2006 Super GT Series

Last updated October 22, 2024

The 2006 Autobacs Super GT Series was the fourteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the second season as the Super GT series. It was also the twenty-fourth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on March 19 and ended on November 5, 2006, after 9 races.

Juichi Wakisaka, André Lotterer, and Toyota Team TOM'S won the GT500 drivers' and teams' championships, in the debut season for the new Lexus SC430. Tetsuya Yamano, Hiroyuki Iiri, and RE Amemiya Racing won the GT300 drivers' and teams' championships in their Mazda RX-7. The championship battle was decided on the final lap of the season, with Yamano and Iiri winning the drivers' title on a tiebreaker over Kazuho Takahashi and Hiroki Katoh of Cars Tokai Dream28.

2006 Bandai Direzza SC430. SuperGT-BANDAI.jpg — 2006 Bandai Direzza SC430.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Toyota Team Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8	1	Toranosuke Takagi	B	All
					Yuji Tachikawa		All
					Ronnie Quintarelli		6
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z GT500	Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	3	João Paulo de Oliveira	B	All
					Naoki Yokomizo		All
					Darren Manning		6
Mobil 1 Toyota Team LeMans	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8	6	Akira Iida	B	All
					Tatsuya Kataoka		All
					Björn Wirdheim		6
Team Honda Racing	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	8	Ralph Firman	B	All
					Daisuke Ito		All
					Toshihiro Kaneishi		6
	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	18	Ryo Michigami	B	All
					Takashi Kogure		All
					Katsutomo Kaneishi		6
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z GT500	Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	12	Kazuki Hoshino	B	All
					Benoît Tréluyer		All
					Jérémie Dufour		6
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z GT500	Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	22	Michael Krumm	B	All
					Sakon Yamamoto		1–3
					Richard Lyons		4–9
					Fabio Carbone		6
				23	Tsugio Matsuda		All
					Satoshi Motoyama		All
					Yuji Ide		6
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z GT500	Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	24	Masataka Yanagida	Y	All
					Érik Comas		1–4, 6
					Seiji Ara		5–9
Toyota Team Tsuchiya	Toyota	Toyota Supra GT500	Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8	25	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Y	All
					Manabu Orido		All
					Hideki Noda		6
Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	32	Loïc Duval	D	All
Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	32	Hideki Mutoh	D	All
Toyota Team Kraft	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8	35	Naoki Hattori	D	All
					Peter Dumbreck		All
					Eiichi Tajima		6
Toyota Team TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8	36	Juichi Wakisaka	B	All
					André Lotterer		All
					Adrian Sutil		6
Stile Corse	Maserati	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati M144B/2 6.0 L V12	51	Jan Magnussen	B	None
Stile Corse	Maserati	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati M144B/2 6.0 L V12	51	Seiji Ara	B	None
Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra GT500	Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8	66	André Couto	B	All
					Katsuyuki Hiranaka		All
					Soheil Ayari		6
Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	100	Shinya Hosokawa	B	All
Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	100	Sébastien Philippe	B	All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Cars Tokai Dream28	Mooncraft	Mooncraft Shiden	Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.2 L V8	2	Kazuho Takahashi	Y	All
					Hiroki Katoh		All
					Hiroki Yoshimoto		6
Team Mach	Vemac	Vemac RD320R	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Y	All
					Katsuhiko Tsutsui		All
					Akira Watanabe		6
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	7	Hiroyuki Iiri	Y	1, 3–9
					Tetsuya Yamano		1, 3–9
					Shinichi Yamaji		6
A&S Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900R	Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8	9	Osamu Nakajima	Y	1–3, 5–9
					Takaya Tsubobayashi		1
					Masaki Tanaka		2–3, 5–9
JIM Gainer	Ferrari	Ferrari 360	Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8	10	Hiromi Kozono	D	1–7, 9
