Andre Couto finishes on the podium in Suzuka

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Macau driver Andre Couto finished third in yesterday’s mythical Suzuka 1000km race, round 6 of the 2016 Autobacs Super GT series.
Starting from sixth position in grid, Couto and his teammate Ryuichiro Tomita battled their way up during the 161 laps of the race that is the longest in the Super GT series.
Racing on GT300 category, the duo took the Nissan GT-R Nismo from Tanax to finish right behind Saga Koki and Yuichi Nakayama driving the Toyota Prius GT, clocking the best lap of the race between the podium finishers with the time of 2:01.592.
Reigning champion Couto fared well in the difficult conditions of the race, including intermittent rain.
With this result the Macau driver scored 13 points. He now holds a total of 24, positioning him ninth overall and 23 points behind championship leaders Iguchi Takuto and Hideki Yamauchi – the winners of yesterday’s round with Subaru BRZ from R&D Sport team.
The 2016 series of Autobacs Super GT series consists of a total of eight rounds; the next will be raced on the weekend of October 8 and 9 in Buriram, Thailand, in the only race of the year to be held outside Japan.  RM

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