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2019 Super GT Series

The 2019 Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the twenty-seventh season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-seventh overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 14 and ended on November 24, after 8 championship races & 2 non-championship races.

Jenson Button (pictured in 2012) entered the season as defending champions alongside Naoki Yamamoto.

As the culmination of a unified set of technical regulations adopted by Super GT and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM),[1][2] the two series staged a joint-promotion race, the Super GT x DTM Dream Race at Fuji Speedway.[3]

Calendar edit

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT 300 km Race   Okayama International Circuit April 13–14
2 Fuji GT 500 km Race   Fuji Speedway May 3–4
3 Suzuka GT 300 km Race   Suzuka Circuit May 25–26
4 Chang Super GT Race   Chang International Circuit June 29–30
5 Fuji GT 500 Mile Race   Fuji Speedway August 3–4
6 Autopolis GT 300 km Race   Autopolis September 7–8
7 Sugo GT 300 km Race   Sportsland SUGO September 21–22
8 Motegi GT 250 km Race   Twin Ring Motegi November 2–3
NC Super GT × DTM Dream Race   Fuji Speedway November 23–24
auto sport Web Sprint Cup

Calendar changes edit

  • In light of the series' partnership with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, two races featured entries from both Super GT and DTM. The first was the DTM season finale at the Hockenheimring, where one team from each GT500 manufacturer was invited to take part as a wildcard entry.[4] The second event was the Super GT x DTM Dream Race at Fuji Speedway, featuring all GT500 teams and seven teams representing DTM manufacturers Audi and BMW. A balance of performance formula was applied to ensure parity between DTM and GT500 cars, as Super GT would not adopt Class One regulations in their entirety until 2020.[3] And for both joint-promoted events, all teams used Hankook tyres.
  • The auto sport Web Sprint Cup, a non-championship event for GT3 and GT300 competitors, was held at Fuji Speedway as a supporting event of the Super GT x DTM Dream Race.
  • The Autopolis GT 300 km Race moved forward in the calendar to September 8, to the sixth round of the championship. The Sportsland Sugo round moved to the penultimate round of the season.
  • The final round at Motegi was moved forward a week to avoid clashes with the FIA World Endurance Championship and Super Taikyu Series.[5]

Teams and drivers edit

GT500 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
  BMW Team RBM[6] BMW BMW M4 Turbo DTM BMW P48 Turbo 2.0 L Turbo I4 00   Kamui Kobayashi[7] H NC
4   Alex Zanardi[8] H NC
11   Marco Wittmann[9] H NC
  Team Kunimitsu[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 1   Naoki Yamamoto[10] B All, NC
  Jenson Button[10][11] All
  NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 3   Kōhei Hirate[12] M All, NC
  Frederic Makowiecki[12]
  Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 6   Kazuya Oshima[13] B All, NC
  Kenta Yamashita[13]
  ARTA[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8   Tomoki Nojiri[10] B All, NC
  Takuya Izawa[10]
  Team Impul[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 12   Daiki Sasaki[12] B All, NC
  James Rossiter[12] 1–5, 7–8, NC
  Katsumasa Chiyo[14] 6
  Team Mugen[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 16   Hideki Mutoh[10] Y All, NC
  Daisuke Nakajima[10]
  Keihin REAL Racing[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17   Koudai Tsukakoshi[10] B All, NC
  Bertrand Baguette[10] All
  Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Yuji Kunimoto[13] Y All, NC
  Shō Tsuboi[13]
  Audi Sport Team WRT Hitotsuyama[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4 21   Benoît Tréluyer[15] H NC
  NISMO[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 23   Tsugio Matsuda[12] M All, NC
  Ronnie Quintarelli[12]
  Kondo Racing[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 24   Mitsunori Takaboshi[12] Y All, NC
  Jann Mardenborough[12]
  Audi Sport Team Phoenix[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4 28   Loïc Duval[15] H NC
  Audi Sport Team Rosberg[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4 33   René Rast[15] H NC
  Lexus Team au TOM'S[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36   Yuhi Sekiguchi[13] B All, NC
  Kazuki Nakajima[13] 1, 3–8, NC
  Ritomo Miyata 2
  Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S[13] 37   Ryō Hirakawa[13] B All, NC
  Nick Cassidy[13]
  Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38   Yuji Tachikawa[13] B All, NC
  Hiroaki Ishiura[13]
  Lexus Team SARD[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39   Heikki Kovalainen[13] B All, NC
  Yuichi Nakayama[13]
  Modulo Nakajima Racing[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64   Narain Karthikeyan[10] D All, NC
  Tadasuke Makino[10]
  Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4 99   Mike Rockenfeller[15] H NC

