2023 Super Taikyu Series

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HELM Motorsports' Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 won the previous year's ST-X class championship. No.62 HELM MOTORSPORTS GTR GT3 after 2022 ENEOS Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook (3).jpg
HELM Motorsports' Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 won the previous year's ST-X class championship.

The 2023 Eneos Super Taikyu Series Supported by Bridgestone (previously the Eneos Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook) was the thirty-third season of the Super Taikyu Series endurance racing championship. The season started on 19 March at Suzuka Circuit and ended on 12 November at Fuji Speedway.

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Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing won the championship in the series' GT3 category, known as ST-X, with a Mercedes-AMG GT3.

A specially-designed Toyota GR Corolla running on liquid hydrogen fuel made its debut at the NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race on 27-28 May. [1]

Calendar

The Super Taikyu Series announced their provisional 2023 calendar on 24 October 2022, with seven rounds held at the six major Japanese racing circuits. [2] The final round of the season was moved from Suzuka Circuit to Fuji Speedway. Before the start of the season, the sixth round at Okayama International Circuit was moved from 15 October to 22 October to avoid a clash with the Super GT Series' race at Autopolis, and the seventh round at Fuji was moved from 19 November to 12 November, to avoid a clash with the World Rally Championship Rally Japan. [3]

RoundEventRace LengthRace FormatClassesCircuitDate
1Suzuka Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race5 hours1 raceAll Suzuka Circuit 18–19 March
2NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race 24 hours1 raceAll Fuji Speedway 26–28 May
3SUGO Super Taikyu 3 Hours Race3 hours2 racesST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 2 / 4 / 5 Sportsland Sugo 8–9 July
4Super Taikyu Race in Autopolis5 hours1 raceST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 2 / 3 / 5 Autopolis 29–30 July
5Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race5 hours1 raceST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mobility Resort Motegi 2–3 September
6Super Taikyu Race in Okayama3 hours x 22 racesST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 Okayama International Circuit 21–22 October
7S-Tai Final Fuji 4 Hours Race with Fuji Niq Festival4 hours1 raceAll Fuji Speedway 11–12 November

Tyres

Hankook Tire entered 2023 in the final year of a three-year contract as the Super Taikyu Series' official tyre supplier. On 12 March, a fire at Hankook's plant in Daejeon forced the company to halt all production at the facility, including the production of tyres supplied to Super Taikyu.

Bridgestone agreed to become the new tyre supplier to the series with immediate effect on 24 April, just 12 days after signing a new three-year deal to become the series' new tyre supplier in 2024. [4] At the NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race, most teams were supplied with Bridgestone slick tyres and the remaining stock of wet tyres from Hankook. This excluded ST-4 and ST-5 class entries, and select ST-Q cars, which used Bridgestone high-performance street tyres instead of slicks. Bridgestone would then supply wet racing tyres from the third round onwards.

At the fourth round in Autopolis, it was confirmed that the ST-4, ST-5, and select ST-Q cars would continue to race on Bridgestone street tyres for the remainder of 2023. [5]

Teams and drivers

On 19 February, the Super Taikyu Series published their provisional full-season entry list, featuring 62 entries. [6] 61 different cars entered throughout the course of the season.

