Testing report

Engine trouble hampers Vandoorne's debut Super Formula test

McLaren protege Stoffel Vandoorne was only 17th quickest in his first run in the Japanese Super Formula series, with engine issues cutting into his programme.

Driving for the Honda-powered Docomo squad, Vandoorne managed only 20 laps in the morning session - much less than anybody else in the field - and had no chance of improving his time in the afternoon due to rain.

He finished the morning session in 17th, and was eighth-quickest in the wet.

The Belgian will sit out the second part of the test tomorrow as he will be travelling to Yas Marina for the GP2 season finale.

Formula Renault 3.5's Jazeman Jaafar and Japanese F3 champion Nick Cassidy finished right ahead of Vandoorne in the day's overall rankings, while GP2 rival Richie Stanaway was immediately behind.

Stanaway, however, was fifth in the afternoon, with IndyCar's Stefano Coletti, taking over from Jaafar, posting the 11th-best time.

As for the series regulars, the day's proceedings were topped by 2010 champion Joao Paulo de Oliveira, ahead of 2013 champion Naoki Yamamoto and 2015 champion Hiroaki Ishiura.

Super GT regular Yuhi Sekiguchi posted the quickest time in the rain.

Combined test results

Pos.	Driver	Team	AM	PM
1	Joao Paulo de Oliveira	Lenovo Team Impul	1'37.831	1'49.990
2	Naoki Yamamoto	Team Mugen	1'38.331	1'53.126
3	Hiroaki Ishiura	Inging	1'38.574	1'57.501
4	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Real Racing	1'38.749	1'52.155
5	Takashi Kogure	Drago Corse	1'38.794	1'53.154
6	Yuji Kunimoto	Inging	1'38.862	1'58.953
7	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Lenovo Team Impul	1'38.948	1'46.873
8	Daisuke Nakajima	Nakajima Racing	1'38.951	1'58.031
9	Yuichi Nakayama	KCMG	1'38.963	2'00.253
10	Andre Lotterer	Petronas Team TOM'S	1'38.969	1'47.353
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Team LeMans	1'39.005	1'56.228
12	James Rossiter	Kondo Racing	1'39.258	1'58.581
13	Ryo Hirakawa	Team LeMans	1'39.282	1'57.385
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Petronas Team TOM'S	1'39.417	1'56.860
15	Jazeman Jaafar	Docomo Team Dandelion	1'39.422	No Time
16	Nick Cassidy	Kondo Racing	1'39.721	1'58.547
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	Docomo Team Dandelion	1'39.904	1'52.615
18	Richie Stanaway	Team Mugen	1'40.252	1'51.757
19	Bertrand Baguette	Nakajima Racing	1'40.503	1'50.916
20	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Real Racing	1'41.615	No Time
21	Takuya Izawa	Real Racing	No Time	1'51.843
22	Stefano Coletti	Docomo Team Dandelion	No Time	1'54.260