Autosport web is reporting problem of set-up of FR-NSX GT.
https://www.as-web.jp/supergt/608215?all
*The problems of NSX GT seen from the first round are the top speed and tire dropdown.
*The top speed of the GR Supra is about 300km/h, whereas the average of NSX is avobe 290km/h.
Only Keihin NSX (#17) marked near 300km/h due to the set-up difference.
*The cause of the tire dropdown was overuse of hard tires during the Saturday practice session in response to the weather forecast that qualifying will be raining.
*Nojiri (#8) says that their car has a lot of bouncing, so there is a room for improving the ground contact of tires.
*Ryan Dingle (#8 engineer) says that GR Supra's character is similar to that of LC500. It has good race pace, and low tire wear. By properly applying the load to the tire, tire wear can be suppressed.
*Under Class 1 plus alpha regulations, it is difficult to apply aerodynamic down force to front tires.
*Dingle says that it is difficult to save front tire wear under the common suspension, aerodynamicaly. If you focus on suspension set-up, you lose the aerodynamic advantage, like modern F1. That is the aim of the Class One regulations.
*Road temperature will be higher in the second round of Fuji.
*Tomohiro Onishi (Honda chassis development engineer) says that they must improve the accuracy of tire selection.
*Masahiro Saiki (Honda SGT project leader) says that race pace of #17 was competitive, so they would like to refer to their set-up.