Having qualified their car third overall yesterday, the Satoshi Hoshino, Yuta Kamimura and Tomonobu Fujii driven car got off to a sluggish start upon the greasy track surface, initially dropping one place on the opening lap but a later rain shower would again dampen the track.
A three-hour race with three drivers made the stint lengths a relatively simple calculation for all as the #777 pitted around the top of the hour as they still ran fourth overall after their first scheduled stop.
With the whole race being run under glum conditions, a briefly emerging sun saved itself for the chequered flag and podium as the #777 eventually came home third overall, thirty-eight seconds off the winning pace of the #666 Porsche.
The final round of the season will take place at their team’s home track of Fuji Speedway in mid-November.
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