Reigning SFormula champion Tomoki_Nojiri bags the first pole of the SF23 era at Fuji, as rookie LiamLawson30 qualifies a strong third:
Nojiri was the man to beat virtually throughout the 45-minute qualifying session on Saturday, The Team Mugen driver finally set the benchmark time of 1m22.062s around the halfway mark that would go unbeaten for the remainder of the session.Ritomo Miyata proved to be Nojiri’s nearest challenger, bagging a spot on the front row for TOM’S, a scant 0.046 seconds slower than the poleman.
Toshiki Oyu was fourth for the rebranded TGM Grand Prix squad, just ahead of the driver that has taken his place at Nakajima Racing, Ren Sato. Kenta Yamashita qualified 11th in what was his first running in the SF23, having been forced to skip the Suzuka pre-season test due to injury.
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