is a Japanese

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. He has competed in a range of motorsport disciplines, including

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and European Formula 3. In 2018, Makino joined the

FIA Formula 2 Championship The FIA Formula 2 Championship is a second-tier single-seater championship organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Held on racing circuits, the championship was introduced in 2017, following the rebranding of the lo ...

with the series' defending champions

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. Currently, Makino is in Japan, competing in

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and Super GT.

Career

Early career

Makino started his motorsport career in karting in 2007 and remained active there until 2013. In 2014 he made the switch to formula racing, where he entered the JAF Japanese Formula 4 Championship. He won one race there.

Formula 4

In 2015, Makino made the move to Japan's new official Formula 4 Championship, and raced for the Rn-sports team. He won four of the championship's first five races at the Okayama International Circuit and Fuji Speedway (both two wins) straight away, but then had to wait until the final race weekend at Twin Ring Motegi to add two more wins to his name. At the end of the season, he finished second with 192 points, just three points fewer than eventual champion

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Formula 3

In 2016, Makino made his Formula 3 debut in the

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as a driver from

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's training program. In this he raced for the TODA Racing team. He took four podiums and was fifth in the championship with 41 points. At the end of the season, he competed in three races of the

for Drago Modulo Honda Racing, taking one podium finish alongside

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at the Chang International Circuit. He also drove for Toda Racing in the Grand Prix of Macau, in which he finished fourteenth. In 2017 Makino continued to drive in Formula 3, but made the switch to the

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as a driver for

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. He had a difficult start to the season, scoring only twice in the first half of the year before breaking his wrist and finger in an accident with

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at the

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. Despite his injury, he only missed the race weekend at

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. After his return, he regularly finished in the top 10 with a podium finish at the

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as the highlight. In the end, he finished fifteenth in the final standings with 57 points.

Formula 2

In 2018 Makino made his

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debut with the

team. He scored points regularly until he surprisingly won the feature race at the

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in the second half of the season thanks to good strategy. He finished thirteenth in the standings with 48 points.

Super Formula

In 2019 Makino returned to Japan to participate in the

for the team

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. In the end of 2020, Makino suffered from

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and thus skipped the Super Formula finale, where he was replaced by

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. For the 2021 season, Makino moved from

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. But he did not enter the first two rounds, due to still being in healing phase, which meant

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covered for him in those races. Makino returned at the third round in Autopolis.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results

(

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

Complete Super GT results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Super Formula results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Makino, Tadasuke 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Osaka Japanese racing drivers Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Super GT drivers FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers Formula 4 drivers Super Formula drivers Hitech Grand Prix drivers Motopark Academy drivers Russian Time drivers Nakajima Racing drivers Dandelion Racing drivers Team Kunimitsu drivers Virtuosi Racing drivers