2018 D1 Grand Prix series

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The 2018 D1 Grand Prix series is the eighteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series. The season began on March 31 at Maishima Sports Island in Osaka, and ended on November 3 at the Odaiba Tokyo Street Course. [1] This season also marked the commencement of the new D1 Lights series, with the preseason match on January 20, at Nikko Circuit, with the season ending on December 1 at the same venue. [2]

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Teams and drivers

TireTeamCarNo.DriversRound(s)
Dunlop Pacific Racing Team Nissan ER34 3 Flag of Japan.svg Ken Nomura 1-8
Pacific Racing Team Nissan S14 14 Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Murayama  [ jp ]1-8
Hirano Tire Toyota JZX100 22 Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Kiguchi 1-2, 5-7
広島トヨタ team DROO-P Toyota ZN6 33 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hayashi 1-8
Tanabe SSR Team Toyota JZX100 38 Flag of Japan.svg Tadahiro Fukada  [ jp ]1-3
Fat Five Racing Toyota JZX100 45 Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Hatanaka 1-8
Silky House OTG Toyota ZN6 60 Flag of Japan.svg Youichi Imamura 1-2
広島トヨタ team DROO-P Toyota AE85 99 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Matsukawa 1-8
Goodride adidas a-unit G-meister Nissan S15 16 Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yamaguchi 1-8
GARAGE わいず Nissan PS13 17 Flag of Japan.svg Teruaki Shimoda 3
北九州 MSR Nissan S15 31 Flag of Japan.svg Masaru Fuchigami 3, 5-7
MMM Chroma Racing Ferrari 550 42 Flag of Japan.svg Kunihiko Teramachi -
Nichiei Racing Nissan S15 61 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Feng Jen-Chih 1-2
Moty's West Auto Toyota JZX100 73 Flag of Japan.svg Ikuo Saito 1-3, 5
Fat Five Racing Chevrolet C6 87 Flag of Japan.svg Daigo Saito 1-2, 5
TCP Magic Mazda FD3S 88 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Fujinaka 1-2
Goodyear AST Toyota ZN6 28 Flag of Japan.svg Masayoshi Tokita 1-8
Sunoco Lexus GSE20 48 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoyuki Kitashiba 1-3, 5
Origin Labo. Nissan RPS13 81 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Bai 1-8
Team Kunny'z Toyota GRX130 92 Flag of Japan.svg Kuniaki Takahashi 4-7
Nankang かいとりちゃん オルビスレーシング Nissan S15 46 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshitatsu Kaneda 6-7
D-MAX Nissan S15 70 Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Yokoi 1-8
D-MAX Nissan S15 75 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Hirajima 1-2
Toyo Seimi Style Drift Nissan S15 2 Flag of Japan.svg Seimi Tanaka 5-8
Dixcel Nissan S15 6 Flag of Japan.svg Akinori Utsumi  [ jp ]1-8
Team RE雨宮 K&N Mazda FD3S 7 Flag of Japan.svg Yukio Matsui  [ jp ]1-8
Fun Style Racing Toyota AE86 19 Flag of Japan.svg Noboru Morita 6-7
Samurai Kanto Mazda FC3S 21 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Imamura 4-7
Team C.M.Feeling Nissan S15 23 Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuru Murakami 1-3
Do-Luck Toyota ZN6 32 Flag of Thailand.svg Daychapon Toyingcharoen  [ th ]1-8
Glion Trust Racing Nissan R35 35 Flag of Japan.svg Masato Kawabata 1-8
TMS Racing Team Toyota JZX100 36 Flag of Japan.svg Kazumi Takahashi 1-8
Glion Trust Racing Nissan R35 39 Flag of Japan.svg Masao Suenaga 1-8
Used Parts Tadokoro Toyota AE86 43 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshifumi Tadokoro 1-7
Wisteria Nissan RPS13 66 Flag of Japan.svg Hideyuki Fujino 1-8
Team Julius Nissan RPS13 84 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng 1-8
TRI-ACE Team Mori パーツオフ Toyota JZX100 30 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuro Nakada 1-8
Team Mori パーツオフ Toyota JZX100 52 Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Kitaoka 1-8
Zestino Yuke's Team Orange Nissan S15 4 Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Kohashi 1-8
Navigate KRC Nissan S14 5 Flag of Japan.svg Takatoshi Imamaeda 1-2
K'SPEC SunRISE Racing Honda AP1 8 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Hibino 1-7
Yuke's Team Orange Nissan S15 9 Flag of Japan.svg Naoto Suenaga 1-8
Team ZSS Racing Nissan S15 15 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhiro Ueo 1-8
R Magic H.D.O D1 Racing Mazda NA6CE 77 Flag of Japan.svg Teruyoshi Iwai 1-7
Team Vertex Digicam Toyota JZZ30 78 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Ueno 1-8
N/AOrigin Labo. Sunoco Nissan S14 12 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikazu Kawakami 1-2

