2023 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series is the 23rd season of D1 Grand Prix. Started in May 13 in Okuibuki Motorpark and finished at Odaiba in November 12. [1]
Masashi Yokoi is the series reigning champion.
Hideyuki Fujino win both Overall and Tanso series championship for the second time.
Calendar released by D1GP [1]
Round | Venue | Date |
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Kick Off Drift | Makuhari Messe, Chiba Prefecture | January 14 & 15 |
0 (Exhibition) | Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture | April 23 |
1 | Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | May 13 |
2 | May 14 | |
3 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | June 24 |
4 | June 25 | |
5 | Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture | August 26 |
6 | August 27 | |
7 | Autopolis, Oita Prefecture | October 28 |
8 | October 29 | |
9 | Odaiba, Tokyo Bay | November 11 |
10 | November 12 |
Team | No | Driver | Machine | Tires | Rounds |
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D-MAX RACING TEAM | 70 | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Goodride | All |
46 | Masao Suenaga | Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | ||
TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT | 88 | Masato Kawabata | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Toyo Tires | All |
66 | Hideyuki Fujino | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | All | ||
VALINO x N-STYLE | 99 | Naoki Nakamura | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Valino | All |
TEAM MORI | 52 | Yusuke Kitaoka | Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Shibatire | All |
SHIBATA RACING TEAM | 31 | Koudai Sobagiri | Infiniti Q60 | Shibatire | All |
18 | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | All | ||
SHIBATA RACING SEIMI STYLE DRIFT | 2 | Seimi Tanaka | Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | |
+Leno Racing watanabe | 77 | Hokuto Matsuyama | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Toyo Tires | All |
TMS RACING G-MEISTER | 16 | Koji Yamaguchi | BMW 3-Series (E92) | Valino | All |
79 | Kojiro Mekuwa | BMW 3-Series (E92) | All | ||
FAT FIVE RACING | 87 | Daigo Saito | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Goodride | 1-2 |
Shibatire | 3-10 | ||||
DRIFT STAR RACING X RACING GEAR | 98 | Hiroki Vito | Nissan Silvia (S13) | Valino/ Drift Star | All |
VALINO VAZESTRA | 15 | Katsuhiro Ueo | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1-8 |
Z CHALLENGER x BOOSTAR | 69 | Ryusei Akiba | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All |
75 | Yumeto Hatanaka | Toyota Chaser (JZX100) | 5-10 | ||
TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ APA | 7 | Yukio Matsui | Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Toyo Tires | All |
RS WATANABE SPEEDMASTER | 43 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | Toyota AE86 | Habilead | All |
51 | Teruyoshi Iwai | Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) | Federal | All | |
Mercury 車楽人 VALINO | 38 | Sayaka Shimoda | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All |
GP SPORTS | 56 | Takahiro Mori | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Valino | All |
WEINS Toyota Kanagawa x OREDA RACING | 90 | Genki Mogami | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Yokohama | All |
Team VERTEX x NEXZTER x D2D | 78 | Takahiro Ueno | Lexus RC | Goodride | 1-2 |
Shibatire | 3-10 | ||||
95 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen | Toyota Soarer (Z30) | Toyo Tires | 1-4 | |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | 5-8 | ||||
Repair Create x 326Power | 11 | Mitsuru Murakami | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Shibatire | All |
TEAM TNR | 30 | Tetsuro Nakata | Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Zestino | 3-4 |
GUNSAI Racing SHIBATIRE | 27 | Takeshi Mogi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Shibatire | All |
EWALU RACING SHIBATIRE | 84 | Masakazu Hashi | Nissan Skyline (R34) | Shibatire | 1-2,9-10 |
HIRANO TIRE ★ VALINO RACING | 8 | Tetsuya Kume | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All |
93 | Hiroki Kano | Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | ||
FORGEDcrew x SATO RANCH | 9 | Wataru Yamamoto | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Shibatire | 3-10 |
DSL.com | 86 | Shigehisa Sasayama | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Valino | 3-6,9-10 |
Toyota Chaser (JZX100) | 7-8 | ||||
Team miyaseimitsu | 38 | Hisashi Saito | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 5-6 |
浅井工業 SP security レーシングチーム | 6 | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | TBA | 3-4,8-10 |
MUSEE PLATINUM DxD | 12 | Sumika Kubokawa | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Shibatire | All |
HIROSHIMA TOYOTA Team DRoo-P | 55 | Kazuya Matsukawa | Toyota Sprinter (AE85) | Dunlop | All |
33 | Junya Ishikawa | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | All | ||
TBA | 29 | Yuji Saito | Nissan Silvia (S15) | TBA | 1-2,9-10 |