					Naofumi Omoto		1–7, 9
					Eiji Yamada		6
				11	Tetsuya Tanaka		All
				11	Takayuki Aoki		All
Endless Sports	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6	13	Tomonobu Fujii	Y	All
	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6	13	Masami Kageyama	Y	All
	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6	14	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	H	All
					Kyosuke Mineo		All
					Jukuchou Sunako		6
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota Celica	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Koji Matsuda	Y	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota Celica	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Y	All
Team Taisan with Nishizawa	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	26	Kazuyuki Nishizawa	Y	2–3, 9
Team Taisan with Nishizawa	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	26	Shinichi Yamaji	Y	2–3, 9
Direxiv Motorsport	Vemac	Vemac RD320R	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	27	Shogo Mitsuyama	Y	1–6
Direxiv Motorsport	Vemac	Vemac RD320R	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	27	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	1–6
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6	46	Kota Sasaki	D	All
				46	Taku Bamba		All
				47	Hironobu Yasuda		All
				47	Masaoki Nagashima		All
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Celica	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	52	Hironori Takeuchi	K	1–3, 5–9
					Koki Saga		1–3, 5–9
					Keita Sawa		6
DHG Racing	Ford	Ford GT	DHG D35806V 3.5 L V8	55	Daisuke Ikeda	Y	All
					Hidetoshi Mitsusada		All
					Hiroaki Ishiura		6
R&D Sport	Vemac	Vemac RD320R	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	61	Shogo Mitsuyama	Y	7–9
		Vemac RD320R	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	61	Nobuteru Taniguchi		7–9
		Vemac RD408R	Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8	62	Shinsuke Shibahara		All
					Hiroyuki Yagi		1–4
					Haruki Kurosawa		5–9
Team Gaikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	70	Yoshimi Ishibashi	Y	1–4, 6
					Akira Hirakawa		1–4
					Yutaka Yamagishi		6–7
					Isao Ihashi		6
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	77	Katsuo Kobayashi	Y	5, 7–9
					Tatsuya Tanigawa		5
					Yasushi Kikuchi		7–9
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1	Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12	87	Koji Yamanishi	Y	1–3, 5–9
					Hisashi Wada		1–3, 5–9
					Atsushi Yogo		6
				88	Marco Apicella		1–3, 5–9
					Yasutaka Hinoi		1–3, 5–9
					Naohiro Furuya		6
Ebbro Team Nova	Vemac	Vemac RD350R	Zytek ZV348 4.0 L V8	96	Takuya Kurosawa	D	All
Ebbro Team Nova	Vemac	Vemac RD350R	Zytek ZV348 4.0 L V8	96	Tsubasa Kurosawa	D	All
apr	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 2GR-FE 3.5 L V6	101	Morio Nitta	M	All
				101	Shinichi Takagi		All
				777	Minoru Tanaka		All
					Kazuya Oshima		All
					Keiichi Kobayashi		6
Arktech Motorsports	Porsche	Porsche 986 Boxster	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	110	Hideshi Matsuda	Y	All
					Ichijo Suga		All
					Takaya Tsubobayashi		6
Team LeyJun	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	111	Hiroya Iijima	Y	1, 3, 6–7
					Masaki Jyonai		1, 3, 6–7
					Takeshi Namekawa		6
Team Bomex Dream28	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	666	Shogo Suho	Y	1–7, 9
					Junichiro Yamashita		1, 3–7, 9
					Yasuhiro Takasaki		2
910 Racing With Team Ishimatsu	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3 RSR	Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6	910	Tadao Uematsu	Y	1–4, 6–7, 9
					Yasushi Kikuchi		1–4, 6
					Ryohei Sakaguchi		6, 9
					Shinichi Yamaji		7

Vehicle changes

GT500

Toyota introduced the Lexus SC 430 as their new GT500 vehicle, replacing the fourth-generation Toyota Supra. This coincided with the introduction of the Lexus nameplate for the Japanese market in July 2005. Four teams (TOM'S, Cerumo, LeMans, and Kraft) would run the new SC430, while SARD and Tsuchiya Engineering continued to use the Supra.
Team Goh planned to enter the series with a Maserati MC12 GT1 driven by Seiji Ara and Jan Magnussen. Competing as Stile Corse, they participated in the pre-season test at Suzuka on 3–4 March, but after lacklustre results, the team scrapped their plans to race in GT500.

