Super GT Fuji: ARTA Honda akhiri dominasi Lexus
Duo pembalap ARTA Honda #8, Tomoki Nojiri dan Takashi Kobayashi, berhasil menjuarai balapan Super GT Fuji 300 km, sekaligus mengakhiri rentetan kemenangan Lexus sejak Motegi tahun lalu.
Start dari posisi terdepan, ARTA Honda menghabiskan mayoritas balapan tanpa harus menerima ancaman berarti untuk mengamankan kemenangan pertama mereka sejak 2013.
Di belakang mereka, perebutan posisi kedua berjalan sengit antara NISMO #23 dan Cerumo Lexus #38. Pertarungan tersebut berjalan hingga akhir balapan.
Tsugio Matsuda, yang berbagi tugas di mobil Nissan GT-R #23 bersama Ronnie Quintarelli, berhasil mengatasi serangan Lexus setelah berduel sepanjang 20 putaran.
Duo mobil Lexus dari tim TOM'S juga bersaing sengit di penghujung balapan. Hal tersebut memungkinkan Impul Nissan #12 yang dikemudikan Hironobu Yasuda dan pemenang GT Academy Jann Mardenborough mencuri posisi kelima.
Ryo HIrakawa dan Nick Cassidy yang berbagi tugas di mobil #37 terlempar ke posisi enam. Sementara rekan satu tim mereka, mobil #36 yang dikemudikan Kazuki Nakajima dan James Rossiter bertahan di posisi keempat.
ARTA juga kuasai GT300
ARTA menggandakan kemenangan mereka di Fuji setelah Shinichi Takagi dan Sean Walkinshaw berhasil melintasi garis finis di urutan pertama dengan mobil BMW M6 GT3 #55.
Dengan raihan 18 kemenangan, Takagi kini menyamai rekor kemenangan terbanyak di kelas GT300.
Skuat Team Ukyo Mercedes #4 yang diawaki Nobuteru Taniguchi dan Tatsuya Kataoka naik ke puncak klasemen setelah finis urutan kedua. Mereka menyalip mobil Toyota Prius #31 (Rintaro Kubo dan Koki Saga) yang harus puas di urutan ketiga.
Rachit Thukral
Hasil GT500:
Pos | # | Pembalap | Tim | Mobil | Waktu/Gap | Lap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | Tomoki Nojiri Takashi Kobayashi |
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ARTA NSX-GT Honda NSX GT / HR-417E | 1:44'39.955 | 66 |
2 | 23 | Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli |
NISMO | MOTUL AUTECH GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT500 / NR20A | 1.530 | 66 |
3 | 38 | Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura |
Lexus Team Zent Cerumo | ZENT CERUMO LC500 LEXUS LC500 / RI4AG | 2.203 | 66 |
4 | 36 | Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter |
Lexus Team TOM’S | au TOM'S LC500 LEXUS LC500 / RI4AG | 13.300 | 66 |
5 | 12 | Hironobu Yasuda Jann Mardenborough |
Team Impul | CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT500 / NR20A | 14.938 | 66 |
6 | 37 | Ryo Hirakawa Nick Cassidy |
Lexus Team KeePer TOM’S | KeePer TOM'S LC500 LEXUS LC500 / RI4AG | 15.244 | 66 |
7 | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi Yuji Kunimoto |
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | WedsSport ADVAN LC500 LEXUS LC500 / RI4AG | 19.525 | 66 |
8 | 100 | Naoki Yamamoto Takuya Izawa |
Team Kunimitsu | RAYBRIG NSX-GT Honda NSX GT / HR-417E | 19.603 | 66 |
9 | 6 | Kazuya Oshima Andrea Caldarelli |
Lexus Team LeMans | WAKO'S 4CR LC500 LEXUS LC500 / RI4AG | 19.666 | 66 |
10 | 1 | Heikki Kovalainen Kohei Hirate |
Lexus Team SARD | DENSO KOBELCO SARD LC500 LEXUS LC500 / RI4AG | 22.480 | 66 |
11 | 46 | Satoshi Motoyama Katsumasa Chiyo |
Mola | S Road CRAFTSPORTS GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT500 / NR20A | 58.928 | 66 |
12 | 64 | Bertrand Baguette Kosuke Matsuura |
Nakajima Racing | Epson Modulo NSX-GT Honda NSX GT / HR-417E | 1'04.652 | 66 |
13 | 24 | Daiki Sasaki Joao Paulo Lima De Oliveira |
Kondo Racing | Forum Engineering ADVAN GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT500 / NR20A | 14Lap | 52 |
- | 16 | Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima |
TEAM MUGEN | MOTUL MUGEN NSX-GT Honda NSX GT / HR-417E | 21Lap | 45 |
- | 17 | Koudai Tsukakoshi Takashi Kogure |
Keihin Real Racing | KEIHIN NSX-GT Honda NSX GT / HR-417E | 36Lap | 30 |
Hasil GT300:
Pos | # | Pembalap | Tim | Mobil | Waktu/Gap | Lap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 55 | Shinichi Takagi Sean Walkinshaw |
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ARTA BMW M6 GT3 BMW M6 GT3 / P63 | 1:46'12.758 | 62 |
2 | 4 | Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka |
Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo | GOODSMILE HATSUNE MIKU AMG Mercedes AMG GT3 / M159 | 1Lap | 61 |
3 | 31 | Koki Saga Rintaro Kubo |
apr | TOYOTA PRIUS apr GT TOYOTA PRIUS / RV8K | 1Lap | 61 |
4 | 61 | Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi |
R&D SPORT | SUBARU BRZ R&D SPORT SUBARU BRZ GT300 / EJ20 | 1Lap | 61 |
5 | 9 | Jono Lester Kyosuke Mineo |
Gulf Racing with Pacific | GULF NAC PORSCHE 911 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R / MA185 | 1Lap | 61 |
6 | 7 | Jörg Müller Seiji Ara |
BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie | Studie BMW M6 BMW M6 GT3 / P63 | 1Lap | 61 |
7 | 88 | Manabu Orido Kazuki Hiramine |
JLOC | MANEPA LAMBORGHINI GT3 Lamborghini HURACAN GT3 / DFJ | 1Lap | 61 |
8 | 33 | Tomonobu Fujii Yuya Motojima |
D’station Racing | D'station Porsche PORSCHE 911 GT3 R / MA185 | 1Lap | 61 |
9 | 51 | Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi |
LM corsa | JMS P.MU LMcorsa RC F GT3 LEXUS RC F GT3 / 2UR-GSE | 1Lap | 61 |
10 | 21 | Richard Lyons Masataka Yanagida |
Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS Audi R8 LMS / DAR | 1Lap | 61 |
11 | 18 | Yuhki Nakayama Shintaro Kawabata |
TEAM UPGARAGE with BANDOH | UPGARAGE BANDOH 86 TOYOTA 86 MC / GTA V8 | 1Lap | 61 |
12 | 87 | Shinya Hosokawa Kimiya Sato |
JLOC | SHOP CHANNEL LAMBORGHINI GT3 Lamborghini HURACAN GT3 / DFJ | 1Lap | 61 |
13 | 65 | Haruki Kurosawa Naoya Gamou |
Leon Racing | LEON CVSTOS AMG Mercedes AMG GT3 / M159 | 1Lap | 61 |
14 | 50 | Akihiro Tsuzuki Morio Nitta |
Arnage Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 488 GT3 / F154GT | 1Lap | 61 |
15 | 111 | Keishi Ishikawa Ryosei Yamashita |
Rn-sports | EVA RT TEST-01 Rn-s AMG GT Mercedes AMG GT3 / M159 | 1Lap | 61 |
16 | 10 | Ryuichiro Tomita Hiroki Yoshida |
Gainer | GAINER TANAX triple a GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT | 2Lap | 60 |
17 | 11 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim |
Gainer | GAINER TANAX AMG GT3 Mercedes AMG GT3 / M159 | 2Lap | 60 |
18 | 117 | Yuji Ide Ryohei Sakaguchi |
EIcars BENTLEY TTO | EIcars BENTLEY GT3 BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT3 / CND | 2Lap | 60 |
19 | 26 | Shinnosuke Yamada Jake Parsons |
Team Taisan | TAISAN SARD R8 FUKUSHIMA Audi R8 LMS / DAR | 2Lap | 60 |
20 | 30 | Hiroaki Nagai Kota Sasaki |
apr | TOYOTA PRIUS apr GT TOYOTA PRIUS / RV8K | 2Lap | 60 |
21 | 48 | Taiyo Iida Masaki Tanaka |
apr | shokumou.jp GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT | 2Lap | 60 |
22 | 360 | Yusaku Shibata Atsushi Tanaka |
apr | RUNUP GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT | 2Lap | 60 |
23 | 52 | Taku Bamba Shigekazu Wakisaka |
Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | SAITAMA TOYOPET GreenBrave MARK X MC TOYOTA MARK X MC / GTA V8 | 2Lap | 60 |
24 | 2 | Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh |
Cars Tokai Dream28 | SYNTIUM Apple LOTUS LOTUS EVORA MC / GTA V8 | 3Lap | 59 |
25 | 35 | Nattavude Charoensukhawattana Nattapong Hortongkam |
Panther Team Thailand | ARTO 86 MC 101 TOYOTA 86 MC / GTA V8 | 3Lap | 59 |
26 | 22 | Hisashi Wada Masaki Jyonai |
R’Qs MOTOR SPORTS | R'Qs SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 / M159 | 4Lap | 58 |
27 | 60 | Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto |
LM corsa | SYNTIUM LMcorsa RC F GT3 LEXUS RC F GT3 / 2UR-GSE | 4Lap | 58 |
28 | 5 | Natsu Sakaguchi Kiyoto Fujinami |
Team Mach | MACH SYAKEN MC86 GTNET TOYOTA 86 MC / GTA V8 | 15Lap | 47 |
29 | 25 | Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita |
VivaC team Tsuchiya | VivaC 86 MC TOYOTA 86 MC / GTA V8 | 16Lap | 46 |
- | 3 | Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi |
NDDP RACING | B-MAX NDDP GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT | - | - |
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