The 2014 Round 3 of the Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was held at Autopolis on July 26-27th. The long straight of the the circuit played into the hands of Masato Kawabata and the 1000+hp GReddy 35RX Dspec GT-R of the TRUST Racing X Team Toyo Tires Drift Team. Debuting a new Artfactory Metallic Blue livery for the event, and coming off a Exhibition match win at the Ken Block Nagoya Experience, Kawabata won the top Qualifying position with a 100.41pt score in the dry.
However Sunday's competition day, again brought bad weather, with rain and fog. Because of this, the event was shorten to start with a Top16 field of cars. The first round win came again the Team Mori with Goodyear Athlete in the wet. In the next round against eventual winner Kunny's, a power-steering issues a raised to stop the day short. All in all it was a very positive round, which showed the potential of Masato Kawabata in the fairly new R35 Drift car. Next round is dangerous but exciting Ebisu Circuit in August 23-24.
Tanso Video from Rd.3
Tsuiso Video from Rd.3
