2012 Super GT Series

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
Japan Okayama International Circuit April 1
2 Fuji GT 1
500 km
Japan Fuji Speedway May 4
3 Super GT International Series Malaysia
300 km
Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 10
4 Sugo GT
300 km
Japan Sportsland SUGO July 29
5 41st International Pokka 1000km
1000 km
Japan Suzuka Circuit August 19
6 Fuji GT 2
300 km
Japan Fuji Speedway September 9
7 Autopolis GT
300 km
Japan Autopolis September 30
8 Motegi GT
250 km
Japan Twin Ring Motegi October 28
NC Fuji Sprint Cup Japan 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
Japan MOLA Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 1 Japan Masataka Yanagida M All
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli All
Japan Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 6 Japan Daisuke Itō B All
Japan Kazuya Oshima All
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 8 Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman B All
Japan Takashi Kobayashi All
Japan Team Impul Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 12 Japan Tsugio Matsuda B All
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira All
Japan Keihin Real Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 17 Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi B All
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi All
Japan Weider Honda Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 18 Japan Takashi Kogure B All
Netherlands Carlo van Dam All
Japan Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 19 Japan Seiji Ara Y All
Portugal André Couto 1–8
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti NC
Japan Nismo Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 23 Japan Satoshi Motoyama B All
Germany Michael Krumm All
Japan Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 24 Japan Hironobu Yasuda Y All
Sweden Björn Wirdheim All
Japan Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 32 Japan Ryo Michigami D All
Japan Yuhki Nakayama All
Japan Lexus Team KeePer Kraft Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 35 Japan Yuji Kunimoto B All
Italy Andrea Caldarelli All
Japan Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 36 Japan Kazuki Nakajima B All
France Loïc Duval 1, 3–8, NC
United Kingdom Richard Lyons 2
Japan Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 38 Japan Yuji Tachikawa B All
Japan Kohei Hirate All
Japan Lexus Team SARD Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 39 Japan Juichi Wakisaka M All
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura All
Japan Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 100 Japan Takuya Izawa B All
Japan Naoki Yamamoto All

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Round
Japan GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo BMW BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 0 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi Y All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka All
4 Japan Taku Bamba All
Japan Masahiro Sasaki All
Japan Cars Tokai Dream28 Mooncraft Mooncraft Shiden Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0 L V8 2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Japan Hiroki Katoh All
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 5
Japan NDDP Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 3 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi Y 1–5, 7–8, NC
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo All
Japan Daiki Sasaki 5–6
Japan Team Mach Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8 5 Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka Y 1–2, 4–8, NC
Japan Masayuki Ueda 1–2, 4–8, NC
Japan Masataka Kawaguchi 2
Japan Gainer Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 11 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka D All
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
Japan Atsushi Yogo 5
Singapore Team SGC Lexus Lexus IS350 GT300 Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 14 Japan Ryo Orime Y 4–8, NC
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori 4–6
Japan Naoya Yamano 7–8, NC
Japan Team Art Taste Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 15 Germany Tim Bergmeister Y 1–2
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–2
Germany Jörg Bergmeister 2
Japan Team Mugen Honda Honda CR-Z GT Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 16 Japan Hideki Mutoh B 4–8, NC
