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

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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 -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

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– while in the NEC he had one podium at the Nürburgring. Tunjo switched to

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in 2012, competing in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the

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series. He finished fourth in the Alps series with two wins, and seventh in the Eurocup with a win at

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. Tunjo returned to Josef Kaufmann Racing for the 2013 season, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and the

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

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, racing for

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. But when Signature withdrew from the championship he signed a contract with

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to compete in Formula Renault 3.5 Series in both

and 2015.

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tunjo, Oscar 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Cali Colombian racing drivers Formula BMW Pacific drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Colombian GP3 Series drivers Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers Team Meritus drivers Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers Tech 1 Racing drivers Pons Racing drivers Trident Racing drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers Phoenix Racing drivers W Racing Team drivers GT4 European Series drivers Toksport WRT drivers