Hideki Mutoh
| Hideki Mutoh | |
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Hideki Mutoh at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2010.
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born |
October 6, 1982 Tokyo |
| Super GT GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | Team Mugen |
| Car no. | 16 |
| Starts | 5 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| 2003–2004 2006 2007 2008-2011 2006, 2010 |
Japan Formula 3 Formula Nippon Indy Pro Series IndyCar Series Super GT GT500 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2002 | Formula Dream Champion |
| 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 currently racing in Super GT.
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 2002. 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.
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.
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