Teams and drivers
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, only Japanese drivers participated in the season, with no foreigners competing.
The 2020-21 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series is the twentieth season of D1 Grand Prix series which started at Okuibuki Motorpark on 24 July 2020 and ended at Tsukuba Circuit on 31 January 2021. [1] The season was initially scheduled to start on 16 May, [2] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Masashi Yokoi entered the season as the defending champion.
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, only Japanese drivers participated in the season, with no foreigners competing.
| Round | Venue | Date | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | July 24 2020 | Masato Kawabata [4] |
| 2 | Ebisu Circuit (Drift Stadium), Fukushima Prefecture | August 22 2020 | Masanori Kohashi [5] |
| 3 | August 23 2020 | Masanori Kohashi [6] | |
| 4 | Autopolis, Oita Prefecture | October 31 | Masanori Kohashi [7] |
| 5 | November 1 2020 | Katsuhiro Ueo [8] | |
| 6 | Ebisu Circuit (West Course), Fukushima Prefecture | November 15 2020 | Masanori Kohashi [9] |
| 7 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | January 30 2021 | Naoki Nakamura [10] |
| 8 | January 31 2021 | Masanori Kohashi [11] |
| Round [12] | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | May 17 2020 |
| 2 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | June 27 |
| 3 | June 28 | |
| 4 | Ebisu Circuit (Drift Stadium), Fukushima Prefecture | August 22 |
| 5 | August 23 | |
| 6 | Central Circuit, Hyogo Prefecture | September 27 |
| 7 | Autopolis, Oita Prefecture | November 1 |
| 8 | Ebisu Circuit (West Course), Fukushima Prefecture | November 15 |
| Pos. | Driver | Round.1 | Round.2 | Round.3 | Round.4 | Round.5 | Round.6 | Round.7 | Round.8 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masanori Kohashi | 0 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 29 | 174 |
| 2 | Masashi Yokoi | 16 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 129 |
| 3 | Hideyuki Fujino | 20 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 108 |
| 4 | Tetsuya Hibino | 22 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 93 |
| 5 | Naoki Nakamura | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 91 |
| 6 | Masato Kawabata | 25 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 87 |
| 7 | Naoto Suenaga | 11 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 80 |
| 8 | Seimi Tanaka | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 71 |
| 9 | Daigo Saito | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 64 |
| 10 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 57 |
| 11 | Yukio Matsui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 50 |
| 12 | Takahiro Ueno | 10 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 49 |
| 13 | Masao Suenaga | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 47 |
| 14 | Katsuhiro Ueo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 15 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 37 |
| 16 | Akinori Utsumi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 37 |
| 17 | Shingo Hatanaka | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
| 18 | Koudai Sobagiri | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 19 | Tomohiro Murayama | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 20 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 | Mitsuru Murakami | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 22 | Kenji Kiguchi | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 23 | Koji Yamaguchi | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | Kazumi Takahashi | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 25 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 26 | Takeshi Mogi | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Shigehisa Sasayama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Kentaro Kawai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Note :
| Pos. | Driver | RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD.8 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masashi Yokoi | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 109 |
| 2 | Masanori Kohashi | 0 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 106 |
| 3 | Hideyuki Fujino | 15 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 105 |
| 4 | Naoki Nakamura | 20 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 82 |
| 5 | Tetsuya Hibino | 14 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 80 |
| 6 | Seimi Tanaka | 7 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 80 |
| 7 | Naoto Suenaga | 5 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 63 |
| 8 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 62 |
| 9 | Daigo Saito | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 61 | |
| 10 | Masato Kawabata | 11 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 11 | Masao Suenaga | 13 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 56 |
| 12 | Yukio Matsui | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 52 |
| 13 | Koudai Sobagiri | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 33 |
| 14 | Akinori Utsumi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 15 | Katsuhiro Ueo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 16 | Takahiro Ueno | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| 17 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 27 |
| 18 | Koji Yamaguchi | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 19 | Shingo Hatanaka | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 20 | Mitsuru Murakami | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 21 | Kazumi Takahashi | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 22 | Kenji Kiguchi | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 23 | Tomohiro Murayama | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 24 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Takeshi Mogi | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 27 | Shigehisa Sasayama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Note :
Bold : Tanso (Single-run) Winner
| Rank. | Team | RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD8 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE | 6 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 171 |
| 2 | Team TOYOTIRES DRIFT-1 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 89 |
| 3 | NANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 86 |
| 4 | Crystal HE VALINO N-style | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 70 |
| 5 | FAT FIVE RACING | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 62 |
| 6 | SAILUN TIRE SUNRISE | 20 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 58 |
| 7 | VALINO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 8 | SEIMI STYLE DRIFT SAILUN TIRE | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 37 |
| 9 | TEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Team RE Amemiya K & N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| 11 | TEAM SHIBATA SAILUN TIRE | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 12 | SAILUN TIRES DIXCEL MOTORSPORT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | TEAM MORI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 14 | SAILUN TIRE IGM Racing | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | BUY NOW JAPAN with eternal | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Team CM Feeling. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | BUY NOW JAPAN SPEED MASTER WATANABE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | Team M2 Racing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | HIRANO TIRE | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | TMS RACING TEAM | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | adidas a-unit LINGLONG G-meister | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | AUTO-TEC RACING | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | IWANA CENTER SPEED MASTER | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Source : 2020 D1GP series ranking
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