Qualifying the car in fifth for today’s 300km race, it was this time Fagg who started the race for the team with all running according to plan over the initial laps as all the GT300 and GT500 acclimatised themselves to the literal heat of race pace.

Through an early Safety Car period for an incident involving a GT500 car, Fagg quietly held station in fifth as the race approached their pit stop window just ahead of halfway in race distance, eventually handing over to Fujii after a slightly elongated success penalty related fuel stop.

Re-emerging in seventh, the Japanese driver had everything to race for but a rear puncture nine laps from the end saw them drop places and eventually laps to finish P24 at the end.

The series now moves onto Sugo for another 300km race in a month’s time.

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Those results lifted the AMR powered crew up to second place within the GT300 Drivers Championship table, just 4.5 points off the pace setting Mercedes AMG powered #65 crew but with both crews now having to also carry the maximum 100kg additional success weight.

On top of that, the Vantage GT3 also gets a Balance of Performance adjustment in the form of its maximum turbo boost only whilst other platforms get that plus changes to their base weight, etc.

Free Practice and Qualifying will again take place on Saturday before the start of its usual pit stop and driver change punctured 300km race on Sunday.

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Racing their usual #777 GT300 class entry, the young Brit elevated his P13 Practice position into a second row (P4) starting position to his thirty-three lap, just 0.3 of a second off the lead pace.

That was ultimately converted into a P1 class win for Fagg, their second podium finish of the season so far after their combined P2 finish last time out at Fuji Speedway back in early May.

Next up earlier this morning was Team Manager Fujii who would be getting the same track time opportunities as those before him on Saturday but his local knowledge saw him establish his own commanding position at the top of the class leaderboard in Practice through to Pole Position for the race before converting that into a race win of his own to put the icing upon the cake for the weekend.

These results now see the #777 springboard up into second within the GT300 class, and just 4.5 points behind the pace setting #65 Mercedes AMG GT3 as the series quickly moves onto Suzuka for a more traditional round at the end of the month.

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The event is being listed as one driver will complete all of the driving duties per day but with that driver being swapped out with the other for the next day’s sessions but with the combined GT500 and GT300 entries running as one race (as is usually the case) for an indicated thirty-five lap distance on Saturday but with each class having their own fifty-minute separate races on Sunday.

Last time out in the series at their newly reinstated fly away event in Malaysia, that was a disappointing commitment for the team after their lowly P7 qualifying position only delivered upon a P6 eventual finish in class.

That result sees the pairing remain in third overall going into this round.

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Fujii opened the proceedings for the team, yet he had to spend his entire opening stint chasing the #101 third placed starting Audi to hold a comfortable P2 at the top of the first hour. Hoshino was aboard next who took the car towards the halfway mark to the race but their post stop outlap was slowed by being the wrong side of a Safety Car for a car in the barrier.

From that point on, it was impossible for the #777 crew to make further inroads into the gap to their ST-X class rivals ahead where they ultimately finished fourth overall just under a lap down to the top three finishes.

Next stop for the team will be back in the Super GT Series from their home track of Fuji Speedway next weekend.

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The weekend started well for the #777 crew as earlier fast Free Practice times were replicated into an overall Pole position ahead of Sundays race.

Again running their series specific red livery, the car quickly established a controlling race lead ahead of their two ST-X class rivals as the race got underway around a dry Sugo circuit.

Just a couple of brief interruptions for cars stopping on track interrupted the flow as both the #777 Aston Martin came home to claim their first Super Taikyu Series race win of the season with its #47 crew also taking another class win for themselves. 

The series will now move onto Autopolis at the end of the month.



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This week, the respective driver crews return to their specific #777 and #47 entries with team owner Satoshi Hoshino again partnering team manager Tomonobu Fujii and Yuta Kamimura.

As a result of preferences made for their home track Fuji 24, the class position of the #777 car has now slipped to fifth in class with now a 59-point margin to the present ST-X class leader.

