Super Formula Suzuka: Makino completes Dandelion clean sweep

Tadasuke Makino accomplished a Dandelion Racing sweep of the opening weekend of the Tremendous System season at Suzuka, however team-mate Kakunoshin Ohta was demoted out of the factors by a penalty.

Makino led a 1-2 on the highway for the Honda-powered squad forward of Ohta, because the 31-lap race got here to a conclusion behind the protection automobile following a crash for Kondo Racing rookie Zak O’Sullivan at Flip 2.

However Ohta had been handed a five-second penalty for an earlier incident with Ayumu Iwasa, with the Saturday race winner having minimize the ultimate chicane as he handed Iwasa following early pitstops for each drivers.

Makino however opted to remain out till lap 20 and, whereas he quickly misplaced the benefit to Ohta after his cease on chilly tyres, he was capable of sweep again forward of his Dandelion team-mate with the benefit of his contemporary rubber on lap 24.

Ohta then seemed to be at risk of dropping behind TOM’S driver Sho Tsuboi – who, like Makino, stopped on lap 20 – and was displaying robust tempo because the race moved in direction of its conclusion.

However with the protection automobile showing following O’Sullivan’s crash, triggered by contact with Group Impul stand-in Seita Nonaka, your complete discipline was bunched collectively and Ohta was powerless to stop himself dropping out of the factors to twelfth.

That promoted Tsuboi to second and Group Mugen’s Iwasa, who as soon as once more began second and led the opening lap, to the ultimate spot on the rostrum.

Each Dandelion automobiles had been positioned beneath investigation for a possible violation of the protection automobile process, with Makino having appeared to go the protection automobile because it peeled into the pits on the end, however he was cleared and stored the victory after a prolonged investigation.

Tomoki Nojiri ended up fourth from pole following Ohta’s penalty, whereas Igor Fraga accomplished the highest 5 in his first weekend for Nakajima Racing after an early cease.

His team-mate Ren Sato took the alternative method and ended up sixth, additionally setting the quickest lap of the race.

Finishing the scorers had been Inging’s Toshiki Oyu, B-Max Racing rookie Shyn Koide, KCMG’s Kamui Kobayashi and Rookie Racing’s Kazuya Oshima.

Sacha Fenestraz may solely handle sixteenth for TOM’S as he went for an early pitstop, solely to get caught behind the Inging machine of Sena Sakaguchi for the remainder of the race.

Iwasa takes an early lead within the championship on 30 factors, forward of Tsuboi on 23 and Ohta on 22, whereas Makino sits fourth on 21 having stored his victory.

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