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Acosta taking positives after “stupid mistake” costs Motegi sprint win

Pedro Acosta has admitted that crashing out of the Motegi MotoGP sprint race whilst leading was a “stupid mistake” but the Tech3 GasGas star intends to take the positives out of the experience.

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Nissan suggests NDDP moniker no longer suited to #3 drivers

Chiyo and Takaboshi were paired up at NDDP (short for the Nissan Driver Development Programme from which they both graduated) for the 2022 season, which coincided with NISMO taking over the running of the #3 car from B-Max Racing.

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Nissan’s Takaboshi regrets not pitting after losing Motegi win

Takaboshi and his team-mate Katsumasa Chiyo commanded the majority of the 63-lap race, with Chiyo leading the opening stint from pole and Takaboshi stretching a 12-second lead over the field after taking over the #3 NDDP Racing Z on lap 25.

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SUPER GT preview show: Who will win the final showdown?

Toyota heads into the finale with the advantage, as TOM'S pair Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata take a seven-point lead to Motegi over NDDP Nissan rivals Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi.

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Bagnaia can take “deep breath” after solving Ducati MotoGP braking issues

The reigning champion was an encouraging second-fastest on the opening day of the Motegi weekend, only 0.029 seconds shy of pacesetter Brad Binder on the KTM.

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Crutchlow “not massively happy with development process” at Yamaha in MotoGP

The three-time MotoGP race winner has been Yamaha’s lead test rider since retiring from full-time competition at the end of the 2020 season.

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Toyota facing dilemma over WEC junior Miyata’s 2024 plans

When Miyata was unveiled earlier this year as Toyota’s latest Japanese protege in the World Endurance Championship, he initially was optimistic that his new role wouldn’t prevent him from continuing to race in SUPER GT with the TOM’S squad.

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Lawson "grateful" to qualify P3 after Motegi Q2 worries

Red Bull junior Lawson was outpaced only by Mugen team-mate Tomoki Nojiri and Dandelion's Kakunoshin Ota in Saturday's Q2 shootout, ending up within 0.282s of Nojiri's pole time.

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Honda feels SUPER GT title battle was lost at Sugo

Honda has pinpointed September's rain-affected SUPER GT race at Sugo as the decisive moment in this year's title battle after losing out to Nissan.

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SUPER GT title contenders gather for vital Motegi test

Three of the six cars competing for this year's SUPER GT title have gathered at Motegi for a two-day tyre test, something Bertrand Baguette believes will be 'really important' for next month's finale at the same track.

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Super GT Autopolis: Honda boosts title hopes with 1-2 finish

Honda's boosts its Super GT title hopes with a 1-2 in the penultimate round at Autopolis, as Real Racing duo Koudai Tsukakoshi and Nobuharu Matsushita took a first win of 2022.

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Autopolis SUPER GT: Honda boosts title hopes with 1-2 finish

Honda's hopes of taking the SUPER GT title were given a timely boost with a 1-2 finish in the penultimate round of the season at Autopolis, as Real Racing duo Koudai Tsukakoshi and Nobuharu Matsushita took a first win of 2022.

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Nojiri knows title approach “may not be interesting to watch”

Tomoki Nojiri has conceded that his approach to winning the Super Formula title “may not be that interesting to watch” as he closed in on a second crown at Motegi last weekend.

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Super Formula Motegi: Sekiguchi beats Hirakawa in thrilling duel

Yuhi Sekiguchi claimed his first Super Formula race victory since 2019 after beating his Impul team-mate Ryo Hirakawa in a thrilling battle.

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Hirakawa reveals leaking visor caused Motegi spins

Ryo Hirakawa has revealed that water getting inside his visor caused him to spin off during Saturday's Super Formula race at Motegi.

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