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2023 Super Taikyu Series

The 2023 Eneos Super Taikyu Series Supported by Bridgestone (previously the Eneos Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook) was the thirty-third season of the Super Taikyu Series endurance racing championship. The season started on 19 March at Suzuka Circuit and ended on 12 November at Fuji Speedway.

HELM Motorsports' Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 won the previous year's ST-X class championship.

Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing won the championship in the series' GT3 category, known as ST-X, with a Mercedes-AMG GT3.

A specially-designed Toyota GR Corolla running on liquid hydrogen fuel made its debut at the NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race on 27-28 May.[1]

Calendar edit

The Super Taikyu Series announced their provisional 2023 calendar on 24 October 2022, with seven rounds held at the six major Japanese racing circuits.[2] The final round of the season was moved from Suzuka Circuit to Fuji Speedway. Before the start of the season, the sixth round at Okayama International Circuit was moved from 15 October to 22 October to avoid a clash with the Super GT Series' race at Autopolis, and the seventh round at Fuji was moved from 19 November to 12 November, to avoid a clash with the World Rally Championship Rally Japan.[3]

Round Event Race Length Race Format Classes Circuit Date
1 Suzuka Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race 5 hours 1 race All Suzuka Circuit 18–19 March
2 NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race 24 hours 1 race All Fuji Speedway 26–28 May
3 SUGO Super Taikyu 3 Hours Race 3 hours 2 races ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 2 / 4 / 5 Sportsland Sugo 8–9 July
4 Super Taikyu Race in Autopolis 5 hours 1 race ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 2 / 3 / 5 Autopolis 29–30 July
5 Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race 5 hours 1 race ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mobility Resort Motegi 2–3 September
6 Super Taikyu Race in Okayama 3 hours x 2 2 races ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 Okayama International Circuit 21–22 October
7 S-Tai Final Fuji 4 Hours Race with Fuji Niq Festival 4 hours 1 race All Fuji Speedway 11–12 November

Tyres edit

Hankook Tire entered 2023 in the final year of a three-year contract as the Super Taikyu Series' official tyre supplier. On 12 March, a fire at Hankook's plant in Daejeon forced the company to halt all production at the facility, including the production of tyres supplied to Super Taikyu.

Bridgestone agreed to become the new tyre supplier to the series with immediate effect on 24 April, just 12 days after signing a new three-year deal to become the series' new tyre supplier in 2024.[4] At the NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race, most teams were supplied with Bridgestone slick tyres and the remaining stock of wet tyres from Hankook. This excluded ST-4 and ST-5 class entries, and select ST-Q cars, which used Bridgestone high-performance street tyres instead of slicks. Bridgestone would then supply wet racing tyres from the third round onwards.

At the fourth round in Autopolis, it was confirmed that the ST-4, ST-5, and select ST-Q cars would continue to race on Bridgestone street tyres for the remainder of 2023.[5]

Teams and drivers edit

On 19 February, the Super Taikyu Series published their provisional full-season entry list, featuring 62 entries.[6] 61 different cars entered throughout the course of the season.

