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Otsu completes Mugen Super Formula line-up
Honda protege Hiroki Otsu has been named as Mugen's second driver for the 2021 Super Formula season.
Jamie Klein
Edited: Feb 26, 2021, 2:45 AM
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As predicted by Motorsport.com, Otsu has been chosen to drive Mugen's #15 car for the new campaign, with backing from both Red Bull and Team Goh.
He will partner the previously-announced Tomoki Nojiri at the team, and will combine his Super Formula duties with a second season as a Honda GT500 driver with Nakajima Racing.
Otsu, 26, made his Super Formula debut in last year's season finale at Fuji Speedway as a substitute for the unwell Tadasuke Makino at the Nakajima squad.
He had been tipped to drive for the team full-time last year after making his test debut at Suzuka in December 2019, but lost out to fellow Honda young gun Toshiki Oyu.
Otsu replaces Ukyo Sasahara in the #15 Mugen car, with Sasahara having been chosen as a late replacement for Red Bull junior Juri Vips.
This season marks the first time that the second Mugen seat has been filled on a permanent basis by someone outside of the Red Bull junior scheme.
Hirokatsu Tanaka replaces ex-Formula 1 racer Shinji Nakano as Mugen's team director this year.
Otsu's confirmation at Mugen means only fellow Honda squad B-Max Racing has yet to announce its drivers for the coming season.
However, the team's Super Formula future has been plunged into doubt by Honda vetoing its preferred driver choice, Nobuharu Matsushita.
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2021 Super Formula grid so far:
Engine
Team
Drivers
Toyota
Inging
Sho Tsuboi
Sena Sakaguchi
Rookie Racing
Kazuya Oshima
KCMG
Yuji Kunimoto
Kamui Kobayashi*
TOM’S
Kazuki Nakajima*
Ritomo Miyata
Impul
Yuhi Sekiguchi
Ryo Hirakawa
Kondo Racing
Kenta Yamashita
Sacha Fenestraz
Honda
Dandelion Racing
Nirei Fukuzumi
Tadasuke Makino
Team Mugen
Tomoki Nojiri
Hiroki Otsu
Nakajima Racing
Naoki Yamamoto
Toshiki Oyu
Drago Corse
Tatiana Calderon
B-Max Racing
TBA
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