2025 SRO Japan Cup

The 2025 SRO Japan Cup is the fourth season of the SRO Japan Cup, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan, co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. The races are contested with GT3-spec, GTC-spec and GT4-spec cars with hopes of GT2-spec entries. The season began on 8 June at the Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi and is scheduled to end on 14 September Suzuka International Circuit in Okayama.[1]

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date
1 Japan Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi 13–15 June
2 Japan Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka 11–13 July
3 Japan Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama 29–31 August
4 Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie 12–14 September
Sources:[1][2]

Entry list

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Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
GT3
Japan Bingo Racing with LM corsa[3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 Japan Ukyo Sasahara[3] PA TBC
Japan Shinji Takei[3]
Japan Toda Racing[4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 18 Japan "Akita"[4] PA TBC
Japan Takashi Kobayashi[4]
Japan Max Racing[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Japan Yuya Motojima[6] PA TBC
TBA
Japan Ponos Racing[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 45 Japan Kei Cozzolino[7] PA TBC
Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko[7]
Japan Team Macchina[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 55 Japan Tadao Uematsu[8] PA TBC
TBA
Japan CarGuy Racing[8] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 66 Japan Kazuki Ota[8] Am TBC
Japan Takashi Toyoda[8]
Japan GTNET Motorsports[9] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 81 Japan Nobuyuki Oyagi[9] Am TBC
Japan Ryuichiro Oyagi[9]
Japan K-tunes Racing[3] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 96 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi[3] PA TBC
Japan Kazunori Suenaga[3]
Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 98 Japan Shinichi Takagi[3] PA TBC
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki[3]
Japan RunUp Sports[9] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Japan Masaaki Nishikawa[9] Am TBC
Japan Atsushi Tanaka[9]
Japan Maezawa Racing[10] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 555 Japan Yusaku Maezawa[10] PA TBC
Japan Naoki Yokomizo[10]
Japan Seven x Seven Racing[11] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 666 Japan "Bankcy"[11] PA TBC
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami[11]
GT4
Indonesia Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia[12] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 39 Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo[12] SA TBC
Japan Seita Nonaka[12]
Japan Sunrise BLVD[8] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 82 Japan Daiki Fujiwara[10] SA TBC
Japan Yoshimoto Makino[10]
Japan K-tunes Racing[3] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 97 Japan Yoshichika Nagai[13] TBA TBC
TBA
Japan Murakami Motors[14] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 TBA TBA TBA TBC
TBA
Icon Class
Drivers
PA Pro-Am Cup
SA Silver-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2025 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS and Japan Cup dates revealed". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ Klein, Jamie (9 August 2024). "Okayama Added to Updated 2025 Calendar". John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Klein, Jamie (31 March 2025). "Bingo Sports Corvette Joins Suzuka 1000km Field". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Klein, Jamie (10 January 2025). "Team UpGarage Reveals Switch to Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  5. ^ Klein, Jamie (1 January 2025). "Max Racing Revived for New Japan Cup Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  6. ^ Max Racing [@maxracing.jp] (10 March 2025). "PRO driver is YUYA MOTOJIMA". Retrieved 10 March 2025 – via Instagram.
  7. ^ a b c O'Connell, RJ (19 February 2025). "PONOS Racing Announces SUPER GT & SRO Programmes". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e f O'Connell, RJ (15 January 2025). "Japan Notebook, Tokyo Auto Salon Edition". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Nissan/NMC announces 2025 motorsports programs". Nismo. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  10. ^ a b c d e O'Connell, RJ (10 February 2025). "Japan Catch-Up, 10th February 2025". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  11. ^ a b c O'Connell, RJ (31 January 2025). "Porsche Returns To SUPER GT With Seven X Seven Racing". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  12. ^ a b c "TGR Indonesia confirms 2025 Japan Cup entry with familiar driver line-up". GT World Challenge Asia. SRO Motorsports Group. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  13. ^ Hirano, Ryuji (8 March 2025). "K-tunes Racingが2025年の参戦体制を発表。SGTでは一瀬俊浩エンジニア加入、ジャパンカップでは福住仁嶺加入". AutoSport Web. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  14. ^ "TGR Indonesia confirms 2025 Japan Cup entry with familiar driver line-up". GT World Challenge Asia. SRO Motorsports Group. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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