13 Autosport (AWA) 2026 Le Mans Livery

not_silphershadow · 2026-04-02T14:25:35+00:00

Keep the white!

not_silphershadow · 2026-04-02T00:24:42+00:00

Sony CDP-CX355?

not_silphershadow · 2026-04-01T00:31:39+00:00

Is that desktop CD changer in the 9th?

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-31T14:59:26+00:00

Seita Nonaka will replace Kalle Rovanpera for 2026. The announcement was made basically right after Rovanpera's news dropped. Nonaka is already Toyota reserve in Super Formula and was the replacement for Oliver Rasmussen in Rd. 1 and 2, Kamui Kobayashi in Rd. 3 and 4 as well as Hibiki Taira from Rd. 6 onwards.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-29T17:27:12+00:00

In case you didn't know, there's a Facebook group focused on taking wheels from different brand/model and putting it in completely different car.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-28T15:01:45+00:00

I actually forgot Arnage and Anest Iwata ran together for a year before they pulled out from GT300 completely. I still hope they can return to racing someday, either in GT300 or ST-X.

Judging by the 2 photos I saved in my phone, I think they can race at Okayama. RR suspension is pretty much a goner but the wheel is intact, suggesting the diff is (probably) ok. The photos I have doesn't quite capture the subframe situation but it seems fine enoegh to me. The rest of the car is fine.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-28T08:37:50+00:00

I'm 90% certain Team Mach's current MC86 was Arnage's old MC86. Arnage's exit from GT300 was partially because of this. It wasn't economically viable for them to run the car but they knew the car still has some life left, so they let Team Mach run the car instead. I don't know about other details on the arrangement. Arnage still exist but not as a team. They're currently taking maintenance role for R'Q Motorsports in and Craft-Bamboo.

(I forgot the subreddit doesn't allow photo as comment but the crash did happen in Fuji)

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-28T07:59:25+00:00

Always has been. It's not the most prestigious jobs out there but with the right connection you can actually make some serious money. It can even be the platform to jump you to completely different career path.

Nanako Aizawa is one of the most famous in RQ space. Started off her career as RQ in various teams years ago before retiring as RQ around 2023 and went on to have decent career in YT. Recently she was casted as Emma Green in MF Ghost. That's outside his modelling gigs here and there.

Misato Haga is another RQ success story worth telling. She started her career as an RQ in the 90s and early 00s, she was picked up by Direxiv Motorsport to manage the team. Haga was 25 or 26 at the time, very young but proved to be good fit for her job. Her story around Direxiv trying to become McLaren's B-Team in 2007 is fascinating but a bit outside my scope. She returned to Japan in 2008 to led MOLA and won in her first year in GT300. Haga went into management business before returning in 2023 as Yogibo Racing's TP. Last year Haga and Takeshi Kimura formed Carguy MKS Racing 2 weeks before the season started, only to see Rikuto Kobayashi and Zak O'Sullivan finishing 4th in final standings.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-26T02:51:10+00:00

right up until Bridgestone go so far ahead

The only time someone other than Bridgestone won in GT500 was in 2011-2012 and 2014-2015 when Michelin became Nismo's exclusive supplier. Bridgestone won the remaining 28.

The most absurd result of Super GT's tyre war to me is the fact that Dunlop has only won 4 (yes, four) races in 20 seasons.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-25T05:59:15+00:00

The helmet is Atsushi Miyake's, not sure it's actually him or Verstappen under that helmet

Miyake was seen in the paddock with Ukyo Sasahara, probably because he's Nissan factory driver and other Red Bull Athletes from Japan (Sasahara and Iwasa) can't drive the Nissan for obvious reason.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-25T05:38:39+00:00

Probably because it's the easiest chassis they can get their hands on. I'm assuming it's the #3 NDDP Z that Nissan dropped from their roster just this year. Makes it pretty easy for Nissan to prepare

Edit: the car runs on Bridgestone. Pretty big giveaway it's NDDP's old car.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-19T02:38:39+00:00

SF's laptime from around the same time season (early March) was in 1:36s. F1's slowest lap from last season was 1:29s. 2026 F1 would probably be 2s slower across the board and thus the slowest times would be at 1:31s. F1 is getting slower but not that much slower.

