2023 Super GT Series

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The 2023 Super GT Series was the last season for the three-time GT500 champion Yuji Tachikawa (pictured in 2015), having participated in the series since 1996. Yuji Tachikawa 2015 Motorsport Japan 2.jpg
The 2023 Super GT Series was the last season for the three-time GT500 champion Yuji Tachikawa (pictured in 2015), having participated in the series since 1996.

The 2023 Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and ran by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirty-first season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which included the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the nineteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the forty-first overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

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Team Impul and drivers Kazuki Hiramine and Bertrand Baguette entered the season as the defending GT500 champions, while Kondo Racing and driver João Paulo de Oliveira entered the season as the defending GT300 champions. This was the final season for three-time GT500 champion, Yuji Tachikawa, who announced his retirement at the end of the season. [1] [2]

TGR Team au TOM'S won the championship in the GT500 class after having won the previous title in the 2021 season, with Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata won the Drivers' Championship. In the GT300 class, Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave, Hiroki Yoshida and Kohta Kawaai won the Teams' and Drivers' Championship. Both class championships were won by Toyota teams driving the respective GT500 and GT300 versions of the Toyota GR Supra. [3]

Regulation changes

GTA chairman Masaaki Bandoh outlined the series' environmental initiative plans in November 2022, known as the "Super GT Green Project 2030". [4] [1] The series aims to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030. As part of this initiative, Super GT made the following regulation changes for 2023:

Teams and drivers

On 20 February, 2023, the GTA released the series entry list, featuring 15 entries in the GT500 class and 27 entries in the GT300 class. All teams compete under a Japanese license.

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
Team Impul [8] Nissan Nissan Z GT500 Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hiramine [8] B All
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette [8]
NDDP Racing [8] Nissan Nissan Z GT500 Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo [8] M All
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi [8]
NISMO [8] 23 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda [8] M All
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli [8]
ARTA [N 1] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri [10] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu [10]
Flag of Japan.svg Iori Kimura [11] 4
16 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi [10] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu [10]
TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE [12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 14 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima [12] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita [12]
Astemo Real Racing [10] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi [10] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita [10]
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh [12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto [12] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi [12]
Kondo Racing [8] Nissan Nissan Z GT500 Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 24 Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Sasaki [8] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Hirate [8]
TGR Team au TOM'S [12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi [12] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata [12]
TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S [12] 37 Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Sasahara [13] B All
Flag of France.svg Giuliano Alesi [12]
TGR Team ZENT Cerumo [12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa [12] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura [12]
TGR Team SARD [12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi [12] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama [12]
Modulo Nakajima Racing [10] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa [10] D All
Flag of Japan.svg Kakunoshin Ohta [10]
Team Kunimitsu [10] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100 Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino [10] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto [10] 1–6
Flag of Japan.svg Iori Kimura [14] 7–8

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
muta Racing INGING [15] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 2 Flag of Japan.svg Yuui Tsutsumi [15] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira [15]
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh [15] 2–5, 7
Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO [16] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi [16] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka [16]
Team Mach [17] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300 GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5 Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Tomibayashi [17] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Takamitsu Matsui [17]
Team LeMans [15] Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 6 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiaki Katayama [15] Y All
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi Muntan [15] 1–2, 4–8
Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Jin [18] 2–5, 7
BMW M Team Studie x CRS [19] BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 7 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara [19] M All
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bruno Spengler [19] 1, 5–8
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida [19] 2–4
Pacific Racing Team [15] [20] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo [20] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 9 Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Sakaguchi [20] Y All
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Jiatong [20]
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata [20] 2–5, 7
GAINER [8] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10 Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Yasuda [8] D All
Flag of Japan.svg Riki Okusa [8]
11 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Tomita [8] D All
Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Ishikawa [8]
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Shiotsu [8] 2–5, 7
Team UpGarage [10] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 18 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi [10] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide [10]
SHADE Racing [15] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 20 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka [15] D All
Flag of Japan.svg Eijiro Shimizu [15]
Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke Yamada [18] 2–5, 7
R'Qs Motor Sports [20] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22 Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Wada [20] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Jyonai [20]
Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Kano [20] 2–5, 7
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya [21] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 25 Flag of Japan.svg Togo Suganami [21] Y 1–4
Flag of Japan.svg Seita Nonaka [21]
Max Racing [15] [22] 244 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato [15] Y 1–4
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Miyake [15]
Yogibo Racing [23] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 [23] Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 27 Flag of Japan.svg Yugo Iwasawa [23] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Reimei Ito [23]
apr [24] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido [24] [25] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Kamimura [24] [25] 1, 3, 5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Nagai [24] 2–8
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Ogawa [24] 2, 4
Lexus Lexus LC 500h GT [24] Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8 31 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka [24] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Koki Saga [24] 1–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nemoto [24] 2–5, 7–8
NILZZ Racing [8] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48 Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo Ida [15] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tanaka [15] 1, 6–8
Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Sanada [18] 2–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Masaya Kono [18] 2–3, 5
Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage [26] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 [26] Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 50 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Omura Fraga [26] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Yuga Furutani [26]
Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama [26] 2–5, 7
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave [27] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 52 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida [27] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai [27]
Flag of Japan.svg Seita Nonaka [28] 7
Kondo Racing [8] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 56 Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira [8] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori [8]
LM Corsa [29] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto [29] D All
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno [29]
R&D Sport [30] Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8) Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi [30] D All
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi [30]
K2 R&D LEON Racing [27] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65 Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou [27] B All
Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara [27]
Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Kurosawa [31] 5, 7
JLOC [15] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 87 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Matsuura [15] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Natsu Sakaguchi [15]
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 3
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 5
88 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure [15] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima [15]
K-tunes Racing [27] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96 Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta [27] D All
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi [27]
Tomei Sports [32] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki [32] Y All
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Tanaka [32] 1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Otaki [32] 2–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yusaku Shibata [33] 8

