Sho Tsuboi (RaceSho) ended a terrible SFormula run of form with second at Fuji, but waiting one more lap to make his pitstop would have given him a clear path to victory:
Tsuboi was left to lament making his mandatory pitstop on lap 26 of 40 during Sunday's race, moments after long-time leader Yuhi Sekiguchi lost a wheel and triggered a safety car period.
That meant Sasahara was easily able to complete his obligatory tyre change and resume at the head of the field, despite having been running behind Tsuboi prior to Sekiguchi's misfortune, with the Mugen driver going on to pull away and score his first Super Formula win."We had a chance to win and we wasted it, so it’s a pretty frustrating second place," commented a dejected Tsuboi post-race.
After that, I was wondering where the safety car was. I thought I was in the lead, I didn’t know the situation."Tsuboi came into the 2022 season having been a constant presence near the top of the timesheets in pre-season testing, but up until Sunday's race he had only managed to score points once with eighth place in the Fuji season opener.
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