# Yusuke Mitsui

Yusuke Mitsui (三井 優介, Mitsui Yusuke, born 22 April 2002) is a Japanese racing driver. He finished runner-up in the 2022 F4 Japanese Championship. He was a member of the Honda Formula Dream Project.

## Career
### Formula 4

In 2022 Mitsui made his single-seater racing debut by competing in the F4 Japanese Championship. He joined the Honda Formula Dream Project team alongside Syun Koide, and Kazuma Nishimura. He won the opening race of the season and he collected 2 more wins along with 8 more podiums to finish runner-up to teammate Koide. For 2023, Mitsui stayed in F4 to fight for the title alongside Yuto Nomura, and rookie Tosei Moriyama. Mitsui ended up finishing 3rd place in the standings to Runners Up Jin Nakamura, and the eventual champion Rikuto Kobayashi.

### Super GT

Mitsui would take up a role as the third driver for Team UpGarage in 2024. But Mitsui did not made a single race in that season.

### Super Formula Lights

Mitsui joined new team Delightworks Racing for his Super Formula Lights debut in 2025.

### Super Taikyu

Mitsui Also made his debut in Super Taikyu with Honda's M&K Racing in 2023. Mitsui then raced for Team Spoon in the ST-2 class in 2024, and one race appearance with Honda's HRC Team in ST-Q.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2022 | F4 Japanese Championship | Honda Formula Dream Project | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 246 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Super Taikyu - ST-TCR | M&K Honda Cars Okegawa Racing | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 116‡ | 2nd‡ |
| 2023 | F4 Japanese Championship | Honda Formula Dream Project | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 181 | 3rd |
| 2023 | Super Taikyu - ST-TCR | M&K Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 88‡ | 1st‡ |
| 2024 | Super GT - GT300 | Team UpGarage | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2024 | Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Team Spoon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73‡ | 6th‡ |
| 2024 | Super Taikyu - ST-Q | Team HRC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0‡ | NC‡ |
| 2025 | Super Formula Lights | Delightworks Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7th* |
$^*$ Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings

### Complete F4 Japanese Championship results

(key) (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 |
| 2022 | Honda Formula Dream Project | FUJ1 2 1 | FUJ1 1 2 | SUZ1 1 2 | SUZ1 2 2 | FUJ2 1 3 | FUJ2 2 2 | SUZ2 1 1 | SUZ2 2 1 | SUG 1 4 | SUG 2 2 | AUT 1 3 | AUT 2 3 | MOT 1 4 | MOT 2 4 | 2nd | 246 |
| 2023 | Honda Formula Dream Project | FUJ1 2 Ret | FUJ1 1 28 | SUZ1 1 1 | SUZ1 2 1 | FUJ2 1 4 | FUJ2 2 4 | SUZ2 1 1 | SUZ2 2 1 | SUG 1 2 | SUG 2 2 | AUT 1 3 | AUT 2 10 | MOT 1 10 | MOT 2 8 | 3rd | 181 |

### 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 | Points |
| 2024 | Team UpGarage | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 7† | SUZ 13 | FUJ 16 | SUG | AUT 15 | MOT | SUZ 24 | NC | 0 |
$^*$ Season still in progress. $^†$ did not involve in the round thus no points rewarded.

### Complete Super Formula Lights 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 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2025 | Delightworks Racing | SUZ 1 5 | SUZ 2 7 | SUZ 3 6 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | AUT 3 | OKA 1 | OKA 2 | OKA 3 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | SUG 3 | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | FUJ 3 | MOT 1 | MOT 2 | MOT 3 | 7th* | 3 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.