May 5th, 2022

TEAM Red Bull MUGEN
SUPER GT RACE REPORT
Persistent drive brough in team’s first points
even in a harsh race
2022 AUTOBACS SUPER GT Round 2 FAV HOTEL FUJI GT 450km RACE
Course: 4,563 x 100 laps (456.3km)
May 3rd, 2022 (Tue) Weather: Fine / Road condition: Dry
May 4th, 2022 (Wed) Weather: Fine / Road condition: Dry■May 3rd (Tue) Qualifying:
Q1: Ukyo Sasahara 12th place / Q2: - / GT500 class 12th place【Driver Sasahara】
Here we come to Fuji to compete in the Rd. 2. Though we could
not score any points in the season opener, we found somepositive clues in that race and have been preparing for this race
Rd.2 Fuji with them.
We could not warm up the tires enough within a 10-minutes
qualifying and road surface condition did not match our car thenwe ended up with the regrettable 12th place as the result.
Since we could not show our real performance, we feel sorry forthe fans.
The temperature seems to raise tomorrow. We all the team members will continue to fight
together to the bitter end. We have no idea what will happen during the 450km race, but
simply try our best to find out something precious or important for our future in the race.
I thank you so much for your continued support.

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【Driver Oyu】
Disappointing qualifying result. I am afraid that due tomismatch between our machine and conditions of qualifying, wecould not do well. Once it matched, I am sure we would occupy
one of the top positions in the race.
I am looking forward to the change of road surface condition
which is expected to happen tomorrow. Including our teamstrategies, we would like to prepare a lot to challenge the race
to be able to bring about a good result as well as some clues forthe future.
I will keep on going forward anyway. Please give us your power
tomorrow.
【Director Tanaka】
We qualified 12th place which is quite unsatisfactory result. I am deeply apologetic for all
the fans. But since we set up our machine based on temperature and road surface
conditions of the race, both team members and drivers are not disappointed at this resultmuch.
Though the race distance is 450km, as long as we make advantage of positive elementsgained through the previous race, I believe we can show ourselves overtaking other carsin the race.
We will not give up the race and keep on going. Thank you for your support.

■May 4th (Wed) Race: GT500 class 10th place※The Rd. 2 was ended at 6:20 pm following the curfew rule and shortened to 62 laps dueto two reg flags during the race.
【Driver Sasahara】
The race was so harsh in fact a red flag was shown twice in
response to severe accidents that its number of laps was reduced
from 100 down to 62. Though I did not take the wheel, since I
monitored the race through Toshiki’s radio and knew what
happened, I am relieved to hear that both the drivers were safeand none of the audience was injured.
As for the team, in the beginning of the race tire trouble occurred
and we had no choice but to change one of our strategies. I wasshocked at this trouble. Toshiki dared to bring the car back to thepit and continued the race. Due to such effort, we could collectdata. I take this accident positively somehow.
We never gave up this race and moved up to 10th place and scored precious points in theend of the race with the help of other car’s penalty. I would thank the team for their2

perfect pit work and re-realized “nobody knows what will happen in the race.”
I noticed there was an equal number of audiences before pandemic of coronavirus diseaseat Fuji today. Since I grabbed some clues for the next round, I would like to define themto fight for the top positions in the next round.
I thank you so much for your support.
【Driver Oyu】
I thank you all for your hard work, and also thank all the fanssupporting TEAM MUGEN. The race today was so tough. I haveheard that none of the drivers nor the audience was injured bytoday’s accidents. I am so relieved.
Regarding myself I spun in the beginning of the race, faced witha tire trouble, and the race was suspended twice due to severe
car accidents. I experienced a lot of disasters but did notabandon the race and could score 10th place in the end. I would
like to grow up more through the race like today’s.
I would like to express gratitude for all the fans and the peopleconcerned.
I will try to concentrate on the next race again.
【Director Tanaka】
The race was so harsh that there were two red flags. I am so glad to hear that a driverof #3 Takaboshi was fine even after being involved in such a huge crash and none of theaudience was injured.
As for #16 we could not speed up in the race and faced with a difficulty. We forecasted
weather conditions of the race and set up the car based on it and in fact the weather
conditions of the race were as we expected. Therefore, we looked forward to a good race,
however, in reality the car could not pick up speed from the beginning and we had nochoice but to have a tough race.
In such a race Oyu as a starter endured and concentrated on his driving and completed
the race. I would appreciate very much the support from the sponsors, supporters, andall the fans. We will analyze the reason we could not pick up speed and show our best
performance in the next round, Suzuka. Please be kind to continue to support us.

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