2021 Super GT Series

2021 Super GT Series

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Yuhi Sekiguchi & Sho Tsuboi
GT500 Teams' Champion:
TGR Team au TOM'S
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
Takuto Iguchi & Hideki Yamauchi
GT300 Teams' Champion:
R&D Sport

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2020

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2022

Support series:
F4 Japanese Championship

The 2021 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-ninth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the seventeenth season under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-ninth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship, dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.

TGR Team au TOM'S and drivers Yuhi Sekiguchi and Sho Tsuboi won the GT500 class championships, driving the Toyota Supra, after overcoming a 16-point deficit in the final round of the season. ^[1] The titles were secured in controversial circumstances as championship leader Naoki Yamamoto of Team Kunimitsu was taken out from a title-clinching position by GT300 class driver Ren Sato with 15 laps remaining in the final race of the season. ^[2] Driving the new Subaru BRZ, Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi won the GT300 class championships for R&D Sport, giving Subaru their first-ever title in Super GT competition. It was also the first drivers' title for both Iguchi and Yamauchi, and the first for the R&D Sport team.

Calendar

A provisional eight-round 2021 calendar was announced on 7 August 2020. ^[3] Autopolis, Okayama International Circuit, and Sportsland Sugo returned to the calendar after a year's absence. The Fuji GT 500km Race also returned to its traditional calendar slot on the Golden Week holiday of 3-4 May.

On 9 February 2021, the planned rounds at Chang International Circuit in Thailand and Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia were cancelled due to travel restrictions. A revised schedule was released on the same day with all eight rounds being held in Japan, and with the addition of an additional round at Fuji Speedway in November and Twin Ring Motegi in July. ^[4] On 11 May 2021, the third round at Suzuka International Racing Course, which had been set to take place on 30 May as the third round of the championship, was postponed indefinitely due to a renewed wave of COVID-19 cases in Japan. ^[5] The race was subsequently rescheduled to 22 August. ^[6]

Circuits and dates

Round	Event	Circuit	Dates
1	Takanokono Hotel Okayama GT 300km Race [7]	Okayama International Circuit	10-11 April
2	Takanokono Hotel Fuji GT 500km Race [8]	Fuji Speedway	3-4 May
4	Motegi GT 300km Race [9]	Twin Ring Motegi	17-18 July
3	Fujimaki Group Suzuka GT 300km Race [10]	Suzuka Circuit	21-22 August
5	Sugo GT 300km Race [11]	Sportsland Sugo	11-12 September
6	Autopolis GT 300km Race [12]	Autopolis	23-24 October
7	Motegi GT 300km Race [13]	Twin Ring Motegi	6-7 November
8	Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 300km Race [14]	Fuji Speedway	27-28 November

Teams and drivers

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds [15]
Team Kunimitsu [16]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT [16]	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	1	Naoki Yamamoto [16]	B	All
					Hideki Mutoh [17]		1–2
					Tadasuke Makino [16] [17]		2–8
NDDP Racing with B-Max [18]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 [18]	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	3	Kohei Hirate [18]	M	All
					Katsumasa Chiyo [18]
ARTA [16]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT [16]	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Tomoki Nojiri [16]	B	All
					Nirei Fukuzumi [16]
Team Impul [18]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 [18]	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	12	Kazuki Hiramine [18]	B	All
					Nobuharu Matsushita [18]
TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE [19]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500 [19]	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	14	Kazuya Oshima [19]	B	All
					Kenta Yamashita [19]
Team Red Bull Mugen [16]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT [16]	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	16	Ukyo Sasahara [16]	D	All
					Toshiki Oyu [16]
Astemo REAL Racing [16]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT [16]	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi [16]	B	All
					Bertrand Baguette [16]
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh [19]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500 [19]	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuji Kunimoto [19]	Y	All
					Ritomo Miyata [19]
NISMO [18]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 [18]	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	23	Tsugio Matsuda [18]	M	All
					Ronnie Quintarelli [18]
Kondo Racing [18]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 [18]	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Mitsunori Takaboshi [18]	Y	All
					Daiki Sasaki [18]
TGR Team au TOM'S [19]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500 [19]	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Yuhi Sekiguchi [19]	B	All
					Sho Tsuboi [19]
TGR Team KeePer TOM'S [19]				37	Ryō Hirakawa [19]	B	All
					Sena Sakaguchi [17]		1–5
					Sacha Fenestraz [19]		6–8
TGR Team ZENT Cerumo [19]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500 [19]	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Yuji Tachikawa [19]	B	All
					Hiroaki Ishiura [19]
TGR Team SARD [19]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500 [19]	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Heikki Kovalainen [19]	B	All
					Yuichi Nakayama [19]
Modulo Nakajima Racing [16]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT [16]	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Takuya Izawa [16]	D	All
					Hiroki Otsu [16]