GT300 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
  Cars Tokai Dream28 [16] Lotus Lotus Evora MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 2   Kazuho Takahashi[16] Y All
  Hiroki Katoh[16]
  Hiroshi Hamaguchi 5
  Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO[17][18] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4   Nobuteru Taniguchi[17][18] Y All
  Tatsuya Kataoka[17][18]
  Team Mach Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5   Natsu Sakaguchi Y 1–3, 5–8
  Yuya Hiraki
  Tetsuji Tamanaka 2
  Ryōhei Sakaguchi 5
  D'station Racing AMR[19] Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 7   Tomonobu Fujii[19] Y All
  João Paulo de Oliveira[19]
  Darren Turner[19] 5
  Pacific Racing with Good Speed[20][21] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche M98/80 4.2 L F6 9   Naoki Yokomizo[22] Y All
  Kyosuke Mineo[22]
  Akihiro Tsuzuki 5
  MP Racing[23] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 9   "Joe Shindo"[23] Y NC
  Keiichi Inoue[23]
  GAINER[24][12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10   Kazuki Hoshino[25][12] Y All
  Keishi Ishikawa[25][12]
11   Katsuyuki Hiranaka[24][12] D All
  Hironobu Yasuda[25][12]
  Hanashima Racing[23] McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 11   Katsuaki Kubota[23] Y NC
  Kazuto Kotaka[23]
  Team UpGarage[10] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 18   Takashi Kobayashi[10] Y All
  Kosuke Matsuura[10]
  Shinnosuke Yamada 2, 5
  Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21   Richard Lyons Y All
  Ryūichirō Tomita
  Alessio Picariello 2, 5
  R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22   Hisashi Wada Y 1–3, 5–6, 8
  Masaki Jyonai
  Björn Wirdheim 5
  Tsuchiya Engineering[23][N 1]

  Max Racing[23][N 1] 		Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 25   Takamitsu Matsui[23] Y All, NC
  Kimiya Sato[23]
  Takeshi Tsuchiya[23] 2, 5
Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 244 Y NC
  "Go Max"[23] NC
  apr[13][26][23] Toyota Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV apr GT Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30   Hiroaki Nagai[13][26][23] Y All, NC
  Manabu Orido[13][26][23]
  Kazuto Kotaka 2, 5
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8 31   Koki Saga[13][26][23] B All, NC
  Yuhki Nakayama[13][26][23]
  X Works[12][27][22] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 33   Shaun Thong[12] Y All
  Marchy Lee[12] 1–5
  Shinya Michimi 2, 5–8
  Modulo Drago Corse[10] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 34   Ryō Michigami[10] Y All
  Hiroki Otsu[10]
  Panther arto Team Thailand[13] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 35   Nattapong Horthongkum[13] Y All
  Sean Walkinshaw[13]
  Nattavude Charoensukhawatana[13] 2
  BH Auction Bingo Racing[23] Callaway Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R Callaway LT1 6.2 L V8 37   Shinji Takei[23] Y NC
  Ukyō Sasahara[23]
  NILZZ Racing[12][23] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48   Masaki Tanaka[12][23] Y 1–3, 5–8, NC
  Taiyō Iida[12][23]
  Teruhiko Hamano 2, 5
  Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 50   Masaki Kano Y All
  Ryōsei Yamashita
  Yuya Tezuka 2, 5
  Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[22][23] Toyota Toyota Mark X MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 52   Hiroki Yoshida[22][23] B All, NC
  Shigekazu Wakisaka[23]
  ARTA[10] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 55   Shinichi Takagi[10] B All
  Nirei Fukuzumi[10]
  Kondo Racing[28] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 56   Kazuki Hiramine[25] Y All
  Sacha Fenestraz[25]
  LM Corsa[13][23] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60   Hiroki Yoshimoto[13] D All, NC
  Ritomo Miyata[13] 1, 3–8, NC
  Dominik Farnbacher 2
Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 70   Shunsuke Kohno[23] Y NC
  Togo Suganami[23]
  R&D Sport[29] Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61   Takuto Iguchi[29] D All
  Hideki Yamauchi[29]
  K2 R&D LEON Racing[30] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65   Haruki Kurosawa B 1–5
  Naoya Gamou[30] All
  Togo Suganami[30] 6–8
  JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 1–5
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 6–8 		Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 87   Tsubasa Takahashi Y All
  André Couto
  Kiyoto Fujinami 2, 5
88   Takashi Kogure Y All
  Yūya Motojima
  K-Tunes Racing[13][31] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96   Morio Nitta[13][31] B All
  Sena Sakaguchi[13]
  Tomei Sports[12][23] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360   Takayuki Aoki[22][23] Y 1–3, 5–8, NC
  Atsushi Tanaka[12][23] 1–2, 5–6, NC
  Yusaku Shibata 2, 3, 5, 7–8
  McLaren Customer Racing Japan[32][33][34] McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 720   Seiji Ara[32] Y 1–3, 5–8
  Álex Palou[32]

