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With track temperatures hovering around the 50-degree mark, the ballast-free Dunlop-shod #64 Honda NSX-GT shared by Takuya Izawa and Hiroki Otsu was in a class of one all day.Izawa convincingly topped practice by some half a second in the morning, and GT500 rookie Otsu continued that good work in Q1 with a time 0.340s clear of the field.In the eight-car Q2 shootout, Izawa pumped in a lap of 1m46.239s to secure Nakajima Racing and Dunlop's first GT500 pole since the 2012 Golden Week Fuji race.Second-fastest in Q1, the #23 NISMO Nissan GT-R was also the closest challenger in Q2 as Ronnie Quintarelli came up 0.460s shy of Izawa's benchmark to secure a spot on the front row.The two Cerumo Toyota GR Supras will make up the second row, with Yuji Tachikawa in the #38 car beating the sister #14 machine of Sho Tsuboi by just over a tenth.Behind the two Bridgestone-equipped cars was the Yokohama-shod Mugen Honda, with Hideki Mutoh ensuring all four tyre manufacturers made it in the top five.Sixth-fastest was the Bandoh GR Supra of Yuji Kunimoto, also running Yokohamas, while the Real Racing and Team Kunimitsu Hondas, driven by Bertrand Baguette and Tadasuke Makino respectively, completed the Q2 order.SUPER GT returnee Heikki Kovalainen was denied the chance to drive in qualifying as his teammate in the SARD Toyota, Yuichi Nakayama, was narrowly eliminated in Q1. Mike Baldwin won the 1st edition with Wes Cooley. 27 Tom KRISTENSEN (DK) 1'45.297 200.484 6. The cancellation of the 2020 FIA FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PIRELLI JAPANESE GRAND PRIX Mobilityland Corporation announces the cancellation of the 2020 FIA FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PIRELLI JAPANESE GRAND PRIX, which was originally scheduled to be held at Suzuka Circuit from October 9th (Fri.) to 11th (Sun.) 11 Takuya KUROSAWA (J) 1'45.096 200.868 4.
With track temperatures hovering … 20 Andrew GILBERT-SCOTT (GB) 1'44.352 202.300km/h 2. Suzuka Circuit – Japan Since its creation in 1962, the Suzuka circuit has hosted many international competitions including the Formula 1 Grand Prix, the Motorbike GP and the Motorbike Endurance World Championship. 24 Naoki HATTORI (J) 1'45.265 200.545 5. The ex-Renault, McLaren and Lotus Formula 1 racer had been forced to miss the first two rounds of the delayed 2020 campaign after falling foul of Japan’s tight entry restrictions on travellers from abroad imposed in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic.However, a slight change in the rules announced by the Japanese government at the end of last month allowed Kovalainen to make his return to the country last Thursday.He falls into a category of foreign nationals that were granted permission to re-enter from the middle of last week onwards – those with valid working visas that left Japan before the borders were essentially closed as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated.As such, the Finn will be reunited with his SARD team and his co-driver in the #39 Toyota GR Supra, Yuichi Nakayama, for the Suzuka round on August 22-23 after serving his mandatory 14-day quarantine period.Kovalainen’s place in the SARD Toyota was filled in last month’s Fuji opener by Kenta Yamashita, while GT500 rookie Sena Sakaguchi was called up to join Nakayama for last weekend’s second round at the same track.The #39 Toyota finished fifth in the curtain-raiser and one place lower in Sunday’s second race, leaving Nakayama seventh in the drivers’ standings on 10 points.Sakaguchi will return to the cockpit of the #96 K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 in the GT300 class at Suzuka, his place at Fuji having been taken by Shigekazu Wakisaka.Another change is the addition of former Asian Le Mans Series GTE champion Takeshi Kimura to the line-up in the #33 X-Works Audi R8 LMS alongside Shaun Thong.Hiroyuki Matsumura partnered Thong for last weekend's Fuji round but was forced to pass a refresher test by the GTA as it had been so long since he previously raced, and was ultimately not granted permission to take part.Fuji Super GT: Real Racing gives new Honda first winBaguette elated by Fuji win in "super-tough" situation 8 Marco APICELLA (I) 1'44.615 201.791 3.
All-Japan F3000 Championship Round 4 Suzuka Circuit (5.864km) First qualifying session (May 21, Morning) ===== No Driver Time Speed ---- -- ----- ----- ----- 1. This circuit is one of the few tracks to offer an 8hr race over 5.821 km.
The Suzuka 8 Hours is the motorcycle endurance test which has attracted the most riders in Motorbike GP. Nissan drivers Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda took their first SUPER GT in two years in a thrilling third round of the season at Suzuka. Previously a part of multiple GT racing series including the now defunct group C class of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, the Suzuka 1000 km as of 2006 is now a points round of the Super GT Series, and is the only race of such length in that series. Heikki Kovalainen will return to SUPER GT action for this month’s third round of the season at Suzuka after successfully gaining re-entry to Japan.
This circuit is one of the few tracks to offer an 8 layout on 5.821 km. Suzuka Circuit Since its creation in 1962, the Suzuka circuit has hosted many international competitions including the Formula 1 Grand Prix, the Motorbike GP and the Motorbike Endurance World Championship. The Nakajima Racing Honda squad secured its first SUPER GT pole position in eight years in scorching temperatures at Suzuka. Suzuka also hosts other motorsport events including the Suzuka 1000 km endurance race.
"The Suzuka 8 Hours, the most prestigious endurance race in the world over the last 40 years, shall not run without top international riders.” Among the international stars due to take part at Suzuka were Kawasaki trio Jonathan Rea, Alex Lowes and Xavi Fores, as … The first edition of Suzuka 8 Hours was contested in July 1978. The pair will start ninth ahead of the #3 NDDP/B-Max Racing Nissan.The two TOM'S Supras, carrying the biggest success handicaps in the field at 58kg and 60kg respectively, qualified 11th and 12th, with Nick Cassidy in the #37 car leading stablemate Sacha Fenestraz in the championship-leading #36 machine.More unexpected was that the ARTA Honda, carrying only 8kg of ballast, struggled to a lowly 14th place in the hands of Nirei Fukuzumi.The #31 apr Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV secured pole position in the GT300 class, but only after Kondo Racing Nissan man Joao Paulo de Oliveira had his best lap deleted.Ex-Nissan GT500 driver de Oliveira set the fastest time in Q2 of 1m58.053s, only to have it taken away for exceeding track limits exiting Spoon corner in the #56 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 he shares with Kiyoto Fujinami.That promoted the ballast-free Prius of Koki Saga and Yuhki Nakayama to pole, with Saga setting the class benchmark of 1m58.189s.Toshiki Oyu was promoted to second in the ARTA Honda NSX GT3 he shares with Shinichi Takagi, while de Oliveira’s best valid laptime in the Kondo Nissan - which is carrying 42kg of ballast - proved enough for third.The points-leading Saitama Toyopet Toyota GR Supra GT300 shrugged off its 75kg handicap to secure fifth on the grid, behind the Max Racing Lexus RC F GT3.Cars Tokai Dream28’s Lotus Evora MC, which is carrying 60kg of ballast after its win last time out, could only qualify down in 11th place.Kovalainen faces “big challenge” on Super GT return