{"id":5599,"date":"2018-09-16T13:29:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/?p=5599"},"modified":"2019-01-01T22:28:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T21:28:07","slug":"rosenqvistoshima-lose-points-to-penalty-on-difficult-sugo-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/rosenqvistoshima-lose-points-to-penalty-on-difficult-sugo-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosenqvist\/Oshima lose points to penalty on difficult SUGO weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Felix Rosenqvist and team-mate Kazuya Oshima endured a disappointing weekend of Super GT action at Sportsland SUGO, with a post-race penalty ultimately dropping the duo outside the points in round six of Japan\u2019s top-tier racing championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While things got off to a promising start with fifth place in practice, they took a turn in the wrong direction in qualifying, where an untimely red flag ruined Rosenqvist\u2019s new-tyre run and restricted the #6 Team LeMans Lexus to 11th on the grid for Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

Once there, Rosenqvist took charge of the opening stint and kept his position in an undramatic first phase of the race. The Swede successfully fended off the advances of ex-F1 Grand Prix winner Heikki Kovalainen, the duo running right behind fellow Lexus racer and erstwhile championship leader Nick Cassidy on a day when the Toyota-affiliated marque struggled with heavy performance weights and fuel flow restrictions.<\/p>\n

An early pit stop saw Rosenqvist hand over the WAKO\u2019S-sponsored Team LeMans car to Kazuya Oshima on lap 30 (of 81), the Japanese swiftly making his way past Honda\u2019s Koudai Tsukakoshi.<\/p>\n

A relatively static race came alive in the final 20 laps, with Oshima first moving past the #36 Lexus of Yuhi Sekiguchi for tenth and then taking ninth when Yuji Kunimoto ran into trouble in the #19 LC500 and retired. A late safety car deployment did not shake up the order, with Oshima thus bringing home the #6 in ninth place (as the second-best Lexus).<\/p>\n

However, a post-race time penalty \u2013 handed out after Oshima tagged a lapped car on the last tour \u2013 eventually dropped the crew to 11th in the final results, outside the points.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a difficult weekend for us, no doubt,\u201d says Felix Rosenqvis<\/strong>t. \u201cThe track didn\u2019t suit us too well with the current levels of weight we\u2019re carrying, so it was a case of doing the most of what we had. The rear tyres overheated very quickly.<\/em><\/p>\n

“At least ninth would have given us some points, but unfortunately due to the penalty we lost that too. It was a misunderstanding between Kazuya and the lapped driver and I don\u2019t really think a penalty was necessary, but it is what it is and we\u2019ll respect the decision. Hopefully we\u2019ll be in a more competitive position for the next one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile up front, 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button claimed his first-ever Super GT victory alongside Honda team-mate Naoki Yamamoto.<\/p>\n

Rosenqvist and Oshima now sit ninth in the Super GT standings with two rounds to go. The penultimate race takes place at Autopolis on October 20-21.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

RESULTS <\/strong>(top five)<\/p>\n

Super GT
\nRace 6\/8 <\/em>| Sportsland SUGO<\/strong><\/p>\n

1: N.Yamamoto (JPN)\/J.Button (GBR), 81 laps
\n2: T.Nojiri (JPN)\/T.Izawa (JPN), +0.562s
\n3: D.Sasaki (JPN)\/J.Mardenborough (GBR), +1.350s
\n4: H.Mutoh (JPN)\/D.Nakajima (JPN), +1.693s
\n5: Y.Tachikawa (JPN)\/H.Ishiura (JPN), +3.304s
\n—
\n11: F.Rosenqvist (SWE)\/K.Oshima (JPN), +44.424s<\/strong><\/p>\n

View full results<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS <\/strong>(top five)<\/p>\n

Super GT
\nAfter 6\/8 races<\/em><\/p>\n

1: N.Yamamoto (JPN)\/J.Button (GBR), 61 p.
\n2: T.Nojiri (JPN)\/T.Izawa (JPN), 49 p.
\n3: R.Hirakawa (JPN)\/N.Cassidy (NZL), 47 p.
\n4: Y.Sekiguchi (JPN), 40 p.
\n5: K.Tsukakoshi (JPN)\/T.Kogure (JPN), 40 p.
\n—
\n9: F.Rosenqvist (SWE)\/K.Oshima (JPN), 34 p.<\/strong><\/p>\n

View full standings<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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