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2023 Super GT Series

The 2023 Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and ran by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirty-first season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which included the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the nineteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the forty-first overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

The 2023 Super GT Series was the last season for the three-time GT500 champion Yuji Tachikawa (pictured in 2015), having participated in the series since 1996.

Team Impul and drivers Kazuki Hiramine and Bertrand Baguette entered the season as the defending GT500 champions, while Kondo Racing and driver João Paulo de Oliveira entered the season as the defending GT300 champions. This was the final season for three-time GT500 champion, Yuji Tachikawa, who announced his retirement at the end of the season.[1][2]

TGR Team au TOM'S won the championship in the GT500 class after having won the previous title in the 2021 season, with Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata won the Drivers' Championship. In the GT300 class, Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave, Hiroki Yoshida and Kohta Kawaai won the Teams' and Drivers' Championship. Both class championships were won by Toyota teams driving the respective GT500 and GT300 versions of the Toyota GR Supra.[3]

Regulation changes edit

GTA chairman Masaaki Bandoh outlined the series' environmental initiative plans in November 2022, known as the "Super GT Green Project 2030".[4][1] The series aims to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030. As part of this initiative, Super GT made the following regulation changes for 2023:

  • Super GT debuted a new, 100 percent sustainable carbon-neutral fuel manufactured by ETS Racing Fuels, a division of Haltermann Carless GmbH. The new ETS Renewablaze GTA R100 racing fuel was introduced to GT500 for the first round of the championship.[5] The GT300 class will continue to use petroleum fuel for the season after feedback gathered in testing.[6]
  • The number of tyre sets available to teams per race weekend has been limited to five sets of dry tyres and six sets of wet tyres for 300 kilometre race meetings, one set fewer for each than in 2022. The number of tyre sets available for 450km races would be determined on a case-by-case basis.[7] Ultimately, there would be six sets of dry tyres and seven sets of wet tyres available at all five 450km races, one set fewer for each than in 2022.

Teams and drivers edit

On 20 February, 2023, the GTA released the series entry list, featuring 15 entries in the GT500 class and 27 entries in the GT300 class. All teams compete under a Japanese license.

GT500 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Team Impul[8] Nissan Nissan Z GT500 Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 1   Kazuki Hiramine[8] B All
  Bertrand Baguette[8]
NDDP Racing[8] Nissan Nissan Z GT500 Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 3   Katsumasa Chiyo[8] M All
  Mitsunori Takaboshi[8]
NISMO[8] 23   Tsugio Matsuda[8] M All
  Ronnie Quintarelli[8]
ARTA[N 1] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8   Tomoki Nojiri[10] B All
  Toshiki Oyu[10]
  Iori Kimura[11] 4
16   Nirei Fukuzumi[10] B All
  Hiroki Otsu[10]
TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE[12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 14   Kazuya Oshima[12] B All
  Kenta Yamashita[12]
Astemo Real Racing[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17   Koudai Tsukakoshi[10] B All
  Nobuharu Matsushita[10]
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh[12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Yuji Kunimoto[12] Y All
  Sena Sakaguchi[12]
Kondo Racing[8] Nissan Nissan Z GT500 Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 24   Daiki Sasaki[8] Y All
  Kohei Hirate[8]
TGR Team au TOM'S[12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36   Sho Tsuboi[12] B All
  Ritomo Miyata[12]
TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S[12] 37   Ukyo Sasahara[13] B All
  Giuliano Alesi[12]
TGR Team ZENT Cerumo[12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38   Yuji Tachikawa[12] B All
  Hiroaki Ishiura[12]
TGR Team SARD[12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39   Yuhi Sekiguchi[12] B All
  Yuichi Nakayama[12]
Modulo Nakajima Racing[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64   Takuya Izawa[10] D All
  Kakunoshin Ohta[10]
Team Kunimitsu[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100   Tadasuke Makino[10] B All
  Naoki Yamamoto[10] 1–6
  Iori Kimura[14] 7–8

