When analysing the outcome of last weekend’s Fuji season finale, it’s important to remember that while Hirakawa ran out of fuel exiting the final corner, he still made it across the finish line in second, only 5.940s behind Naoki Yamamoto’s winning Honda NSX-GT.In a race with no safety car to bunch up the field, Yamamoto and Tadasuke Makino were able to recover from a deficit to the #37 TOM’S Toyota that peaked at around 18 seconds before the pitstops to put themselves in a position to snatch the crown at the finish.But the Team Kunimitsu drivers can be grateful for not one, but two instances of Toyotas clashing on track on Sunday to ease their path to the title. Read Also: Five moments where Toyota lost the Super GT title Yamamoto: Fuji conclusion “cruel”, but we deserved title The fuel error that cost Hirakawa the Super GT title Kovalainen’s promising start ruined by contact The first occurred on lap five between the SARD GR Supra of Heikki Kovalainen and Sacha Fenestraz in the #36 TOM’S machine, who were scrapping over third place. The catalyst for the contact was the lapped Drago Corse Honda NSX GT3 of Jake Parsons, who tried… Read full this story
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