2020 Super Taikyu Series

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The 2020 Pirelli Super Taikyu Series was the twenty-ninth season of the Super Taikyu Series endurance racing championship. It began with the Fuji Super TEC 24 Hours at Fuji Speedway, which was postponed to 5-6 September due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It ended on 13 December at Autopolis, after five out of six scheduled rounds.

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Mercedes-AMG Team Hirix Racing won the championship in the series' GT3 category, known as ST-X, with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. It was the team's first and only season in Super Taikyu.

This was the third and final year of Pirelli's contract as the series' official tyre supplier, to be replaced by Hankook Tire beginning in 2021.

Calendar

The Super Taikyu Series announced its initial six-race calendar on 27 November 2019. [1] There were no significant changes from the 2019 schedule, which again featured one round at each of Japan's six major racing circuits.

Mobilityland Corporation, the owner of Suzuka Circuit, announced on 2 March that the opening round, originally scheduled for 21-22 March, had been postponed due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. [2] A new calendar was published on 10 June, confirming that the start of the season would be delayed to September. [3] Only the round at Okayama International Circuit, originally intended to host the season finale, would retain its initial date of 31 October-1 November.

RoundEventRace LengthRace FormatCircuitDate
1NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race 24 hours1 race Fuji Speedway 4–6 September 2020
2Sugo Super Taikyu 3 Hour Race3 hours2 races Sportsland Sugo 10–11 October 2020
3Super Taikyu Race in Okayama3 hours2 races Okayama International Circuit 31 October–1 November 2020
4Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race5 hours1 race Twin Ring Motegi 21–22 November 2020
5TKU Super Taikyu Race in Autopolis5 hours1 race Autopolis 12–13 December 2020
Suzuka S-Tai (Cancelled)5 hours1 race Suzuka Circuit 23–24 January 2021

The Suzuka round, which had been rescheduled to take place on 24 January 2021, was eventually cancelled on 13 January due to multiple prefectures in the Chūbu region declaring a state of emergency. [4] The Super Taikyu Series officially announced the conclusion of the 2020 season two weeks later on 26 January. [5]

Teams and Drivers

58 cars entered throughout the course of the 2020 season. All entries were registered under a Japanese license.

