The 2013 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-first season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the ninth season under the name Super GT. It marked the thirty-first season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It was the final year of the GT500 regulations introduced in 2010 as the 2014 season would see unified technical regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.[1] The season began on April 7 and ended on November 17, 2013 after 8 regular races and 1 non championship event.

Apart the series' 8 points-scoring races, the 3 Hours of Fuji, a part of 2013 Asian Le Mans Series organized by Automobile Club de l'Ouest, also counted for points towards the GT300 class.

Schedule

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An updated provisional calendar was released on November 1, 2012.[2]

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km
  Okayama International Circuit April 7
2 Fuji GT 1
500 km
  Fuji Speedway April 29
3 Super GT International Series Malaysia
300 km
  Sepang International Circuit June 16
4 Sugo GT
300 km
  Sportsland SUGO July 28
5 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km
1000 km
  Suzuka Circuit August 18
6 Fuji GT 2
300 km
  Fuji Speedway September 8
Asian
LMS
2013 Asian Le Mans Series
3 Hours of Fuji1
  Fuji Speedway September 22
7 Autopolis GT
300 km
  Autopolis October 6
8 Motegi GT
250 km
  Twin Ring Motegi November 3
NC Fuji Sprint Cup   Fuji Speedway November 232
November 242

Notes:

  • There was originally a non-championship race to be held at the Korea International Circuit scheduled for May 19 but was postponed and not held during the season.
  • ^1  — The 3 Hours of Fuji is an optional points-scoring round that is only open to teams competing in the GT300 class, held as a part of the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series season, where the cars were reclassified as "SGT". Points and success ballast were to be counted if points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the SGT class; no penalty was to be imposed on success ballast reduction if entrants miss the race.
  • ^2  — Originally scheduled for November 16 and 17 but rescheduled to November 23 and 24.[3]

Drivers and teams

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GT500

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
  MOLA Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 1   Satoshi Motoyama M All
  Yuhi Sekiguchi All
  Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus Lexus SC GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 6   Kazuya Oshima B All
  Yuji Kunimoto All
  Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[4] Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 8   Ralph Firman B All
  Kosuke Matsuura 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[4] Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 17   Toshihiro Kaneishi B All
  Koudai Tsukakoshi All
  Weider Modulo Dome Racing[4] Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 18   Naoki Yamamoto M All
  Frédéric Makowiecki All
  Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 19   Seiji Ara Y All
  Andre Couto All
  Nismo Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 23   Masataka Yanagida M All
  Ronnie Quintarelli All
  Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 24   Hironobu Yasuda Y All
  Michael Krumm All
  Nakajima Racing[4] Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 32   Ryo Michigami D All
  Daisuke Nakajima All
  Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 36   Kazuki Nakajima B All
  James Rossiter All
  Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 37   Daisuke Ito B All
  Andrea Caldarelli All
  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 B All
  Hiroaki Ishiura All
  Team Kunimitsu[4] Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 100   Takuya Izawa B All
  Takashi Kogure All