GT300 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
muta Racing INGING[15] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 2   Yuui Tsutsumi[15] B All
  Hibiki Taira[15]
  Hiroki Katoh[15] 2–5, 7
Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO[16] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4   Nobuteru Taniguchi[16] Y All
  Tatsuya Kataoka[16]
Team Mach[17] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300 GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5   Yusuke Tomibayashi[17] Y All
  Takamitsu Matsui[17]
Team LeMans[15] Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 6   Yoshiaki Katayama[15] Y All
  Roberto Merhi Muntan[15] 1–2, 4–8
  Seiya Jin[18] 2–5, 7
BMW M Team Studie x CRS[19] BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 7   Seiji Ara[19] M All
  Bruno Spengler[19] 1, 5–8
  Masataka Yanagida[19] 2–4
Pacific Racing Team[15][20] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[20] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 9   Ryohei Sakaguchi[20] Y All
  Liang Jiatong[20]
  Shintaro Kawabata[20] 2–5, 7
GAINER[8] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10   Hironobu Yasuda[8] D All
  Riki Okusa[8]
11   Ryuichiro Tomita[8] D All
  Keishi Ishikawa[8]
  Yusuke Shiotsu[8] 2–5, 7
Team UpGarage[10] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 18   Takashi Kobayashi[10] Y All
  Syun Koide[10]
SHADE Racing[15] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 20   Katsuyuki Hiranaka[15] D All
  Eijiro Shimizu[15]
  Shinnosuke Yamada[18] 2–5, 7
R'Qs Motor Sports[20] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22   Hisashi Wada[20] Y All
  Masaki Jyonai[20]
  Masaki Kano[20] 2–5, 7
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya[21] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 25   Togo Suganami[21] Y 1–4
  Seita Nonaka[21]
Max Racing[15][22] 244   Kimiya Sato[15] Y 1–4
  Atsushi Miyake[15]
Yogibo Racing[23] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo22[23] Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 27   Yugo Iwasawa[23] Y All
  Reimei Ito[23]
apr[24] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30   Manabu Orido[24][25] Y All
  Yuta Kamimura[24][25] 1, 3, 5, 7
  Hiroaki Nagai[24] 2–8
  Ryo Ogawa[24] 2, 4
Lexus Lexus LC 500h GT[24] Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8 31   Kazuto Kotaka[24] B All
  Koki Saga[24] 1–7
  Yuki Nemoto[24] 2–5, 7–8
NILZZ Racing[8] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48   Taiyo Ida[15] Y All
  Yuki Tanaka[15] 1, 6–8
  Takumi Sanada[18] 2–5, 7
  Masaya Kono[18] 2–3, 5
Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage[26] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[26] Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 50   Igor Omura Fraga[26] Y All
  Yuga Furutani[26]
  Miki Koyama[26] 2–5, 7
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[27] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 52   Hiroki Yoshida[27] B All
  Kohta Kawaai[27]
  Seita Nonaka[28] 7
Kondo Racing[8] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 56   João Paulo de Oliveira[8] Y All
  Teppei Natori[8]
LM Corsa[29] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60   Hiroki Yoshimoto[29] D All
  Shunsuke Kohno[29]
R&D Sport[30] Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8) Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61   Takuto Iguchi[30] D All
  Hideki Yamauchi[30]
K2 R&D LEON Racing[27] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65   Naoya Gamou[27] B All
  Takuro Shinohara[27]
  Haruki Kurosawa[31] 5, 7
JLOC[15] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 87   Kosuke Matsuura[15] Y All
  Natsu Sakaguchi[15]
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 3
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 5 		88   Takashi Kogure[15] Y All
  Yuya Motojima[15]
K-tunes Racing[27] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96   Morio Nitta[27] D All
  Shinichi Takagi[27]
Tomei Sports[32] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360   Takayuki Aoki[32] Y All
  Atsushi Tanaka[32] 1–5, 7
  Takuya Otaki[32] 2–7
  Yusaku Shibata[33] 8

Vehicle changes edit

GT500 edit

  • Honda announced that a new GT500 car based on the Civic Type R will debut in 2024.[34] As a result, 2023 is the final season for the second-generation NSX-GT.

