The season start in the SRO Japan Cup wasn’t giving indications the Akihiro Tsuzuki and Shintaro Kawabata would be able to defend their title, but the No. 1 Hitotsuyama Racing with Cornes Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 swoop the whole final weekend at Suzuka to lift the second title in a row in the most dramatic way possible. The No. 45 PONOS Ferrari was an unusual presence in the Race 1 pole position, but the top Am Cup car quickly lost the lead to the No. 24 Max Racing Mercedes, though Yorikatsu Tsujiko kept Mineki Okura behind his Ferrari before the yellow flags were waved as the No. 27 AWD Audi got beached in the gravel after only one corner, returning to the track with some level of assistance. The overall top 3 quickly set themselves apart from the field, despite the best efforts from Tadao Uematsu to chase them down in the No. 88 Miracolo Tokyo McLaren. Tsujiko appeared to not care that much about having the Am Cup lead and started pressing Shibata, and just before the p...
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