The 46th International Suzuka 1000 km was endurance event that took place on August 27, 2017[1] at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 46th edition of the 1000 km Suzuka at Suzuka, and the last as part of the Super GT Series, also being the last running under the 1000-kilometer format. The race was won by the Nakajima Racing team with Bertrand Baguette and Kosuke Matsuura driving.[2]

Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course

Results edit

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Gap To/Reason Retired
Engine
1 GT500 64   Nakajima Racing   Bertrand Baguette
  Kosuke Matsuura
Honda NSX-GT 171
Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
2 GT500 23   NISMO   Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli
Nissan GT-R 171 +12.150s
Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo
3 GT500 100   Team Kunimitsu   Naoki Yamamoto
  Takuya Izawa
Honda NSX-GT 171 +15.737s
Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
4 GT500 19   Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh   Yuhi Sekiguchi
  Yuji Kunimoto
  Kamui Kobayashi
Lexus LC 500 171 +32.852s
Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
5 GT500 24   Kondo Racing   Daiki Sasaki
  João Paulo de Oliveira
Nissan GT-R 171 +34.089s
Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo
6 GT500 37   Lexus Team KeePer TOM's   Ryō Hirakawa
  Nick Cassidy
Lexus LC 500 171 +36.330s
Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
7 GT500 6   Lexus Team LeMans Wako's   Kazuya Oshima
  Andrea Caldarelli
Lexus LC 500 171 +37.012s
Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
8 GT500 8   Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Tomoki Nojiri
  Takashi Kobayashi
Honda NSX-GT 171 +1:58.420s
Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
9 GT500 36   Lexus Team au TOM's   Kazuki Nakajima
  James Rossiter
Lexus LC 500 170 +1 lap
Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
10 GT500 38   Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo   Yuji Tachikawa
  Hiroaki Ishiura
Lexus LC 500 169 +2 laps
Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
11 GT500 12   Team Impul   Hironobu Yasuda
  Jann Mardenborough
Nissan GT-R 169 +2 Laps
Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo
12 GT500 16   Team Mugen   Hideki Mutoh
  Daisuke Nakajima
  Jenson Button
Honda NSX-GT 169 +2 Laps
Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
13 GT500 1   Lexus Team SARD   Heikki Kovalainen
  Kohei Hirate
Lexus LC 500 168 DNF (Accident)
Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
14 GT300 65   K2 R&D Leon Racing   Haruki Kurosawa
  Naoya Gamou
Mercedes-AMG GT3 158 +13 laps
Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
15 GT300 88   JLOC   Manabu Orido
  Kazuki Hiramine
  Koji Yamanishi
Lamborghini Huracan 158 +13 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10 N/A
16 GT300 87   JLOC   Shinya Hosokawa
  Kimiya Sato
  Yuya Motojima
Lamborghini Huracan 158 +13 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10 N/A
17 GT300 60   LM Corsa   Akira Iida
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
Lexus RC F GT3 158 +13 Laps
Lexus 5.4L V8 N/A
18 GT300 10   GAINER   Ryuichiro Tomita
  Hiroki Yoshida
Nissan GT-R 158 +13 Laps
Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo
19 GT300 51   LM Corsa   Yuichi Nakayama
  Sho Tsuboi
Lexus RC F GT3 158 +13 Laps
Lexus 5.4L V8 N/A
20 GT300 61   R&D Sport   Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi
Subaru BRZ GT300 158 +13 Laps
Subaru 2.0L Flat 4 Turbo
21 GT300 9   Pacific with Gulf Racing   Jono Lester
  Kyosuke Mineo
Porsche 991 GT3 R 158 +13 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A
22 GT300 11   GAINER   Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Björn Wirdheim
Mercedes-AMG GT3 158 +13 Laps
Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
23 GT300 33   D'station Racing   Tomonobu Fujii
