Tsukuba Circuit (2000 Full)
IMSA Vintage Series - 2026 Season 3 · Week 7
🤖 Race Summary
In the Nissan GTP class at Tsukuba Circuit, Gabri Martinez secured a dominant victory, converting his pole position into a win by leading every one of the 49 completed laps. Despite accumulating 5 incidents throughout the race, Martinez maintained his pace to finish ahead of Laust Olsen. Olsen, who also started from the second position, completed 49 laps with 3 incidents, ultimately failing to overtake the leader during the duration of the event. Eugenio Massa rounded out the class podium in third, finishing two laps down with a clean performance of 0 incidents. The Audi 90 GTO class featured a highly consistent front-running pack, with the top three finishers all completing 46 laps. Joni Hagner successfully defended his pole position to take the class win, maintaining a clean race with 0 incidents. Andreas Schuster followed closely in second place, matching Hagner’s lap count and also finishing with 0 incidents. Noel Luneburg, who started in third, held his position to take the final podium spot, despite recording 1 incident during the race. The broader field saw varied levels of control, with Joni Berg serving as a notable outlier in the event statistics. Berg recorded 11 incidents over the course of the race, the highest total among all participants, which significantly impacted his ability to contend with the lead pack. Outside of the podium finishers in both classes, the race remained largely defined by the ability to manage the technical Tsukuba Circuit without accumulating excessive incident points. Hagner and Schuster’s error-free drives in the Audi 90 GTO class stood out as the most disciplined performances of the day, contrasting with the higher incident counts seen elsewhere in the field.
Race Results
| Pos | Class | Driver | Car | Pts | Jr Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabri Martinez | Nissan GTP | 25 | 0 | ||
| Laust Olsen | Nissan GTP | 22 | 0 | ||
| Eugenio Massa | Nissan GTP | 20 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Joni Hagner | Audi 90 GTO | 25 | 0 | |
| 5 | Andreas Schuster | Audi 90 GTO | 22 | 0 | |
| 6 | Noel Luneburg | Audi 90 GTO | 20 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | Shady Ahmad | Audi 90 GTO | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | Ian Haycox | Audi 90 GTO | 16 | 14 |
| 9 | 6 | Lucas Grigoras | Audi 90 GTO | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | Cam Porter | Audi 90 GTO | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | Stéphane Lesly | Audi 90 GTO | 13 | 9 |
| 12 | 9 | Mikko P Savolainen | Audi 90 GTO | 12 | 5 |
| 13 | 10 | Joni Berg | Audi 90 GTO | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 4 | Doug Winfield | Nissan GTP | 18 | 9 |
| 15 | 11 | Romain Belo | Audi 90 GTO | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | 12 | Refugio Ruiz | Audi 90 GTO | NC | NC |
| 17 | 13 | Emilio Dicharri | Audi 90 GTO | NC | NC |
| 18 | 14 | Roman Belan2 | Audi 90 GTO | NC | NC |
| 19 | 15 | Peter Lamb2 | Audi 90 GTO | NC | NC |