ST-X & ST-Z edit

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
ST-X (FIA GT3 homologated vehicles)
  HELM Motorsports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 1   Yutaka Toriba All
  Yuya Hiraki
  Reiji Hiraki
  Jann Mardenborough 2
  Shaun Thong 2
  Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 14   Ryuta Ukai All
  Hibiki Taira
  Naoya Gamou
  Tatsuya Kataoka
  TKRI Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 23   Daisuke 1, 3–7
  Yuya Motojima
  Yuhki Nakayama
  apr Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 31   Koki Saga All
  Kazuto Kotaka
  Hideki Nagai 1–2
  Hiroaki Nagai 2–7
  Yuichi Nakayama 2
  Yuta Kamimura 2
  GTNET Motor Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 81   Kiyoto Fujinami 4–7
  Takayuki Aoki
  Natsu Sakaguchi
  Nobuyuki Oyagi 4–7
819   Kiyoto Fujinami 1–2
  Takayuki Aoki
  Natsu Sakaguchi
  Joe Shindo 1–2
  Nobuyuki Oyagi 2
  KCMG |Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 202   Paul Ip All
  Ho-Pin Tung
  Marchy Lee
  Edoardo Liberati 2
  Josh Burdon 2
  Team 5Zigen Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 500   Hirobon 1, 6
  Shintaro Kawabata
  Yu Kanamaru
  Yusuke Shiotsu 1
  D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 777   Tatsuya Hoshino 7
  Tsubasa Kondo
  Kenji Hama
  Jake Parsons
ST-Z (SRO GT4 homologated vehicles)
  Birth Racing Project Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19   Kenji Suzuki All
  Takeshi Suehiro
  Kohei Fukuda
  Tatsuya Tanigawa
  Anna Inotsume 2
  Hirobon 2
  Naniwa Denso Team Impul Nissan Z Nismo GT4 Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 20   Yuki Tanaka All
  Kazuki Oki
  Kazuki Hiramine 1–4, 6–7
  Kazuki Hoshino 1–4, 6–7
  Keishi Ishikawa 2, 5
  Kazuki Nakajima 2
  Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 21   Daisuke Yamawaki All
  Sean Walkinshaw
  Seiya Jin 1–3
  Yuki Ano 1–2, 4–5, 7
  Yuki Fujii 2
  Shinichi Takagi 2
  Shintaro Kawabata 4
  Ritomo Miyata 5–7
  Porsche Team EBI Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22   Katsumasa Chiyo 1–3, 5–7
  Naoya Yamano
  Shota Kitazono 1–3, 5, 7
  Kizuna 2–3, 6
  Satoshi Motoyama 2
  Giuliano Alesi 2
  Team ZeroOne Nissan Z Nismo GT4 Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 26   Ryuichiro Otsuka All
  Ryuichiro Tomita
  Teppei Natori
  Takuro Shinohara 1–2, 4–5, 7
  Masataka Yanagida 2
  Techno First Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 34   Masaki Kano All
  Riki Okusa
  Hironobu Yasuda
  Tadasuke Makino 2–3
  Masami Kageyama 2
  Ryoma Henzan 7
  Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 52   Manabu Yamazaki All
  Kohta Kawaai
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Naoki Hattori
  Seita Nonaka 2
  Team Noah Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 75   Yoshikazu Sobu 1–2, 4–7
  Toshiro Tsukada 1–2, 4
  Yuji Kiyotaki 1, 5
  Shingo Wada 1,6
  Yasuhiro Ogushi 2, 4
  Kuniyuki Haga 2, 5
  Kazuya Oshima 2, 6
  Yu Kanamaru 2
  Masataka Kubo 4
  Tatsuya Okahara 5
  Nattavude Charoensukhawatana 7
  Nattapong Hortongkum 7
  Grant Supaphongs 7
  Buzz Kota Racing McLaren 570S GT4 (Rd. 1, 3)
Mercedes-AMG GT4 (Rd. 6-7) 		McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 (Rd. 1, 3)
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 (Rd. 6-7) 		111   Kota Sasaki 1, 3, 6
  Ken Alex 1, 3
  Kazutaka Tokufuji 1, 6–7
  Ryosuke Kagami 1
  Naoto Uzuka 3, 6–7
  Max Salo 3, 6–7
  Hikaru Jitosho 7
  Auto Factory Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 555   Jun Tashiro 1–2, 5, 7
  Shigehiro Ikemoto
  Kazutaka Tokufuji 2
  SHADE Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 885   Hiro Hayashi All
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Eijiro Shimizu
  Morio Nitta 2
  Yuhki Nakayama 2

