MUGEN

June 14th, 2012

Takuma Sato will join TEAM MUGEN to challenge Formula NIPPON Round6 SPORTSLAND SUGO, Round7 SUZUKA CIRCUIT, and JAF GP FUJI SPRINT CUP.

M-TEC Co., Ltd. (Shin Nagaosa, president) announced that M-TEC would welcome the current IndyCar Series driver, Takuma Sato as a TEAM MUGEN’s driver and together with Naoki Yamamoto challenge Formula NIPPON Round6 SPORTSLAND SUGO, Round7 SUZUKA CIRCUIT, and JAF GP FUJI SPRINT CUP.

Takuma Sato joined the Formula Nippon Round0 held as an exhibition race and drove the FN09 for the first time in the event, "Suzuka Circuit 50th Year Anniversary Fan Appreciation Day" taken place on Sunday, March 4th, 2012. Next day on March 5th, Sato also joined the official joint test as a TEAM MUGEN’s driver.

TEAM MUGEN expressed strong intention to compete in the half latter rounds for the championship with the drivers, Naoki Yamamoto and Takuma Sato.

Team	No.	Driver	Team Director
TEAM MUGEN	#15	Takuma Sato	Nagataka Tezuka
	#16	Naoki Yamamoto