PRESS INFORMATION

2013.9.12

Announcement of participation of TEAM MUGEN in round 2 of 2013 Asian Le Mans Series

M-TEC Co., Ltd. Shin Nagaosa, president (Hereinafter called M-TEC) announced the intention to tackle the 2nd round of the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series, to be held from September 20th to 22nd 2013 at FUJI SPEEDWAY. TEAM MUGEN will compete in SGT class with the “MUGEN CR-Z GT” with which the team currently competes in SUPER GT, GT 300 Class. The same drivers, Hideki Muto and Yuhki Nakayama are nominated for this event.

Asian Le Mans Series is an endurance race series for prototype and GT cars held in the Asian region, which is organized by ACO (Automobile Club de L’ouest), the organizer of the 24 heures du Mans in France. SGT is a newly added class for 2013.

Machines conforming to the GT300 class regulations are eligible to compete within the SGT class of Asian Le Mans Series. Also machines ranked from 1st to 10th position can gain points for both teams and drivers. (These points will be counted for weight handicap.)

Since the teams ranked in the first division in SUPER GT, GT 300 class are going to participate in this race, this race will be a key race for them.




█ Race Schedule

September 20, (Fri) 2013 Practice
September 21, (Sat) 2013 Practice / Qualifying
September 22, (Sun) 2013 Race (3 hours)

█ Series points table

Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Points
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
1
1