Weekend Race Results: Lexus Teams Dominate Super GT Round 4 in Thailand

Posted by Kevin on July 2nd, 2018

Two races for Lexus this weekend, with Super GT Round 4 in Thailand and the 3GT Racing teams running the IMSA Six Hours of the Glen in New York.

Super GT Round 4

The #39 Denso Kobelco SARD LC 500 driven by Heikki Kovalainen & Kamui Kobayashi scored their first win of the season at the Chang Super GT Race at Chang International Circuit in Buriram, here are the highlights:

The top four teams in the race were all Lexus, with Team LeMans Wako’s in second, Team WedsSport Bandoh in third, and Team ZENT Cerumo finishing fourth. For a written recap of the race, I highly recommend RJ O’Connell over at Daily Sportscar.

Now four races into the season, Lexus Team SARD is first overall in the GT500 class. The next race will be at Fuji Speedway in early August.

### IMSA WeatherTech Championship

Lexus RC F GT3

The 3GT Racing #15 Lexus RC F GT3 was fourth in the GTD class at IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Watkins Glen this Sunday, marking the team’s third top-five finish this season.

Drivers Jack Hawksworth, David Heinemeier Hansson & Mario Farnbacher were set up for success with pole position going into the race, but a late issue pushed them back off the podium.

The No. 14 Lexus finished 13th after a mechanical issue forced the RC F GT3 to the garage on Lap 41.

Japan Racing USA

Comments

krew
May 22, 2018

ssun30
I've never followed the Lexus racing program in recent years since I am a WRC guy. Could someone summarize how well the RC fares in GT racing.

The RC F GT3 program looks to be picking up steam:

After a season and a half with little success, 3GT Racing won their first IMSA race this month.
The European program had more success, and was competitive in VLN in 2016 and the GT Open in 2017. Emil Frey Racing is now in the Blancpain GT series, a considerably more prestigious championship, and have managed a third place finish in four races this year.
The RC F GT3 in Japan has really struggled, but a newly formed team with SuperGT legend Morio Nitta just finished first in this weekend's race.

This could just be a string of good luck, but hopefully the teams on all three continents will continue to be competitive. I know the first place finish by 3GT has energized my interest.

krew
May 22, 2018

ssun30
I've never followed the Lexus racing program in recent years since I am a WRC guy. Could someone summarize how well the RC fares in GT racing.

The RC F GT3 program looks to be picking up steam:

After a season and a half with little success, 3GT Racing won their first IMSA race this month.
The European program had more success, and was competitive in VLN in 2016 and the GT Open in 2017. Emil Frey Racing is now in the Blancpain GT series, a considerably more prestigious championship, and have managed a third place finish in four races this year.
The RC F GT3 in Japan has really struggled, but a newly formed team with SuperGT legend Morio Nitta just finished first in this weekend's race.

This could just be a string of good luck, but hopefully the teams on all three continents will continue to be competitive. I know the first place finish by 3GT has energized my interest.

krew
May 22, 2018

ssun30
I've never followed the Lexus racing program in recent years since I am a WRC guy. Could someone summarize how well the RC fares in GT racing.

The RC F GT3 program looks to be picking up steam:

After a season and a half with little success, 3GT Racing won their first IMSA race this month.
The European program had more success, and was competitive in VLN in 2016 and the GT Open in 2017. Emil Frey Racing is now in the Blancpain GT series, a considerably more prestigious championship, and have managed a third place finish in four races this year.
The RC F GT3 in Japan has really struggled, but a newly formed team with SuperGT legend Morio Nitta just finished first in this weekend's race.

This could just be a string of good luck, but hopefully the teams on all three continents will continue to be competitive. I know the first place finish by 3GT has energized my interest.

krew
May 22, 2018

ssun30
I've never followed the Lexus racing program in recent years since I am a WRC guy. Could someone summarize how well the RC fares in GT racing.

The RC F GT3 program looks to be picking up steam:

After a season and a half with little success, 3GT Racing won their first IMSA race this month.
The European program had more success, and was competitive in VLN in 2016 and the GT Open in 2017. Emil Frey Racing is now in the Blancpain GT series, a considerably more prestigious championship, and have managed a third place finish in four races this year.
The RC F GT3 in Japan has really struggled, but a newly formed team with SuperGT legend Morio Nitta just finished first in this weekend's race.

This could just be a string of good luck, but hopefully the teams on all three continents will continue to be competitive. I know the first place finish by 3GT has energized my interest.

krew
May 22, 2018

ssun30
I've never followed the Lexus racing program in recent years since I am a WRC guy. Could someone summarize how well the RC fares in GT racing.

The RC F GT3 program looks to be picking up steam:

After a season and a half with little success, 3GT Racing won their first IMSA race this month.
The European program had more success, and was competitive in VLN in 2016 and the GT Open in 2017. Emil Frey Racing is now in the Blancpain GT series, a considerably more prestigious championship, and have managed a third place finish in four races this year.
The RC F GT3 in Japan has really struggled, but a newly formed team with SuperGT legend Morio Nitta just finished first in this weekend's race.

This could just be a string of good luck, but hopefully the teams on all three continents will continue to be competitive. I know the first place finish by 3GT has energized my interest.

krew
May 22, 2018

ssun30
I've never followed the Lexus racing program in recent years since I am a WRC guy. Could someone summarize how well the RC fares in GT racing.

The RC F GT3 program looks to be picking up steam:

After a season and a half with little success, 3GT Racing won their first IMSA race this month.
The European program had more success, and was competitive in VLN in 2016 and the GT Open in 2017. Emil Frey Racing is now in the Blancpain GT series, a considerably more prestigious championship, and have managed a third place finish in four races this year.
The RC F GT3 in Japan has really struggled, but a newly formed team with SuperGT legend Morio Nitta just finished first in this weekend's race.

This could just be a string of good luck, but hopefully the teams on all three continents will continue to be competitive. I know the first place finish by 3GT has energized my interest.

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