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25 Dec 2018, 06:50 (Ref:3872328) | #101 | |
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Autosport magazine SGT silly season report
http://www.as-books.jp/books/preview.php?no=6296 Honda #8: Nojiri, Izawa #16: Mutoh, D.Nakajima #17: Tsukakoshi, Kogure??, Baguette? #64: Karthikeyan??, Otsu??, Makino?? #100: Yamamoto, Button Lexus #6: Oshima, Yamashita?, Nakayama?? #19: Kunimoto, Tsuboi? #36: Nakajima, Sekiguchi #37: Hirakawa, Cassidy #38: Tachikawa, Ishiura #39: Kovalainen, Nakayama?, Yamashita?? Nissan #3: Motoyama??, Hirate??, Makowiecki?? #12: Sasaki, Rossiter?? #23: Matsuda, Quintarelli #24: Takaboshi, Juncadella??, Auer?? Last edited by Japanese Samurai; 25 Dec 2018 at 07:01. |
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25 Dec 2018, 07:19 (Ref:3872330) | #102 | |
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Servus Japan (maintenance garage of ARTA) will launch new company to supply customer service of Mclaren 720S GT3.
There is a rumor that Kazumichi Goh, Servus Japan (ex-Team Goh) and Seiji Ara will launch new GT300 team (But not Team Goh) by using 720S GT3.4 And EIcars might suspend SGT activity. Last edited by Japanese Samurai; 25 Dec 2018 at 07:31. |
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Would be awesome to see McLaren back in SGT. Red and black just like the good old days of Lark haha. Shame to see Elcars leave if that happens. Was good to have the big Bentley in the class even if it wasn’t overly successful. Quote:
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26 Dec 2018, 23:06 (Ref:3872538) | #104 | |
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Found an interesting article about young drivers from openwheel feeder series considering Japan in their motorsports career. I really hope Super GT becomes more and more popular worldwide so that it can become a regional series that can spread throughout Asia.
https://www.as-web.jp/supergt/441084/2 **hit translate** |
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28 Dec 2018, 06:08 (Ref:3872757) | #105 | |
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According to JAF bulletin for homologation,
Team apr will use Prius PHV GR Sport for base vehicle of JAF-GT. http://jaf-sports.jp/news/detail_000363.htm |
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29 Dec 2018, 06:19 (Ref:3872954) | #106 | |
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Autosport magazine GT300 silly season report.
*Phoenix racing asia will use GT-R GT3. *#18 and #55 might switch the chassis to NSX GT3. *Haruki Kurosawa might retire from SGT. |
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30 Dec 2018, 00:44 (Ref:3873058) | #107 | |
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KTM X-bow gt4 will be in Super Taikyu series next year https://twitter.com/Kuruma461204/sta...131485185?s=19
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30 Dec 2018, 04:31 (Ref:3873076) | #108 | ||
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But with Dome being the maintenance garage & most of drivers are from #98 Civic TCR car , I wonder if Dome will cut its ST-TCR class effort from 2 to 1 car. |
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As I wrote for DSC, I would think, and quite frankly hope, that Nissan don't blow up the whole driver lineup and drop the likes of Mardenborough or Chiyo when they're both very, very quick (especially Mardenborough).
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And while I do like to see new blood, it'd be harsh on any of Nissan's current line-up if they got dropped. |
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For instance, if Jan knows that there is further downsizing, given that Quintarelli is almost certainly above him in the pecking order, he may have decided on his own to do some scouting. Like you, I hope they're both kept on though. |
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30 Dec 2018, 20:40 (Ref:3873201) | #112 | |
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Jan is 3rd driver for the F-E team, so he's still part of Nissan for now.
