Why one of SFormula's most consistent performers of recent years is feeling 'nervous' ahead of the start of the new SF23 era next week:
While he set the fifth-fastest time of both the opening day of the test and overall, the Toyota World Endurance Championship star gave a downbeat assessment of how Impul is faring so far.
"For me, last year I was always rear-limited, fighting the rear. We never had understeer. That’s why I am struggling with this year’s car. I didn’t spin [at Suzuka] but I had three or four moments. It’s very hard to drive. "Fuji should have less tyre degradation [than Suzuka], so we may struggle less there," he said."But if it’s hotter, it could be more difficult.
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