Victory at Fuji may have looked straightforward for Nissan squad NDDP Racing, but a mid-race recce by chiyokatsumasa was key to the team's fearsome pace late on: SuperGT
But in the post-race press conference, Takaboshi revealed that advice from Chiyo, who drove the first 56 laps of the race before handing off to his team-mate, regarding tyre choice was vital to his speed.
"We made that decision because Chiyo had taken my car, drove all the way down to 'B corner' [Turn 10, at the far side of the track] and checked out the situation for us. He said, 'it's already drying out quite a bit, so maybe this tyre is better'." "At that time, the wind was blowing from 'B corner', and it was hard to see the sky properly from the pits because there are buildings and things in the way. There was nobody else who could go down there, so I went. I could see the sky was brightening up, so I said, 'let's change tyres'.
"I have many thoughts about what happened last time, but we swallowed everything, gritted our teeth and persevered for the last two months," said Takaboshi."In that sense, I'm happy with this result and I think the team is too."
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