2012 Super GT Series

2012 Super GT Series

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Masataka Yanagida & Ronnie Quintarelli
GT500 Teams' Champion:
MOLA
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
Kyosuke Mineo & Naoki Yokomizo
GT300 Teams' Champion:
Team Taisan ENDLESS

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2011

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2013

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.

Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli of Nissan works team MOLA won their second consecutive GT500 Drivers' and Teams' Championships, and became only the second team and driver combination to win the GT500 championship before the final round of the season. Team Taisan Endless and drivers Kyosuke Mineo and Naoki Yokomizo won the GT300 championships in their new Porsche 911 GT3-R, giving Team Taisan their final Super GT championship.

Schedule

Suzuka

Motegi

Autopolis

Fuji

SUGO

Okayama

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2012 venues

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km	Okayama International Circuit	April 1
2	Fuji GT 1 500 km	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	Super GT International Series Malaysia 300 km	Sepang International Circuit	June 10
4	Sugo GT 300 km	Sportsland SUGO	July 29
5	41st International Pokka 1000km 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	August 19
6	Fuji GT 2 300 km	Fuji Speedway	September 9
7	Autopolis GT 300 km	Autopolis	September 30
8	Motegi GT 250 km	Twin Ring Motegi	October 28
NC	Fuji Sprint Cup	Fuji Speedway	November 17
			November 18

Regulation changes

From this season, the GT300 class fully incorporated the Group GT3 ruleset and Balance of Performance parameters used by the SRO Motorsports Group. Sixteen GT300 entries that competed in all or most domestic rounds were GT3 vehicles. GT3 vehicles won every championship round, plus both races of the non-championship Fuji Sprint Cup, along with the series championship.

