2019 Super GT Series

2019 Super GT Series

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Kazuya Oshima & Kenta Yamashita
GT500 Teams' Champion:
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
Shinichi Takagi & Nirei Fukuzumi
GT300 Teams' Champion:
ARTA

Previous

2018

Next

2020

Sister series:
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Jenson Button and Naoki Yamamoto (pictured in 2012 and 2013, respectively) entered the season as defending champions.

The 2019 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the twenty-seventh season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-seventh overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 14 and ended on November 24, after 8 championship races & 2 non-championship races.

As the culmination of a unified set of technical regulations adopted by Super GT and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), ^{[1] [2]} the two series staged a joint-promotion race, the Super GT x DTM Dream Race at Fuji Speedway. ^[3]

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km Race	Okayama International Circuit	April 13–14
2	Fuji GT 500 km Race	Fuji Speedway	May 3–4
3	Suzuka GT 300 km Race	Suzuka Circuit	May 25–26
4	Chang Super GT Race	Chang International Circuit	June 29–30
5	Fuji GT 500 Mile Race	Fuji Speedway	August 3–4
6	Autopolis GT 300 km Race	Autopolis	September 7–8
7	Sugo GT 300 km Race	Sportsland SUGO	September 21–22
8	Motegi GT 250 km Race	Twin Ring Motegi	November 2–3
NC	Super GT × DTM Dream Race	Fuji Speedway	November 23–24
	auto sport Web Sprint Cup

Calendar changes

• In light of the series' partnership with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, two races featured entries from both Super GT and DTM. The first was the DTM season finale at the Hockenheimring, where one team from each GT500 manufacturer was invited to take part as a wildcard entry. ^[4] The second event was the Super GT x DTM Dream Race at Fuji Speedway, featuring all GT500 teams and seven teams representing DTM manufacturers Audi and BMW. A balance of performance formula was applied to ensure parity between DTM and GT500 cars, as Super GT would not adopt Class One regulations in their entirety until 2020. ^[3] And for both joint-promoted events, all teams used Hankook tyres.
• The auto sport Web Sprint Cup, a non-championship event for GT3 and GT300 competitors, was held at Fuji Speedway as a supporting event of the Super GT x DTM Dream Race.
• The Autopolis GT 300 km Race moved forward in the calendar to September 8, to the sixth round of the championship. The Sportsland Sugo round moved to the penultimate round of the season.
• The final round at Motegi was moved forward a week to avoid clashes with the FIA World Endurance Championship and Super Taikyu Series. ^[5]

Teams and drivers

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
BMW Team RBM [6]	BMW	BMW M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0 L Turbo I4	00	Kamui Kobayashi [7]	H	NC
				4	Alex Zanardi [8]	H	NC
				11	Marco Wittmann [9]	H	NC
Team Kunimitsu [10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	1	Naoki Yamamoto [10]	B	All, NC
					Jenson Button [10] [11]		All
NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing [12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	3	Kōhei Hirate [12]	M	All, NC
					Frederic Makowiecki [12]
Lexus Team LeMans Wako's [13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	6	Kazuya Oshima [13]	B	All, NC
					Kenta Yamashita [13]
ARTA [10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Tomoki Nojiri [10]	B	All, NC
					Takuya Izawa [10]
Team Impul [12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	12	Daiki Sasaki [12]	B	All, NC
					James Rossiter [12]		1–5, 7–8, NC
					Katsumasa Chiyo [14]		6
Team Mugen [10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	16	Hideki Mutoh [10]	Y	All, NC
					Daisuke Nakajima [10]
Keihin REAL Racing [10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi [10]	B	All, NC
					Bertrand Baguette [10]		All
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh [13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuji Kunimoto [13]	Y	All, NC
					Shō Tsuboi [13]
Audi Sport Team WRT Hitotsuyama [15]	Audi	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4	21	Benoît Tréluyer [15]	H	NC
NISMO [12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	23	Tsugio Matsuda [12]	M	All, NC
					Ronnie Quintarelli [12]
Kondo Racing [12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Mitsunori Takaboshi [12]	Y	All, NC
					Jann Mardenborough [12]
Audi Sport Team Phoenix [15]	Audi	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4	28	Loïc Duval [15]	H	NC
Audi Sport Team Rosberg [15]	Audi	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4	33	René Rast [15]	H	NC
Lexus Team au TOM'S [13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Yuhi Sekiguchi [13]	B	All, NC
					Kazuki Nakajima [13]		1, 3–8, NC
					Ritomo Miyata		2
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S [13]				37	Ryō Hirakawa [13]	B	All, NC
					Nick Cassidy [13]
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo [13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Yuji Tachikawa [13]	B	All, NC
					Hiroaki Ishiura [13]
Lexus Team SARD [13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Heikki Kovalainen [13]	B	All, NC
					Yuichi Nakayama [13]
Modulo Nakajima Racing [10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Narain Karthikeyan [10]	D	All, NC
					Tadasuke Makino [10]
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline [15]	Audi	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4	99	Mike Rockenfeller [15]	H	NC

