Red Bull's Liam Lawson scores his third victory in Super Formula to move within one point of the championship lead. Full Fuji race report and results: sformula
Starting second on the grid behind polesitter Tadasuke Makino, Lawson passed the Dandelion driver shortly after the pitstop phase to take the lead before marching to a comfortable 4.4s victory.
Miyata, the championship leader coming into Fuji, held on to fifth behind the second Nakajima Racing car of Ren Sato, while Nojiri dropped a place to eighth. Lawson duly followed the duo into the pits on lap 11, with Makino also getting his mandatory stop out of the way on the following tour. From there on, the only threat Lawson faced came from Yamamoto, who had decided to go long in the first stint and had the potential to put up a late fight if the safety car came into play.
Makino finished second, marking his second consecutive podium finish, while Miyata completed the podium spots after passing Sato on lap 31 - the move allowing him to hold on to the points lead by the smallest of margins. The Impul driver stayed out for six more laps and then showed rapid pace on fresh tyres, easing past both Nojiri, Yamamoto and Kakunoshin Ota before passing Sato at the very final corner on the last lap for fourth.
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