Fuji Intl. Speedway, JAPAN -RIJ- Ausie David Brabham and Danish John Nielsen took the pole position for Sunday's All Japan GT Championship Round-4, Japan Special GT Cup Race at Fuji International Speedway with McLaren F1 GT-R by 1 minute 30.260 seconds, followed by French Erik Comas and Japanese Hironori Takeuchi with Toyota Supra.
Japanese Naoki Hattori and German Ralf Schumacher, took three pole positions until Round-3 with another McLaren F1 GT-R, will start from third grid. Ralf Schumacher returned from Silverstone's test driving for Formula One McLaren Mercedes.
Japanese veteran Masanori Sekiya and young Spanish Pedoro De La Rosa got fourth grid, followed by Danish Tom Kristensen and French Bertrand Gachot. Both teams run Toyota Supra, too.
Sixth grid starters are Japanese veteran Toshio Suzuki and popular singer, actor and professional F3000 and GT driver Masahiko Kondo in Nissan Skyline GT-R.
Former FIM Motorcycle Road Race World Champion Wayne Gardner from Australia and French Alain Ferte with Toyota Supra will start from seventh grid.
After third round of JGTC, GT-Assosiation changed rules which would increase competition of Nissan Skyline, Honda NSX and Porsche. Lark McLaren team appealed it and withdrew from All Japan GT-Assosiation, but continue to run two McLaren F1 GT-R. McLaren's owner Ron Dennis sent disappointment letter to Japanese media, too.
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1996 All Japan GT Championship Round-4,
Japan Special GT Cup Race Starting Grid
Fuji International Speedway (4.470km)
Weather: Fine, Course: Dry August 10, 1996
Pos No Class Driver Driver CAR TIME
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1 61 GT5 D.Brabham(UK) J.Nielsen(DK) McLAREN F1 GTR 1'30.260
(178.285km/h)
2 37 GT5 E.Comas (F) H.Takeuchi TOYOTA SUPRA JZA80 1'30.457
3 60 GT5 N.Hattori R.Schumacher(D) McLAREN F1 GTR 1'30.803
4 36 GT5 M.Sekiya P.D.La Rosa (E) TOYOTA SUPRA JZA80 1'30.876
5 8 GT5 T.Kristensen(DK) B.Gachot (F) TOYOTA SUPRA JZA80 1'31.108
6 556 GT5 Toshio Suzuki M.Kondo SKYLINE BCNR33 1'31.114
7 1 GT5 Kaz.Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama NISSAN SKYLINE BCNR33 1'31.128
8 39 GT5 W.Gardner(AUS) A.FERTE (F) TOYOTA SUPRA JZA80 1'31.195
9 3 GT5 M.Hasemi T.Tanaka NISSAN SKYLINE BCNR33 1'31.677
10 2 GT5 Aguri Suzuki H.Fukuyama NISSAN SKYLINE BCNR33 1'31.742
11 55 GT5 K.Tohira H.Kawai NISSAN SKYLINE BCNR33 1'32.197
12 30 GT5 Y.Yamada E.Tajima PORSCHE993/380LL 1'32.831
13 88 GT5 T.Wada S.Ikezawa Lamborghini Diablo 1'32.922
14 34 GT5 H.Matsuda O.Nakako PORSCHE 911GT2 1'32.959
15 100 GT5 Kuni.Takahashi K.Tsuchiya HONDA NSX NA1(E-NA1) 1'33.666
16 5 GT5 K.Iida M.Krumm (D) PORSCHE 911 GT2 1'33.906
17 43 GT5 Y.Okamoto Y.Hinoi PORSCHE CARRERA RS 1'35.527
18 16 GT5 T.Toda T.Mitsuno PORSCHE 933GT2 1'37.279
19 910 GT3 S.Sodeyama N.Nagasaka PORSCHE 933RSR 1'37.931
20 6 GT3 T.Kawasaki K.Wakita TOYOTA MR2 SW-20 1'37.961
21 18 GT3 S.Kobayashi K.Saito PORSCHE 1'37.964
22 31 GT3 K.Iketani K.Mogi PORSCHE993 CARRERA RS 1'38.015
23 15 GT5 M.Sekine T.Ito PORSCHE 911 TURBO 1'38.076
24 26 GT3 K.Suzuki M.Nitta PORSCHE964 CARRERA RSR 1'38.308
25 12 GT3 S.Motoyama F.Mizuno NISSAN SILVIA 1'38.469
26 20 GT3 K.Takahashi H.Suga PORSCHE 933RS 1'38.980
27 21 GT3 Y.Hitotsuyama T.Yamamoto BMW M3 E36 1'39.187
28 7 GT3 S.Yamaji H.Matsumoto MAZDA RX7 FD3S 1'39.723
29 57 GT3 T.Fukasawa M.Nagashima MAZDA RX7 FD3S 1'40.083
30 91 GT3 M.Matsunaga J.Mihara Toyota MR-2 1'40.106
31 51 GT3 M.Ishihara H.Noji PORSCHE911 CARRERA RSR 1'40.178
32 70 GT3 Y.Ishibashi Kaoru Hoshino PORSCHE993RS 1'40.182
33 38 GT3 A.H.C.Fu M.Nagashima PORSCHE CARRERA RS 1'41.098
34 72 GT3 T.Kinoshita N.Makiguchi BMW M3 E30 1'41.194
35 95 GT3 N.Oyagi T.Mankumo NISSAN SILVIA PS13 1'41.601
36 27 GT3 T.Kanamori M.Suzuki NISSAN SILVIA S13 1'43.518
37 17 GT3 T.Nogami T.Koshimizu MAZDA RX7 1'44.663
38 24 GT3 T.Hirano Y.Suzuki NISSAN SKYLINE 1'58.025
39 11 GT3 H.Ishimori M.Saitoh NISSAN SKYLINE GTS-R No Time
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19 GT5 T.Kobayashi M.Oribe NISSAN SKYLINE BNR32 DNS
50 GT3 M.Nakata S.Katsura PORSCHE 964A DNS
35 GT5 O.Larrauri(RA) T.Tsuchiya PORSCHE 911GT2 DNS
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GT5=GT500, GT3=GT300
Data: Fuji International Speedway/All Japan GT Association via
NIFTY-Serve Auto Racing Forum.
RIJ-Mitsuru Sugaya/Tokyo,