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Cars Tokai Dream28 [16]	Lotus	Lotus Evora MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	2	Kazuho Takahashi [16]	Y	All
					Hiroki Katoh [16]
					Hiroshi Hamaguchi		5
Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO [17]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Nobuteru Taniguchi [18] [17]	Y	All
					Tatsuya Kataoka [18] [17]
Team Mach	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	5	Natsu Sakaguchi	Y	1–3, 5–8
					Yuya Hiraki
					Tetsuji Tamanaka		2
					Ryōhei Sakaguchi		5
D'station Racing AMR [19]	Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8	7	Tomonobu Fujii [19]	Y	All
					João Paulo de Oliveira [19]
					Darren Turner [19]		5
Pacific Racing with Good Speed [20] [21]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche M98/80 4.2 L F6	9	Naoki Yokomizo [22]	Y	All
					Kyosuke Mineo [22]
					Akihiro Tsuzuki		5
MP Racing [23]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	9	"Joe Shindo" [23]	Y	NC
					Keiichi Inoue [23]
GAINER [24] [12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	10	Kazuki Hoshino [25] [12]	Y	All
					Keishi Ishikawa [25] [12]
				11	Katsuyuki Hiranaka [24] [12]	D	All
					Hironobu Yasuda [25] [12]
Hanashima Racing [23]	McLaren	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8	11	Katsuaki Kubota [23]	Y	NC
					Kazuto Kotaka [23]
Team UpGarage [10] [a]	Honda	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6	18	Takashi Kobayashi [10]	Y	All
					Kosuke Matsuura [10]
					Shinnosuke Yamada		2, 5
ARTA [10] [a]				55	Shinichi Takagi [10]	B	All
					Nirei Fukuzumi [10]
Audi Team Hitotsuyama	Audi	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	21	Richard Lyons	Y	All
					Ryuichiro Tomita
					Alessio Picariello		2, 5
R'Qs Motor Sports	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	22	Hisashi Wada	Y	1–3, 5–6, 8
					Masaki Jyonai
					Björn Wirdheim		5
Arnage Racing				50	Masaki Kano	Y	All
					Ryōsei Yamashita
					Yuya Tezuka		2, 5
Tsuchiya Engineering [23] [b] Max Racing [23] [b]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	25	Takamitsu Matsui [23]	Y	All, NC
					Kimiya Sato [23]
					Takeshi Tsuchiya [23]		2, 5
	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	244		Y	NC
					"Go Max" [23]		NC
apr [13] [26] [23]	Toyota	Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV apr GT	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	30	Hiroaki Nagai [13] [26] [23]	Y	All, NC
					Manabu Orido [13] [26] [23]
					Kazuto Kotaka		2, 5
			Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8	31	Koki Saga [13] [26] [23]	B	All, NC
					Yuhki Nakayama [13] [26] [23]
X Works [12] [27] [22]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	33	Shaun Thong [12]	Y	All
					Marchy Lee [12]		1–5
					Shinya Michimi		2, 5–8
Modulo Drago Corse [10]	Honda	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6	34	Ryō Michigami [10]	Y	All
					Hiroki Otsu [10]
Panther arto Team Thailand [13]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	35	Nattapong Horthongkum [13]	Y	All
					Sean Walkinshaw [13]
					Nattavude Charoensukhawatana [13]		2
BH Auction Bingo Racing [23]	Callaway	Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R	Callaway LT1 6.2 L V8	37	Shinji Takei [23]	Y	NC
					Ukyō Sasahara [23]
NILZZ Racing [12] [23]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	Masaki Tanaka [12] [23]	Y	1–3, 5–8, NC
					Taiyō Iida [12] [23]
					Teruhiko Hamano		2, 5
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave [22] [23]	Toyota	Toyota Mark X MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	52	Hiroki Yoshida [22] [23]	B	All, NC
					Shigekazu Wakisaka [23]
Kondo Racing [28]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	56	Kazuki Hiramine [25]	Y	All
					Sacha Fenestraz [25]
LM Corsa [13] [23]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	60	Hiroki Yoshimoto [13]	D	All, NC
					Ritomo Miyata [13]		1, 3–8, NC
					Dominik Farnbacher		2
	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8	70	Shunsuke Kohno [23]	Y	NC
					Togo Suganami [23]
R&D Sport [29]	Subaru	Subaru BRZ R&D Sport	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Takuto Iguchi [29]	D	All
					Hideki Yamauchi [29]
K2 R&D LEON Racing [30]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Haruki Kurosawa	B	1–5
					Naoya Gamou [30]		All
					Togo Suganami [30]		6–8
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 1–5 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 6–8	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	87	Tsubasa Takahashi	Y	All
					André Couto
					Kiyoto Fujinami		2, 5
				88	Takashi Kogure	Y	All
					Yūya Motojima
K-tunes Racing [13] [31]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	96	Morio Nitta [13] [31]	B	All
					Sena Sakaguchi [13]
Tomei Sports [12] [23]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Takayuki Aoki [22] [23]	Y	1–3, 5–8, NC
					Atsushi Tanaka [12] [23]		1–2, 5–6, NC
					Yusaku Shibata		2, 3, 5, 7–8
McLaren Customer Racing Japan [32]	McLaren	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8	720	Seiji Ara [33]	Y	1–3, 5–8
					Álex Palou [33]