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
  Team Taisan Ken Endless[5] Porsche Porsche 997 GT3 Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 0   Kyosuke Mineo Y All
  Naoki Yokomizo All
  Cars Tokai Dream28[6] McLaren McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin Turbo V8 2   Kazuho Takahashi Y All
  Hiroki Katoh All
  Carlo van Dam 5
  NDDP Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 3   Kazuki Hoshino Y 1–8, FSC
  Daiki Sasaki 1–8, FSC
  Lucas Ordóñez 5
  GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo BMW BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 4   Nobuteru Taniguchi Y 1–8, FSC
  Tatsuya Kataoka 1–8, FSC
  Jörg Müller 5
  Team Mach Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8 5   Tetsuji Tamanaka Y 1–3
  Junichiro Yamashita 1–3
  Naofumi Omoto 2
Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6   Tetsuji Tamanaka 5–8, LMS, FSC
  Junichiro Yamashita 5–8, FSC
  Naofumi Omoto 5
  Naoya Yamano LMS
  Bonds Racing[7] Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 7   Igor Sushko[8] Y 1–2
  Ryo Orime 1
  Yuji Ide 2
  Pacific Direction Racing Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 9   Shogo Mitsuyama Y 1–8, FSC
  You Yokomaku 1–2, 4–8, FSC
  Hisao Shigeta 3
  Yuya Sakamoto 5
  Akira Mizutani LMS
  Gainer[9] Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 10   Tetsuya Tanaka D 1–8, FSC
  Masayuki Ueda 1–8, FSC
  Masataka Kawaguchi 5
11   Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
  Björn Wirdheim All
  Team Mugen[4] Honda Honda CR-Z GT Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 16   Hideki Mutoh B All
  Yuhki Nakayama All
  Hitotsuyama Racing Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 21   Akihiro Tsuzuki H 1–8, FSC
  Richard Lyons 1–8, FSC
  R'Qs MotorSports Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 22   Hisashi Wada Y 1–8, FSC
  Masaki Jyonai 1–8, FSC
  apr Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 30   Yuki Iwasaki Y 1–3
  Fairuz Fauzy 1–2
  Kenji Kobayashi 2
  Igor Sushko 3
Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6   Yuki Iwasaki 4–8, LMS, FSC
  Igor Sushko 4–8, LMS, FSC
  Kenji Kobayashi 5, LMS
Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 31   Morio Nitta 1–8, FSC
  Koki Saga 1–8, FSC
  Yuichi Nakayama 5
  Hankook KTR[10] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 33   Masami Kageyama H 1–8, FSC
  Tomonobu Fujii 1–8, FSC
  Nismo Athlete Global Team[11] Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 35   Alex Buncombe Y FSC
  Lucas Ordóñez FSC
  Dijon Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48   Hiroshi Takamori Y 1–8, FSC
  Katsumasa Chiyo 1–8, FSC
  Masaki Tanaka 5
Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 96   Masaki Tanaka 2, 4, 6, FSC
  Keiichi Inoue 2, FSC
  Shin Ikegami 4, 6
  Arnage Racing[12] Aston Martin Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12 50   Masaki Kano Y 1–8, FSC
  Hideto Yasuoka 1–8, FSC
  Ryohei Sakaguchi 2, 5
  Okinawa-IMP Racing with Shift Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 52   Hironori Takeuchi Y 1–8, LMS
  Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–8, LMS
  Naoya Gamou 5
  Motoyoshi Yoshida LMS
  Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[4] Honda Honda CR-Z GT Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 55   Shinichi Takagi B All
  Takashi Kobayashi All
  Tomoki Nojiri 5, LMS
  R&D Sport[13] Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61   Tetsuya Yamano M All
  Kota Sasaki All
  Takuto Iguchi 5
  Leon Racing Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 62   Haruki Kurosawa Y All
  Masanobu Kato 1–2
  Tsubasa Kurosawa 2–8, LMS
  Akihiko Nakaya 5
  JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 86   Koji Yamanishi Y 1–8, FSC
  Shinya Hosokawa 1–8, FSC
  Yuya Sakamoto 2, 5
87   Hideki Yamauchi 1–8
  Hiroki Yoshimoto 1–8
88   Manabu Orido 1–8
  Takayuki Aoki 1–8
  Hideki Yamauchi FSC
  Hiroki Yoshimoto FSC
  Tomei Sports Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360   Takuya Shirasaka Y 1–4, 6–7
  Atsushi Tanaka 1–4, 6–7

Entrant Changes

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GT500 Class

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  • Nissan: Two-time and defending GT500 champions Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli, transferred from MOLA to the flagship NISMO team, who also switched from Bridgestone to Michelin tyres. Three-time GT500 champion Satoshi Motoyama transferred to MOLA, joining first-year GT500 driver Yuhi Sekiguchi in an all-new lineup. Two-time GT500 champion Michael Krumm transferred to Kondo Racing.
  • Lexus: TOM's Racing expanded to a two-car team, with the number 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM's squad taking over the entry vacated by Team Kraft's departure. Loïc Duval departed Super GT to drive full-time for Audi in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and was replaced by former Force India F1 reserve driver James Rossiter. Daisuke Ito and Andrea Caldarelli were named as the drivers for Lexus Team KeePer TOM's, while Yuji Kunimoto transferred to Lexus Team Eneos LeMans to replace Ito. Lexus Team SARD switched to Bridgestone tyres after two seasons with Michelin.
  • Honda: FIA GT1 World Championship runner-up Frédéric Makowiecki replaced Carlo Van Dam at Weider Modulo Dome Racing, joined by Naoki Yamamoto, who transferred from Team Kunimitsu after four seasons. Dome also changed tyre suppliers from Bridgestone to Michelin. 2010 GT500 champion Takashi Kogure was transferred to Team Kunimitsu to replace Yamamoto. Kosuke Matsuura returned to the GT500 class with ARTA, and Daisuke Nakajima stepped up to GT500 for the first time with Nakajima Racing.

GT300 Class

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  • Team Taisan Ken Endless inherited the number 0 from last year's champions, Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team UKYO. This began an informal tradition of GT300 teams designating the number 0 as the champion's number plate.
  • Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team UKYO consolidated their programme into a single-car operation, fielding the number 4 BMW Z4 GT3 for Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka.
  • For their first full-season effort since 2005, Team Mugen replaced GT500-bound Daisuke Nakajima with former Honda GT500 driver Yuhki Nakayama in their hybrid-powered Honda CR-Z GT300.
  • Subaru and R&D Sport changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Michelin for their second season with the BRZ GT300.
  • Autobacs Racing Team Aguri changed vehicles from the ASL Garaiya to the Honda CR-Z GT300. Takashi Kobayashi joined ARTA's GT300 squad after two seasons in their GT500 team. The team also changed its number from 43 to 55.
  • Two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino and reigning All-Japan Formula 3 National Class champion Daiki Sasaki, formed an all-new driver lineup at NDDP Racing.
  • Bonds Racing, a new team established by members of the former Lexus Team Kraft, entered the series for the first time with a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 driven in the first round by Igor Sushko and Ryo Orime.
  • Tomei Sports changed vehicles from the Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 to the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.
  • Dijon Racing changed their primary number 48 team's vehicle to the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, and signed NDDP graduate Katsumasa Chiyo as their pro driver to partner amateur driver Hiroshi Takamori. Dijon Racing would continue to enter their Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 in select races with the number 96, driven by Masaki Tanaka and Keiichi Inoue.
  • Team a Speed withdrew from the series after the 2012 season. Arnage Racing, the garage responsible for vehicle maintenance, took over the programme under their own name, fielding the number 50 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 for drivers Masaki Kano and Hideto Yasuoka.
  • Cars Tokai Dream28 changed vehicles from the Mooncraft Shiden to the newest McLaren MP4-12C GT3.
  • Gainer switched allegiances from Audi to Mercedes-Benz, and expanded back to a two-car team with two SLS AMG GT3s. The all-pro number 11 car added former GT500 driver Björn Wirdheim as team mate to Katsuyuki Hiranaka, while Tetsuya Tanaka moved to the pro-am number 10 car alongside Masayuki Ueda.
  • LEON Racing spun off from Shift after the 2012 season. Operated by K2 R&D Co. Ltd., LEON Racing fielded the number 62 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 for Haruki Kurosawa and Masanobu Kato. Shift would partner with Okinawa-IMP (International Motorsports Project), fielding the number 52 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for team founder Hironori Takeuchi and Takeshi Tsuchiya.
  • R'Qs Motor Sports changed vehicles from the Vemac RD320R to the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.
  • Hitotsuyama Racing scaled back to a single-car programme with their number 21 Audi R8 LMS Ultra driven by Akihiro Tsuzuki and 2004 GT500 champion Richard Lyons. The team also changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Hankook.
  • Fairuz Fauzy began the season driving apr's number 30 Audi R8 LMS Ultra, alongside Yuki Iwasaki.
  • JLOC consolidated their entry from four cars to three cars, all fielding the latest Lamborghini Gallardo GT3. Hiroki Yoshimoto transferred from the defunct Team a Speed to the number 87 JLOC entry alongside Hideki Yamauchi. Koji Yamanishi transferred to the number 86 car, joined by Shinya Hosokawa, who rejoined JLOC after a year away from the series.
  • LMP Motorsport withdrew from the series after the 2012 season. Pacific Racing Team and the Nakanihon Automotive College (NAC), who supported their efforts in 2012, partnered with Direction Racing (who themselves returned to the series after a year's absence) and entered as Pacific Direction Racing. Their number 9 Porsche 911 GT3-R, promoting the new animated series Ghost in the Shell: ARISE, was driven by Shogo Mitsuyama and Yu Yokomaku.
  • Team SGC and their Lexus IS 350 withdrew from the series after the 2012 season.

Mid-season changes

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GT300 Class

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  • Bonds Racing withdrew from the series after Igor Sushko and Yuji Ide finished fifth in the Fuji 500km. Sushko joined the number 30 apr crew from the third round in Sepang. In the fourth round, apr switched vehicles to Bonds' former Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, and gained Freescale as a sponsor for the rest of the season.
  • Tsubasa Kurosawa, the younger brother of Haruki, joined LEON Racing as a third driver for the Fuji 500km, then replaced Masanobu Kato for the rest of the season.
  • After the third round, Team Mach replaced their Ferrari 458 GT3 with a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 from the Suzuka 1000km onwards.
  • Third drivers for the Suzuka 1000km included Jörg Müller (GSR&Studie with Team UKYO), Carlo van Dam (Cars Tokai Dream28), Lucas Ordoñez (NDDP Racing), Tomoki Nojiri (ARTA), Yuichi Nakayama (apr #31), Akihiko Nakaya (LEON Racing), Naoya Gamou (Okinawa-IMP with Shift), Ryohei Sakaguchi (Arnage Racing), Naofumi Omoto (Team Mach), and Takuto Iguchi, who won the race as the third driver for R&D Sport.
  • The NISMO Athlete Global Team entered as a one-off in the non-championship Fuji Sprint Cup race, with Ordoñez and Alex Buncombe driving the number 35 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.
  • JLOC entered only a single Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 for Yoshimoto and Yamauchi in the Fuji Sprint Cup.

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Race Winner
1   Okayama International Circuit
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7 April #23 Nismo #100 Team Kunimitsu
  Masataka Yanagida
  Ronnie Quintarelli
  Takuya Izawa
  Takashi Kogure
#61 R&D Sport #11 Gainer
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Kota Sasaki
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Björn Wirdheim
2   Fuji Speedway
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29 April #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S
  Kazuki Nakajima
  James Rossiter
  Kazuki Nakajima
  James Rossiter
#61 R&D Sport #31 apr
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Kota Sasaki
  Morio Nitta
  Koki Saga
3   Sepang International Circuit
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16 June #12 Team Impul #12 Team Impul
  João Paulo de Oliveira
  Tsugio Matsuda
  João Paulo de Oliveira
  Tsugio Matsuda
#55 ARTA #55 ARTA
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Shinichi Takagi
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Shinichi Takagi
4   Sportsland SUGO
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28 July #1 MOLA #8 ARTA
  Satoshi Motoyama
  Yuhi Sekiguchi
  Kousuke Matsuura
  Ralph Firman
#61 R&D Sport #55 ARTA
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Kota Sasaki
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Shinichi Takagi
5   Suzuka Circuit
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18 August #23 Nismo #18 Dome Racing
  Masataka Yanagida
  Ronnie Quintarelli
  Naoki Yamamoto
  Frédéric Makowiecki
#61 R&D Sport #61 R&D Sport
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Kota Sasaki
  Takuto Iguchi
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Kota Sasaki
  Takuto Iguchi
6   Fuji Speedway
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8 September #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Kohei Hirate
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Kohei Hirate
#55 ARTA #4 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Shinichi Takagi
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka
Asian
LMS
  Fuji Speedway
Report
22 September #16 Team Mugen #16 Team Mugen
  Hideki Mutoh
  Yuhki Nakayama
  Hideki Mutoh
  Yuhki Nakayama
7   Autopolis
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6 October #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Kohei Hirate
  Kazuki Nakajima
  James Rossiter
#3 NDDP Racing #4 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO
  Kazuki Hoshino
  Daiki Sasaki
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka
8   Twin Ring Motegi
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3 November #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS
  Yuji Kunimoto
  Kazuya Oshima
  Yuji Kunimoto
  Kazuya Oshima
#61 R&D Sport #11 Gainer
  Tetsuya Yamano
  Kota Sasaki
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Björn Wirdheim
NC   Fuji Speedway
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23 November #18 Dome Racing #17 Keihin Real Racing
  Naoki Yamamoto   Koudai Tsukakoshi
#3 NDDP Racing #3 NDDP Racing
  Daiki Sasaki   Daiki Sasaki
24 November #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS
  Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima
#3 NDDP Racing #2 Cars Tokai Dream28
  Kazuki Hoshino   Hiroki Katoh

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   Kohei Hirate
  Yuji Tachikawa
4 2 14 11 11 1 2 3 69
2   Toshihiro Kaneishi
  Koudai Tsukakoshi
2 Ret 5 Ret 7 2 3 2 67
3   Kazuki Nakajima
  James Rossiter
12 1 11 10 3 12 1 5 60
4   Frédéric Makowiecki
  Naoki Yamamoto
5 10 4 13 1 5 5 7 56
5   Yuji Kunimoto
  Kazuya Oshima
7 3 7 6 Ret 4 11 1 52
6   Ronnie Quintarelli
  Masataka Yanagida
3 Ret 9 3 2 9 8 8 50
7   Hiroaki Ishiura
  Juichi Wakisaka
8 4 2 4 9 11 7 4 49
8   Andrea Caldarelli
  Daisuke Ito
15 6 10 2 5 3 9 6 47
9   João Paulo de Oliveira
  Tsugio Matsuda
6 5 1 Ret 4 6 Ret 13 46
10   Takuya Izawa
  Takashi Kogure
1 7 3 12 10 Ret 12 12 37
11   Ralph Firman
  Kosuke Matsuura
9 8 8 1 12 8 14 15 31
12   Satoshi Motoyama
  Yuhi Sekiguchi
10 9 6 7 8 7 4 14 28
13   Michael Krumm
  Hironobu Yasuda
13 12 13 5 Ret 10 6 9 14
14   Seiji Ara
  André Couto
14 11 15 9 6 Ret 13 10 9
15   Ryo Michigami
  Daisuke Nakajima
11 13 12 8 13 Ret 10 11 4
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
AsLMS Fuji 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1
Rank Driver OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
MOT
 
PTS
1   Hideki Mutoh
  Yuhki Nakayama
7 2 2 2 5 8 1 9 2 85
2   Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Björn Wirdheim
1 6 3 13 6 7 2 4 1 80
3   Tatsuya Kataoka
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
2 9 6 15 DSQ 1 1 4 70
4   Kota Sasaki
  Tetsuya Yamano
5 Ret 4 6 1 9 3 7 3 66
5   Hironori Takeuchi
  Takeshi Tsuchiya
4 4 12 4 2 10 6 3 7 60
6   Haruki Kurosawa 6 8 8 7 3 4 8 18 6 42
7   Takashi Kobayashi
  Shinichi Takagi
12 19 1 1 Ret 16 Ret 16 15 40
8   Koki Saga
  Morio Nitta
Ret 1 Ret 22 15 2 15 20 35
9   Tsubasa Kurosawa 8 7 3 4 8 18 6 34
10   Takuto Iguchi 1 25
11   Hideki Yamauchi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
3 7 Ret 5 Ret 20 10 8 25
12   Kyosuke Mineo
  Naoki Yokomizo
10 NC 11 3 7 19 4 8 10 25
13   Shinya Hosokawa
  Koji Yamanishi
11 3 9 12 Ret 3 13 13 24
14   Takayuki Aoki
  Manabu Orido
Ret 12 5 18 4 Ret 12 5 22
15   Masaki Kano
  Hideto Yasuoka
20 Ret 20 14 8 18 2 Ret 19
16   Naoya Gamou 2 18
17   Kazuki Hoshino
  Daiki Sasaki
Ret Ret 10 9 9 5 Ret 9 14
18   Igor Sushko 13 5 17 20 17 12 Ret 6 14 11
19   Tomonobu Fujii
  Masami Kageyama
8 16 Ret 17 10 15 5 11 11
20   Tetsuya Tanaka
  Masayuki Ueda
15 10 7 10 13 6 20 12 11
21   Masanobu Kato 6 8 8
22   Yuji Ide 5 6
23   Yuki Iwasaki 14 15 17 20 17 12 Ret 6 14 5
24   Ryohei Sakaguchi Ret 8 4
25   Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
Ret 18 15 16 18 14 5 11 17 3
26   Richard Lyons
  Akihiro Tsuzuki
16 Ret 14 8 11 13 21 21 3
27   Lucas Ordóñez 9 3
28   Katsumasa Chiyo
  Hiroshi Takamori
9 11 13 11 16 Ret 17 18 2
29   Tetsuji Tamanaka 17 17 16 19 11 9 22 22 1
30   Naoya Yamano 9 1
  Junichiro Yamashita 17 17 16 19 11 22 22 0
  Masaki Jyonai
  Hisashi Wada
Ret 13 Ret 19 13 17 14 16 0
  Ryo Orime 13 0
  Fairuz Fauzy 14 15 0
  Shogo Mitsuyama 19 14 19 21 14 21 19 19 0
  You Yokomaku 19 14 21 14 21 19 19 0
  Yuya Sakamoto 14 0
  Yuichi Nakayama 15 0
  Masaki Tanaka Ret 24 16 22 0
  Kenji Kobayashi 15 17 Ret 0
  Takuya Shirasaka
  Atsushi Tanaka
18 Ret 18 23 23 23 0
  Carlo van Dam 18 0
  Hisao Shigeta 19 0
  Naofumi Omoto 17 19 0
  Shin Ikegami 24 22 0
  Keiichi Inoue Ret 0
  Yuya Sakamoto 3 Ret 0
  Akihiko Nakaya 3 0
  Motoyoshi Yoshida 6 0
  Masataka Kawaguchi 13 0
  Tomoki Nojiri Ret Ret 0
  Jörg Müller DSQ 0
Rank Driver OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
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 17 Keihin Real Racing   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Toshihiro Kaneishi 1 6 25
2 38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo   Yuji Tachikawa   Kohei Hirate 2 4 23
3 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S   James Rossiter   Kazuki Nakajima 5 2 21
4 6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS   Yuji Kunimoto   Kazuya Oshima 11 1 20
5 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu   Takashi Kogure   Takuya Izawa 3 5 17
6 12 Calsonic Team Impul   Tsugio Matsuda   João Paulo de Oliveira 8 3 14
7 18 Weider Dome Racing   Naoki Yamamoto   Frédéric Makowiecki 4 8 11
8 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh   Andre Couto   Seiji Ara 6 9 7
9 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD   Juichi Wakisaka   Hiroaki Ishiura 9 7 6
10 23 Motul Autech NISMO   Ronnie Quintarelli   Masataka Yanagida 7 14 4
11 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing   Hironobu Yasuda   Michael Krumm 10 10 2
37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S   Andrea Caldarelli   Daisuke Ito Ret 11 0
32 Epson Nakajima Racing   Daisuke Nakajima   Ryo Michigami 12 12 0
8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Kosuke Matsuura   Ralph Firman 13 13 0
1 S-Road REITO MOLA   Yuhi Sekiguchi   Satoshi Motoyama Ret 15 0

