Now we're halfway through the 2022 SFormula season, it's time to take stock of the year so far with the help of 2010 Formula Nippon champ and commentator JPdeOliveira:
Others such as Ritomo Miyata and Tadasuke Makino have shown the speed necessary to fight at the sharp end of the field, while some - including past race winners like Yuhi Sekiguchi, Nirei Fukuzumi and Giuliano Alesi - have struggled for form.
Sekiguchi meanwhile has been one of the disappointments of the season, failing to build on a positive 2021 campaign. His qualifying record has been pitiful, with an average grid slot of 15 . That didn’t hurt him too much at Fuji, but since then it’s been three zeros in a row, a sorry state of affairs for the six-time race winner.Hirakawa has really stood out this year. It seems he can recover in the races from qualifying badly.
Yamashita has been one of the season’s best qualifiers, with the fourth-best average on the grid, but turning that speed into results has proven trickier. Fourth at Fuji and two bonus points for qualifying second at Suzuka represent his only points, but with he and Fenestraz pushing each other, it’s surely only a matter of time before the driver they call ‘Yamaken’ in Japan gets his time in the sun as well, even if a title push now looks impossible.
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