Japan Daisuke Nakajima 4–8, NC
Japan Hitotsuyama Racing Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 20 Japan Hideki Noda Y 1–2
United States Michael Kim 1
Japan Kenji Kobayashi 2
Hong Kong Frank Yu 2
21 Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki All
Switzerland Cyndie Allemann 1–5
United Kingdom Richard Lyons 5–8, NC
Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 2
77 Ukraine Igor Sushko 8, NC
Japan Kenji Kobayashi 8, NC
99 Hong Kong Frank Yu 3, 7
Japan Hideto Yasuoka 3–5, 7
United States Michael Kim 4–5
Japan Yoshio Tsuzuki 5
Japan R'Qs Motorsports Vemac Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 4.0 L V8 22 Japan Hisashi Wada Y All
Japan Masaki Jyonai All
France LMP Motorsport Ferrari Ferrari F430 GTC Ferrari F136GT 4.3 L V8 27 Japan Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–8
Japan Takuto Iguchi 1–8
Japan apr Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 30 Japan Yuki Iwasaki Y All
Japan Yuya Sakamoto All
Japan Kenji Kobayashi 5
Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 31 Japan Morio Nitta All
Japan Koki Saga All
Japan Yuichi Nakayama 5
Japan Hankook KTR Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 33 Japan Masami Kageyama H All
Japan Tomonobu Fujii All
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43 Japan Shinichi Takagi B All
Japan Kosuke Matsuura All
Japan Dijon Racing Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 48 Japan Hiroshi Takamori Y 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
Japan Keiichi Inoue 2, 5
Japan Green Tec & Leon with Shift Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 52 Japan Hironori Takeuchi Y All
Japan Haruki Kurosawa 1–5, 7–8, NC
Japan Akihiko Nakaya 5
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya 6
Japan R&D Sport Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 Japan Tetsuya Yamano Y All
Japan Kota Sasaki All
Japan A speed Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage GT2 Aston Martin AJ37 4.7 L V8 66 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto Y 1
Japan Kazuki Hoshino 1
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 2–8, NC
Japan Kazuki Hoshino 2–8, NC
Japan Hiroki Yoshida 5
Singapore ThunderAsia Racing Mosler Mosler MT900M Judd XV675 3.5 L V8 69 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy Y 3
Japan Hiroki Yoshida 3
Japan JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Lamborghini 07L1 5.2 L V10 85 Japan Yuya Sakamoto Y 1–2, 5–7
Japan Masaki Kano 1–2, 6
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi 2, 5
Japan Hideshi Matsuda 7
86 Japan Hideshi Matsuda 1–5, NC
Japan Junichiro Yamashita 1–5, NC
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 87 Japan Koji Yamanishi All
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 1–8
Japan Yuya Sakamoto NC
88 Japan Manabu Orido All
Japan Takayuki Aoki All
Japan Keita Sawa 5
Japan Tomei Sports Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 360 Japan Atsushi Tanaka Y 1–4, 6–8, NC
Japan Yasushi Kikuchi 1
Japan Takuya Shirasaka 2–4, 6–8, NC
Japan Team Taisan ENDLESS Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 911 Japan Kyosuke Mineo Y All
Japan 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 Japan Okayama International Circuit
Report
1 April #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Kohei Hirate
#911 Team Taisan ENDLESS #11 Gainer
Japan Kyosuke Mineo
Japan Naoki Yokomizo
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
2 Japan Fuji Speedway
Report
4 May #32 Nakajima Racing #39 Lexus Team SARD
Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
#11 Gainer #0 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
3 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit
Report
10 June #18 Weider Honda Racing #18 Weider Honda Racing
Japan Takashi Kogure
Netherlands Carlo van Dam
Japan Takashi Kogure
Netherlands Carlo van Dam
#33 Hankook KTR #33 Hankook KTR
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Masami Kageyama
4 Japan Sportsland SUGO
Report
29 July #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS
Japan Daisuke Ito
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Daisuke Ito
Japan Kazuya Oshima
#33 Hankook KTR #3 NDDP Racing
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
5 Japan Suzuka Circuit
Report
19 August #1 MOLA #1 MOLA
Japan Masataka Yanagida
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
Japan Masataka Yanagida
