This weekend's Autopolis round is the last chance for Toyota and Honda to rescue their 2022 SuperGT title ambitions against Nissan. sachafenestraz and Nobu_Mat13 give their thoughts on the situation ahead of a crucial race:
The good news for Nissan's rivals is that the #3 NDDP Racing and #12 Impul cars will both be carrying stage one fuel flow restrictors, while the rest of the field will be running with success ballast only as the handicap weights are halved.
Fenestraz and Miyata are still in the championship hunt thanks to their first win as a duo at Fuji in August, but a haul of just five points since then means they now find their hopes of becoming SUPER GT's youngest-ever GT500 champions hanging in the balance. "At Motegi we haven’t been very quick in the past, so I think it might be a bit hard for us; even TOM’S in Super Formula seems to struggle there," admitted the Franco-Argentine driver.
For Honda, the situation is slightly different. Motegi is firmly NSX-GT territory, but Autopolis is less so. Before ARTA's win last year, which was heavily aided by success ballast , the marque's previous win at the Kyushu venue was way back in 2007.But Real Racing simply can't afford to lose any more ground this weekend, something Matsushita is keenly aware of after a disastrous run to 12th place for he and Tsukakoshi at Sugo.
“We don’t have any fuel restrictor now, so we have to be top three in qualifying and then aim for the win. We have to close the gap to Nissan. At the very least, we have to beat them.
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