It will also be back-to-back race weekends for some parts of the D’Station Racing team having just competed within the Super GT’s sole fly away round of that championship over in Sepang, Malaysia last weekend where both Fujii and Charlie Fagg were at the wheel of that #777 AMR there.

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Again, competing under intense heat at the Sepang International, the weekend did at least stay dry for the combined GT500 and GT300 runners with both Aston Martins competing within the nineteen strong lower class. The #333 EBM entry benefitted from local knowledge to beat its #777 stablemate during Friday’s Free Practice 2 before the combined driver qualifying process did see the D’Station qualify in P7 whilst the #333 had to make do with P17.

Come the race and whilst the faster GT500 class made off in the distance, the #777 held station during the opening laps for the Japanese driver but appeared not to have the performance needed to move forward as the fifty-two-lap race progressed. Li, meanwhile, kept his first AMR powered lap clean as he mainly diced with his Team EBM Porsche powered counterpart before both pitted just after the halfway stage.

The same continued for both crews within the second half as the success-based balance of Performance continued to hamper the #777 but at least, they were able to come home for some more valuable championship points – eventually finishing in sixth with the #333 finishing P19 and two laps down at the end.

The #777 crew now move up to third within the GT300 class as the series moves back to Japan and its next round from their home track of Fuji Speedway in early August.

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Still just round three of the 2025 season after previous rounds at both Okayama and Fuji Speedway, this round will see not one but two Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 crews compete this time around within the GT300 class.

The earlier two rounds of the series from both Motegi and Suzuka saw the #777 AMR powered trio of Satoshi Hoshino, Tomonobu Fuji and Yuta Kamimura finish a distant fourth at the opening round before finishing third overall next time out, so to give way from the top ST-X class of the Aston Martin to the two-car entry of the ST-1is something of an ‘eyebrow’ raiser!!

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The race weekend certainly started off well in Free Practice where a best lap time of 1:36:664 was good enough for P4 in class, just 0.274 of a second off the lead pace before an aggregated time of 1:35:674 from Fagg and 1:34:820 from Fujii was worthy of a pole position start to Sundays race.

This time around, the race gods were kind as the entire race was completed under clear blue skies and warming sunshine for a change although that wasn’t enough for the team to enjoy an unaffected race plan.

Having maintained point at the head of the GT300 pack, the #777 car was one of the first to pit for service and driver change at or about the top of the first hour, but whilst fighting their way back up the leaderboard the car suffered a left rear puncture. Fortunately with the Dunlop tyre holding up until the pit lane, the team still had nearly half the race distance still to go to recover time lost in those last few corners.

That the crew soon did for the #777 car to recover the class lead going into the final half hour of the race, but they did still have to make one more visit to pit lane for enough fuel for the final ten minutes making for something of a nail biter for those watching on. Back down to third in class with just minutes left on the clock for Fagg to improve and whilst moving up to second was achieved, the distance to the class winning Ferrari crew was just too much to ask. 

Either way – a class pole position and a P2 class finish is still a great result in anyone’s book. Next stop will be a fly away event at Sepang. Malaysia at the end of June.

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Racing at their home track of Fuji Speedway sees the #777 D’Station Racing AMR of Tomonobu Fujii and Charlie Fagg return to the track together after another eventful opening round to the season at Okayama just three weeks ago where the pair failed to capitalise upon a P2 in class qualifying position to eventually finish P24 within GT300 after that event.

Not that was always the case at the opening round to the season from Motegi after an early session off for the lead to the aesthetically bizarre sight of the car running in a mix of its new red and more traditional green livery colours for the race.

Although at the time, the #777 was unable to make the qualifying sessions whilst repairs were being undertaken, the crew did come back from the back of the grid to secure an overall and class P4 finish at the end of that four-hour race.

Hopefully, they will have more luck this time around.

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Saturday’s opening sessions were severely limited thanks to the torrential rain that fell but better, drier conditions on Sunday at least allowed the team to work further with their Dunlop tyre technicians ahead of the season start just two weeks away Okayama.

For this eight-round season, we will again be seeing Charlie Fagg compete alongside Fujii within their slight variation to the usual green livery design within the GT300 class.

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