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Jamie Klein

Sugo strategy fortune for Impul "saved our championship"

The #1 Impul Nissan Z shared by Baguette and Hiramine was one of the main beneficiaries of the stoppage that was triggered by Naoki Yamamoto's huge crash at the end of lap 37 of 84, along with the SARD Toyota GR Supra.

That was because both the SARD and Impul squads elected for long opening stints, and neither had come in for their mandatory pitstops when the race was suspended on lap 40. But such is the short lap at Sugo that they were effectively a lap ahead of the cars that had stopped, except the top three.

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