The 2012 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twentieth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the eighth season as the Super GT series. It also marked the thirtieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 1 and ended on November 18, 2012, after eight championship races and a non-championship race.

Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli of Nissan works team MOLA won their second consecutive GT500 Drivers' and Teams' Championships, and became only the second team and driver combination to win the GT500 championship before the final round of the season. Team Taisan Endless and drivers Kyosuke Mineo and Naoki Yokomizo won the GT300 championships in their new Porsche 911 GT3-R, giving Team Taisan their final Super GT championship.

Schedule

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Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km
  Okayama International Circuit April 1
2 Fuji GT 1
500 km
  Fuji Speedway May 4
3 Super GT International Series Malaysia
300 km
  Sepang International Circuit June 10
4 Sugo GT
300 km
  Sportsland SUGO July 29
5 41st International Pokka 1000km
1000 km
  Suzuka Circuit August 19
6 Fuji GT 2
300 km
  Fuji Speedway September 9
7 Autopolis GT
300 km
  Autopolis September 30
8 Motegi GT
250 km
  Twin Ring Motegi October 28
NC Fuji Sprint Cup   Fuji Speedway November 17
November 18

Regulation changes

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From this season, the GT300 class fully incorporated the Group GT3 ruleset and Balance of Performance parameters used by the SRO Motorsports Group. Sixteen GT300 entries that competed in all or most domestic rounds were GT3 vehicles. GT3 vehicles won every championship round, plus both races of the non-championship Fuji Sprint Cup, along with the series championship.

2012 saw the introduction of hybrid powertrain vehicles to the GT300 category. Constructor apr introduced a Toyota Prius JAF-GT300 vehicle powered by a battery-driven hybrid system, and Mugen (M-TEC) followed shortly after by introducing the Honda CR-Z GT300 with a racing hybrid system developed by Zytek. Vehicles from the JAF-GT Category C (vehicles based on modified sports cars with minimal production requirements) and Category D (prototype cars not belonging to other JAF-GT categories) were phased out beginning in 2012. These outgoing vehicles included the Mooncraft Shiden, ASL Garaiya, and Vemac RD320R, which had been mainstays of the series for much of the past decade. On the other hand, JAF-GT Category A and B cars, based on mass production models, were allowed to use traction control beginning in 2012, and were also given concessions such as 14-inch width tyres, paddle sequential shifters, and larger diameter air restrictors.

Drivers and teams

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GT500

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Round
  MOLA Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 1   Masataka Yanagida M All
  Ronnie Quintarelli All
  Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 6   Daisuke Itō B All
  Kazuya Oshima All
  Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 8   Ralph Firman B All
  Takashi Kobayashi All
  Team Impul Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 12   Tsugio Matsuda B All
  João Paulo de Oliveira All
  Keihin Real Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 17   Toshihiro Kaneishi B All
  Koudai Tsukakoshi All
  Weider Honda Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 18   Takashi Kogure B All
  Carlo van Dam All
  Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 19   Seiji Ara Y All
  André Couto 1–8
  Marino Franchitti NC
  Nismo Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 23   Satoshi Motoyama B All
  Michael Krumm All
  Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 24   Hironobu Yasuda Y All
  Björn Wirdheim All
  Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 32   Ryo Michigami D All
  Yuhki Nakayama All
  Lexus Team KeePer Kraft Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 35   Yuji Kunimoto B All
  Andrea Caldarelli All
  Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 36   Kazuki Nakajima B All
  Loïc Duval 1, 3–8, NC
  Richard Lyons 2
  Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 38   Yuji Tachikawa B All
  Kohei Hirate All
  Lexus Team SARD Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 39   Juichi Wakisaka M All
  Hiroaki Ishiura All
  Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 100   Takuya Izawa B All
  Naoki Yamamoto All

