No. 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R
Ronnie Quintarelli
Although it was by the slightest margin over the 2nd-place car (No. 24 Forum Engineering ADVAN GT-R), I am glad that we got pole position. In Q1, Tsugio [Matsuda] had run the fastest time, it was only slightly faster than the cars from 2nd place on down, I knew I had to push hard from start to finish. I had a little time loss in sector 1 (the first third of the track) but I was able to come back strong over the rest of the course. I was disappointed that I wasn't able to get pole position in Round 2 here at Fuji earlier in the season, so I am really happy that I got the pole here today.
No. 25 HOPPY 86 MC
Sho Tsuboi
This was my first pole position and also the first time I have driven in Q2, so that fact alone had me very nervous. What's more, my teammate [Takamitsu] Matsui-san ran extremely well in Q1, so I was feeling tremendous pressure before the start of Q2. I from the morning practice I knew that our car was fast, so I was just determined to do my best. I am very glad that I was able to make the best of the car's potential and win this pole position.
4/13-14 | Round1 OKAYAMA | |
5/03-04 | Round2 FUJI | |
6/01-02 | Round3 SUZUKA | |
8/03-04 | Round4 FUJI | |
8/31-9/01 | Round5 SUZUKA | |
9/21-22 | Round6 SUGO | |
10/19-20 | Round7 AUTOPOLIS | |
11/02-03 | Round8 MOTEGI |