GT300

Mooncraft Engineering and Cars Tokai Dream28 introduced the Shiden MC/RT-16, a prototype racing car based upon the Riley Mk.XI Daytona Prototype powered by a Toyota 1UZ-FE V8 engine.
DHG Racing debuted in the series with a new racing version of the Ford GT supercar. The car was powered by the 3.5 litre DHG D35806V V8 engine, which was derived from the Mugen MF308 engine previously used in the Formula Nippon championship.^[1]

Team changes

GT500

Kondo Racing, owned by Japanese musician and former racing driver Masahiko Kondo, entered Super GT for the first time as a Nissan factory team.
Toyota teams TOM'S and Kraft scaled back to single-car teams after running two cars each in 2005.
Hitotsuyama Racing and their privately entered Ferrari 550 GTS and McLaren F1 GTR withdrew from the series.

GT300

M-TEC (Mugen) closed their GT300 team to focus on their ongoing technical alliance with Team Kunimitsu in GT500.
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA) closed their GT300 team. apr, who operated ARTA's GT300 programme, signed ARTA drivers Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi to drive their number 101 Toyota MR-S sponsored by Toy Story Racing (through Run'A Entertainment).

Driver changes

GT500

Tsugio Matsuda transferred from Honda to Nissan, where he joined two-time GT500 champion Satoshi Motoyama in the number 23 NISMO entry. Likewise, Sakon Yamamoto transferred from Toyota to Nissan to partner another two-time GT500 champion, Michael Krumm, in the NISMO number 22 car.
Masataka Yanagida and two-time GT500 champion Érik Comas joined the new Kondo Racing team. Yanagida transferred from NISMO, and Comas transferred from Hasemi Motorsport.
Naoki Yokomizo transferred from Toyota to Nissan and joined Hasemi Motorsport, who also signed reigning All-Japan Formula 3 champion João Paulo de Oliveira for his Super GT series debut.
Kazuki Hoshino, son of Impul co-founder Kazuyoshi Hoshino, stepped up to GT500 to join Team Impul. Hoshino replaced Yuji Ide, who signed with Super Aguri F1 Team.
Nakajima Racing and Honda signed two recent Formula 3 graduates to drive for them in 2006: Formula 3 Euroseries graduate Loïc Duval, and All-Japan F3 race winner Hideki Mutoh.
2005 GT300 championship runner-up Shinya Hosokawa was promoted to GT500 with Team Kunimitsu, partnering Sébastien Philippe.
André Lotterer transferred from Honda to Toyota, and joined Toyota Team TOM'S in the number 36 car. His new teammate was 2002 champion Juichi Wakisaka, who transferred from Toyota Team LeMans.
In exchange for Wakisaka, Tatsuya Kataoka transferred from the defunct number 37 TOM'S team to join Toyota Team LeMans, alongside 2002 co-champion Akira Iida.
Takeshi Tsuchiya joined his father's team, Toyota Team Tsuchiya, after transferring from TOM'S.
Katsuyuki Hiranaka was promoted to GT500 with Toyota Team SARD, joining André Couto.

