Koyama came into this weekend’s penultimate round at Fuji with a healthy points buffer over her nearest rival Sota Ogawa, and extended that by finishing second behind poleman Riki Okusa in Saturday morning’s opening race of the weekend.
The second race on Saturday afternoon didn’t start well for Koyama, who dropped from her grid slot of second to third with a poor start, but she soon regained second place from Yoshiaki Katayama before going on to challenge Okusa for the lead.
