After topping an opening day curtailed by rain and snow on Tuesday, Oyu struggled to make an impact on the leaderboard when conditions improved on Wednesday, ending up with the 18th-fastest time.
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He was also forced to sit out the final part of the afternoon session, when the fastest times were set, owing to a mechanical issue that forced him to stop out on-track, albeit not causing a red flag.
Despite that, he still finished one place ahead of Nakajima teammate Naoki Yamamoto in the final order.
While satisfied to have improved his long run pace since the preceding test at Suzuka, Oyu admitted that his qualifying speed appears to have deserted him just weeks before next month’s Fuji season opener.
“Regarding the long run, which was a weak point before, I was able to test that and there was no problem,” Oyu told Motorsport.com’s Japanese edition. “But as the results show, I think one-lap speed is our weakness.
“The feeling honestly was not good. It didn’t feel as…
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