Vehicle changes edit

GT500 edit

  • Toyota announced that the fifth-generation GR Supra would replace the Lexus LC 500 as the company's GT500 vehicle beginning in 2020. This was the final season for the Lexus marque in GT500, which had first appeared in 2006.

GT300 edit

  • apr Racing launched an all-new version of their Toyota Prius GT, based on the fourth-generation Prius PHV. This new Prius, with a front-engine, rear-wheel drive configuration, replaced their previous mid-engined Prius GT - which was ruled out of competition due to a regulation change stating that GT300 cars must have their engines located in the same position as their production counterparts.[26]
  • ARTA and Team UPGarage changed vehicles to the Honda NSX GT3, replacing their previous BMW M6 GT3 and Toyota MC86, respectively.[10]
  • The second-generation Aston Martin Vantage GT3 made its Super GT debut via D'station Racing AMR, who replaced their previous Porsche 911 GT3-R.[19]
  • The McLaren 720S GT3 made its Japanese racing debut via McLaren Customer Racing Japan.[32]

Entrant changes edit

GT500 edit

GT300 edit

  • Kondo Racing, in partnership with the Nissan Automobile Technical College, expanded to a multi-class effort with the addition of a GT300 team.[28] Kazuki Hiramine, who drove for Kondo Racing in Super Taikyu, transferred from JLOC. Former Renault Sport Academy driver Sacha Fenestraz made his Super GT debut with the team.[25]
  • Virtual YouTuber Mirai Akari [ja] became the new primary sponsor for Pacific Racing with Good Speed, replacing Gulf Oil, which had sponsored Pacific since 2016.[20][21] 2012 GT300 Champions Naoki Yokomizo and Kyosuke Mineo reunited at the wheel of their Porsche 911 GT3-R.[22]
  • Hong Kong-based team X Works made their series debut, fielding a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.[12][27] Two drivers from Hong Kong, Marchy Lee and Shaun Thong, were announced as the full-time driver lineup. The team featured a new sponsorship deal to promote the animated series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
  • Team Taisan, EIcars Bentley, and CarGuy Racing all withdrew from Super GT at the end of the 2018 season. Team Taisan had participated in all but one JGTC/Super GT season since the inaugural 1994 season, but shifted focus towards EV racing. CarGuy Racing began new programmes for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Asian Le Mans Series.[38][39][40][41]
  • 2013 GT300 Champion Yuhki Nakayama joined apr Racing, driving the number 31 Prius PHV GT alongside Koki Saga.[26] Two-time GT300 champion Manabu Orido, who joined the number 30 apr team halfway through the 2018 season, was named as a full-time driver for 2019 alongside Hiroaki Nagai.[13]
  • Former Honda GT500 driver Kosuke Matsuura joined Takashi Kobayashi at Team UPGarage.[10]
  • Honda young driver Nirei Fukuzumi joined Shinichi Takagi at ARTA; Fukuzumi raced in Formula 2 and Super Formula in 2018, and made a one-off appearance for ARTA in the 2015 Suzuka 1000 km.[10]
  • Team Goh, who won the 1996 GT500 Championship as Team Lark McLaren GTR, returned to Super GT for the first time in 23 years as McLaren Customer Racing Japan. Seiji Ara, who won the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans with Team Goh, returned to the series after a one-year absence. Former All-Japan Formula Three and European Formula 3 driver Álex Palou made his Super GT debut.[32]
  • K-Tunes Racing ended their collaboration with LM Corsa after the 2018 season, and the team run independently with technical support from INGING Motorsport. Former Honda young driver Sena Sakaguchi transferred into the Toyota programme, joining Morio Nitta aboard the K-Tunes Lexus RC F GT3.[13][31]
  • LM Corsa changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Dunlop.[13]
  • Keishi Ishikawa transferred to GAINER, driving their number 10 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 alongside two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino.[25]
  • D'station Racing AMR signed former Nissan GT500 driver João Paulo de Oliveira to partner Tomonobu Fujii in their new Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Aston Martin factory driver Darren Turner was announced as their third driver for the Fuji 500 Mile Race.[19]
  • Kimiya Sato transferred from JLOC to Tsuchiya Engineering, joining 2016 GT300 champion Takamitsu Matsui.
  • Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Bridgestone. Hiroki Yoshida transferred from GAINER to GreenBrave, partnering Shigekazu Wakisaka.[22]
  • JLOC announced brand new driver lineups for both cars. The flagship number 88 car featured 2010 GT500 champion Takashi Kogure, who had recently departed Honda after 15 seasons as a GT500 driver, and Yuya Motojima, who moved over from the number 87 car. Tsubasa Takahashi, who was a third driver in the number 87 car in 2018, became a full-time driver, partnering 2015 GT300 champion André Couto, who returned to the series for the first time since 2017.[22]

Mid-season changes edit

GT500 Class edit

GT300 Class edit

  • McLaren Customer Racing Japan, Tomei Sport, NILZZ Racing, Team Mach, and R'Qs Motor Sports did not participate the 4th round in Buriram Thailand.
  • Dominik Farnbacher makes one off appearance with LM Corsa, covering for Miyata who move to GT500 for round 2.
  • Shiunya Michimi who was the third driver for X-Works, replaces Marchy Lee for the sixth round onwards.
  • Togo Suganami replaces Haruki Kurosawa at K2 R&D LEON Racing for the last two rounds.
  • R'Qs Motor Sports have to miss tound 7 due to the car not able to repair in time after accident in round 6.

