2016 Super GT Series

2016 Super GT Series

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Heikki Kovalainen & Kohei Hirate
GT500 Teams' Champion:
Lexus Team SARD
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
Takeshi Tsuchiya & Takamitsu Matsui
GT300 Teams' Champion:
VivaC Team Tsuchiya

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2015

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2017

Support series:
F4 Japanese Championship

2016 GT500 champions, #39 Denso Kobelco SARD Lexus RC F.

2016 GT300 champions, #25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya Toyota 86 MC.

The 2016 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fourth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the twelfth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fourth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 10 and ended on November 13, after 8 races.

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km	Okayama International Circuit	April 10
2	Fuji GT 500 km	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	Sugo GT 300 km	Sportsland SUGO	July 24
4	Fuji GT 300 km	Fuji Speedway	August 7
5	45th International Suzuka 1000km 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	August 28
6	Buriram United Super GT Race 300 km	Chang International Circuit	October 9
7	Motegi GT 250 km I [1]	Twin Ring Motegi	November 12
8	Motegi GT 250 km II [1]		November 13

Calendar changes

• The Super GT in Kyushu 300km at Autopolis was scheduled for May 22nd as the third round of the season but was subsequently cancelled in the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. On May 20, series organizers announced that the final weekend at Twin Ring Motegi would host two 250 kilometer races, with the race on Saturday being promoted as "Round 3" of the championship as it replaces the Autopolis race.
• The SUGO GT 300km was brought forward to July from its previous date in September.
• The overseas round at Buriram, Thailand was moved from its 2015 date of June to October. The series first visited the circuit in October 2014.