NoEntrantVehicleDrivers
ST–X (FIA GT3 homologated vehicles)
9MP Racing Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (MY18) Flag of Japan.svg Joe Shindo
Flag of Japan.svg Yusaku Shibata
Flag of Japan.svg Masami Kageyama
Flag of Japan.svg Keiichi Inoue (Rd. 1-4)
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tanaka (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Tomita (Rd. 5)
16Porsche Center Okazaki (Rd. 2-3) Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Nagai
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Kamimura
31apr Lexus RC F GT3 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Nagai
Flag of Japan.svg Koki Saga
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Kamimura (Rd. 1, 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Nagai (Rd. 1, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama (Rd. 1)
81GTNET Motor Sports (Rd. 1, 3-5) Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (MY18) Flag of Japan.svg Nobuyuki Oyagi
Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoto Fujinami
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Oyagi
Flag of Japan.svg Natsu Sakaguchi (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hiramine (Rd. 1)
777 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Tomonobu Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Kondo
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima (Rd. 1)
888 Mercedes-AMG Team HIRIX Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Yamawaki
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Shaun Thong
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi (Rd. 1-3)
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nemoto (Rd. 1, 4-5)
ST–Z (FIA GT4 homologated vehicles)
2KTM Cars Japan KTM X-Bow GT4 Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo Iida
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuho Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi (Rd. 1)
3Endless Sports Mercedes-AMG GT4 Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Uchida
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke Yamada (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Tomita (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Togo Suganami (Rd. 4-5)
19Birth Racing Project Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Fukuda
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Matsumoto
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Shiotsu
Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Okumura
Flag of Japan.svg Shigetomo Shimono (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Kengo Ichijo (Rd. 1)
20SS/YZ Racing with Studie [lower-alpha 1]
Team São Tomé and Principe with Studie (Rd. 2-5) [lower-alpha 2]
BMW M4 GT4 (F82) Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Suzuki
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Kinoshita
Flag of Japan.svg Jukuchou Sunako
Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara (Rd. 1, 5)
Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira (Rd. 1)
21 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kochiya
Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Sanada
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Takahashi
23 TKRI (Rd. 2-5) Mercedes-AMG GT4 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima
Flag of Japan.svg Takaaki Hamada (Rd. 2, 4-5)
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Moriyama (Rd. 3-5)
47 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara
Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Hama (Rd. 1-3, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Mekaru (Rd. 1)
51BEND (Rd. 4) Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport Flag of Japan.svg Masamitsu Ishihara
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Yogo
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ikeda
500Team 5Zigen Mercedes-AMG GT4 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Otsuka
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Shimogaki (Rd. 1-3)
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiko Hachiro (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kaneishi (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Shuma Hiroshima (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Sakamoto (Rd. 2-5)
Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Otaki (Rd. 5)
505Audi Team AS Sport (Rd. 1-2, 4) Audi R8 LMS GT4 Flag of Japan.svg Genki Nishimura
Flag of Japan.svg Shozo Tagahara
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Okamoto (Rd. 1-2)
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshinari Fujiwara (Rd. 1)
ST–TCR (TCR homologated vehicles)
22Waimarama Kizuna Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Flag of Japan.svg Kizuna
Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo
Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Yasuda
Flag of Japan.svg Riki Okusa
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Yamano (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Yoshida (Rd. 1)
33 Audi Driving Experience Japan (Rd. 4) Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Nakahara
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Tomita
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Fujii
65Audi Team Mars Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Flag of Japan.svg Masanobu Kato
Flag of Japan.svg Masato Shimoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiro Tsukada (Rd. 1-2, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Hasegawa (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Hideaki Okajima (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Taketoshi Matsui (Rd. 2-5)
Flag of Japan.svg Yosuke Yamazaki (Rd. 3-4)
97 Racer Dome Racing (Rd. 1, 4-5) Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Endo
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano
Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu (Rd. 1, 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Harada (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Ryusuke Matsumoto (Rd. 1)
290Floral Racing with Uematsu Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) Flag of Japan.svg Tadao Uematsu
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri (Rd. 1)
ST–1
12Field Management Racing (Rd. 1) Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo
Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Matsuura
Flag of Finland.svg Max Salo
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Hiraki
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhisa Kumabayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Masatoshi Uesugi
28 ROOKIE Racing (Rd. 1-3, 5) Toyota GR Supra GT4 (3BA-DB42) Prototype Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Toyoda
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro Ogura
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno
Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Yabuki (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima (Rd. 1)
38Tracy Sports (Rd. 1, 3) Lexus RC F (USC10) Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Hotta
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Sakaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuui Tsutsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi
ST–2 (2,001-3,500cc, front and all-wheel drive)
6Shinryo Racing Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (CZ4A) Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Tomimasu
Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Kikuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Masazumi Ohashi
Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Matsuzawa (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Takahisa Ohno (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Zene Okazaki (Rd. 1)
7 Flag of Japan.svg Masato Narisawa
Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Anzai
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiki Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Wataru Yamaki (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Imai (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Hirofumi Okumura (Rd. 1)
17Team NOPRO (Rd. 1-4) Mazda Axela Diesel Turbo (BM2FS) Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Nogami
Flag of Japan.svg Tobio Ohtani
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiko Nogami
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Yamamoto (Rd. 1, 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Keita Sawa (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Hideyoshi Nishizawa (Rd. 1)
32 ROOKIE Racing Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) Prototype Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Morizo
Flag of Japan.svg Norihiko Katsuta (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura (Rd. 1)
59TOWAINTEC Racing Subaru WRX STI (VAB) Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Osawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Gotoh
Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Ishizaka
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiyuki Tsuruga (Rd. 1)
