The 2013 Fuji GT 300km was the sixth round of the 2013 Super GT season. It took place on September 8, 2013 at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.

Track map of the Fuji Speedway

Background

edit

NISMO drivers Ronnie Quintarelli and Masataka Yanagida led the GT500 championship standings by one point over Impul's João Paulo de Oliveira and Tsugio Matsuda, while Team Mugen led the GT300 championship over R&D Sport's Subaru BRZ.

A total of 40 cars were entered for the race, all 38 cars that raced at Suzuka were in the Fuji race with their normal 2-driver lineups, while the Tomei Sports Nissan GT-R GT3 returned to the series after missing Suzuka, as did the Dijon Racing Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3.

Report

edit

Practice

edit

The #1 MOLA Nissan GT-R was the fastest car in the GT500 class, while the #6 Team LeMans Lexus SC430 was 2nd fastest. In GT300 the #30 apr Nissan GT-R GT3 was fastest from two other Nissan GT-R's, the #3 NDDP Racing in 2nd and the #5 Team Mach in 3rd. The #50 Arnage Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 had suspension trouble during the session and only managed 23rd fastest.[1]

Qualifying

edit

Qualifying was held on September 7, 2013. Daiki Sasaki was the fastest driver in the first session for the GT300 cars from Yuhki Nakayama and Katsumasa Chiyo. The team ranked 4th in points, the #52 with Takeshi Tsuchiya driving only managed 16th fastest in the session. In the first session for GT500 cars Kohei Hirate was fastest from Yuhi Sekiguchi and Yuji Kunimoto. Neither the NISMO team or the Impul teams, ranked 1st and 2nd in the championship made the second session for the top 8 cars, Yanagida put in a laptime good enough for only 9th place, Oliveira was 14th fastest for Impul.

In the second GT300 qualifying session Shinichi Takagi was fastest with a 1:38.773, giving the #55 ARTA Honda CR-Z its second pole position of the season and the third for the Honda CR-Z. Kazuki Hoshino was 2nd fastest in the #3 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R GT3, 0.425 seconds slower than Takagi's laptime. Hideki Mutoh qualified the championship leading car in 3rd place despite carrying 114 kg of weight ballast from the team's results during the season. The team that won the 500km race earlier in the season, the #31 apr Toyota Prius was 9th fastest. In the second session for GT500 cars the #38 Team ZENT Cerumo Lexus SC430 with Yuji Tachikawa driving was again fastest in Q2 and gave Tachikawa his 18th pole position in Super GT, and his 8th at Fuji Speedway. Tachikawa's lap of a 1:32.548 was 0.272 seconds faster than Andrea Caldarelli in 2nd. Kazuki Nakajima was 6th fastest in the team that won the 500 km race earlier in the year.[2][3]

Race

edit

The race was held on September 8, 2013, starting at 2:00pm local time. Kohei Hirate led the field from pole position in GT500 while in GT300 Daiki Sasaki passed Shinichi Takagi for the race lead, the polesitting car having to change its engine before the race. Takagi would drop to fourth place but contact with Björn Wirdheim caused bodywork on the CR-Z to rub on the rear wheels, forcing the team to make a pitstop. On lap 19 Ryo Michigami driving the #32 Nakajima Racing Honda HSV-010 GT had a left-rear tyre puncture while travelling down the main straight, spun and crashed into the guardrail. With debris scattered over the circuit the safety car was brought out on lap 21. During the safety car all the GT500 teams with the exception of the #24 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R decided to make their pitstops.

The #1 MOLA GT-R managed to get Yuhi Sekiguchi into the lead in the pitstops, from the #17 HSV-010 with Koudai Tsukakoshi driving and Daisuke Ito in the #37 SC430 in 4th, however Sekiguchi was deemed to have been in violation of the restart procedure and were later given a drive-through penalty. The #4 GSR Hatsune Miku BMW started 5th in GT300 but were able to take the lead of the cars that had made their pitstop under the safety car. The #100 Team Kunimitsu HSV-010 retired following the restart due to radiator damage, while the #19 Bandoh SC430 retired from steering rod damage due to contact with a GT300 car. Juichi Wakisaka in the #39 SARD SC430 was given a drive-through penalty for a collision with Kazuki Nakajima in the #36 TOM'S SC430. On lap 43 Yuji Tachikawa managed to get the #38 back into the race lead after passing Tsukakoshi and the lead #24 GT-R with Hironobu Yasuda, who was slowing to make his pitstop. Tachikawa would hold off Tsukakoshi in the slippery conditions for the remaining 22 laps and win his 15th GT500 race. Nobuteru Taniguchi in the #4 BMW was unchallenged following the safety car, once the cars ahead pitted he was in the lead, and won by a margin of over 47 seconds over the #31 apr Toyota Prius.[4][5][6]

Results

edit

Qualifying

edit

[7][8]

