Honda runners out of reach at Fuji, admits Hirakawa

Impul man Hirakawa will start Sunday’s curtain-raiser from seventh on the grid after qualifying 0.631s down on poleman Tomoki Nojiri, as Honda drivers locked out the top four on the grid.
He had been the fastest Toyota-powered driver in Q2, but slipped behind rookies Sena Sakaguchi (Impul) and Ritomo Miyata (TOM’S) in the pole shootout.
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