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
#16 Team Mugen #66 A speed
Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Daisuke Nakajima
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
6 Japan Fuji Speedway
Report
9 September #12 Team Impul #12 Team Impul
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
#31 apr #33 Hankook KTR
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Koki Saga
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Masami Kageyama
7 Japan Autopolis
Report
30 September #19 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH #1 MOLA
Japan Seiji Ara
Portugal André Couto
Japan Masataka Yanagida
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
#3 NDDP Racing #66 A speed
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Kazuki Hoshino
8 Japan Twin Ring Motegi
Report
28 October #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Kohei Hirate
#33 Hankook KTR #911 Team Taisan ENDLESS
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan Kyosuke Mineo
Japan Naoki Yokomizo
NC Japan Fuji Speedway
Report
17 November #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #1 MOLA
Japan Kazuya Oshima Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
#33 Hankook KTR #33 Hankook KTR
Japan Tomonobu Fujii Japan Tomonobu Fujii
18 November #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Japan Kazuki Nakajima Japan Yuji Tachikawa
#33 Hankook KTR #66 A speed
Japan Masami Kageyama Japan 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
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
SUG
Japan
SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
AUT
Japan
MOT
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Masataka Yanagida
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
7 8 14 3 1 2 1 2 93
2 Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Kohei Hirate
1 8 2 5 9 8 7 1 74
3 Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
9 1 4 4 Ret 6 5 5 57
4 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
10 5 5 Ret 4 1 10 10 45
5 Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Naoki Yamamoto
2 2 6 8 11 12 8 9 43
6 Japan Takashi Kogure
Netherlands Carlo van Dam
7 9 1 7 8 Ret 9 7 40
7 Japan Kazuki Nakajima 5 4 13 2 Ret 4 15 8 40
8 Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Germany Michael Krumm
4 3 8 Ret 5 11 6 6 40
9 Japan Seiji Ara
Portugal André Couto
12 13 9 12 6 3 3 5 36
10 Japan Daisuke Ito
Japan Kazuya Oshima
13 10 3 1 Ret 10 12 12 33
11 France Loïc Duval 5 13 2 Ret 4 15 8 32
12 Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
3 6 7 9 10 5 14 Ret 30
13 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Ret 12 10 6 2 7 13 Ret 28
14 Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Ret 11 11 11 Ret 14 2 3 26
15 Japan Hironobu Yasuda
Sweden Björn Wirdheim
11 14 Ret 10 3 13 4 11 22
16 Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
6 Ret 12 Ret 7 9 11 13 12
17 United Kingdom Richard Lyons 4 8
Rank Driver OKA
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
SUG
Japan
SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
AUT
Japan
MOT
Japan
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
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
SUG
Japan
SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
AUT
Japan
MOT
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Kyosuke Mineo
Japan Naoki Yokomizo
2 8 2 5 Ret 4 2 1 82
2 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Kazuki Hoshino
11 3 3 Ret 1 Ret 1 5 73
3 Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
5 Ret 1 4 6 1 3 7 75
4 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 19 18 4 1 2 9 19 6 53
5 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
3 1 12 7 Ret 8 5 4 52
6 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 19 18 4 1 2 19 6 51
7 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
1 5 7 6 5 7 16 13 47
8 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Takayuki Aoki
17 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 7 3 39
9 Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Kosuke Matsuura
6 4 9 9 4 5 17 21 33
10 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Koki Saga
Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 2 8 Ret 26
11 Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Katoh
7 2 5 Ret 15 13 DNQ 16 25
12 Japan Hironori Takeuchi 12 10 6 2 Ret DNS Ret 8 24
Japan Haruki Kurosawa
13 Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Japan Koji Yamanishi