Suzuka Motegi Fuji SUGO Okayama class=notpageimage| 2016 Japanese venues

Chang class=notpageimage| 2016 International venue

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Nismo [2]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	1	Tsugio Matsuda	M	All
					Ronnie Quintarelli		All
Lexus Team LeMans WAKO'S  [ ja ] [3]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	6	Andrea Caldarelli	B	All
					Kazuya Oshima		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri [4]	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Kosuke Matsuura	B	All
					Tomoki Nojiri		All
Team Impul [2]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	12	João Paulo de Oliveira	B	All
					Hironobu Yasuda		All
Drago Modulo Honda Racing [4]	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	15	Hideki Mutoh	B	All
					Oliver Turvey		1–2, 4–6
					Tadasuke Makino		3, 7–8
Keihin Real Racing [4]	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Takashi Kogure	B	All
					Koudai Tsukakoshi		All
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh [3]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuji Kunimoto	Y	All
					Yuhi Sekiguchi		All
Kondo Racing [2]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Daiki Sasaki	Y	All
					Masataka Yanagida		All
Lexus Team TOM'S [3]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Nick Cassidy	B	All
					Daisuke Ito		All
				37	Ryō Hirakawa	B	All
					James Rossiter		All
Lexus Team ZENT  [ ja ] Cerumo [3]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Hiroaki Ishiura	B	All
					Yuji Tachikawa		All
Lexus Team SARD [3]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Kohei Hirate	B	All
					Heikki Kovalainen		All
MOLA  [ ja ] [2]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	46	Satoshi Motoyama	M	All
					Katsumasa Chiyo		1–4, 6–8
					Mitsunori Takaboshi		5
Nakajima Racing [4]	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Bertrand Baguette	D	All
					Daisuke Nakajima		All
Team Kunimitsu [4]	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	100	Takuya Izawa	B	All
					Naoki Yamamoto		All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
GAINER [5]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	0	André Couto	D	All
					Ryuichiro Tomita		All
	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	11	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		All
					Björn Wirdheim		All
Cars Tokai Dream28  [ ja ] [5]	Lotus	Lotus Evora MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	2	Hiroki Katoh	Y	All
					Kazuho Takahashi		All
					Tadasuke Makino		6
NDDP Racing [5]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	3	Kazuki Hoshino	Y	All
					Jann Mardenborough		All
Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo [5]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Tatsuya Kataoka	Y	All
					Nobuteru Taniguchi		All
Team Mach [5]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Y	1–3, 6, 8
					Junichirō Yamashita		1–2, 4–6
					Masami Kageyama		2, 3–6, 8
BMW Team Studie [5]	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BMW P63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	7	Seiji Ara	Y	All
					Jörg Müller		All
					Augusto Farfus		6 [6]
Gulf Racing with Pacific [5]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6	9	Ryohei Sakaguchi	Y	All
					Hiroki Yoshida		All
					Dylan Derdaele		2
Team Up Garage  [ ja ] with Bandoh [5]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	18	Yuhki Nakayama	Y	All
					Shinnosuke Yamada		All
Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama  [ ja ] [5]	Audi	Audi R8 LMS	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	21	Tomonobu Fujii	D	All
					Richard Lyons		All
R'Qs Motor Sports [5]	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	22	Masaki Jyonai	Y	All
					Hisashi Wada		All
					Tohjirō Azuma		6
VivaC Team Tsuchiya [5]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	25	Takamitsu Matsui	Y	All
					Takeshi Tsuchiya		All
					Kenta Yamashita		6 [7]
Team Taisan SARD [5]	Audi	Audi R8 LMS ultra (Rd. 1) Audi R8 LMS (Rd. 2-6, 8)	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	26	Shōgo Mitsuyama  [ ja ]	Y	1–2, 4–6
					Yuya Motojima		1–6, 8
					Tsubasa Kondo		3, 8
					Shinji Nakano		6
Vattana Motorsport [5]	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BMW P63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	28	Chonsawat Asavahame  [ th ]	Y	7
					Morgan Haber		7
apr  [ ja ] [5]	Toyota	Toyota Prius apr GT	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8	30	Hiroaki Nagai  [ ja ]	Y	All
					Kōta Sasaki		All
				31	Yūichi Nakayama	B	All
					Kōki Saga		All
Excellence Porsche Team KTR [5]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6	33	Naoya Yamano  [ ja ]	Y	All
					Jörg Bergmeister		1–3, 7–8
					Tim Bergmeister		4
					Yūya Sakamoto		5–6
Toyota Team Thailand [5]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	35	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana	Y	7
					Piti Bhirombhakdi  [ th ]		7
Dijon Racing [5]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	Hiroshi Takamori	Y	1-2, 4, 6
					Masaki Tanaka		1–2, 6
					Takayuki Aoki		2–6, 8
					Mitsunori Takaboshi		3, 5, 8
Arnage Racing [5]	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	50	Rintarō Kubo  [ ja ]	Y	All
					Hideto Yasuoka  [ ja ]		All
					Masaki Kanō		2
LM corsa [5]	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8	51	Morio Nitta	Y	All
					Akihiro Tsuzuki  [ ja ]		All
					Shigekazu Wakisaka		2, 6
	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.3 L V8	60	Akira Iida		All
					Hiroki Yoshimoto		All
					Dominik Farnbacher		6
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri [5]	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BMW P63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	55	Takashi Kobayashi	B	All
					Shinichi Takagi		All
R&D Sport [5]	Subaru	Subaru BRZ GT300	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Takuto Iguchi	D	All
					Hideki Yamauchi		All
Lamborghini Team Direction [5]	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10	63	Naoki Yokomizo	Y	All
					Adrian Zaugg		All
K2 R&D LEON Racing [5]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Naoya Gamou	Y	All
					Haruki Kurosawa		All
JLOC [5]	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10	87	Shinya Hosokawa  [ ja ]	Y	All
					Kimiya Satō		All
					Taiyō Iida		2, 6
				88	Kazuki Hiramine		All
					Manabu Orido		All
Lamborghini Team Direction Shift [5]	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10	108	Kyōsuke Mineo  [ ja ]		1–3, 5–6, 8
					Kei Cozzolino	Y	1–2
					Jono Lester		5–6
					Hironori Takeuchi		3, 6, 8
Rn-sports [5]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	111	Kazuya Tsuruta	Y	All
					Masayuki Ueda  [ ja ]		All
					Keishi Ishikawa		6
Tomei Sports  [ ja ] [5]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Yusaku Shibata	Y	1–6, 8
					Atsushi Tanaka  [ ja ]		1–3, 5–6, 8
					Shōta Kiyohara  [ ja ]		2, 4, 6

Driver changes

The BMW M6 GT3 (top-left), Ferrari 488 GT3 (top-right), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (bottom-left), and Mercedes-AMG GT3 (bottom-right) all made their debuts in the GT300 class this season.

