Key stats
A driven
Determination
to win
Julian Kuwabara-wagg
Driver Biography
At the age of 18, Julian has already distinguished himself as a talented racing driver, winning a 2020 European driver championship in the prestigious Le Mans Prototype (LMP3) category.
Born in San Francisco, son of an Australian-British father and a Japanese-American mother, he currently resides with his family in Switzerland. Julian speaks English and French fluently as well as some German and Spanish. He is also an accomplished skier, and a skilled photographer.
Julian launched his career on the Karting circuit in 2013. By 2016 he was an established Go-Kart Racer, competing in 24 French, Swiss, and international races with 14 podium finishes.
His early Karting achievements secured him sponsorship that enabled him to advance from Karting to testing in high-performance race cars, including Formula 4, Formula Renault and LMP3 prototypes (2017 & 2018).
In 2018, at the age of 15, he joined the Virage Driver Academy, to prepare for the 2019 launch of his racing career, racing an LMP3 car in the European Ultimate Cup Series, securing a podium at his first-ever race. In 2020, he went on to win the LMP3 driver championship in this series.
In 2021, Julian will race with Team Virage, competing in a number of Ultimate Cup, ELMS and/or Le Mans Cup Series races as well as several online/eSports races.
Julian balances his physical training and racing schedule with being a full-time university track high school student. He also enjoys designing and building race car simulators for online racing and advanced driver training.
Race
Performance
2020
European Ultimate Cup Series
P1
Round 1
Circuit Dijon-Prenois, France
06.09.2020
P2
Round 2
Circuit Magny-Cours, France
27.09.2020
P1
Round 3
Circuit Magny-Cours, France
17.10.2020
P2
Round 4
La Castellet, France
05.12.2020
2019
European Ultimate Cup Series
P2
Round 1
Circuito do Estoril, Portugal
23.03.2019
P5
Round 4
Autodromo del Mugello, Italy
29.06.2019
P: DNF
Round 5
Circuit Ricardo Tormo de Valencia, Spain
28.09.2019
P4
Round 6
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France
19.10.2019
P6
Round 7
Circuit Paul Ricard, France
03.11.2019
