Kumori Urufu

Even before Kumori could drive he had dreamed of racing at the top level. Growing up he would race in karts and play racing video games, exceling at every racing event he took in.

When he got into High School he managed to balance both his school work and weekend Karting events. In his high school senior year he was approached by a few US Furmula 2000 teams to race for them, at which he jumped at the opportunity immediately, starting to race in that level early in 2010 at the age of 18 after graduating high school in 2009.

Even in Furmula 2000, Kumori was still rather dominant. There proved to be a few rivals for him on the grid but overall he was the best driver, winning the championship before making the step up to Furmula Reynault in 2010. In preparation for the move to a European based championship, his older brother helped him with getting a place in Leicestershire England to stay at.

His first season in Furmula Reynault he serverely underestimated his competition, only managing a 6th place finish in the championship despite having a strong final few races of the season. He didn't make that same mistake in 2012 though, he found the flow of the car pretty early on the season, and while he didn't run away with it, he did win the championship by the end of the season.

Tragedy struck in December though as while out of his home, someone broke in to Kumori's house, which he was unfortunate to return to in progress as the thief had a gun and shot at him. The shot hit him in the chest and even though he was serverely hurt, the bullet miraculously avoided any major organs. There were questions as to whether he would recover quickly enough to race in F3 in 2013, with some sources saying that Kumori's career was effectively over. He was offered a seat though with Faenza, in which he dominated and won the title on his first go. He then dominated again in F2 in 2014, winning the title on his first go with Colloni.

2015 proved to be a good rookie season in F1 for him. The real head turner was the fact that he won at Monaco in a car that was considered to be at best a mid table team.

Racing in 2016-2018 for Maranello, all 3 years were good battles for the championship. 2016 with Goldschmidt just barely beating out Maynard for 2nd and Kumori for 3rd. In 2017 Kumori won the title while tied on points with Maynard, Kumori having the title by virtue of more race wins. After an unlucky engine failure in Brazil of 2018, that opened up the door for Maynard to take the title at Abu Dhabi by a single point.

Having feeling his injuries catch up to him, Kumori announced that 2019 will be his final season, but whether it will be a good or bad final season is yet to be revealed