Interview: sachafenestraz’s bid to make it big in Japan was put on ice by COVID-19, but the former Renault F1 protege is now firing on all cylinders SuperFormula
needed 13, and 2010 title-winner Joao Paulo de Oliveira had to wait until his 19th start.
“Mileage-wise, I wouldn’t say I am a rookie, but I am fairly inexperienced,” Fenestraz reflects, also noting how his rookie campaign was plagued by on-track incidents not of his making and more than his fair share of mechanical problems. “It’s also partly down to me making a lot of meetings between races and pushing the team to share more information. In 2020, it felt like two one-car teams; the engineers didn’t share anything between them. I really tried to change that.
Fenestraz made a serious effort to learn the local lingo in his debut season, but during his exile last year it was understandable that his zest for studying Japanese dwindled. Help arrived at the start of 2022 in the form of Japanese racing veteran Michael Krumm, who is able to act as a bridge and allow Fenestraz to focus on what really matters: driving.
But all of that is in the future. For now, there’s the question of a title to go out and win, although following an unfortunate crash in the recent sixth round at Fuji the gap to championship leaderFenestraz is reminded that, if he overcomes the odds and beats Nojiri, he’d become Kondo Racing’s first ever Super Formula drivers’ champion. He hesitates before responding: “I never thought about that… My heart is beating faster now that you mention it! That would be amazing.
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