Mugen’s Sasahara felt like “a boxer taking blow after blow”

The #16 Mugen Honda shared by Sasahara and Toshiki Oyu qualified second on Saturday, albeit with Oyu missing out on pole to the similarly Dunlop-shod Nakajima Racing NSX-GT of Takuya Izawa.
Oyu ran second in the early stages of the race and inherited the lead when Izawa crashed out at the final chicane, but once the race resumed after a safety car period the Red Bull-liveried car couldn’t pull …Keep reading