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Round6 [Suzuka]
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| ‘May 11 , Round6 :Suzuka Circuit Participation cars: 9 all-Japan class, 7 National class.Weather:cloudy(dry)
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| The Race was determined by a start ! Van dam god long-cherished first championship |
 @In qualifying, Hironobu Yasuda of ThreeBond got pole position of the sixth round. He was strong in the rain, but the track surface became dry in the final, and race expansion was expected to be difficult for him. He said "My feeling was not so good in a dry session of Friday." Follow him, Carlo Van dam was 2nd, Takuto Iguchi was 3rd, Kei Cozzolino was 4th, they were fast in a dry session of Friday.
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The sixth round final started at 00:59 p.m. Iguchi jumped out ahead between two of front low as soon as a red signal faded away. Yasuda started late by wheelspin probably because he was disturbed of Iguchi ,and Van dam became ahead. In order, Iguchi, Van dam, Yasuda, Keisuke Kunimoto, Kei Cozzolino, Naoki Yamamoto and Hiroki Saga came in to 1st corner sequentially.
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An intense fight continued in an opening lap. Kunimoto competed with Cozzolino behind top 3, but he was slow downed by a clutch trouble, and Cozzolino moved up in 4th position.
Iguchi got into the second lap as the top, but then came trough at 2nd corner and dropped down the position.  Moreover, He got a penalty of a premature start and dropped out of a higher fight.
And it was Van dam that led a race in place of Iguchi. Van dam gradually separated Yasuda and became a landslide victory.
Behind them, Cozzolino and Yamamoto developed a close battle. Yamamoto who was good at dry condition regained tune and approached Cozzolino, the third place fight heated incandescent but the order did not change.
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Van dam marked first championship in Japan, and said "I was not acclimatized after coming to Japan and could not get win, but finally became a champion. I want to thank the team and people whom supported me" after all.
By this victory, Van dam equals Iguchi as point-leader.Following him,2nd was Yasuda, 3rd Cozzolino, 4th Yamamoto, 5th Saga, and Daisuke Nakajima who tided over a close battle with Yuki Nakayama followed 6th position.
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In National class, Alexandre Imperatori started from 2nd grid but went off the track at the fifth round, but at this time, did good start and moved up on the top.
However, Hideki Yamanouchi got follow to him without being defeated locked him on at west course, and got back the top at a spoon corner.
Masaki Matsushita catches up Imperatori whom pace does not go up immediately, and passed at the third lap.
In addition, Imperatori was turned the position by Hideto Yasuoka at the fourth lap, and had came in contact with a teammate Zaher Ali at the chicane.
It was judged to be a dangerous behavior, he got a penalty stop for 60 seconds, moreover, cannot start the engine and retired in regrets.
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Yamauchi ran for the top plainly without minding such a following disturbance. He said "I controlled a pace in the middle stage" and won straight victories composedly.
Also Yasuoka shortened a difference with Matsushita gradually, but was not able to turn the position.
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