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Sugo Super Formula: Cassidy wins, Sette Camara crashes
Reigning Super Formula champion Nick Cassidy scored his first victory of the season at Sugo as debutant poleman Sergio Sette Camara crashed out.
Jamie Klein
Edited: Oct 19, 2020, 12:06 AM
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B-Max Racing driver Sette Camara lost the lead at the start to Ryo Hirakawa, who proceeded to build a small cushion out front as Sette Camara kept his pursuers Naoki Yamamoto and Cassidy at bay in the early stages.
That changed on lap 18 of 53, as Yamamoto passed the Brazilian driver heading into Turn 1, and later on the same lap TOM'S man Cassidy forced his way by at Horseback corner.
Sette Camara pitted at the end of that lap, but after a slow stop dropped him out of realistic podium contention he crashed on his out lap at Turn 4.
That brought out the safety car, prompting the leaders to all pit at the same time, and when action resumed on lap 28 Hirakawa led from Yamamoto and Cassidy.
But Cassidy was quickly on the move, dispatching Dandelion Racing rival Yamamoto at Turn 1 on the following lap, and on lap 31 the Kiwi repeated the move on his SUPER GT teammate Hirakawa to take a lead he would hold to the chequered flag.
It marks Cassidy's third career win and his first since last year's Suzuka opener.
Team Impul man Hirakawa still extended his championship lead with a comfortable to run to second, while Yamamoto claimed a first podium of the season in third place.
Ryo Hirakawa, Team Impul
Photo by: Masahide Kamio
Tomoki Nojiri (Mugen) was a distant fourth ahead of Yuji Kunimoto (KCMG), who was one of several drivers to gain ground by pitting under the safety car.
Kenta Yamashita (Kondo Racing), Tadasuke Makino (Nakajima Racing), Hiroaki Ishiura (Inging) and Kazuya Oshima (Inging) filled out places six through nine, having all likewise benefitted from making their mandatory stop during the caution period.
Nirei Fukuzumi (Dandelion) claimed the final point in 10th, the best of the drivers to have stopped early before the safety car, after passing Yuhi Sekiguchi (Impul).
Okayama winner Sho Tsuboi (Inging) endured a low-key run to 13th, having also pitted before the mid-race caution, one place ahead of Kamui Kobayashi (KCMG).
Kazuki Nakajima (TOM'S) was 15th after making contact with a slow-starting Sacha Fenestraz (Kondo) at Turn 1, which put Fenestraz out of the race. Nakajima had to pit for a fresh front wing and was later handed a drive-through penalty.
Mugen's Ukyo Sasahara retired from what is set to be his final outing replacing Red Bull junior Juri Vips due to mechanical trouble, having been delayed in the Turn 1 melee.
Race results:
Cla # Driver Team Laps Gap 1 1 Nick Cassidy
Vantelin Team TOM'S 53 2 20 Ryo Hirakawa
ITOCHU ENEX TEAM IMPUL 53 3.974 3 5 Naoki Yamamoto
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 53 11.895 4 16 Tomoki Nojiri
Team Mugen 53 20.759 5 18 Yuji Kunimoto
carrozzeria Team KCMG 53 24.172 6 3 Kenta Yamashita
Kondo Racing 53 25.520 7 64 Tadasuke Makino
TCS Nakajima Racing 53 26.173 8 38 Hiroaki Ishiura
JMS P.mu/cerumo-INGING 53 34.571 9 14 Kazuya Oshima
ROOKIE Racing 53 39.143 10 6 Nirei Fukuzumi
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 53 39.798 11 19 Yuhi Sekiguchi
ITOCHU ENEX TEAM IMPUL 53 45.232 12 65 Toshiki Oyu
TCS Nakajima Racing 53 45.296 13 39 Sho Tsuboi
JMS P.mu/cerumo-INGING 53 48.359 14 7 Kamui Kobayashi
carrozzeria Team KCMG 53 51.819 15 36 Kazuki Nakajima
Vantelin Team TOM'S 52 1 Lap 16 12 Koudai Tsukakoshi
ThreeBond Drago CORSE 41 12 Laps 17 15 Ukyo Sasahara
Team Mugen 34 19 Laps 18 50 Sergio Sette Camara
Buzz Racing with B-Max 18 35 Laps 19 4 Sacha Fenestraz
Kondo Racing 1 52 Laps View full results
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