GT300 edit

  • apr replaced their Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV with a new hybrid GT300 car, the Lexus LC500h GT.[35] The Prius had served as apr's flagship car since 2012.
  • After selling their Toyota 86 Mother Chassis to Team Mach in the off-season, Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage (see Entrant changes below) changed to the Lexus RC F GT3.
  • Pacific Racing Team replaced their Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.

Entrant changes edit

GT500 edit

  • Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 25 November 2022.
  • Honda: Honda Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 12 December 2022.
  • Nissan: Nissan announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 27 January 2023.
    • There were no changes in teams and drivers from the 2022 season.[8] Team Impul carried the GT500 champions number 1 plate, while Kazuki Hoshino, the son of team founder Kazuyoshi Hoshino, became the new Team Director. Four years after the merger between Impul's longtime title sponsor Calsonic and Magneti Marelli, the Marelli brand replaced Calsonic on the blue Impul Nissan Z, now entered as the "Marelli Impul Z".[32]
    • NDDP Racing signed spark plug manufacturer Niterra as their new title sponsor, to replace specialty dealer CraftSports.[32]

GT300 edit

  • Team UpGarage recruited 2022 F4 Japanese Champion Syun Koide to replace Kakunoshin Ohta, following Ohta's promotion to the GT500 class.[10]
  • After forming a two-car GT500 programme with M-TEC, ARTA will not enter the GT300 class in 2023.[10]
  • 2016 GT300 champion Takamitsu Matsui transferred from Hoppy Team Tsuchiya to Team Mach, replacing Reiji Hiraki.[37] Matsui was replaced by former LEON Racing driver Togo Suganami, who returned to the series in 2023.[21]
  • Reigning Super Formula Lights champion Kazuto Kotaka replaced Yuhki Nakayama in the number 31 apr team, with Yuki Nemoto signed as the third driver for long-distance rounds. Yuta Kamimura and reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Ryo Ogawa would share the role of third driver in the number 30 apr GR86 GT.[24]
  • 2012 DTM champion and BMW factory driver Bruno Spengler made his series debut with BMW Team Studie, partnering the returning Seiji Ara. Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida was signed to be the third driver and replaced Spengler in the event of calendar clashes.[19] The entrant name was changed from BMW Team Studie x CSL (Customer Racing Support Limited) to BMW Team Studie x CRS (Customer Racing Support). From the fourth round onward the entrant name was changed again, to BMW M Team Studie x CRS.
  • 2008 GT300 champion Hironobu Yasuda moved to the number 10 GAINER team to partner second-year driver Riki Okusa. Video game developer PONOS became the new title sponsor of the number 10 car. In exchange, Ryuichiro Tomita moved to the number 11 car to partner Keishi Ishikawa. Yusuke Shiotsu, previously the third driver of the number 10 car, became the third driver of the number 11 car for long-distance rounds.[8]
  • Anest Iwata Racing made make their debut in Super GT, working together with Arnage Racing as Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage. Igor Fraga, a multi-time Gran Turismo World Series champion and former FIA Formula 3 Championship driver, raced full-time alongside 2021 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Yuga Furutani. 2022 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Miki Koyama was named the third driver and became the first woman to race in the series since Cyndie Allemann in 2012.[26]
  • Yogibo Racing returned to Super GT as an independent team, having previously competed in a collaboration with Drago Corse in the 2021 season. The team entered a Honda NSX GT3 and received technical support from Servus Japan, who previously supported ARTA. F4 Japanese Championship graduates Reimei Ito and Yugo Iwasawa were the full-time drivers, making their series debuts.[23]
  • 2020 FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira began his first full season in the series, joining Yuui Tsutsumi at muta Racing INGING. Two-time GT300 championship runner-up Hiroki Katoh was appointed as the new team director and shifted to a part-time driving role as the team's third driver.
  • 2021 Super Formula Lights champion Teppei Natori returned to the series with defending series champions Kondo Racing, replacing two-time and reigning GT300 champion Kiyoto Fujinami.[32] Kondo Racing declined the option to use the number 0 plate reserved for the reigning GT300 series champions and instead kept the number 56.
  • Drago Corse, who dropped out of the 2022 season due to sponsorship issues, did not return to the series in 2023.
  • Pacific Racing Team ended their collaboration with CarGuy Racing and Hololive Production after the 2022 season. Pacific began a new partnership with virtual YouTuber agency VSPO! and signed an all-new driver line up of Ryohei Sakaguchi, Alex Jiatong Liang, and Shintaro Kawabata as the third driver for the team.[20]
  • Seiya Jin, Shinnosuke Yamada, Masaki Kano, Takumi Sanada, and Takuya Otaki were announced as the third drivers of Team LeMans, SHADE Racing, R'Qs MotorSports, NILZZ Racing, and Tomei Sports respectively.[18] Jin and Sanada made their series debuts in the second round at Fuji Speedway.

