2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

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The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX. [1] The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.

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Searchtool.svg The Honda NSX cars of team champions Mugen x Dome Project

Drivers and teams

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa B All
Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Takeuchi All
33 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kondo 1, 3–8
Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Katayama 1, 3
Flag of Japan.svg Hayanari Shimoda 4–8
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida B All
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi B All
Flag of Japan.svg Keiichi Tsuchiya All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka B All
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1–5
Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer 6–8
Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.2 L V6 16 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito B All
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager 1–4
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami 5–8
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons All
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe All
Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6 / Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V622 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm B All
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama All
23 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas All
Flag of Japan.svg Masami Kageyama All
Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Yamaji Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara 1, 3–8
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Lees 2
Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Kurosawa D 1–3, 5–8
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Okada 1–3, 5–8
Project Mu Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 35 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kageyama D All
Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka All
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya M All
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner All
37 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kurosawa All
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Montin 1–7
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda 8
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Flag of France.svg Jérémie Dufour Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido All
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda B All
Flag of Ireland.svg Ralph Firman All
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 76 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori D All
Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Tajima All
HKS Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0 L V8 87 Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Igarashi M 2–3, 6–8
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yamanishi 2–3, 6–8
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Apicella D All
Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Wada All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Mitsusada B All
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh 1, 3–8
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kaneishi 2

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
Verno Tokai Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Akira Watanabe All
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida All
Zipspeed Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C4 Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V8 4 Flag of Japan.svg Izumi Yoshida D All
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiyuki Yamamoto 2
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Furuya 2–3, 5–6, 8
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 5 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
Flag of Japan.svg "Gō Mifune" All
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Flag of Japan.svg Haruhiko Matsumoto Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi 1–7
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Kinoshita 8
Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 9 Flag of Japan.svg Yosuke Shimoshima Y 1–4, 8
Flag of Japan.svg Tsunefumi Hiki 1
Flag of Japan.svg Masanobu Takenaka 2–5, 8
Flag of Japan.svg Akihiko Tsutsumi 5
Amprex Motorsports BMW BMW M3 (E46) BMW M52 3.2 L I6 15 Flag of Japan.svg Genji Hashimoto BF All
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Kwan All
TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Matsunaga Y 1–3, 5–8
Flag of Japan.svg Ken Namekawa 1–3, 5–8
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Goto All
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW BMW M3 CSL BMW S50B32 3.2 L I6 21 Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Kikuchi D All
Flag of Japan.svg Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2–6, 8
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 24 Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Fukuyama Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All
26 Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Yogo All
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyushi Nishizawa All
28 Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka Yamagishi All
Flag of Japan.svg Yukihiro Hane 1, 3–8
Flag of Japan.svg Jukuchou Sunako 2
Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 55 Flag of Japan.svg Eiji Yamada All
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Shimizu 1–2, 5–8
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Kinoshita 3–4
ARTA with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta BF All
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi All
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51 Flag of Japan.svg Naofumi Omoto Y 3–5, 7–8
Flag of Japan.svg Masanobu Kato 3–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Akira Ishikawa 8
R&D Sport Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 61 Flag of Japan.svg Yasuo Miyagawa D 1–5
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Suga 1, 3
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Kurosawa 2
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Katsumasa 4–5
62
Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Shibahara 1
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama 1
Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Shibahara 2–8
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama 2–8
Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 63 Flag of Japan.svg "OSAMU" All
Flag of Japan.svg Takamasa Nakagawa All
Team Revolution Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 66 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Shimizu Y 5, 6, 8
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Abe 5
Flag of Japan.svg Mutsumi Shiono 6, 8
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshimi Ishibashi D All
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick van Schoote 1–5
Flag of Japan.svg Seiichi Sodeyama 6
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuo Komiya 7–8
SigmaTec Racing Team Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 71 Flag of Japan.svg Keita Sawa D All
Flag of Japan.svg Guts Jyonai All
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Tanigawa All
Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 81 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuyuki Ohyagi Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki All
KRAFT Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 Flag of Japan.svg Masaoki Nagashima D All
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Matsuda All
Dentaire ProJet Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 360 Flag of Japan.svg Seigo Nishizawa Y 1–3, 5, 7–8
Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki 1–3, 5, 7–8
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910 Flag of Japan.svg Hideshi Matsuda Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuo Miyagawa 1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Wilcox 2–8
911 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Hirakawa All
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihide Hashimura 1
Flag of Japan.svg Shigemitsu Haga 2–3, 6, 8
Flag of Japan.svg Jukuchou Sunako 5, 7

