PHOTO GALLERY // SUPER GT TESTING @ SUZUKA

ColdTrackDays correspondent, Masaaki Kitagawa, spent the weekend at the Suzuka Circuit for the first official test of the 2010 AUTOBACS SuperGT Series. With dark clouds looming overhead, the GT500 and GT300 class competitors took to the track for two days of testing before the SuperGT Series kicks off March 21st.

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The first day saw Takashi Kogure and Loic Duval top the GT500 timesheet in their Weider Honda HSV-010, while Hiroki Katoh, Hiroshi Hamaguchi and Kazuho Takahashi finished the day atop the GT300 class timesheet in their Apple Shiden prototype.

Day two of testing saw the CALSONIC IMPUL Nissan GT-R of Matsuda Tsugio and Ronnie Quintarelli take the top spot in the GT500 class, while Naoki Yokomizo and Tsubasa Abe finished first in the GT300 class in their MOLA Z.



SuperGT Testing @ Suzuka // Day 1:

GT500 Class -

1 18 Weider HSV-010 Takashi Kogure Loic Duval 1'52.848 1'55.197 1'52.848 BS
2 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R Satoshi Motoyama Benoit Treluyer 1'52.852 1'54.140 1'52.852 MI
3 12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R Matsuda Tsugio Ronnie Quintarelli 1'52.936 1'54.632 1'52.936 BS
4 6 ENEOS SC430 Daisuke Ito Bjorn Wirdheim 1'53.268 1'54.337 1'53.268 BS
5 1 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 Juichi Wakisaka Andre Lotterer 1'53.285 1'54.973 1'53.285 BS
6 17 KEIHIN HSV-010 Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi 1'53.302 1'55.761 1'53.302 BS
7 38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 Yuji Tachikawa Richard Lyons 1'53.337 1'55.677 1'53.337 BS
8 35 MJ KRAFT SC430 Hiroaki Ishiura Kazuya Oshima 1'53.339 1'56.259 1'53.339 BS
9 24 HIS ADVAN KONDO GT-R J.P.Lima de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda 1'54.012 1'56.346 1'54.012 YH
10 100 RAYBRIG HSV-010 Takuya Izawa Naoki Yamamoto 1'54.142 1'56.506 1'54.142 BS
11 32 EPSON HSV-010 Ryo Michigami Yuki Nakayama 1'54.249 1'56.400 1'54.249 DL
12 8 ARTA HSV-010 Ralph Firman Yuji Ide 1'54.453 1'56.481 1'54.453 BS
13 39 DUNLOP SARD SC430 Andre Couto Kohei Hirate 1'55.113 1'55.683 1'55.113 DL

GT300 Class -

1 2 Apple Shiden Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi hamaguchi Kazuho Takahashi 2'05.602 2'07.833 2'05.602 YH
2 19 WedsSport IS350 Manabu Orido Tatsuya Kataoka 2'06.586 2'08.206 2'06.586 YH
3 11 JIMGAINER DIXCEL DUNLOP F430 Tetsuya Tanaka Katsuyuki Hiranaka 2'07.280 DNR 2'07.280 DL
4 66 triple a Vantage GT2 Hideshi Matsuda Hiroki Yoshimoto 2'07.468 2'09.721 2'07.468 YH
5 86 JLOC Lamborghini RG-3 Koji Yamanishi Yuhi Sekiguchi Shinya Hosokawa 2'07.525 2'07.525 2'09.707
6 46 MOLA Z Naoki Yokomizo Tsubasa Abe 2'07.599 2'09.129 2'07.599 YH
7 3 HASEMI SPORT TOMICA Z Kazuki Hoshino Masataka Yanagida 2'07.794 2'08.474 2'07.794 YH
8 7 M7 MUTIARA MOTORSAMEMIYASGC 7 Nobuteru Taniguchi Ryo Orime 2'07.853 2'09.510 2'07.853 YH
9 33 HANKOOK PORSCHE Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama 2'08.157 2'17.386 2'08.157 HK
10 43 ARTA Garaiya Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi 2'08.320 2'08.320 2'08.468 MI
11 31 apr COROLLA Axio Koki Saga Kosuke Matsuura 2'08.509 2'09.180 2'08.509 YH
12 74 COROLLA Axio apr GT Takuto Iguchi Yuji Kunimoto 2'08.645 2'09.521 2'08.645 MI
13 5 MACHGOGOGO SHAKEN408R Tetsuji Tamanaka Haruki Kurosawa 2'08.740 2'12.585 2'08.740 YH
14 62 R&D SPORT LEGACY B4 Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki 2'09.452 2'11.753 2'09.452 YH
15 26 CINECITTA TAISAN PORSCHE Igor Sushko Masayuki Ueda Kei Cozzolino 2'09.580 2'26.343 2'09.580
16 360 ISHIMATSU KOSEI RUNNAP PORSCHE Keita Sawa Takamori.com 2'10.239 2'11.405 2'10.239 YH
17 87 JLOC Lamborghini RG-3 Hiroyuki Iiri Yuya Sakamoto Atsushi Yogo 2'10.771 2'11.418 2'10.771 HK
18 9 HATSUNEMIKU X GSR PORCHE Tak Bamba Masahiro Sasaki 2'11.134 2'11.134 2'11.461 HK
19 4 BOMEX LIAN BOXSTER Junichiro Yamashita Michito Uezumi 2'12.381 2'14.597 2'12.381 YH