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds [15]
muta Racing INGING [20]	Lotus	Lotus Evora MC GT300 [20]	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	2	Hiroki Katoh [20]	B	All
					Ryohei Sakaguchi [20]
					Kazuto Kotaka		2
Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO [21]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo [21]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Nobuteru Taniguchi [21]	Y	All
					Tatsuya Kataoka [21]
Team Mach [22]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300 [22]	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	5	Yuya Hiraki [17]	Y	All
					Reiji Hiraki [17]
Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing [23]	Audi	Audi R8 LMS Evo [23]	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	6	Satoshi Motoyama [23]	Y	All
					Yoshiaki Katayama [23]
BMW Team Studie × CSL [22] [lower-alpha 1] Team UpGarage [16] [lower-alpha 1] ARTA [16] [lower-alpha 1]	BMW	BMW M6 GT3 [22]	BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	7	Seiji Ara [22]	Y	All
					Tomohide Yamaguchi [22]
	Honda	Honda NSX GT3 Evo [16]	Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6	18	Takashi Kobayashi [16]	Y	All
					Teppei Natori [16]
				55	Shinichi Takagi [16]	B	All
					Ren Sato [16]
Pacific - Car Guy Racing [24]	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 [24]	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8	9	Kei Cozzolino [24]	Y	All
					Takeshi Kimura [24]		1–2, 5–6, 8
					Naoki Yokomizo		3–4, 7
GAINER [25]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 [25]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	10	Kazuki Hoshino [25]	D	All
					Keishi Ishikawa [25]
				11	Katsuyuki Hiranaka [25]	D	All
					Hironobu Yasuda [25]
Audi Team Hitotsuyama [22]	Audi	Audi R8 LMS Evo [22]	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	21	Shintaro Kawabata [22]	Y	All
					Takuro Shinohara [22]
R'Qs Motor Sports [22]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo [22]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	22	Hisashi Wada [22]	Y	1–4, 6
					Masaki Jyonai [22]
					Ryosei Yamashita		2
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya [26] [lower-alpha 2] Max Racing [19] [lower-alpha 2]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R [26]	Porsche M98/80 4.2 L F6	25	Takamitsu Matsui [26]	Y	All
					Kimiya Sato [26]
	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT300 [19]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	244	Atsushi Miyake [19]	Y	All
					Yuui Tsutsumi [19]
apr [19]	Toyota	Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV apr GT [19]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	30	Hiroaki Nagai [19]	Y	All
					Manabu Orido [19]
					Yuta Kamimura		2
			Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8	31	Koki Saga [19]	B	All
					Yuhki Nakayama [19]
Yogibo Drago Corse [27]	Honda	Honda NSX GT3 Evo [27]	Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6	34	Ryo Michigami [27]	Y	All
					Shogo Mitsuyama [27]
arto Ping An Team Thailand [19] [28] [lower-alpha 3] arto Team Thailand [lower-alpha 3]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3 [19]	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	35	Sean Walkinshaw [22]	Y	All
					Giuliano Alesi [17]
NILZZ Racing [25]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 [25]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	Yuki Tanaka [25]	Y	All
					Ryuichiro Tomita		1, 3
					Taiyou Iida [25]		2, 4–5, 7–8
					Yudai Uchida		6
Arnage Racing [29]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo [29]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	50	Masaki Kano [29]	Y	All
					Masataka Yanagida [29]
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave [30]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT300 [30]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	52	Hiroki Yoshida [30]	B	All
					Kohta Kawaai [30]		1–2, 4–8
					Taku Bamba		3
Kondo Racing [25]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 [25]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	56	Kiyoto Fujinami [25]	Y	All
					João Paulo de Oliveira [25]
LM Corsa [31]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT300 [31]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	60	Hiroki Yoshimoto [31]	D	All
					Shunsuke Kohno [31]
R&D Sport [22]	Subaru	Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8) [22]	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Takuto Iguchi [22]	D	All
					Hideki Yamauchi [22]
K2 R&D LEON Racing [26]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo [26]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Naoya Gamou [26]	B	All
					Togo Suganami [26]
JLOC [22]	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo [22]	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	87	Kosuke Matsuura [32]	Y	All
					Natsu Sakaguchi [32]
				88	Takashi Kogure [32]	Y	All
					Yuya Motojima [32]
K-tunes Racing [19]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3 [19]	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	96	Morio Nitta [19]	D	All
					Hibiki Taira [17]		1–2, 4
					Kazuto Kotaka		3, 5
					Sena Sakaguchi [19]		6–8
Tomei Sports [25]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 [25]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Takayuki Aoki [25]	Y	All
					Yudai Uchida [25]		1–5
					Atsushi Tanaka [25]		2, 6, 8
					Takuya Otaki		7

