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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 clarifies status of its relationship with axed Fujinami

Fujinami was part of the Kondo Racing squad that won the title in SUPER GT’s lower class in both 2020 and 2022 alongside Joao Paulo de Oliveira.

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De Oliveira expecting GT300 “shake-up” with new pitstop rules

Kondo Racing driver de Oliveira has been at the forefront of the GT300 class since he joined the team in 2020, winning that year’s title alongside Kiyoto Fujinami, finishing runner-up the following season and then prevailing in a nail-biting climax to the 2022 campaign.

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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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Natori replaces Fujinami at Kondo Nissan for 2023 SUPER GT season

Teppei Natori has been named by Nissan as Joao Paulo de Oliveira’s new teammate in Kondo Racing’s GT300 entry for the 2023 SUPER GT season.

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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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Five drivers who need a big year in Super Formula

With the start of the 2023 Super Formula season looming on the horizon, Jamie Klein picks out five drivers he thinks will be under particular pressure to ensure the year turns about to be a good one.

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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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Pourchaire's Super Formula test plans called off

Plans for Formula 2 runner-up Theo Pourchaire to contest the Super Formula post-season rookie test for the Kondo Racing team appear to have fallen through.

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Pourchaire in line for Super Formula test with Kondo Racing

FIA Formula 2 frontrunner Theo Pourchaire is in the frame for a Super Formula test outing next month as a potential replacement for Sacha Fenestraz at Kondo Racing.

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Subaru driver Yamauchi explains costly qualifying crash

Subaru driver Hideki Yamauchi says his crash in qualifying for Sunday’s SUPER GT finale at Motegi was caused by his car bottoming out on the kerbs more than he expected.

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Fenestraz won't race in Super Formula during first Formula E season

Sacha Fenestraz will not contest any Super Formula races next year before the end of his first Formula E season, ruling him out of most of the 2023 campaign.

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Fenestraz won't race in Super Formula during first FE season

Sacha Fenestraz will not contest any Super Formula races next year before the end of his first Formula E season, ruling him out of most of the 2023 campaign.

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Fenestraz: "Weird" lack of pace after-effect of Fuji crash

Sacha Fenestraz believes his 'weird' lack of pace in the penultimate race of the Super Formula season at Suzuka could be an after-effect of the heavy crash he suffered in July's Fuji round.

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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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The ex-Renault F1 protege gunning for Japan title glory

Sacha Fenestraz’s bid to make it big in Japan was put on ice by the country’s COVID protocols. But he’s now a race winner at the top level in Super Formula, and harbours ambitions of becoming the first overseas driver to win the title since 2019

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How Fenestraz has made a success of his Japan adventure

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Super Formula mid-season review ft. Joao Paulo de Oliveira

Now we’re halfway through the 2022 Super Formula season, it’s the perfect time to take stock of the campaign so far, with the help of 2010 series champion and commentator Joao Paulo de Oliveira.

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Fenestraz ignored Kondo pit call on way to best-ever finish

Sacha Fenestraz has revealed he ignored his Kondo Racing team’s pit instructions en route to his best-ever Super Formula finish at Autopolis.

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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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De Oliveira: Moves to slow GT300-rules cars "not unexpected"

Moves to slow SUPER GT's GT300-rules cars ahead of the 2022 season are welcome but 'not unexpected' according to Kondo Racing's Joao Paulo de Oliveira.

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