Hirobon claims only TCR Japan win at Autopolis as Race 2 is canned
11 hours ago
Birth Project Racing’s Hirobon extended his Saturday Series and overall points lead with victory in what proved to be the only TCR Japan race of the weekend at a rain-affected Autopolis.
The Cupra driver, who claimed a Saturday Series win on the opening weekend of the season at Fuji mastered the conditions just well enough to edge the impressive Ai Miura by just over half a second as rain battered the circuit.
Takuya Shirasaka started the opening Saturday Series race from pole position amid a torrential downpour and initially led off the line from Hirobon.
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Takuro Shinohara again the one to beat in Fuji Saturday Series race
3 months ago
Takuro Shinohara produced yet another dominant performance to take victory in final TCR Japan Saturday Series race of the 2020 season at Fuji.
The Audi Team Hitotsuyama driver came home nearly ten seconds clear of the Birth Racing Project BRP Cupra of Hirobon, while Resshu Shioya completed the podium following a late pass of Takeshi Matsumoto’s Volkswagen Golf.
With rain beginning to fall on the first of two formation laps, Stile Corse’s Mineki Okura spun his Alfa Romeo at the final corner, forcing him to start the race from the back of the grid, having qualified third.
Takuro Shinohara completes double at Fuji to claim Sunday Series title
3 months ago
Audi Team Hitotsuyama’s Takuro Shinohara completed the TCR Japan title double in Race 2 of the season finale at Fuji, winning the final Sunday Series race of the year.
The Audi RS 3 LMS driver, who secured the Saturday Series title last time out at Suzuka, picked up his fourth Sunday win of the season in comfortable fashion from pole position, beating Birth Racing Project’ Hirobon to the line by 4.402 seconds.
His chief title rival, and last year’s Sunday Series champion Takeshi Matsumoto, started the final race of the year just three points behind Shinohara but could only manage third at the finish.