Keisuke Kunimoto

, also known as Lee Kyung-woo , is a Japanese racing driver of Zainichi Korean descent. A former Toyota junior, Kunimoto won the 2008 Macau Grand Prix for TOM'S. He later competed in Formula Nippon, Formula Renault 3.5 Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

He is the older brother of 2016 Super Formula champion Yuji Kunimoto.

Personal life Kunimoto's mother is Japanese. His father, Yoshihiro Lee (李好廣、이호광 Lee Ho-gwang), also known as Yoshihiro Kunimoto, is the 1983 All Japan Karting Champion and his uncle, Yoshihiko Lee (이호언 Lee Ho-eon), won the same karting championship twice in 1980 and 1981. His younger brother, Yuji, is also a race car driver in Super Formula and Super GT.

Racing career Kunimoto began karting in 2001 when he was 12. After winning the All Japan Karting Championship FA Class in 2004, he entered Formula Toyota Racing School and took scholarship of Toyota. He began his car racing career in the 2005 Formula Toyota season, at the seventh round of the season in Tsukuba.

Kunimoto competed in Formula Toyota and Formula Challenge Japan in 2006 and 2007, and won the championship of Formula Challenge Japan with three wins and ended runner-up in Formula Toyota in 2007.

In 2008, Kunimoto raced in the All-Japan Formula Three for TOM'S and in the Super GT for apr, as a Toyota Young Drivers Program (TDP) driver. He finished runner-up in the first Formula Three season.

2008 Macau Grand Prix At the end of the season, Kunimoto went to Macau with TOM'S and won the Macau F3 Grand Prix, becoming the second Japanese driver to win the race after Takuma Sato.

Formula Nippon Kunimoto competed in the 2009 Formula Nippon season for Team LeMans, finishing last in the standings with one point.

A1 Grand Prix Kunimoto joined A1 Team Korea for the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season, and was set to make his debut at the Kyalami round, but issues regarding a political slogan on his car, which stated "Dokdo is a Korean territory", prevented him from racing that weekend. Kunimoto was dropped by Toyota at the end of 2009.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series Kunimoto joined Epsilon Euskadi for the last two Formula Renault 3.5 Series rounds of the 2009 season. He replaced Spaniard Dani Clos in the team's line-up at the Nürburgring and at the season finale at the new Ciudad del Motor de Aragón circuit.

Kunimoto returned with the team for the 2010 season, partnering 2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion Albert Costa.

Racing record Career summary ‡ Team standings

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts 2008 Petronas Team TOM'S Toyota FUJ1 FUJ2 AUT1 AUT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 OKA1 OKA2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 FUJ1 FUJ2 SUG1 SUG2 2nd 219

Complete Super GT results

Complete Formula Nippon results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2009 Team LeMans Toyota FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG 13th 1

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Navi Team Goh Seiji Ara Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 339 DNF DNF

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 15 16 17 Pos Points 2009 Epsilon Euskadi CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 BUG1 BUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALC1 ALC2 32nd 0 2010 Epsilon Euskadi ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 BRN1 BRN2 MAG1 MAG2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 22nd 8