2009 Super GT Series

Last updated January 15, 2024

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.

It marked as well as the twenty-seventh season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season opener on March 22, was moved to Okayama, due to the continued renovation of Suzuka in preparation for the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix. The season finale on November 8 also was moved to Motegi, instead of Fuji. Due to the worldwide economic crisis, race weekends were two days instead of three.

André Lotterer and Juichi Wakisaka claimed the GT500 title in the Petronas TOM'S Lexus SC430. The team also won their respective teams title. Manabu Orido and Tatsuya Kataoka won the GT300 title in the Racing Project Bandoh IS350 by three points from Nobuteru Taniguchi and Ryo Orime.

Car development

GT500 class

Originally the three makers agreed to unify engine specification to 3.4L V8 engines (the same configuration of Formula Nippon at the time). However, due to the aforementioned economic crisis, Nissan encountered difficulties to develop a suitable engine for their GT-R, and chose to bear a performance ballast while using the same engine as last year. Honda continued to use their mid-engine NSX with performance ballast as the regulations originally planned to mandate front-engine cars. This was also their last year in Super GT with the original NSX, as they announced they would use a new vehicle (the HSV-010) starting in the 2010 season. Honda returned with the NSX in 2014 following the unveiling of the second-generation concept car in 2014, later revised to be based on the production model in 2017; both of which ran midship engine layout until 2019 season.

Team Nova entered the series with a Le Mans spec Aston Martin DBR9. It was the first Aston Martin car to participate the series history (including JGTC), and also the first European and non-Honda/Nissan/Toyota car in GT500 since the 2006 season (a Maserati MC12 did participate the pre-season test in 2006 season but withdraw from the series later). The DBR9 only ran at the first round at Okayama and the two rounds at Fuji, and as of July 2020 is the last non-Japanese car to compete in GT500.

GT300 class

The apr Racing Team, which had used the Toyota MR-S for a long time decided to discontinue their use of MR-S, and for this season decided to replace it with a mid-engined Toyota Corolla Axio instead.

The Cusco, the only team using an AWD car (Subaru Impreza), left the series as they wanted to concentrate on off-road events. However, Subaru cars were not absent from the series as R&D Sport used a Legacy B4 for round 6, 7 and 9.

Thunder Asia Racing, a team from Singapore, entered round 4 at Sepang with a Mosler MT900R. Their full participation in 2010 season was confirmed after the 2009 season ended.

Weight ballast changes

In order to combat sandbagging, where a team would intentionally perform poorly in order to secure a more favorable weight handicap, the success ballast formula was changed starting from this season: the ballast would be halved in the penultimate race and lifted altogether in final race for teams that participated in every round of the season. Teams missing only one round receive halved-ballast in the final race instead.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	1	Satoshi Motoyama	B	All
					Benoît Tréluyer		1–5, 7–9
					Michael Krumm		6
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	3	Ronnie Quintarelli	M	All
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	3	Hironobu Yasuda	M	All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	6	Daisuke Ito	B	All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	6	Björn Wirdheim	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	8	Ralph Firman	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	8	Takuya Izawa	B	All
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	12	Tsugio Matsuda	B	All
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	12	Sébastien Philippe	B	All
Keihin Real Racing	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	17	Toshihiro Kaneishi	B	All
					Koudai Tsukakoshi		All
					Katsutomo Kaneishi		6
Team Yoshiki and Dome Project	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	18	Ryo Michigami	B	All
Team Yoshiki and Dome Project	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	18	Takashi Kogure	B	All
Team Nova	Aston Martin	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin DBR9 6.0 L V12	21	Akihiro Tsuzuki	Y	1, 3, 7
Team Nova	Aston Martin	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin DBR9 6.0 L V12	21	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Y	1, 3, 7
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	24	João Paulo de Oliveira	Y	All
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	24	Seiji Ara	Y	All
Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	32	Loïc Duval	D	All
Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	32	Yuhki Nakayama	D	All
Lexus Team Kraft	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	35	Hiroaki Ishiura	B	All
Lexus Team Kraft	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	35	Kazuya Oshima	B	All
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	36	Juichi Wakisaka	B	All
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	36	André Lotterer	B	All
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	38	Yuji Tachikawa	B	All
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	38	Richard Lyons	B	All
Lexus Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	39	Kohei Hirate	D	All
Lexus Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	39	André Couto	D	All
Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX GT500	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	100	Yuji Ide	B	All
					Shinya Hosokawa		1–2, 4–7, 9
					Kosuke Matsuura		3, 8

