2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX.^[1] The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.

Drivers and teams edit

GT500 edit

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	1	Yuji Tachikawa	B	All
				1	Hironori Takeuchi		All
				33	Masahiko Kondo		1, 3–8
					Ukyo Katayama		1, 3
					Hayanari Shimoda		4–8
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	6	Akira Iida	B	All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	6	Juichi Wakisaka	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	8	Katsutomo Kaneishi	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	8	Keiichi Tsuchiya	B	All
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6	12	Tetsuya Tanaka	B	All
					Kazuyoshi Hoshino		1–5
					Benoît Tréluyer		6–8
Mugen x Dome Project	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.2 L V6	16	Daisuke Ito	B	All
					Dominik Schwager		1–4
					Ryo Michigami		5–8
				18	Richard Lyons		All
				18	Sébastien Philippe		All
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6	22	Michael Krumm	B	All
				22	Satoshi Motoyama		All
				23	Érik Comas		All
				23	Masami Kageyama		All
Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	25	Shinichi Yamaji	Y	All
					Seiji Ara		1, 3–8
					Geoff Lees		2
Team Take One	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12	30	Haruki Kurosawa	D	1–3, 5–8
Team Take One	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12	30	Hideki Okada	D	1–3, 5–8
Project Mu Kraft	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	35	Masahiko Kageyama	D	All
Project Mu Kraft	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	35	Shigekazu Wakisaka	D	All
Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Takeshi Tsuchiya	M	All
				36	Wayne Gardner		All
				37	Takuya Kurosawa		All
					Paolo Montin		1–7
					Hideki Noda		8
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Jérémie Dufour	Y	All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Manabu Orido	Y	All
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	64	Tsugio Matsuda	B	All
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	64	Ralph Firman	B	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12	76	Naoki Hattori	D	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12	76	Eiichi Tajima	D	All
HKS	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0 L V8	87	Yudai Igarashi	M	2–3, 6–8
HKS	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0 L V8	87	Koji Yamanishi	M	2–3, 6–8
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo GT-1	Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12	88	Marco Apicella	D	All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo GT-1	Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12	88	Hisashi Wada	D	All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	100	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	B	All
					Hiroki Katoh		1, 3–8
					Toshihiro Kaneishi		2

GT300 edit

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Verno Tokai Dream28	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	2	Kazuho Takahashi	Y	All
Verno Tokai Dream28	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	2	Akira Watanabe	Y	All
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	3	Tetsuya Yamano	Y	All
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	3	Masataka Yanagida	Y	All
Zipspeed	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette C4	Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V8	4	Izumi Yoshida	D	All
					Toshiyuki Yamamoto		2
					Naohiro Furuya		2–3, 5–6, 8
A&S Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900R	Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Y	All
A&S Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900R	Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8	5	"Gō Mifune"	Y	All
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	7	Haruhiko Matsumoto	Y	All
					Nobuteru Taniguchi		1–7
					Takayuki Kinoshita		8
Team Daikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	9	Yosuke Shimoshima	Y	1–4, 8
					Tsunefumi Hiki		1
					Masanobu Takenaka		2–5, 8
					Akihiko Tsutsumi		5
Amprex Motorsports	BMW	BMW M3 (E46)	BMW M52 3.2 L I6	15	Genji Hashimoto	BF	All
Amprex Motorsports	BMW	BMW M3 (E46)	BMW M52 3.2 L I6	15	Charles Kwan	BF	All
TOM'S Spirit	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Masahiro Matsunaga	Y	1–3, 5–8
TOM'S Spirit	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Ken Namekawa	Y	1–3, 5–8
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Minoru Tanaka	Y	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Satoshi Goto	Y	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	BMW	BMW M3 CSL	BMW S50B32 3.2 L I6	21	Yasushi Kikuchi	D	All
					Mikio Hitotsuyama		1, 7
					Yasushi Hitotsuyama		2–6, 8
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	24	Hideo Fukuyama	Y	All
				24	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita		All
				26	Atsushi Yogo		All
				26	Kazuyushi Nishizawa		All
				28	Yutaka Yamagishi		All
					Yukihiro Hane		1, 3–8
					Jukuchou Sunako		2
	Chrysler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10	55	Eiji Yamada		All
					Takashi Shimizu		1–2, 5–8
					Takayuki Kinoshita		3–4
ARTA with A'PEX	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	31	Morio Nitta	BF	All
ARTA with A'PEX	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	31	Shinichi Takagi	BF	All
Auto Staff Racing	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	51	Naofumi Omoto	Y	3–5, 7–8
					Masanobu Kato		3–5, 7
					Akira Ishikawa		8
R&D Sport	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	61	Yasuo Miyagawa	D	1–5
					Hiroaki Suga		1, 3
					Tsubasa Kurosawa		2
					Atsushi Katsumasa		4–5
				62
					Shinsuke Shibahara		1
					Shogo Mitsuyama		1
	Vemac	Vemac RD320R	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
					Shinsuke Shibahara		2–8
					Shogo Mitsuyama		2–8
	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	63	"OSAMU"		All
	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	63	Takamasa Nakagawa		All
Team Revolution	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	66	Tetsuya Shimizu	Y	5, 6, 8
					Shinji Abe		5
					Mutsumi Shiono		6, 8
Team Gaikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	70	Yoshimi Ishibashi	D	All
					Patrick van Schoote		1–5
					Seiichi Sodeyama		6
					Nobuo Komiya		7–8
SigmaTec Racing Team	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	71	Keita Sawa	D	All
SigmaTec Racing Team	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	71	Guts Jyonai	D	All
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	77	Katsuo Kobayashi	Y	All
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	77	Tatsuya Tanigawa	Y	All
Team Daishin	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	81	Nobuyuki Ohyagi	Y	All
Team Daishin	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	81	Takayuki Aoki	Y	All
KRAFT	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	86	Masaoki Nagashima	D	All
KRAFT	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	86	Koji Matsuda	D	All
Dentaire ProJet Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 360	Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8	360	Seigo Nishizawa	Y	1–3, 5, 7–8
Dentaire ProJet Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 360	Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8	360	Kota Sasaki	Y	1–3, 5, 7–8
910 Racing	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	910	Hideshi Matsuda	Y	All
					Yasuo Miyagawa		1
					Adam Wilcox		2–8
				911	Akira Hirakawa		All
					Toshihide Hashimura		1
					Shigemitsu Haga		2–3, 6, 8
					Jukuchou Sunako		5, 7

