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How will the ‘Z factor’ shape 2022?

How will the 'Z factor' shape 2022?

Although it would perhaps be hyperbolic to bill the 2022 SUPER GT season as the closest-ever, you have to go back through the history books quite a few years to find a time when all three manufacturers, Honda, Nissan and Toyota, have looked so evenly matched.

The last two seasons have effectively been two-horse races between the front-engined version of the Honda NSX-GT and the Toyota GR Supra, with the championship’s success ballast and the strengths of the GT-R around tracks like Suzuka just about keeping Nissan in the running heading into the final round of the season but not in genuine contention.

Stream every qualifying session and race of the 2022 SUPER GT season only on Motorsport.tv.

Prior to the full introduction of Class One rules in 2020, the 2017-19 rules cycle was characterised by Toyota (then using its Lexus brand) dominance with Honda and Nissan taking it turns to provide the main challenge. The 2014-16 cycle, the first with a common tub, was largely ruled…

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