GOODRIDE x NEXZTER | 45 | Chanatpon Kerdpiam | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Goodride | 1-6,9-10 |
Hot Wheels x Rocket Bunny Racing | 39 | Toshiki Nagai | Nissan Silvia (S13) | Toyo Tires | 3-10 |
NEXZTER DRIVE TO DRIFT | 63 | Konpichit Toyingcharoen | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | 5-10 | |
89 | Lattapon Keawchin | Toyota Supra (J29/DB) | 5-8 | ||
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 9-10 |
Round | Event | Winner | Report | |
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Solo Run | Battle | |||
Kick Off Drift | Kick Off Drift | Exhibition only | ||
0 (Exhibition) | D1GP Round Zero | Hideyuki Fujino | Hideyuki Fujino | [17] |
1 | Okuibuki Drift | Seimi Tanaka | Masashi Yokoi | [18] |
2† | Masashi Yokoi | Masashi Yokoi | [19] | |
3 | Tsukuba Drift | Koudai Sobagiri | Katsuhiro Ueo | [20] |
4 | Koudai Sobagiri | Koudai Sobagiri | [21] | |
5 | Ebisu Drift | Hideyuki Fujino | Masato Kawabata | [22] |
6 | Hokuto Matsuyana | Hideyuki Fujino | [23] | |
7 | Autopolis Drift | Naoki Nakamura | Masao Suenaga | [24] |
8 | Naoki Nakamura | Naoki Nakamura | [25] | |
9 | Tokyo Drift | Junya Ishikawa | Hideyuki Fujino | [26] |
10 | Hideyuki Fujino | Hokuto Matsuyama | [27] |
Rank. | Driver | Okuibuki | Tsukuba | Ebisu | Autopolis | Odaiba | Total | |||||
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RD.1 | RD.2† | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD.8 | RD.9 | RD.10 | |||
1 | Hideyuki Fujino | 12 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 10 | - | 27 | 25 | 146 |
2 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 18 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 13 | - | 13 | 25 | 134 |
3 | Naoki Nakamura | 11 | - | DSQ | 7 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 21 | - | 124 |
4 | Seimi Tanaka | 17 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 117 | |
5 | Koudai Sobagiri | - | 10 | 12 | 29 | - | 10 | 19 | 20 | 9 | - | 109 |
6 | Masao Suenaga | 21 | 9 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 27 | - | 7 | 10 | 87 |
7 | Tetsuya Hibino | - | 12 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | 77 |
8 | Masashi Yokoi | 28 | 15 | DSQ | DSQ | 3 | 14 | - | 11 | - | 3 | 74 |
9 | Masato Kawabata | - | 3 | - | 13 | 26 | - | 5 | 12 | - | 13 | 72 |
10 | Hiroki Vito | 16 | 7 | 11 | 8 | - | 4 | 6 | 13 | - | - | 65 |
11 | Katsuhiro Ueo | - | 5 | 25 | 17 | - | - | 12 | 5 | - | - | 64 |
12 | Mitsuru Murakami | 6 | 4 | - | - | 24 | 6 | 4 | - | 6 | 11 | 61 |
13 | Ryusei Akiba | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 58 |
14 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 8 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 10 | - | - | 19 | 12 | 56 |
15 | Kojiro Mekuwa | 1 | - | 17 | - | 7 | 3 | 7 | - | 12 | - | 47 |
16 | Junya Ishikawa | - | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | - | 1 | 22 | 7 | 45 |
17 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 10 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | - | 36 |
18 | Chanatpon Kerdpiam (S) | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 33 |
19 | Daigo Saito | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | 17 | - | 2 | 32 |
20 | Yukio Matsui | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 18 | 26 |
21 | Yuji Saito | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 20 |
22 | Tetsuya Kume | - | - | 10 | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
23 | Takahiro Mori | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | 19 |
24 | Sayaka Shimoda | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 10 | - | - | 16 |
25 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 13 |
26 | Kazuya Matsukawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 5 | 9 |
27 | Sumika Kubokawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
28 | Genki Mogami | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
29 | Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
30 | Hirotaka Kanou | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
31 | Yumeto Hatanaka | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
32 | Koji Yamaguchi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
33 | Akinori Utsumi | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
34 | Takeshi Mogi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Rank. | Driver | Okuibuki | Tsukuba | Ebisu | Autopolis | Odaiba | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD.8 | RD.9 | RD.10 | |||
1 | Hideyuki Fujino | 12 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 6 | - | 15 | 20 | 113 |
2 | Koudai Sobagiri | - | 15 | 20 | 20 | - | 8 | 16 | 15 | 14 | - | 108 |
3 | Seimi Tanaka | 20 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 14 | - | 11 | 15 | 107 |
4 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 13 | - | 13 | 12 | 103 |
5 | Naoki Nakamura | 7 | - | 0 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 4 | - | 86 |
6 | Masao Suenaga | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 15 | - | 10 | 2 | 73 |
