Mugen man Nojiri set the fastest time of 1m24.529s at the end of the Q2 pole shootout to shade TOM'S man Ritomo Miyata by 0.269 seconds in a repeat of the front row from Round 2 at Fuji Speedway.
It means Mugen maintains its 100 percent record of poles in Super Formula this year - Ukyo Sasahara was on pole for the Fuji opener, with Nojiri monopolising the top spot since then - while Nojiri now has 19 points in hand over his nearest rival in the championship standings, Ryo Hirakawa.
