The 2023 Autobacs 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.
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]
A confirmed eight round provisional 2023 calendar was announced on 8 August 2022. [4] On 28 December 2022, the dates of Sugo and Autopolis rounds were changed. [5] 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. [6] Also, the first and final rounds of the championship will no longer require teams to change tyres on their compulsory pit stops. [6]
Round | Race | Circuit | Location | Dates | Map |
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1 | Okayama GT 300km Race | ![]() | Mimasaka-shi, Okayama-ken | 15–16 April | |
2 | Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 450km Race | ![]() | Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken | 3–4 May | |
3 | Suzuka GT 450km Race | ![]() | Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken | 3–4 June | |
4 | Fuji GT 450km Race | ![]() | Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken | 5–6 August | |
5 | Suzuka GT 450km Race | ![]() | Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken | 26–27 August | |
6 | Sugo GT 300km Race | ![]() | Murata-machi, Miyagi-ken | 16–17 September | |
7 | Autopolis GT 450km Race | ![]() | Hita-shi, Ōita-ken | 14–15 October | |
8 | Motegi GT 300km Race | ![]() | Motegi-machi, Tochigi-ken | 4–5 November |
GTA chairman Masaaki Bandoh outlined the series' environmental initiative plans in November 2022, known as the "Super GT Green Project 2030". [7] [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:
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.
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 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | Points |
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1 | ![]() ![]() | No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 7 | 74 |
2 | ![]() ![]() | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 18 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 53 |
3 | ![]() ![]() | No. 56 Kondo Racing | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 6 | 50 |
4 | ![]() ![]() | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 2 | 4 | 12 | 25† | Ret | 6 | 12 | 2 | 44 |
5 | ![]() ![]() | No. 18 Team UpGarage | 1 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 1 | DSQ | 17 | 8 | 43 |
6 | ![]() | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 43 |
7 | ![]() ![]() | No. 88 JLOC | 24† | 6 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 40 |
8 | ![]() ![]() | No. 61 R&D Sport | 22 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 40 |
9 | ![]() | No. 6 Team LeMans | 21 | 7 | 15 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 15 | 3 | 37 |
9 | ![]() | No. 6 Team LeMans | 21 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 15 | 3 | 37 | |
10 | ![]() | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 13 | 1 | 2 | 35 | |||||
11 | ![]() | No. 31 apr | 16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 |
11 | ![]() | No. 31 apr | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 33 | ||
12 | ![]() ![]() | No. 11 GAINER | Ret | 17 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
13 | ![]() | No. 31 apr | 16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 25 | |
14 | ![]() ![]() | No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO | 9 | Ret | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
15 | ![]() ![]() | No. 87 JLOC | 7 | Ret | 23 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
16 | ![]() ![]() | No. 20 SHADE Racing | Ret | 12 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
17 | ![]() ![]() | No. 10 GAINER | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 16 |
18 | ![]() ![]() | No. 96 K-tunes Racing | 14 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 15 |
19 | ![]() ![]() | No. 244 Max Racing | 3 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 11 | ||||
20 | ![]() ![]() | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | 4 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
21 | ![]() | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 6 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | |||
22 | ![]() ![]() | No. 60 LM corsa | 8 | 23† | 7 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 8 |
23 | ![]() ![]() | No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 5 |
24 | ![]() | No. 30 apr | 13 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 23 | 2 |
24 | ![]() | No. 30 apr | 18 | 9 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 23 | 2 | |
24 | ![]() | No. 30 apr | 13 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 2 | ||||
25 | ![]() | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 17 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 1 | ||||
No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 1 [d] | ||||||||||
25 | ![]() | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 17 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 1 | ||||
