Newly-crowned Super Formula champion Tomoki Nojiri ended the season in dominant style with his second win of the year 🏆 Full race highlights, report and results ⬇️
Sasahara was first to pit when the window opened on lap 10, while Otsu and Tsuboi followed in him next time round.
Tsuboi managed to rebuff Sasahara on colder tyres, but the two came to blows at the chicane at the end of that lap, leaving Sasahara with a damaged front wing that caused him to come back into the pits.at the chicane then brought out the safety car for a second time, allowing the leading group of cars a cheaper pitstop at the head of the field.
Nojiri duly came in on lap 13 and maintained his lead from Otsu, while Miyata followed Nojiri into the pits along with Sacha Fenestraz andFenestraz jumped Tsuboi for fourth in the process, but the order among the top three didn't change, and Nojiri was able to pull away from Otsu over the remaining laps and take the chequered flag by 6.8 seconds to end a winless run stretching back to the opening weekend of the year at Fuji.
Behind third-placed Miyata, Fenestraz held fourth to cement his position as runner-up in the standings, with Hirakawa able to pass the limping Inging machine of Tsuboi for fifth.finished sixth in his 100th Super Formula start, marking his best finish of the year in dry conditions, leading home Nakajima Racing team-mate Toshiki Oyu.
Atsushi Miyake was eighth for Team Goh but missed out on top rookie honours to his team-mate Ren Sato, who endured a disastrous race as he spun under the first safety car period and was awarded a five-second penalty.
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