time abroad in junior categories, Makino has competed in the top level of Japan's domestic racing scene since 2019. Alongside teammate [Naoki Yamamoto](/source/Naoki_Yamamoto_(racing_driver)), he won the GT500 class championship in Super GT in [2020](/source/2020_Super_GT_Series).[1]

## Career

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### Early career

Makino started karting in 2004 at the Kansai Kartland circuit in [Sakai](/source/Sakai) and made his race debut the following year. He remained in karting until 2013, winning the All-Japan Karting Championship's FS-125 class in 2011 and making his international karting debut during the same year.

In 2014, Makino stepped up to [formula racing](/source/Formula_racing), entering the [Okayama](/source/Okayama_International_Circuit) series of the entry-level [Super FJ](/source/Super_FJ) category as well as select races in [JAF Formula 4](/source/Japan_Formula_4). He would go on to dominate Super FJ and JAF F4 for the next two years, winning all but one race he competed in against the likes of [Yūki Nemoto](/source/Yuki_Nemoto) and [Shunsuke Kohno](/source/Shunsuke_Kohno).

### Formula 4

In 2015, Makino made the move to Japan's new official [Formula 4 Championship](/source/F4_Japanese_Championship), and raced for the Rn-sports team. He won four of the championship's first five races at the Okayama International Circuit and Fuji Speedway (both two wins) straight away, but then had to wait until the final race weekend at Twin Ring Motegi to add two more wins to his name. At the end of the season, he finished second with 192 points, just three points fewer than eventual champion [Sho Tsuboi](/source/Sho_Tsuboi).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Formula 3

In 2016, Makino made his Formula 3 debut in the [Japanese Formula 3 Championship](/source/2016_Japanese_Formula_3_Championship) as a driver from [Honda](/source/Honda)'s training program. In this he raced for the [TODA Racing](/source/TODA_Racing) team. He took four podiums and was fifth in the championship with 41 points. At the end of the season, he competed in three races of the [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) for [Drago Modulo Honda Racing GT500](/source/Drago_Corse), taking one podium finish alongside [Hideki Mutoh](/source/Hideki_Mutoh) at the Chang International Circuit. He also drove for Toda Racing in the Grand Prix of Macau, in which he finished fourteenth.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In 2017 Makino continued to drive in Formula 3, but made the switch to the [European Formula 3 Championship](/source/European_Formula_3_Championship) as a driver for [Hitech GP](/source/Hitech_GP). He had a difficult start to the season, scoring only twice in the first half of the year before breaking his wrist and finger in an accident with [Harrison Newey](/source/Harrison_Newey) at the [Norisring](/source/Norisring). Despite his injury, he only missed the race weekend at [Spa-Francorchamps](/source/Spa-Francorchamps). After his return, he regularly finished in the top-ten with a podium finish at the [Red Bull Ring](/source/Red_Bull_Ring) as the highlight. In the end, he finished fifteenth in the final standings with 57 points.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]`

### Formula 2

Makino at the [2018 Monza Formula 2 round](/source/2018_Monza_Formula_2_round)

In 2018, Makino made his [Formula 2](/source/FIA_Formula_2_Championship) debut with the [Russian Time](/source/Russian_Time) team.[2] He scored points regularly until he surprisingly won the feature race at the [Monza](/source/2018_Monza_Formula_2_round) in the second half of the season thanks to good strategy. He finished thirteenth in the standings with 48 points.

### Super Formula

In 2019, Makino returned to Japan to participate in the [Super Formula](/source/Super_Formula) for the team [Nakajima Racing](/source/Nakajima_Racing). In the end of 2020, Makino suffered from [meningitis](/source/Meningitis) and thus skipped the Super Formula finale, where he was replaced by [Hiroki Otsu](/source/Hiroki_Otsu).[3] For the 2021 season, Makino moved from [Nakajima Racing](/source/Nakajima_Racing) to [Dandelion Racing](/source/Dandelion_Racing). But he did not enter the first two rounds, due to still being in healing phase, which meant [Ukyo Sasahara](/source/Ukyo_Sasahara) covered for him in those races. Makino returned at the third round in Autopolis. Makino then stayed with the same team till now and he grabbed couple of podiums every year.