743Honda R&D Challenge (Rd. 4) Honda Civic Type R (FK8) Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Kidachi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Kakinuma
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuaki Mochizuki
Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Sezai
ST–3 (2,001-3,500cc, rear-wheel drive)
15Okabe Jidosha Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Nagashima
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuomi Komatsu
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Tashiro
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Yamazaki (Rd. 1-4)
Flag of Japan.svg Yuga Katsumata (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Masaya Kohno (Rd. 1)
39Tracy Sports Lexus RC 350 (GSC10) Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Tomibayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hirotaka Ishii
Flag of Japan.svg Sesshu Kondo (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Hirohito Ito (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihiro Ito (Rd. 4)
52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Toyota Crown RS (ARS220) Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Hiranuma (Rd. 1, 4-5)
62 HELM Motorsports (Rd. 2, 4) Lexus RC 350 (GSC10) Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Hiraki
Flag of Japan.svg Reiji Hiraki
Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miura (Rd. 2)
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Takahashi (Rd. 4)
244Max Racing Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) Flag of Japan.svg Toru Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Miyake
Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato (Rd. 1)
ST–4 (1,501-2,000cc)
13Endless Sports (Rd. 1-4) Toyota 86 (ZN6) Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Ogawa
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
Flag of Japan.svg Takamitsu Matsui
Flag of Japan.svg Masaya Hanazato (Rd. 1, 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Togo Suganami (Rd. 1)
18Asano Racing Service Toyota 86 (ZN6) Flag of Japan.svg Takeo Asano
Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Fujiwara
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Inoue (Rd. 1-2, 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Kazunori Nishimura (Rd. 1, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Toshikazu Shiba (Rd. 1)
60Team G/Motion' Honda Integra Type R (DC5) Flag of Japan.svg Resshu Shioya
Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Shiga
Flag of Japan.svg Takao Seto
Flag of Japan.svg Taro Matsunami (Rd. 1, 4-5)
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyuki Matsumoto (Rd. 1)
54TC Corse (Rd. 2-5) Mazda Roadster RF (NDERC) Flag of Japan.svg Teruaki Kato
Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Ishii
Flag of Japan.svg Junji Ueda (Rd. 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Isao Ihashi (Rd. 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Hikaru Jitosho (Rd. 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Shuto (Rd. 5)
137RacingFamily137 (Rd. 2) Honda Integra Type R (DC5) Flag of Japan.svg Hayato Date
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Iseya
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Takeda
225Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports (Rd. 3-5) Toyota 86 (ZN6) Flag of Japan.svg Seita Nonaka
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Miki Onaga
310C.S.I Racing Toyota 86 (ZN6) Flag of Japan.svg Rintaro Kubo
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Kota Matsui (Rd. 1)
884 Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing Toyota 86 (ZN6) Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Hiro Hayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Ishikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Dai Mizuno (Rd. 1)
ST–5 (1,500cc and below)
4Team Bride Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuaki Matsuo
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Miura (Rd. 1, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Souichi Kurosu (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Sato (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Hidefumi Minami (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Ohta (Rd. 2-5)
Flag of Japan.svg Carlos Honda (Rd. 3)
Flag of Japan.svg Seijiro Aihara (Rd. 4)
11Blood Sports (Rd. 3) Toyota Vitz (NCP131) Flag of Japan.svg Takao Onishi
Flag of Japan.svg Yoichi Nishino
Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Miki
37Team NOPRO Mazda Demio Diesel Turbo (DJ5FS) Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Ijiri
Flag of Japan.svg Kazunari Yoshioka
Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka Seki (Rd. 1-3, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihiro Kato (Rd. 1-2, 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Agematsu (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Tobio Ohtani (Rd. 5)
66Over Drive Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Takechi
Flag of Japan.svg Shuichiro Hokazono (Rd. 1, 3-4)
Flag of Japan.svg Shigeyasu Kanamori (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Aruga Tomita (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Hashimoto (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Nanami Tsukamoto (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Masayuki Ueda (Rd. 2, 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Yugo Iwasawa (Rd. 2)
Flag of Japan.svg Tsuneaki Mankumo (Rd. 3)
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Ota (Rd. 4-5)
Flag of Japan.svg Isao Nakashima (Rd. 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Hirobon (Rd. 5)
456 Flag of Japan.svg Riku Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Ota
Flag of Japan.svg Takaya Kusano (Rd. 1-2, 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Tomomitsu Senoo (Rd. 1, 3)
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Obara (Rd. 1, 4-5)
Flag of Japan.svg Carlos Honda (Rd. 1, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Kousei Kanto (Rd. 3)
Flag of Japan.svg Ryosuke Kagami (Rd. 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Takafumi Katsuki (Rd. 5)
67Team Yamato (Rd. 2-3) Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Yasui
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Uchiyama
Flag of Japan.svg Hideaki Ito
69J’s Racing Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Umeda
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Kubota
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kubota (Rd. 1-3, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikazu Sobu (Rd. 1, 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Umemoto (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg MC Hirata (Rd. 1)
72Nihon Automobile College Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Komatsu
Flag of Japan.svg Anna Inotsume (Rd. 1-3, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Okahara
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Kanai
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro Matsuro (Rd. 1)
50Love Drive Racing Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yamanishi
Flag of Japan.svg Shui Sato
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Matsumura (Rd. 1, 3, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Masayoshi Yamauchi (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Kimura (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhiko Tsutsui (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Takenouchi (Rd. 4)
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihito Shinoda (Rd. 5)
78 Flag of Japan.svg Junko Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Sayaka Kato
Flag of Japan.svg Jco Iinuma
88Murakami Motors Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Murakami
Flag of Japan.svg Yasunori Nakajima
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Tanigawa
Flag of Japan.svg Keiji Amemiya (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamaya (Rd. 1)
120 Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) (Rd. 2-5) Flag of Japan.svg Haruhiko Sugino
Flag of Japan.svg Ikuo Maeda
Flag of Japan.svg Teru Nakamura (Rd. 1-3)
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Wakitani (Rd. 4-5)
102H.M.Racers Mazda Demio (DJLFS) Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Soichiro Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Yugo Osaki
Flag of Japan.svg Junpei Kato (Rd. 1, 3-5)
Flag of Japan.svg Ryunosuke Yoshida (Rd. 1)
111Hiroshima Toyopet Racing Toyota Vitz (NCP131) Flag of Japan.svg Yasutaka Hinoi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuga Furutani
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Yogo (Rd. 1)
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Sakamoto (Rd. 1)
182Close Up Racing Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) Flag of Japan.svg Riki Tanioka
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Osaki
Flag of Japan.svg Kyosuke Inomata
Flag of Japan.svg Kazusa Nishio (Rd. 1, 3, 5)
Flag of Japan.svg Shigetomo Shimono (Rd. 4)
Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Race results

