1/16 Finals Complete

The 1/16 finals have been completed reducing the number of drivers remaining in the Japanese event to just 48 drivers.  In the first of 20-minute 1/16th Finals it was Tsuyuoshi Baba who took the win from 6th on the grid ahead of top Brazilian Flavio Elias, the Mugen driver having started from pole.  Unfortunately for young Japanese driver Baba Isamu the race marked the end of a short but impressive run.  Having only turned up on the last day of qualifying, which consisted of just 1 round, he started the yesterday’s lower finals from the 1/128 final bumping up 3 times to make it through to today.  Unfortunately he couldn’t make it a fourth bump up with an early crash ending his event.

In the second 1/16A Final Korean driver Teak Oh Yong, also starting from sixth on the grid, took the win by 3 seconds ahead of French Team Shepherd driver Stephane Bouche who started from pole position.  Behind them Team Maxima driver Daniel Fungladda secured the final bump position, the Thai driver having started 7th.  For 2010 200mm World Finalist Takumi Matsuda the race would be the end of his event. Having bumped up from the yesterday’s 1/32 final, he would retire from the race after 16 laps.

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