Makino was best of the non-Toyota drivers in Saturday’s Q2 pole shootout, putting the #100 Team Kunimitsu NSX-GT he shares with Naoki Yamamoto behind only the Rookie Racing and SARD GR Supras.
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Toyota dominated last year’s Okayama opener, sweeping the top five in qualifying and top four in the race, and once again the GR Supra was the car to have on Saturday with five of its six cars advancing to Q2.
However, Makino is optimistic that he and Yamamoto have the chance to prevent another Toyota washout on Sunday thanks to their strong race pace.
“It was a difficult situation for me in practice,” Makino told Motorsport.com. “My best lap was a 1m18.5s, so to find two seconds [for qualifying] was very difficult, also to adjust the car. But in the end P3 was not a bad result for us and especially for Honda. I think we can fight from there.
“Q1 is really tight, and today’s biggest point was Yamamoto-san making it through Q1. This was a big highlight. That was important…
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