Schedule edit

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	GT Championship in TI	TI Circuit	April 14
2	All Japan Fuji GT Race	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	SUGO GT Championship	Sportsland SUGO	May 26
4	Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia	Sepang Circuit	June 23
5	Japan Special GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	July 28
6	Motegi GT Championship Race	Twin Ring Motegi	September 15
7	CP Mine GT Race	Mine Circuit	October 27
8	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	November 17

Season results edit

Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	TI Circuit	#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	#31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
1	TI Circuit	Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi
2	Mt. Fuji	#1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra	#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
2	Mt. Fuji	Yuji Tachikawa Hironori Takeuchi	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara
3	Sportsland SUGO	#6 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra	#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
3	Sportsland SUGO	Juichi Wakisaka Akira Iida	Masataka Yanagida Tetsuya Yamano
4	Sepang Circuit	#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
4	Sepang Circuit	Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	Haruhiko Matsumoto Nobuteru Taniguchi
5	Mt. Fuji	#1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra	#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996
5	Mt. Fuji	Yuji Tachikawa Hironori Takeuchi	Hideo Fukuyama Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
6	Twin Ring Motegi	#18 Takata Dome Honda NSX	#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
6	Twin Ring Motegi	Sebastien Philippe Richard Lyons	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara
7	Mine Circuit	#16 Mugen Honda NSX	#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
7	Mine Circuit	Ryo Michigami Daisuke Ito	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara
8	Suzuka Circuit	#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
8	Suzuka Circuit	Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	Takayuki Aoki Noboyuki Oyagi

Standings edit

GT500 class edit

Drivers' standings edit

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1
Qualifying	1	1	1
Fastest Lap	1	1	1