Vehicle changes

GT300 Class

• INGING Motorsport and Cars Tokai Dream28 merged into a collaborative entry in 2021, known as muta Racing INGING. The team retained the Lotus Evora MC GT300 vehicle, driver Hiroki Katoh, chief engineer Shintaro Watanabe, and the number 2 plate of Cars Tokai Dream28's entry. INGING brought on their Bridgestone tyre contract, title sponsor muta, and driver Ryohei Sakaguchi. ^[20]
• Both LM Corsa and Max Racing switched from the FIA-GT3 specification Lexus RC F GT3 to the GT300 specification fifth-generation Toyota GR Supra for the 2021 season. ^[19]
• Team LeMans returned to Super GT after a one-year absence, fielding an Audi R8 LMS Evo under the 'Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing' banner while also transfer from the GT500 to GT300 class. ^[23]
• R&D Sport changed from the first-generation Subaru BRZ (ZC6) to the new second-generation BRZ (ZD8) for the 2021 season. ^[33]
• Car Guy Racing returned to Super GT after a two-year absence, partnering with Pacific Racing Team to field a Ferrari 488 GT3 under the Pacific CarGuy Racing banner.

Entrant changes

GT500 Class

• Honda: Honda announced their Super GT driver line-up on On 15 January 2020.
  • Toshiki Oyu will be stepping up to GT500 to join Team Red Bull Mugen, replacing Hideki Mutoh. ^[16] Team Red Bull Mugen changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Dunlop. Dunlop will supply multiple GT500 teams for the first time since 2010. ^[34] Hirokatsu Tanaka replaced Shinji Nakano as team director. ^[16]
  • Stanley Electric replaced the defunct Raybrig brand as the title sponsor for Team Kunimitsu. ^{[35] [36]}
  • Hitachi Astemo, a joint venture between Hitachi and Honda, replaced the defunct Keihin brand as title sponsor for Astemo Real Racing. ^[37]
• Nissan: Nissan's GT500 line-up was announced on 18 January 2020.
  • Nobuharu Matsushita, who made his series debut as a replacement driver for the injured Shinichi Takagi last year, signed with Nissan to compete for Team Impul alongside Kazuki Hiramine.
  • Daiki Sasaki joined Kondo Racing for the first time since 2016, partnering with Mitsunori Takaboshi.
  • Jann Mardenborough was not retained by Nissan for the 2021 season. ^[18]
• Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their Super GT driver line-up on 22 January 2020.
  • At TOM's Racing, Sacha Fenestraz transferred from the number 36 to the number 37 entry, replacing Nick Cassidy, who left the series to compete in Formula E with Envision Virgin Racing. Sho Tsuboi transferred from TGR Team ROOKIE to the number 36 TOM's team.
  • TGR Team ROOKIE became a self-sufficient team after being operated by Team Cerumo in 2020. ^[38] Eneos replaced Wako's as their title sponsor. ^[19] 2019 champion Kenta Yamashita returned to Super GT full-time, replacing Tsuboi at TGR Team ROOKIE - and reunited with former Team LeMans teammate Kazuya Oshima in the No. 14 car. ^[19]

