2017.11.12

2017 AUTOBACS SUPER GT Seiries Champion

Round 8 Twin Ring Motegi : 2017 Seiries Champion

No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500

 

I thought that if we got this championship title I would be going wild, but in fact I was just so relieved when I got the checkered flag, and to tell the truth, I am having trouble finding words right now. We won this title because the whole team came together and worked well with no mistakes, so I am just want to express my appreciation to everyone.

 

As Hirakawa-san just said, all I can say is that I am relieved. This is only my second season in GT500 but the team has put their trust in me. So, I worked hard to live up to that trust. All year it was a season of holding back when we needed to hold back and pushing hard when we needed to push. Today it was a race where we needed to conserve, but it went well and was a good race.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 4 GOODSMILE HATSUNE MIKU AMG

 

To tell the truth, I feel more relief than happiness. We came to Motegi as the ranking leader, but in fact we were struggling and had no confidence in our advantage at all. While our team happened to be in the best position, in fact we have been working hard to avoid the worst possible situations. Today as well, things turned bad and we had to work hard with a strategy of hanging on to finish 3rd, but in the end the result was fortunate and we got the championship.

 

I am very happy. Today, it turned out that our job was to run away from pole position and hold on, and because I was able to communicate well with the GT500 class drivers, I was in a very comfortable position to drive and get to the finish as hoped. We won in the opening round and then, by struggling through the development work, we were able to win the championship.

 

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