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Round
  GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo BMW BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 0   Nobuteru Taniguchi Y All
  Tatsuya Kataoka All
4   Taku Bamba All
  Masahiro Sasaki All
  Cars Tokai Dream28 Mooncraft Mooncraft Shiden Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0 L V8 2   Kazuho Takahashi Y All
  Hiroki Katoh All
  Hiroshi Hamaguchi 5
  NDDP Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 3   Yuhi Sekiguchi Y 1–5, 7–8, NC
  Katsumasa Chiyo All
  Daiki Sasaki 5–6
  Team Mach Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8 5   Tetsuji Tamanaka Y 1–2, 4–8, NC
  Masayuki Ueda 1–2, 4–8, NC
  Masataka Kawaguchi 2
  Gainer Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 11   Tetsuya Tanaka D All
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
  Atsushi Yogo 5
  Team SGC Lexus Lexus IS350 GT300 Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 14   Ryo Orime Y 4–8, NC
  Alexandre Imperatori 4–6
  Naoya Yamano 7–8, NC
  Team Art Taste Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 15   Tim Bergmeister Y 1–2
  Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–2
  Jörg Bergmeister 2
  Team Mugen Honda Honda CR-Z GT Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 16   Hideki Mutoh B 4–8, NC
  Daisuke Nakajima 4–8, NC
  Hitotsuyama Racing Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 20   Hideki Noda Y 1–2
  Michael Kim 1
  Kenji Kobayashi 2
  Frank Yu 2
21   Akihiro Tsuzuki All
  Cyndie Allemann 1–5
  Richard Lyons 5–8, NC
  Yukinori Taniguchi 2
77   Igor Sushko 8, NC
  Kenji Kobayashi 8, NC
99   Frank Yu 3, 7
  Hideto Yasuoka 3–5, 7
  Michael Kim 4–5
  Yoshio Tsuzuki 5
  R'Qs Motorsports Vemac Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 4.0 L V8 22   Hisashi Wada Y All
  Masaki Jyonai All
  LMP Motorsport Ferrari Ferrari F430 GTC Ferrari F136GT 4.3 L V8 27   Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–8
  Takuto Iguchi 1–8
  apr Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 30   Yuki Iwasaki Y All
  Yuya Sakamoto All
  Kenji Kobayashi 5
Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 31   Morio Nitta All
  Koki Saga All
  Yuichi Nakayama 5
  Hankook KTR Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 33   Masami Kageyama H All
  Tomonobu Fujii All
  Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43   Shinichi Takagi B All
  Kosuke Matsuura All
  Dijon Racing Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 48   Hiroshi Takamori Y 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
  Shogo Mitsuyama 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
  Keiichi Inoue 2, 5
  Green Tec & Leon with Shift Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 52   Hironori Takeuchi Y All
  Haruki Kurosawa 1–5, 7–8, NC
  Akihiko Nakaya 5
  Takeshi Tsuchiya 6
  R&D Sport Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61   Tetsuya Yamano Y All
  Kota Sasaki All
  A speed Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage GT2 Aston Martin AJ37 4.7 L V8 66   Hiroki Yoshimoto Y 1
  Kazuki Hoshino 1
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12   Hiroki Yoshimoto 2–8, NC
  Kazuki Hoshino 2–8, NC
  Hiroki Yoshida 5
  ThunderAsia Racing Mosler Mosler MT900M Judd XV675 3.5 L V8 69   Fairuz Fauzy Y 3
  Hiroki Yoshida 3
  JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Lamborghini 07L1 5.2 L V10 85   Yuya Sakamoto Y 1–2, 5–7
  Masaki Kano 1–2, 6
  Ryohei Sakaguchi 2, 5
  Hideshi Matsuda 7
86   Hideshi Matsuda 1–5, NC
  Junichiro Yamashita 1–5, NC
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 87   Koji Yamanishi All
  Hideki Yamauchi 1–8
  Yuya Sakamoto NC
88   Manabu Orido All
  Takayuki Aoki All
  Keita Sawa 5
  Tomei Sports Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 360   Atsushi Tanaka Y 1–4, 6–8, NC
  Yasushi Kikuchi 1
  Takuya Shirasaka 2–4, 6–8, NC
  Team Taisan ENDLESS Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 911   Kyosuke Mineo Y All
  Naoki Yokomizo All