2012 saw the introduction of hybrid powertrain vehicles to the GT300 category. Constructor apr introduced a Toyota Prius JAF-GT300 vehicle powered by a battery-driven hybrid system, and Mugen (M-TEC) followed shortly after by introducing the Honda CR-Z GT300 with a racing hybrid system developed by Zytek. Vehicles from the JAF-GT Category C (vehicles based on modified sports cars with minimal production requirements) and Category D (prototype cars not belonging to other JAF-GT categories) were phased out beginning in 2012. These outgoing vehicles included the Mooncraft Shiden, ASL Garaiya, and Vemac RD320R, which had been mainstays of the series for much of the past decade. On the other hand, JAF-GT Category A and B cars, based on mass production models, were allowed to use traction control beginning in 2012, and were also given concessions such as 14-inch width tyres, paddle sequential shifters, and larger diameter air restrictors.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Round
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	1	Masataka Yanagida	M	All
					Ronnie Quintarelli		All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	6	Daisuke Itō	B	All
					Kazuya Oshima		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	8	Ralph Firman	B	All
					Takashi Kobayashi		All
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	12	Tsugio Matsuda	B	All
					João Paulo de Oliveira		All
Keihin Real Racing	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	17	Toshihiro Kaneishi	B	All
					Koudai Tsukakoshi		All
Weider Honda Racing	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	18	Takashi Kogure	B	All
					Carlo van Dam		All
Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	19	Seiji Ara	Y	All
					André Couto		1–8
					Marino Franchitti		NC
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	23	Satoshi Motoyama	B	All
					Michael Krumm		All
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	24	Hironobu Yasuda	Y	All
					Björn Wirdheim		All
Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	32	Ryo Michigami	D	All
					Yuhki Nakayama		All
Lexus Team KeePer Kraft	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	35	Yuji Kunimoto	B	All
					Andrea Caldarelli		All
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	36	Kazuki Nakajima	B	All
					Loïc Duval		1, 3–8, NC
					Richard Lyons		2
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	38	Yuji Tachikawa	B	All
					Kohei Hirate		All
Lexus Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	39	Juichi Wakisaka	M	All
					Hiroaki Ishiura		All
Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	100	Takuya Izawa	B	All
					Naoki Yamamoto		All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Round
GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo	BMW	BMW Z4 GT3	BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8	0	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	All
					Tatsuya Kataoka		All
				4	Taku Bamba		All
					Masahiro Sasaki		All
Cars Tokai Dream28	Mooncraft	Mooncraft Shiden	Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0 L V8	2	Kazuho Takahashi	Y	All
					Hiroki Katoh		All
					Hiroshi Hamaguchi		5
NDDP Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	3	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Y	1–5, 7–8, NC
					Katsumasa Chiyo		All
					Daiki Sasaki		5–6
Team Mach	Ferrari	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Y	1–2, 4–8, NC
					Masayuki Ueda		1–2, 4–8, NC
					Masataka Kawaguchi		2
Gainer	Audi	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10	11	Tetsuya Tanaka	D	All
					Katsuyuki Hiranaka		All
