Satoshi Motoyama/Benoit Treluyer
OITA ; AUTOPOLIS Racing Course, Japan : October 19, 2008 - the SUPER GT IN KYUSHU 300 km (lap = 4.674 km x 65 laps) took place at the Autopolis in Oita Pref., as Round 8 of the 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT. The GT500 class winners were the XANAVI NISMO GT-R driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Benoit Treluyer, in their third victory of the season.
Satoshi Motoyama/Benoit Treluyer
The winner of the pole position in Saturday's qualifying, Benoit Treluyer, was the starting driver in the XANAVI NISMO GT-R, and after the start he proceeded to pull away from the competition at a fast pace and open up a significant lead. Motoyama took over the wheel for the second half of the race and drove on unthreatened, having never once given up the lead except during the pit stop in a perfect “pole-to-checkered" win.
#23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R
This was the XANAVI NISMO GT-R team's third win of the season and their first since round two. For the new Nissan GT-R that debuted in SUPER GT this season, this is its sixth victory in the first eight rounds of the season.
#81 DAISHIN ADVAN Z
In the GT300 class the DAISHIN ADVAN Z driven by Takayuki Aoki and Tomonobu Fujii came from second position on the starting grid to score their first win of the season.
#23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R
In this season's nine-round SUPER GT series, the next round to be held at Fuji Speedway on November 8 and 9 will be the ninth and final round of the season. With this win, the XANAVI NISMO GT-R team's Motoyama and Treluyer now stand at the top of the drivers' ranking, but they won't be able to clinch the title until the final round. In this debut year for the new Nissan GT-R, they will be battling with their Honda NSX and Lexus SC430 rivals at Fuji Speedway.
(Spectators: 28,800)
Winner Comments
No. 23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R [GT500]
#23 Satoshi Motoyama
Satoshi Motoyama: "I'd say I'm more relieved than happy. This was a race we had to win (to stay in contention for the title), so there was considerable pressure on both of us. What's more, the temperatures were high this weekend, which made it difficult in terms of tire performance. But, despite being understandable nervous, Benoit went out and got us the pole position yesterday. The team's pit work was fast too, so you have to say that this is a victory won by the whole team. The pit work had been fast going into my stint and I had a margin from Benoit to begin with, so I just pushed as hard as I thought the tires, brakes and the machine as a whole would tolerate. I think the result was a good one. We will be carrying a heavy load of handicap weights in the final round, but every point we can win will increase our chance at winning the title. And I am looking to [celebrating] after the race is over."
#23 Benoit Treluyer
Benoit Treluyer: "I feel great. It was a high-pressure weekend, so I'm really relieved. It has been a good weekend for the whole team too. We will have a heavy load of handicap weights in the final race, so I can't say how things will go. But I'm just very happy right now. I knew that if I got passed on the first corner it would be difficult recovering the lead, so I really concentrated at the start. Then I worked right away to get a good margin over the pack, and after that I ran with an eye on how the tires were holding out. I had to pass a lot of back-lappers but I was able to hand over the machine to Satoshi with no problem. I'm glad that I was able to do my job."
No. 81 DAISHIN ADVAN Z [GT300]
Winners - Press Conf.
Takayuki Aoki:"To tell you the truth, I am quite relieved. I didn't think it would take us this long to get a win. We just lost the win at SUGO (round 5) and I think there was considerable frustration throughout the team. I saw this as our last chance for a win, so I'm very happy that we made it happen. The race went just according to plan. Since there was a need to save the tires, I just kept the leader in sight, knowing that we could win in the end. I thought the tires would lose grip sooner, but Yokohama made us some good tires and I was able to hold out to the pit stop. With a 30-second margin at that point, I knew we could make it. We have had a lot of tough races this year, but now I feel redeemed. It will be tough to win the title at this point, but we are not giving up. I am going to go all out in the final round."
Tomonobu Fujii: "I came to DAISHIN with the intention of winning the championship but have been unable to get the results I wanted, so I am very relieved to get this win. It was tough going in the Friday practice, so the team worked late into the night to make some major improvements in the machine. That changed the flow and Aoki san went out and got us a good position in the qualifying. After that, I knew that we could win if everyone did their jobs as they can. In the race, Aoki san kept the lead No. 11 machine just in front of him throughout his stint and our pit work was fast. I knew that the first lap out of the pit would be important, and since we had made our pit stop early, I tried to gain as much ground as I could before the others settled in. The final round won't be easy but I am not going to give up until it is over."
