By Johan Laubscher
Official Japanese Super GT test days were
held at Suzuka on Thursday and Friday this week. Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama was
present with one Audi R8 LMS ultra and performed very well amongst the GT300 competitors.
Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama’s one all-black
carbon-fiber #21 Audi R8 LMS ultra was driven by Richard Lyons and Tomonobu Fujii.
Two test sessions were held on Thursday and
Friday. Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama topped the first session during the morning,
setting the fastest time within the GT300 class, a lap time of 2:09.842. The team did not take part in the second session during Thursday afternoon.
Friday saw the final day of testing at
Suzuka. Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama again set the fastest time within GT300 during the morning session, setting a lap
time of 2:00.558.
The final session on Friday saw the Audi R8 LMS ultra as the fourth fastest GT300 runner with a lap time of 2'00"853, versus the fastest time of 1:59.870, set by the #55 ARTA Mugen CR-Z GT.
The Japanese Super GT season will be getting underway atOkayama
The Japanese Super GT season will be getting underway at
Photo credit: Hitotsuyama Racing
