Last year the Japanese championship was considering the idea of lengthening the standard 300km race distance, with a figure of 350 or 360km being floated by GTA chairman Masaaki Bandoh.
However, those plans now seem to have been shelved in favour of staging three longer 450km races – namely the two Fuji Speedway events, and the August Suzuka round.
Interestingly, this means a reduction in race distance for Fuji’s traditional Golden Week fixture in early May, which returned to being run over 500km last year and was the only event longer than 300km on the schedule.
The May Suzuka race along with the remaining four races at Okayama, Sugo, Autopolis and Motegi look set to stay at 300km.
Bandoh also mulled the prospect of introducing one or more FIA World Endurance Championship-style timed events, and SUPER GT’s sporting regulations have even been updated to reflect this, with extra points to be awarded for races lasting more than four hours.
Such a move no longer appears…
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