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100% Japanese success at the Fuji 500 km

 Yuji Tachikawa and Hiroaki Ishiura (Lexus) won the second round of the 2019 Super GT while the French finished outside the podium, both in GT500 and GT300. 

Published on 04/05/2019 à 12:01

Medhi Casaurang

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100% Japanese success at the Fuji 500 km

One of the longest races of the Super GT season, the 500 kilometers of Fuji, (Japan) dedicated the crew Yuji Tachikawa and Hiroaki Ishiura (Lexus) after a long ordeal of almost 4 hours due in particular to a half-hour red flag due to a storm. 

 

Little known in the West, Yuji Tachikawa is considered the master of Fuji Speedway since this is his ninth success on this track. The Lexus LC500 overtook the Nissan GT-R Nismo of Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda with 11 laps to go.

 

Frederic Makowiecki (Nissan) could claim a podium before his teammate lost three positions in the final part of the effort. The Frenchman finished sixth. As for the outgoing champions Jenson Button and (Honda), they see the checkered flag in third place. 

 

In the GT300 category, victory went to the duo Katsuyuki Hiranaka-Hironobu Yasuda aboard their Nissan GT-R GT3 Nismo. Starting from pole position with his sidekick Kazuki Hiramine, the Franco-Argentinian Sacha fenestraz (Nissan) finishes at the foot of the podium. The former representative of the Renault Sport Academy consoles itself by moving up to third place in the general ranking.

Super GT 2019 Fuji – Race Results (GT500 and GT300):

General standings for drivers (GT500 and GT300):

 

Medhi Casaurang

Passionate about the history of motorsport across all disciplines, I learned to read thanks to AUTOhebdo. At least that's what my parents tell everyone when they see my name inside!

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