Vehicle changes

GT500

  • Honda announced that a new GT500 car based on the Civic Type R will debut in 2024. [34] As a result, 2023 is the final season for the second-generation NSX-GT.

GT300

  • apr replaced their Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV with a new hybrid GT300 car, the Lexus LC500h GT. [35] The Prius had served as apr's flagship car since 2012.
  • After selling their Toyota 86 Mother Chassis to Team Mach in the off-season, Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage (see Entrant changes below) changed to the Lexus RC F GT3.
  • Pacific Racing Team replaced their Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.

Entrant changes

GT500

  • Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 25 November 2022.
  • Honda: Honda Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 12 December 2022.
  • Nissan: Nissan announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 27 January 2023.
    • There were no changes in teams and drivers from the 2022 season. [8] Team Impul carried the GT500 champions number 1 plate, while Kazuki Hoshino, the son of team founder Kazuyoshi Hoshino, became the new Team Director. Four years after the merger between Impul's longtime title sponsor Calsonic and Magneti Marelli, the Marelli brand replaced Calsonic on the blue Impul Nissan Z, now entered as the "Marelli Impul Z". [32]
    • NDDP Racing signed spark plug manufacturer Niterra as their new title sponsor, to replace specialty dealer CraftSports. [32]

GT300

  • Team UpGarage recruited 2022 F4 Japanese Champion Syun Koide to replace Kakunoshin Ohta, following Ohta's promotion to the GT500 class. [10]
  • After forming a two-car GT500 programme with M-TEC, ARTA will not enter the GT300 class in 2023. [10]
  • 2016 GT300 champion Takamitsu Matsui transferred from Hoppy Team Tsuchiya to Team Mach, replacing Reiji Hiraki. [37] Matsui was replaced by former LEON Racing driver Togo Suganami, who returned to the series in 2023. [21]
  • Reigning Super Formula Lights champion Kazuto Kotaka replaced Yuhki Nakayama in the number 31 apr team, with Yuki Nemoto signed as the third driver for long-distance rounds. Yuta Kamimura and reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Ryo Ogawa would share the role of third driver in the number 30 apr GR86 GT. [24]
  • 2012 DTM champion and BMW factory driver Bruno Spengler made his series debut with BMW Team Studie, partnering the returning Seiji Ara. Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida was signed to be the third driver and replaced Spengler in the event of calendar clashes. [19] The entrant name was changed from BMW Team Studie x CSL (Customer Racing Support Limited) to BMW Team Studie x CRS (Customer Racing Support). From the fourth round onward the entrant name was changed again, to BMW M Team Studie x CRS.
  • 2008 GT300 champion Hironobu Yasuda moved to the number 10 GAINER team to partner second-year driver Riki Okusa. Video game developer PONOS became the new title sponsor of the number 10 car. In exchange, Ryuichiro Tomita moved to the number 11 car to partner Keishi Ishikawa. Yusuke Shiotsu, previously the third driver of the number 10 car, became the third driver of the number 11 car for long-distance rounds. [8]
  • Anest Iwata Racing made make their debut in Super GT, working together with Arnage Racing as Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage. Igor Fraga, a multi-time Gran Turismo World Series champion and former FIA Formula 3 Championship driver, raced full-time alongside 2021 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Yuga Furutani. 2022 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Miki Koyama was named the third driver and became the first woman to race in the series since Cyndie Allemann in 2012. [26]
  • Yogibo Racing returned to Super GT as an independent team, having previously competed in a collaboration with Drago Corse in the 2021 season. The team entered a Honda NSX GT3 and received technical support from Servus Japan, who previously supported ARTA. F4 Japanese Championship graduates Reimei Ito and Yugo Iwasawa were the full-time drivers, making their series debuts. [23]