Results edit

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1   Okayama International Circuit 14 April GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 8 ARTA
  Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli 		  Tomoki Nojiri
  Takuya Izawa
GT300 No. 55 ARTA No. 96 K-Tunes Racing
  Shinichi Takagi
  Nirei Fukuzumi 		  Morio Nitta
  Sena Sakaguchi
2   Fuji Speedway 4 May GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
  Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli 		  Yuji Tachikawa
  Hiroaki Ishiura
GT300 No. 56 Kondo Racing No. 11 GAINER
  Kazuki Hiramine
  Sacha Fenestraz 		  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Hironobu Yasuda
3   Suzuka Circuit 26 May GT500 No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S
  Kazuki Nakajima
  Yuhi Sekiguchi 		  Kazuki Nakajima
  Yuhi Sekiguchi
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 96 K-Tunes Racing
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kimiya Sato 		  Morio Nitta
  Sena Sakaguchi
4   Chang International Circuit 30 June GT500 No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
  Kazuya Oshima
  Kenta Yamashita 		  Kazuya Oshima
  Kenta Yamashita
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 10 GAINER
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kimiya Sato 		  Kazuki Hoshino
  Keishi Ishikawa
5   Fuji Speedway 4 August GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
  Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli 		  Kazuya Oshima
  Kenta Yamashita
GT300 No. 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave No. 87 JLOC
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Shigekazu Wakisaka 		  Tsubasa Takahashi
  André Couto
  Kiyoto Fujinami
6   Autopolis 8 September GT500 No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
  Koudai Tsukakoshi
  Bertrand Baguette 		  Heikki Kovalainen
  Yuichi Nakayama
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 60 LM Corsa
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kimiya Sato 		  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Ritomo Miyata
7   Sportsland SUGO 22 September GT500 No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max
  Koudai Tsukakoshi
  Bertrand Baguette 		  Frédéric Makowiecki
  Kohei Hirate
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 55 ARTA
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  Shinichi Takagi
  Nirei Fukuzumi
8   Twin Ring Motegi 3 November GT500 No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
  Kazuki Nakajima
  Yuhi Sekiguchi 		  Ryō Hirakawa
  Nick Cassidy
GT300 No. 720 McLaren Customer Racing Japan No. 11 GAINER
  Seiji Ara
  Álex Palou 		  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Hironobu Yasuda
NC   Fuji Speedway
(Super GT × DTM Dream Race) 		23–24 November Race 1 No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's
  Nick Cassidy   Nick Cassidy
Race 2 No. 28 Audi Sport Team Phoenix[N 2] No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing
  Loïc Duval[N 2]   Narain Karthikeyan
NC   Fuji Speedway
(auto sport Web Sprint Cup) 		Race 1 No. 60 LM Corsa No. 60 LM Corsa
  Ritomo Miyata
  Hiroki Yoshimoto 		  Ritomo Miyata
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
Race 2 No. 37 BH Auction Bingo Racing No. 60 LM Corsa
  Ukyo Sasahara
  Shinji Takei 		  Ritomo Miyata
  Hiroki Yoshimoto

Championship standings edit

Drivers' championships edit

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Fuji 500 Miles 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

GT500 edit

Driver Ranking GT500 2019 Series[42]
Rank Driver Team OKA‡
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		BUR
