Sekiguchi, who has moved to SARD after winning last year’s title for TOM’S alongside Sho Tsuboi, set the day’s fastest time of 1m28.276s to give Toyota a clean sweep of top times in official pre-season testing.
However, Tsuboi’s Saturday benchmark of 1m27.972s in the #36 TOM’S car stood as the best time across the two-day test.
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The day started with poor weather, with the track staying wet throughout the two-hour morning session, which like Saturday’s rain-affected afternoon session was topped by Nissan’s two NISMO-run Zs.
Katsumasa Chiyo set the morning’s best time of 1m36.895s in the #3 NDDP Racing-branded car, around a tenth up on the #23 machine of Ronnie Quinarelli.
The afternoon session – extended to three hours after Saturday’s bad weather – likewise began in the wet, but as conditions improved Chiyo’s morning benchmark was quickly surpassed.
At around the 40-minute mark the teams switched over to slick tyres, with Rookie Racing man Kenta Yamashita the first to…
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