Mid-season changes edit

GT500 Class edit

  • Iori Kimura was named as the third driver for the number 8 ARTA Mugen NSX-GT. Kimura's appointment came after Toshiki Oyu suffered a fractured collarbone prior to the Super Formula race at Fuji Speedway on 16 July.[11] Oyu was eventually declared fit to race, so Kimura did not run in practice, qualifying, or the race.
  • Naoki Yamamoto suffered a neck injury in a crash at Sportsland Sugo which forced him to miss the final two races of the season. Iori Kimura was named as his replacement.[14]

GT300 Class edit

  • Yuta Kamimura replaced Hiroaki Nagai in the number 30 apr Toyota GR86 for the opening round of the series.[25] Nagai returned for round two, and Ryo Ogawa made his series debut as the team's third driver.[18] Kamimura and Ogawa alternated third driver duties throughout the season, with Ogawa running both races at Fuji, and Kamimura running both races at Suzuka plus the Autopolis round.
  • Pacific Racing Team missed the second round at Fuji after a crash at Okayama.[38] They returned from the third round onwards.
  • Masaya Kono replaced NILZZ Racing's Yuki Tanaka for rounds two and three.[18] Tanaka withdrew prior to the fourth round at Fuji and was not replaced. Kono would join Taiyo Ida and Takumi Sanada for the fifth round at Suzuka, and Tanaka returned for the sixth round at Sugo.
  • Roberto Merhi signed with Mahindra Racing in the FIA Formula E World Championship, replacing Oliver Rowland for the remainder of the 2023 season. Due to a clash of dates between the third round at Suzuka and the Jakarta ePrix, Merhi did not race at Suzuka.[39]
  • JLOC debuted the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 at the fourth round at Fuji Speedway.[40] The number 88 team ran with a brand new EVO2 chassis, while the number 87 team would use the old number 88 GT3 EVO model following a heavy crash at Suzuka, which destroyed their previous chassis.
  • Hoppy Team Tsuchiya's Toyota GR Supra GT300 was destroyed in a vehicle fire during the fourth round at Fuji Speedway, and the car and team would not return for the rest of the season.[41]
  • On 23 August, Max Racing announced their immediate withdrawal from the Super GT Series.[22] They were scheduled to miss the fifth round at Suzuka due to a vehicle fire sustained in the previous round at Fuji.[31]
  • 2018 GT300 Champion and K2 R&D LEON Racing team director, Haruki Kurosawa, entered the fifth round at Suzuka as the team's third driver. It is Kurosawa's first Super GT appearance as a driver since the 2019 Fuji GT 500 Mile Race.[31]
  • Seita Nonaka joined Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave as a third driver for the seventh round at Autopolis.[28]
  • Yuki Nemoto replaced Koki Saga in the number 31 apr Lexus LC500h for the final round at Motegi.[42]
  • Time attack and gymkhana specialist Yusaku Shibata rejoined Tomei Sports for the final round at Motegi, driving alongside Takayuki Aoki.[42]

Calendar edit

A confirmed eight round provisional 2023 calendar was announced on 8 August 2022.[43] On 28 December 2022, the dates of Sugo and Autopolis rounds were changed.[44] On 20 February 2023, distances and formats for all rounds were confirmed. Both races at Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit, plus the penultimate round at Autopolis, would be 450 kilometre races requiring at least two green flag pit stops for refuelling.[7] Also, the first and final rounds of the championship will no longer require teams to change tyres on their compulsory pit stops.[7]