Pos No Team Q1 Driver Q2 Driver Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Tyre
GT500
1 38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo   Kohei Hirate   Yuji Tachikawa 1:32.480 1:32.548 B
2 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S   Daisuke Ito   Andrea Caldarelli 1:32.909 1:32.820 B
3 18 Weider Dome Racing   Frédéric Makowiecki   Naoki Yamamoto 1:32.858 1:32.824 M
4 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu   Takashi Kogure   Takuya Izawa 1:33.137 1:32.842 B
5 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S   James Rossiter   Kazuki Nakajima 1:33.049 1:32.925 B
6 6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS   Yuji Kunimoto   Kazuya Oshima 1:32.812 1:33.047 B
7 1 S-Road REITO MOLA   Yuhi Sekiguchi   Satoshi Motoyama 1:32.683 1:33.062 M
8 17 Keihin Real Racing   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Toshihiro Kaneishi 1:33.228 1:33.271 B
9 23 Motul Autech NISMO   Masataka Yanagida   Ronnie Quintarelli 1:33.330 M
10 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing   Hironobu Yasuda   Michael Krumm 1:33.391 Y
11 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Ralph Firman   Kosuke Matsuura 1:33.396 B
12 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD   Juichi Wakisaka   Hiroaki Ishiura 1:33.434 B
13 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh   Andre Couto   Seiji Ara 1:33.478 Y
14 12 Calsonic Team Impul   João Paulo de Oliveira   Tsugio Matsuda 1:33.610 B
15 32 Epson Nakajima Racing   Ryo Michigami   Daisuke Nakajima 1:33.714 D
GT300
1 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Takashi Kobayashi   Shinichi Takagi 1:39.824 1:38.773 B
2 3 NDDP Racing   Daiki Sasaki   Kazuki Hoshino 1:39.478 1:39.198 Y
3 16 Team Mugen   Yuhki Nakayama   Hideki Mutoh 1:39.713 1:39.237 B
4 61 R&D Sport   Tetsuya Yamano   Kota Sasaki 1:40.052 1:39.403 M
5 4 GSR Hatsune Miku   Nobuteru Taniguchi   Tatsuya Kataoka 1:39.861 1:39.598 Y
6 11 Gainer   Katsuyuki Hiranaka   Björn Wirdheim 1:40.170 1:39.644 D
7 5 Team Mach   Junichiro Yamashita   Tetsuji Tamanaka 1:40.186 1:39.873 Y
8 10 Gainer   Tetsuya Tanaka   Masayuki Ueda 1:40.430 1:39.959 D
9 31 apr   Morio Nitta   Koki Saga 1:39.926 1:40.065 Y
10 30 apr   Yuki Iwasaki   Igor Sushko 1:40.378 1:40.191 Y
11 2 Cars Tokai Dream28   Hiroki Katoh   Kazuho Takahashi 1:40.016 1:41.252 Y
12 48 Dijon Racing   Katsumasa Chiyo   Hiroshi Takamori 1:39.799 1:41.636 Y
13 9 Pacific Direction Racing   Shogo Mitsuyama   You Yokomaku 1:40.274 1:41.905 Y
14 86 JLOC   Koji Yamanishi   Shinya Hosokawa 1:40.438 Y
15 88 JLOC   Takayuki Aoki   Manabu Orido 1:40.522 Y
16 52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT   Takeshi Tsuchiya   Hironori Takeuchi 1:40.613 Y
17 50 Arnage Racing   Hideto Yasuoka   Masaki Kano 1:40.640 Y
18 62 Leon Racing   Tsubasa Kurosawa   Haruki Kurosawa 1:40.642 Y
19 87 JLOC   Hideki Yamauchi   Hiroki Yoshimoto 1:40.711 Y
20 33 Hankook KTR   Masami Kageyama   Tomonobu Fujii 1:40.926 H
21 22 R'Qs MotorSports   Masaki Jyonai   Hisashi Wada 1:41.185 Y
22 360 Tomei Sports   Takuya Shirasaka   Atsushi Tanaka 1:41.241 Y
23 0 Team Taisan Ken Endless   Naoki Yokomizo   Kyosuke Mineo 1:41.325 Y
24 21 Hitotsuyama Racing   Richard Lyons   Akihiro Tsuzuki 1:41.387 H
25 96 Dijon Racing   Masaki Tanaka   Shin Ikegami 1:45.086 Y

Race

edit

Race result is as follows.[9][10]

