Hideki Mutoh
Hideki Mutoh at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2010.
NationalityJapanese
Born (1982-10-06) October 6, 1982
Tokyo, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season2006
Car number55
Former teamsNakajima Racing, Team Mugen, Team Kunimitsu, Real Racing, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
Starts83
Wins3
Poles3
Fastest laps0
Best finish1st in 2013
Previous series
2003–2004
2006, 2011
2007
2008-2011
2012-2013
2013-2014		Japan Formula 3
Formula Nippon
Indy Pro Series
IndyCar Series
Super GT GT300
Super Formula
Championship titles
2013
2002		Super GT - GT300
Formula Dream
Awards
2008IndyCar 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 karting at age 12 in 1996 and quickly moved through the ranks, becoming a part of Honda's Formula Dream Project. He moved to Europe in 1998 to compete in Formula Vauxhall. He then moved on to the Formula Ford European Championship and competed in the Formula Ford Festival, finishing seventh in 2000 and third in 2001. He then moved back to Asia to compete in Asian Formula 2000 and Formula Dream, where he finished second in his rookie season. He won the Formula Dream championship in his second year in 2003. Mutoh then moved to Japan Formula 3, finishing 9th and third in his two seasons there. In 2006, he drove in Formula Nippon and Super GT 500–class.

2007

In 2007, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA) announced that Mutoh had been signed to drive their new entry in the Indy Pro Series in a car prepared by Panther Racing, who had last competed in IPS in 2003, winning the championship with driver Mark Taylor. Mutoh captured his first win in Liberty Challenge Race 1 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on United States Grand Prix weekend.

On September 9, Mutoh made his Indy Racing League IndyCar Series debut with Panther Racing at Chicagoland Speedway in the Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 in the one-off entry #60 car, sponsored by the Formula Dream Project. Mutoh finished 8th and clocked the fastest lap of the race. On October 31, 2007, it was announced Mutoh would replace 2007 IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti at Andretti Green Racing in the team's full-time #27 IndyCar for 2008.[1]

Mutoh practicing for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.

2008

Mutoh at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2009.

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 Iowa Speedway, finishing second to Dan Wheldon, setting a new mark for best IndyCar finish by a Japanese driver, surpassing the 3rd place of Tora Takagi at Texas Motor Speedway in 2003. He failed to finish higher than 6th in the remainder of the season, but beat transitional driver Justin Wilson to the Rookie of the Year title and 10th place overall in the series.

2010

Mutoh participated in the 2010 IndyCar Series season with Newman/Haas Racing. He finished 18th in the final point standings.

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 2011 Indy Japan: The Final race at Motegi to drive No. 17 for Sam Schmidt Motorsports/AFS Racing.[3] Mutoh finished 19th on the lead lap.

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 Honda 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

  1. ↑ Freeman, Glenn. Mutoh confirmed at AGR for 2008, Autosport.com, October 31, 2007
  2. ↑ Beer, Matt. Mutoh returns to Japan in GT move, Autosport.com, February 7, 2011
  3. ↑ Hideki Mutoh To Drive No. 17 AFS/SSM Entry at Motegi
  4. ↑ "Hideki Mutoh – 2007 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Hideki Mutoh – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Hideki Mutoh – 2009 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Hideki Mutoh – 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Hideki Mutoh – 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
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