jp.motorsport.com is reporting Naoki Yamamoto interview.
https://jp.motorsport.com/supergt/ne...-race/4843829/
*1st round was a perfect defeat.
*To be honest, the Toyota squad emphasized long runs from the time of testing, so I thought their race pace would be good, but it was more than expected.
*We used tire grips to cover machines that were nervous moving. However, in the latter half of the stint, if the tire grip was lost, the car would behave in a nervous moving, and it was difficult to stay ahead of the rivals.
*A pickup phenomenon has also occurred, and it has become clear that the long-standing problems of NSX-GT have not been solved. So we may have to change some of the know-how we have accumulated so far.
*I think we will not lose if we can show performances like practice sessions and Q1 also in the final race. The fact that we cannot do that may mean that we still have a low level of understanding of the machine.
*When analyzing the first round, NSX overwhelmed the practice session and Q1, but Supra suddenly marked the best lap time in Q2. It was like they used something "magic". Their pace up in Q2 was hard to understand.