SUPER GT Round 2 FUJI GT 500km RACE First Victory for the LEXUS LC500 at "Home" Track
GT500 class
ZENT CERUMO LC500 No. 38 co-piloted by Yuji TACHIKAWA / Hiroaki ISHIURAI achieved victory for the first time this season at the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series at Fuji International Speedway.
DENSO KOBELCO SARD LC500 No. 39 with drivers Heikki KOVALAINEN / Yuichi NAKAYAMA recorded fourth place.
GT300 class
SYNTIUM LMcorsa RC F GT3 No. 60 finished ninth place.
ZENT CERUMO LC500 No.38
DENSO KOBELCO SARD LC500 No.39
Yuji TACHIKAWA (ZENT CERUMO LC500 No.38)
It was a battle we could not lose with concentration from beginning to end, and overall it was a good race. This season we approached with a new structure in our team, and there was a new responsibility for me and also pressure that we really needed to win. We finished with a tough result for the first race, and TRD and the team made huge efforts, so we raced with a new mindset, where else could we win if we don’t win Fuji. We are happy we realized this. In yesterday’s qualifyng, we could not choose the right tires and started in the middle of the grid. We had no idea what was going to happen in the rain, but it was good that we were able to come into the front at the beginning. After the track became dry, we had to concentrate until the very end to race with our rivals.
Hiroaki ISHIURA (ZENT CERUMO LC500 No.38)
I am relieved. Before the season started, there were changes in the team structure, and my responsibilty increased this season. I talked with Tachikawa-san that we have the chance at Round 2, and we should race for victory. This is our home track, and we are confident with the circuit, so we aimed for good result. It was a good race, and thanks to the team for the support.
GT500 Class Result
| Po | No | Machine | Driver | Laps | Time/Diff | Q | WH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 | ZENT CERUMO LC500 | Yuji Tachikawa / Hiroaki Ishiura | 110 Lap | 3:40'46.358 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | 23 | MOTUL AUTECH GT-R | Tsugio Matsuda / Ronnie Quintarelli | 110 Lap | 19.693 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | RAYBRIG NSX-GT | Naoki Yamamoto / Jenson Button | 110 Lap | 44.89 | 12 | - |
| 4 | 39 | DENSO KOBELCO SARD LC500 | Heikki Kovalainen / Yuichi Nakayama | 110 Lap | 45.809 | 5 | - |
| 5 | 17 | KEIHIN NSX-GT | Koudai Tsukakoshi / Bertrand Baguette | 110 Lap | 46.972 | 6 | - |
| 6 | 3 | CRAFTSPORTS MOTUL GT-R | Kohei Hirate / Frederic Makowiecki | 110 Lap | 1'16.405 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 37 | KeePer TOM'S LC500 | Ryo Hirakawa / Nick Cassidy | 110 Lap | 1'28.019 | 2 | - |
| 8 | 6 | WAKO'S 4CR LC500 | Kazuya Oshima / Kenta Yamashita | 109 Lap | 1 Lap | 9 | - |
| 9 | 8 | ARTA NSX-GT | Tomoki Nojiri / Takuya Izawa | 109 Lap | 1 Lap | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 64 | Modulo Epson NSX-GT | Narain Karthikeyan / Tadasuke Makino | 109 Lap | 1 Lap | 15 | 1 |
| 13 | 19 | WedsSport ADVAN LC500 | Yuji Kunimoto / Sho Tsuboi | 107 Lap | 3 Laps | 14 | 5 |
| - | 36 | au TOM'S LC500 | Yuhi Sekiguchi / Ritomo Miyata | 61 Lap | 49 Laps | 11 | 2 |
GT300 Class Result
| Po | No | Machine | Driver | Laps | Time/Diff | Q | WH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | GAINER TANAX GT-R | Katsuyuki Hiranaka / Hironobu Yasuda | 104 Lap | 3:42'18.078 | 4 | - |
| 2 | 55 | ARTA NSX GT3 | Shinichi Takagi / Nirei Fukuzumi | 104 Lap | 0.239 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | 88 | MANEPA LAMBORGHINI GT3 | Takashi Kogure / Yuya Motojima | 104 Lap | 4.376 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | 56 | Realize NISSAN jidousya daigakkou GT-R | Kazuki Hiramine / Sacha Fenestraz | 104 Lap | 6.907 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 65 | LEON PYRAMID AMG | Haruki Kurosawa / Naoya Gamou | 103 Lap | 1 Lap | 13 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | GOODSMILE HATSUNE MIKU AMG | Nobuteru Taniguchi / Tatsuya Kataoka | 103 Lap | 1 Lap | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 33 | Eva RT Test Type-01 X Works GT-R | Shaun Thong / Marchy Lee / Shinya Sean Michimi | 103 Lap | 1 Lap | 15 | - |
| 8 | 21 | Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS | Richard Lyons / Ryuichiro Tomita / Alessio Picariello | 103 Lap | 1 Lap | 21 | - |
| 9 | 60 | SYNTIUM LMcorsa RC F GT3 | Hiroki Yoshimoto / Dominik Farnbacher | 103 Lap | 1 Lap | 22 | 4 |
| 10 | 10 | GAINER TANAX triple a GT-R | Kazuki Hoshino / Keishi Ishikawa | 103 Lap | 1 Lap | 14 | - |
| 16 | 96 | K-tunes RC F GT3 | Morio Nitta / Sena Sakaguchi | 102 Lap | 2 Laps | 12 | 20 |
| 24 | 35 | arto RC F GT3 | Nattapong Hortongkum / Sean Walkinshaw / N.Charoensukhawatana | 99 Lap | 5 Laps | 24 | - |
Drivers Standings (GT500)
| Po | No | Driver | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | Tsugio Matsuda / Ronnie Quintarelli | 24.5 |
| 2 | 38 | Yuji Tachikawa / Hiroaki Ishiura | 21.5 |
| 3 | 8 | Tomoki Nojiri / Takuya Izawa | 12 |
| 6 | 39 | Heikki Kovalainen / Yuichi Nakayama | 8 |
| 9 | 37 | Ryo Hirakawa / Nick Cassidy | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | Kazuya Oshima / Kenta Yamashita | 3 |
| 12 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto / Sho Tsuboi | 2.5 |
| 15 | 36 | Kazuki Nakajima / Yuhi Sekiguchi | 1 |
Team Standings (GT500)
| Po | No | Team | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | NISMO | 28.5 |
| 2 | 38 | LEXUS TEAM ZENT CERUMO | 27.5 |
| 3 | 8 | ARTA | 17 |
| 6 | 39 | LEXUS TEAM SARD | 14 |
| 8 | 37 | LEXUS TEAM KeePer TOM'S | 10 |
| 10 | 6 | LEXUS TEAM LEMANS WAKO'S | 8 |
| 13 | 19 | LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH | 6.5 |
| 15 | 36 | LEXUS TEAM au TOM'S | 4 |
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