Hiroto Tojo

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Hiroto Tojo (born March 23, 1987 in Yokohama, Japan) is a racing driver that drove for Takagi Racing Enterprises in Rejects of LFS. He was the winner of RoLFS Nippon Super 200 in it's only race in 2015.

Career

Born to a family whose father is a car mechanic, Hiroto's originally wanted to be a tokusatsu actor. However, when he saw a Formula Nippon race on television, his future was shifted to motorsport. He entered a racing school at twenty and entered in a motorsport development programme in 2009. He progressed to Formula Nippon in 2011, but he had largely lacklustre results, save for a few fluke races; for the next two years, his results improved, however. During this time, he announced his ambitious plan of entering IndyCar by 2014, but this did not happen.

Rejects of LFS (2014-2015)

After his IndyCar plans fell through, Tojo was signed up by Takagi Racing Enterprises, a father-son operation by veteran racers Hiroshi and Kazuhiko. In 2014, Tojo only have one feature podium (and points), plus two sprint point finishes, advantaging from reverse grid. This led to the heat system being used in 2015, in which Tojo stayed with TRE. He failed to qualify in Westhill and South City, but won the Nippon Super 200, the last ever RoLFS race held after it was announced the series would be disbanded over safety concerns following the death of Tojo's compatriot Nobushige Fukuda (to which Tojo promptly dedicated his Nippon Super 200 win).

In 2014, he participated with Pac Racing Team in the 2014 F1RMGP 24 Hour V8 Bathurst Enduro, with Steven Mackintosh and Timo Glock being the other drivers, but Glock crashed the car after 10 hours. During 2015, he had a one-off drive with the TRE's F3RWRS team for a F3RWRS SuperPrix , but he performed poorly.

Results

Rejects of LFS

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Pts
2014 Takagi Racing Enterprises Scaven S11B Judd 3.0 V8 BLA
FEA
10
BLA
SPR
18
SOU
FEA
19
SOU
SPR
2
FER
FEA
9
FER
SPR
7
KYO
FEA
20
KYO
SPR
2
WES
FEA
12
WES
SPR
4
AST
FEA
8
AST
SPR
13
10th 7
2015 Takagi Racing Enterprises Scaven S15 Honda-Judd 3.0 V8 BLA
HEA
4
BLA
FEA
4
WES
HEA
15
WES
FEA
DNQ
FER
HEA
8
FER
FEA
10
SOU
HEA
13
SOU
FEA
DNQ
AST
HEA
5
AST
FEA
5
KYO
HEA
10
KYO
FEA
11
KYO
200
1
5th 22