A perfectly-timed safety car allowed Sasahara to go from 13th to victory on last weekend at Fuji Speedway, as he was able to complete his mandatory tyre change under caution and then pull away from nearest pursuer Sho Tsuboi after the final restart with relative ease.
Prior to last weekend, Sasahara’s best result of the year so far had been seventh, although he had qualified on pole for the season opener, also at Fuji, only to stall on the grid.