ST-TCR & ST-Q edit

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
ST-TCR (TCR homologated vehicles)
  AI' Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) 5   Kazuhiro Sakai 4–7
  Shion Tsujimoto
  Masato Mitsuhashi 4
  Masaaki Fujii 5,7
  Ren Sato 5
  M&K Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK5) 97   Mitsuhiro Endo 4–7
  Tosei Moriyama 4–5
  Yusuke Mitsui 4
  Shinji Nakano 5
  Takashi Kobayashi 7
ST-Q (development vehicles approved by the STO)
  Mazda Spirit Racing Mazda Roadster (NDERC) CNF Concept 12   Ryohei Sakaguchi 4–7
  Yuui Tsutsumi
  Ikuo Maeda
Mazda3 Bio Concept 55   Kazuhiro Terakawa 1–2, 4–7
  Yutaka Seki
  Kaoru Ijiri
  Ikuo Maeda 1–2
  Ryohei Sakaguchi 2
  Yuui Tsutsumi 2
  ORC ROOKIE Racing Toyota GR86 CNF Concept 28   Keizo Kato 1–5, 7
  Daisuke Toyoda
  Eisuke Sasaki 1–3
  Kazuya Oshima 1–2, 4–5, 7
  Kenta Yamashita 2–5, 7
  Yuhi Sekiguchi 2
Toyota GR Yaris (Rd.1, 3)
Toyota GR Corolla H2 Concept (Rd. 2, 4, 7)[1]
Toyota GR Yaris DAT Concept (Rd. 5) 		32   "Morizo" All
  Masahiro Sasaki
  Hiroaki Ishiura
  Yasuhiro Ogura
  Jari-Matti Latvala 2
  Team SDA Engineering Subaru BRZ CNF Concept 61   Kazuhiro Ito 1–3, 5–7
  Hideki Yamauchi
  Takuto Iguchi
  Koichi Hirota
  Kota Sasaki 2
  Takuma Kamada 2
  NISMO Nissan Z Racing Concept 230   Kohei Hirate 2, 5
  Daiki Sasaki
  Mitsunori Takaboshi
  Tsugio Matsuda 2
  Team HRC Honda Civic Type R CNF Concept 271   Hideki Mutoh 2–7
  Takuya Izawa
  Hiroki Otsu
  Syun Koide 2

