Igor Fraga to Drive GT500 Honda in 2026 Super GT Championship

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Congrats Igor, I hope this will bring some more hrc GT cars to the game, the nsx gr3 need a upgrading and I would love to have civic type r GT and tcr come to the game as well
 
I really hope this means we can finally get a modern SuperGT car. But knowing pd, also considering that leak (not confirmed tho) about a honda exec saying that the Civic GT was on the waiting list, we probably get that one with a livery matching current Igor Fraga team
 
With Fraga's connection to the newer Prelude-GT, I wonder if this'll mean that we could end up getting the '26 GT500 trio instead of the '24 trio that I had originally anticipated? Granted, I think the only major difference between the two trios is that the '24 trio would've featured the Civic Type R-GT for Honda's entry. Otherwise, Toyota has the GR Supra and Nissan has the new Z in both cases.
 
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What is the status on the rights for these series.. anywhere we can see them in 2026?
 
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What is the status on the rights for these series.. anywhere we can see them in 2026?
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Motorsport.tv for live races. I think Super GT puts them on their YouTube channel (with Japanese commentary) a few days later.
 
CommanderBond
Holy crap 😨

Great to hear he's okay. that was scary.

If I remember correctly there was a fatality a long time ago at Fuji where the driver got airborne and struck the overhead
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Correct, Takashi Yokoyama in 1997, a first lap incident brought out the safety car and when the pack slowed up behind it on the front straight, Takashi(who started 17th) didn’t notice and launched off the rear of an another car at an estimated speed of 160mph.

And sadly as you mentioned, he didn’t make it.

Haunting Trivia: 5 years before that tragedy, a Science Fiction film called ‘FreeJack’ had a scene which the main character was killed in a similar style of crash.
 
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Just when I was starting to get worried for Fraga, this happens. I'm glad to know He seems to be safe for now.
 
An update from Igor himself:

"There was a major crash in yesterday's race, and I spent the night at the hospital under observation.The test results showed no abnormalities, and I was discharged today and able to return home.Thank you so much for all the warm messages and your concerns.For now, I want to focus fully on recovering and strive to come back in top condition 🙏"

 
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An update from Igor himself:

"There was a major crash in yesterday's race, and I spent the night at the hospital under observation.The test results showed no abnormalities, and I was discharged today and able to return home.Thank you so much for all the warm messages and your concerns.For now, I want to focus fully on recovering and strive to come back in top condition 🙏"

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This should be the last time a French bread attacks my boy on the home straight......lol :D;). Glad to see to see he is ok! Witnesses say it cud be this guy....

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Speaking of which. Qualifying for this weekend’s Super GT race.


I’m not thinking we’ll see new GT500 cars. It would have made more sense to display said cars at the World Tour event instead of the Super Formula cars. Especially being the SF26 series ran at Sugo beginning of last month.
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P1 in qually at Sugo for our friend and GTWS Manufacturers and Nation champion, Igor Fraga 🇧🇷 ^^

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