2005 Super GT Series

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The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the thirteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the first season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-third season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 27 and ended on November 6, 2005, after 8 races. The drivers' champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300.

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Drivers and teams

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons B All
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama All
22 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm All
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida All
G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 3 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas B All
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kaneishi All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida B All
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Flag of Ireland.svg Ralph Firman B All
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 12 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide B All
Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer All
Dome Racing Team Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 18 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure B All
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami All
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.1 L V12 20 Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Tajima D 2, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2
Flag of Japan.svg Mikio Hitotsuyama 6
Ferrari Ferrari 550 GTS Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12 21 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kurosawa All
Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Mitsusada All
Toyota Team Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido Y All
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager 1–5, 7–8
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda 6
Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 32 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer D All
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda All
Toyota Team Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 34 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara D All
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yokomizo All
35 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori All
Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka 1–4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Dumbreck 5–8
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney B All
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya All
37 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka All
Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto All
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 38 Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi B All
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa All
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 39 Flag of Portugal.svg André Couto B All
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 88 Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yamanishi Y 1–2, 4–6
Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Wada 1–2
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Apicella 4–5
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Furuya 6
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Flag of France.svg Jérémie Dufour B All
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe All

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
M-Tec Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 0 Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa D All
Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Kurosawa All
Verno Tokai Dream28 Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Akira Watanabe All
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhiko Tsutsui All
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Iiri Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Yamaji All
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 9 Flag of Japan.svg Junichiro Yamashita Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Eiji Yamada 1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Suho 5, 8
Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 913 Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Fukuyama 1–6
Flag of Japan.svg Haruhiko Matsumoto 1
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Suho 2–4, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Eiji Yamada 5
Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 10 Flag of Japan.svg Yasutaka Hinoi D All
Flag of Japan.svg Hideshi Matsuda 1–2, 4–5, 7–8
Flag of Japan.svg Taku Bamba 3, 6
11 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Montin All
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka All
Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 13 Flag of Japan.svg Masami Kageyama Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All
Amprex Motorsports Lotus Lotus Exige 300RR GM Ecotec 3.0 L V6 15 Flag of Malaysia.svg Tengku Djan Ley Y 3
Flag of Germany.svg Norman Simon 3
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi All
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26 Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–3, 8
Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Ijiri 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Inoue 3
Flag of Japan.svg Isao Ihashi 8
Direxiv Motorsport Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.2 L V6 27 Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuo Miyagawa 1–6
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto 7–8
Team Reckless Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 30 Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki M All
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano All
apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima M All
Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43 Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta M All
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi All
MOLA Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 46 Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hoshino All
47 Flag of Japan.svg Go Shimizu All
Flag of Japan.svg Tomonobu Fujii All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 52 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka K All
Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Takeuchi All
R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 3.9 L V8 62 Flag of Japan.svg Tadao Uematsu Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Shibahara 1–6, 8
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Yagi 7
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshimi Ishibashi Y 1–6
Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Tajima 1, 3
Flag of Japan.svg Hirofumi Takei 2, 4–5
Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka Yamagishi 6
170 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshimi Ishibashi 8
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Inoue 8
Teramoto Technical Office Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 72 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Hirakawa Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Inoue 1, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Wada 2–3, 7–8
Flag of Japan.svg Akihiro Asai 4
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
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 86 Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yamanishi Y 8
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Furuya 8
87 Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Wada 4–6, 8
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Furuya 4–5
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Apicella 6, 8
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 110 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Ohi Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Ichijo Suga All
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 112 Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Yogo 1–3, 5–8
Flag of Japan.svg Keita Sawa 1–3
Flag of Japan.svg Takaya Tsubobayashi 5–8
Team LeyJun Porsche Porsche 968 GT4 Porsche M44/12 3.0 L Turbo I4 111 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroya Iijima Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Jyonai All
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 777 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Jukuchou Sunako All

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate
1 Flag of Japan.svg Okayama GT 300 km Race Okayama International Circuit March 27
2 Flag of Japan.svg Fuji GT 500 km Race Fuji International Speedway May 4
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 26
4 Flag of Japan.svg SUGO GT 300 km Race Sportsland Sugo July 24
5 Flag of Japan.svg Motegi GT 300 km Race Twin Ring Motegi September 4
6 Flag of Japan.svg Fuji GT 300 km Race Fuji International Speedway September 25
7 Flag of Japan.svg Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km Autopolis International Race Course October 16
8 Flag of Japan.svg Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit November 6