ST–1 to ST–5 edit

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
ST–1
  K's Frontier KTM Cars KTM X-Bow GTX 2   Taiyo Ida 1–3, 5–7
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Takashi Kobayashi 2
  D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT8R 47   Manabu Orido 1–3, 5–7
  Tatsuya Hoshino 1–3, 5–6
  Kenji Hama 1–3, 5–6
  Jake Parsons 1–3, 5–6
  Tsubasa Kondo 2
  Casper Stevenson 2
  Nobuteru Taniguchi 7
ST–2 (2,400-3,500cc, front-wheel and all-wheel drive)
  Shinryo Racing Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (CZ4A) 6   Tomohiro Tomimasu 1–5, 7
  Yasushi Kikuchi
  Masazumi Ohashi
  Hitoshi Gotoh 2
  Takahiro Matsuzawa 2
7   Keisuke Anzai 1–5, 7
  Yoshiki Fujii 1–3, 5
  Masato Narisawa 1-3
  Kazuya Shimogaki 1-2, 4–5, 7
  Kazunari Yoshioka 2, 4–5, 7
  Tatsuya Usui 2
  Endless Sports Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) 13   Masaya Hanazato 1–5, 7
  Mizuki Ishizaka
  Reimei Ito
  Hitoshi Okada
  Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) 225   Kengo Ichijo 1–5, 7
  Rin Arakawa
  Jiei Okuzumi
  Shunji Okumoto
  Honda R&D Challenge Honda Civic Type R (FL5) 743   Hiroaki Ishigaki 1–5, 7
  Junichi Kidachi
  Hideki Kakinuma 1–3, 5
  Hideki Mutoh 1
  Shinichi Katsura 2
  Tetsumei Mochizuki 2
  Tensho Kobayashi 4–5, 7
ST-3 (2,400-3,500cc, rear-wheel drive)
  Okabe Jidosha Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) 15   Masaya Kohno 1–2, 4–7
  Masaaki Nagashima
  Aruga Tomita
  Seiya Motojima
  Max Salo 2
  Yuya Nakajima 2
16   Hirokazu Suzuki 1–2, 4–7
  Toru Tanaka
  Tetsuya Tanaka
  Kazuomi Komatsu
  Atsushi Miyake 2
  Tsubasa Mekaru 2
  Team ZeroOne Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) 25   Kimiya Sato 1–5, 7
  Daiki Fujiwara
  Tsugio Matsuda 1, 5, 7
  Genki Nishimura 1–2
  Seiji Ara 2, 4, 7
  Kota Matsui 2
  Tomohide Yamaguchi 4-5
  Tracy Sports with Delta Lexus RC 350 (GSC10) 38   Shunsuke Ozaki 1–2, 4–7
  Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
  Toshiki Ishimori
  Takanobu Ishizuka 2, 4–7
  Sesshu Kondo 2
39   Takumi Sanada 1–5, 7
  Takashi Itoh
  Mamoru Okada 1–2, 4–6
  Shinya Fujita 2, 5–7
  Kazuaki Yasui 2
  Yoshinari Fujiwara 2
  Yusuke Tomibayashi 4
ST-4 (1,500-2,500cc)
  Endless Sports Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 3   Hiroyuki Saka 1–3, 5–7
  Ryo Ogawa
  Togo Suganami
  Yuya Motojima 2
  Asano Racing Service Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 18   Takeo Asano 1–3, 5–7
  Shinnosuke Ito
  Ryotaro Sawai 1–2
  Kazumi Mikami 2, 6–7
  Shoya Suzuki 2, 7
  Kazunori Nishimura 2
  Daiki Fujiwara 3
  Ryo Fukatsu 5
  Tracy Sports with Delta Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 41   Hirotaka Ishii 1–3, 5–7
  Yusuke Tomibayashi
  Dai Mizuno
  Tomoaki Ichimori 2
  Team G/Motion' Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 60   Resshu Shioya 1–3, 5–7
  Takao Seto
  Kengo Yamamoto 1–3, 5
  Piston Nishizawa 2, 5
  Toshihiro Kubota 2
  Yohei Ono 7
  Over Drive Mazda Roadster RF (NDERC) 66   Kousei Kanto 1–3, 5–7
  Kyosuke Inomata
  Takahisa Ohno
