
After making it through his Q1 group with the third-fastest time, Mugen driver Lawson was only ninth of the 12 cars in the Q2 pole shootout, with a laptime almost a second slower than pacesetter Toshiki Oyu.
Lawson will start Sunday's third round of the season eighth on the grid after TOM'S driver Ritomo Miyata lost his best lap for a track limits violation.