Hiroki Otsu

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Hiroki Otsu
Nationality Japan Japanese
Born (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 (age 30)
Saitama, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season 2020
Current team ARTA
Car no. 16
Former teams Modulo Nakajima Racing
Starts 24
Wins 0
Poles 3
Fastest laps 0
Super Formula Championship career
Debut season 2020
Current team Docomo Team Dandelion
Car no. 6
Former teams TCS Nakajima Racing,Red Bull Mugen Team Goh
Starts 18
Wins 1
Poles 1
Fastest laps 1
Previous series
2018,19
2016,17,19
2015		 Super GT GT300
Japanese Formula 3 Championship
F4 Japanese Championship

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.[1][2]

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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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 - GT300 Drago Corse 8 0 0 0 1 24 14th
Super Taikyu - ST-TCR Modulo Racing with Dome 6 3 0 0 6 156‡ 1st‡
2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Threebond Racing 20 0 0 0 3 36 6th
Super GT - GT300 Drago Corse 8 0 0 0 1 19 17th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Modulo Drago Corse 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Super Taikyu - ST-TCR Modulo Racing with Dome 6 2 1 2 2 88‡ 2nd‡
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
Super Taikyu - ST-TCR Racer Dome Racing 2 0 0 0 1 77.5‡ 4th‡
2021 Super GT Modulo Nakajima Racing 8 0 1 0 0 5 18th
Super Formula Red Bull Mugen Team Goh 7 1 1 1 1 38.5 6th
2022 Super GT Modulo Nakajima Racing 8 0 0 0 0 4 15th
Super Formula Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 10 0 0 0 1 33 9th
2023 Super GT ARTA
Super Formula Team Mugen 1 0

‡ Team standings.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Super Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2020 TCS Nakajima Racing MOT OKA SUG AUT SUZ SUZ FUJ
13		 NC 0
2021 Red Bull Mugen Team Goh FUJ
16		 SUZ
5		 AUT
6		 SUG
10		 MOT
10		 MOT
1		 SUZ
5		 6th 38.5
2022 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing FUJ
16		 FUJ
7		 SUZ
8		 AUT
9		 SUG
5		 FUJ
15		 MOT
10		 MOT
13		 SUZ
 SUZ
 14th* 17*

* Season still in progress.

References

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