Ex-F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi sets Super Formula testing pace again
Kamui Kobayashi set the pace for the second day running at the Japanese Super Formula championship's manufacturer test at Okayama
After Nissan protege Jann Mardenborough topped the morning session in wet conditions, 2014 Super Formula champion Kazuki Nakajima was the first driver to set the times tumbling by switching to slicks late in the afternoon.
The late part of the day's running effectively became a slick-tyre shootout, and Kobayashi came out on top with a 1m15.151s to finish well clear of Nakajima in Toyota's test car.
Although the drivers did get onto slick tyres, the times were around four seconds slower than they were on day one.
Mardenborough, who hung on to top spot in the morning despite having an off that caused one of five red flags during the wet running, was third quickest in drier conditions.
Due to the improving track in the closing stages the times were more spread out than on the opening day, with three seconds covering the top five.
Next up behind Mardenborough came Tsugio Matsuda and IndyCar racer Takuma Sato, who was driving the Honda test car.
Pos Driver Team-Car Time Gap 1. Kamui Kobayashi Team Le Mans-Toyota 1m15.151s 2. Kazuki Nakajima Toyota test car 1m16.558s +1.407 3. Jann Mardenborough Team Impul-Toyota 1m17.498s +2.347 4. Tsugio Matsuda KCMG-Toyota 1m18.257s +3.106 5. Takuma Sato Honda test car 1m18.442s +3.291 6. Daiki Sasaki Kondo-Toyota 1m18.588s +3.437 7. Bertrand Baguette Nakajima Racing-Honda 1m18.589s +3.438 8. Kotaro Sakurai Real Racing-Honda 1m20.223s +5.072 9. Fabio Leimer Team Mugen-Honda 1m21.558s +6.407 10. Toshihiro Kaneishi Real Racing-Honda 1m23.951s +8.800
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