Kondo, who took over the chairmanship of Tremendous Components promoter JRP this month, made the feedback in a casual media gathering held forward of final weekend’s Suzuka race.
The previous racing driver and present workforce proprietor, whose Kondo Racing squad competes in each Tremendous Components and Tremendous GT, mentioned earlier makes an attempt to rearrange such an occasion had been undone by the sequence’ unwillingness to race within the shadow of F1.
Nonetheless, amid the championship’s drive to extend its reputation, Kondo believes that attitudes have shifted sufficient to make an settlement with F1 a risk.
“Tremendous Components is Japan’s prime class, so there was a time when the sequence was too proud to take second billing to F1,” mentioned Kondo. “It was like, ‘why ought to we be second-best to F1?’
“However now I feel everybody’s mind-set has turn into extra versatile and it wouldn’t be a problem.”
Kazuto Kotaka, KONDO RACNG
Photograph by: Masahide Kamio
Kondo believes that exposing Tremendous Components to a bigger viewers might have the potential to spice up the Japanese sequence’ dwindling trackside attendances seen in recent times.
“At F1 races, tens of hundreds of followers attend,” he mentioned. “I’m considering that, if we had been capable of showcase Tremendous Components in entrance of that variety of followers, it will be nice if a few of them would attend our remaining race [also held at Suzuka] that takes place after the F1 race.
“But it surely’s not simply as much as me. We have now to have a variety of conferences… simply, talking as a fan of Tremendous Components, I would love it to occur.”
An illustration run involving 4 vehicles from what was then often known as Components Nippon passed off on the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix.
A pair of Toyota-powered vehicles, these of Andrea Caldarelli (Kondo Racing) and Yuji Kunimoto (Inging), and two Honda-powered machines pushed by Takashi Kobayashi (Actual Racing) and Daisuke Nakajima (Nakajima Racing) took half in a mock two-lap race on the morning of the principle occasion.