2016 D1 Grand Prix series

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The 2016 D1 Grand Prix series is the sixteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the eleventh for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The season began on March 26 at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course for the D1GP [1] and ended on October 23 at the same course with Daigo Saito winning his second Championship and began on April 16 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit. [2] and ended on November 20 at Nikko Circuit with Katsuhiro Ueo winning his first D1SL Championship by cancellation, due to a fatal incident that happened during morning practice. [3]

Contents

Schedule

RoundVenueLocationDateWinnerCar
D1GPD1SL
1 Flag of Tokyo Metropolis.svg Odaiba Tokyo Prefecture March 26–27 Daigo Saito [4] Toyota JZX100
1 Flag of Hiroshima Prefecture.svg Bihoku Highland Circuit Hiroshima Prefecture April 16–17 Katsuhiro Ueo Nissan Silvia S15
2 Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture April 23–24Daigo Saito [5] Toyota JZX100
2 Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture May 28–29Katsuhiro UeoNissan Silvia S15
3 Flag of Ibaraki.svg Tsukuba Circuit Ibaraki Prefecture June 25Daigo Saito [6] Toyota JZX100
4June 26 Tomohiro Murayama [7] Nissan S14
3 Flag of Nara Prefecture.svg Meihan Sportsland Nara Prefecture July 9–10Junya IshikawaNissan S14
5 Flag of Fukushima.svg Ebisu Circuit Fukushima PrefectureAugust 6Daigo Saito [8] Toyota JZX100
6August 7Tomohiro Murayama [9] Nissan S14
4 Flag of Niigata Prefecture.svg Maze Sea Circuit Niigata Prefecture August 20–21Katsuhiro UeoNissan Silvia S15
5 Flag of Ehime Prefecture.svg Seto Inland Sea Circuit Ehime Prefecture October 15–16Takatoshi ImamaedaNissan Silvia S14
7 Flag of Tokyo Metropolis.svg OdaibaTokyo PrefectureOctober 22–23Daigo SaitoToyota JZX100
6 Flag of Tochigi.svg Nikko Circuit Tochigi Prefecture November 19–20Event CancelledEvent Cancelled

Drivers' rankings

D1GP

Pos.DriverCarRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.5Rd.6Rd.7Total
1 Flag of Japan.svg Daigo Saito Toyota JZX100 303033223030172
2 Flag of Japan.svg Masato Kawabata Nissan R35 252522142225133
3 Flag of Japan.svg Hideyuki Fujino Nissan RPS13 221112172520107
4 Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Yokoi Nissan S15 7162522171299
5 Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Murayama Nissan S14 51030730991
6 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Hibino Toyota JZA80 172011171470
7 Flag of Japan.svg Teruyoshi Iwai Mazda NA6CE 117121191767
8 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Hirajima Nissan S15 1920812261
9 Flag of Japan.svg Naoto Suenaga Nissan S15 10121514152
10 Flag of Japan.svg Kunihiko Teramachi Nissan S15 6175166151
11 Flag of Japan.svg Seimi Tanaka Nissan S15 117151649
Flag of Japan.svg Youichi Imamura Toyota ZN6 1201711049
13 Flag of Japan.svg Hokuto Matsuyama Toyota JZX100 115251547
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshifumi Tadokoro Toyota AE86 1168201147
15 Flag of Japan.svg Yukio Matsui Mazda FD3S 82512146
16 Flag of Japan.svg Akinori Utsumi Nissan S15 814151543
17 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Hirota Toyota JZX100 167166137
18 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Bai Nissan RPS13 915111633
19 Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Hatanaka Toyota JZX90 [ broken anchor ]51511132
20 Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Takayama Lexus GRS191 11118829
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Kitaoka Toyota JZX100 1216129
22 Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Kusaba Nissan PS13 201728
23 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Matsukawa Toyota AE85 1014125
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Minowa Toyota JZX90 [ broken anchor ]2211125
25 Flag of Thailand.svg Daychapon Toyingcharoen  [ th ] Nissan Z33 181120
26 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshinori Koguchi Toyota ZN6 151117
27 Flag of Japan.svg Ken Nomura Nissan ER34 69116
Flag of Japan.svg Kazumi Takahashi Toyota JZX100 16016
Flag of Japan.svg Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota GRX130 141116
30 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Ueno Toyota JZZ30 1414
31 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuro Nakata Toyota JZX100 119112
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yamaguchi Nissan S14 712
33 Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Kiguchi Nissan C33 10111
Flag of Japan.svg Masayoshi Tokita Toyota ZN6 91111
35 Flag of Japan.svg Kenichi Nakamura Toyota JZX110 [ broken anchor ]1010
36 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Miki Mazda FD3S 66
37 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Taguchi Nissan S15 112
Flag of Japan.svg Jin Horino Nissan RPS13 112
Flag of Japan.svg Tadahiro Fukada Toyota JZX100 112
40 Flag of Japan.svg Ikuo Saito Toyota JZX100 11
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Sagisaka Toyota SXE10 11
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Saito Nissan S15 11
Flag of Japan.svg Shion Kono Nissan RPS13 11

References

  1. "2016 Schedule". d1gp.co.jp. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. "2016 Event Schedule". d1sl.jp. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. "Professional Drifting Has Its First Known Fatality". blackflag.jalopnik.com. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. "Round 1 Report". d1gp.co.jp. March 27, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  5. "Round 2 Report". d1gp.co.jp. April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  6. "Round 3 Report". d1gp.co.jp. June 25, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  7. "Round 4 Report". d1gp.co.jp. June 26, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  8. "Round 5 Report". d1gp.co.jp. August 6, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  9. "Round 6 Report". d1gp.co.jp. August 7, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.