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Jamie Klein

How Impul’s “big risk” paid dividends in the wet at Sugo

Off the back of their win at Suzuka in August, Baguette and teammate Kazuki Hiramine arrived at Sugo in the lead of the championship and were expected to struggle as the only car in the GT500 field saddled with the power-sapping stage three fuel flow restrictor.

After the Calsonic-liveried Z qualified 14th, the rain came to the rescue of the Impul pair and opened the door for them to finish a strong fifth in a major boost to their title aspirations.

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