Rank	Driver	TAI	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	PTS
1	Akira Iida Juichi Wakisaka	10	2	1	11	7	4	4	3	75
2	Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	1	11	Ret	1	12	14	6	1	74
3	Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa	4	1	16	9	1	13	9	6	65
4	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	9	5	2	5	8	2	Ret	4	63
5	Daisuke Ito	5	3	3	10	11	16	1	10	59
6	Hiroki Katoh	9		2	5	8	2	Ret	4	55
7	Takeshi Tsuchiya Wayne Gardner	8	14	10	2	5	6	3	9	52
8	Satoshi Motoyama Michael Krumm	11	7	7	4	2	10	2	Ret	51
9	Richard Lyons Sébastien Philippe	2	15	16	13	6	1	12	14	47
10	Katsutomo Kaneishi Keiichi Tsuchiya	7	4	13	6	9	8	8	2	29
11	Takuya Kurosawa	Ret	12	5	3	3	7	Ret	16	38
12	Paolo Montin	Ret	12	5	3	3	7	Ret		38
13	Dominik Schwager	5	3	3	10					35
14	Jérémie Dufour Manabu Orido	3	Ret	12	Ret	15	5	7	5	33
15	Shinichi Yamaji	6	13	11	Ret	4	9	5	7	32
16	Seiji Ara	6		11	Ret	4	9	5	7	32
17	Naoki Hattori Eiichi Tajima	13	8	6	8	13	3	Ret	Ret	27
18	Ryo Michigami					11	16	1	10	24
19	Érik Comas Masami Kageyama	12	6	4	16	14	17	Ret	8	19
20	Toshihiro Kaneishi		5							8
21	Masahiko Kondo	15		9	7	16	12	11	13	6
22	Hayanari Shimoda				7	16	12	11	13	4
23	Tetsuya Tanaka	14	Ret	8	14	Ret	11	13	17	4
24	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	14	Ret	8	14	Ret				3
25	Masahiko Kageyama Shigekazu Wakisaka	17	10	Ret	12	10	15	10	12	3
26	Haruki Kurosawa Hideki Okada	16	9	14		Ret	Ret	Ret	11	2
27	Ukyo Katayama	15		9						2
28	Benoît Tréluyer						11	13	17	1
	Geoff Lees		13							0
	Marco Apicella Hisashi Wada	DNQ	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	0
	Hideki Noda								16	0
	Yudai Igarashi Koji Yamanishi		DNQ	DNQ			Ret	Ret	Ret	0
Rank	Driver	TAI	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	PTS

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Teams' standings edit

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.^[2]

Rank	Team	No.	TAI	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	PTS
1	Mugen x Dome Project	16	5	3	3	10	11	16	1	10	96
1	Mugen x Dome Project	18	2	15	16	13	6	1	12	14	96
2	Esso Toyota Team LeMans	6	10	2	1	11	7	4	4	3	75
3	Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	64	1	11	19Ret	1	12	14	6	1	74
4	Toyota Team Cerumo	33	15		9	7	16	12	11	13	69
4	Toyota Team Cerumo	1	4	1	17	9	1	13	9	6	69
5	Toyota Team TOM'S	36	8	14	10	2	5	6	3	9	65
5	Toyota Team TOM'S	37	18Ret	12	5	3	3	7	18Ret	16	65
6	Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	100	9	5	2	5	8	2	14Ret	4	63
7	Nismo	22	11	7	7	4	2	10	2	18Ret	62
7	Nismo	23	12	6	4	15	14	17	17Ret	8	62
8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	8	7	4	13	6	9	8	8	2	46
9	Toyota Team SARD	39	3	17Ret	12	18DSQ	15	5	7	5	33
10	Tsuchiya Engineering	25	6	13	11	16Ret	4	9	5	7	32
11	Hitotsuyama Racing	76	13	8	6	8	13	3	15Ret	19Ret	27
12	Team Impul	12	14	18Ret	8	14	19Ret	11	13	17	4
13	Kraft	35	17	10	18Ret	12	10	15	10	12	3
14	Team Take One	30	16	9	14		17Ret	19Ret	20Ret	11	2
-	JLOC	88	19DNQ	16Ret	15	17Ret	18Ret	18	19Ret	20Ret	0
-	HKS	87		19DNQ	20DNQ			20Ret	16Ret	15	0
Rank	Team	No.	TAI	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	PTS

GT300 class (Top 5) edit

Drivers edit

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	#31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S	75	1
2	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara	#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R	73	3
3	Masataka Yanagida Tetsuya Yamano	#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia	70	1
4	Hideo Fukuyama Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996	65	1
5	Takayuki Aoki Noboyuki Oyagi	#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia	56	1

References edit

^ "【JGTC第8戦】トヨタ/ホンダでタイトルを分け合う……最終戦". レスポンス（Response.jp） (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
^ "JGTC 2002 Team Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.

External links edit

Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in Japanese)
2002 season results

[1] "【JGTC第8戦】トヨタ/ホンダでタイトルを分け合う……最終戦". レスポンス（Response.jp） (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-16.

[2] "JGTC 2002 Team Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.

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