Takashi Kogure of Team Takata Dome NSX clocked the fastest time in official free practice at the Super GT International Series Malaysia 2008 today, confirming the Honda NSX supremacy around the 5.543 Sepang Circuit.
Clocking 1 minute 55.702 seconds in the hot and humid evening session for the GT500 categoruy, Kogure was 0.292 seconds faster than another Honda NSX driver, Toshihiro Keneishi from Real Racing with Leon who clocked 1 minute 55.994 seconds.
German's Michael Krumm, who was among those said that Sepang Circuit best suited the NSX was third fastest in his Nissan GT-R machine, clocking a time of 1 minute 56.096 in the first session 90-minute beginning from 11.30am.
In the GT300 category, Ryohei Sakaguchi of Team Ebbro Uematsu NOVA was fastest in his VEMAC RD320R machine; clocking a time of 2 minutes 08.638 seconds in the first session.
Qualifying would be held tomorrow with the race scheduled at 4pm on Sunday.
OFFICIAL FREE PRACTICE
| P |
No. |
Entrant |
Driver |
Best
Lap
|
S.1
|
S.2
|
|
|
|
GT500 Class
|
|
1
|
18
|
TAKATA
DOME
NSX
|
Ryo
Michigami,
Takashi
Kogure
|
1'55.702
|
1'58.333
|
1'55.702
|
BS
|
30
|
|
2
|
17
|
REAL
NSX
|
Katsutomo
Kaneishi,
Toshihiro
Kaneishi
|
1'55.994
|
1'58.615
|
1'55.994
|
BS
|
+1
|
|
3
|
22
|
MOTUL
AUTECH
GT-R
|
Michael
Krumm,
Masataka
Yanagida
|
1'56.096
|
1'58.171
|
1'56.096
|
BS
|
+1
|
|
4
|
100
|
RAYBRIG
NSX
|
Yuji Ide,
Shinya
Hosokawa
|
1'56.516
|
1'58.745
|
1'56.516
|
BS
|
10
|
|
5
|
32
|
EPSON
NSX
|
Loic
DUVAL,
Katsuyuki
Hiranaka
|
1'56.607
|
1'58.582
|
1'56.607
|
DL
|
|
|
6
|
1
|
ARTA
NSX
|
Ralph
Firman,
Takuya
Izawa
|
1'56.671
|
1'57.958
|
1'56.671
|
BS
|
5
+1
|
|
7
|
24
|
WOODONE
ADVAN
Clarion
GT-R
|
J.P.L. De
Oliveira,
Seiji Ara
|
1'56.797
|
1'58.315
|
1'56.797
|
YH
|
+2
|
|
8
|
25
|
ECLIPSE
ADVAN
SC430
|
Takeshi
Tsuchiya,
Hiroaki
Ishiura
|
1'56.972
|
1'59.253
|
1'56.972
|
YH
|
+2
|
|
9
|
12
|
CALSONIC
IMPUL
GT-R
|
Tsugio
Matsuda,
Sebastien
Philippe
|
1'57.139
|
1'58.601
|
1'57.139
|
BS
|
10
|
|
10
|
36
|
PETRONAS
TOM'S
SC430
|
Juichi
Wakisaka,
Andre
Lotterer
|
1'57.404
|
1'59.223
|
1'57.404
|
BS
|
60
|
|
11
|
3
|
YellowHat
YMS T
T
OMICA
GT-R
|
Ronnie
Quintarelli,
Naoki
Yokomizo
|
1'57.613
|
1'58.800
|
1'57.613
|
BS
|
|
|
12
|
6
|
ENEOS
SC430
|
Daisuke Ito,
Bjorn
Wirdheim
|
1'57.931
|
1'59.353
|
1'57.931
|
BS
|
|
|
13
|
35
|
houzan
KRAFT
SC430
|
Peter
Dumbreck,
Tatsuya
Kataoka
|
1'58.317
|
1'59.552
|
1'58.317
|
BS
|
|
|
14
|
38
|
ZENT
CERUMO
SC430
|
Yuji
Tachikawa,
Richard
Lyons
|
1'58.837
|
1'59.416
|
1'58.837
|
BS
|
55
|
|
15
|
39
|
DENSO
DUNLOP
SARD
SC430
|
Toranosuke
Takagi,
Andre
Couto
|
1'59.644
|