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31 Dec 2018, 12:02 (Ref:3873269) | #113 | |
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Team Goh will enter with a Mclaren 720s GT3 in 2019 for Seiji Ara & Alex Palou
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2 Jan 2019, 03:20 (Ref:3873538) | #114 | ||
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so it pretty much official? love to see how 720S handle small track like Sugo and Okayama |
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2 Jan 2019, 03:38 (Ref:3873540) | #115 | |
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The FIA bop will make it weigh like 1320kg so they'll neuter it before it's too dominant Then success ballast will hurt it even more. I think it'll be a good car but they need to get on top of the tires first.
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2 Jan 2019, 16:23 (Ref:3873632) | #116 | ||
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I'm looking to attend the Fuji 500km on May 3-4. I can't find any website that sells the tickets. Does anyone know where I can find these?
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3 Jan 2019, 09:09 (Ref:3873754) | #117 | |
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You can buy tikets at official website, convenience store and ticket agency.
http://www.fswtv.jp/ Last year's release date was March 9th. But there are no English websites/ supports. So I recommend you use booking website for tourist. |
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3 Jan 2019, 12:14 (Ref:3873772) | #118 | |
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Oliveira announced that he was released from Nissan.
https://twitter.com/JPdeOliveira/sta...96609917652992 |
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Then most likely release date for this years event will be around the same time? Luckily I know a Japanese who can help me with the Japanese websites. He also couldn't find the tickets, thus I eventually asked it here. |
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4 Jan 2019, 08:24 (Ref:3873884) | #120 | |
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According to Autosport web,
All Nissan GT500 teams will be a pair of Japanese and international drivers. And There are three drivers who did not participate in the GT500 last year. http://www.as-web.jp/supergt/441871?all Last edited by Japanese Samurai; 4 Jan 2019 at 08:34. |
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5 Jan 2019, 07:31 (Ref:3874104) | #121 | |
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Autosport web GT300 silly season report
http://www.as-web.jp/supergt/441886?all *Type of vehicle: Two increasing (Aston martin, Mclaren), one decreasing (Bentley). *Participation number: Two increasing (Phoenix racing asia, Mclaren), two decreasing (TAISAN, EIcars). *Hirate, Nakayama, Tsuboi (and Otsu?) will step up to GT500. *Tsuchiya (#25) will use surprising driver (not Toyota junior driver). (Kimiya Sato?) *Drago Corse (#34) will use young driver. *A mother chassis user team (#18?) and ARTA (#55) will switch the chassis to NSX GT3. *Phoenix racing asia will use Nissan GT-R GT3. *Hiroki Yoshida's transfer team is a "potential" team. *A potential young driver will join in the Team Gainer. (Hiramine?) |
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5 Jan 2019, 08:04 (Ref:3874107) | #122 | |
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No, not the Bentley! On the other hand, it's interesting that ARTA's switching to a Honda NSX in the GT300 class would become a possibility.
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So at the moment I have in GT300, based on what I've read so far, here, on as-web/auto sport, and elsewhere in SGT twitter, these 30 cars:
6 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3s (Gainer x 2, Kondo/NATC, Phoenix, Tomei, Dijon) 4 Mercedes AMG GT3s (LEON, GSR, Arnage, R'Qs) 4 Lexus RC F GT3s (LM Corsa x 2, Panther, GreenBrave) 4 Honda NSX GT3s (Drago, CarGuy, ARTA, UPGarage) 3 Mother Chassis (Tsuchiya, Mach, Cars Tokai) 2 Lamborghini Huracan GT3s (JLOC x 2) 2 Toyota Prius PHV GTs (apr x 2) 1 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 (KTR) 1 Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Hitotsuyama) 1 McLaren 720S GT3 (Goh) 1 Porsche 911 GT3-R (Pacific) 1 Subaru BRZ (R&D Sport) Does this seem about right? |
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6 Jan 2019, 05:52 (Ref:3874229) | #124 | |
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Greenbrave dropping their MC car? Kind of sad about that.
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https://twitter.com/Mimi_amie/status...43952939307008 Amie Izawa is leaving her post as Super GT pit reporter after five seasons. |
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