Entrant Changes

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GT500 Class

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  • Nissan: Two-time GT500 champion Michael Krumm replaced 2008 champion Benoît Tréluyer at NISMO. Tréluyer left the Japanese circuit in order to drive full-time for Audi in the new FIA World Endurance Championship, while Krumm had returned after competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship.
  • Lexus: 2010 champion Loïc Duval transferred out of Honda to join Lexus at Team Petronas TOM's, replacing André Lotterer, who left the series in order to drive full-time for Audi in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Within the Lexus camp, three-time series champion Juichi Wakisaka transferred to Lexus Team SARD, and André Couto transferred to Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh. Yuji Kunimoto and Andrea Caldarelli each made their GT500 debuts, forming an all-rookie lineup at Lexus Team KeePer Kraft.
  • Honda: 2008 All-Japan Formula 3 champion Carlo Van Dam made his full-time GT500 debut, replacing Duval at Weider Honda Racing. Ralph Firman returned to ARTA after a year away from racing in Japan.

GT300 Class

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  • Reigning champions Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team UKYO expanded to a two-car operation with the BMW Z4 GT3. Last year's championship-winning entry changed its number to 0, and championship winning driver Nobuteru Taniguchi was joined by former Lexus GT500 driver Tatsuya Kataoka. Co-champion Taku Bamba moved to the new number 4 car, joined by Masahiro Sasaki, who drove for GSR in 2010.
  • NDDP (Nissan Driver Development Program) Racing entered the series with the all-new Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. The team was managed by Masahiro Hasemi, and carried the number 3 which was associated with Hasemi Motor Sports, who competed in the series until 2010. Reigning All-Japan Formula 3 champion Yuhi Sekiguchi, and All-Japan F3 National Class champion Katsumasa Chiyo, were the team's drivers.
  • SHIFT, the team managed by former GT500 champion Hironori Takeuchi, re-entered the series with the all-new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The team competed under the banner of Green Tec & LEON with Shift, with Takeuchi and former Team Mach driver Haruki Kurosawa as their drivers.
  • Subaru and Subaru Tecnica International (STI) launched the BRZ GT300. The BRZ GT300 was entered by R&D Sport, who raced with the Legacy B4 between 2009 and 2011.
  • apr introduced the hybrid-powered Toyota Prius GT to replace their previous Corolla Axio GT model. The number 31 Prius was driven by Morio Nitta and Koki Saga. apr also fielded a second entry with an Audi R8 LMS Ultra, driven by Yuki Iwasaki and Yuya Sakamoto (of Tokyo).
  • M-TEC (as Team Mugen) would return to the series as an independent team, and introduced the hybrid-powered Honda CR-Z GT300, beginning from the fourth round at Sportsland Sugo. GT500 race winner Hideki Mutoh, and second-generation rookie driver Daisuke Nakajima were announced as Mugen's drivers.
  • Gainer changed vehicles from the Ferrari 458 GTC to the new Audi R8 LMS Ultra, and consolidated their programme into a single-car entry.
  • Hankook KTR, who entered a second car in select races in 2011, consolidated their programme into a single-car entry, their number 33 Porsche 911 GT3-R (Type 997) driven by Masami Kageyama and Tomonobu Fujii.
  • Hitotsuyama Racing returned to the series for the first time since 2009, fielding two Audi R8 LMS. Their primary entry, number 21, was prepared by Nova Engineering, and driven by Akihiro Tsuzuki (who transferred from Samurai Team Tsuchiya) and rookie Cyndie Allemann, who became the first woman to race in the series since Keiko Ihara in 2003. Their second entry was prepared by Mooncraft Engineering, and began the season as car number 20 with Hideki Noda as their ace driver alongside Michael Kim.
  • JLOC entered two new Lamborghini Gallardo GT3s, the number 88 driven by Manabu Orido and Takayuki Aoki, and the number 87 driven by Koji Yamanishi (who rejoined JLOC after a year's absence) and Hideki Yamauchi (who transferred from LMP Motorsport). They also fielded two of their existing Gallardo RG-3 models in multiple races, giving them as many as four entries.
  • Former Lexus GT500 driver Takuto Iguchi joined LMP Motorsport after being displaced from Lexus Team SARD.
  • Team Taisan consolidated to a single-car effort and changed vehicles to the new Porsche 911 GT3-R (Type 997), in a collaboration with Endless Sports. Kyosuke Mineo was joined by former GT500 class race winner Naoki Yokomizo.
  • Team Mach changed vehicles to the latest Ferrari 458 GT3, and gentleman driver Masayuki Ueda joined the team from Gainer.
  • Team Art Taste, who debuted in the fifth round of the 2011 season, planned to enter the full 2012 season with a Porsche 911 GT3-R prepared by Cox, and a driver lineup featuring Tim Bergmeister and Takeshi Tsuchiya.
  • Dijon Racing entered the series for the first time, fielding the Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 for drivers Hiroshi Takamori (who transferred from Hankook KTR) and Shogo Mitsuyama (who transferred from Team Taisan).
  • Team SG Changi reincorporated as Team SGC, and eventually returned to the series beginning at the fourth round at Sportsland Sugo, where returning drivers Ryo Orime and Alexandre Imperatori won in 2011 with their Lexus IS 350 GT300.
  • ThunderAsia Racing went from a full-season entry, to a one-off entrant in the third round at Sepang Circuit with drivers Fairuz Fauzy and Hiroki Yoshida.

