Nojiri, who finished second behind Ryo Hirakawa in Saturday’s opening race, left it until the very end of the session to post the fastest time of the seven-minute Q2 pole shootout of 1m21.522s.
That was enough to beat TOM’S man Ritomo Miyata by 0.195s and secure the eighth pole of his Super Formula career.
Saturday poleman Ukyo Sasahara briefly went fastest with a 1m21.731s, which stood as the time to beat until it was eclipsed by both Miyata and Mugen teammate Nojiri, leaving him third on the grid.
Sasahara is joined on the second row by Team Goh rookie Ren Sato, who lined up alongside Sasahara on Saturday.
Kondo Racing pair Kenta Yamashita and Q1 pacesetter Sacha Fenestraz were fifth- and seventh-fastest, split by Kamui Kobayashi (KCMG), who qualified 14 places better than he managed on Saturday to go sixth.
Early points leader Hirakawa could only manage eighth-fastest in his Impul machine ahead of rookie Atsushi Miyake (Goh), who set two times good enough to top his Q1 group…
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