Super GT Fuji: TOM'S duo Fenestraz, Miyata take first win

Fenestraz and Miyata enjoyed a relatively straightforward run to victory in the 99-lap contest aboard their #37 KeePer-sponsored GR Supra, winning by 7.5 seconds over the #12 Impul Nissan of Bertrand Baguette and Kazuki Hiramine.

It vaults the TOM's duo into the lead of the championship by a single point at the halfway mark of the season.

The race had been controlled by the majority of the distance by the #24 Kondo Nissan of Kohei Hirate and Daiki Sasaki that started, as Hirate blasted ahead of the pole-winning #19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota of Yuji Kunimoto.

While Kunimoto started falling back rapidly in the next few laps, Hirate was able to hold steady at the head of the table, managing a slim lead hovering around the two-second mark over Fenestraz's TOM'S car.

The status quo was maintained after the first round of pitstops, as Hirate pitted on lap 37 to hand over to Sasaki, and Fenestraz made way for Miyata on the previous tour. But it was a different story at the second round of stops.

Sasaki came in to hand back to Hirate on lap 72, but Miyata stayed aboard the #37 car when he made his stop next time by and was able to gain a hefty overcut over the Kondo Nissan.

Hiramine, who took over from Baguette at the first stop, looked like he could be in a position to overcut as he came in next time by, but a lock-up headed into Turn 1 scuppered any chance of threatening Miyata.

The order at the front remained static to the end, with the #37 TOM'S machine taking its first win since the 2020 season-opener at Fuji.

Nissan made it two cars on the podium for the first time this season, with both the Impul and Kondo crews taking their best results to date with their current line-ups.

Fourth, but never truly part of the lead