Takuma Sato got a thrill out of being behind the wheel at Twin Ring Motegi again — even though he did it on a virtual track and thousands of kilometers away from the Tochigi Prefecture circuit.
Sato was among the drivers in the field for the Motegi leg of the IndyCar iRacing Challenge on April 18. It was his debut in the esports competition and he had a blast.
"I never thought about going back to Motegi with current race car drivers and having a kind of Indy Japan for the first time after 10 years," the IndyCar star told The Japan Times in a video interview from the U.S. "It was an exciting moment."