  • 2020 FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira began his first full season in the series, joining Yuui Tsutsumi at muta Racing INGING. Two-time GT300 championship runner-up Hiroki Katoh was appointed as the new team director and shifted to a part-time driving role as the team's third driver.
  • 2021 Super Formula Lights champion Teppei Natori returned to the series with defending series champions Kondo Racing, replacing two-time and reigning GT300 champion Kiyoto Fujinami. [32] Kondo Racing declined the option to use the number 0 plate reserved for the reigning GT300 series champions and instead kept the number 56.
  • Drago Corse, who dropped out of the 2022 season due to sponsorship issues, did not return to the series in 2023.
  • Pacific Racing Team ended their collaboration with CarGuy Racing and Hololive Production after the 2022 season. Pacific began a new partnership with virtual YouTuber agency VSPO! and signed an all-new driver line up of Ryohei Sakaguchi, Alex Jiatong Liang, and Shintaro Kawabata as the third driver for the team. [20]
  • Seiya Jin, Shinnosuke Yamada, Masaki Kano, Takumi Sanada, and Takuya Otaki were announced as the third drivers of Team LeMans, SHADE Racing, R'Qs MotorSports, NILZZ Racing, and Tomei Sports respectively. [18] Jin and Sanada made their series debuts in the second round at Fuji Speedway.

Mid-season changes

GT500 Class

  • Iori Kimura was named as the third driver for the number 8 ARTA Mugen NSX-GT. Kimura's appointment came after Toshiki Oyu suffered a fractured collarbone prior to the Super Formula race at Fuji Speedway on 16 July. [11] Oyu was eventually declared fit to race, so Kimura did not run in practice, qualifying, or the race.
  • Naoki Yamamoto suffered a neck injury in a crash at Sportsland Sugo which forced him to miss the final two races of the season. Iori Kimura was named as his replacement. [14]

GT300 Class

  • Yuta Kamimura replaced Hiroaki Nagai in the number 30 apr Toyota GR86 for the opening round of the series. [25] Nagai returned for round two, and Ryo Ogawa made his series debut as the team's third driver. [18] Kamimura and Ogawa alternated third driver duties throughout the season, with Ogawa running both races at Fuji, and Kamimura running both races at Suzuka plus the Autopolis round.
  • Pacific Racing Team missed the second round at Fuji after a crash at Okayama. [38] They returned from the third round onwards.
  • Masaya Kono replaced NILZZ Racing's Yuki Tanaka for rounds two and three. [18] Tanaka withdrew prior to the fourth round at Fuji and was not replaced. Kono would join Taiyo Ida and Takumi Sanada for the fifth round at Suzuka, and Tanaka returned for the sixth round at Sugo.
  • Roberto Merhi signed with Mahindra Racing in the FIA Formula E World Championship, replacing Oliver Rowland for the remainder of the 2023 season. Due to a clash of dates between the third round at Suzuka and the Jakarta ePrix, Merhi did not race at Suzuka. [39]
  • JLOC debuted the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 at the fourth round at Fuji Speedway. [40] The number 88 team ran with a brand new EVO2 chassis, while the number 87 team would use the old number 88 GT3 EVO model following a heavy crash at Suzuka, which destroyed their previous chassis.
  • Hoppy Team Tsuchiya's Toyota GR Supra GT300 was destroyed in a vehicle fire during the fourth round at Fuji Speedway, and the car and team would not return for the rest of the season. [41]
  • On 23 August, Max Racing announced their immediate withdrawal from the Super GT Series. [22] They were scheduled to miss the fifth round at Suzuka due to a vehicle fire sustained in the previous round at Fuji. [31]
  • 2018 GT300 Champion and K2 R&D LEON Racing team director, Haruki Kurosawa, entered the fifth round at Suzuka as the team's third driver. It is Kurosawa's first Super GT appearance as a driver since the 2019 Fuji GT 500 Mile Race. [31]
  • Seita Nonaka joined Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave as a third driver for the seventh round at Autopolis. [28]
  • Yuki Nemoto replaced Koki Saga in the number 31 apr Lexus LC500h for the final round at Motegi. [42]
  • Time attack and gymkhana specialist Yusaku Shibata rejoined Tomei Sports for the final round at Motegi, driving alongside Takayuki Aoki. [42]

