2017 SUPER GT ThreadTouring Cars

[twitcher]

Honda also does MotoGP and WTCC. They do quite well in both. The part of the Super GT cars that failed was done by Mugen. They haven't had issues with it until now. So it's weird that they are having issues.

Does the Honda MotoGP program come out of the same offices/assembly lines as their car programs though? They're both Hondas, but only by name. I don't think there is any sharing of resources between the programs (like Yamaha motorcycle and keyboards).

And with the Honda WTCC program, again, isn't most of that run out of Italy?

 

[trustjab]

I don't know about that. I know the engine in the wtcc car is from Tochigi.

 

[blinky77]

For the first time in five years, a Super GT driver has received a one-race ban for repeated infractions of the Driving Moral Hazard System - Hisashi Wada (WADA-Q) will be forced to sit out the Fuji 500km:

https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/wada-earns-one-race-ban-for-fuji-500km/

 

[Suzumiya]

Daisuke Ito back in the au car for Fuji, due to Nakajima having commitments with Toyota at Spa. Oddly enough Rossiter is going to attempt both... maybe he already knows the fate of the ByKolles

 

[blinky77]

Entry List
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/entry-list-2017-fuji-gt-500km-race/

Schedule
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/2017-fuji-gt-500km-race-weekend-schedule/

BoP adjustments
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/round-2-fuji-gt-500km-race-bop-tables/

and Driver Rankings from Okayama:
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/2017-driver-rankings-okayama-gt-300km-race/

 

[Suzumiya]

Heads up: the race is Thursday 1:00 AM for the East Coasters and Wednesday 10 PM for us West Coasters

 

[blinky77]

Yuji Tachikawa scored his 22nd career pole position at the track in which he's won seven times in his career:
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/fuji-meister-tachikawa-powers-to-22nd-career-pole/

Nobuteru Taniguchi put Goodsmile Racing on pole for the first time since 2011:
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/...kes-gt300-pole-position-for-goodsmile-racing/

NOB's on-board lap for his sixth career GT300 pole:

 

[trustjab]

Lexus still strong, but not as dominant. GT300 is really close! Hope it stays that way in the race.

 

[blinky77]

Fuji 500km on NISMO TV

 

[CodeRedR51]

I really shouldn't stay up and watch this. Any idea how long it will take time wise? If I can get to bed by midnight (2 hours) it might be OK.

 

[LumpiestFish]

Are we ever going to see the Super GT and DTM race that had been rumoured about?

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Was it a good race worth watching?

 

[GTRacer22]

Are we ever going to see the Super GT and DTM race that had been rumoured about?

Probably not.

 

[legatoblues]

Was it a good race worth watching?

It's Super GT so it's always worth watching.....but it wasn't as intense or exciting as Super GT sometimes can be, but that's racing.

 

[blinky77]

Round 3 @ Autopolis!

 

[Silent Drifter]

I'm glad I stayed up for this race.

 

[blinky77]

Seriously awesome race from start to finish - go check it out for yourself!

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=19428924&sf80605693=1

Jann Mardenborough, who finished 7th, is also the focus of the ESPN SportsCenter Featured Story today (Video does contain footage of the fatal crash at the 2015 VLN1 at the Nürburgring, be advised)

 

[blinky77]

It's been a while, hasn't it! Super GT returns on Sunday, with the #8 ARTA NSX on pole leading an all-Honda front row.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/07/22/honda-nsx-gts-1-2-3-in-sugo-qualifying.html
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/arta-take-gt500-pole-at-sugo-leading-honda-1-2-3/
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/...uchiya-score-2nd-straight-gt300-pole-at-sugo/

 

[05XR8]

Watching right now.

 

[05XR8]

Good racing.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Just got in to the race, was busy watching trailer reaction videos. Nice to hear Rob Barff as a commentator. Cool guy. He was one of the mentors when I was in the GT Academy USA finals in 2011.

 

[05XR8]

What a finish!

 

[Tired Tyres]

Sugo is a great track.

 

[flip55]

Provisional 2018 Super GT calendar. Same same, but different.

https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/super-gt-announces-2018-schedule/

Biggest highlights: Return of the Suzuka 300km after the SRO nabbed the 10 hour, and everything from Round 3 to Round 7 getting major date changes compared to this year. Thailand is still on the calendar.
So the things Sam Collins mentioned in the commentary at Sugo about potential dates added haven't happen. (I forget if he said those were being looked into for schedules beyond 2018, though...)

 

[GTFan24]

THANK GOD Suzuka is staying!

 

[GTRacer22]

THANK GOD Suzuka is staying!

Well we knew it wasn't leaving. They were just making it 300km instead of 1000km.

 

[blinky77]

Fuji 300km is this weekend, and Lexus are out to match the all-time GT500 winning streak of six races total dating back to the end of 2016.

Here's a look back at the record, set by Honda in 1998-99.
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/revisiting-hondas-history-making-winning-streak/

 

[blinky77]

TICKETS BUY THE WHOLE SEAT, BUT YOU'LL ONLY NEED THE EDGEEEE


ARTA had a good day in qualifying:
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/arta-takes-double-pole-position-at-fuji-300km/
https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/arta-leads-all-bmw-front-row-at-fuji-300km/

 

[Tired Tyres]

Stream is live now.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Rob Barff on commentary again. Just said hello in the chat and got a shout out.