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Cars Tokai Dream28	Mooncraft	Mooncraft Shiden	Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.4 L V8	2	Hiroki Katoh	Y	All
					Kazuho Takahashi		1
					Hiroki Yoshimoto		2–9
Avanzza Rosso	Vemac	Vemac RD320R	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	4	Yoshihiro Ito	K	6
					Subaru Yamamoto		6
					Michito Uezumi		6
					Yoshihiro Ito	Y	9
					Igor Sushko	Y	9
				666	Shogo Suho	Y	All
					Junichiro Yamashita		All
					Takashi Miyamoto		3, 6
Team Mach	Vemac	Vemac RD320R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Y	All
Team Mach	Vemac	Vemac RD320R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	5	Akazame Oyaji	Y	All
M7 RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	7	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	All
M7 RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	7	Ryo Orime	Y	All
Jim Gainer Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 360	Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8	10	Masayuki Ueda	Y	All
		Ferrari 360	Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8	10	Masataka Kawaguchi		All
		Ferrari F430	Ferrari F136E 4.3 L V8	11	Tetsuya Tanaka		All
		Ferrari F430	Ferrari F136E 4.3 L V8	11	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		All
Racing Project Bandoh	Lexus	Lexus IS350	Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8	19	Tatsuya Kataoka	Y	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Lexus	Lexus IS350	Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8	19	Manabu Orido	Y	All
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	26	Haruki Kurosawa	Y	1–4, 6–7, 9
					Tsubasa Abe		1–3, 5–9
					Katsuhiko Tsutsui		4, 6, 8
					Tsubasa Kurosawa		5
Team Takeuchi with Shift	Lexus	Lexus IS350	Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8	30	Kota Sasaki	K	1–3
				30	Naoya Yamano		1–3
				52	Kota Sasaki		4–9
					Naoya Yamano		4–6
					Yuhi Sekiguchi		6–9
apr	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Axio apr GT	Toyota 2GR-FSE 3.5 L V6	31	Yuya Sakamoto	Y	All
					Hideki Yamauchi		1–4
					Kyosuke Mineo		5–9
					Takamori.com		6
				74	Takuto Iguchi	M	All
				74	Yuji Kunimoto	M	All
Hankook KTR	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/80 3.8 L F6	33	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	H	3, 5, 7
Hankook KTR	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/80 3.8 L F6	33	Masami Kageyama	H	3, 5, 7
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL ARTA Garaiya	Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6	43	Morio Nitta	M	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL ARTA Garaiya	Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6	43	Shinichi Takagi	M	All
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6	46	Kazuki Hoshino	Y	All
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6	46	Masataka Yanagida	Y	All
Tomei Sports	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	55	Yutaka Yamagishi	Y	1–7, 9
Tomei Sports	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	55	Hiroshi Koizumi	Y	1–7, 9
R&D Sport	Subaru	Subaru Legacy B4	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	62	Shogo Mitsuyama	Y	6–7, 9
R&D Sport	Subaru	Subaru Legacy B4	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	62	Tetsuya Yamano	Y	6–7, 9
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1	Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12	66	Koji Yamanishi	Y	All
					Atsushi Yogo		All
					Marco Apicella		3
		Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	Lamborghini 07L1 5.2 L V10	87	Hiroyuki Iiri		All
				87	Hisashi Wada		All
				88	Hideshi Matsuda		All
				88	Yuya Sakamoto		All
Thunder Asia Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900R	GM LS7 7.0 L V8	69	Melvin Choo	Y	4
Thunder Asia Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900R	GM LS7 7.0 L V8	69	Martin Short	Y	4
Team Daishin	Ferrari	Ferrari F430	Ferrari F136E 4.3 L V8	81	Takayuki Aoki	Y	All
					Tomonobu Fujii		All
					Koji Matsuda		6
Arktech Motorsports	Porsche	Porsche Boxster	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	110	Kim Han Bong	K	1–3
					Daisuke Ikeda		1, 8
					Tatsuya Tanigawa		2–3, 5, 8
					Takashi Ohi		5
		Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6	111	Takaya Tsubobayashi		1–3
					Igor Sushko		1
					Daisuke Ikeda		2–4
					Tojiro Azuma		4
				112	Takashi Ohi		7, 9
					Yoshiaki Nakayama		7
					Keita Sawa		8–9
					Aaron Caratti		8
Studie GLAD Racing	BMW	BMW Z4M	BMW S62B50 4.9 L V8	808	Shozo Tagahara	Y	1–3, 5–9
					Yasushi Kikuchi		1–3, 5–7
					Taku Bamba		6, 8–9

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km	Okayama International Circuit	March 22
2	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	April 19
3	Fuji GT 400 km	Fuji Speedway	May 4
4	Super GT International Series Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	June 21
5	SUGO GT 300 km	Sportsland SUGO	July 26
6	Pokka GT Summer Special	Suzuka Circuit	August 23
7	Fuji GT 300 km	Fuji Speedway	September 13
8	Autopolis GT 300 km	Autopolis	October 18
9	Motegi GT 250 km	Twin Ring Motegi	November 8

As a measure of cost reduction, the two longest race, as well as the final race in the series' distance in the series was shortened in this season. This included the trimming of the traditional 1000km race in Suzuka to 700 km. However, to avoid 1-pit strategy that caused unfairness to some teams, teams were required to pit twice in the Fuji 400 km race.