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	March 19
2	Okayama GT 300 km Race	Okayama International Circuit	April 9
3	Fuji GT 500 km Race	Fuji International Speedway	May 4
4	Japan GT Championship Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	June 25
5	SUGO GT 300 km Race	Sportsland Sugo	July 23
6	International POKKA 1000km	Suzuka Circuit	August 20
7	Motegi GT 300 km Race	Twin Ring Motegi	September 10
8	Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km	Autopolis International Race Course	October 15
9	Fuji GT 300 km Race	Fuji International Speedway	November 5

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner
1	Suzuka Circuit	19 March	GT500	No. 8 Team Honda Racing	No. 12 Team Impul	No. 36 Toyota Team TOM'S
			GT500	Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Benoît Tréluyer Kazuki Hoshino	Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer
			GT300	No. 46 MOLA	No. 87 JLOC	No. 88 JLOC
			GT300	Kota Sasaki Taku Bamba	Koji Yamanishi Hisashi Wada	Marco Apicella Yasutaka Hinoi
2	Okayama International Circuit	9 April	GT500	No. 18 Team Honda Racing	No. 18 Team Honda Racing	No. 18 Team Honda Racing
			GT500	Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure	Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure	Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure
			GT300	No. 46 MOLA	No. 27 direxiv motorsport	No. 27 direxiv motorsport
			GT300	Kota Sasaki Taku Bamba	Shogo Mitsuyama Nobuteru Taniguchi	Shogo Mitsuyama Nobuteru Taniguchi
3	Fuji Speedway	4 May	GT500	No. 1 Toyota Team Cerumo	No. 1 Toyota Team Cerumo	No. 35 Toyota Team Kraft
			GT500	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Naoki Hattori Peter Dumbreck
			GT300	No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28	No. 13 Endless Sports	No. 62 Willcom R & D Sport
			GT300	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	Masami Kageyama Tomonobu Fujii	Shinsuke Shibahara Hiroyuki Yagi
4	Sepang Circuit	25 June	GT500	No. 8 Team Honda Racing	No. 8 Team Honda Racing	No. 8 Team Honda Racing
			GT500	Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman
			GT300	No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28	No. 7 RE Amemiya Racing	No. 7 RE Amemiya Racing
			GT300	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	Tetsuya Yamano Hiroyuki Iiri	Tetsuya Yamano Hiroyuki Iiri
5	Sportsland SUGO	23 July	GT500	No. 1 Toyota Team Cerumo	No. 18 Team Honda Racing	No. 1 Toyota Team Cerumo
			GT500	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi
			GT300	No. 88 JLOC	No. 11 JIM GAINER	No. 46 MOLA
			GT300	Marco Apicella Yasutaka Hinoi	Tetsuya Tanaka Takayuki Aoki	Kota Sasaki Taku Bamba
6	Suzuka Circuit Report	20 August	GT500	No. 12 Team Impul	No. 12 Team Impul	No. 12 Team Impul
			GT500	Benoît Tréluyer Kazuki Hoshino Jérémie Dufour	Benoît Tréluyer Kazuki Hoshino Jérémie Dufour	Benoît Tréluyer Kazuki Hoshino Jérémie Dufour
			GT300	No. 52 Toyota Team Cerumo	No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh	No. 52 Toyota Team Cerumo
			GT300	Hironori Takeuchi Koki Saga Keita Sawa	Koji Matsuda Shigekazu Wakisaka	Hironori Takeuchi Koki Saga Keita Sawa
7	Twin Ring Motegi	10 September	GT500	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
			GT500	Sébastien Philippe Shinya Hosokawa	Sébastien Philippe Shinya Hosokawa	Sébastien Philippe Shinya Hosokawa
			GT300	No. 62 Willcom R & D Sport	No. 62 Willcom R & D Sport	No. 11 JIM GAINER
			GT300	Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa	Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa	Tetsuya Tanaka Takayuki Aoki
8	Autopolis	15 October	GT500	No. 18 Team Honda Racing	No. 23 NISMO	No. 23 NISMO
			GT500	Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure	Satoshi Motoyama Tsugio Matsuda	Satoshi Motoyama Tsugio Matsuda
			GT300	No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28	No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28	No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28
			GT300	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh
9	Fuji Speedway	5 November	GT500	No. 32 Nakajima Racing	No. 32 Nakajima Racing	No. 32 Nakajima Racing
			GT500	Loïc Duval Hideki Mutoh	Loïc Duval Hideki Mutoh	Loïc Duval Hideki Mutoh
			GT300	No. 777 Ryozanpaku with apr	No. 777 Ryozanpaku with apr	No. 101 apr
			GT300	Minoru Tanaka Kazuya Oshima	Minoru Tanaka Kazuya Oshima	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi

Standings

GT500 Drivers

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1
Suzuka 1000	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Qualifying	4	3	2
Fastest Lap	3	2	1

Only the best five results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.

Rank	Driver	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	PTS
1	André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka	1	8	3	15	4	10	2	7	4	80
2	Shinya Hosokawa Sébastien Philippe	7	2	Ret	4	11	9	1	3	13	79
3	Takashi Kogure Ryo Michigami	4	1	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	2	7	76
4	Michael Krumm	12	3	9	2	3	2	10	6	6	75
5	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	5	5	Ret	12	1	7	3	5	Ret	71
6	Tsugio Matsuda Satoshi Motoyama	2	Ret	4	5	2	DSQ	14	1	11	69
7	Ralph Firman Daisuke Ito	3	7	8	1	8	6	15	11	14	68
8	Kazuki Hoshino Benoît Tréluyer	13	6	5	3	6	1	13	4	12	67
9	Naoki Hattori Peter Dumbreck	14	12	1	11	7	3	7	9	2	64
10	Richard Lyons				2	3	2	10	6	6	62
11	Loïc Duval Hideki Mutoh	15	Ret	7	9	5	4	8	12	1	51
12	Akira Iida Tatsuya Kataoka	6	11	2	14	9	Ret	4	13	5	41
13	Masataka Yanagida	10	10	10	8	10	5	6	14	3	34
14	Jérémie Dufour						1				32
15	João Paulo de Oliveira Naoki Yokomizo	9	4	12	7	13	8	11	8	8	32
16	Seiji Ara					10	5	6	14	3	28
17	Fabio Carbone						2				20
18	Érik Comas	10	10	10	8		5				18
19	Manabu Orido Takeshi Tsuchiya	8	9	6	10	12	Ret	12	15	9	18
20	Eiichi Tajima						3				16
21	Sakon Yamamoto	12	3	9							15
22	Toshihiro Kaneishi						6				13
23	André Couto Katsuyuki Hiranaka	11	13	11	13	Ret	11	9	10	10	13
24	Ronnie Quintarelli						7				9
25	Darren Manning						8				8
26	Adrian Sutil						10				6
27	Soheil Ayari						11				5
28	Hideki Noda						Ret				5
	Björn Wirdheim						Ret				0
	Yuji Ide						DSQ				0
Rank	Driver	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	PTS

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Teams' standings

Source:^[2]

Rank	Team	No.	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	Pts.
1	Toyota Team TOM'S	36	1	8	3	15	4	10	2	7	4	75
2	Nismo	22	12	3	9	2	3	2	10	6	6	70
3	Team Kunimitsu	100	7	2	Ret	4	11	9	1	3	13	65
4	Nismo	23	2	Ret	4	5	2	DSQ	14	1	11	64
5	Toyota Team Kraft	35	14	12	1	11	7	3	7	9	2	61
6	Team Impul	12	13	6	5	3	6	1	13	4	12	60
7	Toyota Team Cerumo	1	5	5	Ret	12	1	7	3	5	Ret	58
8	Team Honda Racing	18	4	1	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	2	7	58
9	Team Honda Racing	8	3	7	8	1	8	6	15	11	14	48
10	Nakajima Racing	32	15	Ret	7	9	5	4	8	12	1	48
11	Mobil 1 Toyota Team LeMans	6	6	11	2	14	9	Ret	4	13	5	36
12	Kondo Racing	24	10	10	10	8	10	5	6	14	3	33
13	Hasemi Motorsport	3	9	4	12	7	13	8	11	8	8	28
14	Toyota Team Tsuchiya	25	8	9	6	10	12	Ret	12	15	9	13
15	Toyota Team SARD	66	11	13	11	13	Ret	11	9	10	10	9
Rank	Team	No.	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	MOT	FUJ	AUT	SUZ	Pts.