GT300 Class

• Three-time GT500 champion Satoshi Motoyama returned to the series after retiring from GT500 at the end of 2018, driving for the newly incorporated Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing (see Team Changes below). ^[23]
• Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida joined pro-am Mercedes-AMG customer team Arnage Racing, racing alongside amateur driver Masaki Kano. ^[29]
• Former Ferrari Driver Academy prospect and Formula 2 driver Giuliano Alesi made his GT300 debut with arto Team Thailand. ^[39] Alesi was initially signed as the team's third driver, but competed in all eight rounds after Nattapong Hortongkum was unable to enter Japan for a second consecutive year. ^[40]
• 2019 F4 Japanese champion and 2020 French F4 Championship runner-up Ren Sato made his GT300 debut with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, replacing Toshiki Oyu. ^[16]
• Super Formula Lights driver Teppei Natori made his GT300 debut, replacing Kosuke Matsuura at Honda customer Team UPGarage. ^[16]
• Yuui Tsutsumi, signed with Max Racing to compete full-time in 2021, after driving for three different teams (including Max Racing) as a substitute driver throughout 2020. ^[19]
• 2020 TCR Japan Series champion Takuro Shinohara made his full-time GT300 debut with Audi Team Hitotsuyama, after competing part-time in 2020 for two different teams. ^[41]
• JLOC signed GT500 veteran Kosuke Matsuura and GT300 podium finisher Natsu Sakaguchi to drive their number 87 Lamborghini Huracán GT3. ^[32]
• Misato Haga, former team principal of Direxiv and the first woman to win a GT300 Championship as a team director, became the new team director of Drago Corse. Yogibo became the team's new title sponsor. ^[27] Veteran GT300 driver Shogo Mitsuyama joined Yogibo Drago Corse, alongside owner/driver Ryo Michigami. ^[27]
• Japanese F4 graduate Reiji Hiraki made his GT300 debut with Team Mach, driving alongside his older brother Yuya. ^[42]
• Super Formula Lights graduate Yoshiaki Katayama made his GT300 debut with Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing. ^[23]
• D'Station Racing withdrew from Super GT at the end of the 2020 season, as the team concentrate on FIA World Endurance Championship campaign. While the Pacific team linked up with CarGuy Racing, the owner Takeshi Kimura race with Kei Cozzolino. ^[24]

Mid-season changes

GT500 Class

• Sacha Fenestraz missed the first five races of the season due to difficulties acquiring a Japanese visa. Sena Sakaguchi replaced him at TGR Team KeePer TOM's for these five races, before Fenestraz returned for the sixth round at Autopolis. ^{[43] [44]}
• Tadasuke Makino missed the first race of the season due to meningitis. Hideki Mutoh replaced him at Team Kunimitsu for the first race at Okayama. ^[42] Makino returned for the Fuji 500km in May, entered as a third driver alongside Yamamoto and Mutoh. ^[45] From the following round at Motegi, Makino returned to the cockpit on a full-time basis.
• From the third race of the season at Motegi, TGR Team ZENT Cerumo chief engineer Kotaro Tanaka had taken over as team director from ace driver Yuji Tachikawa. ^[46]

GT300 Class

• With Sena Sakaguchi driving in GT500, reigning FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira was called up to replace Sakaguchi at K-Tunes Racing. ^[42] Taira drove in the first three races of the season.
• Before the fourth race at Suzuka, Taira was replaced at K-tunes Racing by Kazuto Kotaka, due to an undisclosed illness, which was later revealed to be a COVID-19 infection. Kotaka also drove in the fifth race at Sugo. ^[47]
• Kohta Kawaai missed the fourth race of the season at Suzuka due to a positive COVID-19 test. 2011 GT300 champion Taku Bamba replaced Kawaai at Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave. ^[48]
• 2012 GT300 champion Naoki Yokomizo replaced Takeshi Kimura at Pacific CarGuy Racing for rounds three, four, and seven due to Kimura's driving commitments in the FIA World Endurance Championship. ^[49]
• arto Ping An Team Thailand changed its entry name back to arto Team Thailand after the first two races of the season, after Ping An Insurance abruptly ended its sponsorship of the team.
• R'Qs Motor Sports withdrew from the final two rounds after their car was heavily damaged in an accident during the sixth round at Autopolis. ^[50]