Mid-season Changes

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GT500 Class

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  • 2004 GT500 champion Richard Lyons joined Lexus Team Petronas TOM's for the Fuji GT 500 km Race. Loïc Duval was unavailable, as he was competing in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with Audi Sport Team Joest.
  • Marino Franchitti replaced André Couto at Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh for the non-championship Fuji Sprint Cup. Couto was unavailable, as he was competing in the Macau Grand Prix Guia Race.

GT300 Class

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  • Team a Speed changed vehicles from the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 to the V12 Vantage GT3 from the second round at Fuji Speedway. The V12 Vantage would go on to win two races in its first season in Japan.
  • Tim Bergmeister was seriously injured in a crash during the Fuji 500 km, and Team Art Taste withdrew from all remaining rounds after their car was totalled in the accident. Takeshi Tsuchiya would go on to replace Haruki Kurosawa at Green Tec & LEON with Shift for the sixth round at Fuji Speedway, after Kurosawa was injured in a crash at the Suzuka 1000 km.
  • NDDP prospect Daiki Sasaki replaced Yuhi Sekiguchi in the sixth round at Fuji Speedway. Sekiguchi was suspended for one race due to penalty points accrued under Super GT's Driving Moral Hazard System.
  • Tomei Sports began the season with drivers Atsushi Tanaka and Yasushi Kikuchi, but Kikuchi was replaced from round two by rookie Takuya Shirasaka.
  • Naoya Yamano replaced Alexandre Imperatori at Team SGC for the final two championship races and the Fuji Sprint Cup.
  • JLOC's two Gallardo RG-3s changed drivers throughout the season. The number 86 car ran the first five rounds with Hideshi Matsuda and Junichiro Yamashita. Matsuda was then moved to the number 85 car in the seventh round at Autopolis, partnering Yuya Sakamoto (of Iwate Prefecture). Sakamoto had previously shared driving duties with Masaki Kano and Ryohei Sakaguchi in five of the previous six rounds. Neither of these cars entered the eighth round at Motegi, but the 86 car returned for the Fuji Sprint Cup with Matsuda and Yamashita as its drivers, and Sakamoto replaced Hideki Yamauchi in the number 87 Gallardo GT3 for the Fuji Sprint Cup.
  • Hitotsuyama Racing's number 21 car brought on Richard Lyons as a third driver for the Suzuka 1000 km, and Lyons would replace Cyndie Allemann on a permanent basis for the rest of the season. Meanwhile, their second entry prepared by Mooncraft underwent numerous changes during the season: Hideki Noda left the team after two races, and was replaced with reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Hideto Yasuoka. Frank Yu replaced Michael Kim for rounds two and three, before Kim returned for rounds four and five - by which point, the car changed its number to 99. After a one-race absence, the car returned as number 77, driven by Yu and Yasuoka in round seven, then by Ukrainian-American driver Igor Sushko and Kenji Kobayashi in round eight and the Fuji Sprint Cup.
  • Third drivers entered for the Fuji 500 km included Jörg Bergmeister (Team Art Taste), Yukinori Taniguchi (Hitotsuyama Racing #21), Keiichi Inoue (Dijon Racing), and Masataka Kawaguchi (Team Mach). Third drivers entered for the Suzuka 1000 km included Inoue, Lyons, Daiki Sasaki, Yuichi Nakayama (apr #31), Akihiko Nakaya (Green Tec & LEON with Shift), Atsushi Yogo (Gainer), Keita Sawa (JLOC #88), Hiroshi Hamaguchi (Cars Tokai Dream28), Yoshio Tsuzuki (Hitotsuyama Racing #21), Kenji Kobayashi (apr #30), and Hiroki Yoshida, who was part of the class-winning Team a Speed, but did not drive during the race itself and received no championship points.

