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Fuji SUPER GT: Kondo Nissan beats the Hondas to pole

The #24 Kondo Nissan Z of Sasaki and Kohei Hirate entered qualifying firmly among the favourites for pole, carrying only 6kg of success ballast and having taken the top spot last time out at Suzuka, only to be stripped of pole due to a fuel tank infraction.

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Kondo Nissan stripped of Suzuka SUPER GT pole

Kohei Hirate had set the fastest time in Saturday's Q2 pole shootout to take pole in the #24 Nissan Z he shares with Daiki Sasaki.

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Michelin to end Super GT GT500 tyre supply after 2023 season

The French firm made the shock announcement on Wednesday, signalling the end of its relationship with Nissan and the works NISMO team, which it has supplied continuously since the 2013 season.

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What Michelin’s shock exit means for Nissan and SUPER GT

Nissan because it now has the headache of trying to reach an agreement with one of the three remaining GT500 suppliers, Bridgestone, Yokohama and Dunlop - and the championship itself because it raises questions about the future of the tyre war that has been a core element of the premier…

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Honda’s Yamamoto admits he was “lacklustre” at Fuji

From pole position, Yamamoto and Makino finished a distant second in the Golden Week race, ending up some 28 seconds down on the #36 TOM'S Toyota GR Supra of Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata.

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SUPER GT Fuji: TOM'S pair deliver Toyota's first win of 2023

The occupants of the #36 Toyota GR Supra came through from sixth on the grid to beat the pole-sitting Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT of Naoki Yamamoto and Tadasuke Makino by 28 seconds in the 450km race, which ran completely caution-free.

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Fuji SUPER GT: TOM'S pair deliver Toyota's first win of 2023

The occupants of the #36 au-liveried Toyota GR Supra came through from sixth on the grid to beat the pole-sitting Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT of Naoki Yamamoto and Tadasuke Makino by 28 seconds in the 100-lap, 450km race, which ran completely caution-free.

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Fuji SUPER GT: Honda takes pole on Toyota's home turf

Free of any success ballast following a disastrous result in the season opener, Makino lapped the Toyota-owned circuit in 1m26.420s in the #100 Honda NSX-GT Type S to take Team Kunimitsu team’s first pole position since last year’s finale at Motegi.

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Nissan leads rain-soaked opening day of Fuji SUPER GT test

Mitsunori Takaboshi set the day's benchmark time of 1m36.400s aboard the #3 NDDP Racing-branded Nissan Z he shares with Katsumasa Chiyo in the two-hour afternoon session, when conditions were at their best.

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Fujinami handed SUPER GT lifeline with Nissan reserve role

Fujinami's future was plunged into doubt in late January when his name was absent from Nissan's announcement of its GT500 driver line-up for the coming season, which came just days after the two-time GT300 champion was seen testing for Kondo Racing at Suzuka.

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Nissan outcast Fujinami breaks silence after losing Super GT drive

Kiyoto Fujinami has publicly apologised for the violent incident that appears to have cost him his place on the Nissan Super GT roster for the 2023 season.

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Fujinami breaks silence after losing Nissan SUPER GT drive

Kiyoto Fujinami has publicly apologised for the violent incident that appears to have cost him his place on the Nissan SUPER GT roster for the 2023 season.

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What’s going on with Nissan and Kiyoto Fujinami?

Nissan may have made no changes to its GT500 driver roster for the 2023 SUPER GT season, but still caused a surprise by making no mention of two-time GT300 champion Kiyoto Fujinami in its recent announcement.

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Nissan announces 2023 GT500 drivers, Hirate keeps seat

Nissan has announced its GT500 driver roster for the 2023 SUPER GT season, with no changes compared to last year.

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The Top 10 SUPER GT/Super Formula drivers of 2022

After another memorable season in Japan's two top motorsport categories, it's time to look back on the top performers across both SUPER GT and Super Formula in 2022.

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Kondo Nissan lost win because 'we couldn't trust the tyres'

The Kondo Racing Nissan SUPER GT team admits that it threw away a strong chance of a victory at Autopolis because it couldn't 'trust' its Yokohama tyres to last long enough in the second stint.

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The key to TOM'S jumping Kondo for Fuji SUPER GT win

Ritomo Miyata believes saving fuel during the second stint of Sunday’s Fuji SUPER GT race was the key to he and TOM’S teammate Sacha Fenestraz taking their first GT500 win.

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Super GT Fuji: TOM'S duo Fenestraz, Miyata take first win

TOM'S Toyota pair Sacha Fenestraz and Ritomo Miyata took their first SUPER GT win in the GT500 category in Sunday's fourth round of the season at Fuji Speedway.

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Fuji SUPER GT: TOM'S duo Fenestraz, Miyata take first win

TOM'S Toyota pair Sacha Fenestraz and Ritomo Miyata took their first SUPER GT win in the GT500 category in Sunday's fourth round of the season at Fuji Speedway.

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Suzuka SUPER GT: Nissan Z dominates for first GT500 win

NDDP Racing Nissan duo Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi claimed a fairytale comeback SUPER GT victory at Suzuka, a first for the manufacturer's new Z GT500 car.

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Fuji SUPER GT: Bandoh Toyota on pole for Golden Week enduro

Sena Sakaguchi put the Racing Project Bandoh Toyota team on pole position for Wednesday’s Golden Week SUPER GT race at Fuji Speedway, with Kondo Racing making it a front row lock-out for Yokohama.

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Why Honda and Nissan’s SUPER GT driver 'swap' is a win-win

Last week, ousted Honda SUPER GT driver Bertrand Baguette was confirmed as a member of the Nissan stable for 2022. While on the face of it Baguette's replacement Nobuharu Matsushita seems to have got the better deal, Jamie Klein thinks the 'swap' is a win-win for all concerned.

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