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The Top 10 SUPER GT/Super Formula drivers of 2022

After another memorable season in Japan's two top motorsport categories, it's time to look back on the top performers across both SUPER GT and Super Formula in 2022.

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Koyama, Lomko get TOM'S Super Formula Lights test chances

TOM'S will try out Formula Regional Japan champion Miki Koyama and Euroformula Open runner-up Vlad Lomko in next week's Super Formula Lights post-season test at Suzuka.

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Toyota's Miyata reveals Europe 'promise' with Fenestraz

Toyota driver Ritomo Miyata says he and SUPER GT teammate Sacha Fenestraz have promised each other they will race together in Europe in the future, following the latter's departure from the Japanese scene.

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Toyota reveals GT500 line-ups for 2023 SUPER GT season

Toyota has revealed the majority of its 2023 SUPER GT line-up, but has yet to settle on a replacement for Sacha Fenestraz within the two-car TOM'S set-up.

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Toyota promotes Kotaka to Super Formula seat for 2023

Toyota has elected to promote junior driver Kazuto Kotaka to a spot on its Super Formula roster for 2023, replacing the departing Sacha Fenestraz.

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Dissecting a SUPER GT season to forget for TOM'S

Toyota's flagship SUPER GT team TOM'S suffered its worst season since 2012 as it failed to get either of its cars into the top five of the standings this year. So what went wrong, and what can the team do to return to winning ways in 2023?

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Finishing as top Toyota was "minimum" for Rookie Racing

Toyota SUPER GT driver Kenta Yamashita feels Rookie Racing achieved the 'minimum' in the series this year after beating TOM'S to the honour of being the marque's best-placed team in the championship.

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Suzuka Super Formula: Nojiri storms to sixth pole of 2022

Newly-crowned Super Formula champion Tomoki Nojiri scored his sixth pole position of the 2022 season in the final qualifying session of the year at Suzuka.

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Super Formula Suzuka: Nojiri seals title, Sasahara wins race

Tomoki Nojiri clinched the 2022 Super Formula title with a race to spare after finishing second to Mugen team-mate Ukyo Sasahara at Suzuka.

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Suzuka Super Formula: Nojiri puts one hand on title with pole

Tomoki Nojiri took a major step towards his second Super Formula title by scoring pole position for Saturday's penultimate round of the season at Suzuka.

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Suzuka Super Formula: Oyu tops practice, Nojiri down in 16th

Nakajima Racing's Toshiki Oyu topped the sole free practice session for this weekend's Suzuka Super Formula season finale, as champion-elect Tomoki Nojiri ended up in a lowly 16th.

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SUPER GT contenders complete rain-delayed Motegi test

SUPER GT's title protagonists finally concluded their pre-Motegi test this week after last week's planned two days of running were washed out by rain.

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Toyota veteran Oshima unsure about Super Formula future

Toyota driver Kazuya Oshima admits he is uncertain about his future in Super Formula amid a fruitless season with Rookie Racing.

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Fenestraz: SUPER GT stay unlikely, Super Formula still possible

Sacha Fenestraz admits racing in SUPER GT next year alongside Formula E is unlikely, leaving Super Formula as his only realistic option to continue his Japanese racing career in 2023.

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Alesi convinced son Giuliano will have stronger 2023

Jean Alesi is convinced that his son Giuliano will be stronger in 2023 amid a bruising season in SUPER GT and Super Formula for the second-generation racer.

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Toyota title hopes hanging by a thread after tough Autopolis

Toyota concluded last weekend's Autopolis SUPER GT race with its title hopes left hanging by a thread after a race to forget for the GR Supra contingent.

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Toyota and Honda's last chance to stem the Nissan tide

Both Toyota and Honda go into this weekend's penultimate round of the SUPER GT season at Autopolis barely clinging on to their title ambitions. Can either marque force themselves back into the reckoning against Nissan?

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Tsuboi "extremely frustrated" as TOM'S Sugo gamble backfires

TOM'S Toyota driver Sho Tsuboi says he is 'extremely frustrated' that the #36 crew's gamble of staying out on a wet track didn't work out in Sunday's Sugo race.

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Toyota faces 2023 driver headache amid Fenestraz uncertainty

The fact that new Nissan Formula E signing Sacha Fenestraz is pushing to stay in Japan next season is great news for fans of Super Formula and SUPER GT, even if calendar clashes mean he won't be contending for either title next year.

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The key to TOM'S jumping Kondo for Fuji SUPER GT win

Ritomo Miyata believes saving fuel during the second stint of Sunday’s Fuji SUPER GT race was the key to he and TOM’S teammate Sacha Fenestraz taking their first GT500 win.

Autosport

Super GT Fuji: TOM'S duo Fenestraz, Miyata take first win

TOM'S Toyota pair Sacha Fenestraz and Ritomo Miyata took their first SUPER GT win in the GT500 category in Sunday's fourth round of the season at Fuji Speedway.

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Fuji SUPER GT: TOM'S duo Fenestraz, Miyata take first win

TOM'S Toyota pair Sacha Fenestraz and Ritomo Miyata took their first SUPER GT win in the GT500 category in Sunday's fourth round of the season at Fuji Speedway.

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Alesi “not losing hope” amid tough season in Japan

Giuliano Alesi insists he is “not losing hope” amid a trying double SUPER GT and Super Formula campaign in Japan with flagship Toyota team TOM’S.

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The ex-Renault F1 protege gunning for Japan title glory

Sacha Fenestraz’s bid to make it big in Japan was put on ice by the country’s COVID protocols. But he’s now a race winner at the top level in Super Formula, and harbours ambitions of becoming the first overseas driver to win the title since 2019

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How Fenestraz has made a success of his Japan adventure

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