Round Race Circuit Location Dates Map
1 Okayama GT 300km Race   Okayama International Circuit Mimasaka-shi, Okayama-ken 15–16 April
2 Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 450km Race   Fuji Speedway Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken 3–4 May
3 Suzuka GT 450km Race   Suzuka Circuit Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken 3–4 June
4 Fuji GT 450km Race   Fuji Speedway Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken 5–6 August
5 Suzuka GT 450km Race   Suzuka Circuit Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken 26–27 August
6 Sugo GT 300km Race   Sportsland Sugo Murata-machi, Miyagi-ken 16–17 September
7 Autopolis GT 450km Race   Autopolis Hita-shi, Ōita-ken 14–15 October
8 Motegi GT 300km Race   Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi-machi, Tochigi-ken 4–5 November

NOTE: Race names are preliminary and subject to change.

Results edit

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round Circuit Class Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner
1 Okayama International Circuit GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 23 NISMO
  Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli 		  Naoki Yamamoto
  Tadasuke Makino 		  Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300 No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing No. 18 Team UpGarage
  Naoya Gamou
  Takuro Shinohara 		  Naoya Gamou
  Takuro Shinohara 		  Takashi Kobayashi
  Syun Koide
2 Fuji Speedway GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
  Naoki Yamamoto
  Tadasuke Makino 		  Naoki Yamamoto
  Tadasuke Makino 		  Sho Tsuboi
  Ritomo Miyata
GT300 No. 56 Kondo Racing No. 88 JLOC No. 56 Kondo Racing
  Joao Paulo de Oliveira
  Teppei Natori 		  Takashi Kogure
  Yuya Motojima 		  Joao Paulo de Oliveira
  Teppei Natori
3 Suzuka Circuit GT500 No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh
  Sho Tsuboi
  Ritomo Miyata 		  Sho Tsuboi
  Ritomo Miyata 		  Yuji Kunimoto
  Sena Sakaguchi
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 61 R&D Sport No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CRS
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  Seiji Ara
  Masataka Yanagida
4 Fuji Speedway GT500 No. 24 Kondo Racing No. 17 Astemo Real Racing No. 3 NDDP Racing
  Daiki Sasaki
  Kohei Hirate 		  Nobuharu Matsushita
  Koudai Tsukakoshi 		  Katsumasa Chiyo
  Mitsunori Takaboshi
GT300 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO No. 11 GAINER No. 11 GAINER
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka 		  Ryuichiro Tomita
  Keishi Ishikawa
  Yusuke Shiotsu 		  Ryuichiro Tomita
  Keishi Ishikawa
  Yusuke Shiotsu[a]
5 Suzuka Circuit GT500 No. 16 ARTA No. 16 ARTA No. 16 ARTA
  Nirei Fukuzumi
  Hiroki Otsu 		  Nirei Fukuzumi
  Hiroki Otsu 		  Nirei Fukuzumi
  Hiroki Otsu
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 96 K-Tunes Racing No. 18 Team UpGarage
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi 		  Takashi Kobayashi
  Syun Koide
6 Sportsland Sugo GT500 No. 8 ARTA No. 8 ARTA No. 8 ARTA
  Tomoki Nojiri
  Toshiki Oyu 		  Tomoki Nojiri
  Toshiki Oyu 		  Tomoki Nojiri
  Toshiki Oyu
GT300 No. 96 K-Tunes Racing No. 96 K-Tunes Racing No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
  Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi 		  Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi 		  Hiroki Yoshida
  Kohta Kawaai
7 Autopolis GT500 No. 16 ARTA No. 16 ARTA No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
  Nirei Fukuzumi
  Hiroki Otsu 		  Nirei Fukuzumi
  Hiroki Otsu 		  Sho Tsuboi
  Ritomo Miyata
GT300 No. 2 muta Racing INGING No. 2 muta Racing INGING No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
  Yuui Tsutsumi
  Hibiki Taira
  Hiroki Katoh 		  Yuui Tsutsumi
  Hibiki Taira
  Hiroki Katoh 		  Hiroki Yoshida
  Kohta Kawaai
  Seita Nonaka
8 Mobility Resort Motegi GT500 No. 3 NDDP Racing No. 3 NDDP Racing No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
  Katsumasa Chiyo
  Mitsunori Takaboshi 		  Katsumasa Chiyo
  Mitsunori Takaboshi 		  Sho Tsuboi
  Ritomo Miyata
GT300 No. 2 muta Racing INGING No. 2 muta Racing INGING No. 88 JLOC
  Yuui Tsutsumi
  Hibiki Taira 		  Yuui Tsutsumi
  Hibiki Taira 		  Takashi Kogure
  Yuya Motojima

