The Honda RAYBRIG HSV-010 driven by Izawa and Kogure took victory in the first race of the 2013 Super GT season at Okayama International Circuit. Coming in second place was another HSV, KEIHIN HSV-010 of Tsukakoshi and Kaneishi. Third went to the last year’s champion Yanagida and Quintarelli in the MOTUL AUTECH GT-R. The Super GT “rookie” Frederic Makowiecki put in a competitive drive by finishing in fifth place in the Weider Modulo HSV-010.
Okayama International Circuit Fine/Dry(Weather/Course)
Po
No
Machine
Driver
Time/Diff.
Laps
Best Lap
Tire
WH
1
100
RAYBRIG HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG
Takuya Izawa Takashi Kogure
1:58’48.911
81
1’24.173
BS
2
17
KEIHIN HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG
Koudai Tsukakoshi Toshihiro Kaneishi
0.555
81
1’24.168
BS
3
23
MOTUL AUTECH GT-R NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B
Masataka Yanagida Ronnie Quintarelli
4.903
81
1’24.274
MI
4
38
ZENT CERUMO SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG
Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate
11.534
81
1’24.603
BS
5
18
Weider Modulo HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG
Naoki Yamamoto Frederic Makowiecki
12.612
81
1’24.057
MI
6
12
CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B
Tsugio Matsuda J.P. Lima De Oliveira
50.496
81
1’24.560
BS
7
6
ENEOS SUSTINA SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG
Kazuya Oshima Yuji Kunimoto
54.294
81
1’24.093
BS
8
39
DENSO KOBELCO SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG
Juichi Wakisaka Hiroaki Ishiura
1’11.663
81
1’25.030
BS
9
8
ARTA HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG
Ralph Firman Kosuke Matsuura
1’29.527
81
1’23.802
BS
10
1
REITO MOLA GT-R NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B
Satoshi Motoyama Yuhi Sekiguchi
1’30.704
81
1’25.335
MI
11
32
Epson HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG
Ryo Michigami Daisuke Nakajima
1’32.049
81
1’25.566
DL
12
36
PETRONAS TOM’S SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG
Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter
1Lap
80
1’24.952
BS
13
24
D’station ADVAN GT-R NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B
Hironobu Yasuda Michael Krumm
1Lap
80
1’25.555
YH
14
19
WedsSport ADVAN SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG
Seiji Ara Andre Couto
1Lap
80
1’25.633
YH
15
37
KeePer TOM’S SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG
Daisuke Ito Andrea Caldarelli
2Laps
79
1’24.836
BS
Tire = BS:Bridgestone / DL:Dunlop / MI:Michelin / YH:Yokohama WH = Handicap Weight (kg) Fastest Lap : 1’23.802 – No.8 ARTA HSV-010 / Ralph Firman