Having been a seasoned campaigner in SUPER GT’s GT300 class with the BMW M6 for several years, Team Studie has brought the German manufacturer’s latest-generation GT3 racer to Japan for 2022, also signing factory driver Farfus to join 2004 Le Mans 24 winner Seiji Ara at the outfit.
The new M4 was immediately on the pace in qualifying, with Farfus setting the seventh-fastest lap in the pole shootout after Ara had successfully propelled the car into Q2 in the 27-car GT300 field.
In the race, Farfus ran as high as fifth after the pitstop phase, albeit with a long queue of cars gradually forming behind him as his Michelin tyres wore out.
Drama struck with just six laps to go when ARTA rookie Iori Kimura outbraked himself into Turn 5, clattering his Honda NSX GT3 into the back of the BMW and leaving Farfus beached in the gravel.
The incident brought an early end to the M4’s debut outing on Japanese soil, while Kimura was later handed a penalty that dropped the #55 Honda crew…
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