The 2022 Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirtieth season of the JAF Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the eighteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the fortieth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.
Team Impul won the GT500 championship for the first time since 1995, as Kazuki Hiramine and Bertrand Baguette won the Drivers' Championship. It was the first Teams' Championship for Impul since the inaugural 1994 season, and the first championship for the new Nissan Z GT500 which made its debut this season. In GT300, Kondo Racing, Kiyoto Fujinami, and João Paulo de Oliveira won their second set of Drivers' and Teams' Championships in three years.
A confirmed eight round provisional 2022 calendar was announced on 6 August 2021. [1] The calendar was updated on 20 October 2021, with the sixth round at Sportsland Sugo moving from the weekend of 10–11 September to 17–18 September, avoiding a clash of dates with the 2022 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji. [2] Distances for all events were confirmed on 5 March 2022: Rounds two and four at Fuji Speedway, and round five at Suzuka Circuit, were 450 kilometre races, while all other rounds were 300 kilometres. [3]
Round | Race | Circuit | Dates |
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1 | Okayama GT 300 km Race | Okayama International Circuit | 16–17 April |
2 | FAV Hotel Fuji GT 450 km Race [4] | Fuji Speedway | 3–4 May |
3 | Takanokono Hotel Suzuka GT 300 km Race [5] | Suzuka Circuit | 28–29 May |
4 | Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 100 Lap Race [6] | Fuji Speedway | 6–7 August |
5 | Fujimaki Group Suzuka GT 450 km Race [7] | Suzuka Circuit | 27–28 August |
6 | Sugo GT 300 km Race | Sportsland Sugo | 17–18 September |
7 | FAV Hotel Autopolis GT 300 km Race [8] | Autopolis | 1–2 October |
8 | Motegi GT 300 km Race | Mobility Resort Motegi | 5–6 November |
All teams competed under a Japanese license.
Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Bold – Pole |
Rank | Driver | Team | OKA | FUJ1 [lower-alpha 4] | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | Points |
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1 | ![]() ![]() | No. 56 Kondo Racing | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 52 |
2 | ![]() ![]() | No. 61 R&D Sport | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 49.5 |
3 | ![]() | No. 10 GAINER | 6 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 49 |
4 | ![]() | No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | Ret | 9 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 48 |
5 | ![]() | No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | Ret | 4 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 47 | |
6 | ![]() | No. 10 GAINER | 6 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 45 | |
7 | ![]() ![]() | No. 11 GAINER | 10 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
8 | ![]() ![]() | No. 18 Team UpGarage | 2 | 13 | Ret | 3 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 34 |
9 | ![]() ![]() | No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO | 7 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 33 |
10 | ![]() ![]() | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 3 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 33 |
11 | ![]() | No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CSL | Ret | Ret | 1 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 29 |
12 | ![]() ![]() | No. 55 ARTA | 15 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 24 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 26 |
13 | ![]() ![]() | No. 88 JLOC | 17 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
14 | ![]() ![]() | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 20 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | Ret | 12 | 24.5 |
15 | ![]() ![]() | No. 87 JLOC | 8 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
16 | ![]() ![]() | No. 96 K-Tunes Racing | Ret | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 22.5 |
17 | ![]() | No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CSL | Ret | 1 | 12 | 12 | 21 | ||||
18 | ![]() ![]() | No. 5 Team Mach | 18 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 225 | Ret | 15 |
19 | ![]() | No. 30 apr | 13 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 14 |
20 | ![]() ![]() | No. 34 Busou Drago Corse | 11 | 2 | 6 | 12.5 | |||||
21 | ![]() | No. 6 Team LeMans | 5 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 12 |
22 | ![]() | No. 30 apr | 18 | 15 | 3 | 11 | |||||
22 | ![]() | No. 30 apr | 3 | 11 | |||||||
23 | ![]() ![]() | No. 60 LM Corsa | 12 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 11 |
24 | ![]() | No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 8 |
24 | ![]() | No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing | 4 | 11 | 8 | ||||||
25 | ![]() | No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CSL | Ret | Ret | 21 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 8 | ||
26 | ![]() | No. 6 Team LeMans | 14 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 6 | |
26 | ![]() | No. 6 Team LeMans | 5 | 6 | |||||||
27 | ![]() ![]() | No. 20 SHADE Racing | 14 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 6 |
28 | ![]() | No. 10 GAINER | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 22 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 7 | 5 | ||||
29 | ![]() | No. 50 Arnage Racing | 16 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 4 |
29 | ![]() | No. 50 Arnage Racing | 16 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 4 | ||
29 | ![]() | No. 50 Arnage Racing | 25 | 7 | 23 | 4 | |||||
30 | ![]() | No. 30 apr | 13 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 3 | |
31 | ![]() | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 21 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 2.5 |
32 | ![]() | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 10 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 1.5 | ||
33 | ![]() | No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 9 | 1 | |||||||
34 | ![]() ![]() | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 22 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 16 | Ret | 1 | |
35 | ![]() ![]() | No. 244 Max Racing | 19 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 10 | 17 | 1 | |
36 | ![]() | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 10 | 1 | |||||||
37 | ![]() | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 21 | 10 | 10 [lower-alpha 6] | 20 | 0.5 | ||||
- | ![]() | No. 20 SHADE Racing | 7 [lower-alpha 7] | 0 | |||||||
- | ![]() ![]() | No. 31 apr | 19 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 26 | 17 | 15 | Ret | 0 |
- | ![]() | No. 31 apr | 11 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
- | ![]() | No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing | 23 | 17 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 0 | ||
- | ![]() | No. 6 Team LeMans | 14 | 0 | |||||||
No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing | 12 | ||||||||||
- | ![]() | No. 50 Arnage Racing | 20 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
- | ![]() | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 0 |
- | ![]() | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 23 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 0 | |
- | ![]() | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 19 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
- | ![]() ![]() | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | Ret | Ret | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 0 | |
- | ![]() | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 21 | 0 | |||||||
Rank | Driver | Team | OKA | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | Points |
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