Month: November 2020

The #37 TOM’S Toyota GR Supra, shared for most of the season by Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy before the latter had to drop out to focus on his Formula E preparations, was in sheer speed terms the undoubted benchmark across the season.However, after getting their campaign off to a winning start in July’s Fuji season opener, there were a number of occasions prior to the crucial decider where the …Keep reading …

Yamamoto and Makino were crowned champions after a dramatic denouement to Sunday’s race, as Ryo Hirakawa dramatically ran out of fuel within sight of the chequered flag.Hirakawa and his teammate in the #37 TOM’S Toyota, Kenta Yamashita, had commanded the 65-lap contest up to that point, although Yamamoto had been able to whittle down what had been a 15-second advantage for Hirakawa to just two …Keep reading …

Hirakawa and his teammate in the #37 Toyota GR Supra, Kenta Yamashita, dominated the season finale at Fuji Speedway from pole position, putting Hirakawa in position to become SUPER GT’s first solo champion since Ryo Michigami in 2000.That was despite the gap between Hirakawa and the Honda of Naoki Yamamoto narrowing rapidly in the final 15 or so laps of the 65-lap encounter, with Yamamoto …Keep reading …

Yamamoto stole a last-gasp victory from the #37 TOM’S GR Supra of Hirakawa and Kenta Yamashita that had dominated the majority of the race, as Hirakawa ran out of fuel exiting the final corner on the last lap.It meant the Team Kunimitsu squad scored its second GT500 title in three years, with Yamamoto and Makino following up on the success that Yamamoto achieved in 2018 alongside Formula 1 …Keep reading …

Quintarelli qualified the #23 NISMO GT-R he shares with Tsugio Matsuda sixth for Sunday’s title-decider, a little over seven tenths off the pace set by TOM’S Toyota man Kenta Yamashita.The #23 Nissan crew arrived at Fuji two points behind the lead of the standings, and now face a three-point deficit to TOM’S driver Ryo Hirakawa after qualifying, but can still guarantee themselves the title …Keep reading …

Toyota had won two of the previous three races held at Fuji Speedway and was expected to dominate again for SUPER GT’s fourth visit to the venue in 2020 as part of a heavily-revised calendar that features only three circuits.However, even Honda drivers were left surprised by just how far ahead Toyota was on Saturday, with the GR Supras locking out the first two rows of the …Keep reading …

SARD Toyota man Kovalainen was second-fastest in qualifying, losing out only to TOM’S driver Kenta Yamashita, in the #39 GR Supra he shares with Yuichi Nakayama.It was the ex-Formula 1 star’s best qualifying showing since the final round of the 2016 season, in which he won the title for SARD alongside Kohei Hirate.Read Also:Fuji Super GT: TOM’S on pole for decider, Toyota …Keep reading …