					Atsushi Yogo		5
Team SGC	Lexus	Lexus IS350 GT300	Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8	14	Ryo Orime	Y	4–8, NC
					Alexandre Imperatori		4–6
					Naoya Yamano		7–8, NC
Team Art Taste	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6	15	Tim Bergmeister	Y	1–2
					Takeshi Tsuchiya		1–2
					Jörg Bergmeister		2
Team Mugen	Honda	Honda CR-Z GT	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6	16	Hideki Mutoh	B	4–8, NC
					Daisuke Nakajima		4–8, NC
Hitotsuyama Racing	Audi	Audi R8 LMS	Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10	20	Hideki Noda	Y	1–2
					Michael Kim		1
					Kenji Kobayashi		2
					Frank Yu		2
				21	Akihiro Tsuzuki		All
					Cyndie Allemann		1–5
					Richard Lyons		5–8, NC
					Yukinori Taniguchi		2
				77	Igor Sushko		8, NC
					Kenji Kobayashi		8, NC
				99	Frank Yu		3, 7
					Hideto Yasuoka		3–5, 7
					Michael Kim		4–5
					Yoshio Tsuzuki		5
R'Qs Motorsports	Vemac	Vemac RD350R	Zytek ZV348 4.0 L V8	22	Hisashi Wada	Y	All
					Masaki Jyonai		All
LMP Motorsport	Ferrari	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136GT 4.3 L V8	27	Yutaka Yamagishi	Y	1–8
					Takuto Iguchi		1–8
apr	Audi	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10	30	Yuki Iwasaki	Y	All
					Yuya Sakamoto		All
					Kenji Kobayashi		5
	Toyota	Toyota Prius apr GT	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8	31	Morio Nitta		All
					Koki Saga		All
					Yuichi Nakayama		5
Hankook KTR	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6	33	Masami Kageyama	H	All
					Tomonobu Fujii		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL ARTA Garaiya	Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6	43	Shinichi Takagi	B	All
					Kosuke Matsuura		All
Dijon Racing	Callaway	Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3	Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8	48	Hiroshi Takamori	Y	1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
					Shogo Mitsuyama		1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
					Keiichi Inoue		2, 5
Green Tec & Leon with Shift	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	52	Hironori Takeuchi	Y	All
					Haruki Kurosawa		1–5, 7–8, NC
					Akihiko Nakaya		5
					Takeshi Tsuchiya		6
R&D Sport	Subaru	Subaru BRZ GT300	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Tetsuya Yamano	Y	All
					Kota Sasaki		All
A speed	Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	Aston Martin AJ37 4.7 L V8	66	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Y	1
					Kazuki Hoshino		1
		Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12		Hiroki Yoshimoto		2–8, NC
					Kazuki Hoshino		2–8, NC
					Hiroki Yoshida		5
ThunderAsia Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900M	Judd XV675 3.5 L V8	69	Fairuz Fauzy	Y	3
					Hiroki Yoshida		3
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	Lamborghini 07L1 5.2 L V10	85	Yuya Sakamoto	Y	1–2, 5–7
					Masaki Kano		1–2, 6
					Ryohei Sakaguchi		2, 5
					Hideshi Matsuda		7
				86	Hideshi Matsuda		1–5, NC
					Junichiro Yamashita		1–5, NC
		Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10	87	Koji Yamanishi		All
					Hideki Yamauchi		1–8
					Yuya Sakamoto		NC
				88	Manabu Orido		All
					Takayuki Aoki		All
					Keita Sawa		5
Tomei Sports	Callaway	Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3	Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8	360	Atsushi Tanaka	Y	1–4, 6–8, NC
					Yasushi Kikuchi		1
					Takuya Shirasaka		2–4, 6–8, NC
Team Taisan ENDLESS	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6	911	Kyosuke Mineo	Y	All
					Naoki Yokomizo		All

