For the first time in a long time, Super GT will not visit Motegi for the championship finale as the Suzuka race, rescheduled due to a typhoon, will close the ban on this season in December.
These qualifications took place in very wet weather, but although the free session was largely disrupted by multiple red flags, the two qualifying sessions did not experience any significant interruption.
In GT500, the #64 Honda Civic GT Modulo of Takuya Izawa and Riki Okusa did not miss its chance to shine with minimal ballast and Dunlop tires particularly at ease in these conditions, securing an unexpected pole position. The first row will be all Honda since the second time was set by Tomoki Nojiri and Nobuharu Matsushita on the #8 ARTA Civic.
Behind the two Civics, Sho Tsuboi and Kenta Yamashita placed the #36 Toyota Supra TOM'S, at the top of the championship standings, in third place, an excellent performance considering the performance ballast implemented in the form of a throttle restrictor. admission. This is the first of a group of three Toyota Supras, #38 and #14 following #36.
The #36 Supra's two championship opponents, their colleagues Alesi and Sasahara in the #37 Supra and the #100 Stanley Honda Civic of Yamamoto and Makino, are in eighth and ninth place respectively.
The session was not good for the Nissan clan, since the first Z, the #12 of Bertrand Baguette and Kazuki Hiramine, could not do better than tenth, the two Z Nismo and the Kondo Racing car being even lower far.
In GT300, the session was particularly indecisive until the very last lap. In sight since the start of the season, the #31 Lexus LC500h apr of Kazuto Kotaka and Jin Nakamura takes pole position ahead of the #7 BMW M4 GT3 Studie of Seiji Ara and Niklas Kruetten, performing well thanks to Michelin tires well suited to the track conditions.
Photo : Toyota GR
The #18 Upgarage Honda NSX achieved a good third time ahead of the championship leaders, the #65 LEON Racing Mercedes AMG GT3. The two Ferrari 296 GTs are once again at the forefront, the #45 of Kei Cozzolino and Lilou Wadoux achieving the sixth fastest time ahead of the #6 of the LeMans team.
The weather conditions are expected to change dramatically for the race, which should reshuffle the cards and make for a particularly intense race due to its short distance.
