2013 Super GT Series

Last updated April 12, 2024

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

Schedule

An updated provisional calendar was released on November 1, 2012.^[2]

Suzuka

Motegi

Autopolis

Fuji

SUGO

Okayama

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2013 Japanese venues

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km	Okayama International Circuit	April 7
2	Fuji GT 1 500 km	Fuji Speedway	April 29
3	Super GT International Series Malaysia 300 km	Sepang International Circuit	June 16
4	Sugo GT 300 km	Sportsland SUGO	July 28
5	42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	August 18
6	Fuji GT 2 300 km	Fuji Speedway	September 8
Asian LMS	2013 Asian Le Mans Series 3 Hours of Fuji¹	Fuji Speedway	September 22
7	Autopolis GT 300 km	Autopolis	October 6
8	Motegi GT 250 km	Twin Ring Motegi	November 3
NC	Fuji Sprint Cup	Fuji Speedway	November 23²
NC	Fuji Sprint Cup	Fuji Speedway	November 24²

Notes:

There was originally a non-championship race to be held at the Korea International Circuit scheduled for May 19 but was postponed and not held during the season.
^1 — The 3 Hours of Fuji is an optional points-scoring round that is only open to teams competing in the GT300 class, held as a part of the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series season, where the cars were reclassified as "SGT". Points and success ballast were to be counted if points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the SGT class; no penalty was to be imposed on success ballast reduction if entrants miss the race.
^2 — Originally scheduled for November 16 and 17 but rescheduled to November 23 and 24.^[3]

