Nissan fastest as 2024 GT500 cars continue testing

A complete of 10 automobiles have been in motion throughout the two-day check, which concludes on Wednesday, with seven present automobiles joined by a single growth automobile every from Nissan, Toyota and Honda.

The 2024 automobiles made their first outing collectively at Okayama in late July, however this time they shared the observe with current-generation automobiles that had been conducting their remaining tyre exams of the season.

Not like final 12 months, when Bridgestone and Michelin held their in-season Motegi check individually from Yokohama and Dunlop, all 4 tyre producers shared the observe on this event.

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Heavy rain on Monday meant the observe was inexperienced for Tuesday’s pair of two-hour classes, but it surely was the NISMO-run NDDP Racing Nissan Z of present factors leaders Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi that set the tempo in each the morning and the afternoon.

The #3 machine’s finest time of 1m38.040s got here within the afternoon, and was virtually 4 tenths up on the Group Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT shared by Naoki Yamamoto and Tadasuke Makino.

TOM’S Toyota duo Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata ensured all three producers had been represented within the prime three in each the morning session and throughout the day.

Of the 2024 check automobiles, the quickest was the #230 Nissan (pictured prime at Okayama) that’s being pushed this week by NISMO pair Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda. Their finest time of 1m38.709s was good for second within the afternoon and fourth on the general timesheets.

Impul drivers Bertrand Baguette and Kazuki Hiramine carried out the preliminary operating at Okayama on Bridgestone tyres, however the automobile is being run on Michelins this week as Nissan continues to guage its 2024 aero bundle.

The Honda Civic Sort R-GT ended up ninth-fastest each within the morning and general, with Yamamoto and Makino sharing driving duties with ARTA man Tomoki Nojiri, three tenths slower than the Nissan within the morning.

Yuji Tachikawa, Hiroaki Ishiura and Kenta Yamashita had been available to drive the Toyota check automobile that ended up tenth and slowest.

Testing continues on Wednesday with a single three-hour session deliberate, however dangerous climate makes it unlikely that Tuesday’s occasions will likely be improved upon.

Numerous GT300 automobiles are additionally current at Motegi for 2 days of operating throughout Wednesday and Thursday.

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