GT300 Drivers

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Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS
1 11 Gainer   Björn Wirdheim   Katsuyuki Hiranaka 2 2 30
2 3 NDDP Racing   Daiki Sasaki   Kazuki Hoshino 1 7 24
3 2 Cars Tokai Dream28   Kazuho Takahashi   Hiroki Katoh 14 1 20
4 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Takashi Kobayashi   Shinichi Takagi 3 4 19
5 4 GSR Hatsune Miku   Tatsuya Kataoka   Nobuteru Taniguchi Ret 3 11
6 16 Team Mugen   Hideki Mutoh   Yuhki Nakayama 6 5 11
7 48 Dijon Racing   Katsumasa Chiyo   Hiroshi Takamori 4 20 8
8 62 Leon Racing   Haruki Kurosawa   Tsubasa Kurosawa 5 10 7
9 88 JLOC   Hideki Yamauchi   Hiroki Yoshimoto 8 8 6
10 10 Gainer   Masayuki Ueda   Tetsuya Tanaka 11 6 5
11 0 Team Taisan Ken Endless   Kyosuke Mineo   Naoki Yokomizo 7 13 4
12 22 R'Qs MotorSports   Masaki Jyonai   Hisashi Wada 9 14 2
13 33 Hankook KTR   Masami Kageyama   Tomonobu Fujii Ret 9 2
14 5 Team Mach   Junichiro Yamashita   Tetsuji Tamanaka 10 Ret 1
30 apr   Igor Sushko   Yuki Iwasaki 20 11 0
31 apr   Koki Saga   Morio Nitta 12 15 0
50 Arnage Racing   Masaki Kano   Hideto Yasuoka 16 12 0
21 Hitotsuyama Racing   Richard Lyons   Akihiro Tsuzuki 13 19 0
86 JLOC   Koji Yamanishi   Shinya Hosokawa 15 16 0
9 Pacific Direction Racing   You Yokomaku   Shogo Mitsuyama 17 17 0
35 Nismo Athlete Global Team   Alex Buncombe   Lucas Ordóñez 19 18 0
96 Dijon Racing   Keiichi Inoue   Masaki Tanaka 18 21 0
61 R&D Sport   Kota Sasaki   Tetsuya Yamano Ret 22 0

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