In Europe, the racing organisations are always focused on balancing everything out, locking in a particular tyre manufacturer, limiting a team’s strategy options. But in Japan it’s totally the opposite. Here, development and pure racing are encouraged much more than in Europe. At Super GT there is no spec tyre manufacturer and there is a genuine war going on between the tyre manufacturers, which pushes the development of new products. And that’s exactly why we race.
What’s it like racing a GT500 machine? Can you describe it?
The GT500 is in essence a very exotic GT car. It has some characteristics that are very similar to a GT car. It moves around a lot and it’s very tail happy, but on the other hand we have the power and downforce of an LMP1 car. All that makes this car one of the most impressive race cars I’ve ever driven.