Hideki Mutoh
Hideki Mutoh | |
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Super Formula | |
Championship titles | |
2013 2002 | Super GT - GT300 Formula Dream |
Awards | |
2008 | IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year |
Hideki Mutoh (武藤 英紀, Mutō Hideki, born October 6, 1982) is a Japanese race car driver from Tokyo who last raced in the 2022 Super GT Season for Autobacs Racing Team Aguri.
Career
History
He began
2007
In 2007,
On September 9, Mutoh made his
2008
Mutoh made his debut for Andretti Green Racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway in March and in May was the highest qualifying rookie for the 2008 Indianapolis 500. He finished 7th in the race, the second best finishing position for a Japanese driver in the history of the race.
Mutoh scored his best finish of his IndyCar Series career in June at the
2010
Mutoh participated in the
2011
Mutoh has been announced as an Aguri Suzuki Honda driver in the Super GT series in Japan for 2011, alongside Takashi Kobayashi.[2]
On September 1, Mutoh confirmed he would be part of the
Motorsports career results
Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results
(key)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006
|
Nakajima Racing | FUJ 19 |
SUZ 6 |
MOT 8 |
SUZ Ret |
AUT 17 |
FUJ 16 |
SUG 10 |
MOT 10 |
SUZ Ret |
14th | 1 |
2011
|
Real Racing
|
SUZ
|
AUT | FUJ | MOT 10 |
SUZ
|
SUG
|
MOT1 Ret |
MOT2 9 |
15th | 0 | |
2013
|
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
|
SUZ 13 |
AUT Ret |
FUJ 13 |
MOT 12 |
SUG 10 |
SUZ1 12 |
SUZ2 10 |
NC | 0 | ||
2014
|
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
|
SUZ 10 |
FUJ1 10 |
FUJ2 12 |
FUJ 11 |
MOT 5 |
AUT 10 |
SUG 12 |
SUZ1 13 |
SUZ2 12 |
15th | 4 |
Complete Super GT results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006
|
Nakajima Racing | Honda NSX | GT500 | SUZ 15 |
OKA Ret |
FUJ 7 |
SEP 9 |
SUG 5 |
SUZ 4 |
MOT 8 |
AUT 12 |
FUJ 1 |
11th | 51 |
2011
|
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda HSV-010 GT | GT500 | OKA 9 |
FUJ 12 |
SEP 9 |
SUG 10 |
SUZ 9 |
FUJ 14 |
AUT 12 |
MOT 13 |
15th | 7 | |
2012
|
Team Mugen | Honda CR-Z | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG 16 |
SUZ 11 |
FUJ 3 |
AUT 10 |
MOT 11 |
15th | 12 | |
2013
|
Team Mugen | Honda CR-Z | GT300 | OKA 7 |
FUJ 2 |
SEP 2 |
SUG 2 |
SUZ 5 |
FUJ 8 |
FUJ 1 |
AUT 9 |
MOT 2 |
1st | 85 |
2014
|
Team Kunimitsu | Honda NSX-GT
|
GT500 | OKA 9 |
FUJ Ret |
AUT 6 |
SUG 11 |
FUJ 7 |
SUZ 6 |
BUR 8 |
MOT 8 |
14th | 23 | |
2015
|
Keihin Real Racing
|
Honda NSX-GT
|
GT500 | OKA 12 |
FUJ 4 |
CHA 3 |
FUJ 8 |
SUZ Ret |
SUG 8 |
AUT 3 |
MOT 8 |
8th | 39 | |
2016
|
Drago Modulo Honda Racing | Honda NSX-GT
|
GT500 | OKA 12 |
FUJ 13 |
SUG 7 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ Ret |
CHA 2 |
MOT 12 |
MOT 15 |
13th | 20 | |
2017 | Team Mugen | Honda NSX-GT
|
GT500 | OKA 9 |
FUJ 15 |
AUT 11 |
SUG 6 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ 12 |
CHA 13 |
MOT 11 |
18th | 7 | |
2018 | Team Mugen | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 10 |
FUJ 14 |
SUZ Ret |
CHA 5 |
FUJ 14 |
SUG 4 |
AUT 14 |
MOT 14 |
15th | 16 | |
2019 | Team Mugen | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 7‡ |
FUJ 11 |
SUZ 12 |
CHA Ret |
FUJ 6 |
AUT 14 |
SUG 9 |
MOT 9 |
15th | 12 | |
2020 | Team Mugen | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | FUJ 12 |