7 | Mitsuru Murakami | 11 | 8 | - | - | 16 | 7 | 4 | - | 7 | 16 | 69 |
8 | Masashi Yokoi | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | - | 5 | - | 6 | 65 |
9 | Hiroki Vito | 3 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 | - | - | 62 | |
10 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 14 | - | - | 10 | 1 | 15 | - | 0 | 16 | 4 | 60 |
11 | Tetsuya Hibino | - | 16 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | 60 |
12 | Masato Kawabata | - | 6 | - | 11 | 14 | - | 5 | 10 | - | 8 | 54 |
13 | Kojiro Mekuwa | 1 | - | 14 | - | 11 | 4 | 11 | - | 12 | - | 53 |
14 | Junya Ishikawa | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | - | - | 20 | 14 | 50 |
15 | Chanatpon Kerdpiam (S) | 10 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 44 |
16 | Katsuhiro Ueo | - | 10 | 1 | 14 | - | - | 10 | 7 | - | - | 42 |
17 | Daigo Saito | 5 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | 14 | - | 5 | 38 |
18 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 4 | 1 | 6 | - | 7 | 1 | - | 11 | 3 | - | 33 |
19 | Yuji Saito | 15 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 32 |
20 | Ryusei Akiba | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
21 | Takahiro Mori | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | - | 12 | - | - | 28 |
22 | Yukio Matsui | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | 24 |
23 | Tetsuya Kume | - | - | 3 | 7 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
24 | Kazuya Matsukawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 11 | 15 |
25 | Sumika Kubokawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
26 | Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 |
27 | Sayaka Shimoda | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 |
28 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen (pon) | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 |
29 | Genki Mogami | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
30 | Hirotaka Kano | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
31 | Yuto Hatanaka | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
32 | Koji Yamaguchi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
33 | Akinori Utsumi | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
34 | Takeshi Mogi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Rank. | Team | Okuibuki | Tsukuba | Ebisu | Autopolis | Odaiba | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD.8 | RD.9 | RD.10 | |||
1 | TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 130 |
2 | +LenoRacing watanabe | 15 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 6 | - | 6 | 26 | 105 |
3 | D-MAX RACING TEAM | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 95 |
4 | TEAM VALINO × N-style | 6 | - | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 20 | - | 95 |
5 | SHIBATIRE RACING | - | 10 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 3 | - | 83 |
6 | SHIBATIRE RACING SEIMI STYLE D | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 20 | - | 6 | 3 | 70 |
7 | VALINO VAZESTRA | - | 3 | 26 | 10 | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | 48 |
8 | Z CHALLENGER × BOOSTAR | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 42 |
9 | Repair Create × 326power | 3 | 2 | - | - | 20 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 37 |
10 | DRIFT STAR Racing × RACING GEAR | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 34 |
11 | TMS Racing Team G-meister | 3 | - | 10 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 31 |
12 | 広島トヨタ team DROO-P | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | 3 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
13 | TEAM MORI | 3 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 6 | 28 |
14 | RS Watanabe SPEED MASTER | 6 | 2 | 3 | - | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 26 |
15 | FAT FIVE RACING | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 10 | - | 3 | 24 |
16 | TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ APA | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 21 |
17 | HIRANO TIRE ★ VALINO RACING | 3 | - | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 18 |
18 | GOODRIDE × NEXZTER | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
19 | Mercury 車楽人 VALINO | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 12 |
20 | TEAM VERTEX × NEXZTER × D2D | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 11 |
21 | CAR SHOP GLITTER × Carlife ORANGE × Next Dream | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 9 |
22 | GP SPORTS | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 9 |
23 | ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 俺だっ!レーシング | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
24 | NEXZTER DRIVE TO DRIFT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
25 | GUNSAI Racing SHIBATIRE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
26 | MUSEE PLATINUM DxD | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
27 | 浅井工業 SP security レーシングチーム | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
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