Super Formula points leader Ritomo Miyata admits he thought his title chances were 'over' when he stalled at the start of last weekend's Motegi race.
at what has historically been a difficult circuit for the Toyota flagship squad.
"Because I didn’t have the pace to recover [from a bad qualifying position] last year, after going into anti-stall I wasn't confident I could catch up," said Miyata. "There was no way I thought I would end up with the points lead. Rather, I thought Liam would end up 10 points ahead of me. On fresh tyres, he was able to pass an early-stopping Sena Sakaguchi for fourth place on lap 31, and fell just shy of overhauling a struggling Toshiki Oyu for third, circulating up to two seconds faster in the latter stages.
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