Fukuzumi best time in Suzuka rookie tests

Nirei Fukuzumi distinguished himself last week during the two days of the Super Formula rookie tests on the Suzuka track in Japan. The Dandelion Racing – Honda driver achieved the best cumulative time of the different sessions on the program for December 4 and 5 in 1'35 "190.

Enough to precede his teammate Naoki Yamamoto, beaten by a little less than a tenth, and Jüri Vips (Team Mugen), who shone on the first day with the best time in 1'36″215.

The Estonian, very close to winning the Macau Grand Prix, was at ease, he who could potentially join the series in 2020 with the help of Red Bull. “If I participate in Super Formula next year, I want to do my best, indicated Vips.

You have to get used to a lot of new things. The drivers who compete here are experienced and know everything, including the circuit, but not me. »

Note that the first six cars in the cumulative ranking remain powered by the Honda unit, Kenta Yamashita (Kondo Racing) showing himself to be the fastest of the drivers Toyota in 1'35 ″ 966.

Sacha Fenestraz (Kondo Racing) and Charles Milesi (B-Max Racing with Motopark, then ThreeBond Drago Corse) also made up the French contingent of these tests, with a good performance from Fenestraz, best time of the Toyota clan during the first day of driving.

Fenestraz finished these tests with the 18th overall time (1'37"040), while Milesi climbed to 14th position with a personal reference of 1'36"755, established in the penultimate session with B-Max Racing with Motopark ).

Suzuka rookie test ranking