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	1	Satoshi Motoyama	M	All
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	1	Yuhi Sekiguchi	M	All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus	Lexus SC GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	6	Kazuya Oshima	B	All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus	Lexus SC GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	6	Yuji Kunimoto	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	8	Ralph Firman	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	8	Kosuke Matsuura	B	All
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	12	Tsugio Matsuda	B	All
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	12	João Paulo de Oliveira	B	All
Keihin Real Racing^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	17	Toshihiro Kaneishi	B	All
Keihin Real Racing^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi	B	All
Weider Modulo Dome Racing ^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	18	Naoki Yamamoto	M	All
Weider Modulo Dome Racing ^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	18	Frédéric Makowiecki	M	All
Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	19	Seiji Ara	Y	All
Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	19	Andre Couto	Y	All
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	23	Masataka Yanagida	M	All
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	23	Ronnie Quintarelli	M	All
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	24	Hironobu Yasuda	Y	All
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT500	Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8	24	Michael Krumm	Y	All
Nakajima Racing ^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	32	Ryo Michigami	D	All
Nakajima Racing ^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	32	Daisuke Nakajima	D	All
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	36	Kazuki Nakajima	B	All
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	36	James Rossiter	B	All
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	37	Daisuke Ito	B	All
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	37	Andrea Caldarelli	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	Kohei Hirate	B	All
Lexus Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	39	Juichi Wakisaka	B	All
Lexus Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430 GT500	Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8	39	Hiroaki Ishiura	B	All
Team Kunimitsu ^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	100	Takuya Izawa	B	All
Team Kunimitsu ^[4]	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8	100	Takashi Kogure	B	All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Team Taisan Ken Endless ^[5]	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3	Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6	0	Kyosuke Mineo	Y	All
Team Taisan Ken Endless ^[5]	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3	Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6	0	Naoki Yokomizo	Y	All
Cars Tokai Dream28^[6]	McLaren	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin Turbo V8	2	Kazuho Takahashi	Y	All
					Hiroki Katoh		All
					Carlo van Dam		5
NDDP Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	3	Kazuki Hoshino	Y	1–8, FSC
					Daiki Sasaki		1–8, FSC
					Lucas Ordóñez		5
GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo	BMW	BMW Z4 GT3	BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8	4	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	1–8, FSC
					Tatsuya Kataoka		1–8, FSC
					Jörg Müller		5
Team Mach	Ferrari	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Y	1–3
					Junichiro Yamashita		1–3
					Naofumi Omoto		2
	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6		Tetsuji Tamanaka		5–8, LMS, FSC
					Junichiro Yamashita		5–8, FSC
					Naofumi Omoto		5
					Naoya Yamano		LMS
Bonds Racing^[7]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	7	Igor Sushko ^[8]	Y	1–2
					Ryo Orime		1
					Yuji Ide		2
Pacific Direction Racing	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6	9	Shogo Mitsuyama	Y	1–8, FSC
					You Yokomaku		1–2, 4–8, FSC
					Hisao Shigeta		3
					Yuya Sakamoto		5
					Akira Mizutani		LMS
Gainer^[9]	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	10	Tetsuya Tanaka	D	1–8, FSC
					Masayuki Ueda		1–8, FSC
					Masataka Kawaguchi		5
				11	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		All
				11	Björn Wirdheim		All
Team Mugen ^[4]	Honda	Honda CR-Z GT	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6	16	Hideki Mutoh	B	All
Team Mugen ^[4]	Honda	Honda CR-Z GT	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6	16	Yuhki Nakayama	B	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	Audi	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10	21	Akihiro Tsuzuki	H	1–8, FSC
Hitotsuyama Racing	Audi	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10	21	Richard Lyons	H	1–8, FSC
R'Qs MotorSports	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	22	Hisashi Wada	Y	1–8, FSC
R'Qs MotorSports	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	22	Masaki Jyonai	Y	1–8, FSC
apr	Audi	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10	30	Yuki Iwasaki	Y	1–3
					Fairuz Fauzy		1–2
					Kenji Kobayashi		2
					Igor Sushko		3
	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6		Yuki Iwasaki		4–8, LMS, FSC
					Igor Sushko		4–8, LMS, FSC
					Kenji Kobayashi		5, LMS
	Toyota	Toyota Prius apr GT	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8	31	Morio Nitta		1–8, FSC
					Koki Saga		1–8, FSC
					Yuichi Nakayama		5
Hankook KTR^[10]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6	33	Masami Kageyama	H	1–8, FSC
Hankook KTR^[10]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6	33	Tomonobu Fujii	H	1–8, FSC
Nismo Athlete Global Team^[11]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	35	Alex Buncombe	Y	FSC
Nismo Athlete Global Team^[11]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	35	Lucas Ordóñez	Y	FSC
Dijon Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	Hiroshi Takamori	Y	1–8, FSC
					Katsumasa Chiyo		1–8, FSC
					Masaki Tanaka		5
	Callaway	Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3	Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8	96	Masaki Tanaka		2, 4, 6, FSC
					Keiichi Inoue		2, FSC
					Shin Ikegami		4, 6
Arnage Racing^[12]	Aston Martin	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12	50	Masaki Kano	Y	1–8, FSC
					Hideto Yasuoka		1–8, FSC
					Ryohei Sakaguchi		2, 5
Okinawa-IMP Racing with Shift	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	52	Hironori Takeuchi	Y	1–8, LMS
					Takeshi Tsuchiya		1–8, LMS
					Naoya Gamou		5
					Motoyoshi Yoshida		LMS
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ^[4]	Honda	Honda CR-Z GT	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6	55	Shinichi Takagi	B	All
					Takashi Kobayashi		All
					Tomoki Nojiri		5, LMS
R&D Sport ^[13]	Subaru	Subaru BRZ GT300	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Tetsuya Yamano	M	All
					Kota Sasaki		All
					Takuto Iguchi		5
Leon Racing	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	62	Haruki Kurosawa	Y	All
					Masanobu Kato		1–2
					Tsubasa Kurosawa		2–8, LMS
					Akihiko Nakaya		5
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10	86	Koji Yamanishi	Y	1–8, FSC
					Shinya Hosokawa		1–8, FSC
					Yuya Sakamoto		2, 5
				87	Hideki Yamauchi		1–8
				87	Hiroki Yoshimoto		1–8
				88	Manabu Orido		1–8
					Takayuki Aoki		1–8
					Hideki Yamauchi		FSC
					Hiroki Yoshimoto		FSC
Tomei Sports	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Takuya Shirasaka	Y	1–4, 6–7
Tomei Sports	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Atsushi Tanaka	Y	1–4, 6–7