  Sven Müller
Porsche 991 GT3 R 158 +13 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A
24 GT300 7   BMW Team Studie   Jörg Müller
  Seiji Ara
  Augusto Farfus
BMW M6 158 +13 laps
BMW 4.4L V8 Twin Turbo
25 GT300 52   Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave   Taku Bamba
  Shigekazu Wakisaka
  Shogo Mitsuyama
Toyota Mark X 157 +14 laps
GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
26 GT300 111   Rn-sports   Keishi Ishikawa
  Ryosei Yamashita
  Masayuki Ueda
Mercedes-AMG GT3 156 +15 laps
Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
27 GT300 3   NDDP Racing   Kazuki Hoshino
  Mitsunori Takaboshi
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 156 +15 laps
Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo
28 GT500 46   MOLA   Satoshi Motoyama
  Katsumasa Chiyo
Nissan GT-R R35 155 +16 laps
Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo
29 GT300 18   Team UPGarage With Bandoh   Yuhki Nakayama
  Shintaro Kawabata
Toyota 86 MC 155 +16 laps
GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
30 GT300 50   INGING & Arnage Racing   Akihiro Tsuzuki
  Morio Nitta
Ferrari 488 155 +16 laps
Ferrari 3.9L V8 Twin Turbo
31 GT300 360   Tomei Sports   Yusaku Shibata
  Atsushi Tanaka
  Takayuki Aoki
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 155 +16 laps
Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo
32 GT300 25   VivaC Team Tsuchiya   Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita
  Tsubasa Kondo
Toyota 86 MC 154 DNF (Accident)
GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
33 GT300 4   Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO   Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka
Mercedes-AMG GT3 153 +18 laps
Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
34 GT300 35   Panther Team Thailand   Nattavude Charoensukhawatana
  Nattapong Hortongkum
Toyota 86 MC 148 +23 laps
GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
35 GT500 17   Keihin Real Racing   Koudai Tsukakoshi
  Takashi Kogure
Honda NSX-GT 146 DNF (Tyre)
Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
36 GT300 22   R'Qs Motor Sports   Hisashi Wada
  Masaki Jyonai
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 127 +44 laps
Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
37 GT300 5   Team Mach   Natsu Sakaguchi
  Kiyoto Fujinami
  Tetsuji Tamanaka
Toyota 86 119 +52 laps
GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
38 GT300 2   Cars Tokai Dream28   Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh
  Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Lotus Evora MC 116 +55 laps
GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
39 GT300 30   apr   Hiroaki Nagai
  Kota Sasaki
Toyota Prius 113 DNF (Drive Train)
Toyota 3.4L V8 N/A
40 GT300 48   Dijon Racing   Hiroshi Takamori
  Masaki Tanaka
  Masami Kageyama
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 109 DNF (Drive Train)
Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo
41 GT300 31   apr   Koki Saga
  Rintaro Kubo
Toyota Prius 86 DNF (Accident)
Toyota 3.4L V8 N/A
42 GT300 21   Audi Team Hitotsuyama   Richard Lyons
  Masataka Yanagida
Audi R8 72 DNF (Electrics)
Audi 5.2L V10 N/A
43 GT300 26   Team Taisan SARD   Shinosuke Yamada
  Jake Parsons
  Christian Klien
Audi R8 47 DNF (Accident Damage)
Audi 5.2L V10 N/A
44 GT300 55   Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Shinichi Takagi
  Sean Walkinshaw
BMW M6 37 DNF (Accident)
BMW 4.4L V8 Twin Turbo
45 GT300 117   EIcars Bentley TTO   Yuji Ide
  Ryohei Sakaguchi
Bentley Continental GT 29 DNF (Fuel Lines)
Bentley 4.0L V8 Twin Turbo
Source: [3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Suzuka 1000 Kilometres 2017 - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. ^ "Suzuka 1000km: Honda wins dramatic race, Button finishes 12th". www.motorsport.com.
  3. ^ "Suzuka 1000 Kilometres 2017 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".