Season results

Overall winner in bold

RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1 Okayama Flag of Japan.svg #25 Eclipse Advan Supra Flag of Japan.svg #13 Endless Advan Z
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Flag of Japan.svg Masami Kageyama
2 Mt. Fuji Flag of Japan.svg #38 Zent Cerumo Supra Flag of Japan.svg #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi
Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Kurosawa
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa
3 Kuala Lumpur Flag of Japan.svg #1 Xanavi Nismo Z Flag of Japan.svg #43 ARTA Garaiya
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons
Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
4 Sportsland SUGO Flag of Japan.svg #37 Dynacity TOM'S Supra Flag of Japan.svg #31 Kicchouhouzan MR-S
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima
5 Motegi Flag of Japan.svg #100 Raybrig NSX Flag of Japan.svg #46 Dream Cube's Advan Z
Flag of France.svg Sebastien Philippe
Flag of France.svg Jeremie Dufour
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
6 Mt. Fuji Flag of Japan.svg #38 Zent Cerumo Supra Flag of Japan.svg #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi
Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Kurosawa
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa
7 Autopolis Flag of Japan.svg #8 ARTA NSX Flag of Japan.svg #30 Reckless MR-S
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ralph Firman
Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano
8 Suzuka Flag of Japan.svg #38 Zent Cerumo Supra Flag of Japan.svg #11 Jim Gainer Ferrari Dunlop
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Montin

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points2015128654321
Qualifying211
Fastest Lap111
  • There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
RankDriverOKA
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
AUT
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS
1 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi
14111111217167
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Ralph Firman
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito
4122616811261
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama
Ret4186106260
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya
21033758560
5 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida
12267492857
6 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
115449310351
7 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto
6613187Ret743
8 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kaneishi
39Ret151343442
9 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
58513102141038
10 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
7137Ret2115637
11 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide
Ret15853134935
12 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori 9314105691329
13 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido 11415915RetRet1426
14 Flag of France.svg Jérémie Dufour
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe
101110Ret114RetRet26
15 Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager 11415915Ret1425
16 Flag of Portugal.svg André Couto
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli
8Ret921412111121
17 Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka 93141016
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Dumbreck 5691313
19 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yokomizo
Ret71214111612164
20 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda Ret1
Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kurosawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Mitsusada
RetRetRet12Ret1513150
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yamanishi 13DNSRet17Ret0
Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Wada 13DNS0
Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Tajima Ret170
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Apicella Ret170
Flag of Japan.svg Mikio Hitotsuyama 170
Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Hitotsuyama Ret0
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Furuya Ret0
RankDriverOKA
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
AUT
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. [1]

RankTeamNo.OKA
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
AUT
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS
1 Nismo 1Ret4186106286
22122674928
2Team Honda Racing84122616811282
187137Ret21156
3 Toyota Team TOM'S 3621033758573
376613187Ret7
4Toyota Team Cerumo3814111111217167
5 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6115449310351
6Hasemi Motorsport339Ret151343442
7 Nakajima Racing 3258513102141038
8 Team Impul 12Ret15853134935
9Kraft34Ret712141116121629
3593141056913
10Team Advan Tsuchiya2511415915RetRet1426
10 Team Kunimitsu 100101110Ret114RetRet26
12 Toyota Team SARD 398Ret921412111121
-Hitotsuyama Racing20DNS170
21RetRetRet12Ret151315
-JLOC8813DNSRet17Ret0
RankTeamNo.OKA
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
SUG
Flag of Japan.svg
MOT
Flag of Japan.svg
FUJ
Flag of Japan.svg
AUT
Flag of Japan.svg
SUZ
Flag of Japan.svg
PTS

GT300 class (Top 3)

Drivers

RankDriversNumber/TeamPointsWins
1 Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano
#30 Reckless MR-S 931
2 Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Kurosawa
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa
#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX 812
3 Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
#43 ARTA Garaiya 741

Teams

RankNumber/TeamCarPoints
1#30 Team RecklessReckless MR-S 93
2#0 M-TEC Co., Ltd. Ebbro M-TEC NSX 81
3#43 ARTA ARTA Garaiya 74

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