AUTOPOLIS
Length : 4.674km x 65Laps =303.81km
Weather: Fine
Course : Dry
2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT Round 8
SUPER GT in KYUSHU 300km : GT-500 Race result
| Pos | No | Driver | Machine | Time/ Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
23
|
Satoshi Motoyama Benoit Treluyer |
XANAVI NISMO GT-R |
1:56'36.729
|
|
2
|
32
|
Loic DUVAL Katsuyuki Hiranaka |
EPSON NSX |
0'18.490
|
|
3
|
1
|
Ralph Firman Takuya Izawa |
ARTA NSX |
0'35.781
|
|
4
|
38
|
Yuji Tachikawa Richard Lyons |
ZENT CERUMO SC430 |
0'47.340
|
|
5
|
22
|
Michael Krumm Masataka Yanagida |
MOTUL AUTECH GT-R |
0'47.637
|
|
6
|
3
|
Ronnie Quintarelli Naoki Yokomizo |
YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R |
0'50.145
|
|
7
|
18
|
Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure |
TAKATA DOME NSX |
0'51.443
|
|
8
|
36
|
Juichi Wakisaka Andre Lotterer |
PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 |
0'56.749
|
|
9
|
100
|
Yuji Ide Shinya Hosokawa |
RAYBRIG NSX |
1'02.272
|
|
10
|
12
|
Tsugio Matsuda Sebastien Philippe |
CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R |
1'07.445
|
|
11
|
17
|
Katsutomo Kaneishi Toshihiro Kaneishi |
REAL NSX |
1'20.833
|
|
12
|
25
|
Takeshi Tsuchiya Hiroaki Ishiura |
ECLIPSE ADVAN SC430 |
1'32.079
|
|
13
|
39
|
Toranosuke Takagi Andre Couto |
DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 |
1'33.372
|
|
14
|
6
|
Akira Iida Bjorn Wirdheim |
ENEOS SC430 |
1'43.091
|
|
15
|
35
|
Peter Dumbreck Tatsuya Kataoka |
houzan KRAFT SC430 |
1Lap
|
|
16
|
24
|
J.P.L. De Oliveira Seiji Ara |
WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R |
8Laps
|
SUPER GT in KYUSHU 300km: GT-300 Race result
| Pos | No | Driver | Machine | Time/ Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
81
|
Takayuki Aoki Tomonobu Fujii |
DAISHIN ADVAN Z |
1:56'53.057
|
|
2
|
43
|
Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
ARTA Garaiya |
0'38.720
|
|
3
|
2
|
Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh |
Privée KENZO Asset Shiden |
0'39.930
|
|
4
|
46
|
Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda |
MOLA LEOPALACE Z |
1'06.212
|
|
5
|
33
|
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama |
HANKOOK PORSCHE |
1'24.305
|
|
6
|
77
|
Tetsuya Yamano Carlo Van Dam |
CUSCO DUNLOP SUBARU IMPREZA |
1'24.554
|
|
7
|
4
|
Ryohei Sakaguchi Masaki Matsushita |
EBBRO UEMATSU 320R |
1'25.491
|
|
8
|
11
|
Tetsuya Tanaka Masayuki Ueda |
JIMCENTER ADVAN F430 |
1'26.516
|
|
9
|
95
|
Kohei Hirate Keisuke Kunimoto |
Lightning McQueen apr MR-S |
1'33.179
|
|
10
|
19
|
Manabu Orido Tsubasa Abe |
WedsSport IS350 |
1'43.936
|
|
11
|
31
|
Kyosuke Mineo Yuya Sakamoto |
DOUBLEHEAD avex apr MR-S |
1Lap
|
|
12
|
52
|
Takuya Kurosawa Takuto Iguchi |
GREEN TEC KUMHO IS350 |
