Impul driver Sekiguchi was one of three drivers eliminated from the race in the crash that was triggered by the side-by-side battle between Tomoki Nojiri and Liam Lawson through Turns 1 and 2 after the start.
Lawson lost control of his Team Mugen machine on the kerbs, having attempted to pass Nojiri around the outside, and spun before being collected by both Sekiguchi and Tadasuke Makino, both of whom were sent airborne.
