#Tadasuke Makino

[yuki-shipnoda]

Everyone say thank you to Kazuto for new Yuki content

[starlightiing]

Please, how relentlessly Tadasuke Makino teased Yuki at the Honda event made my heart so warm. Yuki was clearly comfortable and happy, and he seemed to enjoy every moment that he was affectionatrly roasted live on stage. It was so lovely to see, and the chemistry he had with Tadasuke was incredibly palpable. Just an absolute joy to watch them, honestly.

[ryo-hirakawa]

what if we were both honda drivers but never made the works team? what if i watched on as you won a race in your maiden season, waiting for the day i had my own? what if our team got good and we were both fighting for the championship? and despite that, when you spun out of the lead in front of me, giving me two back to back wins after i had waited for 5 years, the first thing i said was that you deserved it, that i felt sorry?

[tadasukemakino]

photos by miura_svr on twitter

[kakunology]

Tadasuke Makino, or 🐡?

[allphatauri]

people I’d like to get to know better!

tagged by the wonderful @nosig and @jack-doohan !! thank you <3 psps i did something similar a month ago for comparison ehe

last song: reincarnated by kendrick lamar (i wanted to read the lyrics)

last book: the woman warrior by maxine hong kingston (it's REALLY good, it's a memoir!)

last movie: transformers one !!

last TV show: slam dunk (the anime), i think??? i also recently finished the queen of villains on netflix (it's about japanese women's wrestling so i was thinking .. so many aus in my head...)

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: savory all the way!!! sweet and spicy are good in moderation.

Relationship status: wouldn't you like to know (joke LOL i love my gf)

Last thing googled: "伏線回収　英語" the english for fukusenkaishuu. there's no good translation for it but it basically means 'foreshadowing retrieval' . like the moment the foreshadowing makes sense?

Current obsession: dude . sooo much. the usual stuff ofc but rn super formula / super gt. makinohta (tadasuke makino / kakunoshin ohta) (japanese motorsport drivers sobs) !! having a blast learning more abt fe rn as well aughhh i can't think of anyone to tag uhh @cunty-pink-porsche hi fried it's just you for now thank u for reading up until this point anyone that wants to can absolutely do it and pretend i tagged them . i am tagging all ofy ou

[dailyf2]

[ergonis]

Tadasuke Makino & Artem Markelov - Monza F2 Championship 2018

[whitechocveloute]

There are two types of racing drivers:

Those who pose in front of the camera alone

and those who pose with their new friends

and then..........there are these guys :P

[vierschanzentournee]

FIA Formula 2 Championship 2018 Grid - 1/2

[starlightiing]

✨️ Tadasuke Makino ✨️

[formulatrash]

I wish to discuss the fact RT have their fittest lineup for several years.

[tadasukemakino]

tadasuke makino : yokohama talk show, tokyo autosalon , january 11 2025. (x)

[kakunology]

Hello, and welcome to my blog!

This blog is predominantly focused around Kakunoshin Ohta, but given the fact that I really enjoy the racing series' he's a part of, I will probably also be posting about them and some other drivers from those series' as well.

You can catch him In Super Formula in 2025 as well as IMSA! He also spent the past 3 years in Super GT which you can always go back and watch <3

Basic Info on Kakunoshin

I run a discord that is for F1 but has an entire section dedicated to all other motorsports, with individual categories for each one. We stream races of all kinds, so if you ever want to catch SF, SGT, IMSA, WEC, or even F2, F3, F1A, F1, NASCAR, and Indy, feel free to join us and hang out! Click here!

If you want to catch his racing, the best series' to watch are Super Formula and IMSA. You can go back and watch Super GT as well, but due to his commitments in IMSA in 2025, he has had to drop Super GT from his roster for now.

Super Formula: Team Docomo Dandelion 2023 + 2024. 2023 was his rookie year. He will remain in this same team alongside teammate Tadasuke Makino for the 2025 season and is favored for the championship (fingers crossed).

Super GT: Debuted in 2022 in GT300 with UpGarage. 2023 he was promoted to GT500 with Modulo Nakajima Racing. In 2024 he moved to Astemo Real Racing.

IMSA: He is currently competing in 3 races for IMSA with Meyer Shank Racing, the #93 Acura GTP. He will drive in the 24 Hours of Daytona in Florida, 6 Hours of the Glen in Watkins Glen, NY, and Battle of the Bricks in Indianapolis, IN. He has been rumored for two LMP2 races, but no further information has been released on that for now.

[themotorsportblog]

HONDA LEAVES F1: FIVE BOLD PREDICTIONS

Honda are taking another hiatus from F1, opting to have a break from the sport at the end of it’s current deal with Red Bull and Alpha Tauri, but what’s next for them, their drivers and the teams they supply?

