23 Facts About Hideki Mutoh

Hideki Mutoh is a Japanese race car driver from Tokyo who last raced in the 2022 Super GT Season for Autobacs Racing Team Aguri.

Hideki Mutoh was expected to inherit his family's seafood wholesale business, Hotei Tora, in Tsukiji, becoming the sixth generation owner, but instead chose to become a race car driver.

Hideki Mutoh made his racing debut in 1999, competing in Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Series.

Hideki Mutoh 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.

In 2004, Hideki Mutoh moved to the Japan Formula 3, finishing 9th in the series.

Hideki Mutoh achieved his first Super GT victory in the final round at Fuji Speedway, starting from pole position.

Hideki Mutoh recorded the fastest lap in the seventh round of Formula Nippon at Sportsland SUGO.

In 2007, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri announced that Hideki 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.

Hideki 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.

Hideki Mutoh went on to win another race at Kentucky Speedway and finished second in the championship standings, earning Rookie of the Year honors.

Hideki Mutoh finished 8th and clocked the fastest lap of the race despite it being his debut.

Hideki 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.

Hideki Mutoh finished 7th in the race, the second best finishing position for a Japanese driver in the history of the race.

Hideki Mutoh was the highest finishing rookie in the race, but the Rookie of the Year award for the race was given to Ryan Hunter-Reay.

Hideki 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.

Hideki Mutoh 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.

Hideki Mutoh was awarded the "Fastest Rookie of the Year" award.

Hideki Mutoh continued with Andretti Green Racing for the 2009 IndyCar Series season.

Hideki Mutoh achieved two fifth-place finishes on road courses, at Mid-Ohio and Sonoma.

Hideki Mutoh finished the season 11th in the points standings, just one point behind ninth place.

However, on a restart with 14 laps remaining, Hideki Mutoh, running fifth, made contact with Takuma Sato, who was in sixth, resulting in both drivers retiring.

Hideki Mutoh ultimately finished 18th in the final point standings without achieving a top-ten finish, with a best result of 12th.

Hideki Mutoh has been announced as an Aguri Suzuki Honda driver in the Super GT series in Japan for 2011, alongside Takashi Kobayashi.