Vehicle changes

GT500

• Toyota announced that the fifth-generation GR Supra would replace the Lexus LC 500 as the company's GT500 vehicle beginning in 2020. This was the final season for the Lexus marque in GT500, which had first appeared in 2006.

GT300

• apr Racing launched an all-new version of their Toyota Prius GT, based on the fourth-generation Prius PHV. This new Prius, with a front-engine, rear-wheel drive configuration, replaced their previous mid-engined Prius GT - which was ruled out of competition due to a regulation change stating that GT300 cars must have their engines located in the same position as their production counterparts. ^[26]
• ARTA and Team UPGarage changed vehicles to the Honda NSX GT3, replacing their previous BMW M6 GT3 and Toyota MC86, respectively. ^[10]
• The second-generation Aston Martin Vantage GT3 made its Super GT debut via D'station Racing AMR, who replaced their previous Porsche 911 GT3-R. ^[19]
• The McLaren 720S GT3 made its Japanese racing debut via McLaren Customer Racing Japan. ^[33]

Entrant changes

GT500

• Honda: Honda announced their GT500 lineups on 11 January. ^[10]
  • Modulo became the new title sponsor for Nakajima Racing, who formed an all-new driver lineup featuring ex-Super Formula driver Narain Karthikeyan, and Tadasuke Makino, who returned to Japan after racing in Europe for two seasons.
  • Bertrand Baguette transferred to Keihin Real Racing, where he partnered Koudai Tsukakoshi.
  • Former F1 and GT500 driver Shinji Nakano became the new team director of Team Mugen.
• Lexus: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced the Lexus GT500 lineups on 7 February. ^[13]
  • Kenta Yamashita transferred to Lexus Team Wako's LeMans, replacing Felix Rosenqvist, who left Super GT to compete in the IndyCar Series.
  • Sho Tsuboi and Yuichi Nakayama moved up to GT500 on a full-time basis, with Tsuboi joining Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh, and Nakayama joining Lexus Team SARD to take the place of Kamui Kobayashi, who left Super GT to focus on the WEC. ^[34]
  • Yuji Tachikawa was named the team director of Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo, along with his duties as lead driver. ^[35]
• Nissan: Nissan announced their GT500 lineups on 7 February. ^[12]
  • NDDP Racing with B-Max formed an all-new driver lineup: Kohei Hirate transferred to Nissan and secured his return to GT500 after a seventeen-year association with Toyota, while former Honda GT500 driver Frédéric Makowiecki returned to the series for the first time since 2014. They replaced Satoshi Motoyama, who had retired from GT500 driving, and Katsumasa Chiyo, who accepted a new assignment in the SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge. Masahiro Hasemi also retired as team director of NDDP Racing with B-Max, and was replaced by Toshikazu Tanaka.
  • James Rossiter rejoined Super GT on a full-time basis and completed a transfer from Toyota to Nissan, joining Team Impul. ^[36]
  • Jann Mardenborough transferred to Kondo Racing, where he replaced the departing João Paulo de Oliveira.

GT300

• Kondo Racing, in partnership with the Nissan Automobile Technical College, expanded to a multi-class effort with the addition of a GT300 team. ^[28] Kazuki Hiramine, who drove for Kondo Racing in Super Taikyu, transferred from JLOC. Former Renault Sport Academy driver Sacha Fenestraz made his Super GT debut with the team. ^[25]
• Virtual YouTuber Mirai Akari  [ ja ] became the new primary sponsor for Pacific Racing with Good Speed, replacing Gulf Oil, which had sponsored Pacific since 2016. ^{[20] [21]} 2012 GT300 Champions Naoki Yokomizo and Kyosuke Mineo reunited at the wheel of their Porsche 911 GT3-R. ^[22]
