D'Station Racing lose out on their Super GT hopes at Motegi
Sunday, November 03, 2024
Racing out what has turned out to be their final WEC race at the season finale in Bahrain saw them eventually finish that eight-hour marathon twelfth out of the eventual fourteen LMGT3 finishes whilst their results from Motegi earlier this morning has effectively seen off any championship hopes that they may have had within their similarly numbered #777 Aston Martin Racing GT3.
With all the teams ‘bigwigs’ this time electing to stay within their national theatre of racing at Motegi this weekend, their #777 car of overall team manager Tomonobu Fujii and their former WEC driver in Charlie Fagg needed to at least continue their recent streak of GT300 class podium finishes in order to keep their class hopes alive in both this race and the season finale from Suzuka in a month’s time.
The wet conditions of Free Practice allowed Fujii to claim the top position in class during the morning session, but they were unable to replicate that feat come Qualifying where the #777 eventually claimed a fifth row slot.
Race day on Sunday and at least the rains had passed leaving a clear and bright day for this three-hour penultimate round. Despite making up early places, the inevitable sequence of multiple Full Course Yellows and Safety Cars again caught the #777 out of sequence for them to eventually sixth in class.
This result also saw the two of the three cars above them in class again finish upon the podium in a 1-2 position, so the points position now is that the team now do not have any championship hopes at the final round next month but as we know, their 2025 priorities have now changed with the Super GT Series now their main racing focus over the WEC moving forward.
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