Makino at the [2025 Super GT Malaysia Festival](/source/2025_Super_GT_Malaysia_Festival)

### Super GT

In 2019, Makino stepped up to [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) GT500 along with his Super Formula program. He competed with [Nakajima Racing](/source/Nakajima_Racing) alongside Narain Karthikeyan. The next season he replaced [Jenson Button](/source/Jenson_Button) as he competed with [Team Kunimitsu](/source/Team_Kunimitsu) alongside former GT500 title winner [Naoki Yamamoto](/source/Naoki_Yamamoto_(racing_driver)). Both Yamamoto and Makino won the [Super GT](/source/2020_Super_GT_Series) title, beating [Ryo Hirakawa](/source/Ryo_Hirakawa) in the last race. Makino continued racing with the team for the next couple of seasons, but had to skip one round due to illness in 2021 and was covered by [Hideki Mutoh](/source/Hideki_Mutoh).

## Karting record

### Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position 2006 SL Osaka Series - Comer 2nd M4 All-Japan Championship - Cadets 1st 2007 SL Biwako Series - Yamaha Junior 1st SL Osaka Series - Yamaha Junior 1st M4 WEST Series - Cadets 1st 2008 SL All-Japan Kart Meeting - TIA Junior 1st 2010 JAF Junior Karting Championship - FP-Jr Akiland R 5th 2011 All-Japan Karting Championship - FS-125 Akiland Racing 1st Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior Intrepid Force Rotax 31st Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior EIKO Japan 29th WSK Final Cup — KF3 Tony Kart Racing Team 14th 2012 All-Japan Karting Championship - KF1 TOYOTA/YAMAHA RT 4th 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 All-Japan Karting Championship - KF1 TOYOTA/YAMAHA RT 6th Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Senior 5th CIK-FIA Asia Pacific Championship — KF TAKAGI PLANNING 19th 2014 All-Japan Karting Championship - KF ADVAN HIROTEX RACING 26th

## Racing record

### Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position 2014 Super FJ Okayama Series Rn-sports 5 5 5 5 5 100 1st Super FJ - All-Japan Masters Race 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st JAF Formula 4 - West Series Marusan MYST [ja]/Rn-sports 2 1 2 2 1 22 9th 2015 F4 Japanese Championship Rn-sports 14 6 4 3 11 192 2nd JAF Formula 4 - East Series Rn-sports/MYST [ja] 4 4 4 3 4 80 1st JAF Formula 4 - West Series 5 5 5 5 5 100 1st 2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Toda Racing 17 0 1 0 4 41 5th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th Super GT - GT500 Drago Modulo Honda Racing 3 0 0 0 1 15 16th Super GT - GT300 Cars Tokai Dream28 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Hitech GP 27 0 0 0 1 57 15th 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 - GT500 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 Team Motul 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2020 Super GT - GT500 Team Kunimitsu 8 1 0 0 3 69 1st Super Formula TCS Nakajima Racing 6 0 0 0 1 20 12th 2021 Super GT - GT500 Team Kunimitsu 7 1 1 0 2 57 4th Super Formula Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 5 0 0 0 1 24 9th 2022 Super GT - GT500 Team Kunimitsu 8 1 1 1 3 62 3rd Super Formula Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 10 0 0 0 2 61 5th 2023 Super GT - GT500 Team Kunimitsu 8 0 1 1 1 34 10th Super Formula Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 9 0 1 0 2 43 6th Super Taikyu - ST-Z Techno First 2 0 0 0 0 99‡ 3rd‡ 2024 Super GT - GT500 Stanley Team Kunimitsu 8 0 0 0 2 64 2nd Super Formula Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 9 2 0 0 4 86 3rd 2025 Super GT - GT500 Stanley Team Kunimitsu 8 1 0 0 3 63 2nd Super Formula Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 12 2 2 0 5 113 4th 2026 Super GT - GT500 Stanley Team Kunimitsu 2 0 0 0 0 7 8th* Super Formula Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 4 0 0 0 0 6 14th* Super Taikyu - ST-Z Techno First

* Season still in progress.

