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KCMG test debrief: Kobayashi shines again as Sekiguchi adjusts to new reality

KCMG test debrief: Kobayashi shines again as Sekiguchi adjusts to new reality

A more detailed look at how KCMG test stand-ins Rikuto Kobayashi and Yuhi Sekiguchi fared in Fuji test and what the future may hold for them... (Photos: JRP)

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KCMG test debrief: Kobayashi shines again as Sekiguchi adjusts to new reality
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With KCMG’s regular driver Kamui Kobayashi away in France to take part in the clashing Le Mans test day, two drivers at different ends of their careers got five hours of track time each during Super Formula’s official in-season test at Fuji Speedway.

The first driver to hit the track in KCMG’s #7 car was 19-year-old Rikuto Kobayashi, the Toyota junior dr…

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