'It’s pretty different, to the extent I didn’t think was possible before.' kentayamashitaa says the chance to try sachafenestraz's old Kondo Racing SFormula car at Suzuka this week was an eye-opener:
Kenta Yamashita says he found Sacha Fenestraz's old Super Formula car"fast and easy to drive" after Kondo Racing swapped its two chassis for this week's post-season test at Suzuka.Yamashita struggled to match Fenestraz during their second full season as teammates in 2022, ending up a lowly 15th in the championship while his teammate finished as runner-up to champion Tomoki Nojiri, also giving the Toyota-powered Kondo squad a first win in three years.
Driving the car marked out by the distinctive green highlights on the front wing and mirrors, Yamashita was an encouraging second-fastest on the opening day of running, before concluding the test eighth overall. Fenestraz's replacement Kazuto Kotaka was 16th-fastest on both days of the test under the auspices of Kazuya Abe, who has engineered Yamashita since 2020 and also took Naoki Yamamoto to his first two titles at Team Mugen.
Kotaka will embark on his first season as a full-time driver in 2023 with Kondo after winning this year's Super Formula Lights title, but already has top-flight experience from standing in for Kamui Kobayashi at KCMG in 2021.
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