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Óscar Tunjo
Colombian racing driver

Óscar Tunjo

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Colombian racing driver
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Category:Oscar Andrés Tunjo
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Place of birth
Cali
Age
28 years
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Biography

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

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.

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. 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. 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. 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 scheduled to make his Formula Three debut in the FIA European Formula Three Championship in 2014, racing for Signature. 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.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesFLapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2010Formula BMW PacificMeritus1512351412nd
2011Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Josef Kaufmann Racing1400015810th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC700016323rd
2012Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Tech 1 Racing141202737th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps102122974th
2013Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Josef Kaufmann Racing140002996th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC7131311813th
2014Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesPons Racing1200001122nd
2015GP3 SeriesTrident610011715th
2016GP3 SeriesJenzer Motorsport500111816th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2014Pons RacingMNZ
1
MNZ
2
ALC
1
ALC
2
MON
1
SPA
1
Ret
SPA
2
15
MSC
1
10
MSC
2
17
NÜR
1
8
NÜR
2
Ret
HUN
1
12
HUN
2
Ret
LEC
1
18
LEC
2
15
JER
1
Ret
JER
2
7
22nd11

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2015TridentCAT
FEA
16
CAT
SPR
11
RBR
FEA
9
RBR
SPR
1
SIL
FEA
11
SIL
SPR
10
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
15th17
2016Jenzer MotorsportCAT
FEA
8
CAT
SPR

2
RBR
FEA
14
RBR
SPR
13
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
SPA
FEA
15
SPA
SPR
DNS
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
16th18

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