Mazda’s head of design Ikuo Maeda will pull on his helmet and racing suit joining another in-house Mazda driver Kazuhito Terakawa and professional drivers Kaoru Ijiri and Yutaka Seki, to race a Skyactiv-D diesel-powered Mazda 2 in the 2022 Super Taiku endurance racing series.
The #55 Mazda Spirit Racing Mazda 2 Bio concept will participate in the ST-Q class of the race which allows entries from manufacturer-developed, non-homologated special racing vehicles.
It will use a 100% biomass-derived next-generation biodiesel fuel called Susteo offered by Euglena Co Ltd, which is an alternative option from Mazda Motor Corporation (MMC) in its “Multi-Solution Approach” to fulfilling its goal towards achieving carbon neutrality.
The Mazda Spirit Racing Team is also entering the 2022 Super Taiku series with a Mazda MX-5 RF with support from MMC but the drivers of this car are yet to be confirmed.
Engineers and mechanics inside and outside Mazda will team up and participate from the third race at Sports Land Sugo with the #12 Mazda Spirit Racing MX-5 RF in the ST-5 class.
MMC says it’s participation in this event will also contribute towards revitalising motorsports in Japan.
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