SUPER GT Round 5 FUJI GT 500mile RACE Fourth Consecutive Victory for the LEXUS LC500

Aug 5, 2019

GT500 class

WAKO’S 4CR LC500 No. 6 with drivers Kazuya OSHIMA / Kenta YAMASHITA achieved two straight victories in the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series at Fuji International Speedway. This is the fourth consecutive victory for the LEXUS LC500 since Round 2.

KeePer TOM’S No. 37 co-piloted by drivers Ryo HIRAKAWA / Nick CASSIDY recorded fourth place.

GT300 class

K-tunes RC F GT3 No. 96 finished 15^th place.

Kazuya OSHIMA (WAKO’S 4CR LC500 No. 6)

The weight handicap was already heavy due to our last victory, so we were expecting to race persistently. But as we started racing, our car and engine was fast, the car set up was perfect, and the feeling of the tires were good, so I thought that we might be able to get in a good position. We raced without overdoing, and then without realizing, we were in the upper position. By chance, our pitstop timing was nearly the same timing as the Safety Car in. It was risky, but this was the major change point. Afterwards, we tried to maintain the car and tires, and focused on never to make any mistakes. Now our weight handicap is even more heavier, and we have no idea about the impact. It tends to be a rough race in the next Autopolis, so if our car is ready, there might be an opportunity. There are three remainig races, and there wouldn’t be a chance like this, so we will take full advantage of the opportunities and will conitnue racing to get the points.

Kenta YAMASHITA (WAKO’S 4CR LC500 No. 6)

We won last time, and we were aiming to get a position close to the podium, but we didn’t expect to capture the victory. In the qualifying, due to our heavy weight handicap, we were in the back of the grid, but we knew that our long run pace was similar to the other cars during yesterday’s official practice. We thought we will be able to catch up, but honestly the win was unexpected. The key point was the pitstop timing, and this created the gap, so I concentrated to finish the race safely. We really thank the team for the wonderful car and planning the strategy for this race. The team ranking gap between us and the second team is 16 points, which I feel is not so big. The next race will be very tough, but we will try hard to get the points to win the championship.

GT500 Class Result

Po	No	Machine	Driver	Laps	Time/Diff	Q	WH
1	6	WAKO'S 4CR LC500	Kazuya Oshima / Kenta Yamashita	175 Lap	4:52'55.248	11	70
2	1	RAYBRIG NSX-GT	Naoki Yamamoto / Jenson Button	175 Lap	31.214	10	22
3	23	MOTUL AUTECH GT-R	Tsugio Matsuda / Ronnie Quintarelli	175 Lap	36.658	1	49
4	37	KeePer TOM'S LC500	Ryo Hirakawa / Nick Cassidy	175 Lap	55.881	14	68
5	12	CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R	Daiki Sasaki / James Rossiter	175 Lap	1'00.276	12	19
6	16	MOTUL MUGEN NSX-GT	Hideki Mutoh / Daisuke Nakajima	175 Lap	1'18.436	9	4
7	8	ARTA NSX-GT	Tomoki Nojiri / Takuya Izawa	175 Lap	1'30.137	15	40
8	17	KEIHIN NSX-GT	Koudai Tsukakoshi / Bertrand Baguette	174 Lap	1 Lap	8	12
9	19	WedsSport ADVAN LC500	Yuji Kunimoto / Sho Tsuboi	174 Lap	1 Lap	3	35
10	64	Modulo Epson NSX-GT	Narain Karthikeyan / Tadasuke Makino	172 Lap	3 Laps	7	5
-	36	au TOM'S LC500	Kazuki Nakajima / Yuhi Sekiguchi	102 Lap	73 Laps	5	48
-	39	DENSO KOBELCO SARD LC500	Heikki Kovalainen / Yuichi Nakayama	82 Lap	93 Laps	13	40
-	38	ZENT CERUMO LC500	Yuji Tachikawa / Hiroaki Ishiura	69 Lap	106 Laps	4	61

GT300 Class Result

Po	No	Machine	Driver	Laps	Time/Diff	Q	WH
1	87	T-DASH LAMBORGHINI GT3	Tsubasa Takahashi / Andre Couto / Kiyoto Fujinami	163 Lap	4:54'37.976	13	8
2	52	SAITAMATOYOPET GB MARK X MC	Shigekazu Wakisaka / Hiroki Yoshida	162 Lap	1 Lap	1	11
3	34	Modulo KENWOOD NSX GT3	Ryo Michigami / Hiroki Otsu	162 Lap	1 Lap	8	12
4	18	UPGARAGE NSX GT3	Takashi Kobayashi / Kosuke Matsuura / Shinnosuke Yamada	162 Lap	1 Lap	16	-
5	88	MANEPA LAMBORGHINI GT3	Takashi Kogure / Yuya Motojima	162 Lap	1 Lap	15	35
6	55	ARTA NSX GT3	Shinichi Takagi / Nirei Fukuzumi	162 Lap	1 Lap	11	61
7	56	Realize NISSAN jidousya daigakkou GT-R	Kazuki Hiramine / Sacha Fenestraz	162 Lap	1 Lap	6	54
8	4	GOODSMILE HATSUNE MIKU AMG	Nobuteru Taniguchi / Tatsuya Kataoka	162 Lap	1 Lap	9	29
9	11	GAINER TANAX GT-R	Katsuyuki Hiranaka / Hironobu Yasuda	162 Lap	1 Lap	20	50
10	61	SUBARU BRZ R&D SPORT	Takuto Iguchi / Hideki Yamauchi	162 Lap	1 Lap	4	30
15	96	K-tunes RC F GT3	Morio Nitta / Sena Sakaguchi	161 Lap	2 Laps	25	60
20	35	arto RC F GT3	Nattapong Hortongkum / Sean Walkinshaw	160 Lap	3 Laps	19	-
22	60	SYNTIUM LMcorsa RC F GT3	Hiroki Yoshimoto / Ritomo Miyata	160 Lap	3 Laps	27	10

Drivers Standings (GT500)

Po	No	Driver	Total
1	6	Kazuya Oshima / Kenta Yamashita	60
2	37	Ryo Hirakawa / Nick Cassidy	44
3	23	Tsugio Matsuda / Ronnie Quintarelli	38.5
4	38	Yuji Tachikawa / Hiroaki Ishiura	30.5
7	36	Kazuki Nakajima / Yuhi Sekiguchi	24
8	19	Yuji Kunimoto / Sho Tsuboi	20.5
9	39	Heikki Kovalainen / Yuichi Nakayama	20

Team Standings (GT500)

Po	No	Team	Total
1	6	LEXUS TEAM LEMANS WAKO'S	73
2	37	LEXUS TEAM KeePer TOM'S	59
3	23	NISMO	47.5
4	38	LEXUS TEAM ZENT CERUMO	42.5
7	19	LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH	32.5
8	36	LEXUS TEAM au TOM'S	32
9	39	LEXUS TEAM SARD	32

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