Entrant Changes

GT500 Class

• Nissan: Two-time GT500 champion Michael Krumm replaced 2008 champion Benoît Tréluyer at NISMO. Tréluyer left the Japanese circuit in order to drive full-time for Audi in the new FIA World Endurance Championship, while Krumm had returned after competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship.
• Lexus: 2010 champion Loïc Duval transferred out of Honda to join Lexus at Team Petronas TOM's, replacing André Lotterer, who left the series in order to drive full-time for Audi in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Within the Lexus camp, three-time series champion Juichi Wakisaka transferred to Lexus Team SARD, and André Couto transferred to Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh. Yuji Kunimoto and Andrea Caldarelli each made their GT500 debuts, forming an all-rookie lineup at Lexus Team KeePer Kraft.
• Honda: 2008 All-Japan Formula 3 champion Carlo Van Dam made his full-time GT500 debut, replacing Duval at Weider Honda Racing. Ralph Firman returned to ARTA after a year away from racing in Japan.

GT300 Class

• Reigning champions Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team UKYO expanded to a two-car operation with the BMW Z4 GT3. Last year's championship-winning entry changed its number to 0, and championship winning driver Nobuteru Taniguchi was joined by former Lexus GT500 driver Tatsuya Kataoka. Co-champion Taku Bamba moved to the new number 4 car, joined by Masahiro Sasaki, who drove for GSR in 2010.
• NDDP (Nissan Driver Development Program) Racing entered the series with the all-new Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. The team was managed by Masahiro Hasemi, and carried the number 3 which was associated with Hasemi Motor Sports, who competed in the series until 2010. Reigning All-Japan Formula 3 champion Yuhi Sekiguchi, and All-Japan F3 National Class champion Katsumasa Chiyo, were the team's drivers.
• SHIFT, the team managed by former GT500 champion Hironori Takeuchi, re-entered the series with the all-new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The team competed under the banner of Green Tec & LEON with Shift, with Takeuchi and former Team Mach driver Haruki Kurosawa as their drivers.
• Subaru and Subaru Tecnica International (STI) launched the BRZ GT300. The BRZ GT300 was entered by R&D Sport, who raced with the Legacy B4 between 2009 and 2011.
• apr introduced the hybrid-powered Toyota Prius GT to replace their previous Corolla Axio GT model. The number 31 Prius was driven by Morio Nitta and Koki Saga. apr also fielded a second entry with an Audi R8 LMS Ultra, driven by Yuki Iwasaki and Yuya Sakamoto (of Tokyo).
• M-TEC (as Team Mugen) would return to the series as an independent team, and introduced the hybrid-powered Honda CR-Z GT300, beginning from the fourth round at Sportsland Sugo. GT500 race winner Hideki Mutoh, and second-generation rookie driver Daisuke Nakajima were announced as Mugen's drivers.
• Gainer changed vehicles from the Ferrari 458 GTC to the new Audi R8 LMS Ultra, and consolidated their programme into a single-car entry.
• Hankook KTR, who entered a second car in select races in 2011, consolidated their programme into a single-car entry, their number 33 Porsche 911 GT3-R (Type 997) driven by Masami Kageyama and Tomonobu Fujii.
• Hitotsuyama Racing returned to the series for the first time since 2009, fielding two Audi R8 LMS. Their primary entry, number 21, was prepared by Nova Engineering, and driven by Akihiro Tsuzuki (who transferred from Samurai Team Tsuchiya) and rookie Cyndie Allemann, who became the first woman to race in the series since Keiko Ihara in 2003. Their second entry was prepared by Mooncraft Engineering, and began the season as car number 20 with Hideki Noda as their ace driver alongside Michael Kim.
• JLOC entered two new Lamborghini Gallardo GT3s, the number 88 driven by Manabu Orido and Takayuki Aoki, and the number 87 driven by Koji Yamanishi (who rejoined JLOC after a year's absence) and Hideki Yamauchi (who transferred from LMP Motorsport). They also fielded two of their existing Gallardo RG-3 models in multiple races, giving them as many as four entries.
• Former Lexus GT500 driver Takuto Iguchi joined LMP Motorsport after being displaced from Lexus Team SARD.
• Team Taisan consolidated to a single-car effort and changed vehicles to the new Porsche 911 GT3-R (Type 997), in a collaboration with Endless Sports. Kyosuke Mineo was joined by former GT500 class race winner Naoki Yokomizo.
• Team Mach changed vehicles to the latest Ferrari 458 GT3, and gentleman driver Masayuki Ueda joined the team from Gainer.
• Team Art Taste, who debuted in the fifth round of the 2011 season, planned to enter the full 2012 season with a Porsche 911 GT3-R prepared by Cox, and a driver lineup featuring Tim Bergmeister and Takeshi Tsuchiya.
• Dijon Racing entered the series for the first time, fielding the Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 for drivers Hiroshi Takamori (who transferred from Hankook KTR) and Shogo Mitsuyama (who transferred from Team Taisan).
• Team SG Changi reincorporated as Team SGC, and eventually returned to the series beginning at the fourth round at Sportsland Sugo, where returning drivers Ryo Orime and Alexandre Imperatori won in 2011 with their Lexus IS 350 GT300.
• ThunderAsia Racing went from a full-season entry, to a one-off entrant in the third round at Sepang Circuit with drivers Fairuz Fauzy and Hiroki Yoshida.

