On March 26 and 27, SUPER GT's official test took place at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Pref.


Session 1

Weather: Fine | Course: Dry | Air Temp: 9°C | Track Temp: 12°C

The first day of the 2-day test kicked off with a session scheduled for two hours from 9:30 AM. The session started with half-wet track caused by the rain from the night before, but the track dried up pretty quickly.

Finishing first and second at the season opener, the eye-catching Nissan GT-R was applied the Special Adjustment of Performance in accordance with the Series regulation, which enforced all GT-Rs to carry 50 kg weights, but that did not seem to affect its momentum; No.22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (Michael Krumm/Masataka Yanagida) recorded the fastest time at 1 min 35.444 sec. The No.22 car left its front-fender unpainted with its carbon exposed in black color. They looked to be testing new parts for aerodynamics. Despite the extra weight, Yanagida indicated some improvements in the car, "We are testing various parts and items. We are in the process of checking the data of the aero parts, but it didn't feel bad to me. Michael went for the fast laps when the track dried up. 50kg of weight would be indeed tough though... We will just concentrate on one race at a time and would like to show off our strength and speed."


No.22 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R

In the GT300 class, No.77 CUSCO DUNLOP SUBARU IMPREZA (Tetsuya Yamano/Kota Sasaki), finishing sixth place at the opening round in Suzuka, showed some fantastic runs. Yamano marked 1 min 44.098 sec, putting him on the top of the session. No.26 YUNKER POWER TAISAN PORSCHE (Nobuteru Taniguchi/Shinichi Yamaji) came in second, proving that Fuji is still one of the favorite circuits for Porsche.


Session 2

Weather: Fine | Course: Dry | Air Temp: 17°C | Track Temp: 30°C

GT-R kept its speed in the afternoon session starting from 2:30 PM. Matsuda at the wheel of No.12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R (Tsugio Matsuda/Sebastien Philippe) recorded the best time at 1 min 34.878 sec. No.22 GT-R and No.3 YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R (Ronnie Quintarelli/Naoki Yokomizo) were listed second and third in the time sheet, respectively, resulting in GT-R dominating from first to third place of the day overall just like the qualify of the season opener. No.100 RAYBRIG NSX wrapped up at fourth and three other NSXs followed behind. For SC 430s, No.38 ZENT CERUMO SC430's 10th place at 1 min 35.382 sec was the top among the fleet. It became a petty anxious first day of testing for Toyota en route to the next round in Okayama as well as the third round at Fuji, the home track of SC430.


No.77 CUSCO DUNLOP SUBARU IMPREZA

Looking to the GT300 class, No.77 CUSCO DUNLOP SUBARU IMPREZA kept its good rhythm in the afternoon session, but it was Sasaki this time, marking 1 min 42.747 sec at a little over 30 minutes into the session. At the end of the day, Sasaki's time became the fastest time of the day for the GT300 class. No.26 YUNKER POWER TAISAN PORSHE listed at second place again to replicate the morning session.