D'Station Racing see out their return to the Super GT Series with the delayed Suzuka finale this weekend
Wednesday, December 04, 2024
Originally due to run in-between the Fuji round in early August and the Sugo round in late September, the fifth round of the Japanese series soon saw itself abandoned even before the cars and crews had made it to the circuit as a forecasted typhoon and its associated high wind speed and heavy rainfall put paid to that idea on the grounds of safety.
Eventually slotted into the calendar at the end of the regular season, there are still both classes to be settled but a disappointing outing last time out at Motegi saw the #777 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 Evo of Tomonobu Fujii and Charlie Fagg drop down to fourth within their GT300 class having held at top two or three position for much of the time after the Englishman took over the car reins from Marco Sorensen who started the season with the team.
Since then, the Japanese/English driver combination claimed their first class win of the season so far when the series last visited the Suzuka circuit back in June but a more consistent season from the class leading #65 McLaren and the #88 Lamborghini has seen the margins grow from the single digits of mid-season through to where they are today.
With no championship pressures to bear upon their shoulders and a race winning familiarity about the circuit already, it would be nice if the Fuji Speedway based team could end their return season to the Super Gt Series with another podium finish – and preferably another win to claim the double for their efforts.
Free Practice and Qualifying will be run over Saturday before the season 300km finale on Sunday.
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