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		MOT
  		NC1
  		NC2
  		Points
1   Kenta Yamashita   No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 13 8 3 1 1 6 6 2 4 85
  Kazuya Oshima   No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 13 8 3 1 1 6 6 2 15 85
2   Nick Cassidy   No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 12 7 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 83
  Ryo Hirakawa   No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 12 7 2 2 4 3 4 1 8 83
3   Tsugio Matsuda   No. 23 NISMO 2 2 Ret 11 3 13 3 8 11 52.5
  Ronnie Quintarelli   No. 23 NISMO 2 2 Ret 11 3 13 3 8 12 52.5
4   Yuji Tachikawa   No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 8 1 6 7 Ret 4 11 4 9 46.5
  Hiroaki Ishiura   No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 8 1 6 7 Ret 4 11 4 20 46.5
5   Heikki Kovalainen   No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 11 4 5 5 Ret 1 7 11 14 44
  Yuichi Nakayama   No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 11 4 5 5 Ret 1 7 11 16 44
6   Koudai Tsukakoshi   No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing 14 5 Ret 13 8 2 5 5 2 21 39
  Bertrand Baguette   No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing 14 5 Ret 13 8 2 5 5 39
7   Yuhi Sekiguchi   No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 9 Ret 1 9 Ret 10 10 3 7 38
7   Kazuki Nakajima   No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 9 1 9 Ret 10 10 3 19 38
8   Naoki Yamamoto   No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 15 3 13 12 2 Ret 8 6 3 4 37
  Jenson Button   No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 15 3 13 12 2 Ret 8 6 37
9   Frederic Makowiecki   No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing 4 6 9 6 11 11 1 DNS 11 36
  Kohei Hirate   No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing 4 6 9 6 11 11 1 DNS 18 36
10   Takuya Izawa   No. 8 ARTA 1 9 4 Ret 7 5 12 13 15 31
  Tomoki Nojiri   No. 8 ARTA 1 9 4 Ret 7 5 12 13 22 31
11   Sho Tsuboi   No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 13 7 3 9 8 13 7 5 27.5
  Yuji Kunimoto   No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 13 7 3 9 8 13 7 16 27.5
12   Narain Karthikeyan   No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 10 10 11 10 10 7 2 12 1 23.5
  Tadasuke Makino   No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 10 10 11 10 10 7 2 12 Ret 23.5
13   Daiki Sasaki   No. 12 Team Impul 3 12 10 8 5 12 14 Ret 19 17.5
13   James Rossiter   No. 12 Team Impul 3 12 10 8 5 14 Ret 17 17.5
14   Mitsunori Takaboshi   No. 24 Kondo Racing 5 14 8 4 Ret 9 15 10 12 17
  Jann Mardenborough   No. 24 Kondo Racing 5 14 8 4 Ret 9 15 10 17 17
15   Daisuke Nakajima   No. 16 Team Mugen 7 11 12 Ret 6 14 9 9 6 12
  Hideki Mutoh   No. 16 Team Mugen 7 11 12 Ret 6 14 9 9 10 12
–   Katsumasa Chiyo   No. 12 Team Impul 12 0
–   Ritomo Miyata   No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S Ret –
Non Championship Round-only drivers
–   Marco Wittmann   No. 11 BMW Team RBM 18 2 –
–   Loïc Duval   No. 28 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Ret 3 –
–   Kamui Kobayashi   No. 00 BMW Team RBM 14 5 –
–   Benoît Tréluyer   No. 21 Audi Sport Team WRT Hitotsuyama 6 10 –
–   Mike Rockenfeller   No. 99 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 13 7 –
–   René Rast   No. 33 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 8 9 –
–   Alex Zanardi   No. 4 BMW Team RBM Ret 13 –
Rank Driver Team OKA‡
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		BUR
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		MOT
  		NC1
  		NC2
  		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)

