MUGEN

February 18th, 2013

M-TEC MOTOR SPORTS ACTIVITY PLAN IN 2013

M-TEC Co., Ltd. Shin Nagaosa, president (Hereinafter called M-TEC) announced an outline of M-TEC Motorsport activities for 2013 as follows.

● GENERAL POLICY
In 2013 M-TEC will, through various racing activities, continue to meet the expectations of our customers and all persons concerned, from novice to professional categories spread widely to reinforce the infrastructure and activity of motor sports.

Domestic category

● SUPER GT SERIES
◇ GT500 Class
Under the name of "Honda GT Project" M-TEC will work with Honda R&D Co Ltd., Automobile R&D center and DOME CO LTD., to supply five teams with V8 3.4 NA engines for their five GT cars, and provide support services at the racing circuits.
M-TEC will also technical support and do machine maintenance for TEAM KUNIMITSU (#100).

■ Engine supply and track support
•AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI #8
•KEIHIN REAL RACING #17
•Weider Modulo Dome RACING #18
•EPSON NAKAJIMA RACING #32
•TEAM KUNIMITSU #100

■ Team support and machine maintenance
•TEAM KUNIMITSU #100

SUPER GT Official site : http://supergt.net/jp/

◇ GT300 Class
M-TEC began participating in GT300 as "TEAM /MUGEN" from the 4th round of the 2012 series held at SPORTSLAND SUGO, and for 2013 continues to cooperate with Honda Motor Co., Ltd in the quest to win the race with a CR-Z equipped with a racing hybrid system. In this second season along with current driver, Hideki Muto, Yuhki Nakayama will join Team MUGEN, bringing with him his experience in GT500, and together they will be aiming to win the series championship.
M-TEC will also support and carry out machine maintenance for AUTO BACS RACING TEAM AGURI (#55), who will join the championship with CR-Z GT.

■ Engine supply and track support
• TEAM MUGEN #16
• AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI #55

● Japanese Championship Super Formula
M-TEC will join the Japanese Championship Super Formula, formerly named Japanese Championship Formula Nippon, and as with part of last season will run two cars. Naoki Yamamoto, who has been a driver for "TEAM /MUGEN " for the past two years, was again named as driver for 2013. Joining Yamamoto for selected races, including the season opener, will be Takuma Sato, and at other events for the rest of the races the car will be driven by Takashi Kobayashi.
M-TEC will provide the V8 3.4 NA engine,"HR12E" for eight race cars and four teams, and will also provide support services at racing events through Japan Race Promotion Inc.

■ Engine supply and track support
• HP REAL RACING #10 · #11
•TEAM MUGEN #15 · #16
• NAKAJIMA RACING #31 · #32
• DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING #40 · #41

SUPER FORMULA Offical site : http://www.superformula.net//

● Japanese Formula 3 Championship
With the assistance of Honda Motor Co., Ltd, M-TEC will develop and provide the all-new in-line four, 2.0L, NA, gasoline direct injection engine, "Honda MF204D" conforming to FIA F3 2013 regulations, for two race cars and one team, and will also provide support services at racing events.

■ Engine supply and track support
• HFDP RACING #7 · #8

● MUGEN POWER Cup CIVIC One Make Race
M-TEC will continue the "MUGEN POWER Cup" started from the last year as a successor to the one make, "Honda Exciting Cup One Make Race ~ CIVIC series ~" (held from 1981 to 2011 for about thirty one years).
The entrants can also continue to drive FD2 Civic for the event. MUGEN not only organizes the race but provides the entrants with parts manufactured based on the regulations and technical support at circuits.

Event schedule (Temporal)

	Date	Event	Place
Rd.1	4/6 - 7	SUPER GT Rd.1 OKAYAMA	Okayama International Circuit
Rd.2	5/11 - 12	Japanese Formula 3 Championship Rd.2 MOTEGI Champion Cup Race Rd.3 will be also held at the same day and place.	Twin Ring Motegi
Rd.3	6/1 - 2	The One Make Race Festival 2013	Fuji Speedway
Rd.4	9/28 - 29	Japanese Championship Super Formula Rd.5	Sportsland SUGO
Rd.5	11/9 - 10	Japanese Championship Super Formula Rd.6	Suzuka Circuit

MUGEN POWER Cup Offical site : /motorsports/onemake/

●Honda Sports & Eco Program
With the support of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., M-TEC will cooperate with MOBILITYLAND CORP. to organize the "Honda Sports & Eco Program." This program is a fun driving program aimed at achieving a good balance between economy and sports driving. In the program all the participants can drive a new generation hybrid sports car, Honda CR-Z, with the maximum eco-function to experience the pleasure of controlling the car, improving their driving skills, and competing with other participants at ease.
In 2013 the event will be held on Saturday and Sunday, and the participation fee will be adjusted in order to welcome as many visitors as possible. Professional Honda drivers from SUPER GT series and SUPER FORMULA series will also be on hand to join the event as instructors.
Honda Sports & Eco Program Official site : http://www.honda-crz-se.jp

●MOTEGI 1.5Challenge Cup
"MOTEGI 1.5 Challenge Cup" is a participatory motor sports event open to vehicles of 1.5L capacity or less. The 5-round series will be held at Twing Ring MOTEGI circuit. M-TEC will develop and provide racing parts for Fit RS.

Overseas category

●The FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)
M-TEC will provide in-line four cylinder 1.6 L direct injection turbo engine, "HR-412E" developed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd for three "Honda Civic WTCC" and two teams and will also provide technical support services at racing events.

■ Engine supply and track support
• Honda Racing Team JAS 2units
• Zengo Motorsport 1unit

WTCC Official site : http://www.fiawtcc.jp/

●The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race (The Isle of Man TT)
M-TEC will tackle the TT Zero class of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race held from May 25th (Sat) to June 7th (Fri) 2013. Last year M-TEC took part in the race with the original EV bike, " (SHINDEN)" in order to showcase the company’s advanced clean emission technology and their creativity to the world, while at the same time gaining valuable experience and education for the engineers of the next generation for the future of the company, and achieved second position, even though this was the very first participation at the event by MUGEN. On achieving this debut podium position Team MUGEN achieved the landmark of completing the race distance with an average speed in excess of 100mph; a feat that had hitherto not been achieved by any rider in previous TT Zero races. (SHINDEN NI) has been developed for the 2013 race based on the real data provided by (SHINDEN). The weight of the motorcycle body and EV system have been reduced, and the electric motor and aerodynamics have all come under scrutiny and been modified in the quest towards a significant performance increase over the 2012 (SHINDEN). M-TEC are also delighted to announce that 19 times Isle of Man TT winner, John McGuinness, will again join the programme as the Team MUGEN rider, and together with the team will be providing maximum effort as the team aims for 2013 TT Zero victory.

The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race (The Isle of Man TT) Official site : http://www.iomtt.com/

Other than the activities mentioned above, M-TEC will continue to provide Honda drivers with highly tuned engines, performance accessories and parts, and technical services at renowned touring car races like the representative touring car race, the Premio de Macau in Asia.
Naturally the technique and knowledge gained through such activities are all fed back into the design and development of MUGEN parts and accessories for the benefit of MUGEN customers around the world.