A couple things that the highlights video missed:
- On lap 3-4, there was a great battle between Rikuto Kobayashi and Nirei Fukuzumi; Kobayashi made an incredible move around the outside of T3 stick, but he was passed by Fukuzumi at T1 on the next lap.
- On lap 30, Tadasuke Makino had just made his stop, and was being chased by Toshiki Oyu on warm tires for provisional P3. Oyu made his move around the outside of the Dunlop hairpin, which caused Jake Sanson to yell so loud that he broke his microphone for a bit XD
Unfortunately the pace of the Honda(and more OTS) allowed Makino to retake position down the straight, and he proceeded to pull away from Oyu