The 2014 D1 Grand Prix series is the fourteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the ninth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The season began on March 29 at Fuji Speedway for the D1GP [1] and April 12 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit. [2] The series will conclude on October 19 with the D1 Champions' event at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course.
Starting in the 2014 season, nitrous use was banned and cars are required to have catalytic converters. Also, exhaust pipes have to be pointed towards the ground. [3]
| Round | Venue | Location | Date | Winner | Car | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1GP | D1SL | |||||
| 1 | Fuji Speedway | Shizuoka Prefecture | March 29–30 | Kazuya Matsukawa1 | Toyota AE85 | |
| 1 | Bihoku Highland Circuit | Hiroshima Prefecture | April 12–13 | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan PS13 | |
| 2 | Maze Sea Circuit | Niigata Prefecture | May 10–11 | Ono Toruno | Nissan C33 | |
| 2 | Suzuka Circuit | Mie Prefecture | May 24–25 | Kenji Takayama [4] | Lexus GRS191 | |
| 3 | Seto Inland Sea Circuit | Ehime Prefecture | June 7–8 | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan PS13 | |
| 4 | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | July 12–13 | |||
| 3 | Autopolis | Ōita Prefecture | July 26–27 | Kuniaki Takahashi [5] | Toyota GRX130 | |
| 4 | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | August 23 | Yukio Matsui [6] | Mazda FD3S | |
| 5 | August 24 | Masashi Yokoi [7] | Nissan S15 | |||
| 5 | Meihan Sportsland | Nara Prefecture | September 6–7 | |||
| 6 | Nikkō Circuit | Tochigi Prefecture | October 4–5 | |||
| 6 | Odaiba | Tokyo Prefecture | October 17–18 | Masao Suenaga [8] | Mazda FD3S | |
| D1 Champions' | Odaiba | Tokyo Prefecture | October 19 | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota GRX130 | |
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