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Round9 [Okayama]
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| ‘June 7 , Round9 :Okayama international circuit Participation cars: 9 all-Japan class, 7 National class.Weather:Sunny (DRY) |
| The top got a penalty and dropped out in sequence; Naoki Yamamoto won a confused fight and got his first F3 championship! |
 @The ninth round in Okayama was the first race after beginning of the rainy season. However fortunately, weather was good and this weekend was half of the series became a fight on dry condition.
@As a result of official qualifying of Saturday, Takuto Iguchi of TOM'S took a pole position. Carlo Van Dam marked 2nd position time, and Keisuke Kunimoto followed him. However, Van dam violates a mistake of double checkers at the qualifying end, and was demoted 3 grids to the fifth position start. Naoki Yamamoto and Yuki Nakayama of  Honda Team Real which narrowed a gap more than yesterday with the TOM'S group and lined up with them. The top teams which carried Toyota and Honda on their back stood became mixed and confused grid after a long time.
@The ninth round finals started at 4:13 p.m. Kunimoto seemed to have taken a hall shot by a rocket start, but it was judged to be a jump start. On this account, Kunimoto, Iguchi, Yamamoto, Van dam, Nakayama, and Hironobu Yasuda finished the first lap with order of top 6. A drive-through penalty gave Kunimoto at the second lap, and he did pit in at the third lap end.
@And Iguchi took the top, but was taken start position violation that passed grid box at the time of a start. The drive-through penalty was shown at the sixth lap and he was forced to pit in at eighth lap end and dropped out.
@Yamamoto became a leader as first time for him. Van dam just followed behind him but lacked in a d ecisive factor. He said "Probably because I laid the wing too much down, balance was changed when I approached Yamamoto and had been keep away at the high-speed 2nd corner". Yamamoto said that "I concentrated on that I do my drive without minding pressure from Van dam who behind him after standing on the top"
@He just succeeded in escaping to get checkers as the top and put up the right hand for his first winning run. The second place was Van dam , third place was Yamamoto's team mate Nakayama who said "It was lucky at this time, but I want to stand on the podium by own strength next time", and stood on the first winners' podium.
@Koki Saga was fifth, and Daisuke Nakajima sixth position as followed, the fight was outstanding progress of Honda group.
 @In National class, an unexpected accident occurred to Alexandre Imperatori which should have started from the pole. He cannot participate in formation lap by a trouble of a starter and was forced to had to start from the pit-lane, moreover he retired without can start again.
@On the other hand, the 2nd position Hideki Yamauchi, 3rd place Hideto Yasuoka missed a start together.Yasuoka has suffered to go off the track at 1st corner. Zahir Ali stood on the top in this way.
@He let behind follow by Masaki Matsushita and Yamauchi to the second lap, but spread a difference after it slowly, and it was for a landslide victory in the middle stage.
@He won the first championship in his drive without possibility of danger till the last.
"Honestly, the setting did not go well this week, I did not guess to be able to win "Ali was delight in lucky development.
@Matsushita advanced to winners' podium after a long absence, and "If I did not do even a stall..." the third place Yamauchi showed the expression that seemed to be annoying.
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