Schedule

RoundVenueDateWinnerReport
1 Maishima Sports Island, Osaka Prefecture March 31 Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Hatanaka Report
2April 1 Flag of Japan.svg Hideyuki Fujino Report
3 Autopolis, Ōita Prefecture April 14–15 Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Yokoi Report
4 Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaido Prefecture June 9–10 Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Yokoi Report
5 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture July 21–22 Flag of Japan.svg Yukio Matsui Report
6 Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture August 25 Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Kohashi Report
7August 26 Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Yokoi Report
8 Odaiba, Tokyo Metropolis November 3 Flag of Japan.svg Akinori Utsumi Report

Drivers' rankings

D1GP

Pos.Driver [3] CarRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.5Rd.6Rd.7Rd.8Total
1 Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Yokoi Nissan S15 2093030DSQ253022166
2 Flag of Japan.svg Masato Kawabata Nissan R35 2512222217172011134
3 Flag of Japan.svg Naoto Suenaga Nissan S15 1116252522DSQ712118
4 Flag of Japan.svg Masao Suenaga Nissan R35 2220121161525111
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Kitaoka Toyota JZX100 [ broken anchor ]2225117201620111
6 Flag of Japan.svg Hideyuki Fujino Nissan RPS13 17301711209DSQ6110
7 Flag of Japan.svg Yukio Matsui Mazda FD3S 6171130122216104
8 Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Hatanaka Toyota JZX100 301116171111187
9 Flag of Japan.svg Akinori Utsumi Nissan S15 71211173077
10 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhiro Ueo Nissan S15 16101561611074
11 Flag of Thailand.svg Daychapon Toyingcharoen  [ th ] Toyota ZN6 151102519869
12 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Ueno Toyota JZZ30 114209101964
13 Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Kohashi Nissan S15 DSQ1913081463
14 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng Nissan RPS13 1055121411562
15 Flag of Japan.svg Seimi Tanaka Nissan S15 148141753
16 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Bai Nissan RPS13 20111111145
17 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuro Nakada Toyota JZX100 [ broken anchor ]141018538
Flag of Japan.svg Kazumi Takahashi Toyota JZX100 [ broken anchor ]1211410138
19 Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yamaguchi Nissan S15 71555133
20 Flag of Japan.svg Masayoshi Tokita Toyota ZN6 157111732
21 Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Murayama Nissan S14 811612129
22 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hayashi Toyota ZN6 915125
23 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Matsukawa Toyota AE85 815171124
24 Flag of Japan.svg Ken Nomura Nissan ER34 14161123
25 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Hibino Honda AP1 11161120
26 Flag of Japan.svg Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota GRX130 115117
27 Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Kiguchi Toyota JZX100 511016
28 Flag of Japan.svg Takatoshi Imamaeda Nissan S14 9615
29 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshifumi Tadokoro Toyota AE86 111811
30 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoyuki Kitashiba Lexus GSE20 1618
Flag of Japan.svg Youichi Imamura Toyota ZN6 178
32 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshitatsu Kaneda Nissan S15 66
Flag of Japan.svg Ikuo Saito Toyota JZX100 156
34 Flag of Japan.svg Teruyoshi Iwai Mazda NA6CE 111115
35 Flag of Japan.svg Daigo Saito Chevrolet C6 112
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuru Murakami Nissan S15 112
37 Flag of Japan.svg Masaru Fuchigami Nissan S15 11
Flag of Japan.svg Akira Hirajima Nissan S15 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Feng Jen Chih Nissan S15 11

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References

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  2. "D1SLから進化した新シリーズがスタート!". d1gp.co.jp. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. "2018 Drivers Ranking". d1gp.co.jp. Retrieved 17 November 2018.