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Race Winner
1   Okayama International Circuit
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1 April #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Kohei Hirate
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Kohei Hirate
#911 Team Taisan ENDLESS #11 Gainer
  Kyosuke Mineo
  Naoki Yokomizo
  Tetsuya Tanaka
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
2   Fuji Speedway
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4 May #32 Nakajima Racing #39 Lexus Team SARD
  Ryo Michigami
  Yuhki Nakayama
  Hiroaki Ishiura
  Juichi Wakisaka
#11 Gainer #0 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO
  Tetsuya Tanaka
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka
3   Sepang International Circuit
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10 June #18 Weider Honda Racing #18 Weider Honda Racing
  Takashi Kogure
  Carlo van Dam
  Takashi Kogure
  Carlo van Dam
#33 Hankook KTR #33 Hankook KTR
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Masami Kageyama
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Masami Kageyama
4   Sportsland SUGO
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29 July #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS
  Daisuke Ito
  Kazuya Oshima
  Daisuke Ito
  Kazuya Oshima
#33 Hankook KTR #3 NDDP Racing
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Masami Kageyama
  Yuhi Sekiguchi
  Katsumasa Chiyo
5   Suzuka Circuit
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19 August #1 MOLA #1 MOLA
  Masataka Yanagida
  Ronnie Quintarelli
  Masataka Yanagida
  Ronnie Quintarelli
#16 Team Mugen #66 A speed
  Hideki Mutoh
  Daisuke Nakajima
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Kazuki Hoshino
  Hiroki Yoshida
6   Fuji Speedway
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9 September #12 Team Impul #12 Team Impul
  Tsugio Matsuda
  João Paulo de Oliveira
  Tsugio Matsuda
  João Paulo de Oliveira
#31 apr #33 Hankook KTR
  Morio Nitta
  Koki Saga
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Masami Kageyama
7   Autopolis
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30 September #19 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH #1 MOLA
  Seiji Ara
  André Couto
  Masataka Yanagida
  Ronnie Quintarelli
#3 NDDP Racing #66 A speed
  Yuhi Sekiguchi
  Katsumasa Chiyo
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Kazuki Hoshino
8   Twin Ring Motegi
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28 October #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Kohei Hirate
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Kohei Hirate
#33 Hankook KTR #911 Team Taisan ENDLESS
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Masami Kageyama
  Kyosuke Mineo
  Naoki Yokomizo
NC   Fuji Speedway
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17 November #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #1 MOLA
  Kazuya Oshima   Ronnie Quintarelli
#33 Hankook KTR #33 Hankook KTR
  Tomonobu Fujii   Tomonobu Fujii
18 November #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
  Kazuki Nakajima   Yuji Tachikawa
#33 Hankook KTR #66 A speed
  Masami Kageyama   Hiroki Yoshimoto

Standings

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GT500 Drivers

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Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2
Rank Driver OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
MOT
 
