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Japan dominates FIA Motorsport Games qualifying
Japan shone during the qualifiers the GT Cup of the FIA Motorsport Games in Rome, on the Vallelunga circuit, which each determine the grids for the two qualifying races on the program this weekend.
Aligned with a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo operated by FFF Racing, Hiroshi Hamaguchi, GT World Challenge Europe champion in Pro-Am this year, largely dominated the debates this Saturday morning on a drying track in Q1, a session dedicated to Bronze drivers.
The Nippon, associated this weekend with Ukyo Sasahara, completed his best lap in 1'38″443, 1″397 ahead of Salih Yoluc (Turkey – Aston Martin Vantage GT3), winner in 2018 of the FIA GT Nations Cup in Bahrain.
Significant gaps, since Rinat Salikhov (Russia – Ferrari 488 GT3) échoue en troisième position à près de 1″8. Miguel Ramos (Portugal – Audi R8 LMS GT3) et Steffe Göring (Allemagne – Porsche 911 GT3 R) complètent le top 5.
Disappointment for France, with the 19th position of Jean-Luc Beaubelique (Mercedes-AMG GT3).
In Q2, reserved for Silver drivers, Jim Pla (France) set the pace for a long time beforeUkyo Sasahara (Japan) comes to improve the first French reference in 1'32″898. Returning to the fight, Jim Pla will not be able to do better than... 1'32″898, but pole will go to the Japanese, first author of the absolute best time of this Q2.
Patric Niederhauser (Switzerland – Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo) and Brenton Whole grained (Australia – Porsche 911 GT3 R) will share the second row of the second qualifying race, while Denis Bulatov (Russia – Ferrari 488 GT3) and Weiron Tan (Malaysia – Porsche 911 GT3 R) will start from the third row.
Ayhancan Güven (Turkey – Aston Martin Vantage GT3) could not do better than 16th time for the defending nation in the FIA GT Nations Cup.
The first qualifying race will take place this Saturday at 14:25 p.m. and will be followed live on video on our website. The combined results of these two races will determine the starting grid for the main race, the highlight of these FIA Motorsport Games tomorrow at 15:05 p.m.
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