  Ryohei Sakaguchi 1
  Shigetomo Shimono 2–3, 5
  Chihiro Inagaki 2, 7
  Tatsuya Osaki 2
  TOM'S Spirit Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 86   Hisashi Yabuki 1–3, 5–7
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Shunsuke Kohno
  Sho Tsuboi
  HMR Racing Toyota 86 (ZN6) 216   Kenji Ishikawa 1, 3, 5-7
  Tomomitsu Senoo
  Yuki Kawahara 1, 3, 5, 7
  Takashi Nara 1, 5
  SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 884   Masahiko Kageyama 1–3, 5–7
  Yuji Kunimoto
  Shinnosuke Yamada
  Teppei Tsuruta
ST-5 (up to 1,500cc)
  Team Bride Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) (Rd. 1-4)
Honda Fit4 RS (GS4) (Rd. 6-7) 		4   Yuya Ohta 1–4, 6–7
  Kaoru Arai
  Takuji Okada 1
  Shunya Ito 1
  Hiroshi Ito 2–4, 6–7
  Shunsuke Sato 2, 4
  Hiroki Kokuzawa 2
  Soichi Kurosu 2
  Hidefumi Minami 3, 6–7
  D.R.C EZO Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) 11   Hajime Omono 2–3, 7
  Katsuhiro Sato 2-3
  Motoharu Sato 2, 7
  Ryoji Tashiro 2, 7
  Ryohei Oshima 2, 7
  Carlos Honda 2
  Kenta Kawafuku 3
  Team NOPRO Mazda Demio Diesel Turbo (DJ5FS) 17   Hideyoshi Nishizawa 1–4, 6–7
  Tobio Ohtani
  Misaki Konishi
  Toshihiko Nogami
  Hiroaki Yamamoto 2
  Junichi Agematsu 2
Mazda Demio (DE5FS) 37   Yoshihiro Kato 1–4, 6–7
  Tatsuya Nogami
  Suguru Kawana 1, 4, 6–7
  Johnny Ogura 2–4, 6–7
  Masataka Inoue 2
  Kenichi Obara 3
  Love Drive Racing Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 50   Takashi Ohi 1–3, 6–7
  Junko Fujii
  Isao Ihashi 1–3, 6
  Mitsuhiro Kunisawa 1–3, 7
  Futoshi Someya 2, 7
  Takafumi Katsuki 2
  Over Drive Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 65   Shuichiro Hokazono 1–4, 6–7
  Tatsuya Ota
  Hirohito Ito
  Eiji Niwa 1–2, 7
  Sena Kuronuma 2–4
  Kyohei Kawamura 2
  Takayuki Takechi 6
  Team Yamato Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) 67   Shinya Uchiyama 1–3, 6–7
  Ryohei Yasui
  Hideaki Ito 2, 7
  Ryo Mukumoto 2, 7
  Yoshihiko Nakamura 3
  Nihon Automobile College Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 72   Tetsuya Yamano 1–4, 6–7
  Makoto Kanai
  Tatsuya Nojima
  Takumi Minamisawa 2
  Tatsuya Okahara 2
  Tatsuya Ishii 2
  Murakami Motors Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 88   Hiroyuki Murakami 1–4, 6–7
  Soichiro Yoshida
  Ryohei Arioka
  Daichi Okamoto 1–3, 6–7
  Keiji Amemiya 2
  Access Racing Team Toyota Vitz (NCP131) 110   Toshiyuki Matsuda 1, 3–4, 6–7
  Tatsuki Maeda
  Shota Yanagihori
  Mazda Spirit Racing Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 120   Haruhiko Sugino 1–4, 6
  Tatsuya Minowa 1–3
  Noriyuki Higuchi 1–2, 6
  Shohei Oda 1–2, 7
  Junji Ueda 2–3, 7
  Ryoto Kikuchi 2, 7
  Eiichi Honda 4, 6–7
  Yuta Nakajima 4, 6
  Honda Cars Tokai Honda Fit4 RS (GS4) 222   Toshiki Takeuchi 1–4, 6–7
  Masayuki Sumi
  Hajime Saimen 1–4
  Masaki Nishihata 2, 6–7
  Ryoji Matsumoto 2, 4
  AutoLabo Toyota Yaris (MXPA10) 290   Masayuki Minato 1–4, 6–7
  Yuichi Yokoo
  Takeshi Kitagawa 1–3, 6–7
  Takashi Azuma 1
  Atsuhito Otomo 2–3
  Daisuke Ito 2
  Teiichiro Fukiya 2
  Tatsuki Furuta 4