Mid-season Changes

GT500 Class

• 2004 GT500 champion Richard Lyons joined Lexus Team Petronas TOM's for the Fuji GT 500 km Race. Loïc Duval was unavailable, as he was competing in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with Audi Sport Team Joest.
• Marino Franchitti replaced André Couto at Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh for the non-championship Fuji Sprint Cup. Couto was unavailable, as he was competing in the Macau Grand Prix Guia Race.

GT300 Class

• Team a Speed changed vehicles from the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 to the V12 Vantage GT3 from the second round at Fuji Speedway. The V12 Vantage would go on to win two races in its first season in Japan.
• Tim Bergmeister was seriously injured in a crash during the Fuji 500 km, and Team Art Taste withdrew from all remaining rounds after their car was totalled in the accident. Takeshi Tsuchiya would go on to replace Haruki Kurosawa at Green Tec & LEON with Shift for the sixth round at Fuji Speedway, after Kurosawa was injured in a crash at the Suzuka 1000 km.
• NDDP prospect Daiki Sasaki replaced Yuhi Sekiguchi in the sixth round at Fuji Speedway. Sekiguchi was suspended for one race due to penalty points accrued under Super GT's Driving Moral Hazard System.
• Tomei Sports began the season with drivers Atsushi Tanaka and Yasushi Kikuchi, but Kikuchi was replaced from round two by rookie Takuya Shirasaka.
• Naoya Yamano replaced Alexandre Imperatori at Team SGC for the final two championship races and the Fuji Sprint Cup.
• JLOC's two Gallardo RG-3s changed drivers throughout the season. The number 86 car ran the first five rounds with Hideshi Matsuda and Junichiro Yamashita. Matsuda was then moved to the number 85 car in the seventh round at Autopolis, partnering Yuya Sakamoto (of Iwate Prefecture). Sakamoto had previously shared driving duties with Masaki Kano and Ryohei Sakaguchi in five of the previous six rounds. Neither of these cars entered the eighth round at Motegi, but the 86 car returned for the Fuji Sprint Cup with Matsuda and Yamashita as its drivers, and Sakamoto replaced Hideki Yamauchi in the number 87 Gallardo GT3 for the Fuji Sprint Cup.
• Hitotsuyama Racing's number 21 car brought on Richard Lyons as a third driver for the Suzuka 1000 km, and Lyons would replace Cyndie Allemann on a permanent basis for the rest of the season. Meanwhile, their second entry prepared by Mooncraft underwent numerous changes during the season: Hideki Noda left the team after two races, and was replaced with reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Hideto Yasuoka. Frank Yu replaced Michael Kim for rounds two and three, before Kim returned for rounds four and five - by which point, the car changed its number to 99. After a one-race absence, the car returned as number 77, driven by Yu and Yasuoka in round seven, then by Ukrainian-American driver Igor Sushko and Kenji Kobayashi in round eight and the Fuji Sprint Cup.
• Third drivers entered for the Fuji 500 km included Jörg Bergmeister (Team Art Taste), Yukinori Taniguchi (Hitotsuyama Racing #21), Keiichi Inoue (Dijon Racing), and Masataka Kawaguchi (Team Mach). Third drivers entered for the Suzuka 1000 km included Inoue, Lyons, Daiki Sasaki, Yuichi Nakayama (apr #31), Akihiko Nakaya (Green Tec & LEON with Shift), Atsushi Yogo (Gainer), Keita Sawa (JLOC #88), Hiroshi Hamaguchi (Cars Tokai Dream28), Yoshio Tsuzuki (Hitotsuyama Racing #21), Kenji Kobayashi (apr #30), and Hiroki Yoshida, who was part of the class-winning Team a Speed, but did not drive during the race itself and received no championship points.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit Report	1 April	#38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	#38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
			Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate	Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate
			#911 Team Taisan ENDLESS	#11 Gainer
			Kyosuke Mineo Naoki Yokomizo	Tetsuya Tanaka Katsuyuki Hiranaka
2	Fuji Speedway Report	4 May	#32 Nakajima Racing	#39 Lexus Team SARD
			Ryo Michigami Yuhki Nakayama	Hiroaki Ishiura Juichi Wakisaka
			#11 Gainer	#0 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO
			Tetsuya Tanaka Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka
3	Sepang International Circuit Report	10 June	#18 Weider Honda Racing	#18 Weider Honda Racing
			Takashi Kogure Carlo van Dam	Takashi Kogure Carlo van Dam
			#33 Hankook KTR	#33 Hankook KTR
			Tomonobu Fujii Masami Kageyama	Tomonobu Fujii Masami Kageyama
4	Sportsland SUGO Report	29 July	#6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	#6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS
			Daisuke Ito Kazuya Oshima	Daisuke Ito Kazuya Oshima
			#33 Hankook KTR	#3 NDDP Racing
			Tomonobu Fujii Masami Kageyama	Yuhi Sekiguchi Katsumasa Chiyo
5	Suzuka Circuit Report	19 August	#1 MOLA	#1 MOLA
			Masataka Yanagida Ronnie Quintarelli	Masataka Yanagida Ronnie Quintarelli
			#16 Team Mugen	#66 A speed
			Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima	Hiroki Yoshimoto Kazuki Hoshino Hiroki Yoshida
6	Fuji Speedway Report	9 September	#12 Team Impul	#12 Team Impul
			Tsugio Matsuda João Paulo de Oliveira	Tsugio Matsuda João Paulo de Oliveira
			#31 apr	#33 Hankook KTR
			Morio Nitta Koki Saga	Tomonobu Fujii Masami Kageyama
7	Autopolis Report	30 September	#19 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	#1 MOLA
			Seiji Ara André Couto	Masataka Yanagida Ronnie Quintarelli
			#3 NDDP Racing	#66 A speed
			Yuhi Sekiguchi Katsumasa Chiyo	Hiroki Yoshimoto Kazuki Hoshino
8	Twin Ring Motegi Report	28 October	#38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	#38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
			Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate	Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate
			#33 Hankook KTR	#911 Team Taisan ENDLESS
			Tomonobu Fujii Masami Kageyama	Kyosuke Mineo Naoki Yokomizo
NC	Fuji Speedway Report	17 November	#6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	#1 MOLA
			Kazuya Oshima	Ronnie Quintarelli
			#33 Hankook KTR	#33 Hankook KTR
			Tomonobu Fujii	Tomonobu Fujii
		18 November	#36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	#38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
			Kazuki Nakajima	Yuji Tachikawa
			#33 Hankook KTR	#66 A speed
			Masami Kageyama	Hiroki Yoshimoto

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
Suzuka	25	18	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2