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

GT500 edit

Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points
1   Sho Tsuboi
  Ritomo Miyata 		No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 15 1 2 4 10 7 1 1 89
2   Katsumasa Chiyo
  Mitsunori Takaboshi 		No. 3 NDDP Racing 2 5 4 1 12 9 3 13 63
3   Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli 		No. 23 NISMO 1 7 13 13 DSQ 2 10 2 56
4   Nirei Fukuzumi
  Hiroki Otsu 		No. 16 ARTA 11 10 7 3 1 12 2 12 53
5   Kazuki Hiramine
  Bertrand Baguette 		No. 1 Team Impul 6 9 3 15 5 4 5 4 46
6   Koudai Tsukakoshi
  Nobuharu Matsushita 		No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 7 3 9 7 4 DSQ 6 3 45
7   Kazuya Oshima
  Kenta Yamashita 		No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 4 4 6 11 3 6 8 6 45
8   Tomoki Nojiri
  Toshiki Oyu 		No. 8 ARTA 3 11 12 14 14 1 Ret 5 38
9   Yuhi Sekiguchi
  Yuichi Nakayama 		No. 39 TGR Team SARD 8 8 15 9 2 3 14 7 38
10   Tadasuke Makino No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 12 2 5 6 7 Ret 9 10 34
11   Naoki Yamamoto No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 12 2 5 6 7 Ret 31
12   Yuji Kunimoto
  Sena Sakaguchi 		No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 9 12 1 12 9 8 13 8 30
13   Yuji Tachikawa
  Hiroaki Ishiura 		No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 5 13 10 5 6 Ret 4 11 26
14   Takuya Izawa
  Kakunoshin Ohta 		No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 10 14 14 2 8 11 11 Ret 19
15   Ukyo Sasahara
  Giuliano Alesi 		No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 13 6 11 8 11 10 7 9 15
16   Daiki Sasaki
  Kohei Hirate 		No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 15 8 10 13 5 12 14 11
17   Iori Kimura No. 8 ARTA 14 3
No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 9 10
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 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
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish but classified