• Hong Kong-based team X Works made their series debut, fielding a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. ^{[12] [27]} Two drivers from Hong Kong, Marchy Lee and Shaun Thong, were announced as the full-time driver lineup. The team featured a new sponsorship deal to promote the animated series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
• Team Taisan, EIcars Bentley, and CarGuy Racing all withdrew from Super GT at the end of the 2018 season. Team Taisan had participated in all but one JGTC/Super GT season since the inaugural 1994 season, but shifted focus towards EV racing. CarGuy Racing began new programmes for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Asian Le Mans Series. ^{[37] [38] [39] [40]}
• 2013 GT300 Champion Yuhki Nakayama joined apr Racing, driving the number 31 Prius PHV GT alongside Koki Saga. ^[26] Two-time GT300 champion Manabu Orido, who joined the number 30 apr team halfway through the 2018 season, was named as a full-time driver for 2019 alongside Hiroaki Nagai. ^[13]
• Former Honda GT500 driver Kosuke Matsuura joined Takashi Kobayashi at Team UPGarage. ^[10]
• Honda young driver Nirei Fukuzumi joined Shinichi Takagi at ARTA; Fukuzumi raced in Formula 2 and Super Formula in 2018, and made a one-off appearance for ARTA in the 2015 Suzuka 1000 km. ^[10]
• Team Goh, who won the 1996 GT500 Championship as Team Lark McLaren GTR, returned to Super GT for the first time in 23 years as McLaren Customer Racing Japan. Seiji Ara, who won the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans with Team Goh, returned to the series after a one-year absence. Former All-Japan Formula Three and European Formula 3 driver Álex Palou made his Super GT debut. ^[33]
• K-Tunes Racing ended their collaboration with LM Corsa after the 2018 season, and the team run independently with technical support from INGING Motorsport. Former Honda young driver Sena Sakaguchi transferred into the Toyota programme, joining Morio Nitta aboard the K-Tunes Lexus RC F GT3. ^{[13] [31]}
• Last year runners up Sean Walkinshaw moves to ato Team Thailand alongside Nattapong Horthongkum, while Nattavude Charoensukhawatana demoted to third driver.
• LM Corsa changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Dunlop. ^[13]
• Keishi Ishikawa transferred to GAINER, driving their number 10 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 alongside two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino. ^[25]
• D'station Racing AMR signed former Nissan GT500 driver João Paulo de Oliveira to partner Tomonobu Fujii in their new Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Aston Martin factory driver Darren Turner was announced as their third driver for the Fuji 500 Mile Race. ^[19]
• Kimiya Sato transferred from JLOC to Tsuchiya Engineering, joining 2016 GT300 champion Takamitsu Matsui.
• Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Bridgestone. Hiroki Yoshida transferred from GAINER to GreenBrave, partnering Shigekazu Wakisaka. ^[22]
• JLOC announced brand new driver lineups for both cars. The flagship number 88 car featured 2010 GT500 champion Takashi Kogure, who had recently departed Honda after 15 seasons as a GT500 driver, and Yuya Motojima, who moved over from the number 87 car. Tsubasa Takahashi, who was a third driver in the number 87 car in 2018, became a full-time driver, partnering 2015 GT300 champion André Couto, who returned to the series for the first time since 2017. ^[22]

