Honda's Oyu_Toshiki0804 explains why he took the gamble of moving to the revived tgm_grandprix SFormula team for 2023 - plus our verdict on whether he made the right choice:
Setting out his targets for the season, Oyu said he wants to win a race and fight for the top positions in the championship, even if he concedes a full title tilt may still be premature.
“This year I’m in the position where I have to lead the team, but in some ways I think it makes things easier, and the technical knowledge of the staff at Servus is high, so I think we can do well.”In December, it looked as if snubbing Dandelion could be a decision that Oyu could live to regret. But by the middle of January, he appeared on track to raise the money needed to land a drive at what used to be known as Team Goh.
It’s fair to say that leaving Nakajima was the right move. The team is said to have become something of a personal fiefdom of three-time champion Naoki Yamamoto, hardly the ideal environment for a talented but somewhat unconventional youngster like Oyu to flourish.But was he correct to turn down what we have to assume was the berth in the #6 Dandelion car alongside Tadasuke Makino? That’s a trickier one to answer.
But the team appeared to struggle more than most in getting on top of the new Yokohama rear tyre last year. Lead driver Tadasuke Makino was missing the final percent of speed to really contend for wins, despite his consistency.
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