ST-X & ST-Z

TeamCarEngineNo.DriversRounds
ST-X (FIA GT3 homologated vehicles)
Flag of Japan.svg HELM Motorsports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 1 Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka ToribaAll
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Hiraki
Flag of Japan.svg Reiji Hiraki
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jann Mardenborough 2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Shaun Thong 2
Flag of Japan.svg Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 14 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuta UkaiAll
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
Flag of Japan.svg TKRI Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 23 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke1, 3–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima
Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama
Flag of Japan.svg apr Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 31 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Saga All
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Nagai1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Nagai2–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama 2
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Kamimura2
Flag of Japan.svg GTNET Motor Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 81 Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoto Fujinami 4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Natsu Sakaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuyuki Oyagi4–7
819 Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoto Fujinami 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Natsu Sakaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Joe Shindo1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuyuki Oyagi2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg KCMG |Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 202 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Paul IpAll
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marchy Lee
Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Liberati 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Burdon 2
Flag of Japan.svg Team 5Zigen Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 500 Flag of Japan.svg Hirobon1, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata
Flag of Japan.svg Yu Kanamaru
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Shiotsu1
Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 777 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Hoshino7
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Kondo
Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Hama
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons
ST-Z (SRO GT4 homologated vehicles)
Flag of Japan.svg Birth Racing Project Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 Flag of Japan.svg Kenji SuzukiAll
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Suehiro
Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Fukuda
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Tanigawa
Flag of Japan.svg Anna Inotsume2
Flag of Japan.svg Hirobon2
Flag of Japan.svg Naniwa Denso Team Impul Nissan Z Nismo GT4 Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 20 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki TanakaAll
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Oki
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hiramine 1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hoshino 1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Ishikawa2, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima 2
Flag of Japan.svg Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 21 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke YamawakiAll
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Walkinshaw
Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Jin1–3
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Ano1–2, 4–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Fujii2
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Takagi 2
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata4
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Porsche Team EBI Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo 1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Yamano
Flag of Japan.svg Shota Kitazono1–3, 5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Kizuna2–3, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama 2
Flag of France.svg Giuliano Alesi 2
Flag of Japan.svg Team ZeroOne Nissan Z Nismo GT4 Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 26 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro OtsukaAll
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuichiro Tomita
Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori
Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara 1–2, 4–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida 2
Flag of Japan.svg Techno First Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 34 Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Kano All
Flag of Japan.svg Riki Okusa
Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Yasuda
Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino 2–3
Flag of Japan.svg Masami Kageyama 2
Flag of Japan.svg Ryoma Henzan7
Flag of Japan.svg Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 52 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu YamazakiAll
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Japan.svg Seita Nonaka 2
Flag of Japan.svg Team Noah Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 75 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikazu Sobu1–2, 4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiro Tsukada1–2, 4
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kiyotaki1, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Wada1,6
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro Ogushi2, 4
Flag of Japan.svg Kuniyuki Haga2, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima2, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Yu Kanamaru 2
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Kubo4
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Okahara5
Flag of Thailand.svg Nattavude Charoensukhawatana7
Flag of Thailand.svg Nattapong Hortongkum7
Flag of Thailand.svg Grant Supaphongs 7
Flag of Japan.svg Buzz Kota Racing McLaren 570S GT4 (Rd. 1, 3)
Mercedes-AMG GT4 (Rd. 6-7)
McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 (Rd. 1, 3)
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 (Rd. 6-7)
111 Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki 1, 3, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Ken Alex1, 3
Flag of Japan.svg Kazutaka Tokufuji1, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Ryosuke Kagami1
Flag of Japan.svg Naoto Uzuka3, 6–7
Flag of Finland.svg Max Salo3, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Hikaru Jitosho7
Flag of Japan.svg Auto Factory Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 555 Flag of Japan.svg Jun Tashiro1–2, 5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Shigehiro Ikemoto
Flag of Japan.svg Kazutaka Tokufuji2
Flag of Japan.svg SHADE Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 885 Flag of Japan.svg Hiro HayashiAll
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Flag of Japan.svg Eijiro Shimizu
Flag of Japan.svg Morio Nitta 2
Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama 2

ST-TCR & ST-Q

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
ST-TCR (TCR homologated vehicles)
Flag of Japan.svg AI' Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) 5 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiro Sakai4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Shion Tsujimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Masato Mitsuhashi4
Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Fujii5,7
Flag of Japan.svg Ren Sato 5
Flag of Japan.svg M&K Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK5) 97 Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Endo4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Tosei Moriyama4–5
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Mitsui 4
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano 5
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi 7
ST-Q (development vehicles approved by the STO)
Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Spirit Racing Mazda Roadster (NDERC) CNF Concept 12 Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Sakaguchi4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuui Tsutsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Ikuo Maeda
Mazda3 Bio Concept 55 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiro Terakawa1–2, 4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka Seki
Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Ijiri
Flag of Japan.svg Ikuo Maeda1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Sakaguchi2
Flag of Japan.svg Yuui Tsutsumi 2
Flag of Japan.svg ORC ROOKIE Racing Toyota GR86 CNF Concept 28 Flag of Japan.svg Keizo Kato1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Toyoda
Flag of Japan.svg Eisuke Sasaki1–3
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima 1–2, 4–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita 2–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi 2
Toyota GR Yaris (Rd.1, 3)
Toyota GR Corolla H2 Concept (Rd. 2, 4, 7) [1]
Toyota GR Yaris DAT Concept (Rd. 5)
32 Flag of Japan.svg "Morizo" All
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro Ogura
Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 2
Flag of Japan.svg Team SDA Engineering Subaru BRZ CNF Concept 61 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiro Ito1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Hirota
Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki 2
Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Kamada2
Flag of Japan.svg NISMO Nissan Z Racing Concept 230 Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Hirate 2, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda 2
Flag of Japan.svg Team HRC Honda Civic Type R CNF Concept 271 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh 2–7
Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu
Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide 2