Season Winners

Rd	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team	Results
Rd	Circuit	GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers	Results
1	Okayama	#24 HIS Kondo Racing GT-R	#19 WedsSport IS350	Results
1	Okayama	João Paulo de Oliveira Seiji Ara	Manabu Orido Tatsuya Kataoka	Results
2	Suzuka	#38 ZENT Cerumo SC430	#33 Hankook Porsche	Results
2	Suzuka	Yuji Tachikawa Richard Lyons	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama	Results
3	Mt. Fuji	#1 MOTUL Autech GT-R	#43 ARTA Garaiya	Results
3	Mt. Fuji	Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	Results
4	Kuala Lumpur	#3 Hasemi Tomica Ebbro GT-R	#2 I.M Jihan Co.Ltd•Apple Shiden	Results
4	Kuala Lumpur	Ronnie Quintarelli Hironobu Yasuda	Hiroki Katoh Hiroki Yoshimoto	Results
5	Sportsland SUGO	#1 MOTUL Autech GT-R	#33 Hankook Porsche	Results
5	Sportsland SUGO	Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama	Results
6	Suzuka	#35 Kraft SC430	#46 S Road Mola Z	Results
6	Suzuka	Hiroaki Ishiura Kazuya Oshima	Kazuki Hoshino Masataka Yanagida	Results
7	Mt. Fuji	#8 ARTA NSX	#81 Daishin Ferrari F430	Results
7	Mt. Fuji	Ralph Firman Takuya Izawa	Takayuki Aoki Tomonobu Fujii	Results
8	Autopolis	#36 Petronas TOM'S SC430	#11 Jim Gainer Advan F430	Results
8	Autopolis	Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer	Tetsuya Tanaka Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Results
9	Motegi	#8 ARTA NSX	#81 Daishin Ferrari F430	Results
9	Motegi	Ralph Firman Takuya Izawa	Takayuki Aoki Tomonobu Fujii	Results

Standings

GT500 Drivers

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Rank	Driver	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	AUT	MOT	PTS
1	Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer	11	2	2	6	7	8	3	1	2	88
2	Ralph Firman Takuya Izawa	3	14	3	3	14	12	1	4	1	81
3	Satoshi Motoyama	13	11	1	8	1	6	2	2	14	78
4	Benoît Tréluyer	13	11	1	8	1		2	2	14	73
5	Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi	5	6	12	2	6	10	4	Ret	3	51
6	Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure	2	5	13	12	3	4	8	5	10	50
7	Ronnie Quintarelli Hironobu Yasuda	12	13	7	1	9	2	6	8	12	49
8	João Paulo de Oliveira Seiji Ara	1	8	4	5	13	11	13	3	11	48
9	Hiroaki Ishiura Kazuya Oshima	9	7	5	9	12	1	7	7	9	44
10	Yuji Tachikawa Richard Lyons	6	1	9	10	10	3	10	11	13	41
11	Tsugio Matsuda Sébastien Philippe	4	3	15	7	8	5	15	Ret	7	36
12	Daisuke Ito Björn Wirdheim	10	4	6	14	5	Ret	4	10	4	35
13	Yuji Ide	8	12	11	4	4	9	12	6	8	29
14	André Couto Kohei Hirate	15	10	10	13	2	7	11	12	5	27
15	Shinya Hosokawa	8	12		4	4	9	12		8	24
16	Loïc Duval Yuhki Nakayama	7	9	8	11	11	Ret	9	9	6	18
17	Kosuke Matsuura			11					6		5
18	Michael Krumm						6				5
19	Katsutomo Kaneishi						10				1
	Akihiro Tsuzuki Takeshi Tsuchiya	14		14				14			0
Rank	Driver	OKA	SUZ	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
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