Race results edit

Round Circuit Race ST-X Winners ST-Z Winners ST-TCR Winners ST-Q Winners
1 Suzuka [7][8] No.500 Team 5Zigen No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave did not participate No.61 Team SDA Engineering
  Hirobon
  Shintaro Kawabata
  Yusuke Shiotsu
  Yu Kanamaru 		  Manabu Yamazaki
  Kohta Kawaai
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Naoki Hattori 		  Koichi Hirota
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi
  Kazuhiro Ito
2 Fuji 24h [9][10] No.14 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.230 NISMO
  Ryuta Ukai
  Naoya Gamou
  Hibiki Taira
  Tatsuya Kataoka 		  Manabu Yamazaki
  Kohta Kawaai
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Naoki Hattori
  Seita Nonaka 		  Kohei Hirate
  Daiki Sasaki
  Mitsunori Takaboshi
  Tsugio Matsuda
3 Sugo Group 1[11][12] No.23 TKRI No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.32 ORC ROOKIE Racing
  Daisuke
  Yuya Motojima
  Yuhki Nakayama 		  Manabu Yamazaki
  Kohta Kawaai
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Naoki Hattori 		  Morizo
  Masahiro Sasaki
  Hiroaki Ishiura
  Yasuhiro Ogura
Group 2[11][13] did not participate No.61 Team SDA Engineering
  Koichi Hirota
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi
  Kazuhiro Ito
4 Autopolis [14][15] No.14 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing No.885 SHADE Racing No.97 M&K Racing No.28 ORC ROOKIE Racing
  Ryuta Ukai
  Naoya Gamou
  Hibiki Taira
  Tatsuya Kataoka 		  Hiro Hayashi
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Eijiro Shimizu 		  Mitsuhiro Endo
  Yusuke Mitsui
  Tosei Moriyama 		  Keizo Kato
  Kenta Yamashita
  Kazuya Oshima
  Daisuke Toyoda
5 Motegi [16][17] No.31 apr No.885 SHADE Racing No.97 M&K Racing No.230 NISMO
  Hiroaki Nagai
  Kazuto Kotaka
  Koki Saga 		  Hiro Hayashi
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Eijiro Shimizu 		  Mitsuhiro Endo
  Shinji Nakano
  Tosei Moriyama 		  Kohei Hirate
  Daiki Sasaki
  Mitsunori Takaboshi
6 Okayama Group 1[18][19] No.14 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing No.34 Techno First No.97 M&K Racing No.271 Team HRC
  Ryuta Ukai
  Naoya Gamou
  Hibiki Taira
  Tatsuya Kataoka 		  Masaki Kano
  Riki Okusa
  Hironobu Yasuda 		  Mitsuhiro Endo
  Shinji Nakano 		  Hideki Mutoh
  Takuya Izawa
  Hiroki Otsu
Group 2[18][20] did not participate No.55 Mazda Spirit Racing
  Kazuhiro Terakawa
  Kaoru Ijiri
  Yutaka Seki
7 Fuji 4h [21][22] No.31 apr No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave no finishers No.271 Team HRC
  Hiroaki Nagai
  Kazuto Kotaka
  Koki Saga 		  Manabu Yamazaki
  Kohta Kawaai
  Hiroki Yoshida
  Naoki Hattori 		  Hideki Mutoh
  Takuya Izawa
  Hiroki Otsu
Round Circuit Race ST-1 Winners ST-2 Winners ST-3 Winners ST-4 Winners ST-5 Winners
1 Suzuka No.47 D'station Racing No.743 Honda R&D Challenge No.15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsports No.60 Team G/Motion' No.88 Murakami Motors
  Tatsuya Hoshino
  Manabu Orido
  Kenji Hama
  Jake Parsons 		  Hiroaki Ishigaki