Entrant Changes

GT500 Class

Nissan: Two-time and defending GT500 champions Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli, transferred from MOLA to the flagship NISMO team, who also switched from Bridgestone to Michelin tyres. Three-time GT500 champion Satoshi Motoyama transferred to MOLA, joining first-year GT500 driver Yuhi Sekiguchi in an all-new lineup. Two-time GT500 champion Michael Krumm transferred to Kondo Racing.
Lexus: TOM's Racing expanded to a two-car team, with the number 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM's squad taking over the entry vacated by Team Kraft's departure. Loïc Duval departed Super GT to drive full-time for Audi in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and was replaced by former Force India F1 reserve driver James Rossiter. Daisuke Ito and Andrea Caldarelli were named as the drivers for Lexus Team KeePer TOM's, while Yuji Kunimoto transferred to Lexus Team Eneos LeMans to replace Ito. Lexus Team SARD switched to Bridgestone tyres after two seasons with Michelin.
Honda: FIA GT1 World Championship runner-up Frédéric Makowiecki replaced Carlo Van Dam at Weider Modulo Dome Racing, joined by Naoki Yamamoto, who transferred from Team Kunimitsu after four seasons. Dome also changed tyre suppliers from Bridgestone to Michelin. 2010 GT500 champion Takashi Kogure was transferred to Team Kunimitsu to replace Yamamoto. Kosuke Matsuura returned to the GT500 class with ARTA, and Daisuke Nakajima stepped up to GT500 for the first time with Nakajima Racing.

GT300 Class

Team Taisan Ken Endless inherited the number 0 from last year's champions, Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team UKYO. This began an informal tradition of GT300 teams designating the number 0 as the champion's number plate.
Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team UKYO consolidated their programme into a single-car operation, fielding the number 4 BMW Z4 GT3 for Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka.
For their first full-season effort since 2005, Team Mugen replaced GT500-bound Daisuke Nakajima with former Honda GT500 driver Yuhki Nakayama in their hybrid-powered Honda CR-Z GT300.
Subaru and R&D Sport changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Michelin for their second season with the BRZ GT300.
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri changed vehicles from the ASL Garaiya to the Honda CR-Z GT300. Takashi Kobayashi joined ARTA's GT300 squad after two seasons in their GT500 team. The team also changed its number from 43 to 55.
Two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino and reigning All-Japan Formula 3 National Class champion Daiki Sasaki, formed an all-new driver lineup at NDDP Racing.
Bonds Racing, a new team established by members of the former Lexus Team Kraft, entered the series for the first time with a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 driven in the first round by Igor Sushko and Ryo Orime.
Tomei Sports changed vehicles from the Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 to the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.
Dijon Racing changed their primary number 48 team's vehicle to the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, and signed NDDP graduate Katsumasa Chiyo as their pro driver to partner amateur driver Hiroshi Takamori. Dijon Racing would continue to enter their Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 in select races with the number 96, driven by Masaki Tanaka and Keiichi Inoue.
Team a Speed withdrew from the series after the 2012 season. Arnage Racing, the garage responsible for vehicle maintenance, took over the programme under their own name, fielding the number 50 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 for drivers Masaki Kano and Hideto Yasuoka.
Cars Tokai Dream28 changed vehicles from the Mooncraft Shiden to the newest McLaren MP4-12C GT3.
Gainer switched allegiances from Audi to Mercedes-Benz, and expanded back to a two-car team with two SLS AMG GT3s. The all-pro number 11 car added former GT500 driver Björn Wirdheim as team mate to Katsuyuki Hiranaka, while Tetsuya Tanaka moved to the pro-am number 10 car alongside Masayuki Ueda.
LEON Racing spun off from Shift after the 2012 season. Operated by K2 R&D Co. Ltd., LEON Racing fielded the number 62 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 for Haruki Kurosawa and Masanobu Kato. Shift would partner with Okinawa-IMP (International Motorsports Project), fielding the number 52 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for team founder Hironori Takeuchi and Takeshi Tsuchiya.
R'Qs Motor Sports changed vehicles from the Vemac RD320R to the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.
Hitotsuyama Racing scaled back to a single-car programme with their number 21 Audi R8 LMS Ultra driven by Akihiro Tsuzuki and 2004 GT500 champion Richard Lyons. The team also changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Hankook.
Fairuz Fauzy began the season driving apr's number 30 Audi R8 LMS Ultra, alongside Yuki Iwasaki.
JLOC consolidated their entry from four cars to three cars, all fielding the latest Lamborghini Gallardo GT3. Hiroki Yoshimoto transferred from the defunct Team a Speed to the number 87 JLOC entry alongside Hideki Yamauchi. Koji Yamanishi transferred to the number 86 car, joined by Shinya Hosokawa, who rejoined JLOC after a year away from the series.
LMP Motorsport withdrew from the series after the 2012 season. Pacific Racing Team and the Nakanihon Automotive College (NAC), who supported their efforts in 2012, partnered with Direction Racing (who themselves returned to the series after a year's absence) and entered as Pacific Direction Racing. Their number 9 Porsche 911 GT3-R, promoting the new animated series Ghost in the Shell: ARISE, was driven by Shogo Mitsuyama and Yu Yokomaku.
Team SGC and their Lexus IS 350 withdrew from the series after the 2012 season.

