Early in the Q2 pole shootout, Yamauchi lost control of the works BRZ exiting the final corner as he ran on the kerbs, spinning and hitting the pit wall to bring out the red flags.
It means that he and teammate Takuto Iguchi will start from 16th position as they bid to defend their title, nine places behind the points-leading Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 with a deficit of 2.5 points to make up.
