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Tainen · 05-08-2012, 11:19 AM

9th overall, and it looks good doing it... once they shake out a few of the setup issues, it looks like this car is going places.

After the unsuccessful Super GT race in Okayama Round 2 of SUPER GT -FUJI GT 500km RACE took place on Friday 4 May at Fuji Speedway. R&D SPORT's SUBARU BRZ GT300 driven by Tetsuya Yamano and Kouta Sasaki started from 12th on the grid after the qualifying and finished 9th in the final race. After the rain of previous days, Fuji Speedway was overcast on the final morning. The free practice session began at 8:30am on a track that was not still completely dry, and so, the R&D SPORT team could not check the SUBARU BRZ's settings with slick tyres on a dry surface before the final race.

Tetsuya Yamano in pits:

The race was about to get underway in front of 57,000 spectators when it suddenly began to rain just before the 2:00 pm start, and the organisers made a hurried decision to change to a SC start, and so a Safety Car (SC) led the start of the race. With almost all cars coming back to their pit to switch to wet tyres during the 2 SC laps, Kouta Sasaki behind the wheel of the SUBARU BRZ also got over the unstable conditions at the beginning of the race on wet tyres. When track surfaces had dried up, he came back to the pit to fit slick tyres to his SUBARU BRZ. Sasaki then drove at a more fuel-efficient pace in the first half of the race because the team had made a 2-pit-stop strategy for this long race.

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Sasaki then handed the car over to Yamano for the middle stage of the race. Yamano gradually picked up his speed as he got used to the dry conditions and moved up to 9th after the halfway point of the race before it started raining again. This forced him to come back to the pit to change tyres and at the same time, Sasaki took over the car. He finished the race without any problems in 9th to come home with the first points for the SUBARU BRZ.

Yamano later said, “We still have many issues to solve with settings, but I am relieved to finish the race this time. Lots of SUBARU fans filled up the SUBARU fan seats, and I was encouraged so much by their cheers. I would like to thank them for their support. We'll prepare to do battle in the heat in the next race in Sepang and we hope fans will enjoy our racing out there”.

Hideharu Tatsumi, Deputy General Manager of STI Motorsport Project Office

Videos:

R&D SPORT / STI Subaru BRZ team video by Subaru Global:

BRZ video from JDM clips

some general footage

dookie11 · 05-08-2012, 01:47 PM

Gosh, I love the Honda car. Too bad they don't make 'em

ESBjiujitsu · 05-08-2012, 01:48 PM

the GT300 is just pure beauty!

DarkSunrise · 05-08-2012, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ESBjiujitsu

the GT300 is just pure beauty!

Agree, good looking car!

daiheadjai · 05-08-2012, 03:29 PM

I still think the MR-2/MR-S GT300 car was the best... though the last gen Celica GT300 car (which didn't seem to make many appearances) did look pretty good too...
But the NSXs also looked quite good (though the F1-style fin up top took away from the clean look)

ichitaka05 · 05-08-2012, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daiheadjai

I still think the MR-2/MR-S GT300 car was the best... though the last gen Celica GT300 car (which didn't seem to make many appearances) did look pretty good too...
But the NSXs also looked quite good (though the F1-style fin up top took away from the clean look)

Cuz it wasn't a Celica. I just had a shell of Celica, but everything else were supra lol

daiheadjai · 05-08-2012, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Cuz it wasn't a Celica. I just had a shell of Celica, but everything else were supra lol

Oops - I meant from looks alone.
They all use the 3S-GTE anyways, so it's really just cosmetics...

Lighting Red · 05-08-2012, 09:01 PM

BEEEEARRRRRRRZZETOOO!

05-08-2012, 11:19 AM	#1
Tainen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: First SWP BRZ-L Location: Washington Posts: 653 Thanks: 119 Thanked 281 Times in 126 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	GT300 first finish - 9th place 9th overall, and it looks good doing it... once they shake out a few of the setup issues, it looks like this car is going places. After the unsuccessful Super GT race in Okayama Round 2 of SUPER GT -FUJI GT 500km RACE took place on Friday 4 May at Fuji Speedway. R&D SPORT's SUBARU BRZ GT300 driven by Tetsuya Yamano and Kouta Sasaki started from 12th on the grid after the qualifying and finished 9th in the final race. After the rain of previous days, Fuji Speedway was overcast on the final morning. The free practice session began at 8:30am on a track that was not still completely dry, and so, the R&D SPORT team could not check the SUBARU BRZ's settings with slick tyres on a dry surface before the final race. Tetsuya Yamano in pits: The race was about to get underway in front of 57,000 spectators when it suddenly began to rain just before the 2:00 pm start, and the organisers made a hurried decision to change to a SC start, and so a Safety Car (SC) led the start of the race. With almost all cars coming back to their pit to switch to wet tyres during the 2 SC laps, Kouta Sasaki behind the wheel of the SUBARU BRZ also got over the unstable conditions at the beginning of the race on wet tyres. When track surfaces had dried up, he came back to the pit to fit slick tyres to his SUBARU BRZ. Sasaki then drove at a more fuel-efficient pace in the first half of the race because the team had made a 2-pit-stop strategy for this long race. ° Sasaki then handed the car over to Yamano for the middle stage of the race. Yamano gradually picked up his speed as he got used to the dry conditions and moved up to 9th after the halfway point of the race before it started raining again. This forced him to come back to the pit to change tyres and at the same time, Sasaki took over the car. He finished the race without any problems in 9th to come home with the first points for the SUBARU BRZ. Yamano later said, “We still have many issues to solve with settings, but I am relieved to finish the race this time. Lots of SUBARU fans filled up the SUBARU fan seats, and I was encouraged so much by their cheers. I would like to thank them for their support. We'll prepare to do battle in the heat in the next race in Sepang and we hope fans will enjoy our racing out there”. Hideharu Tatsumi, Deputy General Manager of STI Motorsport Project Office Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAgSFvSMCU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAgSFvSMCU R&D SPORT / STI Subaru BRZ team video by Subaru Global: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9p_85IeZM0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9p_85IeZM0 BRZ video from JDM clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t60Rxr5sF14" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t60Rxr5sF14 some general footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO_V0B1wuvc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO_V0B1wuvc __________________ First white BRZ in the country Limited SWP BRZ, 35% tint, clear bra, Nameless Performance downpipe, axelback, headers

05-08-2012, 01:47 PM	#2
dookie11 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Drives: Girls crazy with his booty Location: SoCal Posts: 1,123 Thanks: 373 Thanked 62 Times in 40 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Gosh, I love the Honda car. Too bad they don't make 'em __________________

05-08-2012, 09:01 PM	#8
Lighting Red Habitual Line Crosser. Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: ^ Two of my favorite things. Location: Woodbridge, VA Posts: 331 Thanks: 115 Thanked 156 Times in 52 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	BEEEEARRRRRRRZZETOOO! __________________ But, but, but... It's only 200 hp?!

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daiheadjai Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 02 Celica GT Location: Canada Posts: 118 Thanks: 26 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I still think the MR-2/MR-S GT300 car was the best... though the last gen Celica GT300 car (which didn't seem to make many appearances) did look pretty good too... But the NSXs also looked quite good (though the F1-style fin up top took away from the clean look)

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