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The story of Japanese racing's foreign engineering trailblazer

For the last nine years, Ryan Dingle has blazed a trail for foreign engineers wanting to work in Japan's top motorsport categories. As he prepares to move on from Super Formula and SUPER GT, he looks back on working with the likes of Felix Rosenqvist, Kamui Kobayashi and Tomoki Nojiri.

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Is this Porsche’s best non-factory driver?

Against a pair of factory aces in the DTM last year, Dennis Olsen gave an excellent account of himself. The Norwegian is one of several drivers in the same boat seeking to make the final step towards factory status at Weissach, but has an excellent chance of doing just that

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De Oliveira eager to escape SUPER GT "comfort zone" in 2023

SUPER GT star Joao Paulo de Oliveira has expressed a desire to add more overseas races to his 2023 schedule in a bid to push himself outside of his 'comfort zone'.

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Yamashita revels in trying Fenestraz's old car at Suzuka

Kenta Yamashita says he found Sacha Fenestraz's old Super Formula car 'fast and easy to drive' after Kondo Racing swapped its two chassis for this week's post-season test at Suzuka.

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Sato fastest as Super Formula rookie test comes to close

Nakajima Racing's Ren Sato concluded Super Formula's post-season rookie test at Suzuka with the fastest time, narrowly eclipsing TOM'S driver Ritomo Miyata.

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Toyota promotes Kotaka to Super Formula seat for 2023

Toyota has elected to promote junior driver Kazuto Kotaka to a spot on its Super Formula roster for 2023, replacing the departing Sacha Fenestraz.

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Kobayashi’s season never recovered from ‘disastrous’ tests

Kamui Kobayashi believes his Super Formula season never recovered from a pre-season testing period he says was a “disaster” for his KCMG team.

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Top SF/SGT engineer joins Toyota WEC Hypercar effort

Leading SUPER GT and Super Formula engineer Ryan Dingle will join Toyota’s FIA World Endurance Championship effort next season.

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Nissan GT-R would struggle at Nurburgring now, says Kondo

Kondo Racing doesn’t believe the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 would be competitive if it were to return to the Nurburgring 24 Hours next year.

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Spa 24 Hours: Mercedes takes first win since 2013

Mercedes claimed a first Spa 24 Hours victory since 2013 as the French Auto Sport Promotion team finally broke its duck in the Belgian enduro.

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Nasr to make Spa 24 Hours debut in EMA Porsche

Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Nasr will make his Spa 24 Hours debut next month as part of an all-factory driver line-up in a Porsche fielded by Australian entrant EMA Motorsport.

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Ex-F1 driver Nasr to make Spa 24 Hours debut in EMA Porsche

Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Nasr will make his Spa 24 Hours debut next month as part of an all-factory driver line-up in a Porsche fielded by Australian entrant EMA Motorsport.

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Kobayashi credits "trial and error" for KCMG turnaround

Kamui Kobayashi says 'trial and error' is behind KCMG's sudden improvement in Super Formula after a difficult pre-season and opening race of the season.

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Suzuka Super Formula: Matsushita beats Nojiri for maiden win

B-Max Honda driver Nobuharu Matsushita produced a masterful drive in treacherous conditions at Suzuka to pass long-time leader Tomoki Nojiri and claim his maiden Super Formula victory.

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How Super Formula served up a pair of Fuji thrillers

Super Formula served up two sensational races at Fuji Speedway for its opening round in 2022, as Honda and Toyota's respective top dogs slugged it out for victory on both Saturday and Sunday.

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Fuji Super Formula – schedule, how to watch, entry list

Super Formula, Japan’s premier single-seater series, returns for its 2022 season this weekend with a pair of races to kick off the campaign at Fuji Speedway. Here’s how you can follow all the action.

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Kobayashi admits he's playing catch-up after missed Super Formula races

KCMG Toyota driver Kamui Kobayashi admits he is still feeling the after-effects of missing so many races in Super Formula in the last two seasons.

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Kobayashi playing catch-up after missed Super Formula races

KCMG Toyota driver Kamui Kobayashi admits he is still feeling the after-effects of missing so many races in Super Formula in the last two seasons.

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Vanthoor on Rolex 24 loss: Zero hard feelings toward Jaminet

Laurens Vanthoor says he holds no grudge against fellow Porsche factory driver Mathieu Jaminet after losing out in their amazing duel for GTD Pro honors in last weekend’s Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona.

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Jaminet: Last hours of Rolex 24 “most stressful of my life”

Pfaff Motorsports’ Mathieu Jaminet has admitted the GTD Pro battle with Laurens Vanthoor in KCMG’s similar Porsche 911 GT3 R was as fraught as it appeared.

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Daytona 24H: Castroneves drives Meyer Shank Racing to emotional win

Helio Castroneves, Tom Blomqvist, Oliver Jarvis and Simon Pagenaud scored victory for Meyer Shank Racing at the Daytona 24 Hours, 10 years since the team's last triumph at the event.

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Rolex 24: Castroneves drives Meyer Shank Acura to emotional win

Helio Castroneves, Tom Blomqvist, Oliver Jarvis and Simon Pagenaud scored Rolex 24 victory in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 on the 10th anniversary of MSR’s previous triumph at the famed Daytona track.

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