  Hideki Mutoh
  Junichi Kidachi
  Hideki Kakinuma 		  Masaya Kohno
  Masaaki Nagashima
  Aruga Tomita
  Seiya Motojima 		  Resshu Shioya
  Kengo Yamamoto
  Takao Seto 		  Hiroyuki Murakami
  Soichiro Yoshida
  Ryohei Arioka
  Daichi Okamoto
2 Fuji 24h No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No.13 Endless Sports No.38 Tracy Sports with Delta No.60 Team G/Motion' No.17 Team NOPRO
  Taiyo Ida
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Takashi Kobayashi 		  Masaya Hanazato
  Mizuki Ishizaka
  Reimei Ito
  Hitoshi Okada 		  Shunsuke Ozaki
  Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
  Toshiki Ishimori
  Sesshu Kondo
  Takanobu Ishizuka 		  Resshu Shioya
  Kengo Yamamoto
  Takao Seto
  Piston Nishizawa
  Toshihiro Kubota 		  Hideyoshi Nishizawa
  Tobio Ohtani
  Misaki Konishi
  Toshihiko Nogami
  Hiroaki Yamamoto
  Junichi Agematsu
3 Sugo Group 1 No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No.6 Shinryo Racing Team did not participate
  Taiyo Ida
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto 		  Tomohiro Tomimasu
  Yasushi Kikuchi
  Masazumi Ohashi
Group 2 did not participate No.3 Endless Sports No.72 Nihon Automobile College
  Hiroyuki Saka
  Ryo Ogawa
  Togo Suganami 		  Tetsuya Yamano
  Makoto Kanai
  Tatsuya Nojima
4 Autopolis did not participate No.13 Endless Sports No.16 Okabe Jidosha Motorsports did not participate No.72 Nihon Automobile College
  Masaya Hanazato
  Mizuki Ishizaka
  Reimei Ito
  Hitoshi Okada 		  Hirokazu Suzuki
  Toru Tanaka
  Tetsuya Tanaka
  Kazuomi Komatsu 		  Tetsuya Yamano
  Makoto Kanai
  Tatsuya Nojima
5 Motegi No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No.225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports No.25 Team ZeroOne No.41 Tracy Sports with Delta did not participate
  Taiyo Ida
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto 		  Kengo Ichijo
  Rin Arakawa
  Jiei Okuzumi
  Shunji Okumoto 		  Tomohide Yamaguchi
  Tsugio Matsuda
  Kimiya Sato
  Daiki Fujiwara 		  Dai Mizuno
  Yusuke Tomibayashi
  Hirotaka Ishii
6 Okayama Group 1 No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars did not participate did not participate
  Taiyo Ida
  Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
Group 2 did not participate No.38 Tracy Sports with Delta No.41 Tracy Sports with Delta No.88 Murakami Motors
  Shunsuke Ozaki
  Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
  Toshiki Ishimori
  Takanobu Ishizuka 		  Dai Mizuno
  Yusuke Tomibayashi
  Hirotaka Ishii 		  Hiroyuki Murakami
  Soichiro Yoshida
  Ryohei Arioka
  Daichi Okamoto
7 Fuji 4h No.47 D'station Racing No.743 Honda R&D Challenge No.39 Tracy Sports with Delta No.86 TOM'S Spirit No.72 Nihon Automobile College
  Manabu Orido
  Nobuteru Taniguchi 		  Hiroaki Ishigaki
  Junichi Kidachi
  Tensho Kobayashi 		  Takumi Sanada
  Takashi Itoh
  Shinya Fujita 		  Hisashi Yabuki
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Shunsuke Kohno
  Sho Tsuboi 		  Tetsuya Yamano
  Makoto Kanai
  Tatsuya Nojima

