An eventful first day of Suzuka SuperGT testing as Toyota's Kenta Yamashita suffers a heavy crash and Nissan appears to try out a new driver:
Yamashita suffered an off at 130R at the wheel of his Rookie Racing Toyota GR Supra during the morning session as group testing for the 2023 season kicked off at the Japanese Grand Prix venue.
A short statement from Rookie Racing posted on Twitter said that Yamashita"is currently being examined in hospital, but is able to walk by himself and his not in serious condition." The team now faces the task of repairing the damaged car in time for the team's next scheduled test outing at Okayama on February 8-9.A total of eight cars were on track at Suzuka, with attention focused on Nissan as the only one of SUPER GT's three manufacturers not to have officially announced its driver line-ups.
It suggests that Fujinami, a two-time champion in SUPER GT's lower GT300 division with Kondo, is finally set for a promotion to Nissan's GT500 roster, potentially at the expense of Kohei Hirate.Tuesday's test marked the first time that Fujinami has driven a Nissan GT500 car outside of the marque's annual shootout tests held at Fuji Speedway in December. Last month, he was in action alongside fellow youngsters Teppei Natori, Riki Okusa and Atsushi Miyake.
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