D'Station Racing claim another Super GT podium despite the rain at Sugo
Sunday, September 22, 2024
As confirmed earlier, it was both Tomonobu Fujii and Charlie Fagg aboard the Dunlop shop #777 car and they would gain a second row start in class (P3) after the best Free Practice times were taken in lieu of the abandoned Qualifying session on Saturday.
With the rain still failing on race day, the start was delayed long enough for the forty plus split GT500 and GT300 class grid to take the start under a wet but drying track before the rains returned just before the midway point, giving the teams the additional headache of tyre selection.
With over fifteen of the seventy-nine laps completed by the GT300 class leaders being either under Full Course Caution and/or Safety Car, the multiple restarts allowed D’Station Racing’s ex WEC driver Fagg to slowly climb up the class order before claiming a third placed finish just before the end as he raced the circuit for the first time.
That results moves the #777 car up to third within the GT300 class, now twenty-two points behind the class leader after the #65 Mercedes AMR GT3 crew claimed another class win but with three rounds remaining including the postponed event from Suzuka last month.
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