1Lap
|
|
13
|
110
|
Hidetoshi Mitsusada Daisuke Ikeda |
KUMHO BOXSTER-GT |
1Lap
|
|
14
|
62
|
Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa |
WILLCOM ADVAN VEMAC 408R |
1Lap
|
|
15
|
26
|
Nobuteru Taniguchi Shinichi Yamaji |
YUNKER POWER TAISAN PORSCHE |
2Laps
|
|
16
|
118
|
Takashi Miyamoto Guts Jyonai |
4CARAT SON GT3 |
3Laps
|
|
17
|
666
|
Shogo Suho Junichiro Yamashita |
Rakuten BOMEX 320R |
3Laps
|
|
18
|
5
|
Tetsuji Tamanaka Katsuhiko Tsutsui |
Proμ MACH-GO 320R |
3Laps
|
|
19
|
88
|
Hideshi Matsuda Naohiro Furuya |
triple a GALLARDO RG-3 |
5Laps
|
|
20
|
7
|
Hiroyuki Iiri Ryo Orime |
ORC AMEMIYA SGC-7 |
15Laps
|
|
21
|
87
|
Hisashi Wada Muneyuki Kurihara |
AKTIO GALLARDO RG-3 |
16Laps
|
| Classified (GT300: 42 Laps) | ||||
|
|
111
|
Hiroshi Koizumi Tsubasa Kurosawa |
ARKTECH BOXSTER-GT |
20Laps
|
|
|
66
|
Koji Yamanishi Atsushi Yogo |
triple a MURCIE RG-1 |
44Laps
|
Driver Championship Standings : GT-500
| Pos | No. | Drivers | Points |
| 1 | 23 | Satoshi Motoyama Benoit Treluyer |
74
|
| 2 | 18 | Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure |
60
|
| 3 | 36 | Juichi Wakisaka Andre Lotterer |
59
|
| 4 | 22 | Michael Krumm Masataka Yanagida |
57
|
| 5 | 38 | Yuji Tachikawa Richard Lyons |
57
|
| 6 | 1 | Ralph Firman Takuya Izawa |
49
|
| 7 | 12 | Sebastien Philippe |
41
|
| 8 | 12 | Tsugio Matsuda |
41
|
| 9 | 100 | Yuji Ide Shinya Hosokawa |
41
|
| 10 | 35 | Peter Dumbreck Tatsuya Kataoka |
40
|
| 11 | 3 | Ronnie Quintarelli Naoki Yokomizo |
39
|
| 12 | 32 | Loic DUVAL Katsuyuki Hiranaka |
35
|
| 13 | 24 | Joao Paulo Lima De Oliveira Seiji Ara |
34
|
| 14 | 6 | Bjorn Wirdheim |
28
|
| 15 | 25 | Takeshi Tsuchiya Hiroaki Ishiura |
20
|
| 16 | 6 | Akira Iida |
20
|
| 17 | 100 | Kosuke Matsuura |
19
|
| 18 | 17 | Katsutomo Kaneishi Toshihiro Kaneishi |
15
|
| 19 | 36 | Carlo Van Dam |
11
|
| 20 | 22 | Dominik Schwager |
10
|
| 21 | 6 | Daisuke Ito |
10
|
| 22 | 39 | Toranosuke Takagi Andre Couto |
5
|
| 23 | 6 | Roberto Streit |
5
|
| 24 | 23 | Fabio Carbone |
3
|
| 25 | 17 | Koudai Tsukakoshi |
1
|
Driver Championship Standings : GT-300
| Pos | No. | Drivers | Points |
| 1 | 43 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
75
|
| 2 | 46 | Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda |
73
|
| 3 | 2 | Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh |
67
|
| 4 | 81 | Takayuki Aoki Tomonobu Fujii |
58
|
| 5 | 7 | Hiroyuki Iiri Ryo Orime |
54
|
| 6 | 26 | Nobuteru Taniguchi Shinichi Yamaji |
51
|
| 7 | 95 | Keisuke Kunimoto |
50
|
| 8 | 77 | Tetsuya Yamano |
48
|
| 9 | 77 | Kota Sasaki |
43
|
| 10 | 31 | Yuya Sakamoto |
41
|
| 11 | 19 | Manabu Orido Tsubasa Abe |
35
|
| 12 | 95 | Kohei Hirate |
33
|
| 13 | 31 | Kyosuke Mineo |
26
|
| 14 | 62 | Haruki Kurosawa |
23
|
| 15 | 62 | Shogo Mitsuyama |