2'00.975
|
1'59.644
|
DL
|
+2
|
|
16
|
23
|
XANAVI
NISMO
GT-R
|
Satoshi
Motoyama,
Benoit
Treluyer
|
1'59.761
|
2'00.710
|
1'59.761
|
BS
|
95
|
|
GT300 Class
|
|
1
|
4
|
EBBRO
UEMATSU
320R
|
Ryohei
Sakaguchi,
Masaki
Matsushita
|
2'08.638
|
2'09.994
|
2'08.638
|
YH
|
+2
|
|
2
|
19
|
WedsSport
IS350
|
Manabu
Orido,
Tsubasa
Abe
|
2'08.797
|
2'11.445
|
2'08.797
|
YH
|
|
|
3
|
77
|
CUSCO
DUNLOP
SUBARU
IMPREZA
|
Tetsuya
Yamano,
Kouta
Sasaki
|
2'08.874
|
2'09.329
|
2'08.874
|
DL
|
|
|
4
|
7
|
ORC
AMEMIYA
SGC-7
|
Hiroyuki
Iiri,
Ryo
Orime
|
2'09.071
|
2'10.221
|
2'09.071
|
YH
|
15
|
|
5
|
2
|
I.M JIHAN
CO.LTD
APPLE
Shiden
|
Kazuho
Takahashi,
Hiroki
Katoh
|
2'09.121
|
2'11.304
|
2'09.121
|
YH
|
40
|
|
6
|
31
|
DOUBLE
HEAD
avex apr
MR-S
|
Kyosuke
Mineo,
Yuya
Sakamoto
|
2'09.585
|
2'11.213
|
2'09.585
|
MI
|
10
+2
|
|
7
|
46
|
MOLA
LEO
PALACE Z
|
Kazuki
Hoshino,
Hironobu
Yasuda
|
2'09.679
|
2'11.208
|
2'09.679
|
MI
|
45
|
|
8
|
66
|
triple a
MURCIE RG-1
|
Koji
Yamanishi,
Atsushi
Yogo
|
2'09.744
|
2'13.579
|
2'09.744
|
YH
|
+1
|
|
9
|
62
|
WILLCOM
ADVAN
VEMAC
408R
|
Haruki
Kurosawa,
Shogo
Mitsuyama
|
2'09.937
|
2'11.873
|
2'09.937
|
YH
|
+1
|
|
10
|
81
|
DAISHIN
ADVAN Z
|
Takayuki
Aoki,
Tomonobu
Fujii
|
2'10.075
|
2'11.415
|
2'10.075
|
YH
|
5
|
|
11
|
43
|
ARTA
Garaiya
|
Morio
Nitta,
Shinichi
Takagi
|
2'10.097
|
2'10.097
|
2'10.113
|
MI
|
50
|
|
12
|
95
|
apr MR-S
|
Kohei
Hirate,
Keisuke
Kunimoto
|
2'10.147
|
2'11.432
|
2'10.147
|
MI
|
60
|
|
13
|
11
|
JIMCENTER
ADVAN F430
|
Tetsuya
Tanaka,
Masayuki
Ueda
|
2'10.183
|
2'10.866
|
2'10.183
|
YH
|
+1
|
|
14
|
5
|
Proμ
MACH-GO
320R
|
Tetsuji
Tamanaka,
Naoya
Yamano
|
2'10.190
|
2'13.692
|
2'10.190
|
YH
|
+2
|
|
15
|
110
|
KUMHO
BOXSTER-GT
|
Hidetoshi
Mitsusada,
Daisuke
Ikeda
|
2'10.368
|
2'10.374
|
2'10.368
|
KH
|
5
|
|
16
|
52
|
GREEN
TEC KUMHO
IS350
|
Takuya
Kurosawa,
Takuto
Iguchi
|
2'10.658
|
2'13.139
|
2'10.658
|
KH
|
+1
|
|
17
|
33
|
HANKOOK
PORSCHE
|
Mitsuhiro
Kinoshita,
Masami
Kageyama
|
2'10.712
|
2'12.046
|
2'10.712
|
HK
|
|
|
18
|
88
|
triple a
GALLARDO
RG-3
|
Hideshi
Matsuda,
Naohiro
Furuya
|
2'10.843
|
2'14.114
|
2'10.843
|
YH
|
+1
|
|
19
|
26
|
YUNKER
POWER
TAISAN
PORSCHE
|
Nobuteru
Taniguchi,
Shinichi
Yamaji
|
2'10.858
|
2'11.699
|
2'10.858
|
YH
|
30
|
|
20
|
111
|
ARKTECH
BOXSTER-GT
|
Hiroshi
Koizumi,
Tsubasa
Kurosawa
|
2'11.317
|
2'13.297
|
2'11.317
|
KH
|
+2
|
|
21
|
70
|
LUXURY
CAR
DEALER
GAIKOKUYA
&
LMP Porsche
|
Yoshimi
Ishibashi,
Yutaka
Yamagishi
|
2'12.251
|
2'13.584
|
2'12.251
|
YH
|
+2
|
|
22
|
87
|
AKTIO
GALLARDO
RG-3
|
Hisashi
Wada,
Muneyuki
Kurihara
|
2'12.833
|
2'14.034
|
2'12.833
|
YH
|
+2
|
