2017 Suzuka 1000km

Last updated March 10, 2023

The 46th International Suzuka 1000 km was endurance event that took place on August 27, 2017^[1] at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 46th edition of the 1000 km Suzuka at Suzuka, and the last as part of the Super GT Series, also being the last running under the 1000-kilometer format. The race was won by the Nakajima Racing team with Bertrand Baguette and Kosuke Matsuura driving.^[2]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Gap To/Reason Retired
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Engine	Laps	Time/Gap To/Reason Retired
1	GT500	64	Nakajima Racing	Bertrand Baguette Kosuke Matsuura	Honda NSX-GT	171
1	GT500	64	Nakajima Racing	Bertrand Baguette Kosuke Matsuura	Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo	171
2	GT500	23	NISMO	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Nissan GT-R	171	+12.150s
2	GT500	23	NISMO	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo	171	+12.150s
3	GT500	100	Team Kunimitsu	Naoki Yamamoto Takuya Izawa	Honda NSX-GT	171	+15.737s
3	GT500	100	Team Kunimitsu	Naoki Yamamoto Takuya Izawa	Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo	171	+15.737s
4	GT500	19	Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	Yuhi Sekiguchi Yuji Kunimoto Kamui Kobayashi	Lexus LC 500	171	+32.852s
4	GT500	19	Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	Yuhi Sekiguchi Yuji Kunimoto Kamui Kobayashi	Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo	171	+32.852s
5	GT500	24	Kondo Racing	Daiki Sasaki João Paulo de Oliveira	Nissan GT-R	171	+34.089s
5	GT500	24	Kondo Racing	Daiki Sasaki João Paulo de Oliveira	Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo	171	+34.089s
6	GT500	37	Lexus Team KeePer TOM's	Ryō Hirakawa Nick Cassidy	Lexus LC 500	171	+36.330s
6	GT500	37	Lexus Team KeePer TOM's	Ryō Hirakawa Nick Cassidy	Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo	171	+36.330s
7	GT500	6	Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	Kazuya Oshima Andrea Caldarelli	Lexus LC 500	171	+37.012s
7	GT500	6	Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	Kazuya Oshima Andrea Caldarelli	Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo	171	+37.012s
8	GT500	8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Tomoki Nojiri Takashi Kobayashi	Honda NSX-GT	171	+1:58.420s
8	GT500	8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Tomoki Nojiri Takashi Kobayashi	Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo	171	+1:58.420s
9	GT500	36	Lexus Team au TOM's	Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter	Lexus LC 500	170	+1 lap
9	GT500	36	Lexus Team au TOM's	Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter	Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo	170	+1 lap
10	GT500	38	Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura	Lexus LC 500	169	+2 laps
10	GT500	38	Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura	Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo	169	+2 laps
11	GT500	12	Team Impul	Hironobu Yasuda Jann Mardenborough	Nissan GT-R	169	+2 Laps
11	GT500	12	Team Impul	Hironobu Yasuda Jann Mardenborough	Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo	169	+2 Laps
12	GT500	16	Team Mugen	Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima Jenson Button	Honda NSX-GT	169	+2 Laps
12	GT500	16	Team Mugen	Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima Jenson Button	Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo	169	+2 Laps
13	GT500	1	Lexus Team SARD	Heikki Kovalainen Kohei Hirate	Lexus LC 500	168	DNF (Accident)
13	GT500	1	Lexus Team SARD	Heikki Kovalainen Kohei Hirate	Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo	168	DNF (Accident)