22
|
| 16 | 4 | Ryohei Sakaguchi Masaki Matsushita |
21
|
| 17 | 66 | Koji Yamanishi Atsushi Yogo |
18
|
| 18 | 33 | Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama |
18
|
| 19 | 95 | Kazuya Oshima |
17
|
| 20 | 11 | Tetsuya Tanaka Masayuki Ueda |
14
|
| 21 | 7 | Hiroyuki Matsumura |
11
|
| 22 | 110 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada Daisuke Ikeda |
11
|
| 23 | 62 | Shinsuke Shibahara |
9
|
| 24 | 26 | Keita Sawa |
7
|
| 25 | 77 | Carlo Van Dam |
5
|
| 26 | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka Naoya Yamano |
4
|
| 27 | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka Naoya Yamano |
4
|
| 28 | 111 | Hiroshi Koizumi |
3
|
| 29 | 111 | Tsubasa Kurosawa |
3
|
| 30 | 52 | Takuya Kurosawa Takuto Iguchi |
3
|
| 31 | 27 | Takashi Inoue Hwang Jin Woo |
2
|
| 32 | 27 | Yasuhiro Takasaki |
2
|
| 33 | 5 | Katsuhiko Tsutsui |
1
|
| 34 | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi |
1
|
Constructor Championship Standings : GT-500
| Pos. |
No.
|
Team
|
Points
|
|
1
|
36
|
PETRONAS TOYOTA TEAM TOM'S |
87
|
|
2
|
23
|
NISMO |
82
|
|
3
|
38
|
TOYOTA TEAM CERUMO |
75
|
|
4
|
18
|
DOME RACING TEAM |
74
|
|
5
|
22
|
NISMO |
67
|
|
6
|
100
|
TEAM KUNIMITSU |
60
|
|
7
|
35
|
houzan TOYOTA TEAM KRAFT |
60
|
|
8
|
12
|
TEAM IMPUL |
55
|
|
9
|
24
|
KONDO RACING |
55
|
|
10
|
3
|
HASEMI MOTOR SPORT |
52
|
|
11
|
1
|
AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI |
52
|
|
12
|
6
|
ENEOS TOYOTA Team LeMans |
50
|
|
13
|
32
|
NAKAJIMA RACING |
49
|
|
14
|
25
|
TOYOTA TEAM TSUCHIYA |
39
|
|
15
|
17
|
REAL RACING with LEON |
27
|
|
16
|
39
|
TOYOTA TEAM SARD |
20
|
Constructor Championship Standings : GT-300
| Pos. |
No.
|
Team
|
Points
|
| 1 | 46 | MOLA |
97
|
| 2 | 43 | AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI |
85
|
| 3 | 2 | Cars Tokai Dream28 |
80
|
| 4 | 81 | TEAM DAISHIN |
79
|
| 5 | 7 | RE AMEMIYA RACING |
66
|
| 6 | 95 | apr |
63
|
| 7 | 26 | Team TAISAN with NISHIZAWA |
60
|
| 8 | 77 | CUSCO RACING |
57
|
| 9 | 31 | apr |
41
|
| 10 | 19 | RACING PROJECT BANDOH |
39
|
| 11 | 62 | WILLCOM R&D SPORT |
38
|
| 12 | 4 | Team UEMATSU NOVA |
38
|
| 13 | 33 | HANKOOK KTR |
33
|
| 14 | 66 | JLOC |
27
|
| 15 | 11 | JIMGAINER |
19
|
| 16 | 110 | ARKTECH MOTORSPORTS |
17
|
| 17 | 5 | TEAM MACH |
15
|
| 18 | 52 | TEAM TAKEUCHI with SHIFT |
11
|
| 19 | 111 | ARKTECH MOTORSPORTS |
10
|
| 20 | 27 | TEAM SHADOW |
7
|
| 21 | 88 | JLOC |
6
|
| 22 | 87 | JLOC |
6
|
| 23 | 70 | TEAM GAIKOKUYA |
5
|
| 24 | 666 | AVANZZA ROSSO |
5
|
| 25 | 118 | TOMEISPORTS |
5
|
| 26 | 16 | Team UEMATSU NOVA |
1
|
| 27 | 170 | TEAM GAIKOKUYA |
1
|
Pit Work (#23)
[Source : 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT - NISSAN]
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