Rank Driver OKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ FUJ AUT MOT PTS 1 Masataka Yanagida Ronnie Quintarelli 7 8 14 3 1 2 1 2 93 2 Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate 1 8 2 5 9 8 7 1 74 3 Juichi Wakisaka Hiroaki Ishiura 9 1 4 4 Ret 6 5 5 57 4 Tsugio Matsuda João Paulo de Oliveira 10 5 5 Ret 4 1 10 10 45 5 Takuya Izawa Naoki Yamamoto 2 2 6 8 11 12 8 9 43 6 Takashi Kogure Carlo van Dam 7 9 1 7 8 Ret 9 7 40 7 Kazuki Nakajima 5 4 13 2 Ret 4 15 8 40 8 Satoshi Motoyama Michael Krumm 4 3 8 Ret 5 11 6 6 40 9 Seiji Ara André Couto 12 13 9 12 6 3 3 5 36 10 Daisuke Ito Kazuya Oshima 13 10 3 1 Ret 10 12 12 33 11 Loïc Duval 5 13 2 Ret 4 15 8 32 12 Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi 3 6 7 9 10 5 14 Ret 30 13 Yuji Kunimoto Andrea Caldarelli Ret 12 10 6 2 7 13 Ret 28 14 Ryo Michigami Yuhki Nakayama Ret 11 11 11 Ret 14 2 3 26 15 Hironobu Yasuda Björn Wirdheim 11 14 Ret 10 3 13 4 11 22 16 Ralph Firman Takashi Kobayashi 6 Ret 12 Ret 7 9 11 13 12 17 Richard Lyons 4 8 Rank Driver OKA 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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)

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
Suzuka	25	18	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2

Rank Driver OKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ FUJ AUT MOT PTS 1 Kyosuke Mineo Naoki Yokomizo 2 8 2 5 Ret 4 2 1 82 2 Hiroki Yoshimoto Kazuki Hoshino 11 3 3 Ret 1 Ret 1 5 73 3 Masami Kageyama Tomonobu Fujii 5 Ret 1 4 6 1 3 7 75 4 Katsumasa Chiyo 19 18 4 1 2 9 19 6 53 5 Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka 3 1 12 7 Ret 8 5 4 52 6 Yuhi Sekiguchi 19 18 4 1 2 19 6 51 7 Tetsuya Tanaka Katsuyuki Hiranaka 1 5 7 6 5 7 16 13 47 8 Manabu Orido Takayuki Aoki 17 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 7 3 39 9 Shinichi Takagi Kosuke Matsuura 6 4 9 9 4 5 17 21 33 10 Morio Nitta Koki Saga Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 2 8 Ret 26 11 Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh 7 2 5 Ret 15 13 DNQ 16 25 12 Hironori Takeuchi 12 10 6 2 Ret DNS Ret 8 24 Haruki Kurosawa 13 Hideki Yamauchi Koji Yamanishi 21 7 16 19 Ret Ret Ret 2 19 14 Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki Ret 9 8 10 Ret 6 4 15 19 15 Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima 16 11 3 10 11 12 16 Akihiro Tsuzuki 9 15 14 Ret 14 Ret 6 9 9 17 Takeshi Tsuchiya 4 Ret DNS 8 18 Tim Bergmeister 4 Ret 8 19 Yuki Iwasaki Yuya Sakamoto 8 13 11 14 9 10 14 10 8 20 Richard Lyons 14 Ret 6 9 7 21 Yutaka Yamagishi Takuto Iguchi 10 17 13 18 8 14 9 14 7 22 Taku Bamba Masahiro Sasaki 15 11 10 11 7 11 12 17 6 23 Cyndie Allemann 9 15 14 Ret 14 2 24 Daiki Sasaki 3 9 2 25 Yuya Sakamoto 14 Ret 10 18 15 2 26 Ryohei Sakaguchi Ret 10 2 Rank Driver OKA 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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)

