Óscar Tunjo


Óscar Andrés Tunjo 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 -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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

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

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results