
But we were able to complete the race with no major issues, and was able to gather data for the long run. However it’s a bit unfortunate that the tire selection might have not been suited for the conditions today, and so we didn’t get the pace that we were expecting. “At the opening round of Okayama the race ended without being able to really drive properly at all so I feel I was able to drive to my heart’s content today. Igor Fraga who drove a long 48 lap run until changing places with Furutani looked back on the race: So I had mixed feelings, its unfortunate I didn’t get to drive, but for the team they were able to get long run data and finish the race in a positive note, so I think that was good.” Koyama who didn’t get to drive in this race week commented: “In this race even if I was able to drive, while that would make me happy, for the team the turn of events just was not great and they were not in a good position. As a result the team was not able to score any championship points again this week, and the GT300 class victory went to the de Oliveira / Natori pair who started on pole position.
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The team made a bold strategic decision in the final, but the tire pressure became too high while driving and they were not able to improve their lap time as much as they hoped during the long run, plus they found more things they need to work on in shortening the refueling pit work. They completed 91 laps and received the checkered flag. While they were only under by 0.079 seconds, this lead to the pole position going to the Realize Nissan Mechanic Challenge GT-R with J.P de Oliveira / Natori driving, and the starting grid of the ANEST IWATA Racing RC F GT3 was 1.041 seconds behind in 17th place qualifying position.įurutani dropped to 20th place during this pit stop, but as the rivals started making their 2nd pit stops their position gradually increased, raising their position to 14th place, 3 positions up from qualifying. In the end he ended the 10 minute time attack session without being able to completely warm the tires to an adequate level.Īs a result the Q1 position of Furutani became 9th out of 13 cars, but they needed to finish within 8th place to proceed to the Q2 session. In the official Q1 official qualifying session, Furutani went out on track, and as expected feels that the tires are warming up very slowly. With this report from Fraga the team did some fine adjustments to the car’s settings in preparation for the official session in the afternoon. As a result, Fraga reported that it seemed to be taking time to warm the tires, so they should change the settings slightly when Furutani goes out for the Q1 time attack. Fraga drove the car to check its condition in the practice run before qualifying.

On May 3rd, the day of the official qualifying took place under sunny weather.
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If all goes well there would be no driver change to Koyama, with Furutani finishing the race.

On the other hand it was decided that Fraga will start the final race and gain as much distance as possible, and Furutani driving the latter half will aim for at least 10th place where they can acquire championship points. It was decided that the Q1 official qualifying session will be driven by Furutani who has spontaneous speed, while Q2 will be run by Fraga who is able to drive with consistency while caring for the tires. Unable to fully warm the tires, struggles in the official qualifyingīy early evening all three returned to the team and participated in a meeting for the race starting on the following day.
