A mixed result for Kiwi driver Nick Cassidy at the latest round of the Japanese F3 Championship has seen his Petronas Team Tom’s team mate Kenta Yamashito draw level on points with one round remaining. Cassidy finished the round at Twin Ring Motegi with a second and a fifth and is currently first equal in the championship with Yamashito on 105 points. Nirei Fukuzumi won both races and is fourth overall.
“Second place in the first race, I’m really happy with the result as I gave it everything,” commented Cassidy. “Congratulations to Nirei Fukuzumi on his first win in the championship. I was comfortably second quickest and able to extend my championship lead.”
Qualifying for both races was also a mixed affair for Cassidy. “It was a qualifying of two half’s. I was really happy with P2 for race 14. Unfortunately I was really unlucky with tyres in the second qualifying session and was only fifth fastest.”
The final round takes place at Sportland Sugo 17-18 October
Race 14 – 14 laps (Top 5)
1 Nirei Fukuzumi
2 Nick Cassidy
3 Kenta Yamashito
4 Mitsunori Takaboshi
5 Yuhi Sekiguchi
Race 15 – 20 laps (Top 5)
1 Nirei Fukuzumi
2 Kenta Yamashito
3 Mitsunori Takaboshi
4 Keishi Ishikawa
5 Nick Cassidy
Points
1= Nick Cassidy 105
1= Kenta Yamashito 105
3 Mitsunori Takaboshi 90
4 Nirei Fukuzumi 65
5 Lucas Ordonez 29
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