
For the last two years, SUPER GT fans have become spoiled with unthinkably dramatic title-deciders in the GT500 class - first Ryo Hirakawa's TOM'S Toyota running out of fuel practically within sight of the chequered flag in 2020, and then Naoki Yamamoto's Kunimitsu Honda being eliminated in a crash with a Honda GT300 car last year.
This time around, the season finale at Motegi was much more straightforward for Impul Nissan pair Bertrand Baguette and Kazuki Hiramine, who clinched the title by taking second place from third on the grid in what was, at least by SUPER GT standards, a fairly tame race at the head of the field.