Calendar

A confirmed eight round provisional 2023 calendar was announced on 8 August 2022. [43] On 28 December 2022, the dates of Sugo and Autopolis rounds were changed. [44] On 20 February 2023, distances and formats for all rounds were confirmed. Both races at Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit, plus the penultimate round at Autopolis, would be 450 kilometre races requiring at least two green flag pit stops for refuelling. [7] Also, the first and final rounds of the championship will no longer require teams to change tyres on their compulsory pit stops. [7]

RoundRaceCircuitLocationDatesMap
1Okayama GT 300km Race Flag of Okayama Prefecture.svg Okayama International Circuit Mimasaka-shi, Okayama-ken 15–16 April
2Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 450km Race Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Fuji Speedway Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken 3–4 May
3Suzuka GT 450km Race Flag of Mie prefecture.svg Suzuka Circuit Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken 3–4 June
4Fuji GT 450km Race Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Fuji Speedway Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken 5–6 August
5Suzuka GT 450km Race Flag of Mie prefecture.svg Suzuka Circuit Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken 26–27 August
6Sugo GT 300km Race Flag of Miyagi Prefecture.svg Sportsland Sugo Murata-machi, Miyagi-ken 16–17 September
7Autopolis GT 450km Race Flag of Oita Prefecture.svg Autopolis Hita-shi, Ōita-ken 14–15 October
8Motegi GT 300km Race Flag of Tochigi.svg Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi-machi, Tochigi-ken 4–5 November

NOTE: Race names are preliminary and subject to change.

Results

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

RoundCircuitClassPole PositionFastest LapRace Winner
1 Okayama International Circuit GT500No. 23 NISMO No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 23 NISMO
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing No. 18 Team UpGarage
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide
2 Fuji Speedway GT500No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
GT300No. 56 Kondo Racing No. 88 JLOC No. 56 Kondo Racing
Flag of Brazil.svg Joao Paulo de Oliveira
Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima
Flag of Brazil.svg Joao Paulo de Oliveira
Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori
3 Suzuka Circuit GT500No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi
GT300No. 61 R&D Sport No. 61 R&D Sport No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CRS
Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida
4 Fuji Speedway GT500No. 24 Kondo Racing No. 17 Astemo Real Racing No. 3 NDDP Racing
Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Hirate
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita
Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi
Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi
GT300No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO No. 11 GAINER No. 11 GAINER
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Tomita
Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Ishikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Shiotsu
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Tomita
Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Ishikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Shiotsu [lower-alpha 1]
5 Suzuka Circuit GT500No. 16 ARTA No. 16 ARTA No. 16 ARTA
Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu
Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu
Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu
GT300No. 61 R&D Sport No. 96 K-Tunes RacingNo. 18 Team UpGarage
Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide
6 Sportsland Sugo GT500No. 8 ARTA No. 8 ARTA No. 8 ARTA
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu
GT300No. 96 K-Tunes RacingNo. 96 K-Tunes RacingNo. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
7 Autopolis GT500No. 16 ARTA No. 16 ARTA No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu
Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
GT300No. 2 muta Racing INGING No. 2 muta Racing INGING No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
Flag of Japan.svg Yuui Tsutsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of Japan.svg Yuui Tsutsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
Flag of Japan.svg Seita Nonaka
8 Mobility Resort Motegi GT500No. 3 NDDP Racing No. 3 NDDP Racing No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi
Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
GT300No. 2 muta Racing INGING No. 2 muta Racing INGING No. 88 JLOC
Flag of Japan.svg Yuui Tsutsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Yuui Tsutsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPole
Points20151186543211

