The BRP Audi wins at Okayama and takes the title

The BRP team claimed its second victory of the season in the TCR class of the Super Taikyu series in the final round at Okayama and so clinched the title, the first for Audi since the class was created in 2017.
Yuya Oota, Takeshi Matsumoto and Takuro Shinohara shared the winning car; after setting the fastest lap in Qualifying, they took the lead halfway through the three-hour race and never gave it up. Eventually Matsumoto crossed the finishing line with a margin of nearly 90 seconds ahead of the KCMG Honda of Matthew Howson, Paul Ip and Jim Ka To, while the Wimarama Kizuna Audi of Robert Hori, Katsumasa Chiyo, ‘Kizuna’ and Lee Jung Woo completed the podium.
Matsumoto added this title to the one he had won in the Saturday Series of the TCR Japan’s inaugural season, while Shinohara made up from the disappointing of missing TCR Japan’s finale at Suzuka while he was leading the Sunday Series due to a controversial decision of his team.
The leading Audi cars made only two pit stops compared to the three made by the Honda cars and this made the difference in the end. In the final thirty minutes Mitsuyama further stretched his leading margin, Ka To and Lee moved into second and third positions while the Modulo Racing Civic and the Adenau-Racing Line Volkswagen Golf that were in contention for the title dropped to fifth and seventh respectively.

Race
1. BRP, Audi RS 3 LMS (Oota/Matsumoto/Shinohara), 104 laps
2. KCMG, Honda Civic FK8 (Howson/Ip/Ka To), 1:26.80
3. Waimarama Kizuna Racing, Audi RS 3 LMS (Hori/Chiyo/’Kizuna’/Lee), 1:30.10

Championship points
1. Birth Racing Project 97.5 pts; 2. Modulo Racing Dome 97; 3. Audi Team DreamDrive 85