The #17 Keihin Honda NSX-GT of Koudai Tsukakoshi and Bertrand Baguette claimed a dominant victory in Round 2 of the 2020 Autobacs Super GT Series at Fuji Speedway, the first win for the Keihin Real Racing team since April 2018 at Okayama International Circuit.
Tsukakoshi took control in the second half of the race, after the #8 ARTA NSX-GT of Tomoki Nojiri and Nirei Fukuzumi, which started on pole, spun off on cold tyres right at the start of Nojiri’s closing stint.
The #36 au TOM’s Toyota GR Supra of Yuhi Sekiguchi & Sacha Fenestraz took the lead in the GT500 Championship standings by a single point with their second consecutive second-place finish, followed by the #14 Wako’s 4CR GR Supra of Kazuya Oshima and Sho Tsuboi, who finished third for the second consecutive race.
The GT300 class saw a popular, long-awaited victory for the #2 Syntium Apple Lotus Evora MC of Hiroki Katoh and Masataka Yanagida. It’s the first victory for the Mooncraft Engineering-designed Mother Chassis vehicle since it was introduced in 2015 by Cars Tokai Dream28. For that team, it’s their first GT300 class victory since July 2010 at Sportsland Sugo!
The #61 Subaru BRZ R&D Sport (Takuto Iguchi/Hideki Yamauchi) came back from a Round 1 DNF to finish in a close 2nd, and after a tight battle for 3rd, the #55 ARTA Honda NSX GT3 (Shinichi Takagi/Toshiki Oyu) held on to complete the podium places. The #52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Toyota GR Supra (Hiroki Yoshida/Kohta Kawaai) consolidated its points lead with a 6th place finish.
Feature image courtesy of the GT Association