Vehicle changes

• Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO, the number 11 GAINER, K2 R&D LEON Racing, and Rn-sports fielded the new Mercedes-AMG GT3.
• apr fielded two new Toyota Prius GTs, with the number 31 car on Bridgestone tyres, and the number 30 on Yokohama tyres.
• Audi Team Hitotsuyama debuted the second-generation Audi R8 LMS and switched from Yokohama to Dunlop Tyres.
• BMW Team Studie and Autobacs Racing Team Aguri used the new BMW M6 GT3 in 2016. ARTA switched to BMW after the retirement of their previous Honda CR-Z, while Studie received additional support from BMW.
• Excellence Porsche Team KTR fielded the new 911 GT3-R, and received additional support from Porsche.
• LM Corsa's number 51 team switched from BMW to the new Ferrari 488 GT3. The number 60 team continued to use the Lexus RC-F GT3.
• JLOC was one of two teams introducing the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 to Super GT in 2016.

Driver Changes

GT500

• Toyota:
  • Petrochemical company WAKO's replaced Eneos as the title sponsor of Team Le Mans. Andrea Caldarelli switched from the KeePer TOM's team to the Wako's LeMans team.
  • Three-time GT500 champion Juichi Wakisaka announced his retirement from racing at the Toyota Gazoo Racing press conference on February 4. He will stay in the series as the team principal of Lexus Team Wako's LeMans. Yuji Kunimoto moved over from Team LeMans to drive for the WedsSport BANDOH team fill the seat from Wakisaka.
  • Two-time and defending 1000 km Suzuka winner James Rossiter switched from the Petronas TOM's team to the KeePer TOM's team. Reigning Japanese Formula 3 champion Nick Cassidy joined the number 36 TOM's team. He was the first driver from New Zealand to race in the series since Mark Porter in 1998. Au replaced Petronas as the title sponsor of the number 36 TOM'S RC-F.
• Honda:
  • Takashi Kogure and Hideki Mutoh swapped seats within the Honda fleet. Mutoh moved to Drago Modulo Honda Racing alongside Oliver Turvey, while Kogure joined Koudai Tsukakoshi at Keihin Real Racing.
• Nissan:
  • Katsumasa Chiyo stepped up to the GT500 class for 2016 driving for MOLA, after helping GAINER secure their first GT300 championship last season.
  • Masataka Yanagida moved from MOLA to Kondo Racing, his third different team in four seasons.
  • Forum Engineering took over from D'Station as the title sponsor of Kondo Racing. Former GT500 champion Michael Krumm had no plans to race in Super GT in 2016 after competing for Kondo Racing last season.

GT300

• After participating in selected rounds last year, Ryuichiro Tomita became a full-time driver of the #0 GAINER Nissan GT-R.
• Kota Sasaki drove a second Toyota Prius GT for apr.
• Mitsunori Takaboshi left the series after a successful rookie season with NDDP to drive in Blancpain GT. However, he returned for the fourth race of the season at Fuji Speedway. GT Academy champion and Nissan factory driver Jann Mardenborough joined the NDDP team, partnering Kazuki Hoshino.
• Former Rolex 24 champion Jörg Bergmeister joined Excellence Porsche Team KTR on a full-time basis, after driving two rounds for the team in 2014.
• WEC LMP1 driver Pierre Kaffer drove for Audi Team Braille in his debut GT300 campaign.
• Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Yuya Motojima, as well as fellow PCCJ drivers Rintaro Kubo and Hiroaki Nagai, moved to GT300, driving for Team Taisan SARD, Arnage Racing, and apr respectively.
• Shinnosuke Yamada graduated from the F4 Japanese Championship to race for Team Upgarage with Bandoh.
• South African Adrian Zaugg and Japanese-Italian driver Kei Cozzolino made their Super GT debuts for Lamborghini Team Direction.
• Inaugural GT Academy champion Lucas Ordóñez returned to racing in Europe, competing in the Blancpain GT Series for NISMO RJN Motorsport.
• Alexandre Imperatori left Super GT to focus on his World Endurance Championship campaign with Rebellion Racing.
• Former 24h Nürburgring winner Christian Mamerow did not return to the series after running a partial campaign with Audi Team Racing Tech.
• EVA Racing became the primary sponsor of the Rn-sports AMG.
• Gulf Racing merged with Pacific Racing Team to form Gulf Racing with PACIFIC, fielding an all-new Porsche 911 GT3-R.
• Direction Racing changed their name to Lamborghini Team Direction, and also fielded two Huracán GT3s.
• Before the start of the season, an entry was announced for Audi Team Braille, with a new 2016 Audi R8 LMS and veteran World Endurance Championship driver Pierre Kaffer. However, the team never appeared in the 2016 season.
• After withdrawing from the 2015 season, Team Taisan returned to GT300 in alliance with SARD.

