The Italian driver described he and teammate Tsugio Matsuda’s second-place finish in a wet-dry race as “one of the most disappointing of my career” after an extra pitstop dropped the #23 Nissan behind the #3 car of Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi.
Quintarelli scorched into the lead when conditions were at their worst, having initially pitted for wet tyres on lap 19 of 84, as the superiority of the Michelin wet tyre shone through.
