While Toyota topped both days of the two-day test, Nissan came close to taking the top spot on Sunday, with the #23 NISMO Z of Tsugio Matsuda setting the second-quickest time, just 0.130 seconds behind the leading TOM’S Toyota of Sho Tsuboi.
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That put the NISMO machine shared by Matsuda and Quintarelli, one of only a handful of GT500 cars to set its fastest time on the second day, fifth in the combined order for the test.
While Nissan has targeted a reduction in drag and increase in top speed with the new Z, four-time GT500 champion Quintarelli feels that even around a more technical layout like Okayama the car has the ability to fight against Toyota and Honda.
“Straight away the feeling was better than I expected,” Quintarelli told Motorsport.com. “I was expecting to struggle more going between high speed and low speed, to have a good compromise. The car was not bad.
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