GT500

RankDriverTeamOKA
FUJ1
SUZ1
FUJ2
SUZ2
SUG
AUT
MOT
Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 151241071189
2 Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi
No. 3 NDDP Racing 254112931363
3 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli
No. 23 NISMO 171313DSQ210256
4 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu
No. 16 ARTA 11107311221253
5 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hiramine
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette
No. 1 Team Impul 69315545446
6 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita
No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 73974DSQ6345
7 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita
No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 44611368645
8 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu
No. 8 ARTA 3111214141Ret538
9 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama
No. 39 TGR Team SARD 881592314738
10 Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 122567Ret91034
11 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 122567Ret31
12 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi
No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 9121129813830
13 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura
No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 5131056Ret41126
14 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa
Flag of Japan.svg Kakunoshin Ohta
No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 101414281111Ret19
15 Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Sasahara
Flag of France.svg Giuliano Alesi
No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 13611811107915
16 Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Hirate
No. 24 Kondo Racing 1415810135121411
17 Flag of Japan.svg Iori Kimura No. 8 ARTA
No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
149103
RankDriverTeamOKA
FUJ1
SUZ1
FUJ2
SUZ2
SUG
AUT
MOT
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
 — Did not finish but classified

GT300

RankDriverTeamOKA
FUJ1
SUZ1
FUJ2
SUZ2
SUG
AUT
MOT
Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 5339Ret11774
2 Flag of Japan.svg Yuui Tsutsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
No. 2 muta Racing INGING 1822117Ret2953
3 Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira
Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori
No. 56 Kondo Racing 10144Ret105650
4 Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara
No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 241225†Ret612244
5 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide
No. 18 Team UpGarage1RetRet171DSQ17843
6 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara No. 7 BMW M Team Studie x CRS 61312161381243
7 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima
No. 88 JLOC 24†62184147140
8 Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
No. 61 R&D Sport 2211663441040
9 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiaki Katayama No. 6 Team LeMans 217153Ret315337
9 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi Muntan No. 6 Team LeMans 2173Ret315337
10 Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida No. 7 BMW M Team Studie x CRS 131235
11 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka No. 31 apr1681356113433
11 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nemoto No. 31 apr813563433
12 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Tomita
Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Ishikawa
No. 11 GAINER Ret1751151291328
13 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Saga No. 31 apr168135611325
14 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO 9Ret18125561120
15 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Matsuura
Flag of Japan.svg Natsu Sakaguchi
No. 87 JLOC 7Ret2316219192119
16 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Flag of Japan.svg Eijiro Shimizu
No. 20 SHADE Racing Ret121015182131416
17 Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Yasuda
Flag of Japan.svg Riki Okusa
No. 10 GAINER 11587139101616
18 Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi
No. 96 K-Tunes Racing149222388Ret515
19 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Miyake
No. 244 Max Racing31616Ret11
20 Flag of Japan.svg Yugo Iwasawa
Flag of Japan.svg Reimei Ito
No. 27 Yogibo Racing4152020918RetRet10
21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bruno Spengler No. 7 BMW M Team Studie x CRS 616138128
22 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno
No. 60 LM corsa823†710122120158
23 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Omura Fraga
Flag of Japan.svg Yuga Furutani
No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage1214171910711175
24 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido No. 30 apr131891317Ret16232
24 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki NagaiNo. 30 apr1891317Ret16232
24 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta KamimuraNo. 30 apr13917162
25 Flag of Japan.svg Seita Nonaka No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya
No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
171011Ret1 [lower-alpha 2] 1
25 Flag of Japan.svg Togo Suganami No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 171011Ret1
26 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh No. 2 muta Racing INGING2 [lower-alpha 3] 2 [lower-alpha 4] 117 [lower-alpha 5] 2 [lower-alpha 2] 1
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke ShiotsuNo. 11 GAINER 175 [lower-alpha 4] 1 [lower-alpha 6] 159 [lower-alpha 2] 0
Flag of Japan.svg Seiya JinNo. 6 Team LeMans 7 [lower-alpha 3] 153 [lower-alpha 6] Ret150
Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage14171910 [lower-alpha 5] 110
Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke YamadaNo. 20 SHADE Racing 1210 [lower-alpha 4] 1518130
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Sakaguchi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Jiatong
No. 9 Pacific Racing Team23†WD2522111723190
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro KawabataNo. 9 Pacific Racing TeamWD252211230
Flag of Japan.svg Haruki KurosawaNo. 65 K2 R&D LEON RacingRet120
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo OgawaNo. 30 apr18130
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki No. 360 Tomei SportsRet191414141514240
Flag of Japan.svg Takuya OtakiNo. 360 Tomei Sports1914141415140
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi TanakaNo. 360 Tomei SportsRet19141414140
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Tomibayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Takamitsu Matsui
No. 5 Team Mach15221918212218180
Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Wada
Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Jyonai
No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports20212624201621220
Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo IdaNo. 48 NILZZ Racing19202521192022200
Flag of Japan.svg Takumi SanadaNo. 48 NILZZ Racing20252119220
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki TanakaNo. 48 NILZZ Racing19WD2022200
Flag of Japan.svg Masaya KonoNo. 48 NILZZ Racing2025190
Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Kano No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports21262420210
Flag of Japan.svg Yusaku ShibataNo. 360 Tomei Sports240
RankDriverTeamOKA
FUJ1
SUZ1
FUJ2
SUZ2
SUG
AUT
MOT
Points