Mid-season changes

GT500 Class

• Ritomo Miyata makes his GT500 debut with TOM'S as he replaces Kazuki Nakajima who prioritize his WEC Campaign.
• James Rossiter who originally compete for round 6 has to withdraw after he fell sick. Katsumasa Chiyo replaces him for that round. ^[14]

GT300 Class

• McLaren Customer Racing Japan, Tomei Sport, NILZZ Racing, Team Mach, and R'Qs Motor Sports did not participate the 4th round in Buriram Thailand.
• Dominik Farnbacher makes one off appearance with LM Corsa, covering for Miyata who move to GT500 for round 2.
• Shiunya Michimi who was the third driver for X-Works, replaces Marchy Lee for the sixth round onwards.
• Togo Suganami replaces Haruki Kurosawa at K2 R&D LEON Racing for the last two rounds.
• R'Qs Motor Sports have to miss round 7 due to the car not able to repair in time after accident in round 6.

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit	14 April	GT500	No. 23 NISMO	No. 8 ARTA
				Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Tomoki Nojiri Takuya Izawa
			GT300	No. 55 ARTA	No. 96 K-tunes Racing
				Shinichi Takagi Nirei Fukuzumi	Morio Nitta Sena Sakaguchi
2	Fuji Speedway	4 May	GT500	No. 23 NISMO	No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
				Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura
			GT300	No. 56 Kondo Racing	No. 11 GAINER
				Kazuki Hiramine Sacha Fenestraz	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Hironobu Yasuda
3	Suzuka Circuit	26 May	GT500	No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S	No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S
				Kazuki Nakajima Yuhi Sekiguchi	Kazuki Nakajima Yuhi Sekiguchi
			GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 96 K-Tunes Racing
				Takamitsu Matsui Kimiya Sato	Morio Nitta Sena Sakaguchi
4	Chang International Circuit	30 June	GT500	No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
				Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita	Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita
			GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 10 GAINER
				Takamitsu Matsui Kimiya Sato	Kazuki Hoshino Keishi Ishikawa
5	Fuji Speedway	4 August	GT500	No. 23 NISMO	No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
				Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita
			GT300	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave	No. 87 JLOC
				Hiroki Yoshida Shigekazu Wakisaka	Tsubasa Takahashi André Couto Kiyoto Fujinami
6	Autopolis	8 September	GT500	No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing	No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
				Koudai Tsukakoshi Bertrand Baguette	Heikki Kovalainen Yuichi Nakayama
			GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 60 LM Corsa
				Takamitsu Matsui Kimiya Sato	Hiroki Yoshimoto Ritomo Miyata
7	Sportsland SUGO	22 September	GT500	No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing	No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max
				Koudai Tsukakoshi Bertrand Baguette	Frédéric Makowiecki Kohei Hirate
			GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 55 ARTA
				Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Shinichi Takagi Nirei Fukuzumi
8	Twin Ring Motegi	3 November	GT500	No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
				Kazuki Nakajima Yuhi Sekiguchi	Ryō Hirakawa Nick Cassidy
			GT300	No. 720 McLaren Customer Racing Japan	No. 11 GAINER
				Seiji Ara Álex Palou	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Hironobu Yasuda
NC	Fuji Speedway (Super GT × DTM Dream Race)	23–24 November	Race 1	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's
				Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy
			Race 2	No. 28 Audi Sport Team Phoenix [N 1]	No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing
				Loïc Duval [N 1]	Narain Karthikeyan
NC	Fuji Speedway (auto sport Web Sprint Cup)		Race 1	No. 60 LM Corsa	No. 60 LM Corsa
				Ritomo Miyata Hiroki Yoshimoto	Ritomo Miyata Hiroki Yoshimoto
			Race 2	No. 37 BH Auction Bingo Racing	No. 60 LM Corsa
				Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Ritomo Miyata Hiroki Yoshimoto