‡ Team standings

### Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 2015 Honda Formula Dream Project OKA 1 1 OKA 2 1 FUJ1 1 2 FUJ1 2 1 FUJ2 1 1 FUJ2 2 26 SUZ 1 2 SUZ 2 2 SUG 1 2 SUG 2 3 AUT 1 9 AUT 2 5 MOT 1 1 MOT 2 1 2nd 192

### Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 Toda Racing 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 Points 2016 Cars Tokai Dream28 Lotus Evora MC GT300 OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ Ret NC 0 Drago Modulo Honda Racing Honda NSX Concept-GT GT500 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 6 MOT 12 FUJ 14 4th 57 2022 Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA 2 FUJ 5‡ SUZ 9 FUJ 8 SUZ 11 SUG 8 AUT 2 MOT 1 3rd 62 2023 Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA 12 FUJ 2 SUZ 5 FUJ 6 SUZ 7 SUG Ret AUT 9 MOT 10 10th 34 2024 Stanley Team Kunimitsu Honda Civic Type R-GT GT500 GT500 OKA 3 FUJ 7 SUZ 7 FUJ 2 SUG 5 AUT 4 MOT 6 SUZ 4 2nd 64 2025 Stanley Team Kunimitsu Honda Civic Type R-GT GT500 GT500 OKA 4 FUJ 3 SEP 6 FS1 7 FS2 (12) SUZ 10 SUG 6 AUT 1 MOT 3 2nd 63 2026 Stanley Team Kunimitsu Honda Prelude-GT GT500 OKA 7 FUJ 8 FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 8th* 7*

‡ 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 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 DC Points 2019 TCS Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ Ret AUT 4 SUG 14 FUJ 10 MOT Ret OKA 17 SUZ 13 16th 6 2020 TCS Nakajima Racing Honda MOT 9 OKA Ret SUG 7 AUT 3 SUZ Ret SUZ 8 FUJ 12th 20 2021 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda FUJ SUZ AUT 14 SUG 52 MOT 7 MOT 3 SUZ 10 9th 24 2022 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda FUJ 6 FUJ Ret SUZ 3 AUT 63 SUG 4 FUJ 5 MOT 4 MOT 3 SUZ 7 SUZ 9 5th 61 2023 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda FUJ 14 FUJ 8 SUZ 15 AUT 6 SUG 3 FUJ 21 MOT Ret SUZ 43‡ SUZ 10 6th 43 2024 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda SUZ 10 AUT 12 SUG 4‡ FUJ 5 MOT 1 FUJ 4 FUJ 3 SUZ 3 SUZ 8 3rd 86 2025 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda SUZ 10 SUZ 1 MOT 11 MOT 23 AUT 6 FUJ 5 FUJ 9 SUG 10 FUJ 4‡ SUZ 3 SUZ 21 SUZ 5 4th 113 2026 docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda MOT 11 MOT 13 SUZ 11 SUZ 63 FUJ FUJ FUJ SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ SUZ 14th* 6*

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Tadasuke Makino"](https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/tadasuke-makino/). DriverDB. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Allen, Peter (9 February 2018). ["Honda protege Tadasuke Makino steps up to F2 with Russian Time"](http://www.formulascout.com/honda-protege-tadasuke-makino-steps-up-to-f2-with-russian-time/40599). *formulascout.com*. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Tadasuke Makino discharged from hospital after one month"](https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/makino-discharged-hospital-meningitis-recovery/5086190/). *www.motorsport.com*. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

## External links

- [Official website](http://team-tadasuke.com/) (in Japanese)

- [Tadasuke Makino](https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/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 Sho Tsuboi Yuhi Sekiguchi

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