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Drago Corse switches to Nissan for 2022 SUPER GT season

Drago Corse switches to Nissan for 2022 SUPER GT season

Drago Corse has run a Honda NSX GT3 in SUPER GT’s lower GT300 class since the 2018 season, with Michigami himself sharing driving duties with a variety of teammates.

However, the 2000 JGTC champion, who has been associated with Honda for almost all of his career, is taking a step back from driving duties as his team switches to the Nissan GT300 camp.

Sharing driving duties aboard the team’s Dunlop-shod Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 will be two-time GT500 champion Masataka Yanagida and ex-Formula 1 driver Yuji Ide.

Yanagida makes the switch from the Arnage Racing squad, while Ide is set for his first SUPER GT campaign since the 2018 season, when he drove a Bentley Continental GT3 for the Elcars team. The pair also shared a Nissan Silvia driving for the Hasemi Motorsport team way back in 2001.

Heading up the car crew will be veteran engineer Hitoshi Iyoki, who oversees the Drago Corse Super Formula effort and also took Naoki Yamamoto and Team Kunimitsu to GT500 title honours in 2018 and…

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