Notes:

‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

GT300 edit

Driver Ranking GT300 2019 Series[43]
Rank Driver Team OKA‡
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		BUR
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		MOT
  		NC1
  		NC2
  		Points
1   Shinichi Takagi
  Nirei Fukuzumi 		  No. 55 ARTA 2 2 6 9 6 6 1 4 69.5
2   Morio Nitta
  Sena Sakaguchi 		  No. 96 K-Tunes Racing 1 16 1 14 15 5 3 3 58
3   Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Hironobu Yasuda 		  No. 11 GAINER 21 1 9 8 9 15 22 1 48
4   Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka 		  No. 4 Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO 8 6 4 12 8 4 2 5 47.5
5   Naoya Gamou   No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 6 5 14 3 Ret 7 4 2 46.5
6   Kazuki Hiramine
  Sacha Fenestraz 		  No. 56 Kondo Racing 5 4 18 2 7 8 5 6 46
7   Takashi Kogure
  Yūya Motojima 		  No. 88 JLOC 10 3 19 5 5 3 20 11 36.5
8   Tsubasa Takahashi
  André Couto 		  No. 87 JLOC 16 11 17 7 1 Ret 26 23 29
9   Hiroki Yoshida
  Shigekazu Wakisaka 		  No. 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave 3 13 27 23 2 24 8 13 3 2 27.5
10   Hiroki Yoshimoto   No. 60 LM Corsa 7 9 10 15 22 1 19 9 1 1 27
11   Togo Suganami   No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 7 4 2 27
  No. 70 LM Corsa 5 4
12   Ritomo Miyata   No. 60 LM Corsa 7 10 15 22 1 19 9 1 1 25
13   Kiyoto Fujinami   No. 87 JLOC 11 1 25
14   Kazuki Hoshino
  Keishi Ishikawa 		  No. 10 GAINER Ret 10 12 1 14 10 15 16 22
15   Seiji Ara
  Álex Palou 		  No. 720 McLaren Customer Racing Japan 19 14 13 Ret 2 12 7 20
16   Haruki Kurosawa   No. 62 K2 R&D LEON Racing 6 5 14 3 Ret 19.5
17   Ryo Michigami
  Hiroki Otsu 		  No. 34 Modulo Drago Corse 9 26 7 10 3 11 13 24 19
18   Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  No. 61 R&D Sport 4 28 3 11 10 Ret 28 12 18
19   Takamitsu Matsui
  Kimiya Sato 		  No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering Ret 18 5 4 26 16 27 18 7 8 17
20   Shaun Thong   No. 33 X Works Ret 7 28 6 16 19 6 8 17
21   Natsu Sakaguchi
  Yūya Hiraki 		  No. 5 Team Mach Ret Ret 2 17 17 18 14 15
22   Takashi Kobayashi
  Kosuke Matsuura 		  No. 18 Team UpGarage 11 12 15 24 4 9 10 19 13
23   Shinya Michimi   No. 33 X Works 7 16 19 6 8 12
24   Richard Lyons
  Ryūichirō Tomita 		  No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 13 8 8 13 13 13 7 27 10
25   Marchy Lee   No. 33 X Works Ret 7 28 6 16 5
26   Dominik Farnbacher   No. 60 LM Corsa 9 2
27   Naoki Yokomizo
  Kyōsuke Mineo 		  No. 9 Pacific Racing with Good Speed 15 22 22 16 19 22 9 15 2
28   Takayuki Aoki   No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 15 20 27 25 11 10 9 7 1