Mid-season changes

• From the second round, Team Taisan SARD switched to a 2016 model Audi R8 LMS.

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit Report	10 April	GT500	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	No. 1 Nismo
				James Rossiter Ryō Hirakawa	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli
			GT300	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya	No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing
				Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya	Naoya Gamou Haruki Kurosawa
2	Fuji Speedway Report	4 May	GT500	No. 12 Team Impul	No. 1 Nismo
				Hironobu Yasuda João Paulo de Oliveira	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli
			GT300	No. 55 ARTA	No. 3 NDDP Racing
				Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	Kazuki Hoshino Jann Mardenborough
3	Sportsland SUGO Report	24 July	GT500	No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans WAKO'S	No. 24 Kondo Racing
				Andrea Caldarelli Kazuya Oshima	Daiki Sasaki Masataka Yanagida
			GT300	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya	No. 31 apr
				Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya	Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga
4	Fuji Speedway Report	7 August	GT500	No. 12 Team Impul	No. 12 Team Impul
				Hironobu Yasuda João Paulo de Oliveira	Hironobu Yasuda João Paulo de Oliveira
			GT300	No. 55 ARTA	No. 55 ARTA
				Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi
5	Suzuka Circuit Report	28 August	GT500	No. 15 Drago Modulo Honda Racing	No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
				Hideki Mutoh Oliver Turvey	Hiroaki Ishiura Yuji Tachikawa
			GT300	No. 18 Team UpGarage with Bandoh	No. 61 R&D Sport
				Yuhki Nakayama Shinnosuke Yamada	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi
6	Chang International Circuit Report	9 October	GT500	No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh
				Yuji Kunimoto Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuji Kunimoto Yuhi Sekiguchi
			GT300	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya
				Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya	Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya
7	Twin Ring Motegi Report	12 November	GT500	No. 39 Lexus Team SARD	No. 24 Kondo Racing
				Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen	Daiki Sasaki Masataka Yanagida
			GT300	No. 11 GAINER	No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama
				Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim	Tomonobu Fujii Richard Lyons
8	Twin Ring Motegi Report	13 November	GT500	No. 39 Lexus Team SARD	No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
				Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen	Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen
			GT300	No. 31 apr	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya
				Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga	Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
Suzuka	25	18	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' championships

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2016 Series [8] [9] Rank Driver No. OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT MOT Pts. 1 Heikki Kovalainen Kohei Hirate 39 7 2 2 8 8 7 2 1 82 2 Kazuya Oshima Andrea Caldarelli 6 4 5 4 9 4 3 4 2 69 3 Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli 1 1 1 9 4 6 14 9 7 62 4 Yuhi Sekiguchi Yuji Kunimoto 19 9 8 5 10 5 1 5 3 58 5 Daisuke Ito Nick Cassidy 36 8 4 11 5 2 11 3 4 54 6 Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura 38 6 14 3 7 1 15 6 9 52 7 Daiki Sasaki Masataka Yanagida 24 13 9 1 Ret 12 13 1 10 43 8 Hironobu Yasuda João Paulo de Oliveira 12 5 11 Ret 1 Ret 4 7 8 43 9 Ryō Hirakawa James Rossiter 37 2 3 8 12 Ret 9 Ret 5 38 10 Satoshi Motoyama 46 3 7 13 Ret 3 12 8 6 36 11 Koudai Tsukakoshi Takashi Kogure 17 11 12 6 2 10 6 Ret 11 27 12 Katsumasa Chiyo 46 3 7 13 Ret 12 8 6 23 13 Hideki Mutoh 15 12 13 7 Ret Ret 2 12 15 20 14 Naoki Yamamoto Takuya Izawa 100 10 Ret 10 3 7 10 10 12 20 15 Kosuke Matsuura Tomoki Nojiri 8 Ret 6 14 6 9 8 11 13 16 16 Tadasuke Makino 15 2 12 15 15 17 Mitsunori Takaboshi 46 3 13 18 Daisuke Nakajima Bertrand Baguette 64 14 10 12 11 11 5 13 14 7 19 Oliver Turvey 15 12 13 7 Ret Ret 5 Rank Driver No. OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT MOT Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Driver Ranking GT300 2016 Series ^{[10] [11]}