14	GT300	65	K2 R&D Leon Racing	Haruki Kurosawa Naoya Gamou	Mercedes-AMG GT3	158	+13 laps
14	GT300	65	K2 R&D Leon Racing	Haruki Kurosawa Naoya Gamou	Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A	158	+13 laps
15	GT300	88	JLOC	Manabu Orido Kazuki Hiramine Koji Yamanishi	Lamborghini Huracan	158	+13 Laps
15	GT300	88	JLOC	Manabu Orido Kazuki Hiramine Koji Yamanishi	Lamborghini 5.2L V10 N/A	158	+13 Laps
16	GT300	87	JLOC	Shinya Hosokawa Kimiya Sato Yuya Motojima	Lamborghini Huracan	158	+13 Laps
16	GT300	87	JLOC	Shinya Hosokawa Kimiya Sato Yuya Motojima	Lamborghini 5.2L V10 N/A	158	+13 Laps
17	GT300	60	LM Corsa	Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto	Lexus RC F GT3	158	+13 Laps
17	GT300	60	LM Corsa	Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto	Lexus 5.4L V8 N/A	158	+13 Laps
18	GT300	10	GAINER	Ryuichiro Tomita Hiroki Yoshida	Nissan GT-R	158	+13 Laps
18	GT300	10	GAINER	Ryuichiro Tomita Hiroki Yoshida	Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo	158	+13 Laps
19	GT300	51	LM Corsa	Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Lexus RC F GT3	158	+13 Laps
19	GT300	51	LM Corsa	Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Lexus 5.4L V8 N/A	158	+13 Laps
20	GT300	61	R&D Sport	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Subaru BRZ GT300	158	+13 Laps
20	GT300	61	R&D Sport	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Subaru 2.0L Flat 4 Turbo	158	+13 Laps
21	GT300	9	Pacific with Gulf Racing	Jono Lester Kyosuke Mineo	Porsche 991 GT3 R	158	+13 Laps
21	GT300	9	Pacific with Gulf Racing	Jono Lester Kyosuke Mineo	Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A	158	+13 Laps
22	GT300	11	GAINER	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim	Mercedes-AMG GT3	158	+13 Laps
22	GT300	11	GAINER	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim	Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A	158	+13 Laps
23	GT300	33	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Sven Müller	Porsche 991 GT3 R	158	+13 Laps
23	GT300	33	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Sven Müller	Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A	158	+13 Laps
24	GT300	7	BMW Team Studie	Jörg Müller Seiji Ara Augusto Farfus	BMW M6	158	+13 laps
24	GT300	7	BMW Team Studie	Jörg Müller Seiji Ara Augusto Farfus	BMW 4.4L V8 Twin Turbo	158	+13 laps
25	GT300	52	Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	Taku Bamba Shigekazu Wakisaka Shogo Mitsuyama	Toyota Mark X	157	+14 laps
25	GT300	52	Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	Taku Bamba Shigekazu Wakisaka Shogo Mitsuyama	GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A	157	+14 laps
26	GT300	111	Rn-sports	Keishi Ishikawa Ryosei Yamashita Masayuki Ueda	Mercedes-AMG GT3	156	+15 laps
26	GT300	111	Rn-sports	Keishi Ishikawa Ryosei Yamashita Masayuki Ueda	Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A	156	+15 laps
27	GT300	3	NDDP Racing	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	156	+15 laps
27	GT300	3	NDDP Racing	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi	Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo	156	+15 laps
28	GT500	46	MOLA	Satoshi Motoyama Katsumasa Chiyo	Nissan GT-R R35	155	+16 laps
28	GT500	46	MOLA	Satoshi Motoyama Katsumasa Chiyo	Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo	155	+16 laps
29	GT300	18	Team UPGarage With Bandoh	Yuhki Nakayama Shintaro Kawabata	Toyota 86 MC	155	+16 laps
29	GT300	18	Team UPGarage With Bandoh	Yuhki Nakayama Shintaro Kawabata	GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A	155	+16 laps
30	GT300	50	INGING & Arnage Racing	Akihiro Tsuzuki Morio Nitta	Ferrari 488	155	+16 laps
30	GT300	50	INGING & Arnage Racing	Akihiro Tsuzuki Morio Nitta	Ferrari 3.9L V8 Twin Turbo	155	+16 laps
