Honda junior driver Iori Kimura makes his top-class SUPER GT debut this weekend at Autopolis, replacing none other than two-time GT500 champion Naoki Yamamoto - and faces a tough task to help keep Team Kunimitsu in the title running.
Kimura has been recruited to join Tadasuke Makino aboard the Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT at both Autopolis and next month's Motegi season finale in the wake of Yamamoto's major crash last time out at Sugo. After racing for the now-defunct ARTA GT300 operation last season, Kimura has spent 2023 on the sidelines as a Honda reserve driver in the top class while focusing solely on his main Super Formula Lights campaign.
'But the team knows I am still learning. 'The team has asked me not to crash, because if I crash, I lose the chance to do more laps and gain experience.
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