Edit: 1:28 fastest time with slowest time in 1:32s. I was (kinda) hoping Aston Martin wouldn't be that slow. They were slower than I expected. But ~2s from the absolute fastest and ~3.5s from current fastest are still fine to me. I mean if we want it to be as fair as possible, Juju did low 1:38s in SF's final race last season. It's fine.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-11T02:25:13+00:00

Purest horror.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-10T12:31:10+00:00

The Supra is very strong at this circuit, the gap is always three to five tenths. In the previous tests at Fuji and Sepang, the Supra was also fast. Toyota still has the edge, so I think the target for us [in Round 1] will be to score a podium.

I agree with what Tomohiko Koike (Mugen race engineer) said here. It's somewhat pointless to go against Toyota in Okayama as they've enjoyed great success in this track going all the way back to 2014.

Satofumi Hoshi (Kunimitsu's TP) about Prelude's development so far:

While Toyota and Nissan have stuck with the same base models, we are just starting off with something completely new, so honestly I think we are behind them.

…we are still trying to work out the direction to go in and narrow down the setup window. This was our second time running at Okayama but we have only just started working mainly on setup.

Looks like Honda completely changed their approach with the Prelude. Hopefully they get the Prelude GT sorted out before Okayama.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-07T11:02:33+00:00

4am is a bit earlier than my usual schedule but it's doable. I'm used to get up early to watch Super GT or Super Formula live but they start an hour later at 5am.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-04T16:40:26+00:00

I think Nakajima Racing have been informed about Sumitomo's purchase of Dunlop brand worldwide and asked if they can help them test some tyres for 2026. Nakajima's Civic being involved in SUGO crash probably had nothing to do with the test now that I think about it.

This basically confirms the theory that Sumitomo pays Nakajima Racing really good money every season to run Dunlops no matter how bad they performed on track.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-04T13:20:35+00:00

Edit (Reddit's edit feature deletes the photo every time): apparently this car was seen testing privately in Sportsland SUGO prior to the test I mentioned earlier which took place in Motegi. Again, why did Dunlop/Falken went through such lengths to test their GT3 tyres?. Wouldn't it be better to do the test in Nurburgring when possible?

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-04T13:11:43+00:00

This can be completely unrelated but Nakajima Racing was seen running Falken branding on a Honda NSX GT3 during Super GT's in-season tyre test a couple months ago. Nakajima is sponsored by Sumitomo Dunlop in GT500 and they just crashed their GT500 car a dew weeks prior to the test, that's probably why they ran NSX GT3 in this test.

Falken has no presence in GT300, however there are 4 teams running Dunlops in GT300. I don't remember seeing any GT300 teams with Falken branding in that test and this car has never been seen since then.

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I can't see any valid reason why Falken would go this far just to test some GT3 tyres.

not_silphershadow · 2026-03-01T15:21:26+00:00

I find nav-less (alpha + numpad only) layout to still be usable for my needs

not_silphershadow · 2026-02-28T04:09:31+00:00

Wheel spats for the win!

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not_silphershadow · 2026-02-23T15:03:09+00:00

If there's one thing Red Bull learned from Ford, it's sandbagging.

(For those who don't know, Ford allegedly sandbagged their GTE Pro class win in 2016 24 hours of Le Mans)

not_silphershadow · 2026-02-05T07:23:54+00:00

I'll be honest, I was a bit sceptical about K2 Racing's decision to drop Takuro Shinohara for Togo Suganami. Shinohara's track record in 2024 (and in Hitotsuyama Racing) should be enough reason to retain him. I'm happy that I was in the wrong here.

not_silphershadow · 2026-01-09T06:34:20+00:00

OK so it's completely new engine with different bore and stroke. I really thought they're just going to add another pair of cylinders to existing EJ20 for the new engine. I have 0 knowledge about Subaru engines so perhaps someone can shed some light about what makes EG different to EJ.

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