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate
1GT Championship in TI Flag of Japan.svg TI Circuit April 14
2All Japan Fuji GT Race Flag of Japan.svg Fuji Speedway May 4
3SUGO GT Championship Flag of Japan.svg Sportsland SUGO May 26
4Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia Flag of Malaysia.svg Sepang Circuit June 23
5Japan Special GT Cup Flag of Japan.svg Fuji Speedway July 28
6Motegi GT Championship Race Flag of Japan.svg Twin Ring Motegi September 15
7CP Mine GT Race Flag of Japan.svg Mine Circuit October 27
8Suzuka GT 300 km Flag of Japan.svg Suzuka Circuit November 17

Season results

RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1 TI Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Ireland.svg Ralph Firman
Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
2 Mt. Fuji #1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra #62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Takeuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama
Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Shibahara
3 Sportsland SUGO #6 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano
4 Sepang Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Ireland.svg Ralph Firman
Flag of Japan.svg Haruhiko Matsumoto
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi
5 Mt. Fuji #1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra #24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Takeuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Fukuyama
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
6 Twin Ring Motegi #18 Takata Dome Honda NSX #62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
Flag of France.svg Sebastien Philippe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama
Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Shibahara
7 Mine Circuit #16 Mugen Honda NSX #62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama
Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Shibahara
8 Suzuka Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Ireland.svg Ralph Firman
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Noboyuki Oyagi

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points20151210864321
Qualifying111
Fastest Lap111
RankDriverTAI
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FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
MIN
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS
1 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
102111744375
2 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Ireland.svg Ralph Firman
111Ret112146174
3 Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Takeuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
411691139665
4 Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Mitsusada 952582Ret463
5 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito 53310111611059
6 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh 92582Ret455
7 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner
814102563952
8 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm
117742102Ret51
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe
215161361121447
10 Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi
Flag of Japan.svg Keiichi Tsuchiya
74136988229
11 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kurosawa Ret125337Ret1638
12 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Montin Ret125337Ret38
13 Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager 5331035
14 Flag of France.svg Jérémie Dufour
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
3Ret12Ret1557533
15 Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Yamaji 61311Ret495732
16 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara 611Ret495732
17 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Tajima
13868133RetRet27
18 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami 111611024
19 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas
Flag of Japan.svg Masami Kageyama
1264161417Ret819
20 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kaneishi 58
21 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kondo 1597161211136
22 Flag of Japan.svg Hayanari Shimoda 7161211134
23 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka 14Ret814Ret1113174
24 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Hoshino 14Ret814Ret3
25 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kageyama
Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka
1710Ret12101510123
26 Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Kurosawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Okada
16914RetRetRet112
27 Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Katayama 1592
28 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer 1113171
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Lees 130
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Apicella
Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Wada
DNQRet15RetRet18RetRet0
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda 160
Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Igarashi
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yamanishi
DNQDNQRetRetRet0
RankDriverTAI
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
MIN
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship. [2]

RankTeamNo.TAI
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
MIN
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS
1 Mugen x Dome Project1653310111611096
182151613611214
2 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6102111744375
3 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64111Ret112146174
4Toyota Team Cerumo 3315971612111369
14117911396
5 Toyota Team TOM'S 36814102563965
37Ret125337Ret16
6 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft100952582Ret463
7 Nismo 22117742102Ret62
231264151417Ret8
8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 874136988246
9 Toyota Team SARD 393Ret12DSQ1557533
10Tsuchiya Engineering2561311Ret495732
11Hitotsuyama Racing7613868133RetRet27
12 Team Impul 1214Ret814Ret1113174
13Kraft351710Ret12101510123
14Team Take One3016914RetRetRet112
- JLOC 88DNQRet15RetRet18RetRet0
- HKS 87DNQDNQRetRet150
RankTeamNo.TAI
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
MIN
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS

GT300 class (Top 5)

Drivers

RankDriversNumber/TeamPointsWins
1 Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
#31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S 751
2 Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama
Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Shibahara
#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R 733
3 Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano
#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia 701
4 Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Fukuyama
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996 651
5 Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Noboyuki Oyagi
#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia 561

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