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 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 JAF Grand Prix would be the last time the current model GT500 and the current model Super Formula cars would race, as Super GT would move to unified regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, while the Swift SF13 would be replaced by the Dallara SF14 for the 2014 Super Formula season.
The Balance of Performance in GT300 was once again adjusted, the GTA decided to adopt the balance of performance for GT3 cars from the Blancpain Endurance Series. [1]
Unlike the eight points-scoring races in Super GT, the Fuji Sprint Cup was run under slightly different rules. [2]
38 cars were entered in the two Super GT classes, 15 in GT500 and 23 in GT300. The #96 Dijon Racing Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 returning to the series after having last raced in the 2013 Fuji GT 300km, while the #35 Nismo Global Athlete Team made its only appearance of the season, with Alex Buncombe and Lucas Ordóñez driving. Neither the #52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 or the #87 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 were entered for the JAF Grand Prix, however JLOC put Hideki Yamauchi and Hiroki Yoshimoto, the drivers of the #87 car into their #88 car.
In Super Formula with the exception of André Lotterer and Loïc Duval returning to the cars they had driven for part of the season, there were no other driver changes.
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The first GT300 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows. [3]
The first GT500 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows. [4]
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Chassis | Tyre | Time/Difference | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Keihin Real Racing |  Koudai Tsukakoshi | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | 34:37.791 | 22 |
| 2 | 38 | Lexus Team Zent Cerumo | Yuji Tachikawa | Lexus SC430 | B | +3.285 | 22 |
| 3 | 100 | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Takashi Kogure | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +4.439 | 22 |
| 4 | 18 | Weider Dome Racing | Naoki Yamamoto | Honda HSV-010 GT | M | +6.223 | 22 |
| 5 | 36 | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S |  James Rossiter | Lexus SC430 | B | +9.947 | 22 |
| 6 | 19 | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh |  Andre Couto | Lexus SC430 | Y | +11.218 | 22 |
| 7 | 23 | Motul Autech NISMO |  Ronnie Quintarelli | Nissan GT-R | M | +14.904 | 22 |
| 8 | 12 | Calsonic Team Impul | Tsugio Matsuda | Nissan GT-R | B | +15.007 | 22 |
| 9 | 39 | Lexus Team DENSO SARD | Juichi Wakisaka | Lexus SC430 | B | +16.582 | 22 |
| 10 | 24 | D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing | Hironobu Yasuda | Nissan GT-R | Y | +21.778 | 22 |
| 11 | 6 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | Yuji Kunimoto | Lexus SC430 | B | +1:16.698 | 22 |
| 12 | 32 | Epson Nakajima Racing | Daisuke Nakajima | Honda HSV-010 GT | D | +1:33.909 | 22 |
| 13 | 8 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Kosuke Matsuura | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +4 Laps | 18 |
| Ret | 1 | S-Road REITO MOLA | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Nissan GT-R | M | +9 Laps | 13 |
| Ret | 37 | Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S | Andrea Caldarelli | Lexus SC430 | B | +14 Laps | 8 |
The Super Formula race was held on November 24, 2013. Race result is as follows. [5]
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Engine | Time/Difference | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | Yuji Kunimoto | Toyota RV8K | 31:27.103 | 22 |
| 2 | 8 | Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans |  Loïc Duval | Toyota RV8K | +1.632 | 22 |
| 3 | 20 | Lenovo Team Impul | Tsugio Matsuda | Toyota RV8K | +2.548 | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | Petronas Team TOM'S | Kazuki Nakajima | Toyota RV8K | +3.750 | 22 |
| 5 | 16 | Team Mugen | Naoki Yamamoto | Honda HR12E | +4.661 | 22 |
| 6 | 19 | Lenovo Team Impul |  João Paulo de Oliveira | Toyota RV8K | +5.257 | 22 |
| 7 | 2 | Petronas Team TOM'S |  André Lotterer | Toyota RV8K | +6.209 | 22 |
| 8 | 7 | Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans | Ryō Hirakawa | Toyota RV8K | +9.293 | 22 |
| 9 | 38 | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | Kohei Hirate | Toyota RV8K | +10.307 | 22 |
| 10 | 10 | HP Real Racing | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Honda HR12E | +17.589 | 22 |
| 11 | 3 | Kondo Racing | Hironobu Yasuda | Toyota RV8K | +24.256 | 22 |
| 12 | 41 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Hideki Mutoh | Honda HR12E | +24.764 | 22 |
| 13 | 11 | HP Real Racing | Yuhki Nakayama | Honda HR12E | +27.569 | 22 |
| 14 | 15 | Team Mugen | Takuma Sato | Honda HR12E | +30.807 | 22 |
| 15 | 40 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Takuya Izawa | Honda HR12E | +36.873 | 22 |
| 16 | 62 | Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports | Koki Saga | Toyota RV8K | +37.662 | 22 |
| 17 | 18 | KCMG | Richard Bradley | Toyota RV8K | +41.490 | 22 |
| 18 | 32 | Nakajima Racing | Takashi Kogure | Honda HR12E | +1 Lap | 21 |
| Ret | 31 | Nakajima Racing | Daisuke Nakajima | Honda HR12E | +22 Laps | 0 |
The second GT300 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows. [3]
The second GT500 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows. [4]
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Chassis | Tyre | Time/Difference | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | Kazuya Oshima | Lexus SC430 | B | 34:31.193 | 22 |
| 2 | 36 | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | Kazuki Nakajima | Lexus SC430 | B | +0.229 | 22 |
| 3 | 12 | Calsonic Team Impul | João Paulo de Oliveira | Nissan GT-R | B | +11.921 | 22 |
| 4 | 38 | Lexus Team Zent Cerumo | Kohei Hirate | Lexus SC430 | B | +13.093 | 22 |
| 5 | 100 | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Takuya Izawa | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +18.078 | 22 |
| 6 | 17 | Keihin Real Racing | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +19.611 | 22 |
| 7 | 39 | Lexus Team DENSO SARD | Hiroaki Ishiura | Lexus SC430 | B | +20.137 | 22 |
| 8 | 18 | Weider Dome Racing | Frédéric Makowiecki | Honda HSV-010 GT | M | +30.479 | 22 |
| 9 | 19 | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | Seiji Ara | Lexus SC430 | Y | +31.473 | 22 |
| 10 | 24 | D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing | Michael Krumm | Nissan GT-R | Y | +32.681 | 22 |
| 11 | 37 | Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S | Daisuke Ito | Lexus SC430 | B | +38.937 | 22 |
| 12 | 32 | Epson Nakajima Racing | Ryo Michigami | Honda HSV-010 GT | D | +42.993 | 22 |
| 13 | 8 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri |  Ralph Firman | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +43.116 | 22 |
| 14 | 23 | Motul Autech NISMO | Masataka Yanagida | Nissan GT-R | M | +43.634 | 22 |
| 15 | 1 | S-Road REITO MOLA | Satoshi Motoyama | Nissan GT-R | M | +1:33.225 | 22 |
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