Results

The race at Suzuka Circuit was still promoted as the third round of the season, despite taking place after the July race at Twin Ring Motegi and being the fourth race of the season chronologically. Likewise, the July race at Motegi was still promoted as the fourth round of the championship, even though it was now the third race of the season chronologically. Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit	11 April	GT500	No. 37 TGR Team Keeper TOM'S	No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE
				Ryo Hirakawa Sena Sakaguchi	Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita
			GT300	No. 11 GAINER	No. 56 Kondo Racing
				Katsuyuki Hiranaka Hironobu Yasuda	Kiyoto Fujinami Joao Paulo de Oliveira
2	Fuji Speedway	4 May	GT500	No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh	No. 17 Astemo REAL Racing
				Yuji Kunimoto Ritomo Miyata	Bertrand Baguette Koudai Tsukakoshi
			GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 60 LM Corsa
				Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Shunsuke Kohno Hiroki Yoshimoto
3	Twin Ring Motegi	18 July	GT500	No. 1 Team Kunimitsu	No. 1 Team Kunimitsu
				Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino	Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino
			GT300	No. 10 GAINER	No. 2 muta Racing INGING
				Katsuyuki Hiranaka Hironobu Yasuda	Hiroki Katoh Ryohei Sakaguchi
4	Suzuka Circuit	22 August	GT500	No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing	No. 23 NISMO
				Takuya Izawa Hiroki Otsu	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli
			GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 244 Max Racing
				Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Atsushi Miyake Yuui Tsutsumi
5	Sportsland Sugo	12 September	GT500	No. 8 ARTA	No. 12 Team Impul
				Tomoki Nojiri Nirei Fukuzumi	Kazuki Hiramine Nobuharu Matsushita
			GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 61 R&D Sport
				Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi
6	Autopolis	24 October	GT500	No. 16 Team Red Bull Mugen	No. 8 ARTA
				Ukyo Sasahara Toshiki Oyu	Tomoki Nojiri Nirei Fukuzumi
			GT300	No. 31 apr	No. 31 apr
				Yuhki Nakayama Koki Saga	Yuhki Nakayama Koki Saga
7	Twin Ring Motegi	7 November	GT500	No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh	No. 8 ARTA
				Yuji Kunimoto Ritomo Miyata	Tomoki Nojiri Nirei Fukuzumi
			GT300	No. 18 Team UpGarage	No. 21 Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama
				Takashi Kobayashi Teppei Natori	Shintaro Kawabata Takuro Shinohara
8	Fuji Speedway	28 November	GT500	No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE	No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
				Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita	Yuhi Sekiguchi Sho Tsuboi
			GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 60 LM Corsa
				Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Shunsuke Kohno 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

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2021 Series [15] Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ MOT SUZ SUG AUT MOT FUJ Points 1 Yuhi Sekiguchi Sho Tsuboi No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 2 13 3 5 4 10 8 1 64 2 Nirei Fukuzumi Tomoki Nojiri No. 8 ARTA 7 8 5 11 10 1 1 6 60 3 Naoki Yamamoto No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 8 4 1 4 2 6 12 14 60 4 Tadasuke Makino 4 1 4 2 6 12 14 57 5 Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 1 2 13 12 12† 11 6 3 52 6 Bertrand Baguette Koudai Tsukakoshi No. 17 Astemo REAL Racing 5 1 14 7 3 8 4 Ret 52 7 Ryo Hirakawa No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 3 3 7 10 11 9 10 2 46 8 Kazuki Hiramine Nobuharu Matsushita No. 12 Team Impul 10 9 11 6 1 7 3 9 45 9 Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli No. 23 NISMO Ret Ret 9 1 7 3 15 7 41 10 Kohei Hirate Katsumasa Chiyo No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max 9 5 6 2 Ret 4 14 8 39 11 Yuji Kunimoto Ritomo Miyata No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 12 7 2 13 Ret 13 2 13 36 12 Hiroaki Ishiura Yuji Tachikawa No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 6 Ret 8 8 Ret 2 9 5 34 13 Heikki Kovalainen Yuichi Nakayama No. 39 TGR Team SARD 4 6 10 14 5 5 11 4 34 14 Sena Sakaguchi No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 3 3 7 10 11 28 15 Mitsunori Takaboshi Daiki Sasaki No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 12 12 3 6 14 7 11 20 16 Ukyo Sasahara Toshiki Oyu No. 16 Team Red Bull Mugen 11 11 4 9 9 Ret 5 10 20 17 Sacha Fenestraz No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 9 10 2 18 18 Takuya Izawa Hiroki Otsu No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 13 10 Ret Ret 8 12 13 12 5 19 Hideki Mutoh No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 8 4 3 Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ MOT SUZ SUG AUT MOT FUJ 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)