Teams' championships

Race points
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points2015118654321

Additionally, teams received points for completed the race behind the race winner:

 Same lap as the race winner  1 lap behind the race winner  2 laps or more behind the race winner 
Points321

GT500

RankTeamOKA
FUJ1
SUZ1
FUJ2
SUZ2
SUG
AUT
MOT
Points
1No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 153112141101721111109
2No. 3 NDDP Racing 21514111123913113185
3No. 23 NISMO 1171132132DSQ211012174
4No. 16 ARTA 1111017131111232112173
5No. 1 Team Impul 6191311525141514169
6No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 4141611123162816 167
7No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 7131917241DSQ613 165
8No. 39 TGR Team SARD 81811529221311437158
9No. 8 ARTA 3111212114214311Ret5154
10No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 12221516171Ret9110153
12No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 911221112291821338149
13No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 511321015161Ret4111146
14No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 1011421422181111111Ret37
15No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 1326111182111102719136
16No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 3153811021325112314225
RankTeamOKA
FUJ1
SUZ1
FUJ2
SUZ2
SUG
AUT
MOT
Points

1 – 3 Points for finished at the same lap as the race winner
2 – 2 Points for finished 1 lap behind the race winner
3 – 1 Point for finished 2 laps or more behind the race winner

GT300

RankTeamOKA
FUJ1
SUZ1
FUJ2
SUZ2
SUG
AUT
MOT
Points
1No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 51313191Ret11117195
2No. 2 muta Racing INGING 182212111171Ret219171
3No. 56 Kondo Racing 101114141Ret101516170
4No. 7 BMW M Team Studie x CRS 6113211211611328212164
5No. 88 JLOC 24†361211814114271161
6No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 214112125†3Ret611222161
7No. 61 R&D Sport 22311261613144110159
8No. 31 apr16181131516111314157
9No. 18 Team UpGarage11RetRet17111DSQ1718156
10No. 6 Team LeMans 2137115131Ret311523155
11No. 11 GAINER Ret17251111511229213146
12No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO 91Ret18112151516111140
13No. 10 GAINER 1115181711319110116139
14No. 87 JLOC 71Ret2311612119219321335
15No. 20 SHADE Racing Ret1221011511822113214134
16No. 96 K-Tunes Racing142912212338181Ret5133
17No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage1211421711911017211217127
18No. 60 LM corsa8123†37110112121320315126
19No. 27 Yogibo Racing4115220120291182RetRet25
20No. 244 Max Racing31162161Ret19
21No. 30 apr13118391131171Ret16223318
22No. 5 Team Mach15122319118121322318318116
23No. 360 Tomei SportsRet19314314314315214224115
24No. 9 Pacific Racing Team23†3WD25122211117223319214
25No. 48 NILZZ Racing19220325121219220322320313
26No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports20 221326224320316221322311
27No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 171101111Ret10
RankTeamOKA
FUJ1
SUZ1
FUJ2
SUZ2
SUG
AUT
MOT
Points

Notes

  1. Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
  2. 1 2 3 Seita Nonaka, Hiroki Katoh, Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
  3. 1 2 Hiroki Katoh & Seiya Jin did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
  4. 1 2 3 Hiroki Katoh, Yusuke Shiotsu, & Shinosuke Yamada did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
  5. 1 2 Hiroki Katoh, Miki Koyama did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
  6. 1 2 Yusuke Shiotsu and Seiya Jin did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
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