Naoki Akiyama departs Yokomo

Japanese frontrunner, Naoki Akiyama has announced his departure from chassis sponsors Yokomo. Naoki looks back at a pretty successful four years with the company, having achieved an AOC Korea win as well as Worlds, TITC and ETS A-main appearances to name just a few. The multiple JMRCA podium finisher has yet to announce his new sponsor but in the meantime he had the following to say:

I want to thank all at Team Yokomo and especially Yukijiro Umino and Ronald Völker. After almost four years with the team it is time to move on and to go the next step.