Mid-season changes

GT300 Class

Bonds Racing withdrew from the series after Igor Sushko and Yuji Ide finished fifth in the Fuji 500km. Sushko joined the number 30 apr crew from the third round in Sepang. In the fourth round, apr switched vehicles to Bonds' former Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, and gained Freescale as a sponsor for the rest of the season.
Tsubasa Kurosawa, the younger brother of Haruki, joined LEON Racing as a third driver for the Fuji 500km, then replaced Masanobu Kato for the rest of the season.
After the third round, Team Mach replaced their Ferrari 458 GT3 with a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 from the Suzuka 1000km onwards.
Third drivers for the Suzuka 1000km included Jörg Müller (GSR&Studie with Team UKYO), Carlo van Dam (Cars Tokai Dream28), Lucas Ordoñez (NDDP Racing), Tomoki Nojiri (ARTA), Yuichi Nakayama (apr #31), Akihiko Nakaya (LEON Racing), Naoya Gamou (Okinawa-IMP with Shift), Ryohei Sakaguchi (Arnage Racing), Naofumi Omoto (Team Mach), and Takuto Iguchi, who won the race as the third driver for R&D Sport.
The NISMO Athlete Global Team entered as a one-off in the non-championship Fuji Sprint Cup race, with Ordoñez and Alex Buncombe driving the number 35 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.
JLOC entered only a single Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 for Yoshimoto and Yamauchi in the Fuji Sprint Cup.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit Report	7 April	#23 Nismo	#100 Team Kunimitsu
			Masataka Yanagida Ronnie Quintarelli	Takuya Izawa Takashi Kogure
			#61 R&D Sport	#11 Gainer
			Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim
2	Fuji Speedway Report	29 April	#36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	#36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S
			Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter	Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter
			#61 R&D Sport	#31 apr
			Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki	Morio Nitta Koki Saga
3	Sepang International Circuit Report	16 June	#12 Team Impul	#12 Team Impul
			João Paulo de Oliveira Tsugio Matsuda	João Paulo de Oliveira Tsugio Matsuda
			#55 ARTA	#55 ARTA
			Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi
4	Sportsland SUGO Report	28 July	#1 MOLA	#8 ARTA
			Satoshi Motoyama Yuhi Sekiguchi	Kousuke Matsuura Ralph Firman
			#61 R&D Sport	#55 ARTA
			Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki	Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi
5	Suzuka Circuit Report	18 August	#23 Nismo	#18 Dome Racing
			Masataka Yanagida Ronnie Quintarelli	Naoki Yamamoto Frédéric Makowiecki
			#61 R&D Sport	#61 R&D Sport
			Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki Takuto Iguchi	Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki Takuto Iguchi
6	Fuji Speedway Report	8 September	#38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	#38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
			Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate	Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate
			#55 ARTA	#4 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO
			Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka
Asian LMS	Fuji Speedway Report	22 September	#16 Team Mugen	#16 Team Mugen
Asian LMS	Fuji Speedway Report	22 September	Hideki Mutoh Yuhki Nakayama	Hideki Mutoh Yuhki Nakayama
7	Autopolis Report	6 October	#38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	#36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S
			Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate	Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter
			#3 NDDP Racing	#4 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO
			Kazuki Hoshino Daiki Sasaki	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka
8	Twin Ring Motegi Report	3 November	#6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	#6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS
			Yuji Kunimoto Kazuya Oshima	Yuji Kunimoto Kazuya Oshima
			#61 R&D Sport	#11 Gainer
			Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim
NC	Fuji Speedway Report	23 November	#18 Dome Racing	#17 Keihin Real Racing
			Naoki Yamamoto	Koudai Tsukakoshi
			#3 NDDP Racing	#3 NDDP Racing
			Daiki Sasaki	Daiki Sasaki
		24 November	#6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	#6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS
			Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima
			#3 NDDP Racing	#2 Cars Tokai Dream28
			Kazuki Hoshino	Hiroki Katoh

