With the vision to make racers’ dreams come true, Tuason Racing has spent years honing skills and knowledge to become one of the best racing schools in the Philippines. In 2018, the Formula V1 Race Challenge started to provide a ladder for local racers to compete in Japan. It is a partnership between Tuason Racing and West Racing of Japan, supported by GITI Tires, Oakley, FASA, Brembo, OMP, and Rota. Alongside its Media partners, Autodeal, Autocar, C!Magazine, Time Attack Manila, Inquirer, and Wheels. It uses a single-seater “prototype” race car equipped with a 110 HP Toyota Vios 1NZ engine that can handily out-speed your ordinary race cars.
Four years into running the Formula V1 series, the 3rd season Champion, Daniel Miranda, a 26-year-old Filipino Race Car driver, won his ticket to race in Japan to compete alongside Japanese Vita racers. Daniel started his racing career as a karter before joining the Toyota Vios Cup one-make race as part of the Obengers Racing Team, earning the title of the Overall Champion back in 2017. After winning his Vios Cup champion title, he joined the Formula V1 series to obtain his throne. He has also competed internationally in other races, such as Asian Formula Renault and TCR Asia International Series, and has exhibited outstanding race results.
Suzuka is one of the circuits that constantly hosts world-class races, including the Formula 1 Grand Prix. The opportunity to bring our Filipino Champions to represent the country and show excellent results speaks to our great potential as world-class racers.
The partnership between West Racing paved the way for Filipino racers to further showcase their race skills by joining the Vita Races in Japan. The Vita race car carries the same chassis based on West Racing Cars’ VITA-01, developed and manufactured in Japan in 2013, and was imported to the country to be known and enjoyed as the Formula V1 Race car.
Following the recently concluded Suzuka Clubman Race, Daniel struggled to set his momentum to perform due to ample preparation before the event; adjusting to the car and the weather was more challenging than expected. Thus, he ended up qualifying 17th out of the 25 racers during the QTT. However, a piece of unforeseen luck capitalized on with great skill allowed Daniel to snatch five positions in the first lap. Cold tires seemed to hamper his opponents, but Daniel cruised through them and held on to finish 8th in the 8-lap sprint.
“It was a decent race, and it felt great to be back on track after not racing for more than two years. I felt happy that I still have it in me to race and push myself without any struggle. Aside from that, I finished 8th despite staying at the far back of the grid because of my Qualifying result. It was challenging, not having enough time to do car preparation and practice, but overall I’m happy with the result and the experience here in Suzuka.”
Tuason Racing has been in the motorsports industry to aid aspiring racers, from karters to circuits, virtual motorsports to real-life racing. One is the Formula V1 Virtual Challenge with E-Motorsports, used as a stepping stone for International Sim-Racers to experience the Formula V1 in the comforts of their home and transition casual fans into verifiable racers.
In 2023 and the following years, Tuason Racing plans to bring the world of Motorsports for both virtual and real-world racing to the local and international tracks. Tuason Racing aims to provide a quality series for local racers to be used as a stepping stone to develop their racing careers locally and abroad.
