Hideki Mutoh

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Career

Profile

Mutoh is 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 64 kg (141 lb). His blood type is AB Rh-positive. His hobbies include tennis, driving, and darts. He drives a Honda CR-V. He has two older sisters. He was expected to inherit his family's seafood wholesale business, Hotei Tora (布袋寅), in Tsukiji, becoming the sixth generation owner, but instead chose to become a race car driver. Upon returning from the UK without sufficient funds, he borrowed money from his grandfather, Kazuyori Mutoh (武藤和順), the fourth-generation owner of Hotei Tora, after writing an IOU.

History

He began karting at age 12 in 1995. In 1997, he won the East Series of the Karting Kanto Championship. The following day after graduating junior high school in 1998, he went to study in England. He made his racing debut in 1999, competing in Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Series. In 2000, he competed in the British Formula Ford, finishing ninth in the series and seventh in the Formula Ford Festival. In 2001, he again finished ninth in the British Formula Ford series, and also finished third in the Formula Ford European Championship. He returned to Asia in 2002 to compete in Asian Formula 2000 and Formula Dream, where he finished second in the Formula Dream series in his rookie season. He won the Formula Dream championship in 2003.

In 2004, Mutoh moved to the Japan Formula 3, finishing 9th in the series. In 2005, he finished third in the Japan Formula 3 championship. In 2006, he drove in Formula Nippon and Super GT 500–class for Nakajima Racing. He achieved his first Super GT victory in the final round at Fuji Speedway, starting from pole position. He also recorded the fastest lap in the seventh round of Formula Nippon at Sportsland SUGO.

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, starting from pole position. He went on to win another race at Kentucky Speedway and finished second in the championship standings, earning Rookie of the Year honors.

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 despite it being his debut. 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]

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Mutoh practicing for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.

2008

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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, starting from 9th. He finished 7th in the race, the second best finishing position for a Japanese driver in the history of the race. He was also the highest finishing rookie in the race, but the Rookie of the Year award for the race was given to Ryan Hunter-Reay.

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. He was also awarded the "Fastest Rookie of the Year" award.

2009

Mutoh continued with Andretti Green Racing for the 2009 IndyCar Series season. The start of the season was marked by misfortune and mechanical issues. For the 2009 Indianapolis 500, his second attempt, he qualified in 16th position. During the race, he demonstrated a pace comparable to the leading drivers, improving his position. However, slower pit stops hampered his progress, and he ultimately finished in 10th place out of 20 finishers. His best result of the season came at Iowa Speedway, where he finished third, securing his second consecutive podium finish at the track. At Richmond International Raceway, he led 74 laps, his first time leading laps in the IndyCar Series, and finished fourth. He also achieved two fifth-place finishes on road courses, at Mid-Ohio and Sonoma. He finished the season 11th in the points standings, just one point behind ninth place.

2010

Mutoh participated in the 2010 IndyCar Series season with Newman/Haas Racing. Despite showing flashes of speed, he struggled to achieve consistent results. At the Kansas Speedway race, he qualified a season-best fourth and was running in a podium position towards the end of the race. However, on a restart with 14 laps remaining, Mutoh, running fifth, made contact with Takuma Sato, who was in sixth, resulting in both drivers retiring. At the Indianapolis 500, he qualified ninth, matching his 2008 effort, but retired from the race due to handling issues. He ultimately finished 18th in the final point standings without achieving a top-ten finish, with a best result of 12th.

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	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2006	Nakajima Racing	Honda	FUJ 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	14th	1
2011	Real Racing	Honda	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ	SUG	MOT1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT2 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		15th	0
2013	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	Honda	SUZ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ1 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ2 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			20th	0
2014	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	Honda	SUZ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ1 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ2 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ1 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ2 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	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 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OKA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	11th	51
2011	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		15th	7
2012	Team Mugen	Honda CR-Z	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		15th	12
2013	Team Mugen	Honda CR-Z	GT300	OKA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SEP 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1st	85
2014	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		14th	23
2015	Keihin Real Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHA 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		8th	39
2016	Drago Modulo Honda Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHA 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		13th	20
2017	Team Mugen	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		18th	7
2018	Team Mugen	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHA 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		15th	16
2019	Team Mugen	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 7‡Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		15th	12
2020	Team Mugen	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	FUJ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		15th	25
2021	Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	FUJ		19th	11
2022	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22	GT300	OKA 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUG 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		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 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP1 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INDY 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IMS1 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IMS2 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IOW 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL1 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL2 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSH 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOH 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KTY 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM1 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM2 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	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	MOH	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			25th	24	^[4]
2008	Andretti Green Racing		27		HMS 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT¹ 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LBH¹ DNPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KAN 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INDY 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TXS 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IOW 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RIR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSH 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EDM 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KTY 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHI 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SRF² 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10th	346	^[5]
2009	Andretti Green Racing		27		STP 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LBH 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KAN 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INDY 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TXS 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IOW 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RIR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TOR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EDM 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KTY 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOH 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHI 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HMS 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			11th	353	^[6]
2010	Newman/Haas Racing		06		SAO 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ALA 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LBH 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KAN 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INDY 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TXS 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IOW 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TOR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EDM 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOH 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHI 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KTY 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HMS 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			18th	250	^[7]
2011	Sam Schmidt Motorsports AFS Racing		17		STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS1	TXS2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MOH	NHM	SNM	BAL	MOT 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	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
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[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

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Hideki Mutoh

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Profile

History

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Motorsports career results

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

Complete Super GT results

American open–wheel racing results

Indy Lights

IndyCar Series

Indianapolis 500

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Hideki Mutoh

Career

Profile

History

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Motorsports career results

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

Complete Super GT results

American open–wheel racing results

Indy Lights

IndyCar Series

Indianapolis 500

References

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