Oyu Leads Toyota 1-2-3 in Okayama Qualifying
Photo: SUPER GT Toshiki Oyu grabbed pole position for this weekend’s SUPER GT opener at Okayama for the Cerumo team, leading an all-Toyota top three. The No. 39 Toyota GR Supra was third-fastest in Q1 in the hands of GT500 debutant Rikuto Kobayashi, before Oyu paced Q2 with a best time of 1:17.352. That was enough to beat Sho Tsuboi in the No. 36 TOM’S Toyota, which had topped Q1 in the hands of Kenta Yamashita, by a scant 0.065 seconds, while Nirei Fukuzumi put the No. 14 Rookie Racing car third-fastest less than a tenth further behind. Honda’s new HRC Prelude-GT will start fourth on the grid as Koudai Tsukakoshi led the brand’s charge in fourth, 0.512 seconds off the pace. Sacha Fenestraz was quickest in free practice aboard the SARD Toyota, but come Q2 he could only set the fifth-fastest time ahead of Ren Sato’s No. 16 ARTA Prelude. All three Nissan Z NISMOs made it through to Q2, but the quickest of the three, the Team Impul car, was only seventh in the hands of Kazuki Hira...