The final round of this year’s Super GT series saw an amazing comeback of the No. 1 Motul-Autech GT-R driven by Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli from 12th to second place, displacing the No. 12 Calsonic GT-R to secure enough points to win their second GT500 Championship.
Held on November 15 at the Twin Ring Motegi, the rain did not stop the Motul-Autech team from charging up the leader board during the entire race. “I don’t know what to say, Ronnie did a fantastic job in the first half and that pit work was astounding. We’ve been diligently practicing our driver changes and pit work all year and it was the effort from the whole team that spurred me on in my out-lap. It was an incredibly tense race. However, I feel like we were able to display a performance worthy of a champion,” said NISMO team principal Yutaka Suzuki.