Nissan Motor : NISMO ready for Autopolis Super GT race

Jann Mardenborough and Japanese teammate Daiki Sasaki will be looking for another good result after dominant performances in the past two rounds

HITA CITY, Japan - Nissan heads to Japan's southernmost circuit for the next round of the Super GT championship next weekend at Autopolis.

Former GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough and Japanese teammate Daiki Sasaki will be looking for another good result after dominant performances in the past two rounds. The duo scored their first podium together at Sugo, and had looked set to win the round at Fuji only to suffer a late-race technical issue while leading.

Built in 1990, the circuit first held a Super GT race in 2003 with Nissan taking its first win there in 2004 with Satoshi Motoyama and Richard Lyons victorious.

Nissan has five Super GT wins at the 4.67 km circuit, including 2006 with Motoyama and Benoit Treluyer, 2012 with Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli, 2014 with Yanagida and Motoyama and 2015 with Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda.

The past two wins have been particularly impressive; 2014 was a 1-2-3 Nissan podium, and 2015 was a 1-2 finish with Hiro Yasuda and JP de Oliveira finishing second. There was no race held in 2016 after an earthquake in Kumamoto damaged the circuit.

Last year, Motoyama qualified on the front row and Nissan finished with all four cars in the top 10 led by the Japanese veteran and Katsumasa Chiyo in fourth place.

This weekend's round of the championship will be streamed live on NISMO.tv and NISMO.com.

NISMO Calendar

October 16-19
ABB FIA Formula E Championship, Pre-season test, Valencia, Spain

October 20-21
Super GT, Autopolis, Japan
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

October 27-28
European Le Mans Series, Portimao, Portugal
Michelin Le Mans Cup, Portimao, Portugal

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