Suzuka SUPER GT spherical to clash with Le Mans 24 Hours

Final month, it used to be announced that the third spherical of the 2021 campaign, within the foundation scheduled for Could perhaps well 29-30, could well well be pushed back owing to the worsening COVID-19 misfortune within the Western part of Japan the assign Suzuka is positioned.

Now it has been announced that the flee will take draw on August 21-22, making it the fourth spherical of the season following July’s Motegi flee.

It does alternatively mean the flee now falls on the the same weekend because the Le Mans 24 Hours, which used to be also rescheduled from its normal June date in a account for to maximise the probabilities of spectators being ready to help.

Whereas this doesn’t straight affect any drivers in SUPER GT’s prime class, the prolonged gap between the Motegi and Sugo rounds within the true agenda intended that drivers from Japan’s prime sportscar sequence can fill raced at La Sarthe with out being in hazard of lacking a flee. That possibility is now closed off.

One driver within the GT300 ranks, Pacific CarGuy Racing’s Takeshi Kimura, is plagued by the clash, nonetheless he is also subject to omit the previous SUPER GT flee at Motegi to compete within the Monza WEC spherical with the Kessel Racing crew and will nearly undoubtedly prioritise Le Mans.

The August 21-22 weekend is also when the Suzuka 10 Hours Intercontinental GT Bid flee used to be deliberate to take draw except it used to be cancelled for a 2d 300 and sixty five days in a row.

A temporary suppose from SUPER GT acknowledged that it used to be now not yet obvious whether spectators will doubtless be ready to help the rescheduled flee, with a resolution on that entrance subject to realize nearer the time hoping on the nicely being misfortune.

Revised 2021 SUPER GT calendar: