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Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Ref | |
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1 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka | 12 March | Masanori Sekiya | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | Toyota Team Cerumo | [4] |
R2 | Masanori Sekiya | Tom Kristensen | Toyota Team Cerumo | [5] | ||||
2 | R3 | Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi | 14 May | Masanori Sekiya | Anthony Reid | Masanori Sekiya | Toyota Team TOM's | [6] |
R4 | Tom Kristensen | Masanori Sekiya | Toyota Team TOM's | [7] | ||||
3 | R5 | Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō | 11 June | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | Toyota Team Cerumo | [8] |
R6 | Michael Krumm | Michael Krumm | Toyota Team TOM's | [9] | ||||
4 | R7 | Suzuka Circuit, Mie | 2 July | Anthony Reid | Anthony Reid | Anthony Reid | HKS Opel Team Japan | [10] |
R8 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Steve Soper | BMW Team Schnitzer | [11] | ||||
5 | R9 | Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi | 23 July | Anthony Reid | Anthony Reid | Akira Iida | Nismo | [12] |
R10 | Michael Krumm | Anthony Reid | HKS Opel Team Japan | [13] | ||||
6 | R11 | TI Circuit Aida, Okayama | 6 August | Tom Kristensen | Masanori Sekiya | Masanori Sekiya | Toyota Team TOM's | [14] |
R12 | Anthony Reid | Anthony Reid | HKS Opel Team Japan | [15] | ||||
7 | R13 | Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi | 8 October | Joachim Winkelhock | Joachim Winkelhock | Joachim Winkelhock | BMW Team Schnitzer | [16] |
R14 | Joachim Winkelhock | Steve Soper | BMW Team Schnitzer | [17] | ||||
8 | R15 | Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka | 5 November | Steve Soper | Masanori Sekiya | Steve Soper | BMW Team Schnitzer | [18] |
R16 | Masanori Sekiya | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Team Impul | [19] |
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |||||||||
15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold - Pole |
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