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Williams F1 junior O’Sullivan lands 2025 Super Formula seat with Kondo

Williams Formula 1 junior driver Zak O’Sullivan has been announced at Kondo Racing as part of a 13-strong Toyota roster for the 2025 Super Formula season.

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Makino tops Suzuka Super Formula test as Bearman stars

Tadasuke Makino was fastest across three days of post-season Super Formula testing at Suzuka, as Haas Formula 1 signing Oliver Bearman went third-fastest on the final day.

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Super GT eyes reduction in corner speeds after Sugo crash

Team Kunimitsu Honda man Yamamoto was left with serious neck and spinal cord injuries following the contact with the Kondo Racing Nissan GT300 car of Teppei Natori that pitched him hard into the barriers during last month’s sixth round of the season.

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SUPER GT eyes reduction in corner speeds after Sugo crash

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Natori apologises for triggering Yamamoto's huge Sugo crash

Kondo Racing Nissan GT300 driver Natori made contact with Yamamoto's Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT while trying to enter the pits exiting the final corner on lap 37 of 84, sending Yamamoto into the barriers at high speed.

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What we learned about SUPER GT's 2024 cars in Motegi test

After two days of running at Okayama in late July, the 2024 GT500 machines of Nissan, Honda and Toyota again shared the track last week at Motegi, as the final 2023 tyre test involving all four manufacturers also took place.

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Suzuka SUPER GT: Fukuzumi puts Honda on pole, Toyotas struggle

On what will be the last visit for the NSX to Honda’s home track before it is replaced by the new Civic Type R-GT next year, Fukuzumi posted a 1m46.385s at the end of the Q2 pole shootout to grab the top spot in the #16 ARTA car he shares…

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Fuji SUPER GT: Kondo Nissan beats the Hondas to pole

The #24 Kondo Nissan Z of Sasaki and Kohei Hirate entered qualifying firmly among the favourites for pole, carrying only 6kg of success ballast and having taken the top spot last time out at Suzuka, only to be stripped of pole due to a fuel tank infraction.

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How Bandoh, Yokohama ended seven-year SUPER GT win drought

Bandoh pair Yuji Kunimoto and Sena Sakaguchi finished second on the road when Sunday's race was abandoned after a horrifying crash involving Nissan driver Tsugio Matsuda on lap 59 of 77, but were promoted to what many felt was a rightful win after a penalty for the NDDP Racing Nissan.

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Suzuka SUPER GT: NDDP Nissan declared winner after race-ending crash

The #3 Nissan Z of Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi was ahead on the road at the time of Matsuda's huge crash on lap 59 of 77 by virtue of not yet having completed its second refuelling stop.

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Super Formula boss wants fewer Honda, Toyota juniors in future

The new chairman of championship promoter JRP, whose eponymous Kondo Racing team is active in both Super Formula and SUPER GT, has previously expressed his desire to broaden the category's international appeal.

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SUPER GT Fuji: TOM'S pair deliver Toyota's first win of 2023

The occupants of the #36 Toyota GR Supra came through from sixth on the grid to beat the pole-sitting Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT of Naoki Yamamoto and Tadasuke Makino by 28 seconds in the 450km race, which ran completely caution-free.

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Fuji SUPER GT: TOM'S pair deliver Toyota's first win of 2023

The occupants of the #36 au-liveried Toyota GR Supra came through from sixth on the grid to beat the pole-sitting Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT of Naoki Yamamoto and Tadasuke Makino by 28 seconds in the 100-lap, 450km race, which ran completely caution-free.

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Fuji SUPER GT: Honda takes pole on Toyota's home turf

Free of any success ballast following a disastrous result in the season opener, Makino lapped the Toyota-owned circuit in 1m26.420s in the #100 Honda NSX-GT Type S to take Team Kunimitsu team’s first pole position since last year’s finale at Motegi.

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Nissan clarifies status of its relationship with axed Fujinami

Fujinami was part of the Kondo Racing squad that won the title in SUPER GT’s lower class in both 2020 and 2022 alongside Joao Paulo de Oliveira.

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De Oliveira expecting GT300 “shake-up” with new pitstop rules

Kondo Racing driver de Oliveira has been at the forefront of the GT300 class since he joined the team in 2020, winning that year’s title alongside Kiyoto Fujinami, finishing runner-up the following season and then prevailing in a nail-biting climax to the 2022 campaign.

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Fujinami handed SUPER GT lifeline with Nissan reserve role

Fujinami's future was plunged into doubt in late January when his name was absent from Nissan's announcement of its GT500 driver line-up for the coming season, which came just days after the two-time GT300 champion was seen testing for Kondo Racing at Suzuka.

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Nissan outcast Fujinami breaks silence after losing Super GT drive

Kiyoto Fujinami has publicly apologised for the violent incident that appears to have cost him his place on the Nissan Super GT roster for the 2023 season.

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Fujinami breaks silence after losing Nissan SUPER GT drive

Kiyoto Fujinami has publicly apologised for the violent incident that appears to have cost him his place on the Nissan SUPER GT roster for the 2023 season.

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Natori replaces Fujinami at Kondo Nissan for 2023 SUPER GT season

Teppei Natori has been named by Nissan as Joao Paulo de Oliveira’s new teammate in Kondo Racing’s GT300 entry for the 2023 SUPER GT season.

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Nissan announces 2023 GT500 drivers, Hirate keeps seat

Nissan has announced its GT500 driver roster for the 2023 SUPER GT season, with no changes compared to last year.

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Five drivers who need a big year in Super Formula

With the start of the 2023 Super Formula season looming on the horizon, Jamie Klein picks out five drivers he thinks will be under particular pressure to ensure the year turns about to be a good one.

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Yamashita revels in trying Fenestraz's old car at Suzuka

Kenta Yamashita says he found Sacha Fenestraz's old Super Formula car 'fast and easy to drive' after Kondo Racing swapped its two chassis for this week's post-season test at Suzuka.

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Pourchaire's Super Formula test plans called off

Plans for Formula 2 runner-up Theo Pourchaire to contest the Super Formula post-season rookie test for the Kondo Racing team appear to have fallen through.

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Pourchaire in line for Super Formula test with Kondo Racing

FIA Formula 2 frontrunner Theo Pourchaire is in the frame for a Super Formula test outing next month as a potential replacement for Sacha Fenestraz at Kondo Racing.

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