PTS
1   Masataka Yanagida
  Ronnie Quintarelli
7 8 14 3 1 2 1 2 93
2   Yuji Tachikawa
  Kohei Hirate
1 8 2 5 9 8 7 1 74
3   Juichi Wakisaka
  Hiroaki Ishiura
9 1 4 4 Ret 6 5 5 57
4   Tsugio Matsuda
  João Paulo de Oliveira
10 5 5 Ret 4 1 10 10 45
5   Takuya Izawa
  Naoki Yamamoto
2 2 6 8 11 12 8 9 43
6   Takashi Kogure
  Carlo van Dam
7 9 1 7 8 Ret 9 7 40
7   Kazuki Nakajima 5 4 13 2 Ret 4 15 8 40
8   Satoshi Motoyama
  Michael Krumm
4 3 8 Ret 5 11 6 6 40
9   Seiji Ara
  André Couto
12 13 9 12 6 3 3 5 36
10   Daisuke Ito
  Kazuya Oshima
13 10 3 1 Ret 10 12 12 33
11   Loïc Duval 5 13 2 Ret 4 15 8 32
12   Toshihiro Kaneishi
  Koudai Tsukakoshi
3 6 7 9 10 5 14 Ret 30
13   Yuji Kunimoto
  Andrea Caldarelli
Ret 12 10 6 2 7 13 Ret 28
14   Ryo Michigami
  Yuhki Nakayama
Ret 11 11 11 Ret 14 2 3 26
15   Hironobu Yasuda
  Björn Wirdheim
11 14 Ret 10 3 13 4 11 22
16   Ralph Firman
  Takashi Kobayashi
6 Ret 12 Ret 7 9 11 13 12
17   Richard Lyons 4 8
Rank Driver OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
MOT
 
PTS
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)

GT300 Drivers

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Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2
Rank Driver OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
MOT
 
PTS
1   Kyosuke Mineo
  Naoki Yokomizo
2 8 2 5 Ret 4 2 1 82
2   Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Kazuki Hoshino
11 3 3 Ret 1 Ret 1 5 73
3   Masami Kageyama
  Tomonobu Fujii
5 Ret 1 4 6 1 3 7 75
4   Katsumasa Chiyo 19 18 4 1 2 9 19 6 53
5   Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka
3 1 12 7 Ret 8 5 4 52
6   Yuhi Sekiguchi 19 18 4 1 2 19 6 51
7   Tetsuya Tanaka
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
1 5 7 6 5 7 16 13 47
8   Manabu Orido
  Takayuki Aoki
17 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 7 3 39
9   Shinichi Takagi
  Kosuke Matsuura
6 4 9 9 4 5 17 21 33
10   Morio Nitta
  Koki Saga
Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 2 8 Ret 26
11   Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh
7 2 5 Ret 15 13 DNQ 16 25
12   Hironori Takeuchi 12 10 6 2 Ret DNS Ret 8 24
  Haruki Kurosawa
13   Hideki Yamauchi
  Koji Yamanishi
21 7 16 19 Ret Ret Ret 2 19
14   Tetsuya Yamano
  Kota Sasaki
Ret 9 8 10 Ret 6 4 15 19
15   Hideki Mutoh
  Daisuke Nakajima
16 11 3 10 11 12
16   Akihiro Tsuzuki 9 15 14 Ret 14 Ret 6 9 9
17   Takeshi Tsuchiya 4 Ret DNS 8
18   Tim Bergmeister 4 Ret 8
19   Yuki Iwasaki
  Yuya Sakamoto
8 13 11 14 9 10 14 10 8
20   Richard Lyons 14 Ret 6 9 7
21   Yutaka Yamagishi
  Takuto Iguchi
10 17 13 18 8 14 9 14 7
22   Taku Bamba
  Masahiro Sasaki
15 11 10 11 7 11 12 17 6
23   Cyndie Allemann 9 15 14 Ret 14 2
24   Daiki Sasaki 3 9 2
25   Yuya Sakamoto 14 Ret 10 18 15 2
26   Ryohei Sakaguchi Ret 10 2
Rank Driver OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
MOT
 