Pos No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Difference Laps
GT500
1 38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo   Kohei Hirate
  Yuji Tachikawa
Lexus SC430 B 1:53:20.347 66
2 17 Keihin Real Racing   Toshihiro Kaneishi
  Koudai Tsukakoshi
Honda HSV-010 GT B +2.862 66
3 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S   Andrea Caldarelli
  Daisuke Ito
Lexus SC430 B +8.247 66
4 6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS   Yuji Kunimoto
  Kazuya Oshima
Lexus SC430 B +21.705 66
5 18 Weider Dome Racing   Frédéric Makowiecki
  Naoki Yamamoto
Honda HSV-010 GT M +29.431 66
6 12 Calsonic Team Impul   João Paulo de Oliveira
  Tsugio Matsuda
Nissan GT-R B +37.231 66
7 1 S-Road REITO MOLA   Satoshi Motoyama
  Yuhi Sekiguchi
Nissan GT-R M +44.094 66
8 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Ralph Firman
  Kosuke Matsuura
Honda HSV-010 GT B +47.620 66
9 23 Motul Autech NISMO   Ronnie Quintarelli
  Masataka Yanagida
Nissan GT-R M +49.414 66
10 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing   Michael Krumm
  Hironobu Yasuda
Nissan GT-R Y +1:09.683 66
11 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD   Hiroaki Ishiura
  Juichi Wakisaka
Lexus SC430 B +1 Lap 65
12 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S   Kazuki Nakajima
  James Rossiter
Lexus SC430 B +1 Lap 65
Ret 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh   Seiji Ara
  Andre Couto
Lexus SC430 Y +30 Laps 36
Ret 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu   Takuya Izawa
  Takashi Kogure
Honda HSV-010 GT B +40 Laps 26
Ret 32 Epson Nakajima Racing   Ryo Michigami
  Daisuke Nakajima
Honda HSV-010 GT D +46 Laps 18
GT300
1 4 GSR Hatsune Miku   Tatsuya Kataoka
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
BMW Z4 GT3 Y 1:54:00.235 62
2 31 apr   Morio Nitta
  Koki Saga
Toyota Prius Y +47.884 62
3 86 JLOC   Shinya Hosokawa
  Koji Yamanishi
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Y +53.267 62
4 62 Leon Racing   Haruki Kurosawa
  Tsubasa Kurosawa
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Y +54.931 62
5 3 NDDP Racing   Kazuki Hoshino
  Daiki Sasaki
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
10 10 Gainer   Tetsuya Tanaka
  Masayuki Ueda
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 D +1 Lap 61
13 11 Gainer   Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Björn Wirdheim
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 D +1 Lap 61
8 16 Team Mugen   Hideki Mutoh
  Yuhki Nakayama
Honda CR-Z B +1 Lap 61
9 61 R&D Sport   Kota Sasaki
  Tetsuya Yamano
Subaru BRZ M +1 Lap 61
10 52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT   Hironori Takeuchi
  Takeshi Tsuchiya
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
11 5 Team Mach   Tetsuji Tamanaka
  Junichiro Yamashita
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
12 30 apr   Yuki Iwasaki
  Igor Sushko
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
13 21 Hitotsuyama Racing   Richard Lyons
  Akihiro Tsuzuki
Audi R8 LMS ultra H +1 Lap 61
14 2 Cars Tokai Dream28   Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
15 33 Hankook KTR   Tomonobu Fujii
  Masami Kageyama
Porsche 911 GT3-R H +1 Lap 61
16 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Takashi Kobayashi
  Shinichi Takagi
Honda CR-Z B +1 Lap 61
17 22 R'Qs MotorSports   Masaki Jyonai
  Hisashi Wada
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
18 50 Arnage Racing   Masaki Kano
  Hideto Yasuoka
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Y +2 Laps 60
19 0 Team Taisan Ken Endless   Kyosuke Mineo
  Naoki Yokomizo
Porsche 997 GT3 Y +2 Laps 60
20 87 JLOC   Hideki Yamauchi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Y +2 Laps 60
21 9 Pacific Direction Racing   Shogo Mitsuyama
  You Yokomaku
Porsche 911 GT3-R Y +3 Laps 59
22 96 Dijon Racing   Shin Ikegami
  Masaki Tanaka
Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 Y +4 Laps 58
23 360 Tomei Sports   Takuya Shirasaka
  Atsushi Tanaka
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +9 Laps 53
Ret 48 Dijon Racing   Katsumasa Chiyo
  Hiroshi Takamori
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +22 Lap 40
Ret 88 JLOC   Takayuki Aoki
  Manabu Orido
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Y +29 Laps 33

Point rankings after the event

edit
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both GT500 and GT300 classes.

References

edit
  1. ^ "SGT富士開幕。公式練習はREITO GT-Rが首位に". as-web.jp. September 7, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "Tachikawa in the ZENT CERUMO SC430 wins his 8th pole position at Fuji Speedway!". Super GT. September 7, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "立川、最多PP記録更新! ZENT SC430がポール". as-web.jp. September 7, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Rd.6 決勝GT300:巧みな作戦と好走でGSR初音ミクBMWが今季初勝利!". Super GT. September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  5. ^ "Rd.6 決勝GT500:ポール・波乱・ウイン! ZENT CERUMO SC430が勝利を掴む!". September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  6. ^ "Rd.6 Fuji Race News Flash". Super GT. September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  7. ^ "GT500 RESULT: Total". Super GT. September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  8. ^ "GT300 RESULT: Total". Super GT. September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  9. ^ "GT500 RESULT: Race". Super GT. September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  10. ^ "GT300 RESULT: Race". Super GT. September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
edit


Super GT
Previous race:
Suzuka 1000km
2013 season Next race:
3 Hours of Fuji (GT300 cars only)
Autopolis GT 300km (Super GT Round 7)