“Massive” Indy win for Jaminet, Tandy sets up Petit Le Mans title shot
Jaminet led from the start in the #6 entry, squeezing past the sister #7 car to grab the lead at the opening corner, but the Porsches later lost their advantage when they didn’t follow instructions in a timely manner as GTP were splitting from the GT cars under caution. But once the challenge of Action […]
Teenager Pierson gets Toyota Hypercar chance in Bahrain WEC test
Pierson, who became the youngest driver to compete at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2022 at the age of just 16, has been selected as one of the three drivers by the WEC promoter to take part in the official post-season rookie test at the Bahrain International Circuit on November 5. The other two […]
Inherited win gives Tomoki Nojiri «mixed feelings»
Real pair Koudai Tsukakoshi and Nobuharu Matsushita took the win on the road after a thrilling battle with the #8 ARTA Honda shared by Nojiri and Toshiki Oyu, only to be disqualified following post-race inspection for a worn skid block. Read Also: Nojiri and Oyu arrived at Sugo carrying only 22kg of success ballast, having […]
Teppei Natori apologises for causing Yamamoto SUPER GT crash
Kondo Racing Nissan GT300 driver Natori made contact with Yamamoto’s Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT while trying to enter the pits exiting the final corner on lap 37 of 84, sending Yamamoto into the barriers at high speed. The incident led to the race to be red-flagged, although it later resumed, while Yamamoto was airlifted to […]
Tandy pounces on Nasr error to lead Porsche 1-2
The #7 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 of Matt Campbell started on pole and led the field to the green flag. Sebastien Bourdais, who started fourth in Chip Ganassi Racing’s #01 Cadillac V-Series.R, jumped to the outside and immediately made it a three-wide fight for the lead entering Turn 1. Campbell, on the inside of both […]
Real Racing Honda disqualified, ARTA inherits win
Real pair Koudai Tsukakoshi and Nobuharu Matsushita had come through to take victory at the end of a thrilling 300km race, beating the #8 ARTA Honda of Tomoki Nojiri and Toshiki Oyu by seven seconds. However, the #17 Honda NSX-GT shared by Tsukakoshi and Matsushita failed post-race technical inspection due to a skidblock violation. It […]
UpGarage Honda stripped of last-gasp Sugo win
The #18 UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 shared by Takashi Kobayashi and Shun Koide had earned its third win of the season in thrilling style, as the leading Saitama Toyopet Toyota GR Supra ran out of fuel in sight of the chequered flag. Kobayashi surged by the ailing Toyota driven in the closing stint by Hiroki […]
Real Honda victorious in red-flagged thriller
Tsukakoshi, who shares the #17 Real Honda NSX-GT with Nobuharu Matsushita, came out on top in a pulsating battle with Toshiki Oyu in the closing stages of the 300km race following an earlier red flag. That was after Naoki Yamamoto suffered a major crash in the Kunimitsu Honda exiting the final corner after contact with […]
Sugo SUPER GT race suspended after major Yamamoto crash
Yamamoto was running in eighth place in the #100 Honda NSX-GT at the time of the crash, having just taken over at the wheel from team-mate Tadasuke Makino. The two-time GT500 champion appeared to lose control exiting the final corner, spearing into the barriers on the left-hand side at the end of lap 39. Moments […]