Merhi will share the #6 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EvoII with the team’s regular driver Yoshiaki Katayama and Shintaro Kawabata in the Fuji 450km on May 3-4.
Satoshi Motoyama, who usually shares the Team LeMans car with Katayama, was mysteriously absent from the team’s line-up when the entry list for the second round of the season was published on Tuesday.
In addition, the team is no longer listed as ‘Motoyama Racing w/ Team LeMans’ as it was for the Okayama opener.
Merhi, who drove for the now-defunct Marussia F1 team in 2015, has raced mostly in LMP2 machinery in recent years, but did gain experience of Audi’s GT3 car in last year’s GT World Challenge Australia finale at Bathurst.
His addition to the Team LeMans line-up follows his appearance in the Australian S5000 Tasman Series alongside Katayama, the ex-All-Japan Formula 3 driver that made his SUPER GT debut last year.
While there has not yet been a formal announcement from either team or driver, Motorsport.com understands that Merhi…
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