Rank^[1]^[2]	Team	No.	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	AUT	MOT	Pts.
1	Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	36	11	2	2	6	7	8	3	1	2	112
2	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	8	3	14	3	3	14	12	1	4	1	102
3	Nismo	1	13	11	1	8	1	6	2	2	14	101
4	Team Yoshiki & Dome Project	18	2	5	13	12	3	4	8	5	10	75
5	KEIHIN Real Racing	17	5	6	12	2	6	10	4	Ret	3	72
6	Hasemi Motorsport	3	12	13	7	1	9	2	6	8	12	71
7	Kondo Racing	24	1	8	4	5	13	11	13	3	11	69
8	Lexus Team Kraft	35	9	7	5	9	12	1	7	7	9	68
9	Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	38	6	1	9	10	10	3	10	11	13	63
10	Team Impul	12	4	3	15	7	8	5	15	Ret	7	55
11	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	6	10	4	6	14	5	Ret	5	10	4	54
12	Team Kunimitsu	100	8	12	11	4	4	9	12	6	8	52
13	Lexus Team SARD	39	15	10	10	13	2	7	11	12	5	48
14	Nakajima Racing	32	7	9	8	11	11	Ret	9	9	6	39
15	Team Nova	21	14		14				14			3
Rank	Team	No.	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	AUT	MOT	Pts.

GT300 Drivers

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Rank	Driver	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	AUT	MOT	PTS
1	Manabu Orido Tatsuya Kataoka	1	8	5	2	5	6	4	3	3	85
2	Nobuteru Taniguchi Ryo Orime	3	2	3	3	11	7	DNS	2	2	82
3	Tetsuya Tanaka Katsuyuki Hiranaka	4	4	Ret	8	3	5	2	1	4	79
4	Takayuki Aoki Tomonobu Fujii	12	6	2	DNS	4	8	1	18	1	71
5	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	2	5	1	10	9	2	7	4	14	71
6	Hiroki Katoh	6	7	9	1	2	3	5	16	16	63
7	Kazuki Hoshino Masataka Yanagida	7	3	6	4	6	1	9	8	7	62
8	Hiroki Yoshimoto		7	9	1	2	3	5	16	16	58
9	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama		1			1		6			45
10	Takuto Iguchi Yuji Kunimoto	5	9	8	16	8	4	12	7	5	32
11	Yuya Sakamoto	9	11	7	6	10	18	15	5	6	23
12	Koji Yamanishi Atsushi Yogo	18	Ret	18	5	13	17	3	11	8	20
13	Tsubasa Abe	10	10	4		7	16	14	9	9	18
14	Haruki Kurosawa	10	10	4	Ret		16	14		9	12
15	Kyosuke Mineo					10	18	15	5	6	12
16	Hideki Yamauchi	9	11	7	6						11
17	Kota Sasaki	8	17	11	7	15	9	13	13	10	10
18	Tetsuji Tamanaka Akazame Oyaji	13	12	10	12	16	Ret	8	6	15	9
19	Naoya Yamano	8	17	11	7	15	9				9
20	Kazuho Takahashi	6									5
21	Tsubasa Kurosawa					7					4
22	Yuhi Sekiguchi						9	13	13	10	3
23	Masayuki Ueda Masataka Kawaguchi	DNS	16	15	9	20	15	17	19	13	2
24	Katsuhiko Tsutsui				Ret		16		9		2
25	Hideshi Matsuda Yuya Sakamoto	Ret	13	19	Ret	12	10	10	12	11	2
26	Shozo Tagahara	Ret	DNQ	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	1
27	Taku Bamba						Ret		10	Ret	1
Rank	Driver	OKA	SUZ	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
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)

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The 2003 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the eleventh season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twenty-first season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champions of 2003 were the #23 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R team driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Michael Krumm and the GT300 class champions were the #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Fairlady Z driven by Masataka Yanagida and Mitsuhiro Kinoshita, neither of which had won a single race during the course of the season.

The 2004 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the twelfth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing and the final season under the name All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship as for 2005 the series was renamed to Super GT. It was marked as well as the twenty-second season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champions of 2004 were the #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Fairlady Z team driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Richard Lyons and the GT300 class champions were the #16 M-TEC Honda NSX driven by Tetsuya Yamano and Hiroyuki Yagi.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Racing Project Bandoh</span> Japanese racing team

Racing Project Bandoh Ltd. is a Japanese racing team competing in the Super GT series.

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 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 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.

Shinichi Takagi is a Japanese professional racing driver. He won the GT300 class Super GT championship in 2002 and 2019.

The 2022 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.

References

↑ Magazine, Speedsport. "Super GT & All Japan GT: Overview of seasons". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
↑ "SUPERGT.net | Race Archive". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

External links

Super GT official website (in English)

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[1] Magazine, Speedsport. "Super GT & All Japan GT: Overview of seasons". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[2] "SUPERGT.net | Race Archive". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

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