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Naoki Yamamoto admits to motivation struggles

Naoki Yamamoto admits to motivation struggles

Yamamoto concluded the last weekend’s opening event of the 2022 season at Fuji Speedway with a pair of 14th-place finishes, leaving him with zero points.

That followed a truly miserable return season with Nakajima in which he ended up 13th in the standings with a best finish of sixth, incidentally at Fuji.

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Following Tomoki Nojiri’s dominant title campaign last year, Yamamoto vowed to use the success of his Honda stablemate as fuel for his own comeback.

But with his troubles stretching into a second season, and teammate Toshiki Oyu also suffering a difficult weekend at Fuji, Yamamoto admitted that the atmosphere within Satoru Nakajima’s eponymous team is not good.

“It looks like the same situation as last year, but honestly for myself it’s a difficult feeling,” Yamamoto said. “Last year it was only me who was slow, Toshiki was so quick, but this year both drivers are not good and the speed is about the same.

“It’s a different situation [to last year], but we are…

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