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Victory by Nissan Z
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Malaysia, June 24, 2007: The major event of Malaysia i.e. the super GT series held at Sepang International circuit. There were 34,150 spectators who witnessed this great race. It was a 54-lap battle that started around 4:00 pm.
Woodone Advan Clarion Z # 24 of Kondo racing won the race inspite of the fact that it was 14th on the grid. The other strong contestant was Calsonic Impul Z # 12 who started 4th and ended up on the third step of the podium.
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Race Results] 54Laps |
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Pos |
No |
Machine |
Driver |
Time / Gap |
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1 |
24 |
WOODONE ADVAN Clarion Z |
Joao Paulo De Oliveira / Seiji Ara |
1:49.13.210 |
|
2 |
100 |
RAYBRIG NSX |
Dominik Schwager / Shinya Hosokawa |
+11.251 |
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3 |
12 |
CALSONIC IMPUL Z |
Benoit Treluyer / Kazuki Hoshino |
+18.433 |
|
4 |
38 |
ZENT CERUMO SC430 |
Yuji Tachikawa / Toranosuke Takagi |
+27.381 |
|
5 |
25 |
ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 |
Takeshi Tsuchiya / Manabu Orido |
+27.894 |
|
6 |
8 |
ARTA NSX |
Daisuke Ito / Ralph Firman |
+32.725 |
|
7 |
3 |
Yellow Hat YMS MobaHO! TOMICA Z |
Sebastien Philippe / Masataka Yanagida |
+33.215 |
|
8 |
1 |
Houzan TOM'S SC430 |
Juichi Wakisaka / Andre Lotterer |
+39.967 |
|
9 |
6 |
Forum |
Tatsuya Kataoka / Bjorn Wirdheim |
+45.613 |
|
10 |
22 |
MOTUL AUTECH Z |
Michael Krumm / Tsugio Matsuda |
+1'20.120 |
|
11 |
35 |
BANDAI DUNLOP SC430 |
Naoki Hattori / Ronnie Quintarelli |
+1'38.438 |
|
14 |
23 |
XANAVI NISMO Z |
Satoshi Motoyama / Richard Lyons |
1Lap |
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Pos |
No |
Machine |
Driver |
Points |
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1 |
8 |
ARTA NSX |
Daisuke Ito / Ralph Firman |
37 |
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2 |
100 |
RAYBRIG NSX |
Dominik Schwager / Shinya Hosokawa |
37 |
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3 |
23 |
XANAVI NISMO Z |
Satoshi Motoyama / Richard Lyons |
36 |
|
4 |
38 |
ZENT CERUMO SC430 |
Yuji Tachikawa / Toranosuke Takagi |
34 |
|
5 |
22 |
MOTUL AUTECH Z |
Michael Krumm / Tsugio Matsuda |
33 |
|
6 |
32 |
EPSON NSX |
Loic Duval / Fabio Carbone |
22 |
|
7 |
6 |
Forum |
Tatsuya Kataoka / Bjorn Wirdheim |
22 |
|
8 |
24 |
WOODONE ADVAN Clarion Z |
Joao Paulo De Oliveira / Seiji Ara |
20 |
|
9 |
1 |
Houzan TOM'S SC430 |
Juichi Wakisaka / Andre Lotterer |
19 |
|
10 |
18 |
TAKATA DOME NSX |
Ryo Michigami / Takashi Kogure |
16 |
|
11 |
12 |
CALSONIC IMPUL Z |
Benoit Treluyer / Kazuki Hoshino |
15 |
|
12 |
3 |
YellowHat YMS MobaHO! TOMICA Z |
Sebastien Philippe / Masataka Yanagida |
13 |
|
13 |
25 |
ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 |
Takeshi Tsuchiya / Manabu Orido |
13 |
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The leading #8 NSX lost pace and the pair overtook to inherit 1st and 2nd places. Then on lap 13, Treluyer made his move, going ahead at the first corner to take the lead of the race. When the #12 Z pitted on lap 17, it was two other Z cars that had made the leap to the top of the order. Now the #3 and #24 Z cars occupied the top spots and were fighting for the lead.
The car that suffered the heaviest burden was the XANAVI NISMO Z (#23), with drivers Satoshi Motoyama and Richard Lyons. Carrying 60kg of success ballast, the car started the race 8th. Lyons had to return to the pits early on with unexpectedly damaged tires. The car then struggled further when Motoyama took over. Running a two-stop strategy, Lyons took the car again for the final stint, but was never able to bring it up the order and they finished the race in 14th.
