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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Makino - Caught on Camera

Super Formula Suzuka: Red Bull F1 reserve Iwasa beats Tsuboi to title

Ayumu Iwasa overturned championship leader Tsuboi’s advantage at Suzuka

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Red Bull F1 reserve Ayumu Iwasa wins Super Formula title

Iwasa overturned championship leader Tsuboi’s advantage at Suzuka

Motorsport

Super Formula Autopolis: Makino finally claims maiden series victory

Dandelion Racing driver Makino leapt from second on the grid into an early lead, as poleman Ayumu Iwasa slipped to third place behind Naoki Yamamoto.

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Super Formula Autopolis: Makino finally claims maiden victory

Dandelion Racing driver Makino leapt from second on the grid into an early lead, as poleman Ayumu Iwasa slipped to third place behind Naoki Yamamoto.

Motorsport

Dandelion credits Makino for sparing team three-year win drought

Honda squad Dandelion scored its first victory in two years in last month's season finale at Suzuka, as rookie Kakunoshin Ota beat Liam Lawson to round off his first season on the top step of the podium.

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Matsushita credits new chassis for sudden Suzuka turnaround

Matsushita concluded a tough season with an encouraging seventh-place finish, having run as high as fourth ahead of defending champion Tomoki Nojiri at one stage before losing ground to cars on fresher tyres.

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Makino to sit out Suzuka qualifying after Motegi crash

Makino was airlifted to hospital after being caught up in the multi-car incident that caused last Sunday's Motegi Super Formula round to be red-flagged on the opening lap.

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Makino leaves hospital after heavy Super Formula crash at Motegi

Makino was running inside the top 10 on the opening lap when Red Bull junior Liam Lawson suffered a spin while battling with Mugen team-mate Tomoki Nojiri for the lead.

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Makino can’t hide frustration as first victory eludes him

Dandelion Racing driver Makino scored his first pole position since his 2019 debut in the Japanese single-seater series on Saturday as he beat Red Bull junior Lawson to the top spot in qualifying.

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Fuji Super Formula: Makino beats Lawson to pole

Dandelion Racing driver Makino, who topped practice earlier on Saturday, posted a best lap of 1m22.063s at the end of the Q2 pole shootout to eclipse Team Mugen rival Lawson by 0.179 seconds.

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Honda’s Yamamoto admits he was “lacklustre” at Fuji

From pole position, Yamamoto and Makino finished a distant second in the Golden Week race, ending up some 28 seconds down on the #36 TOM'S Toyota GR Supra of Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata.

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Fuji SUPER GT: Honda takes pole on Toyota's home turf

Free of any success ballast following a disastrous result in the season opener, Makino lapped the Toyota-owned circuit in 1m26.420s in the #100 Honda NSX-GT Type S to take Team Kunimitsu team’s first pole position since last year’s finale at Motegi.

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Is Honda really as strong as it looks in SUPER GT testing?

We may still be a little under a month away from the start of official SUPER GT pre-season testing, but preparations for the 2023 season are already in full swing with unofficial manufacturer testing.

Motorsport

Yamamoto "just wants to win" after Autopolis frustration

Honda's Naoki Yamamoto says he 'just wants to win' next month's SUPER GT season finale after he and Tadasuke Makino barely kept their title hopes alive with a 'frustrating' run to second last weekend at Autopolis.

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Makino 'pushed too hard' in pursuit of first Super Formula win

Tadasuke Makino admits he pushed too hard, too soon in pursuit of a first Super Formula victory in wet conditions at Suzuka, as he ended up dropping to third place.

Motorsport

Honda's Makino confident of taking Okayama fight to Toyota

Honda SUPER GT driver Tadasuke Makino is hopeful of taking the fight to the all-conquering Toyota contingent after qualifying third for this weekend's Okayama curtain-raiser.

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Makino feels ready for Super Formula title assault

Tadasuke Makino says he feels ready to lead Dandelion Racing to more title success in Super Formula this year after an encouraging end to pre-season testing at Fuji Speedway.

Motorsport

Honda NSX Type S could struggle to overtake, says Makino

Honda SUPER GT driver Tadasuke Makino fears that the revised NSX-GT Type S could prove a difficult car to race owing to a relative lack of straight line performance.

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