Monday, November 4, 2013

Super GT 2013 Finale

The final round of this season's Super GT was held at Twin Ring Motegi Road Course and in the season finale, they have emerged victorious but only one was hailed a true victor. In a cloudy weather that doesn't stop the racers vying to the top, the first to finish was the #6 ENEOS SUSTINA SC430 driven by Kazuya Oshima and Yuji Kunimoto for the GT500 Class while the #11 GAINER DIXCEL SLS driven by Katsuyuki Hiranaka and Bjorn Wirdheim placed 1st in the GT300 class.

Overall, the Super GT500 champion for this season is the #38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 driven by Yuji Tachikawa and Kohei Hirate with the overall total score of 69 points while the Super GT300 champion for this season, and the first hybrid to make it in the history books, is the #16 MUGEN CR-Z GT driven by Hideki Mutoh and Yuhki Nakayama with the overall total score of 85 points.

This concludes the Super GT 2013 season. Here's the digest video that really sums it up:



So, this season sees a fond farewell to the old Lexus SC430 Super GT racers as they will be replaced by a new Lexus Super GT race cars based on the yet-to-be-revealed sportscar. Not just that, this season sees a fond farewell to the HSV-010 race cars as well because they'll be replaced by those NSX-based racers.

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