By Johan Laubscher
The Super Taikyu was at Okayama this weekend. It was
round five of the season and it was a three hour event.
The Nova
Engineering Audi R8 LMS ultra made its third consecutive appearance in the
series. Seiji Ara and Shohei Yuzawa were
behind the wheel of the #8 Audi R8 LMS ultra at round five.
They qualified seventh overall for the three hour endurance event. By the end of the first
hour they had dropped outside of the top ten, but they had recovered to sixth place
overall by the end of the second hour. Ultimately they finished in seventh place
overall.
The race was won by
the #28
Round six of the
Super Taikyu will be taking place at Suzuka in September. It will consist of
three heats, each forty minutes in length.
Photo credit: Super Taikyu
