Takagi, 51, will partner incumbent Morio Nitta, with whom he won the GT300 title in what was then known as the All-Japan GT Championship (JGTC) all the way back in 2002, in K-Tunes’ solo Lexus RC F GT3.
Long-time ARTA driver Takagi replaces Sena Sakaguchi, who has stepped up to the GT500 class with the Racing Project Bandoh Toyota team.
Two-time JGTC champion Masahiko Kageyama stays on board as team manager, while Dunlop remains the team’s tyre supplier.
Takagi and Nitta first raced together in 1999 for A’PEX Racing (now apr), with Nitta claiming that year’s title alone, and continued together until the end of the 2010 season following their 2002 triumph.
Nitta, who turns 55 this month, joined K-Tunes in 2018 and finished as GT300 runner-up in 2019 sharing driving duties with Sakaguchi.
The Okayama Toyopet-run team however has struggled for form since switching from Bridgestone to Dunlop tyres in 2020, and last season Nitta could only manage 12th in the standings with a…
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