Jao Paulo de Olivera won the 5th round of this year’s Formula Nippon championship at Twin Ring Motegi, ahead of Andre Lotterer and Kuodai Tsukakoshi. Highlights below
Despite finish 4th, former F1 driver Kazuki Nakajima still leads the championship by one point from team-mate Lotterer. Tsukakoshi and Olivera are in close contention, also separated by just one point.
The next round is at Sugo on the 23rd September, the week between the Korean and Indian Grand Prix.
Top 5 at Motegi: Jao Paulo de Olivera 1’26:38.128 Andre Lotterer +18.126 Kuodai Tsukakoshi +27.791 Kazuki Nakajima +28.440 Takuya Izawa +35.195
Championship top 5 after 5/7 rounds Kazuki Nakajima 34 Andre Lotterer 33 -1 Kuodai Tsukakoshi 29 -5 Jao Paulo de Olivera 28 -6 Takuya Izawa 21 -13