RoundCircuitRaceST-X WinnersST-Z WinnersST-TCR WinnersST-1 WinnersST-2 WinnersST-3 WinnersST-4 WinnersST-5 Winners
1 Fuji [12] No.888 Mercedes-AMG Team Hirix RacingNo.3 Endless SportsNo.22 Waimarama Kizuna Racing TeamNo.28 ROOKIE Racing No.32 ROOKIE Racing No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.310 C.S.I RacingNo.37 Team NOPRO
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Yamawaki
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Shaun Thong
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nemoto
Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Uchida
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke Yamada
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Tomita
Flag of Japan.svg Kizuna
Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo
Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Yasuda
Flag of Japan.svg Riki Okusa
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Yamano
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Toyoda
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro Ogura
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno
Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Yabuki
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima
Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Morizo
Flag of Japan.svg Norihiko Katsuta
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Hiranuma
Flag of Japan.svg Rintaro Kubo
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Kota Matsui
Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Ijiri
Flag of Japan.svg Kazunari Yoshioka
Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka Seki
Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Agematsu
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihiro Kato
2 Sugo Group 1 [13] [lower-alpha 3] No.16 Porsche Center OkazakiNo.3 Endless SportsNo.290 Floral Racing with UematsuNo.28 ROOKIE Racing No.59 TOWAINTEC RacingNo.39 Tracy Sportsdid not participate
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Nagai
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Kamimura
Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Uchida
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Tadao Uematsu
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Toyoda
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro Ogura
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Osawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Gotoh
Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Ishizaka
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Tomibayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hirotaka Ishii
Group 2 [14] did not participateNo.310 C.S.I RacingNo.4 Team Bride
Flag of Japan.svg Rintaro Kubo
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Ohta
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuaki Matsuo
3 Okayama Group 1 [15] No.777 D'station Racing No.500 Team 5ZigenNo.22 Waimarama Kizuna Racing TeamNo.28 ROOKIE Racing No.59 TOWAINTEC RacingNo.39 Tracy Sportsdid not participate
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Tomonobu Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Kondo
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Otsuka
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Shimogaki
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Sakamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Kizuna
Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo
Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Yasuda
Flag of Japan.svg Riki Okusa
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Toyoda
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro Ogura
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Osawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Gotoh
Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Ishizaka
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Tomibayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hirotaka Ishii
Group 2 [16] did not participateNo.884 Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing No.456 Over Drive
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Hiro Hayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Ishikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Riku Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tomomitsu Senoo
Flag of Japan.svg Kousei Kanto
4 Motegi [17] No.888 Mercedes-AMG Team Hirix RacingNo.47 D'station Racing No.290 Floral Racing with Uematsudid not participateNo.32 ROOKIE Racing No.62 HELM Motorsports No.884 Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing No.69 J's Racing
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Yamawaki
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Shaun Thong
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nemoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara
Flag of Japan.svg Tadao Uematsu
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata
Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Morizo
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Hiraki
Flag of Japan.svg Reiji Hiraki
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Hiro Hayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Ishikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Umeda
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Kubota
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikazu Sobu
5 Autopolis [18] No.777 D'station Racing No.3 Endless SportsNo.97 Racer Dome Racing No.28 ROOKIE Racing No.32 ROOKIE Racing No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.310 C.S.I RacingNo.456 Over Drive
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Tomonobu Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Kondo
Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Uchida
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Togo Suganami
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Endo
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano
Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Toyoda
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro Ogura
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno
Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Morizo
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Hiranuma
Flag of Japan.svg Rintaro Kubo
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Riku Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Takafumi Katsuki
Flag of Japan.svg Carlos Honda
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Obara
6 Suzuka cancelled