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	Kohei Hirate Yuji Tachikawa	4	2	14	11	11	1	2	3	69
2	Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi	2	Ret	5	Ret	7	2	3	2	67
3	Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter	12	1	11	10	3	12	1	5	60
4	Frédéric Makowiecki Naoki Yamamoto	5	10	4	13	1	5	5	7	56
5	Yuji Kunimoto Kazuya Oshima	7	3	7	6	Ret	4	11	1	52
6	Ronnie Quintarelli Masataka Yanagida	3	Ret	9	3	2	9	8	8	50
7	Hiroaki Ishiura Juichi Wakisaka	8	4	2	4	9	11	7	4	49
8	Andrea Caldarelli Daisuke Ito	15	6	10	2	5	3	9	6	47
9	João Paulo de Oliveira Tsugio Matsuda	6	5	1	Ret	4	6	Ret	13	46
10	Takuya Izawa Takashi Kogure	1	7	3	12	10	Ret	12	12	37
11	Ralph Firman Kosuke Matsuura	9	8	8	1	12	8	14	15	31
12	Satoshi Motoyama Yuhi Sekiguchi	10	9	6	7	8	7	4	14	28
13	Michael Krumm Hironobu Yasuda	13	12	13	5	Ret	10	6	9	14
14	Seiji Ara André Couto	14	11	15	9	6	Ret	13	10	9
15	Ryo Michigami Daisuke Nakajima	11	13	12	8	13	Ret	10	11	4
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
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)

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
AsLMS Fuji	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1

