The 2012 JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup was the final racing event for both the 2012 Super GT season and the 2012 Formula Nippon season. It took place over November 17 and November 18, 2012.
The 2012 JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup was the final racing event for both the 2012 Super GT season and the 2012 Formula Nippon season. It took place over November 17 and November 18, 2012.
Due to commitments in the 2012 Guia Race of Macau, André Couto was replaced in the #19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh by Marino Franchitti. In GT300, due to Hideki Yamauchi racing in the 2012 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three, his seat in the #87 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo was replaced by Yuya Sakamoto, who had competed in five races in the #85 JLOC entry in 2012. The #27 LMP Motorsport Ferrari F430 GTC was the only team that competed at Motegi that did not enter at Fuji, while the #86 JLOC entry returned after last racing in the 2012 41st International Pokka 1000km.
There were no driver changes in Formula Nippon. It was also the last event that the series name Formula Nippon would be used, as for 2013 it will be renamed to the Japanese Championship Super Formula. [1]
Unlike the eight points-scoring races in Super GT, the Fuji Sprint Cup was run under slightly different rules. [2]
There was one final intranational competition. All Japanese drivers, including those in support races, were divided into East and West teams according to the prefectures of their birth; visiting international drivers were randomly assigned to one team by the organizers. The race results of 8 races (4 in Super GT, 1 each in other events), plus bonus points added from sales events outside the circuit would determine the winning team. An extra bonus would be issued to all drivers and supporters on that team.
The first GT300 race was held on Saturday November 17.
The first GT500 race was held on Saturday November 17. Due to heavy rain, the race was halted after 11 of the scheduled 22 laps. [3]
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Chassis | Tyre | Time/Difference | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | S-Road REITO MOLA |  Ronnie Quintarelli | Nissan GT-R | M | 21:01.979 | 10 |
| 2 | 17 | Keihin Real Racing |  Koudai Tsukakoshi | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +0.764 | 10 |
| 3 | 6 | Lexus Team ENEOS LeMans | Kazuya Oshima | Lexus SC430 | B | +2.726 | 10 |
| 4 | 23 | Motul Autech NISMO |  Michael Krumm | Nissan GT-R | B | +4.821 | 10 |
| 5 | 100 | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Naoki Yamamoto | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +6.046 | 10 |
| 6 | 12 | Calsonic Team Impul |  João Paulo de Oliveira | Nissan GT-R | B | +7.672 | 10 |
| 7 | 18 | Weider Honda Racing |  Carlo van Dam | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +9.649 | 10 |
| 8 | 8 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Takashi Kobayashi | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +11.013 | 10 |
| 9 | 24 | D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing | Hironobu Yasuda | Nissan GT-R | Y | +12.391 | 10 |
| 10 | 32 | EPSON Nakajima Racing | Yuhki Nakayama | Honda HSV-010 GT | D | +15.380 | 10 |
| 11 | 39 | Lexus Team DENSO SARD | Hiroaki Ishiura | Lexus SC430 | M | +41.838 | 10 |
| 12 | 35 | Lexus Team KeePer Kraft | Yuji Kunimoto | Lexus SC430 | B | +43.592 | 10 |
| 13 | 38 | Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo | Kohei Hirate | Lexus SC430 | B | +44.966 | 10 |
| 14 | 19 | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | Seiji Ara | Lexus SC430 | Y | +45.323 | 10 |
| 15 | 36 | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S |  Loïc Duval | Lexus SC430 | B | +3 Laps | 7 |
The Formula Nippon race was held on Sunday November 18.
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Engine | Time/Difference | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Takuya Izawa | Honda HR12E | 32:10.212 | 22 |
| 2 | 19 | Team Impul | João Paulo de Oliveira | Toyota RV8K | +0.315 | 22 |
| 3 | 8 | Team Kygnus Sunoco | Loïc Duval | Toyota RV8K | +1.346 | 22 |
| 4 | 39 | Project μ Team Cerumo | Yuji Kunimoto | Toyota RV8K | +4.593 | 22 |
| 5 | 20 | Team Impul | Tsugio Matsuda | Toyota RV8K | +5.420 | 22 |
| 6 | 38 | Project μ Team Cerumo | Kohei Hirate | Toyota RV8K | +7.336 | 22 |
| 7 | 2 | Petronas Team TOM'S | Kazuki Nakajima | Toyota RV8K | +8.044 | 22 |
| 8 | 16 | Team Mugen | Naoki Yamamoto | Honda HR12E | +21.036 | 22 |
| 9 | 31 | Nakajima Racing | Daisuke Nakajima | Honda HR12E | +24.146 | 22 |
| 10 | 7 | Team LeMans | Kazuya Oshima | Toyota RV8K | +26.583 | 22 |
| 11 | 32 | Nakajima Racing | Takashi Kogure | Honda HR12E | +26.647 | 22 |
| 12 | 10 | HP Real Racing | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Honda HR12E | +32.861 | 22 |
| 13 | 15 | Team Mugen | Takuma Sato | Honda HR12E | +33.723 | 22 |
| 14 | 62 | Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports | Koki Saga | Toyota RV8K | +38.424 | 22 |
| 15 | 18 | SGC by KCMG | Ryo Orime | Toyota RV8K | +54.551 | 22 |
| 16 | 3 | Kondo Racing | Hironobu Yasuda | Toyota RV8K | +1 Lap | 21 |
| DNF | 41 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Honda HR12E | +6 Laps | 16 |
| DSQ 1 | 1 | Petronas Team TOM'S | André Lotterer | Toyota RV8K | +0.000 | 22 |
The second GT300 race was held on Sunday November 18.
The second GT500 race was held on Sunday November 18.
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Chassis | Tyre | Time/Difference | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 | Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo | Yuji Tachikawa | Lexus SC430 | B | 34:51.361 | 22 |
| 2 | 36 | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | Kazuki Nakajima | Lexus SC430 | B | +2.632 | 22 |
| 3 | 100 | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Takuya Izawa | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +3.319 | 22 |
| 4 | 23 | Motul Autech NISMO | Satoshi Motoyama | Nissan GT-R | B | +12.563 | 22 |
| 5 | 24 | D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing |  Björn Wirdheim | Nissan GT-R | Y | +17.439 | 22 |
| 6 | 6 | Lexus Team ENEOS LeMans | Daisuke Ito | Lexus SC430 | B | +20.093 | 22 |
| 7 | 18 | Weider Honda Racing | Takashi Kogure | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +22.192 | 22 |
| 8 | 39 | Lexus Team DENSO SARD | Juichi Wakisaka | Lexus SC430 | M | +26.676 | 22 |
| 9 | 8 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri |  Ralph Firman | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +29.299 | 22 |
| 10 | 35 | Lexus Team KeePer Kraft | Andrea Caldarelli | Lexus SC430 | B | +30.723 | 22 |
| 11 | 12 | Calsonic Team Impul | Tsugio Matsuda | Nissan GT-R | B | +33.505 | 22 |
| 12 | 32 | EPSON Nakajima Racing | Ryo Michigami | Honda HSV-010 GT | D | +43.229 | 22 |
| 13 | 19 | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh |  Marino Franchitti | Lexus SC430 | Y | +52.224 | 22 |
| 14 | 1 | S-Road REITO MOLA | Masataka Yanagida | Nissan GT-R | M | +55.484 | 22 |
| 15 | 17 | Keihin Real Racing | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +1 Lap | 21 |
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