Championship standings edit

Championship points are awarded in every class with the exception of ST-Q at the end of each event.

For the ST-X, ST-Z, and ST-TCR championships, each team's six highest scoring rounds are validated in the final championship standings.

Points systems[23]
Duration 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th ≤11th Pole
3 Hours / 500km 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 2
5 Hours / 700km 30 22.5 18 15 12 9 6 4.5 3 1.5 1 2
≥12 Hours / 1400km 45 35 27 23 18 13 9 7 5 3 1 2

Notes

  • If the final round of the championship is less than five hours or 700 kilometres, 1.5 times the regular amount of points will be awarded.

Teams' Championship standings edit

Pos. Car Team SUZ 24H SUG AUT MRM OIC FSW Points
ST-X
1 14   Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing 7 1 3 1 6 1 3 136
2 31   apr 3 5 5 6 1 4 1 118
3 1   HELM Motorsports 4 4 2 2 4 5 2 117
4 23   TKRI 2 1 3 2 2 4 113
5 81/819   GTNET Motor Sports 6 2 WD 4 3 6 5 95
6 202   KCMG 5 3 4 5 5 3 6 85
7 500   Team 5Zigen 1 7 36
8 777   D'station Racing 7 6
ST-Z
1 52   Saitama Toyopet Green Brave 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 174
2 885   SHADE Racing 3 3 Ret 1 1 3 2 141.5
3 34   Techno First 7 4 6 3 4 1 4 99
4 26   Team ZeroOne 2 9 2 4 3 Ret 77.5
5 21   Audi Team Hitotsuyama 11 2 Ret 6 6 4 6 73
6 19   Birth Racing Project 4 6 5 5 8 5 10 60.5
7 20   Naniwa Denso Team Impul 5 8 3 8 5 Ret 5 59.5
8 22   Porsche Team EBI Waimarama 6 7 4 Ret Ret 3 50
9 75   Team Noah 9 5 7 Ret 6 8 37.5
10 111   Buzz Kota Racing 8 Ret WD 7 7 14.5
11 555   Auto Factory 10 Ret 7 WD 9 10.5
ST-TCR
1 97   M&K Racing 1 1 1 Ret 88
2 5   AI' Racing 2 Ret 2 Ret 37.5
ST-1
1 2   K's Frontier KTM Cars 2 1 1 1 1 2 168
2 47   D'station Racing 1 2 2 2 2 1 151.5
ST-2
2 743   Honda R&D Challenge 1 3 3 3 4 1 132
1 13   Endless Sports 2 1 2 1 3 NC 130.5
3 6   Shinryo Racing Team Ret 2 1 2 5 2 120
4 225   Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports 4 4 5 Ret 1 4 95
5 7   Shinryo Racing Team 3 Ret 4 Ret 2 3 68.5
ST-3
1 38   Tracy Sports with Delta 3 1 2 5 1 3 139.5
2 39   Tracy Sports with Delta 2 2 3 4 4 1 134.5
3 15   Okabe Jidosha Motorsport 1 3 4 2 2 2 134
4 16   Okabe Jidosha Motorsport 4 4 1 3 3 4 113
5 25   Team ZeroOne 5 5 5 1 5 86
ST-4
1 41   Tracy Sports with Delta 2 4 3 1 1 2 132
2 60   Team G/Motion' 1 1 7 5 7 4 110
3 86   TOM'S Spirit 3 Ret 2 2 2 1 100.5
4 18   Asano Racing Service 4 3 6 6 5 3 83
5 66   Over Drive Ret 2 5 4 8 6 70
6 3   Endless Sports 6 5 1 7 3 DNS 69
7 884   SHADE Racing Ret Ret 4 3 4 5 56
8 216   HMR Racing 5 8 Ret 6 7 27
ST-5
1 72   Nihon Automobile College 4 2 1 1 2 1 149
2 17   Team NOPRO 3 1 2 2 7 2 127
3 88   Murakami Motors 1 11 4 3 1 3 103
4 65   Over Drive 6 3 3 4 4 NC 73
5 4   Team Bride 2 5 8 5 9 6 66.5
6 50   Love Drive Racing 8 4 5 3 8 54
7 120   Mazda Spirit Racing 5 6 7 9 5 Ret 40
8 110   Access Racing Team 7 9 6 6 4 38
9 67   Team Yamato 12 10 6 8 5 25
10 37   Team NOPRO 11 8 10 7 11 7 21
11 11   D.R.C EZO 7 13 9 12
12 290   AutoLabo 9 9 11 Ret Ret 11 9
13 222   Honda Cars Tokai 10 NC 12 8 10 10 8.5
Pos. Car Team SUZ 24H SUG AUT MRM OIC FSW 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)

Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

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External links edit

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