31	GT300	360	Tomei Sports	Yusaku Shibata Atsushi Tanaka Takayuki Aoki	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	155	+16 laps
31	GT300	360	Tomei Sports	Yusaku Shibata Atsushi Tanaka Takayuki Aoki	Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo	155	+16 laps
32	GT300	25	VivaC Team Tsuchiya	Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita Tsubasa Kondo	Toyota 86 MC	154	DNF (Accident)
32	GT300	25	VivaC Team Tsuchiya	Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita Tsubasa Kondo	GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A	154	DNF (Accident)
33	GT300	4	Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	Mercedes-AMG GT3	153	+18 laps
33	GT300	4	Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A	153	+18 laps
34	GT300	35	Panther Team Thailand	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Nattapong Hortongkum	Toyota 86 MC	148	+23 laps
34	GT300	35	Panther Team Thailand	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Nattapong Hortongkum	GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A	148	+23 laps
35	GT500	17	Keihin Real Racing	Koudai Tsukakoshi Takashi Kogure	Honda NSX-GT	146	DNF (Tyre)
35	GT500	17	Keihin Real Racing	Koudai Tsukakoshi Takashi Kogure	Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo	146	DNF (Tyre)
36	GT300	22	R'Qs Motor Sports	Hisashi Wada Masaki Jyonai	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	127	+44 laps
36	GT300	22	R'Qs Motor Sports	Hisashi Wada Masaki Jyonai	Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A	127	+44 laps
37	GT300	5	Team Mach	Natsu Sakaguchi Kiyoto Fujinami Tetsuji Tamanaka	Toyota 86	119	+52 laps
37	GT300	5	Team Mach	Natsu Sakaguchi Kiyoto Fujinami Tetsuji Tamanaka	GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A	119	+52 laps
38	GT300	2	Cars Tokai Dream28	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi Hamaguchi	Lotus Evora MC	116	+55 laps
38	GT300	2	Cars Tokai Dream28	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi Hamaguchi	GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A	116	+55 laps
39	GT300	30	apr	Hiroaki Nagai Kota Sasaki	Toyota Prius	113	DNF (Drive Train)
39	GT300	30	apr	Hiroaki Nagai Kota Sasaki	Toyota 3.4L V8 N/A	113	DNF (Drive Train)
40	GT300	48	Dijon Racing	Hiroshi Takamori Masaki Tanaka Masami Kageyama	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	109	DNF (Drive Train)
40	GT300	48	Dijon Racing	Hiroshi Takamori Masaki Tanaka Masami Kageyama	Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo	109	DNF (Drive Train)
41	GT300	31	apr	Koki Saga Rintaro Kubo	Toyota Prius	86	DNF (Accident)
41	GT300	31	apr	Koki Saga Rintaro Kubo	Toyota 3.4L V8 N/A	86	DNF (Accident)
42	GT300	21	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	Richard Lyons Masataka Yanagida	Audi R8	72	DNF (Electrics)
42	GT300	21	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	Richard Lyons Masataka Yanagida	Audi 5.2L V10 N/A	72	DNF (Electrics)
43	GT300	26	Team Taisan SARD	Shinosuke Yamada Jake Parsons Christian Klien	Audi R8	47	DNF (Accident Damage)
43	GT300	26	Team Taisan SARD	Shinosuke Yamada Jake Parsons Christian Klien	Audi 5.2L V10 N/A	47	DNF (Accident Damage)
44	GT300	55	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Shinichi Takagi Sean Walkinshaw	BMW M6	37	DNF (Accident)
44	GT300	55	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Shinichi Takagi Sean Walkinshaw	BMW 4.4L V8 Twin Turbo	37	DNF (Accident)
45	GT300	117	EIcars Bentley TTO	Yuji Ide Ryohei Sakaguchi	Bentley Continental GT	29	DNF (Fuel Lines)
45	GT300	117	EIcars Bentley TTO	Yuji Ide Ryohei Sakaguchi	Bentley 4.0L V8 Twin Turbo	29	DNF (Fuel Lines)
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