Yuichi Nakayama escapes big Okayama practice crash
In heavy rain at the former Pacific Grand Prix venue, Nakayama suffered a major off at the Moss ‘S’ around 30 minutes into the session, losing control of the #39 Toyota GR Supra and hitting the barriers with force. Moments earlier, Nakayama spun at Turn 1 but was able to continue, having just taken over […]
Albuquerque takes stunning pole for Acura
In the 20-minute GTP-only session around the 1.968-mile Californian street course, Albuquerque lapped in 1m09.909s in his Acura ARX-06. Marco Sorensen claimed the GTD class pole for Aston Martin, just beating Jack Hawksworth, who led the GTD Pro category in his Lexus. Acura 1-2 in GTP Albuquerque set the benchmark fastest time at 1m11.582s in […]
Acuras blitz their GTP rival in FP2
GTP The #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 of Augusto Farfus visited the Turn 1 runoff 12m into the session, while 20mins later its sister car did the same. Meanwhile Turn 6 proved a trouble spot for the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 and the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06. But it was Renger van der […]
FIA to investigate after car breaches spectator area in Portimao crash
During second practice for the Porsche Sprint Cup Iberia on Friday, Portuguese driver Alexandre Areia’s Porsche GT3 Cup 991 suffered a brake failure and crashed rearwards through catch fencing on the outside of Turn 1 before coming to rest in the grandstand area beyond. Areia escaped unharmed and no spectators were present in the seated […]
Taylor leads Acura 1-2 opening practice
Towards the end of the shortened 55-minute session around the fabled city street track located south of Los Angeles, Taylor produced a laptime of 1m11.942s in the Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Acura ARX-06, eight tenths of a second clear of the sister Meyer Shank Racing car of Tom Blomqvist. Matt Campbell set the early […]
Bridgestone decides against using new wet SUPER GT tyre
The Japanese firm brought a wet tyre featuring an unconventional asymmetric tread pattern (pictured top) to the final test of the pre-season, which was held entirely in wet conditions. While Michelin and Yokohama tyre users appeared to have the edge when track conditions were at their best, Bridgestone teams — which now comprise 10 of […]
IMSA GTP rivals confused by “erratic” Porsche 963 pace
Porsche Penske Motorsport almost snatched an unlikely victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring, until its cars crashed out along with the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura inside the last 20 minutes of the Florida sportscar classic while scrapping over the lead. Before that event, PPM’s WEC team had finished a distant second best at Sebring […]
Can Honda give the NSX-GT a winning SUPER GT farewell?
Back in January, Honda revealed a glimpse of the future as it took the covers off its Civic Type R GT500 concept machine at the Tokyo Auto Salon. That car won’t race until 2024, so for the upcoming season Honda finds itself in the odd position of racing a car in SUPER GT’s top category […]
All the big talking points of 2023
Over the past two seasons, Motorsport.tv has been privileged to bring you live coverage of every qualifying session and every race of Japan’s premier sportscar racing series, which boasts the fastest GT cars in the world in the top GT500 class, as well as the ultra-diverse and closely-fought GT300 category. Ahead of the 2023 season, […]