Mardenborough and Chiyo dominate Japanese Formula 3 at Fuji

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It was a #NISMOnation domination at #F3jp for @Jannthaman & @KATSUMASA_CHIYO. Read more at https://t.co/4aXcpTvmaD pic.twitter.com/9gX0KOCPEz— Nissan NISMO (@NISMO) July 18, 2016OYAMA, Japan –NISMO athletes Jann Mardenborough and Katsumasa Chiyo have dominated the latest round of the Japanese Formula 3 by taking a win each at Fuji International Speedway.Mardenborough was dominant in the lead up to race day, topping the times in both practice sessions and scoring pole for both races.The former GT Academy winner was a massive 1.902 seconds faster than the chasing pack in qualifying in damp conditions for the first race. Mardenborough and Chiyo were 1-2 in both sessions.Mardenborough scored his second win of the season in the opening race with Chiyo in fourth. In Sunday's race, the Japanese GT500 ace and former Bathurst 12-Hour winner Chiyo pounced on a late race restart to pass his teammate Mardenborough to score his first Formula 3 win of the season.Chiyo also scored the fastest lap in both races.Mardenborough now leads the championship by five points with seven races still remaining in the championship."It was probably my strongest race weekend ever," said Mardenborough. "Now I'm leading the championship which is great. It would have been cool to win today and I was leading until the last three laps when the safety car came out. Chiyo got a good slip-steam and got by me. I'm really pleased with the whole weekend. We've been very strong and pulling a gap to the TOMS car which is our main rivals who are now second and third in the championship."One of the better weekends. Loved every session. Points leader and Sugo SuperGT next weeke… https://t.co/xPnPNaocev pic.twitter.com/LletlxGNlN— Jann Mardenborough (@Jannthaman) July 17, 2016 Mardenborough switches back into Super GT GT300 mode this weekend alongside Kazuki Hoshino, while Chiyo returns to his GT500 role alongside veteran Satoshi Motoyama."I was on the inside of grid on the start and the track was still a little damp,” said Chiyo. “I had wheelspin at the start and dropped back to third but worked my way up to second. My pace was pretty good and I tied to push every lap to try to catch up to Jann. The gap was quite big but finally a safety car came out and gave me a big chance. My restart timing was just perfect and I am very happy to get my first win of the season."NISMO CalendarJuly 23-24 FIA WEC, Nuburgring, Germany Super GT, Sugo, Japan Australian Supercars, Queensland Raceway, Queensland, Australia Micra Cup, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, CanadaJuly 30-31 Spa 24 Hours, Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Pirelli World Challenge, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Ohio, USAAugust 6-7 Super GT, Fuji Speedway, JapanAugust 13-14 Micra Cup, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada # # #ContactJane Johnstone Marketing Communications Director Global Motorsport Communications Nissan/NISMO Phone: +44 7979 710646 Email: [email protected] Ryan Marketing and PR Manager Phone: +1 678 644 0404 Email: [email protected]

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