Qualifying

For the final round of the season, Round 8, the success weight (SW) accumulated over the course of the season was reset to 0kg for all cars.

Qualifying for Round 8 was again held as a single 15-minute session, with one driver from each car setting the qualifying time. All GT500 cars fielded the same drivers as the previous day’s Round 3.

As the cars began their flying laps, Riki Okusa in the #64 Modulo HRC PRELUDE-GT, who had taken pole position for the previous three races, initially set the fastest time before improving to 1m36.458s on the following lap. Yuto Nomura in the #17 Astemo and Kakunoshin Ohta in the #8 ARTA MUGEN followed, but shortly afterwards the #36 (Toyota) moved to the top of the timesheets. Tadasuke Makino in the #100 STANLEY then immediately responded with a 1m36.135s lap to take the top spot as the session came to an end.

The #100 STANLEY secured the one point awarded for pole position, while the #36 (Toyota), its close rival in the championship battle, qualified second. Behind them, the #64 Modulo, #17 Astemo and #8 ARTA MUGEN lined up in succession, putting three Honda HRC PRELUDE-GT cars immediately behind the front row for the season finale.

GT500 Qualifying Result