Held Circuit Okayama International Circuit
Date 2018 11/3 11/4
Vehicle GINETTA G55 GT4 (UK)
Class ST-Z Number 550
Entrant monocolle
Maintenance MOLA
driver
A RYO B Hironobu Yasuda C Hideki Hirota
Qualifying class 1st (10th overall)
1st in the final class
Thursday practice run
From the shakedown we did in June, we did not do any test driving from the test, but thanks to MOLA's perfect advance maintenance, Hironobu Yasuda who first steered the steering was on the order of 6:1 seconds in a few laps We measured the time approaching the 36-second range assumed as the target, connected to the A-driver RYO and continued running smoothly, ending the practice run.
Friday practice run
I spent a full day repairing the crash that occurred in Session 1 and was unable to run.
Saturday qualifying class 1st overall 10th overall
MOLA様の懸命の修復により予選を出走する事が出来ましたが、金曜日に行う予定だった細かなセッティングが試せない状況と練習走行を満足に行えない中でも RYO選手が木曜日のタイムを大きく上回る1:38:853と好タイムをマーク、続く安田選手も狙っていた34秒台には入らなかったのですが、1:35:153をマークして GT3車両とポルシェの1クラスに続く総合10位を獲得。TCR車両を引き離せた事は車両のポテンシャルを大きく感じさせる結果を得る事が出来ました。
Sunday Final Class 1st
From the start, Yasuda was running smoothly with stable running, but on the way right before the home straight, a lump of tire smash hits the kill switch outside the vehicle with a probability of hundreds of millions and the vehicle power drops. A trouble occurred, losing more than 1 LAPs without noticing the cause at first, resulting in a large drop in overall ranking.
Hirota connected the second stint with a stable run, and finally RYO successfully received the checker.
Thank you very much for your cooperation in this race.
If I didn't support it, I wouldn't have been able to get to the start line, rather than receiving the checkers. MOLA for the maintenance provided a great deal of cooperation. I was impressed by the professional race team management.
And I'm really grateful that Yasuda, who accepted the driver this time, pulled the team and did the right setup. I was really happy that the SPK CUSPA team helped me not only with the goods but also with the pit work.
Ginetta G55 GT4 We recognized that the vehicle potential was higher than expected.
According to the comments from the driver, it was appreciated that riding a super cornering machine is a fun car. Even during long races, we were able to confirm that there was little tire sagging, stable braking stability, and a balance filled with gasoline in a 3-hour endurance race. I would like to make a more detailed set to increase competitiveness. The 2019 season is undecided, but in this way againmonocolleI hope we can try again.
Thank you very much.
Entrant monocolle Naosumi Osaka, Representative Director, NEOS Limited Company