GT300

Driver Ranking GT300 2021 Series [15] Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ MOT SUZ SUG AUT MOT FUJ Points 1 Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi No. 61 R&D Sport 15 2 11 10 1 3 6 3 67 2 Kiyoto Fujinami Joao Paulo de Oliveira No. 56 Kondo Racing 1 7 26 8 3 11 3 5 55 3 Hiroki Yoshimoto Shunsuke Kohno No. 60 LM Corsa 8 1 12 14 5 19 11 1 49 4 Shinichi Takagi Ren Sato No. 55 ARTA 26 3 23 7 2 20 2 24 45 5 Atsushi Miyake Yuui Tsutsumi No. 244 Max Racing 5 11 4 1 9 17 7 7 44 6 Naoya Gamou Togo Suganami No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 2 4 9 15 14 8 Ret 2 43 7 Katsuyuki Hiranaka Hironobu Yasuda No. 11 GAINER 4 16 2 26 10 5 8 8 38 8 Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima No. 88 JLOC 9 6 24 2 7 12 4 23 34 9 Hiroki Yoshida No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 3 27 3 18 21 3 9 9 34 Kohta Kawaai 3 27 3 21 3 9 9 10 Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO 14 8 5 3 23 6 Ret 4 33 11 Hiroki Katoh Ryohei Sakaguchi No. 2 muta Racing INGING Ret 10 1 9 16 18 24 12 23 12 Morio Nitta No. 96 K-tunes Racing 6 14 13 17 8 2 14 19 23 13 Koki Saga Yuhki Nakayama No. 31 apr 19 28 18 24 13 1 22 14 21 14 Takamitsu Matsui Kimiya Sato No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 7 13 6 23 19 10 5 6 21 15 Shintaro Kawabata Takuro Shinohara No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 13 17 16 21 25 15 1 17 20 16 Sena Sakaguchi No. 96 K-tunes Racing 2 14 19 15 17 Kei Cozzolino No. 9 Pacific - Car Guy Racing 23 25 6 4 15 9 19 13 14 18 Kazuki Hoshino Keishi Ishikawa No. 10 GAINER 10 5 14 11 26 7 10 10 13 19 Naoki Yokomizo No. 9 Pacific - Car Guy Racing 6 4 19 12 20 Kosuke Matsuura Natsu Sakaguchi No. 87 JLOC 21 15 Ret 16 4 25 Ret 15 8 21 Hiroaki Nagai Manabu Orido No. 30 apr Ret 18 8 6 20 23 16 16 8 22 Yuya Hiraki Reiji Hiraki No. 5 Team Mach 25 12 27 5 22 21 18 25 6 23 Ryo Michigami Shogo Mitsuyama No. 34 Yogibo Drago Corse 16 19 17 13 6 22 12 11 5 24 Hibiki Taira No. 96 K-tunes Racing 6 14 13 5 25 Takashi Kobayashi Teppei Natori No. 18 Team UpGarage 11 9 10 DNS 12 16 Ret Ret 4 26 Kazuto Kotaka No. 2 muta Racing INGING No. 96 K-tunes Racing 10 17 8 3 27 Takeshi Kimura No. 9 Pacific - Car Guy Racing 23 25 15 9 13 2 – Seiji Ara Tomohide Yamaguchi No. 7 BMW Team Studie × CSL 17 20 25 25 11 13 15 Ret 0 – Satoshi Motoyama Yoshiaki Katayama No. 6 Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing 22 23 19 12 18 24 20 18 0 – Yuki Tanaka No. 48 NILZZ Racing 12 26 20 27 27 Ret 23 21 0 – Ryuichiro Tomita No. 48 NILZZ Racing 12 27 0 – Takayuki Aoki No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 24 15 22 DSQ 26 13 22 0 – Takuya Otaki No. 360 Tomei Sports 13 0 – Masaki Kano Masataka Yanagida No. 50 Arnage Racing 18 21 22 19 24 14 21 DNS 0 – Yudai Uchida No. 360 Tomei Sports No. 48 NILZZ Racing Ret 24 15 22 DSQ Ret 0 – Sean Walkinshaw Giuliano Alesi No. 35 arto Team Thailand 24 22 Ret 20 17 Ret 17 20 0 – Yuta Kamimura No. 30 apr 18 0 – Taku Bamba No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 18 0 – Taiyou Iida No. 48 NILZZ Racing 26 20 27 23 21 0 – Hisashi Wada Masaki Jyonai No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 20 Ret 21 28 Ret 0 – Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 Tomei Sports 24 26 22 0 – Ryosei Yamashita No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports Ret 0 Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ MOT SUZ SUG AUT MOT FUJ Points

Notes

1. Car No. 7 entered as BMW Team Studie × CSL, car No. 18 entered as Team UpGarage, and car No. 55 entered as ARTA
2. Car No. 25 entered as Team Tsuchiya, and car No. 244 entered as Max Racing
3. For the first 2 rounds of the series the team run under arto Ping An Team Thailand, and for the rest of season under arto Team Thailand.

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External links

• Super GT Official Website