GT300 edit

Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points
1   Hiroki Yoshida
  Kohta Kawaai 		No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 5 3 3 9 Ret 1 1 7 74
2   Yuui Tsutsumi
  Hibiki Taira 		No. 2 muta Racing INGING 18 2 2 11 7 Ret 2 9 53
3   João Paulo de Oliveira
  Teppei Natori 		No. 56 Kondo Racing 10 1 4 4 Ret 10 5 6 50
4   Naoya Gamou
  Takuro Shinohara 		No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 2 4 12 25† Ret 6 12 2 44
5   Takashi Kobayashi
  Syun Koide 		No. 18 Team UpGarage 1 Ret Ret 17 1 DSQ 17 8 43
6   Seiji Ara No. 7 BMW M Team Studie x CRS 6 13 1 2 16 13 8 12 43
7   Takashi Kogure
  Yuya Motojima 		No. 88 JLOC 24† 6 21 8 4 14 7 1 40
8   Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		No. 61 R&D Sport 22 11 6 6 3 4 4 10 40
9   Yoshiaki Katayama No. 6 Team LeMans 21 7 15 3 Ret 3 15 3 37
9   Roberto Merhi Muntan No. 6 Team LeMans 21 7 3 Ret 3 15 3 37
10   Masataka Yanagida No. 7 BMW M Team Studie x CRS 13 1 2 35
11   Kazuto Kotaka No. 31 apr 16 8 13 5 6 11 3 4 33
11   Yuki Nemoto No. 31 apr 8 13 5 6 3 4 33
12   Ryuichiro Tomita
  Keishi Ishikawa 		No. 11 GAINER Ret 17 5 1 15 12 9 13 28
13   Koki Saga No. 31 apr 16 8 13 5 6 11 3 25
14   Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka 		No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO 9 Ret 18 12 5 5 6 11 20
15   Kosuke Matsuura
  Natsu Sakaguchi 		No. 87 JLOC 7 Ret 23 16 2 19 19 21 19
16   Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Eijiro Shimizu 		No. 20 SHADE Racing Ret 12 10 15 18 2 13 14 16
17   Hironobu Yasuda
  Riki Okusa 		No. 10 GAINER 11 5 8 7 13 9 10 16 16
18   Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi 		No. 96 K-Tunes Racing 14 9 22 23 8 8 Ret 5 15
19   Kimiya Sato
  Atsushi Miyake 		No. 244 Max Racing 3 16 16 Ret 11
20   Yugo Iwasawa
  Reimei Ito 		No. 27 Yogibo Racing 4 15 20 20 9 18 Ret Ret 10
21   Bruno Spengler No. 7 BMW M Team Studie x CRS 6 16 13 8 12 8
22   Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Shunsuke Kohno 		No. 60 LM corsa 8 23† 7 10 12 21 20 15 8
23   Igor Omura Fraga
  Yuga Furutani 		No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage 12 14 17 19 10 7 11 17 5
24   Manabu Orido No. 30 apr 13 18 9 13 17 Ret 16 23 2
24   Hiroaki Nagai No. 30 apr 18 9 13 17 Ret 16 23 2
24   Yuta Kamimura No. 30 apr 13 9 17 16 2
25   Seita Nonaka No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 17 10 11 Ret 1
No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 1[b]
25   Togo Suganami No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 17 10 11 Ret 1
26   Hiroki Katoh No. 2 muta Racing INGING 2[c] 2[d] 11 7[e] 2[b] 1
–   Yusuke Shiotsu No. 11 GAINER 17 5[d] 1[f] 15 9[b] 0
–   Seiya Jin No. 6 Team LeMans 7[c] 15 3[f] Ret 15 0
–   Miki Koyama No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage 14 17 19 10[e] 11 0
–   Shinnosuke Yamada No. 20 SHADE Racing 12 10[d] 15 18 13 0
–   Ryohei Sakaguchi
  Liang Jiatong 		No. 9 Pacific Racing Team 23† WD 25 22 11 17 23 19 0
–   Shintaro Kawabata No. 9 Pacific Racing Team WD 25 22 11 23 0
–   Haruki Kurosawa No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing Ret 12 0
–   Ryo Ogawa No. 30 apr 18 13 0
–   Takayuki Aoki No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 19 14 14 14 15 14 24 0
–   Takuya Otaki No. 360 Tomei Sports 19 14 14 14 15 14 0
–   Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 19 14 14 14 14 0
–   Yusuke Tomibayashi
  Takamitsu Matsui 		No. 5 Team Mach 15 22 19 18 21 22 18 18 0
–   Hisashi Wada
  Masaki Jyonai 		No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 20 21 26 24 20 16 21 22 0
–   Taiyo Ida No. 48 NILZZ Racing 19 20 25 21 19 20 22 20 0
–   Takumi Sanada No. 48 NILZZ Racing 20 25 21 19 22 0
–   Yuki Tanaka No. 48 NILZZ Racing 19 WD 20 22 20 0
–   Masaya Kono No. 48 NILZZ Racing 20 25 19 0
–   Masaki Kano No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 21 26 24 20 21 0
–   Yusaku Shibata No. 360 Tomei Sports 24 0
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points

Teams' championships edit

Race points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Additionally, teams received points for completed the race behind the race winner:

 Same lap as the race winner   1 lap behind the race winner   2 laps or more behind the race winner 
Points 3 2 1

GT500 edit

Rank Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points
1 No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 153 11 21 41 101 72 11 11 109
2 No. 3 NDDP Racing 21 51 41 11 123 91 31 131 85
3 No. 23 NISMO 11 71 132 132 DSQ 21 101 21 74
4 No. 16 ARTA 111 101 71 31 11 123 21 121 73
5 No. 1 Team Impul 61 91 31 152 51 41 51 41 69
6 No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 41 41 61 112 31 62 81 6 1 67
7 No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 71 31 91 72 41 DSQ 61 3 1 65
8 No. 39 TGR Team SARD 81 81 152 92 21 31 143 71 58
9 No. 8 ARTA 31 112 121 142 143 11 Ret 51 54
10 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 122 21 51 61 71 Ret 91 101 53
12 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 91 122 11 122 91 82 133 81 49
13 No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 51 132 101 51 61 Ret 41 111 46
14 No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 101 142 142 21 81 111 111 Ret 37
15 No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 132 61 111 82 111 102 71 91 36
16 No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 3 153 81 102 132 51 123 142 25
Rank Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points

1 – 3 Points for finished at the same lap as the race winner
2 – 2 Points for finished 1 lap behind the race winner
3 – 1 Point for finished 2 laps or more behind the race winner

GT300 edit

Rank Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points
1 No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 51 31 31 91 Ret 11 11 71 95
2 No. 2 muta Racing INGING 182 21 21 111 71 Ret 21 91 71
3 No. 56 Kondo Racing 101 11 41 41 Ret 101 51 61 70
4 No. 7 BMW M Team Studie x CRS 61 132 11 21 161 132 82 121 64
5 No. 88 JLOC 24†3 61 211 81 41 142 71 1 61
6 No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 21 41 121 25†3 Ret 61 122 21 61
7 No. 61 R&D Sport 223 112 61 61 31 4 41 101 59
8 No. 31 apr 161 81 131 51 61 11 31 41 57
9 No. 18 Team UpGarage 11 Ret Ret 171 11 DSQ 171 81 56
10 No. 6 Team LeMans 213 71 151 31 Ret 31 152 31 55
11 No. 11 GAINER Ret 172 51 11 151 122 92 131 46
12 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO 91 Ret 181 121 51 51 61 111 40
13 No. 10 GAINER 111 51 81 71 131 91 101 161 39
14 No. 87 JLOC 71 Ret 231 161 21 192 193 213 35
15 No. 20 SHADE Racing Ret 122 101 151 182 21 132 141 34
16 No. 96 K-Tunes Racing 142 91 221 233 81 81 Ret 51 33
17 No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage 121 142 171 191 101 72 112 171 27
18 No. 60 LM corsa 81 23†3 71 101 121 213 203 151 26
19 No. 27 Yogibo Racing 41 152 201 202 91 182 Ret Ret 25
20 No. 244 Max Racing 31 162 161 Ret 19
21 No. 30 apr 131 183 91 131 171 Ret 162 233 18
22 No. 5 Team Mach 151 223 191 181 213 223 183 181 16
23 No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 193 143 143 143 152 142 241 15
24 No. 9 Pacific Racing Team 23†3 WD 251 222 111 172 233 192 14
25 No. 48 NILZZ Racing 192 203 251 212 192 203 223 203 13
26 No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 20 2 213 262 243 203 162 213 223 11
27 No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 171 101 111 Ret 10
Rank Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points

Notes edit

  1. ^ Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
  2. ^ a b c Seita Nonaka, Hiroki Katoh, Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
  3. ^ a b Hiroki Katoh & Seiya Jin did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
  4. ^ a b c Hiroki Katoh, Yusuke Shiotsu, & Shinosuke Yamada did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
  5. ^ a b Hiroki Katoh, Miki Koyama did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
  6. ^ a b Yusuke Shiotsu and Seiya Jin did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
  1. ^ The team is operated by Mugen, and their cars are entered as ARTA Mugen NSX-GTs.[9]

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External links edit

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