29   Yusaku Shibata   No. 360 Tomei Sport 15 20 27 11 10 1
–   Shinnosuke Yamada   No. 18 Team UpGarage 12 4[a] 0
–   Koki Saga
  Yuhki Nakayama 		  No. 31 apr 12 19 11 18 18 14 23 20 8 6 0
–   Tomonobu Fujii
  João Paulo de Oliveira 		  No. 7 D'station Racing AMR Ret 27 Ret 19 11 18 24 17 0
–   Darren Turner   No. 7 D'station Racing AMR 11 0
–   Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh 		  No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 14 23 23 21 12 23 17 29 0
–   Masaki Kano
  Ryōsei Yamashita 		  No. 50 Arnage Racing 22 17 24 20 21 12 16 28 0
–   Hiroshi Hamaguchi   No. 50 Arnage Racing 12 0
–   Alessio Picariello   No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama NC 13 0
–   Masaki Tanaka
  Taiyō Iida 		  No. 48 NILZZ Racing 20 25 25 24 21 14 25 2 9 0
–   Atsushi Tanaka   No. 360 Tomei Sport Ret 15 27 25 9 7 0
–   Nattapong Horthongkum
  Sean Walkinshaw 		  No. 35 Panther arto Team Thailand 18 24 16 17 20 20 21 22 0
–   Hisashi Wada
  Masaki Jyonai 		  No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 17 20 26 23 Ret 26 0
–   Yūya Tezuka   No. 50 Arnage Racing 17 21 0
–   Ryōhei Sakaguchi   No. 5 Team Mach 17 0
–   Takeshi Tsuchiya   No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering 18 26 0
  No. 244 Max Racing 11 10
–   Akihiro Tsuzuki   No. 9 Pacific Racing with Good Speed 19 0
–   Hiroaki Nagai
  Manabu Orido 		  No. 30 apr Ret 21 21 22 25 Ret 25 21 4 5 0
–   Kazuto Kotaka   No. 30 apr 21 25 0
  No. 11 Hanashima Racing 12 Ret
–   Björn Wirdheim   No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 23 0
–   Teruhiko Hamano   No. 48 NILZZ Racing 25 24 0
–   Nattavude Charoensukhawatana   No. 35 Panther arto Team Thailand 24 0
–   Tetsuji Tamanaka   No. 5 Team Mach Ret 0
Non Championship Round-only drivers
–   Shinji Takei
  Ukyo Sasahara 		  No. 37 BH Auction Bingo Racing 6 3 –
–   Shunsuke Kohno   No. 70 LM Corsa 5 4 –
–   "Go Max"   No. 244 Max Racing 11 10 –
–   "Joe Shindo"
  Keiichi Inoue 		  No. 9 MP Racing 10 11 –
–   Katsuaki Kubota   No. 11 Hanashima Racing 12 Ret –
Rank Driver Team OKA‡
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		BUR
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		MOT
  		NC1
  		NC2
  		Points

Notes:

‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

  1. ^ Shinnosuke Yamada did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Car No. 25 entered as Team Tsuchiya, and car No. 244 entered as Max Racing
  2. ^ a b Team Mugen's Daisuke Nakajima set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a five-place grid penalty for a chassis change after Hideki Mutoh crashed the car in Friday practice. Loïc Duval was promoted to pole position in his place.


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