[2012 AUTOBACS SUPER GT Series Round 8]
DATE:2012-10-27

GT500 Official Qualifying Results
WEATHER: Fine COURSE: Dry Road Course 4.801379Km

Pos.	No.	Team/Car Machine		Driver	Q3 Time	Q2 Time	Q1 Time
1	38	ZENT CERUMO SC430	＊	Yujin Tachikawa	R 1'40.982		R 1'41.434
		LEXUS SC430		Kohei Hiraide		R 1'41.572
2	6	ENEOS SUSTINA SC430	＊	Daisuke Ito	R 1'41.045		R 1'41.280
		LEXUS SC430		Kazuya Oshima		R 1'41.139
3	23	MOTUL AUTECH GT-R	＊	Tetsu Motomura	R 1'41.735		R 1'42.008
		NISSAN GT-R		Michael Krum		R 1'42.374
4	100	RAYBRIG HSV-010	＊	Takuya Izawa	R 1'41.761		R 1'42.010
		Honda HSV-010 GT		Naoki Yamamoto		R 1'42.296
5	18	Weider HSV-010	＊	Takashi Kogure	R 1'41.908		R 1'42.037
		Honda HSV-010 GT		Carlo Van Dam		R 1'42.441
6	19	WedsSport ADVAN SC430	＊	Ara Seiji	R 1'42.159		R 1'42.501
		LEXUS SC430		André Couto		R 1'42.141
7	1	S Road REITO MOLA GT-R		Masataka Yanagida		R 1'42.159
		NISSAN GT-R	＊	Ronnie Quintarelli	R 1'42.203		R 1'42.003
Above decision at Q3:
8	12	Calsonic IMPUL GT-R	＊	Matsuda Tsugio		R 1'42.656
		NISSAN GT-R		Joao Paulo de Oliveira			R 1'42.205
9	39	DENSO KOBELCO SC430	＊	Wakibatake Juichi		R 1'42.775
		LEXUS SC430		Hiroaki Ishiura			R 1'41.984
10	17	KEIHIN HSV-010	＊	Kaneishi Toshihiro		R 1'42.813
		Honda HSV-010 GT		Tsukagoshi Koudai			R 1'41.986
11	36	PETRONAS TOM'S SC430		Kazuki Nakajima			R 1'42.154
		LEXUS SC430	＊	Loic Duval		R 1'43.301
Above decision at Q2:
12	35	KeePer Kraft SC430		Kunimoto Yuji
		LEXUS SC430	＊	Andrea Caldarelli			R 1'42.562
13	8	ARTA HSV-010	＊	Ralph Ferman			R 1'42.963
		Honda HSV-010 GT		Takashi Kobayashi
14	32	EPSON HSV-010	＊	Michiue Ryu			R 1'43.322
		Honda HSV-010 GT		Tomoki Nakayama
15	24	D'station ADVAN GT-R	＊	Yasuda Hiroyuki			1'51.730
		NISSAN GT-R		Beyon Buildheim
Above decision at Q1:

* indicates drivers who recorded the ranking determination time.

Cars with the R mark have updated the Course Records. The previous record time was (GT500) 1'43.583

Q1 Start time: 14:15'00 End time: 14:30'00
Q2 Start time: 14:50'00 End time: 15:00'00
Q3 Start time: 15:25'00 End time: 15:35'00

*PENALTY
No.39 Warning: (2012SGT SpR Article 30 1-b (forcing other competing vehicles off the course)). [Ruling time 15:45]