It would be fair to say ukyo_sasahara made a big impression on his first day driving for TOM'S in SFormula... but will he get the nod for a 2023 seat?
TOM'S Super Formula team manager Jun Yamada says there is"no comparison" between Ukyo Sasahara and Giuliano Alesi after the former made his first outing for the Toyota squad in this week's post-season test.Sasahara took over from regular driver Giuliano Alesi aboard the Toyota squad’s #36 car for the second day of the annual rookie test at Suzuka, as he auditions for the vacant spot in the TOM’S line-up for the 2023 season.
“On the first set of new tyres, he got caught up behind a slower car, without which I think he would have got into the 1m35s,” Yamada told Motorsport.com. “And on the second set there was an accident right in front of him at Degner. “There’s no comparison. Of course, Sasahara has had a much longer career, but even taking that into account, you can’t really compare them.”Should Sasahara get the nod to replace Alesi at TOM’S, it would put him in a very select group of drivers to have made the move from one of Super Formula’s two engine suppliers to the other.
“Daisuke Ito, the team manager of our car #36 [in SUPER GT] also came from Honda, so for us it doesn’t feel out of place,” Yamada said when asked about the potential of signing a Honda driver.
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