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Lamborghini Sets World Record For Largest Lambo Parade With 251 Cars At Suzuka

The event included the Japanese market debut of the Huracan Sterrato.

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Yamashita set to miss Super Formula pre-season testing

Toyota’s Kenta Yamashita is set to miss next week’s sole Super Formula pre-season test as he continues his recovery from injuries sustained in SUPER GT testing last month.

Motorsport

What’s going on with Nissan and Kiyoto Fujinami?

Nissan may have made no changes to its GT500 driver roster for the 2023 SUPER GT season, but still caused a surprise by making no mention of two-time GT300 champion Kiyoto Fujinami in its recent announcement.

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Yamashita released from hospital after Suzuka test crash

Toyota Super GT racer Kenta Yamashita has been released from hospital following his heavy crash during manufacturer testing at Suzuka on Tuesday.

Autosport

Yamashita released from hospital after heavy Suzuka crash

Toyota SUPER GT star Kenta Yamashita has been released from hospital following his heavy crash during manufacturer testing at Suzuka on Tuesday.

Motorsport

Yamashita taken to hospital after Suzuka Super GT test crash

Toyota Super GT driver Kenta Yamashita has been hospitalised following a major crash on the opening day of manufacturer testing at Suzuka.

Autosport

Yamashita taken to hospital after Suzuka SUPER GT test crash

Toyota SUPER GT driver Kenta Yamashita has been hospitalised following a major crash on the opening day of SUPER GT manufacturer testing at Suzuka.

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The story of Japanese racing's foreign engineering trailblazer

For the last nine years, Ryan Dingle has blazed a trail for foreign engineers wanting to work in Japan's top motorsport categories. As he prepares to move on from Super Formula and SUPER GT, he looks back on working with the likes of Felix Rosenqvist, Kamui Kobayashi and Tomoki Nojiri.

Motorsport

Friday favourite: The mountain-side Japanese venue where atmosphere is king

Suzuka is regarded as the home of Japanese motorsport, and has held the nation's Grand Prix for all but two editions in the late 2000s. But to four-time champion of its Super GT series Ronnie Quintarelli, Fuji is the circuit closest to his heart as the Italian explains in Autosport's…

Autosport

Ten things to look forward to in Japanese racing in 2023

New international drivers, an upgraded car and even a rare switch of manufacturers - there are plenty of reasons to get excited about the SUPER GT and Super Formula seasons ahead. Here are 10 things to look forward to in Japanese racing this year:

Motorsport

Fukuzumi pessimistic for 2023 prospects with Drago Corse

Nirei Fukuzumi has admitted that his Drago Corse team failed to make any significant progress in this month's Super Formula rookie test at Suzuka, leaving him downbeat for the season ahead.

Motorsport

The Red Bull protege aiming to restore a forgotten F1 link

Amid a frustrating season in Formula 2, Liam Lawson was passed up for the vacancy in the AlphaTauri Formula 1 team for 2023. Now the New Zealander is hoping to use Super Formula to convince Red Bull to give him a shot in 2024 and restore the route from Japan…

Autosport

How Lawson plans to build his Red Bull F1 case in Japan

Motorsport

The driver who’s waited three years for his Japan racing dream

It’s been a long wait, but next season HPD scholarship winner Raoul Hyman is finally about to get the chance to race in Japan that eluded him when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.

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Fraga eager to re-establish "real world" career in Japan

Gran Turismo esports star Igor Fraga says he is eager to re-establish his 'real world' racing career in Japan following his Super Formula test appearance for Team Impul at Suzuka last week.

Motorsport

How Nissan blew open SUPER GT’s Class One equilibrium

Since SUPER GT fully adopted Class One regulations in 2020, the GT500 class was remarkably evenly-matched between Toyota and Honda. But that all changed this year with the introduction of the new, all-conquering Nissan Z.

Motorsport

Yamashita revels in trying Fenestraz's old car at Suzuka

Kenta Yamashita says he found Sacha Fenestraz's old Super Formula car 'fast and easy to drive' after Kondo Racing swapped its two chassis for this week's post-season test at Suzuka.

Motorsport

HPD scholar Hyman had to treat Suzuka test like "shakedown"

HDP scholarship winner Raoul Hyman has explained the litany of issues he faced in a maiden Super Formula test that he had to treat as a “shakedown”.

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Bolukbasi weighing up F2 and Super Formula for 2023

Cem Bolukbasi says he is weighing up offers from both Formula 2 and Super Formula for the 2023 season, after his unexpected call-up to this week’s Suzuka test.

Autosport

Lawson: Super Formula car "felt a lot like F1" in test

Red Bull junior Liam Lawson says driving a Super Formula car at Suzuka reminded him of Formula 1 machinery, with the Japanese series a 'big step up' from Formula 2.

Motorsport

Sato fastest as Super Formula rookie test comes to close

Nakajima Racing's Ren Sato concluded Super Formula's post-season rookie test at Suzuka with the fastest time, narrowly eclipsing TOM'S driver Ritomo Miyata.

Motorsport

Lawson: Super Formula car "felt a lot like F1" in test

Red Bull junior Liam Lawson says his first experience of driving a Super Formula car at Suzuka reminded him of Formula 1 machinery, and considers the Japanese series a 'big step up' from Formula 2.

Motorsport

Yamamoto tops first day of Suzuka test, Lawson best rookie

Three-time Super Formula champion Naoki Yamamoto topped the timesheets on the opening day of this week's two-day post-season rookie test at Suzuka.

Motorsport

Why are Honda's Super Formula stars skipping Suzuka test?

Nine Honda-powered cars will be taking part in this week’s post-season Super Formula test at Suzuka, but Tomoki Nojiri, Tadasuke Makino and Toshiki Oyu are all absent. So what’s going on?

Motorsport

The Top 10 SUPER GT/Super Formula drivers of 2022

After another memorable season in Japan's two top motorsport categories, it's time to look back on the top performers across both SUPER GT and Super Formula in 2022.

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