Biography

Mitsunori Takaboshi (born 24 January 1993) is a Japanese racing driver. In 2017, he was crowned champion in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. Takaboshi started his career in karting in 1998, in which he remained active until 2009. He mainly raced in Japanese championships and won a number of titles. In 2010 he switched to formula racing and competed in the Formula Challenge Japan, in which he competed until 2012. In his first season, he scored no points and his best result was ninth at the Fuji Speedway. In 2011, he improved himself to seventh in the final standings with 22 points and a podium finish. 2012 would prove to be his best season in the class, with two wins at the Twin Ring Motegi and the Suzuka International Racing Course, as well as four other podium finishes. With 65 points, he finished third in the final standings behind Nobuharu Matsushita and Ryō Hirakawa.

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