Hoppy team Tsuchiya 1st round race report
https://www.as-web.jp/supergt/606661
*This year's theme of the team is tire development.
*Yokohama sent a young engineer, so the team will develop tires from scratch.
*It takes 3 years to become a champion as usual, but Takeshi Tsuchiya wants to achieve it in 2 years.
*In the race, slow puncture occurred on lap 32 and they made an emergency pit stop.
*They knew that rear tires might not last, so they were able to collect good data.
*Kimiya Sato sensed a slow puncture and returned to the pit without breaking the car. He did a very good job.
*Team Tsuchiya has never used a data logger before, but this year it hires a data engineer and uses log data.
*Takamitsu Matsui struggles with driving of Porsche (rear engine car). He says that driving style that lowers bottom speed and uses inertia to corner is required.
*Takeshi Tsuchiya says that if Matsui can make Porsche run faster, he can surely extend his career as a pro driver.