Max Racing, which will sport a new red-and-white livery (pictured above) in deference to new sponsor Hachi-Ichi, has signed Kimiya Sato to partner Atsushi Miyake for the upcoming campaign.
Sato, who has driven for the Tsuchiya Engineering squad since 2019, replaces Yuui Tsutsumi aboard the #244 GR Supra, with Tsutsumi having jumped ship to join the Inging Toyota team.
Taking over Sato’s seat alongside 2016 GT300 champion Takamatsu Matsui at Tsuchiya is reigning Japanese Formula 4 champion Seita Nonaka, who will be making his SUPER GT debut.
Tsuchiya announced late last year that it would build its own version of the GR Supra to the championship’s own GT300 (formerly JAF GT300) rules after two seasons of struggling with a Porsche 911 GT3 R.
It has yet to reveal a livery for what will remain as the #25 entry, but its naming rights partnership with beverage company Hoppy will continue.
Tsuchiya-supported Max Racing meanwhile goes into its second season of using the GR Supra…
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