GT300 Class (Top 3)

Drivers

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Tetsuya Yamano Hiroyuki Iiri	#7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7	86	1
2	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	#2 Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden	86	1
3	Shogo Mitsuyama Nobuteru Taniguchi	#61 enable Advan Vemac 320R	75	0

Teams

Rank	Number/Team	Car	Points
1	#7 RE Amemiya Racing	Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7	78
2	#27 Direxiv Motorsport	direxiv Advan 320R	67
3	#2 Verno Tokai Dream 28	Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden	63

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The 2009 Autobacs Super GT Series was the seventeenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifth season as the Super GT series.

The 2012 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twentieth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the eighth season as the Super GT series. It also marked the thirtieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 1 and ended on November 18, 2012, after eight championship races and a non-championship race.

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. The season began on April 7 and ended on November 17, 2013 after 8 regular races and 1 non championship event.

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. The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.

The 2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000 km was the fifth round of the 2013 Super GT season and the 42nd running of the 1000 km Suzuka event. It took place on August 18, 2013, at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan.

The 2013 Fuji GT 300km was the sixth round of the 2013 Super GT season. It took place on September 8, 2013 at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.

The 2013 Motegi GT 250km was the final round of the 2013 Super GT season, the 8th points scoring race for GT500 cars and the 9th for GT300 cars. It took place on November 3, 2013 at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan.

The 2013 JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup was the final racing event for both the 2013 Super GT season and the 2013 Super Formula season. It took place over November 23 and November 24, 2013 at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.

The 2015 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-third season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the eleventh season under the name Super GT. It marked the thirty-third season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 5 and ended on November 15, after 8 races.

The 2016 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fourth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the twelfth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fourth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 10 and ended on November 13, after 8 races.

The 2017 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fifth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the thirteenth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fifth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 9 and ended on November 12, after 8 races.

The 2018 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-sixth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-sixth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 8 and ended on November 11, after 8 races.

The 2019 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the twenty-seventh season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-seventh overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 14 and ended on November 24, after 8 championship races & 2 non-championship races.

The 2020 Autobacs Super GT Series was motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the twenty-eighth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the sixteenth season the series to compete under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-eighth overall season of a JAF national sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.

The 2022 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirtieth season of the JAF Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the eighteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the fortieth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

The 2023 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and ran by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirty-first season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which included the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the nineteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the forty-first overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

The 2024 Autobacs Super GT Series is a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It is the thirty-second season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the twentieth season under the Super GT name. It is also the forty-second overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

References

↑ "2006年に初めて訪れたスーパーGTと富士で心奪われたフォードGTと紫電【日本のレース通サム・コリンズの忘れられない1戦】 - 2ページ目 (2ページ中) - autosport web". www.as-web.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
↑ "SUPERGT.net | 2006 Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-07-06.

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[1] "2006年に初めて訪れたスーパーGTと富士で心奪われたフォードGTと紫電【日本のレース通サム・コリンズの忘れられない1戦】 - 2ページ目 (2ページ中) - autosport web". www.as-web.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-23.

[2] "SUPERGT.net | 2006 Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-07-06.

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2006 Super GT Series

Contents

Drivers and teams

GT500

GT300

Vehicle changes

GT500

GT300

Team changes

GT500

GT300

Driver changes

GT500

Schedule

Results

Standings

GT500 Drivers

Teams' standings

GT300 Class (Top 3)

Drivers

Teams

Related Research Articles

References

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