Ferrari maintains SUPER GT presence with Pacific CarGuy

An extension of the three way partnership between long-time GT300 entrant Pacific and Takeshi Kimura’s CarGuy outfit had already been introduced forward of SUPER GT’s entry list reveal earlier this month, however the automobile kind and driver line-up weren’t formally revealed.

Now it has been confirmed that gentleman racer Kimura and common accomplice Kei Cozzolino will as soon as once more staff up on the wheel of the Yokohama-shod #9 Pacific CarGuy Ferrari, holding the Italian marque on the grid.

It signifies that a minimum of 10 totally different makes might be represented in a 28-strong GT300 area in 2022, with Ferrari becoming a member of Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Lexus, Mercedes, Audi, BMW and Lamborghini.

Porsche and Lotus look set to be absent, albeit with one outfit – Workforce Mach – nonetheless to declare its plans.

Kimura and Cozzolino drove collectively in 5 out of eight races in SUPER GT final 12 months, with Kimura lacking three occasions that clashed along with his FIA World Endurance Championship GTE Am programme.

Naoki Yokomizo deputised for Kimura for the three races he missed, and it was with Cozzolino and Yokomizo that the staff achieved its greatest results of the 12 months at fourth at Suzuka. Nonetheless, a chance for a podium was misplaced with a puncture in Yokomizo’s ultimate outing of the season at Motegi.

Kimura is ready for a double programme in 2022 as he combines SUPER GT with an assault on the four-race Japan Cup portion of the GT World Problem Asia collection on the wheel of a CarGuy Ferrari.

Yokomizo in the meantime is ready for a full season in GTWC Asia, sharing a Ferrari with Kiyoto Fujinami for new entrant Yogibo Racing.

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