Autobacs Super GT 2022 Series Round 3

Summer comes early in Japan with the third round of the Autobacs Super GT 2022 Series held in the prestigious Suzuka Circuit.

Screengrab from Super GT

The #12 suffered mechanical failures that triggered a yellow flag, the #88 car suffered a tire puncture in a middle of a race, and a crash for the #244, this is what the action in Suzuka summed up.

After all of the action in Suzuka, the #3 CRAFSTPORTS MOTUL Z won the race, a first for the new Fairlady Z RZ34 GT500 race car, while the #17 Astemo NSX-GT finished 2nd, and the #37 KeePer TOM's GR Supra finished 3rd. In the GT300 class, meanwhile, the #7 Studie BMW M4 won the race while the #5 MACHSYAKEN AIR BUSTER MC86 MACH GO finished 2nd, and the #56 REALIZE NISSAN MECHANIC CHALLENGE GT-R finished 3rd.

After Suzuka, the #3 NDDP RACING and the #14 TGR TEAM ENEOS ROOKIE are tied in 1st with 32.5 seconds while the #100 TEAM KUNIMITSU's 5 points behind them. In the GT300 class, meanwhile, the #56 KONDO RACING leads with 40.5.

The next race will be at Fuji Speedway this August 7th.