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

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
Fuji 500 Miles	25	18	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2019 Series [41] Rank Driver Team OKA‡ FUJ SUZ BUR FUJ AUT SUG MOT NC1 NC2 Points 1 Kenta Yamashita No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 13 8 3 1 1 6 6 2 4 85 Kazuya Oshima No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 13 8 3 1 1 6 6 2 15 85 2 Nick Cassidy No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 12 7 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 83 Ryo Hirakawa No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 12 7 2 2 4 3 4 1 8 83 3 Tsugio Matsuda No. 23 NISMO 2 2 Ret 11 3 13 3 8 11 52.5 Ronnie Quintarelli No. 23 NISMO 2 2 Ret 11 3 13 3 8 12 52.5 4 Yuji Tachikawa No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 8 1 6 7 Ret 4 11 4 9 46.5 Hiroaki Ishiura No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 8 1 6 7 Ret 4 11 4 20 46.5 5 Heikki Kovalainen No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 11 4 5 5 Ret 1 7 11 14 44 Yuichi Nakayama No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 11 4 5 5 Ret 1 7 11 16 44 6 Koudai Tsukakoshi No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing 14 5 Ret 13 8 2 5 5 2 39 Bertrand Baguette No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing 14 5 Ret 13 8 2 5 5 21 39 7 Yuhi Sekiguchi No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 9 Ret 1 9 Ret 10 10 3 7 38 7 Kazuki Nakajima No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 9 1 9 Ret 10 10 3 19 38 8 Naoki Yamamoto No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 15 3 13 12 2 Ret 8 6 3 37 Jenson Button No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 15 3 13 12 2 Ret 8 6 4 37 9 Frederic Makowiecki No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing 4 6 9 6 11 11 1 DNS 11 36 Kohei Hirate No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing 4 6 9 6 11 11 1 DNS 18 36 10 Takuya Izawa No. 8 ARTA 1 9 4 Ret 7 5 12 13 15 31 Tomoki Nojiri No. 8 ARTA 1 9 4 Ret 7 5 12 13 22 31 11 Sho Tsuboi No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 13 7 3 9 8 13 7 5 27.5 Yuji Kunimoto No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 13 7 3 9 8 13 7 16 27.5 12 Narain Karthikeyan No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 10 10 11 10 10 7 2 12 1 23.5 Tadasuke Makino No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 10 10 11 10 10 7 2 12 Ret 23.5 13 Daiki Sasaki No. 12 Team Impul 3 12 10 8 5 12 14 Ret 19 17.5 13 James Rossiter No. 12 Team Impul 3 12 10 8 5 14 Ret 17 17.5 14 Mitsunori Takaboshi No. 24 Kondo Racing 5 14 8 4 Ret 9 15 10 12 17 Jann Mardenborough No. 24 Kondo Racing 5 14 8 4 Ret 9 15 10 17 17 15 Daisuke Nakajima No. 16 Team Mugen 7 11 12 Ret 6 14 9 9 6 12 Hideki Mutoh No. 16 Team Mugen 7 11 12 Ret 6 14 9 9 10 12 – Katsumasa Chiyo No. 12 Team Impul 12 0 – Ritomo Miyata No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S Ret – Non Championship Round-only drivers – Marco Wittmann No. 11 BMW Team RBM 18 2 – – Loïc Duval No. 28 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Ret 3 – – Kamui Kobayashi No. 00 BMW Team RBM 14 5 – – Benoît Tréluyer No. 21 Audi Sport Team WRT Hitotsuyama 6 10 – – Mike Rockenfeller No. 99 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 13 7 – – René Rast No. 33 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 8 9 – – Alex Zanardi No. 4 BMW Team RBM Ret 13 – Rank Driver Team OKA‡ FUJ SUZ BUR FUJ AUT SUG MOT NC1 NC2 Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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)