21 7 16 19 Ret Ret Ret 2 19
14 Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Kota Sasaki
Ret 9 8 10 Ret 6 4 15 19
15 Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Daisuke Nakajima
16 11 3 10 11 12
16 Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki 9 15 14 Ret 14 Ret 6 9 9
17 Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya 4 Ret DNS 8
18 Germany Tim Bergmeister 4 Ret 8
19 Japan Yuki Iwasaki
Japan Yuya Sakamoto
8 13 11 14 9 10 14 10 8
20 United Kingdom Richard Lyons 14 Ret 6 9 7
21 Japan Yutaka Yamagishi
Japan Takuto Iguchi
10 17 13 18 8 14 9 14 7
22 Japan Taku Bamba
Japan Masahiro Sasaki
15 11 10 11 7 11 12 17 6
23 Switzerland Cyndie Allemann 9 15 14 Ret 14 2
24 Japan Daiki Sasaki 3 9 2
25 Japan Yuya Sakamoto 14 Ret 10 18 15 2
26 Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi Ret 10 2
Rank Driver OKA
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
SUG
Japan
SUZ
Japan
FUJ
Japan
AUT
Japan
MOT
Japan
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 Japan Kohei Hirate Japan Yuji Tachikawa 12 1 20
2 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S France Loïc Duval Japan Kazuki Nakajima 15 2 15
3 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Japan Naoki Yamamoto Japan Takuya Izawa 5 3 14
4 23 Motul Autech NISMO Germany Michael Krumm Japan Satoshi Motoyama 4 4 12
5 6 Lexus Team ENEOS LeMans Japan Kazuya Oshima Japan Daisuke Ito 3 6 10.5
6 1 S-Road REITO MOLA Italy Ronnie Quintarelli Japan Masataka Yanagida 1 14 10
7 17 Keihin Real Racing Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi 2 15 7.5
8 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing Japan Hironobu Yasuda Sweden Björn Wirdheim 9 5 7
9 18 Weider Honda Racing Netherlands Carlo van Dam Japan Takashi Kogure 7 7 6
10 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Japan Takashi Kobayashi Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman 8 9 3.5
11 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD Japan Hiroaki Ishiura Japan Juichi Wakisaka 11 8 3
12 12 Calsonic Team Impul Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira Japan Tsugio Matsuda 6 11 2.5
13 35 Lexus Team KeePer Kraft Japan Yuji Kunimoto Italy Andrea Caldarelli 12 10 1
14 32 EPSON Nakajima Racing Japan Yuhki Nakayama Japan Ryo Michigami 10 12 0.5
15 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Japan Seiji Ara United Kingdom 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 Japan Tomonobu Fujii Japan Masami Kageyama 1 14 20
2 66 A speed Japan Kazuki Hoshino Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 14 1 20
3 16 Team Mugen Japan Daisuke Nakajima Japan Hideki Mutoh 2 7 19
4 2 Evangelion-01 Cars Tokai Dream28 Japan Kazuho Takahashi Japan Hiroki Kato 18 2 15
5 43 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Japan Kosuke Matsuura Japan Shinichi Takagi 3 9 13
6 52 Green Tec & Leon with Shift Japan Haruki Kurosawa Japan Hironori Takeuchi 6 4 13
7 88 MonePa JLOC Japan Takayuki Aoki Japan Manabu Orido 12 3 11
8 11 Gainer Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka Japan Tetsuya Tanaka 7 6 9
9 3 S-Road NDDP Japan Katsumasa Chiyo Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 4 19 8
10 0 GSR Hatsune Miku Japan Tatsuya Kataoka Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 5 20 6
11 31 Hasepro apr Japan Koki Saga Japan Morio Nitta 11 5 6
12 911 Team Taisan ENDLESS Japan Kyosuke Mineo Japan Naoki Yokomizo 8 18 3
13 87 JLOC Japan Koji Yamanishi Japan Yuya Sakamoto 15 8 3
14 77 investors Hitotsuyama Racing Ukraine Igor Sushko Japan Kenji Kobayashi 9 Ret 2
15 360 RunUp Tomei Sports Japan Takuya Shirasaka Japan Atsushi Tanaka 10 Ret 1
16 30 Iwasaki Moda apr Japan Yuya Sakamoto Japan Yuki Iwasaki 23 10 1
17 4 GSR Project Mirai Japan Masahiro Sasaki Japan Taku Bamba 17 12 0
18 5 Team Mach Japan Masayuki Ueda Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka 21 Ret 0
19 14 Team SGC Japan Ryo Orime Japan Naoya Yamano 13 Ret 0
20 21 ZENT Hitotsuyama Racing United Kingdom Richard Lyons Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki DNS 11 0
21 22 R'Qs Motorsports Japan Masaki Jyonai Japan Hisashi Wada 22 13 0
22 48 NEON Dijon Racing Japan Shogo Mitsuyama Japan Hiroshi Takamori 20 15 0
23 61 R&D Sport Japan Kota Sasaki Japan Tetsuya Yamano 19 16 0
24 86 Verity BOMEX JLOC Japan Junichiro Yamashita Japan Hideshi Matsuda 16 17 0
Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS

References

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