Toyota protege Miyata was eighth-fastest in Saturday’s rain-affected 30-minute qualifying session, and would have been promoted to seventh on the grid with Ryo Hirakawa subsequently losing his best lap to a track limits infringement.
However, the 22-year-old was stripped of his times because the second of three red flags in the session was caused by his TOM’S car losing power, forcing Miyata to park up on the outside of the track at the Turn 13 right-hander in the final sector.