Notes:

‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

GT300

Driver Ranking GT300 2019 Series ^[42]

Rank	Driver	Team	OKA‡	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	FUJ	AUT	SUG	MOT		NC1	NC2	Points
1	Shinichi Takagi Nirei Fukuzumi	No. 55 ARTA	2	2	6	9	6	6	1	4				69.5
2	Morio Nitta Sena Sakaguchi	No. 96 K-tunes Racing	1	16	1	14	15	5	3	3				58
3	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Hironobu Yasuda	No. 11 GAINER	21	1	9	8	9	15	22	1				48
4	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	No. 4 Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO	8	6	4	12	8	4	2	5				47.5
5	Naoya Gamou	No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing	6	5	14	3	Ret	7	4	2				46.5
6	Kazuki Hiramine Sacha Fenestraz	No. 56 Kondo Racing	5	4	18	2	7	8	5	6				46
7	Takashi Kogure Yūya Motojima	No. 88 JLOC	10	3	19	5	5	3	20	11				36.5
8	Tsubasa Takahashi André Couto	No. 87 JLOC	16	11	17	7	1	Ret	26	23				29
9	Hiroki Yoshida Shigekazu Wakisaka	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave	3	13	27	23	2	24	8	13		3	2	27.5
10	Hiroki Yoshimoto	No. 60 LM Corsa	7	9	10	15	22	1	19	9		1	1	27
11	Togo Suganami	No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing						7	4	2				27
		No. 70 LM Corsa										5	4
12	Ritomo Miyata	No. 60 LM Corsa	7		10	15	22	1	19	9		1	1	25
13	Kiyoto Fujinami	No. 87 JLOC		11			1							25
14	Kazuki Hoshino Keishi Ishikawa	No. 10 GAINER	Ret	10	12	1	14	10	15	16				22
15	Seiji Ara Álex Palou	No. 720 McLaren Customer Racing Japan	19	14	13		Ret	2	12	7				20
16	Haruki Kurosawa	No. 62 K2 R&D LEON Racing	6	5	14	3	Ret							19.5
17	Ryo Michigami Hiroki Otsu	No. 34 Modulo Drago Corse	9	26	7	10	3	11	13	24				19
18	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	No. 61 R&D Sport	4	28	3	11	10	Ret	28	12				18
19	Takamitsu Matsui Kimiya Sato	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	Ret	18	5	4	26	16	27	18		7	8	17
20	Shaun Thong	No. 33 X Works	Ret	7	28	6	16	19	6	8				17
21	Natsu Sakaguchi Yuya Hiraki	No. 5 Team Mach	Ret	Ret	2		17	17	18	14				15
22	Takashi Kobayashi Kosuke Matsuura	No. 18 Team UpGarage	11	12	15	24	4	9	10	19				13
23	Shinya Michimi	No. 33 X Works		7			16	19	6	8				12
24	Richard Lyons Ryuichiro Tomita	No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama	13	8	8	13	13	13	7	27				10
25	Marchy Lee	No. 33 X Works	Ret	7	28	6	16							5
26	Dominik Farnbacher	No. 60 LM Corsa		9										2
27	Naoki Yokomizo Kyōsuke Mineo	No. 9 Pacific Racing with Good Speed	15	22	22	16	19	22	9	15				2
28	Takayuki Aoki	No. 360 Tomei Sports	Ret	15	20		27	25	11	10		9	7	1
29	Yusaku Shibata	No. 360 Tomei Sport		15	20		27		11	10				1
–	Shinnosuke Yamada	No. 18 Team UpGarage		12			4 [c]							0
–	Koki Saga Yuhki Nakayama	No. 31 apr	12	19	11	18	18	14	23	20		8	6	0