PTS
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)

JAF Grand Prix

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GT500 Drivers

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Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS
1 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo   Kohei Hirate   Yuji Tachikawa 12 1 20
2 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S   Loïc Duval   Kazuki Nakajima 15 2 15
3 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu   Naoki Yamamoto   Takuya Izawa 5 3 14
4 23 Motul Autech NISMO   Michael Krumm   Satoshi Motoyama 4 4 12
5 6 Lexus Team ENEOS LeMans   Kazuya Oshima   Daisuke Ito 3 6 10.5
6 1 S-Road REITO MOLA   Ronnie Quintarelli   Masataka Yanagida 1 14 10
7 17 Keihin Real Racing   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Toshihiro Kaneishi 2 15 7.5
8 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing   Hironobu Yasuda   Björn Wirdheim 9 5 7
9 18 Weider Honda Racing   Carlo van Dam   Takashi Kogure 7 7 6
10 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Takashi Kobayashi   Ralph Firman 8 9 3.5
11 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD   Hiroaki Ishiura   Juichi Wakisaka 11 8 3
12 12 Calsonic Team Impul   João Paulo de Oliveira   Tsugio Matsuda 6 11 2.5
13 35 Lexus Team KeePer Kraft   Yuji Kunimoto   Andrea Caldarelli 12 10 1
14 32 EPSON Nakajima Racing   Yuhki Nakayama   Ryo Michigami 10 12 0.5
15 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh   Seiji Ara   Marino Franchitti 14 13 0
Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS

GT300 Drivers

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Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS
1 33 Hankook KTR   Tomonobu Fujii   Masami Kageyama 1 14 20
2 66 A speed   Kazuki Hoshino   Hiroki Yoshimoto 14 1 20
3 16 Team Mugen   Daisuke Nakajima   Hideki Mutoh 2 7 19
4 2 Evangelion-01 Cars Tokai Dream28   Kazuho Takahashi   Hiroki Kato 18 2 15
5 43 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Kosuke Matsuura   Shinichi Takagi 3 9 13
6 52 Green Tec & Leon with Shift   Haruki Kurosawa   Hironori Takeuchi 6 4 13
7 88 MonePa JLOC   Takayuki Aoki   Manabu Orido 12 3 11
8 11 Gainer   Katsuyuki Hiranaka   Tetsuya Tanaka 7 6 9
9 3 S-Road NDDP   Katsumasa Chiyo   Yuhi Sekiguchi 4 19 8
10 0 GSR Hatsune Miku   Tatsuya Kataoka   Nobuteru Taniguchi 5 20 6
11 31 Hasepro apr   Koki Saga   Morio Nitta 11 5 6
12 911 Team Taisan ENDLESS   Kyosuke Mineo   Naoki Yokomizo 8 18 3
13 87 JLOC   Koji Yamanishi   Yuya Sakamoto 15 8 3
14 77 investors Hitotsuyama Racing   Igor Sushko   Kenji Kobayashi 9 Ret 2
15 360 RunUp Tomei Sports   Takuya Shirasaka   Atsushi Tanaka 10 Ret 1
16 30 Iwasaki Moda apr   Yuya Sakamoto   Yuki Iwasaki 23 10 1
17 4 GSR Project Mirai   Masahiro Sasaki   Taku Bamba 17 12 0
18 5 Team Mach   Masayuki Ueda   Tetsuji Tamanaka 21 Ret 0
19 14 Team SGC   Ryo Orime   Naoya Yamano 13 Ret 0
20 21 ZENT Hitotsuyama Racing   Richard Lyons   Akihiro Tsuzuki DNS 11 0
21 22 R'Qs Motorsports   Masaki Jyonai   Hisashi Wada 22 13 0
22 48 NEON Dijon Racing   Shogo Mitsuyama   Hiroshi Takamori 20 15 0
23 61 R&D Sport   Kota Sasaki   Tetsuya Yamano 19 16 0
24 86 Verity BOMEX JLOC   Junichiro Yamashita   Hideshi Matsuda 16 17 0
Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS

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