MUGEN

March 8th, 2010

MUGEN´S NEW CHALLENGE
2010 FORMULA NIPPON ENTRY PLAN

M-TEC Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter called M-TEC, Shin Nagaosa, president) announced their entry into the Formula NIPPON as "MOTUL TEAM MUGEN".

As an engine constructor M-TEC has been providing racing engines at various categories of motorsports both domestically and internationally.
For the top category of the domestic formula racings,"Formula Nippon" M-TEC provided "MUGEN MF308 engine" for a decade from 1996 to 2005 as an engine supplier.

From this year M-TEC with our own team entries into Formula NIPPON, which we believe, enables us to share the challenging sprits with our fans and strengthen "MUGEN" brand.

Yuji Ide is appointed as the driver. Yuji Ide is an experienced driver and has accomplished great success in races not only in Japan but all over the world including Formula One. He also is a driver of Honda HSV-010 GT in SUPER GT series GT500 year 2010.

[ TEAM profile ]
Team Name	: MOTUL TEAM MUGEN
Supervisor	: Nagataka Tezuka (M-TEC)
Driver	: Yuji Ide
Machine	: Swift FN09
Engine	: Honda HR10E
Chief Engineer	: Yoshihiro Nishiguchi (M-TEC)
Chief Mechanic	: Nobutsugu Tanaka (M-TEC)
Management	: M-TEC
Chassis Maintenance	: M-TEC

To meet the expectations from fans and relevant parties, M-TEC confirms our intention to contribute to foundation and vitalization of motorsports environment to sustain all categories from novice to professional classes through various motorsports activities.

Also technologies and know-how accumulated through such activities will surely reflect on design and development of all the accessories and parts under MUGEN brand.