JAF Grand Prix

GT500 Drivers

Rank	No.	Team	Race 1 Driver	Race 2 Driver	Race 1	Race 2	PTS
1	38	Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Kohei Hirate	Yuji Tachikawa	12	1	20
2	36	Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	Loïc Duval	Kazuki Nakajima	15	2	15
3	100	Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Naoki Yamamoto	Takuya Izawa	5	3	14
4	23	Motul Autech NISMO	Michael Krumm	Satoshi Motoyama	4	4	12
5	6	Lexus Team ENEOS LeMans	Kazuya Oshima	Daisuke Ito	3	6	10.5
6	1	S-Road REITO MOLA	Ronnie Quintarelli	Masataka Yanagida	1	14	10
7	17	Keihin Real Racing	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Toshihiro Kaneishi	2	15	7.5
8	24	D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing	Hironobu Yasuda	Björn Wirdheim	9	5	7
9	18	Weider Honda Racing	Carlo van Dam	Takashi Kogure	7	7	6
10	8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Takashi Kobayashi	Ralph Firman	8	9	3.5
11	39	Lexus Team DENSO SARD	Hiroaki Ishiura	Juichi Wakisaka	11	8	3
12	12	Calsonic Team Impul	João Paulo de Oliveira	Tsugio Matsuda	6	11	2.5
13	35	Lexus Team KeePer Kraft	Yuji Kunimoto	Andrea Caldarelli	12	10	1
14	32	EPSON Nakajima Racing	Yuhki Nakayama	Ryo Michigami	10	12	0.5
15	19	Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	Seiji Ara	Marino Franchitti	14	13	0
Rank	No.	Team	Race 1 Driver	Race 2 Driver	Race 1	Race 2	PTS

GT300 Drivers

Rank	No.	Team	Race 1 Driver	Race 2 Driver	Race 1	Race 2	PTS
1	33	Hankook KTR	Tomonobu Fujii	Masami Kageyama	1	14	20
2	66	A speed	Kazuki Hoshino	Hiroki Yoshimoto	14	1	20
3	16	Team Mugen	Daisuke Nakajima	Hideki Mutoh	2	7	19
4	2	Evangelion-01 Cars Tokai Dream28	Kazuho Takahashi	Hiroki Kato	18	2	15
5	43	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Kosuke Matsuura	Shinichi Takagi	3	9	13
6	52	Green Tec & Leon with Shift	Haruki Kurosawa	Hironori Takeuchi	6	4	13
7	88	MonePa JLOC	Takayuki Aoki	Manabu Orido	12	3	11
8	11	Gainer	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Tetsuya Tanaka	7	6	9
9	3	S-Road NDDP	Katsumasa Chiyo	Yuhi Sekiguchi	4	19	8
10	0	GSR Hatsune Miku	Tatsuya Kataoka	Nobuteru Taniguchi	5	20	6
11	31	Hasepro apr	Koki Saga	Morio Nitta	11	5	6
12	911	Team Taisan ENDLESS	Kyosuke Mineo	Naoki Yokomizo	8	18	3
13	87	JLOC	Koji Yamanishi	Yuya Sakamoto	15	8	3
14	77	investors Hitotsuyama Racing	Igor Sushko	Kenji Kobayashi	9	Ret	2
15	360	RunUp Tomei Sports	Takuya Shirasaka	Atsushi Tanaka	10	Ret	1
16	30	Iwasaki Moda apr	Yuya Sakamoto	Yuki Iwasaki	23	10	1
17	4	GSR Project Mirai	Masahiro Sasaki	Taku Bamba	17	12	0
18	5	Team Mach	Masayuki Ueda	Tetsuji Tamanaka	21	Ret	0
19	14	Team SGC	Ryo Orime	Naoya Yamano	13	Ret	0
20	21	ZENT Hitotsuyama Racing	Richard Lyons	Akihiro Tsuzuki	DNS	11	0
21	22	R'Qs Motorsports	Masaki Jyonai	Hisashi Wada	22	13	0
22	48	NEON Dijon Racing	Shogo Mitsuyama	Hiroshi Takamori	20	15	0
23	61	R&D Sport	Kota Sasaki	Tetsuya Yamano	19	16	0
24	86	Verity BOMEX JLOC	Junichiro Yamashita	Hideshi Matsuda	16	17	0
Rank	No.	Team	Race 1 Driver	Race 2 Driver	Race 1	Race 2	PTS

External links

• Super GT official website (in English)