Hibiki Taira set to be benched amid TGM GP TGR-DC driver reshuffle

Another disappointing result means Hibiki Taira is out, and Seita Nonaka is in for the next round of the Super Formula season at Fuji Speedway... (Photo: Toyota)

Last weekend’s fifth round of the Super Formula season at Autopolis marked the point at which the TGM GP TGR-DC team’s much-anticipated driver reshuffle was due to take place, and the results are in: Kazuto Kotaka stays, but Hibiki Taira is out.

This was the outcome that always looked likely after the Motegi round in April, when Taira ended the second ra…