–	Tomonobu Fujii João Paulo de Oliveira	No. 7 D'station Racing AMR	Ret	27	Ret	19	11	18	24	17				0
–	Darren Turner	No. 7 D'station Racing AMR					11							0
–	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28	14	23	23	21	12	23	17	29				0
–	Masaki Kano Ryōsei Yamashita	No. 50 Arnage Racing	22	17	24	20	21	12				16	28	0
–	Hiroshi Hamaguchi	No. 50 Arnage Racing					12							0
–	Alessio Picariello	No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama		NC			13							0
–	Masaki Tanaka Taiyō Iida	No. 48 NILZZ Racing	20	25	25		24	21	14	25		2	9	0
–	Atsushi Tanaka	No. 360 Tomei Sport	Ret	15			27	25				9	7	0
–	Nattapong Horthongkum Sean Walkinshaw	No. 35 Panther arto Team Thailand	18	24	16	17	20	20	21	22				0
–	Hisashi Wada Masaki Jyonai	No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports	17	20	26		23	Ret		26				0
–	Yūya Tezuka	No. 50 Arnage Racing		17			21							0
–	Ryōhei Sakaguchi	No. 5 Team Mach					17							0
–	Takeshi Tsuchiya	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering		18			26							0
		No. 244 Max Racing										11	10
–	Akihiro Tsuzuki	No. 9 Pacific Racing with Good Speed					19							0
–	Hiroaki Nagai Manabu Orido	No. 30 apr	Ret	21	21	22	25	Ret	25	21		4	5	0
–	Kazuto Kotaka	No. 30 apr		21			25							0
		No. 11 Hanashima Racing										12	Ret
–	Björn Wirdheim	No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports					23							0
–	Teruhiko Hamano	No. 48 NILZZ Racing		25			24							0
–	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana	No. 35 Panther arto Team Thailand		24										0
–	Tetsuji Tamanaka	No. 5 Team Mach		Ret										0
Non Championship Round-only drivers
–	Shinji Takei Ukyo Sasahara	No. 37 BH Auction Bingo Racing									6	3	–
–	Shunsuke Kohno	No. 70 LM Corsa									5	4	–
–	"Go Max"	No. 244 Max Racing									11	10	–
–	"Joe Shindo" Keiichi Inoue	No. 9 MP Racing									10	11	–
–	Katsuaki Kubota	No. 11 Hanashima Racing									12	Ret	–
Rank	Driver	Team	OKA‡	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	FUJ	AUT	SUG	MOT	NC1	NC2	Points

Notes: ‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

Notes

1. Car No. 18 entered as Team UpGarage, car No. 55 entered as ARTA, and car No. 720 entered as McLaren Customer Racing Japan
2. Car No. 25 entered as Team Tsuchiya, and car No. 244 entered as Max Racing
3. Shinnosuke Yamada did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.

1. Team Mugen's Daisuke Nakajima set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a five-place grid penalty for a chassis change after Hideki Mutoh crashed the car in Friday practice. Loïc Duval was promoted to pole position in his place.

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External links

• Super GT official website