ST–1 to ST–5

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
ST–1
Flag of Japan.svg K's Frontier KTM Cars KTM X-Bow GTX 2 Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo Ida1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuho Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi 2
Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT8R 47 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido 1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Hoshino1–3, 5–6
Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Hama1–3, 5–6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons1–3, 5–6
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Kondo2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Casper Stevenson 2
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi 7
ST–2 (2,400-3,500cc, front-wheel and all-wheel drive)
Flag of Japan.svg Shinryo Racing Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (CZ4A) 6 Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Tomimasu1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Kikuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Masazumi Ohashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Gotoh2
Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Matsuzawa2
7 Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Anzai1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiki Fujii1–3, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Masato Narisawa1-3
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Shimogaki1-2, 4–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Kazunari Yoshioka2, 4–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Usui2
Flag of Japan.svg Endless Sports Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) 13 Flag of Japan.svg Masaya Hanazato1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Ishizaka
Flag of Japan.svg Reimei Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Okada
Flag of Japan.svg Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) 225 Flag of Japan.svg Kengo Ichijo1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Rin Arakawa
Flag of Japan.svg Jiei Okuzumi
Flag of Japan.svg Shunji Okumoto
Flag of Japan.svg Honda R&D Challenge Honda Civic Type R (FL5) 743 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishigaki1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Kidachi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Kakinuma1–3, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh 1
Flag of Japan.svg Shinichi Katsura2
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsumei Mochizuki2
Flag of Japan.svg Tensho Kobayashi4–5, 7
ST-3 (2,400-3,500cc, rear-wheel drive)
Flag of Japan.svg Okabe Jidosha Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) 15 Flag of Japan.svg Masaya Kohno1–2, 4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Nagashima
Flag of Japan.svg Aruga Tomita
Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Motojima
Flag of Finland.svg Max Salo2
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Nakajima2
16 Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Suzuki1–2, 4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Toru Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuomi Komatsu
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Miyake 2
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Mekaru2
Flag of Japan.svg Team ZeroOne Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) 25 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato 1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Fujiwara
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda 1, 5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Genki Nishimura1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara 2, 4, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Kota Matsui2
Flag of Japan.svg Tomohide Yamaguchi4-5
Flag of Japan.svg Tracy Sports with Delta Lexus RC 350 (GSC10) 38 Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Ozaki1–2, 4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Ishimori
Flag of Japan.svg Takanobu Ishizuka2, 4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Sesshu Kondo2
39 Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Sanada1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Itoh
Flag of Japan.svg Mamoru Okada1–2, 4–6
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Fujita2, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuaki Yasui2
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshinari Fujiwara2
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Tomibayashi4
ST-4 (1,500-2,500cc)
Flag of Japan.svg Endless Sports Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 3 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Saka1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Ogawa
Flag of Japan.svg Togo Suganami
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima2
Flag of Japan.svg Asano Racing Service Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 18 Flag of Japan.svg Takeo Asano1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Ryotaro Sawai1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Kazumi Mikami2, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Shoya Suzuki2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Kazunori Nishimura2
Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Fujiwara3
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Fukatsu5
Flag of Japan.svg Tracy Sports with Delta Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 41 Flag of Japan.svg Hirotaka Ishii1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Tomibayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Dai Mizuno
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoaki Ichimori2
Flag of Japan.svg Team G/Motion' Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 60 Flag of Japan.svg Resshu Shioya1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Takao Seto
Flag of Japan.svg Kengo Yamamoto1–3, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Piston Nishizawa2, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kubota2
Flag of Japan.svg Yohei Ono7
Flag of Japan.svg Over Drive Mazda Roadster RF (NDERC) 66 Flag of Japan.svg Kousei Kanto1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Kyosuke Inomata
Flag of Japan.svg Takahisa Ohno
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Sakaguchi1
Flag of Japan.svg Shigetomo Shimono2–3, 5
Flag of Japan.svg Chihiro Inagaki2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Osaki2
