Álvaro Yoon Cho (born 27 June 2007 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian racing driver of South Korean descent who last competed in the F4 Brazilian Championship for TMG Racing.
Career Cho started karting during 2019, and spent two years in it, mainly racing in Brazil along with a one-off appearance in the WSK Open Cup in 2021.
After testing Formula 4 machinery at Adria in late 2021 for Cram Motorsport, Cho joined the inaugural season of the F4 Brazilian Championship with TMG Racing. Joining the season after his fifteenth birthday at Interlagos, Cho scored his first podium the following round at the same track in the reverse-grid race two by finishing runner-up to Fernando Barrichello. At the penultimate round of the season in Goiania, Cho took his second and final podium of the season in race three, which led to him finishing 12th in the standings at season's end.
Returning to the series in 2023 but switching to TMG Racing shortly before the season-opener, He started the season with a triple podium at Interlagos, which included a pole in race three and two-runner up finishes in the last two races. Three rounds later, at Goiania, he scored his maiden series win in race one. After scoring two more podiums in the last two rounds of the season, both at Interlagos, Cho ended his sophomore season in the series third in points.
In 2024, Cho returned to the F4 Brazilian Championship after another last-minute call from TMG Racing. Having initially signed on just for the season opener at Velo Città, Cho won the first race of the weekend and left the round as the points leader. However, things changed when Cho returned to TMG Racing for the third round of the season at Velo Città until the end of the season, taking a win in race three on his surprise return. In the following round of the season at Goiania, Cho won race one and finished second in the other two to enter the second half of the season runner-up in points. Taking just one podium in the series' only trip to Argentina, Cho took four wins in the last three rounds of the season to end his third season in Brazilian F4 runner-up to Matheus Comparatto.
During 2024, Cho made his Formula Regional debut, joining G4 Racing ahead of the Mugello round of the Formula Regional European Championship. Racing in just two rounds for the Swiss-licensed team, he took a best result of 22nd at the Paul Ricard round in race one.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2021WSK Open Cup - OKJKR Motorsport75thSources:
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Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2022 F4 Brazilian Championship KTF Sports 15 0 0 1 2 43 12th Campeonato Paulista de Fórmula Delta 2 0 1 1 1 12 18th 2023 F4 Brazilian Championship TMG Racing 18 1 2 1 8 204 3rd2024 F4 Brazilian Championship TMG Racing 21 7 4 4 13 307 2nd Formula Regional European Championship G4 Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 37thSource:
Complete F4 Brazilian Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC Points2022KTF SportsMOG11 MOG12MOG13INT11INT12INT13INT21INT22INT23MOG21MOG22MOG23GYN1GYN2GYN3INT31INT32INT33 12th 432023TMG RacingINT11 INT12INT13INT21 INT22INT23MOG1MOG2MOG3GYN1GYN2GYN3INT31INT32INT33INT41INT42INT43 3rd 2042024TMG RacingMGG11 MGG12 MGG13INT11 INT12INT13MGG21MGG22MGG23GOI11GOI12GOI13BUA1BUA2BUA3INT21 INT22INT23GOI21GOI22GOI23INT31INT32INT33INT34 2nd 307
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2024 G4 Racing HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 37th 0
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