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The last race of the seventh round of Super GT “FUJIMAKI GROUP MOTEGI GT 300km RACE” in 2020 took place at Twin Link Motegi on Sunday 8th November. In the GT500 class, when the No. 8 ARTA NSX-GT (Tomoki Nojiri / Hitomi Fukuzumi) took the lead from second in the qualifying round, it scored its first win of the season alone. In the GT300 class, the No. 56 Realize Nissan Motor College GT-R (Kiyoto Fujinami / Joao Paolo de Oliveira) took the second victory of the season.
Otsu from pole position No. 64 Modulo NSX-GT (Takuya Izawa / Hiroki Otsu) pushed the way from the start, and on lap four, No. 8 ARTA NSX-GT (Tomoki Nojiri / Hitomi Fukuzumi) in second place. Separate Nojiri in 4 seconds 635. However, the pace gradually slowed, allowing the ARTA NSX-GT No. 8 to come close with 3 seconds 277 on lap 5 and 2 seconds 414 on lap 7, and was led to a tail-to-nose state on lap 9. Whoops!
And on lap 10, Nojiri of the No. 8 car came out on top with the No. 64 car’s inn at the first turn. From there, he pushed the trailer down a stretch and built a 10-second 304 lead at the end of 20 laps. Then, on lap 23, he made a pit stop and entrusted the second half to Hitomi Fukuzumi. The No. 64 car was caught up by Makino’s No. 100 RAYBRIG NSX-GT (Naoki Yamamoto / Shinsuke Makino), and was caught in the 90-degree corner on lap 12 and retired to third place. Furthermore, at the 90-degree turn on lap 21, the No. 38 ZENT GR Supra’s Tachikawa (Yuji Tachikawa / Hiroaki Ishiura), who has steadily improved from sixth in the qualifying round, was also overtaken from the start. Then I pitted on the same lap 23 as the top.
Immediately after the two NSX-GTs entered the pits, a safety car was introduced to pick up the inspection of the No. 5 Mach 5G GTNET MC86 Mach car that was stopped on the side of the field due to machine problems, and the pit lane was closed until lap 27. Ser – estar. This gave Cars 8 and 64 a considerable advantage over their rivals. The top car at this point is car 100. Car No. 38, No. 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (Tsujio Matsuda / Ronnie Quintarelli) Quintarelli, No. 17 KEIHIN NSX-GT (Hirohiro Tsukagoshi / Bertrand Baguette) Baguette, No 37 KeePer TOM’S GR Supra Was followed by Yamashita (Ryo Hirakawa / Kenta Yamashita).
The safety car started on lap 28 and the race resumed on lap 29. Immediately, cars 38, 23, 17 and 37 pitted one after another. Car 100 also pitted on the next lap.
When each car finished the pit stop, the No. 8 ARTA NSX-GT (Fukuzumi) climbed to the top again and the No. 64 Modulo NSX-GT (Izawa) also came in second. The third No. 100 RAYBRIG NSX-GT (Yamamoto) was more than 1 minute behind at this point.
After that, Fukuzumi from car 8 continued to spin at a high pace, steadily widening the gap to car 64 to 5 seconds 469 on lap 35 and 17 seconds 420 on lap 45. The No. 8 ARTA NSX-GT won the long-awaited first victory of the season with a big difference of 46,238 when he finished 63 laps. Fukuzumi earned his first victory in the seventh race of the GT500 class. For Nojiri, this was his fifth win since Okayama’s first round last year.
Izawa also held second place with a stable run to the finish, and the No. 64 Modulo NSX-GT won the podium for the first time this season. The No. 100 RAYBRIG NSX-GT came in third, and Honda NSX not only achieved the feat of monopolizing the podium for the first time in 13 years since Round 5 of Sportsland SUGO in 2007, but also the No. 16 Red Bull MOTUL. in fourth place. MUGEN NSX-GT (Hideki Muto / Ukyo Sasahara) and number 17 KEIHIN NSX-GT (Hirohiro Tsukagoshi / Bertrand Baguette) finished fifth, and 5 cars in the race accomplished the feat of monopolizing the first position on Honda’s home circuit , Motegi. ..
In addition, the No. 37 KeePer TOM’S GR Supra won sixth place, and the No. 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R also won seventh place and scored points, making it No. 17 in the driver rankings in the group. Tsukagoshi / Baguette (KEIHIN NSX-GT). No. 37 Hirakawa (KeePer TOM’S GR Supra) lined up with 51 points, and the Tsukagoshi group took the lead due to the difference in the number of victories. Group No.23 Matsuda / Quintarelli (MOTUL AUTECH GT-R) and Group No.100 Yamamoto / Makino (RAYBRIG NSX-GT) in third and fourth place also have the same 49 points, and Nojiri / Fukuzumi Group No .8 who won this time. (ARTA NSX-GT) climbed to fifth place with 48 points. The title possibility is a great 10-team melee, and it will be Fuji’s final round (final 11/29).
Category: F1 / SUPER GT
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