Starting Grids for Formula Nippon Rd.3 FUJI:
Fuji Intl. Speedway, JAPAN -RIJ- Takuya Kurosawa got pole position for Sunday's All Japan Formula Nippon Championship Round-3 at Fuji International Speedway Saturday. Kurosawa drove Lola T96 Mugen and set fifth fastest time 1 minute 16.828 seconds in First Qualifying Session and marked 1 minute 16.753 seconds in The Special Stage, five lap single car qualifying session for top six qualifiers of first session.
"I'm very happy to get pole position," said Kurosawa after Special Stage. "If I didn't mistake at B-Corner, I would be able to mark 1 minute 16.5 or 16.6 seconds. My car's feeling is good. So if I won't do any mistake, I will be able to win at race."
Second gird was gotten by point leader Norberto Fontana from Argentina. "I'm delighted to get second grid. It is first time to run at this circuit with new car (Reynard 97D Mugen,) Set-up has been better and better. So I will make better result tomorrow," said Fontana who lost victory at Mine two weeks ago.
"I couldn't manage the tires' tempratures. So I'm happy to get third grid," said Spanish Pedro de la Rossa who won first two races. "Season is long and I will run one by one."
Starting Grids for Formula Nippon Rd.3 FUJI:
Fuji Intl.Speedway -RIJ- Here are the Starting Grids for All Japan Formula Nippon Round-3 at Fuji International Speedway. Starting Grid: P No. Driver------------- Car--------------BestLapT/Pos.--kph-----SS Time- 1 19 Takuya Kurosawa (J) Lola T96/Mugen 1'16.828(5) 210.339 1'16.753 2 1 Norberto Fontana (RA) Reynard 97D/Mugen 1'16.674(2) 209.876 1'16.887 3 9 Pedro de la Rosa (E) Lola T97/Mugen 1'16.505(1) 209.676 1'16.976 4 64 Toranosuke Takagi (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 1'16.773(4) 209.605 1'17.046 5 20 Masahiko Kageyama (J) Lola T95/Mugen 1'16.747(3) 209.455 1'17.096 6 28 Katsumi Yamamoto (J) Reynard 95D/Mugen 1'16.976(6) 209.052 1'17.419 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 27 Masami Kageyama (J) Reynard 96D/Mugen 1'16.994 209.003 8 35 Michael Krumm (D) Reynard 96D/Mugen 1'17.008 208.965 9 10 Akira Iida (J) Lola R97/Mugen 1'17.096 208.727 10 33 Toshio Suzuki (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 1'17.361 208.012 11 11 Hidetoshi Mitsusada(J) Lola T96/Mugen 1'17.368 207.993 12 55 Katsutomo Kaneishi (J) Reynard 96D/Mugen 1'17.436 207.810 13 56 Satoshi Motoyama (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 1'17.487 207.674 14 34 Mauro Martini (I) Lola T96/Mugen 1'17.554 207.494 15 65 Koji Yamanishi (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 1'17.688 207.136 16 2 Esteban Tuero (RA) Reynard 97D/Mugen 1'17.850 206.705 17 5 Marc Goossens (B) Reynard 96D/Judd 1'18.004 206.297 18 3 Atsushi Kawamoto (J) Reynard 96D/Mugen 1'18.025 206.242 19 18 Ralf Firman (GB) Reynard 97D/Mugen 1'18.300 205.517 20 6 Risto Virtanen (SF) Reynard 96D/Judd 1'18.382 205.302 21 8 Juichi Wakisaka (J) Dome F104R/Mugen 1'18.468 205.077 22 17 Masahiko Kondo (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 1'19.414 202.634 23 63 D.R.B.Malagamuwa (SRI) Reynard 96D/Mugen 1'20.986 198.701 24 36 Tetsuji Tamanaka (J) Lola T95/Mugen 1'22.359 195.388 25 37 Masao Yamada (J) Lola T94/Mugen 1'22.848 194.235 Note: Top 6 grids were decided after the Special Stage, total 5 laps (1 warm-up lap, 3 timed laps and 1 cool-down lap) single car qualifying session by top 6 qualifiers.