Rank	Driver	No.	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	MOT	Pts.
1	Takeshi Tsuchiya Takamitsu Matsui	25	6	3	2	13	22	1	7	1	78
2	Kōki Saga Yūichi Nakayama	31	12	20	1	25	2	5	24	2	60
3	Tomonobu Fujii Richard Lyons	21	7	7	Ret	2	6	24	1	4	57
4	Kazuki Hoshino Jann Mardenborough	3	10	1	5	6	10	2	13	6	52
5	Shinichi Takagi Takashi Kobayashi	55	11	2	Ret	1	14	3	Ret	DNS	48
6	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	61	23	11	3	3	1	Ret	23	13	47
7	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	4	2	18	7	5	5	8	18	3	47
8	Andre Couto Ryuichiro Tomita	0	8	5	11	9	3	4	5	15	38
9	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Bjorn Wirdheim	11	4	Ret	4	7	Ret	9	4	10	32
10	Naoya Yamano	33	22	23	14	24	7	7	2	5	30
11	Kazuki Hiramine Manabu Orido	88	9	25	6	4	9	10	3	Ret	30
12	Haruki Kurosawa Naoya Gamou	65	1	Ret	16	23	8	11	9	24	26
13	Jörg Bergmeister	33	22	23				7	2	5	25
14	Yuhki Nakayama Shinnosuke Yamada	18	15	4	8	10	4	22	12	9	25
15	Seiji Ara Jörg Müller	7	3	24	10	20	DNS	6	15	12	17
16	Morio Nitta Akihiro Tsuzuki	51	5	6	9	11	11	12	11	Ret	13
17	Yūya Motojima	26	20	15	19	8	20		6	7	12
18	Tsubasa Kondō	26							6	7	9
19	Shinya Hosokawa Kimiya Satō	87	13	8	22	19	17	21	8	11	6
20	Shigekazu Wakisaka	51		6			11				5
21	Yūya Sakamoto	33				24	7				5
22	Ryōhei Sakaguchi Hiroki Yoshida	9	DNS	Ret	13	21	13	17	22	8	3
23	Shōgo Mitsuyama	26	20	15	19	8	20				3
24	Hiroaki Nagai Kōta Sasaki	30	14	9	18	15	24	14	16	17	2
25	Takayuki Aoki	48		10	17	12	21		10	14	2
26	Masaki Tanaka	48	27	10			21				1
27	Hiroshi Takamori	48	27	10	17		21				1
28	Mitsunori Takaboshi	48				12			10	14	1
–	Yūsaku Shibata	360	26	16	12	Ret	12		25	22	0
–	Shōta Kiyohara	360		16	12		12				0
–	Rintarō Kubo Hideto Yasuoka	50	18	12	Ret	16	16	15	26	19	0
–	Atsushi Tanaka	360	26	16		Ret	12		25	22	0
–	Masaki Kanō	50		12			16				0
–	Naoki Yokomizo Adrian Zaugg	63	21	19	15	18	25	13	14	16	0
–	Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi	2	17	13	23	Ret	Ret		19	Ret	0
–	Kazuya Tsuruta Masayuki Ueda	111	24	14	21	22	15	16	17	20	0
–	Masami Kageyama	5		22	Ret	14	Ret		Ret	23	0
–	Junichirō Yamashita	5		22	Ret	14	Ret				0
–	Tim Bergmeister	33			14						0
–	Keishi Ishikawa	111					15				0
–	Kyōsuke Mineo	108	16	17			19		27	18	0
–	Kei Cozzolino	108	16	17							0
–	Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto	60	25	21	Ret	17	18	23	20	Ret	0
–	Taiyō Iida	87					17				0
–	Hironori Takeuchi	108					19		27	18	0
–	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Piti Bhirombhakdi	35						18			0
–	Dominik Farnbacher	60					18				0
–	Masaki Jyonai Hisashi Wada	22	19	Ret	20	Ret	23	19	21	21	0
–	Jono Lester	108					19				0
–	Shinji Nakano	26					20				0
–	Chonsawat Asavahame Morgan Haber	28						20			0
–	Tetsuji Tamanaka	5		22			Ret		Ret	23	0
–	Kenta Yamashita	25					22				0
–	Tohjirō Azuma	22					23				0
–	Tadasuke Makino	2					Ret				0
–	Dylan Derdaele	9		Ret							0
–	Augusto Farfus	7					DNS				–
Rank	Driver	No.	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	MOT	Pts.

