Miyata secured the championship with a third-place finish in the final race at Suzuka, while Ota claimed his first victory. Lawson, who scored more wins than Miyata, fell short in the title race. Miyata's consistency throughout the season proved to be the deciding factor.
Third place in the final race of the season at Suzuka on Sunday, behind first-time winner Kakunoshin Ota and Lawson, was enough for Miyata to seal the championship. Team Mugen’s Lawson improved his odds of snatching the title away from Miyata by scoring his first pole of the season and the three bonus points that come with it, but he was never able to wrest back the lead from Ota after dropping to second at the start.
” Lawson added that the events of Saturday, where a red flag ruined his qualifying chances and left him seventh on the grid, combined with the race ending early due to a huge crash at 130R, was detrimental to his hopes of overhauling Miyata. “I have no regrets, but you always look at things you could have done better, and the outcome of yesterday really hurt our chances,” he said. “The speed we had in qualifying and the race today, we also had yesterday, but we didn’t get the chance to show it.
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