Flag of Japan.svg TOM'S Spirit Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 86 Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Yabuki1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Takamitsu Matsui
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg HMR Racing Toyota 86 (ZN6) 216 Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Ishikawa1, 3, 5-7
Flag of Japan.svg Tomomitsu Senoo
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Kawahara1, 3, 5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Nara1, 5
Flag of Japan.svg SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 884 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Kageyama 1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke Yamada
Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Tsuruta
ST-5 (up to 1,500cc)
Flag of Japan.svg Team Bride Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) (Rd. 1-4)
Honda Fit4 RS (GS4) (Rd. 6-7)
4 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Ohta1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Arai
Flag of Japan.svg Takuji Okada1
Flag of Japan.svg Shunya Ito1
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Ito2–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Sato2, 4
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Kokuzawa2
Flag of Japan.svg Soichi Kurosu2
Flag of Japan.svg Hidefumi Minami3, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg D.R.C EZO Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) 11 Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Omono2–3, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhiro Sato2-3
Flag of Japan.svg Motoharu Sato2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Ryoji Tashiro2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Oshima2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Carlos Honda2
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Kawafuku3
Flag of Japan.svg Team NOPRO Mazda Demio Diesel Turbo (DJ5FS) 17 Flag of Japan.svg Hideyoshi Nishizawa1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Tobio Ohtani
Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Konishi
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiko Nogami
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Yamamoto2
Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Agematsu2
Mazda Demio (DE5FS) 37 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihiro Kato1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Nogami
Flag of Japan.svg Suguru Kawana1, 4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Johnny Ogura2–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Inoue2
Flag of Japan.svg Kenichi Obara3
Flag of Japan.svg Love Drive Racing Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 50 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Ohi1–3, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Junko Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Isao Ihashi1–3, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Kunisawa1–3, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Futoshi Someya2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Takafumi Katsuki2
Flag of Japan.svg Over Drive Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 65 Flag of Japan.svg Shuichiro Hokazono1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Ota
Flag of Japan.svg Hirohito Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Eiji Niwa1–2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Kuronuma2–4
Flag of Japan.svg Kyohei Kawamura2
Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Takechi6
Flag of Japan.svg Team Yamato Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) 67 Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Uchiyama1–3, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Yasui
Flag of Japan.svg Hideaki Ito2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Mukumoto2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihiko Nakamura3
Flag of Japan.svg Nihon Automobile College Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 72 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano 1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Kanai
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Nojima
Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Minamisawa2
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Okahara2
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Ishii2
Flag of Japan.svg Murakami Motors Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 88 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Murakami1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Soichiro Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Arioka
Flag of Japan.svg Daichi Okamoto1–3, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Keiji Amemiya2
Flag of Japan.svg Access Racing Team Toyota Vitz (NCP131) 110 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiyuki Matsuda1, 3–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuki Maeda
Flag of Japan.svg Shota Yanagihori
Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Spirit Racing Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 120 Flag of Japan.svg Haruhiko Sugino1–4, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Minowa1–3
Flag of Japan.svg Noriyuki Higuchi1–2, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Shohei Oda1–2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Junji Ueda2–3, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Ryoto Kikuchi2, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Honda4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Nakajima4, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Honda Cars Tokai Honda Fit4 RS (GS4) 222 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Takeuchi1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Masayuki Sumi
Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Saimen1–4
Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Nishihata2, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Ryoji Matsumoto 2, 4
Flag of Japan.svg AutoLabo Toyota Yaris (MXPA10) 290 Flag of Japan.svg Masayuki Minato1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Yokoo
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Kitagawa1–3, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Azuma1
Flag of Japan.svg Atsuhito Otomo2–3
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito 2
Flag of Japan.svg Teiichiro Fukiya2
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuki Furuta4