Rank	Driver	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	FUJ	AUT	MOT	PTS
1	Hideki Mutoh Yuhki Nakayama	7	2	2	2	5	8	1	9	2	85
2	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim	1	6	3	13	6	7	2	4	1	80
3	Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi	2	9	6	15	DSQ	1		1	4	70
4	Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano	5	Ret	4	6	1	9	3	7	3	66
5	Hironori Takeuchi Takeshi Tsuchiya	4	4	12	4	2	10	6	3	7	60
6	Haruki Kurosawa	6	8	8	7	3	4	8	18	6	42
7	Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	12	19	1	1	Ret	16	Ret	16	15	40
8	Koki Saga Morio Nitta	Ret	1	Ret	22	15	2		15	20	35
9	Tsubasa Kurosawa			8	7	3	4	8	18	6	34
10	Takuto Iguchi					1					25
11	Hideki Yamauchi Hiroki Yoshimoto	3	7	Ret	5	Ret	20		10	8	25
12	Kyosuke Mineo Naoki Yokomizo	10	NC	11	3	7	19	4	8	10	25
13	Shinya Hosokawa Koji Yamanishi	11	3	9	12	Ret	3		13	13	24
14	Takayuki Aoki Manabu Orido	Ret	12	5	18	4	Ret		12	5	22
15	Masaki Kano Hideto Yasuoka	20	Ret	20	14	8	18		2	Ret	19
16	Naoya Gamou					2					18
17	Kazuki Hoshino Daiki Sasaki	Ret	Ret	10	9	9	5		Ret	9	14
18	Igor Sushko	13	5	17	20	17	12	Ret	6	14	11
19	Tomonobu Fujii Masami Kageyama	8	16	Ret	17	10	15		5	11	11
20	Tetsuya Tanaka Masayuki Ueda	15	10	7	10	13	6		20	12	11
21	Masanobu Kato	6	8								8
22	Yuji Ide		5								6
23	Yuki Iwasaki	14	15	17	20	17	12	Ret	6	14	5
24	Ryohei Sakaguchi		Ret			8					4
25	Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi	Ret	18	15	16	18	14	5	11	17	3
26	Richard Lyons Akihiro Tsuzuki	16	Ret	14	8	11	13		21	21	3
27	Lucas Ordóñez					9					3
28	Katsumasa Chiyo Hiroshi Takamori	9	11	13	11	16	Ret		17	18	2
29	Tetsuji Tamanaka	17	17	16		19	11	9	22	22	1
30	Naoya Yamano							9			1
	Junichiro Yamashita	17	17	16		19	11		22	22	0
	Masaki Jyonai Hisashi Wada	Ret	13	Ret	19	13	17		14	16	0
	Ryo Orime	13									0
	Fairuz Fauzy	14	15								0
	Shogo Mitsuyama	19	14	19	21	14	21		19	19	0
	You Yokomaku	19	14		21	14	21		19	19	0
	Yuya Sakamoto					14					0
	Yuichi Nakayama					15					0
	Masaki Tanaka		Ret		24	16	22				0
	Kenji Kobayashi		15			17		Ret			0
	Takuya Shirasaka Atsushi Tanaka	18	Ret	18	23		23		23		0
	Carlo van Dam					18					0
	Hisao Shigeta			19							0
	Naofumi Omoto		17			19					0
	Shin Ikegami				24		22				0
	Keiichi Inoue		Ret								0
	Yuya Sakamoto		3			Ret					0
	Akihiko Nakaya					3					0
	Motoyoshi Yoshida							6			0
	Masataka Kawaguchi					13					0
	Tomoki Nojiri					Ret		Ret			0
	Jörg Müller					DSQ					0
Rank	Driver	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	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)

JAF Grand Prix

GT500 Drivers

Rank	No.	Team	Race 1 Driver	Race 2 Driver	Race 1	Race 2	PTS
1	17	Keihin Real Racing	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Toshihiro Kaneishi	1	6	25
2	38	Lexus Team Zent Cerumo	Yuji Tachikawa	Kohei Hirate	2	4	23
3	36	Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	James Rossiter	Kazuki Nakajima	5	2	21
4	6	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Yuji Kunimoto	Kazuya Oshima	11	1	20
5	100	Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Takashi Kogure	Takuya Izawa	3	5	17
6	12	Calsonic Team Impul	Tsugio Matsuda	João Paulo de Oliveira	8	3	14
7	18	Weider Dome Racing	Naoki Yamamoto	Frédéric Makowiecki	4	8	11
8	19	Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	Andre Couto	Seiji Ara	6	9	7
9	39	Lexus Team DENSO SARD	Juichi Wakisaka	Hiroaki Ishiura	9	7	6
10	23	Motul Autech NISMO	Ronnie Quintarelli	Masataka Yanagida	7	14	4
11	24	D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing	Hironobu Yasuda	Michael Krumm	10	10	2
	37	Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	Andrea Caldarelli	Daisuke Ito	Ret	11	0
	32	Epson Nakajima Racing	Daisuke Nakajima	Ryo Michigami	12	12	0
	8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Kosuke Matsuura	Ralph Firman	13	13	0
	1	S-Road REITO MOLA	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Satoshi Motoyama	Ret	15	0

