First round of the new championship began in land of the rising sun.

Plenty of testing the days before qualifying seemed to leave GTR and 458 GT3 feeling relatively confident.

Qualification left him in 19th..

After a second rolling start - (taking a rear end shunt on the first one) - saw GTR keep his grid position until the first corner which saw a racing incident drop GTR to second to last. rear and side Aero damage saw GTR struggle to keep pace.

At the end second from last, 20th place seemed a fair result.