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2017.05.04
Round 2 Fuji Race Press Conference

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Round 2 Fuji Speedway : Race Press Conference

GT500 Class

No.38 ZENT CERUMO LC500

 

Yuji Tachikawa

I am really glad that we got a win for the first time in some while here at Fuji. It has always been said that we were strong at Fuji, but we weren’t able to win here for the past three years, and I was worried that I was beginning to feel embarrassed about losing my title as the “Fuji Meister.” I want to say how grateful I am to the Lexus development team for making us such a great car and to our team for tuning it so well and to my teammate (Hiroaki) Ishiura.

 

Hiroaki Ishiura

It is good that we won. Today, I think (Yuji) Tachikawa’s stint after the start was the most difficult (in terms of conditions) of the race, but he bore with it and turned over the car to me with a lead for my stint. In my stint, I was able to run at a good pace from the first lap out of the pit, so I felt that things were going well. We worked on the car’s development with the strong feeling that we wanted to win at Fuji again. So, I’m really happy that we won today.

 

 

 

GT300 Class

No.51 JMS P.MU LMcorsa RC F GT3

 

Yuichi Nakayama

I am very happy that we were able to win here at Lexus’ home track. In the opening round we lacked speed, so we thought that we would have a difficult time here at Fuji if something didn’t change. But, Bridgestone developed some outstanding tires for us. The result in yesterday’s qualifying was disappointing, but today we had the performance we needed and we were able to run a good race.

 

Sho Tsuboi

I drove the second stint and my job was to get the car back in good position for (Yuichi) Nakayama-san for the last stint. That was all I was thinking about. So, I pushed hard from the beginning of my stint and the tires and the machine kept performing well without fail. That enabled me to run at a good pace and turn the car over to Nakayama-san again with more of a lead. It was really great.

 

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