FUJ 10 |
SUZ Ret |
MOT 3 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 13 |
MOT 4 |
FUJ 12 |
15th | 25 | |
2021 | Team Kunimitsu | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 8 |
FUJ 4 |
MOT | SUZ
|
SUG
|
AUT | MOT | FUJ | 19th | 11 | |
2022 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 | GT300 | OKA 15 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ 10 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ 24 |
SUG 7 |
AUT 18 |
MOT 1 |
12th | 26 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
American open–wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Indy Lights
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007
|
Super Aguri Panther Racing | HMS 3 |
STP1 2 |
STP2 4 |
INDY 5 |
MIL Ret |
IMS1 1 |
IMS2 3 |
IOW 3 |
WGL1 2 |
WGL2 6 |
NSH 6 |
MDO 5 |
KTY 1 |
SNM1 19 |
SNM2 10 |
CHI | 2nd | 481 |
IndyCar Series
Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007
|
Panther Racing | Dallara IR-05 | 60 | HI7R V8
|
HMS | STP | MOT | KAN | INDY | MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | MIS | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI 8 |
25th | 24 | [4] | ||
2008
|
Andretti Green Racing
|
27 | HMS 24 |
STP 6 |
MOT1 11 |
LBH1 DNP |
KAN 6 |
INDY 7 |
MIL 12 |
TXS 6 |
IOW 2 |
RIR 13 |
WGL 9 |
NSH 14 |
MDO 9 |
EDM 27 |
KTY 18 |
SNM 13 |
DET 11 |
CHI 22 |
SRF2 8 |
10th | 346 | [5] | ||
2009
|
STP 15 |
LBH 20 |
KAN 8 |
INDY 10 |
MIL 8 |
TXS 21 |
IOW 3 |
RIR 4 |
WGL 18 |
TOR 12 |
EDM 14 |
KTY 13 |
MDO 5 |
SNM 5 |
CHI 23 |
MOT 14 |
HMS 6 |
11th | 353 | [6] | ||||||
2010
|
Newman/Haas Racing | 06 | SAO 20 |
STP 14 |
ALA 15 |
LBH 13 |
KAN 23 |
INDY 28 |
TXS 12 |
IOW 20 |
WGL 12 |
TOR 12 |
EDM 17 |
MDO 18 |
SNM 17 |
CHI 13 |
KTY 17 |
MOT 14 |
HMS 20 |
18th | 250 | [7] | ||||
2011
|
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
AFS Racing |
17 | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | TXS1 | TXS2 | MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM | MDO | NHM | SNM | BAL | MOT 18 |
KTY | LVS | 43rd | 12 | [8] |
- 1 Run on same day.
- 2 Non-points race.
Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win)** |
Top 10s (Non-podium)*** |
Indianapolis 500 Wins |
Championships |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
- ** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.
- *** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.
Indianapolis 500
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Dallara | Honda | 9 | 7 | Andretti Green
|
Fastest rookie qualifier 2nd best rookie finisher |
2009 | Dallara | Honda | 16 | 10 | Andretti Green
|
Completed every lap |
2010 | Dallara | Honda | 9 | 28 | Newman/Haas Racing | Completed 76 laps |
References
- ^ Freeman, Glenn. Mutoh confirmed at AGR for 2008, Autosport.com, October 31, 2007
- ^ Beer, Matt. Mutoh returns to Japan in GT move, Autosport.com, February 7, 2011
- ^ Hideki Mutoh To Drive No. 17 AFS/SSM Entry at Motegi
- ^ "Hideki Mutoh – 2007 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ "Hideki Mutoh – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ "Hideki Mutoh – 2009 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ "Hideki Mutoh – 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ "Hideki Mutoh – 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- Mutoh moving quickly as Indy 500 rookie Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine