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01/05/2024

30 years already, but the legacy lives on 🇦🇹 × 🇧🇷

Two legends with a very different career path, yet united by the same tragic fate, because the racing gods give us as much as they take us away, even though that weekend they deprived us of two great drivers, but most of all, two great human beings.

God speed Roland and Ayrton 🕊

📷: , Getty Images

15/03/2024

New car alert! 🚨

Today, GAINER published a first render of the new Nissan Z GT300 that will debut this season, even though they will miss both collective tests at Okayama and Fuji Speedway.

Regarding this, in a recent interview, Team Principal Kazumi Fujii highlighted the production challenges of this new model: in fact, initial design had to be scrapped due to regulation changes, as well as the idea of sharing parts from the GT-R GT3.

The heart of the Z GT300 will be the same as in the GT-R GT3 to cut costs, but in order to fit it in the car, they had to make some design changes, hence why the VR38DETT didn't produce the same power output as in the GT-R at the dyno test.

What are your opinions on the Z GT300? 🤔

📷: .inc

14/03/2024

For this season, Super GT will feature a new qualifying format, abandoning the "F1-style" knockout system.
So here's how it evolved:

⚪️ GT500:
● Q1 (10 minutes) is followed by Q2 (8 minutes)
● Sum of Q1 and Q2 times decides grid order
● Different drivers must be nominated for Q1 and Q2

🟡 GT300:
● Q1 is splitted in Gr.A and Gr.B (both 10 minutes)
● Q2 is split in Gr.1 (8th or faster in Q1) and Gr.2 (9th or lower in Q1) and both last 8 minutes.
● Grid positions 1st - 12th: 12 fastest combined times in Q2 Gr.1
Grid positions 13th - 20th: Top 4 Gr.2 + Bottom 4 Gr.1
Grid positions 21st - : 5th & lower in Q2 Gr.2

📷: GTA

11/03/2024

Forever

Today marks the 25th anniversary since the tragic loss of Shingo Tachi during a private test in Okayama.
Despite the young age, he left an indelible mark on Japanese motorsport fans that continue to this day.

📷: Hiro-kun

#舘信吾

10/03/2024

🏆 Tomoki Nojiri starts perfectly his 2024 campaign with a dominant performance from start to finish!
The Mugen driver had a feline reflex at the start, as he jumped both Ohta and Sakaguchi already by T1, and since then, he never looked back.

📈 The podium is completed by Yamash*ta and Yamamoto, whose podium is the first since his last win at Motegi 2022 and a very strong statement about his physical recovery after the career-threatening crash at Sugo last year.
Good points also for Fukuzumi in P6 at his first race with KCMG and Toyota; great performance also by Matsush*ta in P8, despite having zero track time prior to this weekend.

📉 Disappointing race for the front row starters Sakaguchi and Ohta, that got swallowed by the group at the start, losing lots of terrain. Race to forget also for the TOM'S drivers after they battled all weekend with a chronic lack of top speed.

🔰Iwasa comes out on top of the rookie battle with a good performance and an alternative strategy after yesterday's struggles in qualifying. Only P18 for Porchaire in the Impul outfit, confirming the setup difficulties showed all weekend.
On the other hand, Juju Noda showed positive pace during the race, staying in touch with the main group, demonstrating that she can be up there with the others.

The next race will be at Autopolis on May 18-19.

📷:

#野尻智紀 #鈴鹿サーキット

09/03/2024

First qualifying session of the season, and there is already a lot to talk about!

Sena Sakaguchi scores his maiden pole position ahead of the other young gun Kakunoshin Ohta, with two-time champion Nojiri only 3rd, despite a messy Q2 lap.

📈 Finally, it's good to see a champion like Naoki Yamamoto competitive once again after some difficult couple of seasons with Nakajima Racing; in fact, today's P5 is his best qualifying result since Fuji last year.
Impressive run also by Nobuharu Matsush*ta in the TGM machinery in P9, despite jumping onboard at the last minute in what appears a one-race-deal with the team.

🔰 Mixed feelings among the rookies, with Iori Kimura by far the happiest after securing a Q2 appearance in his first qualifying session with the sole B-Max car; while Iwasa and Porchaire surely hoped for better results, especially the French F2 champion.
Without much surprise, Juju Noda appears to be the one struggling the most by being 4 seconds off the pole (even though within 107%); and there are already questions regarding if the jump from Euroformula Open was too much too soon, but let's wait and see, the season is only at the beginning.

📷:

#阪口晴南

08/03/2024

Akira Toriyama gave the world perhaps one of the coolest crossovers when he collaborated with Mclaren and shaped entire generations with work, but definitely left us too soon.

At least now he will be able to talk once again with his hero Ayrton Senna.

28/02/2024

New season, new car, new drivers (almost) and new livery for Nakajima Racing!

The first of the Honda teams to break cover of their new 2024 outfit with a new sticking livery, which cuts from the black trend of the past season.

As usual from the last decade or so, Nakajima Racing will be the only Dunlop-shod team, but with an interesting driver duo: indeed, veteran Takuya Izawa will drive alongside young star Riki Okusa, who migrated from Nissan to Honda this winter.

Let's hope that all this combination of factors will break Nakajima's victory drought, which endures since 2017.

📷:

09/02/2024

Today, it came a bit out of the blue (involuntary joke, I swear) when Yogibo Racing announced the suspension of the racing activities in Super GT for 2024. The motivation behind such decision is a 'change in corporate strategy' regarding the GT300 and Racing effort in general.

This means that Team UpGarage will be the sole GT300 team to enter a Honda NSX GT3, plus after the 2024 season, HRC will end its official support on the NSX programme.

📷: Schlussel

30/12/2023

Lost for words. 2023 claims another legend 💔

From becoming 2-time CART champion and Indy500 winner for the iconic Team Penske to sports director in F1 dor BAR/Honda and Mclaren, Gil De Ferran was a racer all around. He'll be greatly missed 🕊

📷: Getty Images

29/12/2023

Forever Schumi 👑
Already 10 years since that tragic day, time has no mercy

15/09/2023

Here's what you need to know ahead of this weekend' Sugo GT 300 km.

START TIMES:
Qualifying
🇯🇵 14:40
🇪🇺 07:40
🇬🇧 06:40
🇺🇸 (E.C.) 01:40
🇺🇸 (W.C.) 22:40 (Friday)
🇧🇷🇦🇷 02:40
🇹🇭 12:40
🇲🇾 13:40
🇦🇺 15:40

Race:
🇯🇵 13:30
🇪🇺 06:30
🇬🇧 05:30
🇺🇲 (E.C.) 00:30
🇺🇸 (W.C.) 21:30
🇧🇷🇦🇷 01:30
🇹🇭 11:30
🇲🇾 12:30
🇦🇺 14:30

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SUCCESS WEIGHT and FUEL FLOW RESTRICTOR GT500

🔴 88.0 kg/h FFL
Nittera Z +48kg
au Supra +40kg

🟠 90.2 kg/h FFL
#16 ARTA NSX +40kg

🟡 92.6 kg/h FFL
Eneos Supra +47kg
Stanley NSX +43kg
Astemo NSX +41kg

🟢 95.0 kg/h FFL
Motul Z +50kg
Marelli Z +48kg
WedsSport Supra +48kg
Denso Supra +46kg
Modulo NSX +38kg
ZENT Supra +36kg
#8 ARTA NSX +22kg
Deloitte Supra +16kg
Realize Z +10kg

SUCCESS WEIGHT GT300:
UPGarage NSX +100kg (MAX)
Studie M4 +100kg (MAX)
Realize GT-R +100kg (MAX)
muta GR86 +100kg (MAX)
GreenBrave Supra +90kg
Gainer GT-R +78kg
LEON AMG +72kg
Subaru BRZ +69kg
Bamboo Air Huracan +57kg
JLOC Huracan EVO2 +48kg
Dobot R8 +45kg
apr LC500h +42kg
Ponos GT-R +39kg
Yogibo NSX +30kg
Miku AMG +27kg
Syntium Supra +24kg
K-tunes RC F +15kg
apr GR86 +6kg
Anest Iwata RC F +3kg
SHADE GR86 +3kg

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GT300 BoP changes compared to 2022:

Subaru BRZ: +55kg
Toyota Supra +40kg
Toyota GR86 +40kg
Honda NSX GT3 +15kg
Nissan GT-R GT3 +15kg
Lambo Huracan EVO1 +10kg
Mercedes-AMG GT3 +10kg
Audi R8 LMS +5kg
Lexus RC F GT3 -5kg
Dome MC86 -25kg

Subaru BRZ: Boost up
Honda NSX GT3: Boost up
Nissan GT-R GT3: Boost down
BMW M4 GT3: Boost down
Toyota Supra: Power up
Toyota GR86: Power up
Lexus RC F GT3: Power down

📷: GTA

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