Honda SuperGT squad Team Mugen ended a two-year podium drought at Sugo last weekend on a rare off-weekend for the Bridgestone cars:
Sasahara and Oyu finished third in last Sunday's sixth round of the season, taking advantage of the Dunlop tyre's speed in what was the first wet SUPER GT race for three years.
"Surprisingly, the Bridgestone teams were not fast when they switched to wet tyres, and that was a factor," Sasahara told Motorsport.com's Japanese edition. "The conditions were still difficult, but when I using slicks the Dunlop tyre showed a great performance on a slightly wet track, and that allowed me to stay calm and control the gap to the car behind," he said."I'm grateful for that."Oyu was at the wheel of the Red Bull-sponsored Honda during the initial rain shower, and enjoyed a spell in the lead of the race as most of the other GT500 runners pitted for wet tyres before Mugen called him in on lap 19.
"Basically we need to improve the base of the car, but it is getting better little by little. Against that backdrop the way the race unfolded played into our hands, and by doing a good job and enduring the conditions it turned out to be a good race."