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MUNDIAL - GT OPEN - JAS MOTORSPORT

Quarta, 27 Outubro 2021 14:58 | Actualizado em Quinta, 28 Março 2024 14:34

Reno Racing seal GT Open runner-up spot for NSX GT3 Evo


Reno Racing once again proved the pace of the NSX GT3 Evo, despite a challenging weekend for the car in customer-racing hands in Spain and Japan.
 
International GT Open
Reno Racing arrived at Barcelona as one of two crews in with a chance of winning the pro-am Drivers’ title.
 
But it was clear as soon as starting driver Jens Moller had been spun around midway through the first lap, that regaining lost ground would not be easy.
 
The Dane carved through the field to pass 14 cars overall and climb back up to sixth in GT3 by the time the pitlane opened. Paverud continued the charge, eventually finishing fourth.
 
He and Paverud added sixth in Race Two - the season finale - to finish the year second in the pro-am points - easily the best season-long performance by the NSX to date.
 
Super GT
NSX GT3 Evo teams found the Autopolis round of Japan’s Super GT series to be particularly challenging.
 
Team UPGARAGE duo Takashi Kobayashi and Teppei Natori were the highest-place crew in qualifying as they put their car 10th on the grid and then finished 16th in the 61-lap race.
 
ARTA crew Shinichi Takagi & Ren Sato were 20th - the pair struggling with 90kg success weight while Drago Corse’s Shogo Mitsuyama and Ryo Michigami were 22nd as just two more races remain this season.
 
All four cars were competing as part of the NSX GT3 Customer Racing Programme; a global collaborative project with JAS Motorsport responsible for assembly of all cars.
 
Honda Performance Development (HPD) and M-TEC handle sales and technical support in North America and Japan respectively, with JAS responsible for these areas across the rest of the world.

Main: Jens Moller/Marcus Paverud,  Reno Racing Honda NSX GT3 Evo, International GT Open, Barcelona, Spain (credit: gtsport.es); Lower 1 Jens Moller/Marcus Paverud,  Reno Racing Honda NSX GT3 Evo, International GT Open, Barcelona, Spain (credit: gtsport.es); 2 Takashi Kobayashi/Teppei Natori, Team UPGARAGE Honda NSX GT3 Evo, Super GT, Autopolis, Japan (credit: Honda Motor); 3(L) Shinichi Takagi/Ren Sato, ARTA Honda NSX GT3 Evo, Super GT, Autopolis, Japan (credit: Honda Motor); R Ryo Michigami/Shogo Mitusyama, Drago Corse Honda NSX GT3 Evo, Super GT, Autopolis, Japan (credit: Honda Motor).

About JAS Motorsport

Founded in 1995, JAS Motorsport is one of the world's leading touring car teams and constructors. Initially fielding Alfa Romeos in the ITC, JAS became a technical partner of Honda in 1998 and has been at the forefront of its activities with touring cars and rallying ever since. In 2012, JAS was chosen to develop, in partnership with Honda R&D, the Civic WTCC, with which it claimed the Manufacturers' world title a year later. JAS designed and built the Civic Type R TCR, which has claimed 42 major titles so far (27 with the current model), and is also responsible for the build of the NSX GT3 Evo race car, itself a 15-time title winner.

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