Championship standings

Championship points were awarded in every class at the end of each event. On 10 June it was announced that each team's five highest-scoring rounds counted towards the final championship standings. [3] The eventual cancellation of the Suzuka round made this change redundant for 2020.

Points systems
Duration1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPole
3 Hours / 500km201512108643212
5 Hours / 700km3022.5181512964.531.52
≥12 Hours / 1400km45352723181397532

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.CarTeam FUJ SUG OKA MOT AUT SUZ Points
ST–X
1888 Mercedes-AMG Team Hirix Racing12Ret14C105
29MP Racing43332C87.5
381GTNET Motor Sports3DNS223C82.5
4777 D'station Racing Ret5141C81
531apr24455C79
616Porsche Center Okazaki1RetC20
ST–Z
13Endless Sports11321C129.5
247 D'station Racing 34212C108.5
3500Team 5Zigen45134C84
420SS/YZ Racing with Studie 27847C65
519Birth Racing Project52456C64
62KTM Cars JapanRet3693C41
723TKRI65Ret5C26
8505Audi Team AS Sport687C22
921Team São Tomé and Principe with Studie 9768C19.5
1051BEND8C4.5
ST–TCR
1290Floral Racing with Uematsu2121RetC104
222Waimarama Kizuna Racing Team121Ret2C102.5
365Audi Team Mars33343C86
497 Racer Dome Racing 421C77.5
533 Audi Driving Experience Japan3C18
ST–1
128 ROOKIE Racing 1111C121
238Tracy Sports22C50
312Field Management Racing3C27
ST–2
132 ROOKIE Racing 13211C140
259TOWAINTEC Racing31123C107.5
37Shinryo Racing Team44442C80.5
46Shinryo Racing Team2233RetC80
517Team NOPRO555RetC34
6743743 Honda R&D ChallengeRetC0
ST–3
139Tracy Sports21132C117.5
252 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 14251C114
315Okabe Jidosha Motorsport32443C87
4244Max Racing4Ret324C72.5
562 HELM Motorsports 31C44
ST–4
1310C.S.I Racing11531C129
2884 Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing 33112C113.5
318Asano Racing Service44343C78
413Endless Sports2226C74
5225Kobe Toyopet Motorsports425C44.5
660Team G/Motion'55Ret5RetC38
754TC CorseRet674C27
8137RacingFamily137RetC0
ST–5
169J's Racing23213C110
2456Over Drive105121C89.5
34Team Bride41855C70
4102H.M.Racers39374C62
537Team NOPRO1413128C59.5
672Nihon Automobile College97562C48.5
7182Close Up Racing51373RetC40
866Over Drive1111446C34
988Murakami Motors62RetNC10C33.5
10111Hiroshima Toyopet Racing76611NCC21
1178Love Drive Racing81411109C11.5
12120Murakami Motors121297C9
1350Love Drive RacingRet10108RetC6.5
1467Team Yamato8RetC3
1511Blood Sports9C2
Pos.CarTeam FUJ SUG OKA MOT AUT SUZ Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

  1. Car No. 20 entered as SS/YZ Racing with Studie, car No. 21 entered as Team São Tome and Principe with Studie.
  2. Car No. 20 entered as SS/YZ Racing with Studie, car No. 21 entered as Team São Tome and Principe with Studie.
  3. Sugo Group 1 race qualifying was cancelled due to weather. No qualifying points were awarded in the classes that participated in this race.

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