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Barnicoat: Hard to prepare for "extreme" Super Formula debut after late call-up

Team Impul revealed on Tuesday that Barnicoat will step into its #19 car for this weekend’s second round of the season, following last week’s news that Theo Pourchaire will not return to the Japanese series to focus on IndyCar with Arrow McLaren.

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Barnicoat replaces IndyCar-bound Pourchaire at Autopolis Super Formula round

Barnicoat, the reigning IMSA GTD Pro champion, will take over the cockpit of Impul’s #19 Toyota-powered SF19 following last weekend’s news that Pourchaire will join Arrow McLaren in IndyCar.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #47 Tomoki Nojiri

After two years of dominating Super Formula, Nojiri returned to earth in 2023 amid his struggles to come to terms with the new SF23 aero package, with its reduced rear downforce and resultant shift towards oversteer. That showed when he suffered an uncharacteristic pre-season testing crash.

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Why Honda couldn't give the NSX-GT a fairytale send-off

At the end of last season, the upgraded Type S version of the NSX-GT rounded off the season with convincing victories at Autopolis and Motegi. A strong winter, combined with the addition of an extra car on the benchmark Bridgestone tyres, only added to the feeling that 2023 could be Honda's…

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TOM'S #37 car felt "back to normal" at Autopolis - Sasahara

Alongside team-mate Giuliano Alesi, Sasahara headed into the penultimate round of the season 15th and last in the GT500 standings with just nine points to their credit in the opening six races of 2023.

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Honda’s Yamamoto GT500 stand-in faces steep learning curve

Kimura has been recruited to join Tadasuke Makino aboard the Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT at both Autopolis and next month's Motegi season finale in the wake of Yamamoto's major crash last time out at Sugo.

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Autopolis SUPER GT – schedule, how to watch, entry list

A total of 40 cars, 15 in GT500 and 25 in GT300, are entered for the seventh round of the season, slated to begin at 1.30pm local time on Sunday (GMT +9).

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Winless Honda pinning SUPER GT hopes on Sugo, Autopolis

The Sakura marque has failed to register a win in the opening four races of the season for the first time since 2017, with GT500 rivals Nissan and Toyota having split honours evenly between them in the first half of the 2023 campaign.

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Assessing Super Formula's main title contenders at halfway

Yellow flag controversy at Sugo aside, Miyata has been the revelation of the season so far in his third year at TOM’S. Although he has always been regarded as one of the more promising talents in the Toyota junior stable, at the start of the season you would still have…

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Toyota’s Oshima ‘close to tears’ with best finish in four years

Oshima came home fourth in the solo Rookie Racing entry on Sunday, marking his best result in a single-seater since his third-place finish at Autopolis in 2019.

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Lawson: Cassidy advice “huge” part of early Super Formula success

Red Bull junior Lawson goes into this weekend’s fifth round of the season at Sugo leading the championship following his second win last time out at Autopolis with Team Mugen.

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How Miyata missed clear chance to beat Lawson at Autopolis

Around 15 laps into the 41-lap race at the flowing Kyushu track, Lawson’s decision to pit early looked like it wasn’t going to pay dividends. With the majority of drivers opting to extend their first stints amid fears of heavy tyre degradation, the Mugen driver soon caught up to a…

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Lawson not thinking about F1 rumours after latest Super Formula win

Lawson scored his second win in the Japanese single-seater series in four starts in Sunday’s race at Autopolis, vaulting himself into the championship lead.

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Hirakawa wants more "aggressive" Impul approach at Autopolis

Hirakawa has scored two podium finishes from the opening three races of the 2023 season, with third-place finishes in both the opening race at Fuji and the most recent round at Suzuka.

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Friday Favourite: The overlooked Japanese circuit that captured a gaijin's heart

It may lack the mainstream appeal of circuits that have hosted Formula 1 races, but Autopolis has a charm that captivates Franco-Argentinian Sacha Fenestraz. The newly-signed Nissan Formula E racer explains why it is his favourite track in the latest from Autosport's ongoing series

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SUPER GT admits oversight in Autopolis FCY controversy

SUPER GT organisers have admitted to an oversight by failing to penalise two GT500 cars in last month's Autopolis round for passing during the full-course yellow procedure.

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Real Honda at centre of FCY SUPER GT overtake controversy

Honda’s leading SUPER GT title contender made an illegal overtake that should have resulted in a penalty in the previous round at Autopolis, it has emerged.

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The long-standing alliance at the heart of Honda’s title bid

After a 1-2 finish in the most recent round at Autopolis, Honda still has two cars in SUPER GT title contention. But it’s the unheralded Real Racing squad and its understated lead driver Koudai Tsukakoshi who are leading the charge.

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Yamamoto "just wants to win" after Autopolis frustration

Honda's Naoki Yamamoto says he 'just wants to win' next month's SUPER GT season finale after he and Tadasuke Makino barely kept their title hopes alive with a 'frustrating' run to second last weekend at Autopolis.

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Matsushita: Staying relaxed after crash key to Autopolis win

Nobuharu Matsushita says he went into last weekend's Autopolis SUPER GT race 'super-relaxed' despite his crash in practice, as he and Real Racing Honda teammate Koudai Tsukakoshi scored a crucial first win of the season.

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Alesi penalty points result in TOM'S Autopolis grid drop

The #36 TOM'S Toyota crew will serve a four-place grid penalty in this weekend's Autopolis SUPER GT round after Giuliano Alesi surpassed six penalty points.

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BMW's Farfus forced to skip Autopolis SUPER GT round

Factory BMW driver Augusto Farfus will skip the penultimate round of the SUPER GT season at Autopolis as he prioritises his other commitments for the German marque.

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Super Formula and Super GT outlines 2023 calendars

Super Formula has outlined its 2023 calendar but without specifying the number of races the campaign will comprise.

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Super Formula mid-season review ft. Joao Paulo de Oliveira

Now we’re halfway through the 2022 Super Formula season, it’s the perfect time to take stock of the campaign so far, with the help of 2010 series champion and commentator Joao Paulo de Oliveira.

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How Autopolis made Super Formula's dominator look vulnerable

The biggest talking point from last weekend's Autopolis Super Formula race was a strangely subdued performance from points leader Tomoki Nojiri. For the first time in over a year, the Honda driver no longer looks unbeatable, says Jamie Klein.

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