Race results

RoundCircuitRaceST-X WinnersST-Z WinnersST-TCR WinnersST-Q Winners
1 Suzuka [7] [8] No.500 Team 5ZigenNo.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave did not participateNo.61 Team SDA Engineering
Flag of Japan.svg Hirobon
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Shiotsu
Flag of Japan.svg Yu Kanamaru
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Yamazaki
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Hirota
Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiro Ito
2 Fuji 24h [9] [10] No.14 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.230 NISMO
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuta Ukai
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Yamazaki
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Japan.svg Seita Nonaka
Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Hirate
Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
3 Sugo Group 1 [11] [12] No.23 TKRINo.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.32 ORC ROOKIE Racing
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima
Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Yamazaki
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Japan.svg Morizo
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro Ogura
Group 2 [11] [13] did not participateNo.61 Team SDA Engineering
Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Hirota
Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Iguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Yamauchi
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiro Ito
4 Autopolis [14] [15] No.14 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing No.885 SHADE Racing No.97 M&K RacingNo.28 ORC ROOKIE Racing
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuta Ukai
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
Flag of Japan.svg Hiro Hayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Flag of Japan.svg Eijiro Shimizu
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Endo
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Mitsui
Flag of Japan.svg Tosei Moriyama
Flag of Japan.svg Keizo Kato
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Toyoda
5 Motegi [16] [17] No.31 aprNo.885 SHADE Racing No.97 M&K RacingNo.230 NISMO
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Nagai
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka
Flag of Japan.svg Koki Saga
Flag of Japan.svg Hiro Hayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Flag of Japan.svg Eijiro Shimizu
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Endo
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano
Flag of Japan.svg Tosei Moriyama
Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Hirate
Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi
6 Okayama Group 1 [18] [19] No.14 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing No.34 Techno FirstNo.97 M&K RacingNo.271 Team HRC
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuta Ukai
Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Gamou
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Kano
Flag of Japan.svg Riki Okusa
Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Yasuda
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Endo
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh
Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu
Group 2 [18] [20] did not participateNo.55 Mazda Spirit Racing
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiro Terakawa
Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Ijiri
Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka Seki
7 Fuji 4h [21] [22] No.31 aprNo.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave no finishersNo.271 Team HRC
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Nagai
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka
Flag of Japan.svg Koki Saga
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Yamazaki
Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh
Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu
RoundCircuitRaceST-1 WinnersST-2 WinnersST-3 WinnersST-4 WinnersST-5 Winners
1 Suzuka No.47 D'station RacingNo.743 Honda R&D ChallengeNo.15 Okabe Jidosha MotorsportsNo.60 Team G/Motion'No.88 Murakami Motors
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Hama
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishigaki
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh
Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Kidachi
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Kakinuma
Flag of Japan.svg Masaya Kohno
Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Nagashima
Flag of Japan.svg Aruga Tomita
Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Motojima
Flag of Japan.svg Resshu Shioya
Flag of Japan.svg Kengo Yamamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Takao Seto
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Murakami
Flag of Japan.svg Soichiro Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Arioka
Flag of Japan.svg Daichi Okamoto
2 Fuji 24h No.2 K's Frontier KTM CarsNo.13 Endless SportsNo.38 Tracy Sports with DeltaNo.60 Team G/Motion'No.17 Team NOPRO
Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo Ida
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuho Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Masaya Hanazato
Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Ishizaka
Flag of Japan.svg Reimei Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Okada
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Ozaki
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Ishimori
Flag of Japan.svg Sesshu Kondo
Flag of Japan.svg Takanobu Ishizuka
Flag of Japan.svg Resshu Shioya
Flag of Japan.svg Kengo Yamamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Takao Seto
Flag of Japan.svg Piston Nishizawa
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kubota
Flag of Japan.svg Hideyoshi Nishizawa
Flag of Japan.svg Tobio Ohtani
Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Konishi
Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiko Nogami
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Yamamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Agematsu
3 Sugo Group 1No.2 K's Frontier KTM CarsNo.6 Shinryo Racing Teamdid not participate
Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo Ida
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuho Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Tomimasu
Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Kikuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Masazumi Ohashi
Group 2did not participateNo.3 Endless SportsNo.72 Nihon Automobile College
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Saka
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Ogawa
Flag of Japan.svg Togo Suganami
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Kanai
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Nojima
4 Autopolis did not participateNo.13 Endless SportsNo.16 Okabe Jidosha Motorsportsdid not participateNo.72 Nihon Automobile College
Flag of Japan.svg Masaya Hanazato
Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Ishizaka
Flag of Japan.svg Reimei Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Okada
Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Suzuki
Flag of Japan.svg Toru Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuomi Komatsu
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Kanai
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Nojima
5 Motegi No.2 K's Frontier KTM CarsNo.225 Kobe Toyopet MotorsportsNo.25 Team ZeroOneNo.41 Tracy Sports with Deltadid not participate
Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo Ida
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuho Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Kengo Ichijo
Flag of Japan.svg Rin Arakawa
Flag of Japan.svg Jiei Okuzumi
Flag of Japan.svg Shunji Okumoto
Flag of Japan.svg Tomohide Yamaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato
Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Fujiwara
Flag of Japan.svg Dai Mizuno
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Tomibayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hirotaka Ishii
6 Okayama Group 1No.2 K's Frontier KTM Carsdid not participatedid not participate
Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo Ida
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuho Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto
Group 2did not participateNo.38 Tracy Sports with DeltaNo.41 Tracy Sports with DeltaNo.88 Murakami Motors
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Ozaki
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Ishimori
Flag of Japan.svg Takanobu Ishizuka
Flag of Japan.svg Dai Mizuno
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Tomibayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hirotaka Ishii
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Murakami
Flag of Japan.svg Soichiro Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Arioka
Flag of Japan.svg Daichi Okamoto
7 Fuji 4hNo.47 D'station Racing No.743 Honda R&D ChallengeNo.39 Tracy Sports with DeltaNo.86 TOM'S Spirit No.72 Nihon Automobile College
Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishigaki
Flag of Japan.svg Junichi Kidachi
Flag of Japan.svg Tensho Kobayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Sanada
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Itoh
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Fujita
Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Yabuki
Flag of Japan.svg Takamitsu Matsui
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Yamano
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Kanai
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Nojima