SuperGT Testing @ Suzuka // Day 2:

GT500 Class -

1 12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R Matsuda Tsugio Ronnie Quintarelli 2'01.155 2'07.382 2'01.155 BS
2 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R Satoshi Motoyama Benoit Treluyer 2'01.472 2'06.246 2'01.472 MI
3 6 ENEOS SC430 Daisuke Ito Bjorn Wirdheim 2'02.117 2'06.308 2'02.117 BS
4 39 DUNLOP SARD SC430 Andre Couto Kohei Hirate 2'02.464 2'06.258 2'02.464 DL
5 1 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 Juichi Wakisaka Andre Lotterer 2'03.044 2'06.438 2'03.044 BS
6 38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 Yuji Tachikawa Richard Lyons 2'03.064 2'07.032 2'03.064 BS
7 32 EPSON HSV-010 Ryo Michigami Yuki Nakayama 2'03.417 2'04.947 2'03.417 DL
8 17 KEIHIN HSV-010 Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi 2'04.049 2'07.945 2'04.049 BS
9 18 Weider HSV-010 Takashi Kogure Loic Duval 2'04.464 2'06.130 2'04.464 BS
10 8 ARTA HSV-010 Ralph Firman Yuji Ide 2'04.477 2'07.169 2'04.477 BS
11 35 MJ KRAFT SC430 Hiroaki Ishiura Kazuya Oshima 2'04.907 2'06.399 2'04.907 BS
12 24 HIS ADVAN KONDO GT-R J.P.Lima de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda 2'06.118 2'07.503 2'06.118 YH
13 100 RAYBRIG HSV-010 Takuya Izawa Naoki Yamamoto 2'06.771 2'06.771 2'13.880 BS

GT300 Class -

1 46 MOLA Z Naoki Yokomizo Tsubasa Abe 2'11.385 2'22.210 2'11.385 YH
2 62 R&D SPORT LEGACY B4 Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki 2'12.025 2'22.345 2'12.025 YH
3 7 M7 MUTIARA MOTORSAMEMIYASGC 7 Nobuteru Taniguchi Ryo Orime 2'13.428 2'19.935 2'13.428 YH
4 86 JLOC Lamborghini RG-3 Koji Yamanishi Yuhi Sekiguchi Shinya Hosokawa 2'13.842 2'24.471 2'13.842
5 33 HANKOOK PORSCHE Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama 2'13.872 2'20.702 2'13.872 HK
6 3 HASEMI SPORT TOMICA Z Kazuki Hoshino Masataka Yanagida 2'14.004 2'20.222 2'14.004 YH
7 19 WedsSport IS350 Manabu Orido Tatsuya Kataoka 2'16.460 2'20.093 2'16.460 YH
8 2 Apple Shiden Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi hamaguchi Kazuho Takahashi 2'17.358 2'17.358 DNR YH
9 43 ARTA Garaiya Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi 2'18.209 2'18.209 2'19.440 MI
10 31 apr COROLLA Axio Koki Saga Kosuke Matsuura 2'18.413 2'20.729 2'18.413 YH
11 74 COROLLA Axio apr GT Takuto Iguchi Yuji Kunimoto 2'18.591 2'18.591 2'19.666 MI
12 11 JIMGAINER DIXCEL DUNLOP F430 Tetsuya Tanaka Katsuyuki Hiranaka 2'19.371 2'19.371 2'19.440
13 26 CINECITTA TAISAN PORSCHE Igor Sushko Masayuki Ueda Kei Cozzolino 2'19.529 2'19.529 2'21.242
14 5 MACHGOGOGO SHAKEN408R Tetsuji Tamanaka Haruki Kurosawa 2'20.072 2'22.761 2'20.072 YH
15 66 triple a Vantage GT2 Hideshi Matsuda Hiroki Yoshimoto 2'20.694 2'20.694 2'21.920 YH
16 9 HATSUNEMIKU X GSR PORCHE Tak Bamba Masahiro Sasaki 2'21.528 2'21.528 2'22.457 HK
17 360 ISHIMATSU KOSEI RUNNAP PORSCHE Keita Sawa Takamori.com 2'22.986 2'22.986 2'27.224 YH
18 87 JLOC Lamborghini RG-3 Hiroyuki Iiri Yuya Sakamoto Atsushi Yogo 2'24.522 2'24.522 2'26.883 HK

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Photo: Masaaki Kitagawa
Editorial: Justin W. Coffey