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Engine disparities back on the agenda in Super Formula

For the first time this year, Honda-powered cars locked out the front row in Round 6, as Tadasuke Makino beat Liam Lawson to pole, but you had to go all the way down to fifth-place man Ritomo Miyata to find the first of the Toyota engine users.

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SUPER GT preview show: Points leader Miyata on Fuji prospects

The third round of the season at Suzuka in June ended with a big crash and confusion surrounding the winners, but after the dust settled it was the Racing Project Bandoh Toyota of Yuji Kunimoto and Sena Sakaguchi that emerged with victory, the team's first in seven years.

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JLOC shakes down Huracan Evo2 ahead of car's SUPER GT debut

JLOC regular Takashi Kogure completed two days of running on Wednesday and Thursday aboard the #88 car he will campaign along with Yuya Motojima for the rest of the season.

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SUPER GT clamps down on extreme GT300 pit tactics

For next weekend's fourth round of the season at Fuji, the pit window will open at the end of the fifth lap, meaning that a car cannot complete either of its two mandatory refuelling stops before this time.

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Honda places Kimura on standby for injured Oyu at Fuji

Kimura has been named as the third driver for the #8 ARTA Honda NSX-GT alongside Tomoki Nojiri and Oyu for the fourth round of the season on August 6.

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Matsuda targets Fuji Super GT return after leaving hospital

Matsuda's #23 NISMO Nissan Z was involved in a high-speed accident at the 130R corner that brought the third round of the season to a premature halt.

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Matsuda targets Fuji SUPER GT return after leaving hospital

The #23 NISMO Nissan Z of Matsuda was involved in a high-speed accident at the 130R corner that brought the third round of the season to a premature halt.

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Is it game over for Nojiri’s Super Formula ‘three-peat’ hopes?

Nojiri trailed home a disappointing eighth in Sunday’s sixth round of the season, 26 seconds behind Mugen team-mate and race winner Liam Lawson, marking his lowest finishing position since the second round of the 2020 season at Okayama.

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Fuji Super Formula: Lawson charges to third win in six races

Starting second on the grid behind polesitter Tadasuke Makino, Lawson passed the Dandelion driver shortly after the pitstop phase to take the lead before marching to a comfortable 4.4s victory.

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Miyata 'frustrated' by Honda domination in Fuji qualifying

Miyata saw his points cushion over nearest rival Liam Lawson eroded as he struggled to the fifth-fastest time in the Q2 shootout on Saturday, albeit best of the Toyota runners.

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Enzo Trulli takes first Super Formula Lights victory at Fuji

TOM’S driver Trulli led every lap of the race after picking up his first pole position, keeping nearest rival Yuui Tsutsumi at bay throughout the race.

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Oyu to skip Fuji Super Formula round after breaking collarbone

Oyu picked up the injury during training ahead of this weekend's sixth round of the season, and was seen at the circuit on Friday with bandages covering his right arm and shoulder (pictured top).

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Could Sasahara’s return alter Super Formula title battle dynamic?

That’s the belief of Sasahara’s former chief engineer Tomo Koike, who is now masterminding Red Bull junior Liam Lawson’s title bid at Team Mugen.

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Hirakawa: Impul recovery now the focus, not faltering title bid

Toyota star Hirakawa finds himself a distant fifth in the championship with four races to go, trailing leader Ritomo Miyata by 47 points, with a best finish so far of third place in both the opening race at Fuji and the third round at Suzuka.

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Assessing Super Formula's main title contenders at halfway

Yellow flag controversy at Sugo aside, Miyata has been the revelation of the season so far in his third year at TOM’S. Although he has always been regarded as one of the more promising talents in the Toyota junior stable, at the start of the season you would still have…

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Ferrari gets BoP hit for Monza WEC round after Le Mans win

The Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar will run 5kg heavier and with maximum power reduced by 12kW (16bhp) from the levels at which it won the double-points round of the WEC last month with Antonio Giovinazzi, Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado.

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Ferrari receives double BoP hit for Monza WEC round

The Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar will run 5kg heavier and with maximum power reduced by 12kW or 16bhp from the levels at which it won the double-points round of the WEC last month with Antonio Giovinazzi, Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado.

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B-Max’s last throw of the dice to rescue abysmal season

With five races down and four to go this year, B-Max is the only team still yet to score a single point. And that’s despite having two cars this year for the first time since the 2020 season.

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Yamamoto ends Fuji Super Formula test on top

With just a few minutes to go in the two-hour afternoon session, Yamamoto set a time of 1m22.464s in his Honda-powered SF23, beating Tomoki Nojiri’s morning benchmark by 0.046s.

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The miscommunication that cost Lawson dearly at Sugo

“I don't know what to say... how we can go from where we were to... I don't understand what the hell just happened."

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SUPER GT preview show: De Oliveira on what to expect at Suzuka

The first two rounds of the 2023 season could not have been any more different: after a hectic weather-affected Okayama opener halted by red flags no fewer than three times, the traditional Golden Week race at Fuji was a comparatively sedate affair, with sunny skies and nary a caution period.

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Toyota's new liquid hydrogen racer completes Fuji 24 Hours

The #32 Rookie Racing-entered Toyota Corolla H2 Concept completed 358 laps in the Super Taikyu blue riband, putting it 47th overall out of 52 starters and sixth and last in the ST-Q class for cars not conforming to any specific technical regulations.

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Le Mans wants hydrogen-only top class by 2030

ACO president Pierre Fillon stated an intent to progressively introduce the new fuel at the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship between 2026 and the start of the next decade ahead of this weekend’s Fuji 24 Hours in which Toyota is competing with a hydrogen-powered Corolla.

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Miki Koyama: What's next for Japan's top female driver?

Koyama made headlines last year when she won the Formula Regional Japanese Championship title, making her the first-ever female champion of an FIA-sanctioned, mixed-gender single-seater championship anywhere in the world.

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Jann Mardenborough to make racing return in Fuji 24 Hours

The British driver will make his first outing since he lost his Nissan SUPER GT drive at the end of 2020 with Helm Motorsports for the blue riband round of Japan’s second-tier Super Taikyu series on 27-28 May.

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