Manager Bando Masataka, who competes in the Japan top category Super GT GT500 class as the representative of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR)'s TEAM WedsSport BANDOH, is currently taking on various challenges as a young businessman. Coach Masa will write about what he finds interesting and what he is working on in his daily races and his business career!
The 46th column in the serialization will look back at the battle of the No. 19 WedsSport ADVAN GR Supra of the 2025 Super GT Round 4, “FUJI GT SPRINT RACE,” held at Fuji Speedway from August 2nd to 3rd, and deliver a comprehensive review of the sprint races by Masa at the throttle.
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Osu! This is Bando Masa.
The first sprint race for the Super GT official race has concluded.
In conclusion, the GT500 class was a TGR festival, with GR Supra dominated the podium in both races, with No. 1 au TOM'S GR Supra dominated the podium in both races, on Saturday Race 1, with No. 1 au TOM'S GR Supra dominated the podium in both races.
Now let's take a look back at the sprint race of our No. 19 WedsSport!
First off, race 1 on Saturday. Car No. 19 Weds Sport won pole position for the second consecutive race. Sakaguchi Harunami's qualifying attack was thrilling.
Tsuboi Sho of Car 1 au said in a comment after the qualifying round that there was a mistake, so it seems Tsuboi saved the pole position of Car 19 WedsSport, but the result is the result.
This sprint race will receive half points for the 300km race, so Car No. 19 Weds Sport was able to score 0.5 points in this pole position.
However, the format for the fourth round was difficult. This is my first attempt, so I take it all positively as an “attempt for success”, but I found it difficult for the customers and mechanics to be in the heat.
As for the Super GT, I wonder if it would have been fine for free practice from 3pm. The final was a night race, and the organizers would even hold the night… (laughs).
Also, this time, the drivers who drive on Saturday and Sunday will be completely divided, so we need to consider the schedules for drivers who drive and drivers who don't.
We always have a meeting after the ride. Three meetings will be held per day after the free practice session, after the qualifying sessions and after the final session. I also had owner meetings, team meetings, general manager meetings, TGR manager meetings, general manager meetings, entrant meetings, talk shows, pitwalks, and kids' walks, so I was busier than I thought.
Regarding time schedules, I would like to do something I can imitate while looking at the schedules for F1 and WEC (World Endurance Championship). Also, for the sake of the audience, I thought it would be better not to be held in the summer.
This race was marked five sets of dry tires over two days. Since we don't know the tire information we bring in for the GT500 and GT300 classes, we're also curious to see how each car used five sets of marking tires in two races.
If we could tell you about this part, whether the tyres for all five sets are the same, or whether the compound was separated into 3, 2, and 4, and 1 set, the customers would be even more pleased, and on the other hand, if there is any information that fans would like to know, I would love to hear from you.
After all, I think the fun of the audience is how interesting it is to tell what kind of information they will teach them. Also, if you watch the race live and then look back on YouTube, it's better to have a variety of information.
Car No. 19 WedsSport has undergone irregular markings of 5 sets, including three sets of A tire, one set of B tire, and one set of C tire, taking into consideration various factors such as road temperature and the rainfall situation.
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