Hiroki Otsu

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Hiroki Otsu
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 (age 27)
Saitama, Japan
Super Formula Championship[1] career
Debut season2020
Current teamRed Bull Mugen Team Goh
Car number15
Former teamsTCS Nakajima Racing
Starts15
Wins1
Podiums1
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Super GT career
Debut season2018
Current teamModulo Nakajima Racing
Car number64
Former teamsDrago Corse
Starts30
Wins0
Podiums5
Poles3
Fastest laps0

Hiroki Otsu (大津弘樹, Ōtsu Hiroki, born 25 May 1994) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the Super Formula Championship and Super GT with Team Mugen Team Goh and Modulo Nakajima Racing respectively.[2][3]

Career[]

Early career[]

Otsu started his motorsport career in karting in 2007, in which he remained active until 2010. In 2013, he switched to formula racing to participate in the Suzuka Circuit Racing School Formula, which is only intended to train drivers. In 2014, he competed in the JAP Japanese Formula 4 Championship and finished fifth in the FC class. In 2015, he made the move to the new Japanese Formula 4 Championship, where he raced as a Honda protégé for the Honda Formula Dream Project team. He took five podiums and finished third in the final standings with 108 points, behind Sho Tsuboi and Tadasuke Makino.

Japanese Formula 3[]

In 2016, Otsu made the move to the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, racing for the HFDP Racing team. He achieved five points finishes, with fifth place on the Okayama International Circuit as the best result. As a result, he finished tenth in the final standings with 6 points. In 2017, he made the move to the TODA Racing team within the class.[4] During the season, he was on the podium six times before winning the season finale at the Sportsland SUGO. With 79 points, he finished fifth in the final standings behind Mitsunori Takaboshi, Sho Tsuboi, Álex Palou and Ritomo Miyata.

In 2019, Otsu returned to the series race with the ThreeBond Racing team.[5] He took three podium finishes at Autopolis, Fuji Speedway and Twin Ring Motegi, finishing sixth in the standings with 36 points.

Super GT[]

In 2018, Otsu made his Super GT debut, sharing a Honda NSX GT3 with Ryo Michigami in the GT300 class for the Modulo Drago Corse team that Michigami owned. They achieved a podium finish at Autopolis and were fourteenth in the championship with 24 points.

In 2019, He took a podium place at Fuji with Michigami and finished seventeenth in the championship with 19 points.

In 2020, Otsu made the move to the GT500 class in Super GT, sharing a Honda NSX-GT GT500 with Takuya Izawa for the Modulo Nakajima Racing team. They achieved two pole positions at the Suzuka International Racing Course and Motegi, but were only on the podium at Motegi. With 31 points, the duo finished twelfth in the final standings.

Super Formula[]

At the end of the year, he made his debut in the Super Formula season finale with the TCS Nakajima Racing team at Fuji, replacing Tadasuke Makino who suffered from meningitis and needed rest.[6] He finished thirteenth in the race.

In 2021 Otsu made his full-time debut in Super Formula with Team Mugen together with Team Goh under the Red Bull colours.[7] He went on to get his first pole position in the series and win the race in the sixth round of the season at Motegi.[8]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 F4 Japanese Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 14 0 1 0 5 108 3rd
2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Honda Formula Dream Project 17 0 0 0 0 16 10th
2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship TODA Racing 20 1 2 0 7 64 5th
2018 Super GT Drago Corse 8 0 0 0 1 24 14th
2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Threebond Racing 20 0 0 0 3 36 6th
Super GT Drago Corse 8 0 0 0 1 19 17th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Modulo Drago Corse 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2020 Super GT Modulo Nakajima Racing 8 0 2 0 1 31 12th
Super Formula TCS Nakajima Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 25th
2021 Super GT Modulo Nakajima Racing 8 0 1 0 0 5 18th
Super Formula Red Bull Mugen Team Goh 7 1 1 0 1 38.5 6th

References[]

  1. ^ "Hiroki Otsu". speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Hiroki Otsu". honda.racing. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Hiroki Otsu". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Honda 2017 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. ^ "大津選手が全日本F3に復帰。" (in Japanese). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. ^ Wood, Ida (14 December 2020). "Makino misses Super Formula finale due to illness, Otsu replaces him". formulascout.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ Klein, Jamie (19 February 2021). "Otsu completes Mugen Super Formula line-up". motorsport.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  8. ^ Thukral, Rachit (17 October 2021). "Nojiri seals title, Otsu wins race". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

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