26 | ![]() | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 2 [e] | 2 [f] | 11 | 7 [g] | 2 [d] | 1 | |||
– | ![]() | No. 11 GAINER | 17 | 5 [f] | 1 [h] | 15 | 9 [d] | 0 | |||
– | ![]() | No. 6 Team LeMans | 7 [e] | 15 | 3 [h] | Ret | 15 | 0 | |||
– | ![]() | No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 14 | 17 | 19 | 10 [g] | 11 | 0 | |||
– | ![]() | No. 20 SHADE Racing | 12 | 10 [f] | 15 | 18 | 13 | 0 | |||
– | ![]() ![]() | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 23† | WD | 25 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 0 |
– | ![]() | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | WD | 25 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 0 | |||
– | ![]() | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | Ret | 12 | 0 | ||||||
– | ![]() | No. 30 apr | 18 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
– | ![]() | No. 360 Tomei Sports | Ret | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 0 |
– | ![]() | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 0 | ||
– | ![]() | No. 360 Tomei Sports | Ret | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | ||
– | ![]() ![]() | No. 5 Team Mach | 15 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
– | ![]() ![]() | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 20 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 0 |
– | ![]() | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 19 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 0 |
– | ![]() | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 20 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 0 | |||
– | ![]() | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 19 | WD | 20 | 22 | 20 | 0 | |||
– | ![]() | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 20 | 25 | 19 | 0 | |||||
– | ![]() | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 21 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 0 | |||
– | ![]() | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Rank | Driver | Team | OKA | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | Points |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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 | |
Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 – 3 Points for finished at the same lap as the race winner |
Rank | Team | OKA | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | Points |
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1 | No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 51 | 31 | 31 | 91 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 71 | 95 |
2 | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 182 | 21 | 21 | 111 | 71 | Ret | 21 | 91 | 71 |
3 | No. 56 Kondo Racing | 101 | 11 | 41 | 41 | Ret | 101 | 51 | 61 | 70 |
4 | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 61 | 132 | 11 | 21 | 161 | 132 | 82 | 121 | 64 |
5 | No. 88 JLOC | 24†3 | 61 | 211 | 81 | 41 | 142 | 71 | 1 | 61 |
6 | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 21 | 41 | 121 | 25†3 | Ret | 61 | 122 | 21 | 61 |
7 | No. 61 R&D Sport | 223 | 112 | 61 | 61 | 31 | 4 | 41 | 101 | 59 |
8 | No. 31 apr | 161 | 81 | 131 | 51 | 61 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 57 |
9 | No. 18 Team UpGarage | 11 | Ret | Ret | 171 | 11 | DSQ | 171 | 81 | 56 |
10 | No. 6 Team LeMans | 213 | 71 | 151 | 31 | Ret | 31 | 152 | 31 | 55 |
11 | No. 11 GAINER | Ret | 172 | 51 | 11 | 151 | 122 | 92 | 131 | 46 |
12 | No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO | 91 | Ret | 181 | 121 | 51 | 51 | 61 | 111 | 40 |
13 | No. 10 GAINER | 111 | 51 | 81 | 71 | 131 | 91 | 101 | 161 | 39 |
14 | No. 87 JLOC | 71 | Ret | 231 | 161 | 21 | 192 | 193 | 213 | 35 |
15 | No. 20 SHADE Racing | Ret | 122 | 101 | 151 | 182 | 21 | 132 | 141 | 34 |
16 | No. 96 K-tunes Racing | 142 | 91 | 221 | 233 | 81 | 81 | Ret | 51 | 33 |
17 | No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 121 | 142 | 171 | 191 | 101 | 72 | 112 | 171 | 27 |
18 | No. 60 LM Corsa | 81 | 23†3 | 71 | 101 | 121 | 213 | 203 | 151 | 26 |
19 | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | 41 | 152 | 201 | 202 | 91 | 182 | Ret | Ret | 25 |
20 | No. 244 Max Racing | 31 | 162 | 161 | Ret | 19 | ||||
21 | No. 30 apr | 131 | 183 | 91 | 131 | 171 | Ret | 162 | 233 | 18 |
22 | No. 5 Team Mach | 151 | 223 | 191 | 181 | 213 | 223 | 183 | 181 | 16 |
23 | No. 360 Tomei Sports | Ret | 193 | 143 | 143 | 143 | 152 | 142 | 241 | 15 |
24 | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 23†3 | WD | 251 | 222 | 111 | 172 | 233 | 192 | 14 |
25 | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 192 | 203 | 251 | 212 | 192 | 203 | 223 | 203 | 13 |
26 | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 20 2 | 213 | 262 | 243 | 203 | 162 | 213 | 223 | 11 |
27 | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 171 | 101 | 111 | Ret | 10 | ||||
Rank | Team | OKA | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | Points |