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Shinichi Takagi
TITLE WITHIN REACH FOR STAR WALKINSHAW AS DRAMATIC SUPER GT SEASON PREPARES TO CONCLUDE AT MOTEGI
Motegi in Japan plays host to the decisive final race of an outstanding Super GT Championship season next weekend, 10th/11th November, where British ace Sean Walkinshaw will be just one step away from securing his first title victory in motorsport. Wrapping-up what has been a superb year of action in the Far East for the … Continue reading
WALKINSHAW & TAKAGI CHARGE TO SUPERB TOP FOUR FINISH AT AUTOPOLIS TO EXTEND GT300 SUPER GT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Super GT Championship racer Sean Walkinshaw and team-mate Shinichi Takagi charged to a superb top four result during the penultimate race of the season at Autopolis in Japan on Sunday, 21st October, to increase their lead in the GT300 driver standings to 12 points. Facing a tough challenge in round seven at the 4.6-kilometre track … Continue reading
PENULTIMATE RACE OF SUPER GT SEASON AT AUTOPOLIS NEXT FOR GT300 POINTS LEADERS WALKINSHAW & TAKAGI
Sean Walkinshaw, leader of the GT300 class in the ultra-competitive Super GT Championship, is eyeing consistency and a sustained challenge for major points when the penultimate round of the 2018 season takes place at Autopolis in Japan this weekend, 20th/21st October. Going into the seventh race of the campaign, Chipping Norton-based Walkinshaw and Autobacs Racing … Continue reading
WALKINSHAW & TAKAGI HOLD SEVEN-POINT GT300 LEAD DESPITE TOUGH SUPER GT WEEKEND IN SUGO
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri driver Sean Walkinshaw and team-mate Shinichi Takagi departed Sportsland Sugo in Japan on Sunday, 16th September, holding a seven-point lead in the GT300 standings despite a challenging outing in round six of the Super GT Championship. Carrying no less than 100kg of success ballast, which seriously compromised the competitiveness of the … Continue reading
MAGNIFICENT SECOND VICTORY OF 2018 SUPER GT SEASON FOR WALKINSHAW & TAKAGI AT FUJI
Sean Walkinshaw and Shinichi Takagi took an utterly dominant, and very timely, second win of the Super GT Championship season at Fuji Speedway on Sunday, 5th August, to move back into the lead of the GT300 title race by six points. Beginning round five of the season at the world-famous Japanese track second on the … Continue reading
LATE PUNCTURE IN THAILAND COSTS WALKINSHAW & TAKAGI CERTAIN GT300 PODIUM IN SUPER GT
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri team-mates Sean Walkinshaw and Shinichi Takagi experienced extreme misfortune during round four of the Super GT Championship season at Chang International Circuit in Thailand on Sunday, 1st July, when a late-race puncture cost a certain GT300 podium. Running in second position with just a couple of laps to go, Walkinshaw was … Continue reading
WALKINSHAW & TAKAGI RETAIN GT300 POINTS LEAD DESPITE EXPECTEDLY TOUGH SUPER GT CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND AT SUZUKA
Highly rated Super GT Championship driver pairing Sean Walkinshaw and Shinichi Takagi faced an expectedly difficult challenge during round three of the season at Suzuka in Japan on Sunday, 20th May, but still managed to remain on top of the GT300 points standings. With the characteristics of the legendary Formula One venue not suiting the … Continue reading
CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER WALKINSHAW LOOKING TO CONSOLIDATE GT300 BID AT SUZUKA IN SUPER GT
Legendary motor racing circuit Suzuka, home of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix, will welcome Sean Walkinshaw and Shinichi Takagi as GT300 points leaders this coming weekend, 19th/20th May, when the Super GT Championship resumes for round three of the all-action campaign. British star Walkinshaw, from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, and Japanese team-mate Takagi shot … Continue reading
DOMINANT SECOND CAREER SUPER GT VICTORY FOR WALKINSHAW AT FUJI DELIVERS GT300 CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Super GT Championship racer Sean Walkinshaw produced a sensational performance during round two of the 2018 season at Fuji Speedway in Japan on Friday, 4th May, to secure his second career GT300 victory with team-mate Shinichi Takagi. Having claimed his first GT300 win at the Mount Fuji track last August, also with Autobacs Racing Team … Continue reading
RUNNER-UP SPOT IN SUPER GT FINALE AT MOTEGI SECURES FOURTH IN GT300 STANDINGS FOR WALKINSHAW
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri driver Sean Walkinshaw wrapped-up an outstanding first season in the prestigious Super GT Championship with his third GT300 podium on Sunday, 12th November, after racing to an excellent second place finish at Motegi in Japan. Along with team-mate Shinichi Takagi, the 24-year-old Briton from Chipping Norton concludes the 2017 campaign fourth … Continue reading
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