With the SuperGT title on the line, the two points-leading Nissans will start next to each other on the grid for Sunday's Motegi season finale. Impul's BerBaguette is expecting a tough battle against the Michelin-shod NDDP car:
"In practice even if we did the best time, we had a lot of issues with the set-up, but we did some changes and the feeling on new tyres was really good," Baguette told Motorsport.com.
did similar pace, starting in the low 1m38s and finishing in the high 1m38s. Let’s see if the temperature changes that, but they will be there, no doubt."Baguette admitted to some concerns that the Michelin tyre could have stronger warm-up come the start of the race than the Bridgestones, as evidenced by the fact that Takaboshi left it relatively late to exit the pits in Q2.
"We will have to keep them behind not just for the first lap, but for the whole race. They will be on our exhaust for the whole race."While the two title-contending Nissans will share the second row on the grid on Sunday, the third-placed car in the standings, the #17 Real Racing Honda of Koudai Tsukakoshi and Nobuharu Matsushita, will start down in P10.
"We are still analysing, but we couldn’t find a match between the balance and the tyres," he told Motorsport.com."The tyres seem to be the issue. The temperature is going down quite a lot during Q1. We think that’s the main problem.
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