Teams championships

GT500 Teams' standings

Rank	Team	No.	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	MOT	Pts.
1	Lexus Team SARD	39	7	2	2	8	8	7	2	1	103
2	Lexus Team LeMans WAKO'S	6	4	5	4	9	4	3	4	2	92
3	Nismo	1	1	1	9	4	6	14	9	7	83
4	Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	19	9	8	5	10	5	1	5	3	79
5	Lexus Team au TOM'S	36	8	4	11	5	2	11	3	4	78
6	Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	38	6	14	3	7	1	15	6	9	72
7	Kondo Racing	24	13	9	1	Ret	12	13	1	10	57
8	Team Impul	12	5	11	Ret	1	Ret	4	7	8	57
9	MOLA	46	3	7	13	Ret	3	12	8	6	54
10	Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	37	2	3	8	12	Ret	9	Ret	5	53
11	Keihin Real Racing	17	11	12	6	2	10	6	Ret	11	43
12	Team Kunimitsu	100	10	Ret	10	3	7	10	10	12	39
13	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	8	Ret	6	14	6	9	8	11	13	33
14	Drago Modulo Honda Racing	15	12	13	7	Ret	Ret	2	12	15	32
15	Nakajima Racing	64	14	10	12	11	11	5	13	14	22
Rank	Team	No.	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	MOT	Pts.

GT300 Teams' standings

Rank	Team	No.	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	MOT	Pts.
1	VivaC team Tsuchiya	25	6	3	2	13	22	1	7	1	97
2	apr	31	12	20	1	25	2	5	24	2	77
3	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	21	7	7	Ret	2	6	24	1	4	76
4	NDDP Racing	3	10	1	5	6	10	2	13	6	76
5	Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo	4	2	18	7	5	5	8	18	3	69
6	R&D Sport	61	23	11	3	3	1	Ret	23	13	62
7	Gainer	0	8	5	11	9	3	4	5	15	62
8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	11	2	Ret	1	14	3	Ret	DNS	59
9	Gainer	11	4	Ret	4	7	Ret	9	4	10	49
10	Excellence Porsche Team KTR	33	22	23	14	24	7	7	2	5	48
11	JLOC	88	9	25	6	4	9	10	3	Ret	47
12	Team Up Garage with Bandoh	18	15	4	8	10	4	22	12	9	46
13	K2 R&D Leon Racing	65	1	Ret	16	23	8	11	9	24	43
14	BMW Team Studie	7	3	24	10	20	DNS	6	15	12	34
15	LM corsa	51	5	6	9	11	11	12	11	Ret	32
16	Team Taisan SARD	26	20	15	19	8	20		6	7	27
17	JLOC	87	13	8	22	19	17	21	8	11	22
18	apr	30	14	9	18	15	24	14	16	17	22
19	Lamborghini Team Direction	63	21	19	15	18	25	13	14	16	20
20	Dijon Racing	48	27	10	17	12	21		10	14	17
21	Gulf Racing with Pacific	9	DNS	Ret	13	21	13	17	22	8	15
22	Arnage Racing	50	18	12	Ret	16	16	15	26	19	15
23	Rn-sports	111	24	14	21	22	15	16	17	20	14
24	R'QS Motorsports	22	19	Ret	20	Ret	23	19	21	21	12
25	Tomei Sports	360	26	16	12	Ret	12		25	22	10
26	LM corsa	60	25	21	Ret	17	18	23	20	Ret	10
27	Lamborghini Team Direction Shift	108	16	17			19		27	18	9
28	Cars Tokai Dream28	2	17	13	23	Ret	Ret		19	Ret	8
29	Team Mach	5	DNS	22	Ret	14	Ret		Ret	23	5
-	Toyota Team Thailand	35						18			0
-	Vattana Motorsport	28						20			0
Rank	Team	No.	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	MOT	Pts.

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External links

• Official website