Óscar Tunjo

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Óscar Tunjo (2012)

Óscar Andrés Tunjo (born January 5, 1996 in Cali ) is a Colombian racing car driver . He started in the GP3 series in 2015 and 2016 .

Career

Tunjo began his motorsport career in 2001 at the age of five in karting , in which he was active until 2009. He won several championship titles in various kart series. In 2010 he joined the Formula racing and went for Meritus in the Pacific Formula BMW at. He won a race and was runner-up. With 141 to 217 points he was defeated by the master Richard Bradley .

In 2011 Tunjo started in European formula series for Josef Kaufmann Racing . In the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup , he achieved tenth place overall with a second place as the best result, while his team-mate Robin Frijns won the title. In the Northern European Formula Renault Tunjo contested three of eight events and finished the championship in 23rd place. Here, too, he achieved a podium placement with a third place. In 2012 Tunjo switched to Tech 1 Racing and was accepted into the support program of the Lotus Formula 1 racing team. He improved to seventh place in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. Tunjo also achieved his first victory. In addition, he played five out of seven events in the Alpine Formula Renault . He won two races and finished the season in fourth place. In both series he was one position behind his teammate Paul-Loup Chatin . In 2013 Tunjo returned to Josef Kaufmann Racing, the championship team of the last two years. In the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup he only failed to make the top 10 twice and was on the podium twice. As the best driver of his racing team, he finished sixth in the overall standings. In the Northern European Formula Renault, he took part in three out of seven events. At every race weekend Tunjo stood on the podium once and achieved a win of the season. He finished 13th in the drivers' championship.

Óscar Tunjo during the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring 2014

In 2014 , Signature signed Tunjo for the European Formula 3 Championship . He was the first driver to be signed for Renault's return as an engine manufacturer. However, Tunjo left the team during the tests before the season because the engine was not competitive. Signature also withdrew from the series before it began. Tunjo finally got into the Formula Renault 3.5 for the fourth race weekend of the season . He started for Pons Racing , with whom he received a contract until the end of 2015 . Tunjo finished the season in 22nd place overall and was thus internally defeated by his team-mate Meindest van Buuren Jr. who turned 19th. In early 2015 it became known that Tunjo and Pons had terminated their contract. The team justified the step with Tunjo's budget problems. Instead Tunjo started for Trident Racing in the GP3 series in 2015 . In the second sprint race in Spielberg , he achieved his first victory. After the third race weekend, he lost his cockpit. In the 2016 GP3 series , Tunjo only competed in three events due to budget problems. For Jenzer Motorsport , second place was his best result.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (7th place)
  • 2012: Alpine Formula Renault (4th place)
  • 2013: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (6th place)
  • 2013: Northern European Formula Renault (13th place)

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th Points rank
2014 Pons Racing ItalyItaly MNZ SpainSpain ALC MonacoMonaco MON BelgiumBelgium SPA RussiaRussia MOS GermanyGermany ONLY HungaryHungary HUN FranceFrance LEC SpainSpain JRZ 11 22nd
          DNF 15th 10 17th 8th DNF 12 DNF 18th 15th DNF 7th

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2015 Trident Racing SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS BahrainBahrain BRN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 17th 15th
16 11 9 1 11 10                        
2016 Jenzer Motorsport SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA MalaysiaMalaysia MAS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 18th 16.
8th 2 14th 13             15th DNS            

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b “Signature places its trust in Oscar Tunjo”. fiaf3europe.com, February 20, 2014, archived from the original on November 6, 2014 ; accessed on November 6, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Peter Allen: “Tunjo, Schothorst, Olsen join Kaufmann's 2013 assault”. paddockscout.com, February 6, 2013, accessed November 6, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Marcus Simmons: “Lotus F1 team junior Oscar Tunjo joins Renault line-up”. autosport.com, February 20, 2014, accessed November 6, 2014 .
  4. ^ A b Peter Allen: "Oscar Tunjo joins Pons in Formula Renault 3.5 from Spa". paddockscout.com, May 8, 2014, accessed November 6, 2014 .
  5. ^ Peter Allen: Oscar Tunjo splits from Pons Formula Renault 3.5 squad. paddockscout.com, March 2, 2015, accessed March 2, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Oscar Tunjo secures GP3 drive with Trident. paddockscout.com, March 16, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 .
  7. ^ Peter Allen: Kari in for Boschung for Spa GP3 round, Tunjo returns. paddockscout.com, August 25, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Tunjo, Óscar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tunjo, Óscar Andrés
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Cali , Colombia