Tsunoda will be left in No Man’s Land

The big winners from this announcement are current Alpha Tauri driver Daniil Kvyat and reserve driver Sergio Sette Camara, who may now face less competition for a seat in the junior team as the main backing behind F2 racer Yuki Tsunoda getting a seat was Honda wanting a Japanese driver in the sport.

Without Honda’s influence Red Bull will once again have full control over the four race seats they possess on the grid and can put whichever drivers they like in there.

Tsunoda has had a decent season in F2 but far from the standout campaigns of Ilott, Schumacher and Shwartzman (even though he’s fallen away of late) having lost a win in the Styrian Feature Race thanks to a faulty radio, picking up a lucky win at Silverstone after the leaders collided and then dominating at Spa, his fortune at Silverstone being the main reason he’s still in the hunt for the title.

His title race may still be on but, he will surely have to win it now to make an impression on Dr. Marko, and with a current 44-point deficit to overturn with just two rounds remaining its looking like a tough ask. In addition to the big black marks against his name for failing to score in either race in Austria, Hungary and Mugello, he may outrank Kvyat who’s days seem numbered, but won’t do the same to Sette Camara so it’ll be a case of close, but just not enough seats available.

Next Stop: Formula E

Honda mentions specifically about developing Carbon Neutral and Battery EV technology in this morning’s press release.

These are two things heavily linked and related to Formula E, with its battery-powered electric racing, and its vow to become the first carbon neutral sport, which is now a reality.

The series became the first sport to achieve a certified net zero carbon footprint in its efforts to combat climate change last month, and it shows how serious the championship takes this and how much of an attractive prospect it’s becoming having already captured: Audi, Porsche, BMW, Nissan, Jaguar, DS and Mercedes – with the Silver Arrows the only team on that list that currently competes in F1.

Honda will want to develop this new technology and go and race its direct competitors in Formula E, rather than hanging around in F1, failing to dislodge the monopoly Mercedes has on the sport.

Red Bull & Alpha Tauri will go back to Renault

Mercedes and Ferrari certainly aren’t going to want to start providing a title rival with an engine deal that could see them beaten using their own power.

That leaves both teams with only one option, heading back to Renault with their tail between their legs to heal the wounds created by their previous split, in the hope of striking up a new deal.

That is unless someone new comes in at very late notice, Porsche have been sniffing around for a while, and it was revealed that they did have a test engine built for a 2021 entry – however they were unable to strike a deal with all the other suppliers about abandoning the MGU-H component.

With only potentially 18 months until the start of the 2022 season that doesn’t leave long for the development of the abandoned engine plans, and they already have a works in Formula E to concentrate on…

They’ll be gone for a while

Honda plans, according to their press release, seem set until achieving Carbon Neutrality in 2050, and F1 doesn’t seem part of those plans in any form. This hints that they could be gone for a while, having been absent from the sport between 2009-2014, 1993-1999 (even though Mugen remained) and 1969-1982.

You can expect this break to be as long as the latter as the company looks ahead to developing battery and carbon neutral technologies, which are involved in F1, but to a lesser extent than somewhere such as Formula E.

This difference in priorities could lead to a lengthy split, until F1 can agree a new set of principles which fall more in-line with the ones the Honda board has already agreed on.

Opportunities for Japanese drivers will become limited again

Nobuharu Matsushita, Nirei Fukuzumi and Tadasuke Makino have all made it to F2 in recent years but have been unable to any further with their single seater careers, in fact the latter two have had to scamper back to the Super Formula to continue their racing journeys.

Whilst it’s unknown what will currently happen to Tsunoda and countryman Marino Sato (who isn’t backed) the support of a Japanese company such as Honda to help their careers progress is pivotal if they want to make the step up to Formula 1, but without them involved in the top level of motorsport, any form of backing is incredibly unlikely, especially without Toyota involved either.

In fact, Tora Tokagi is the last Japanese driver to make it through to F1 without the backing of either manufacturer (although he was hugely backed by Satoru Nakajima, who was Honda-affiliated before retirement) and he left the grid after just two hopeless seasons in 1998-99.

Every single Japanese driver to have raced in F1 this century has had significant backing behind them before entering the sport, and without either company competing in the sport, it’s unlikely we’ll see another for a while, especially with the limited seats on the grid…

What do you think will happen next for the likes of Red Bull, Alpha Tauri and Yuki Tsunoda? Let me know!

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[alexanderalbon]

@giovinazzi replied to your post “who do i have to sell my soul to to get f2 merch”

I would have sold my soul for russian time merch

oh my god YES 100% same. best looking car, getting wins and podiums with drivers like artem and mitch evans and tadasuke makino... i miss them so much