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Óscar Tunjo

Óscar Tunjo

Colombian racing driver (born 1996)


Óscar Andrés Tunjo (born 5 January 1996) is a Colombian racing driver.

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Career

Karting

Born in Cali, Tunjo began his racing career in karting at the age of five in Colombian championships, collecting titles in various classes. In 2007 he moved to Europe, and competed in local karting series.

Formula BMW

Tunjo made his début in single-seaters in 2010 at the age of fourteen, taking part in the Formula BMW Pacific series for Meritus. He finished the season as runner-up to Richard Bradley with one win at the Singapore Grand Prix-support round, while also scoring another four podiums.[1]

Formula Renault

Tunjo returned to Europe in 2011, competing for Josef Kaufmann Racing in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, the latter on a part-time basis.[2] He closed out the top ten in the Eurocup driver standings – including a podium at the Hungaroring – while in the NEC he had one podium at the Nürburgring.

Tunjo switched to Tech 1 Racing in 2012, competing in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault series.[3] He finished fourth in the Alps series with two wins, and seventh in the Eurocup with a win at Barcelona.

Tunjo returned to Josef Kaufmann Racing for the 2013 season, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and the Eurocup Formula Renault series.[4] He improved to sixth place in the Eurocup standings and had a win at Spa in the NEC series.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Tunjo racing at the Nürburgring round of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season

Tunjo scheduled to make his Formula Three debut in the FIA European Formula Three Championship in 2014, racing for Signature.[5] But when Signature withdrew from the championship he signed a contract with Pons Racing to compete in Formula Renault 3.5 Series in both 2014 and 2015.[6]

Racing record

Career summary

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Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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Complete GP3 Series results

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Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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References

  1. "Formula BMW Pacific 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. "Eurocup — The Colombian Oscar Tunjo to the agreement with the team Josef Kaufmann Racing". stopandgo.tv. Stop & Go. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  3. "Oscar Andres Tunjo and Roman Mavlanov join Tech 1 Racing". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  4. "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup". Josef Kaufmann Racing. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  5. Allen, Peter (19 February 2014). "Tunjo confirmed with Signature for FIA F3 step". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  6. Allen, Peter (8 May 2014). "Oscar Tunjo joins Pons in Formula Renault 3.5 from Spa". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

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