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Baguette announces exit from Honda SUPER GT fold

Bertrand Baguette has announced that last weekend's Fuji Speedway finale was his final outing as a Honda SUPER GT driver.

Jamie Klein

Edited: Dec 1, 2021, 1:59 PM

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Bertrand Baguette, #17 Astemo NSX-GT

The Belgian driver has been part of Honda's GT500 roster since he first joined the Nakajima Racing squad back in 2014, and since 2019 he has been part of the Real Racing outfit.

He won a total of four races in that time, and secured a best finish in the standings of third last year alongside Real teammate Koudai Tsukakoshi.

"After eight years together, Fuji was my last race as a Honda driver," Baguette wrote on social media. "I’ve learned a lot, made good friends and I’ll take with me many great memories. A page turns and I will keep you posted about my plans for the future very soon."

Baguette was signed by Nakajima as a replacement for the retiring Ryo Michigami back in 2014, making the full-time move to Japan after two seasons racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship - with a star turn at Fuji in 2013 putting him on the radar of Satoru Nakajima.

Initially struggling with the uncompetitive Dunlop tyre, Baguette's persistence paid off in 2017 when he and Kosuke Matsuura won the Suzuka 1000km, which remains the tyre firm's most recent GT500 victory.

After one more season at Nakajima, Baguette finally earned a promotion to Bridgestone squad Real Racing in 2019, and despite an up-and-down campaign he and Tsukakoshi finished as top Honda crew in the standings.

Last year he and Tsukakoshi won their first two races a duo to put together a title challenge that went down to the final race, and the pair added to their tally in this year's Fuji 500km round in May.

Baguette and Tsukakoshi went into last weekend's final round at Fuji with an outside chance of the championship, trailing pre-race points-leader Naoki Yamamoto by eight points, but an early accident for Baguette while trying to make up for lost ground ended the team's hopes.

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