GT300 Drivers

Rank	No.	Team	Race 1 Driver	Race 2 Driver	Race 1	Race 2	PTS
1	11	Gainer	Björn Wirdheim	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	2	2	30
2	3	NDDP Racing	Daiki Sasaki	Kazuki Hoshino	1	7	24
3	2	Cars Tokai Dream28	Kazuho Takahashi	Hiroki Katoh	14	1	20
4	55	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Takashi Kobayashi	Shinichi Takagi	3	4	19
5	4	GSR Hatsune Miku	Tatsuya Kataoka	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Ret	3	11
6	16	Team Mugen	Hideki Mutoh	Yuhki Nakayama	6	5	11
7	48	Dijon Racing	Katsumasa Chiyo	Hiroshi Takamori	4	20	8
8	62	Leon Racing	Haruki Kurosawa	Tsubasa Kurosawa	5	10	7
9	88	JLOC	Hideki Yamauchi	Hiroki Yoshimoto	8	8	6
10	10	Gainer	Masayuki Ueda	Tetsuya Tanaka	11	6	5
11	0	Team Taisan Ken Endless	Kyosuke Mineo	Naoki Yokomizo	7	13	4
12	22	R'Qs MotorSports	Masaki Jyonai	Hisashi Wada	9	14	2
13	33	Hankook KTR	Masami Kageyama	Tomonobu Fujii	Ret	9	2
14	5	Team Mach	Junichiro Yamashita	Tetsuji Tamanaka	10	Ret	1
	30	apr	Igor Sushko	Yuki Iwasaki	20	11	0
	31	apr	Koki Saga	Morio Nitta	12	15	0
	50	Arnage Racing	Masaki Kano	Hideto Yasuoka	16	12	0
	21	Hitotsuyama Racing	Richard Lyons	Akihiro Tsuzuki	13	19	0
	86	JLOC	Koji Yamanishi	Shinya Hosokawa	15	16	0
	9	Pacific Direction Racing	You Yokomaku	Shogo Mitsuyama	17	17	0
	35	Nismo Athlete Global Team	Alex Buncombe	Lucas Ordóñez	19	18	0
	96	Dijon Racing	Keiichi Inoue	Masaki Tanaka	18	21	0
	61	R&D Sport	Kota Sasaki	Tetsuya Yamano	Ret	22	0

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[1] "SUPER GT and DTM agreed to unify technical regulation from 2014". Super GT. October 16, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

[2] "Changes in the 2013 SUPER GT Calendar". Super GT. November 1, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

[3] "A change in schedule announced for the Fuji Sprint Cup with a delay for one week, the event will be held during November 22nd – 24th". Super GT. April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.

[Honda-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Honda 2013 Motorsports Overview". February 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved February 8, 2013.

[5] "峰尾＆横溝の王座を祝いパーティ開催。来季新車!?". as-web.jp. November 26, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2012.

[Tokai-6] "カーズ東海が来季新体制を発表。高橋／加藤組継続". as-web.jp. December 25, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2012.

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[8] "今日は・・・". February 3, 2013. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2013.

[9] "GAINER、今季はSLSを加え2台体制。ビヨン加入". as-web.jp. January 11, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.

[10] "KTR、来季は13年仕様のポルシェGT3Rで参戦へ". as-web.jp. December 30, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.

[11] "JAF Grand Prix SUPER GT & SUPER FORMULA FUJI SPRINT CUP 2013". Super GT. November 8, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.

[12] "アストン来季も継続か。アルナージュが参戦の意向". as-web.jp. December 25, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2012.

[13] "BRZがミシュラン装着へ。山野／佐々木組継続". as-web.jp. January 11, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.

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2013 Super GT Series

Contents

Schedule

Drivers and teams

GT500

GT300

Entrant Changes

GT500 Class

GT300 Class

Mid-season changes

GT300 Class

Calendar

Standings

GT500 Drivers

GT300 Drivers

JAF Grand Prix

GT500 Drivers

GT300 Drivers

Related Research Articles

References

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