Just 14 runners of the 21 runners ventured out of the pitlane during Tuesday’s morning session, which had already been cut from two hours to 90 minutes due to a poor weather forecast.
With the promised rain duly soaking the track, it was Nakajima Racing’s Toshiki Oyu that set the pace more or less throughout the session, ultimately posting a best time of 1m43.293s.
That was nearly five seconds up on nearest challenger Ryo Hirakawa (Impul), back in Japan fresh from his appearance in last weekend’s FIA World Endurance Championship opener at Sebring.
The session was stopped twice, the first after Rookie Racing’s Kazuya Oshima suffered a crash at 100R inside the first 10 minutes, damaging his rear wing, and the second for TOM’S man Giuliano Alesi spinning off at the first corner.
By then the rain had turned into snow, with few cars venturing out of the pits as the session wound down towards its conclusion.
With the snow showing no signs of abating, it was announced that the afternoon…
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