Championship standings

Championship points are awarded in every class with the exception of ST-Q at the end of each event.

For the ST-X, ST-Z, and ST-TCR championships, each team's six highest scoring rounds are validated in the final championship standings.

Points systems [23]
Duration1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th≤11thPole
3 Hours / 500km2015121086432102
5 Hours / 700km3022.5181512964.531.512
≥12 Hours / 1400km453527231813975312

Notes

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.CarTeam SUZ 24H SUG AUT MRM OIC FSW Points
ST-X
114 Flag of Japan.svg Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing 7131613136
231 Flag of Japan.svg apr3556141118
31 Flag of Japan.svg HELM Motorsports 4422452117
423 Flag of Japan.svg TKRI 213224113
581/819 Flag of Japan.svg GTNET Motor Sports62WD436595
6202 Flag of Hong Kong.svg KCMG 534553685
7500 Flag of Japan.svg Team 5Zigen1736
8777 Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing 76
ST-Z
152 Flag of Japan.svg Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 1112221174
2885 Flag of Japan.svg SHADE Racing 33Ret1132141.5
334 Flag of Japan.svg Techno First746341499
426 Flag of Japan.svg Team ZeroOne29243Ret77.5
521 Flag of Japan.svg Audi Team Hitotsuyama112Ret664673
619 Flag of Japan.svg Birth Racing Project4655851060.5
720 Flag of Japan.svg Naniwa Denso Team Impul 58385Ret559.5
822 Flag of Japan.svg Porsche Team EBI Waimarama674RetRet350
975 Flag of Japan.svg Team Noah957Ret6837.5
10111 Flag of Japan.svg Buzz Kota Racing 8RetWD7714.5
11555 Flag of Japan.svg Auto Factory10Ret7WD910.5
ST-TCR
197 Flag of Japan.svg M&K Racing111Ret88
25 Flag of Japan.svg AI' Racing2Ret2Ret37.5
ST-1
12 Flag of Japan.svg K's Frontier KTM Cars 211112168
247 Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing 122221151.5
ST-2
2743 Flag of Japan.svg Honda R&D Challenge133341132
113 Flag of Japan.svg Endless Sports21213NC130.5
36 Flag of Japan.svg Shinryo Racing TeamRet21252120
4225 Flag of Japan.svg Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports445Ret1495
57 Flag of Japan.svg Shinryo Racing Team3Ret4Ret2368.5
ST-3
138 Flag of Japan.svg Tracy Sports with Delta312513139.5
239 Flag of Japan.svg Tracy Sports with Delta223441134.5
315 Flag of Japan.svg Okabe Jidosha Motorsport134222134
416 Flag of Japan.svg Okabe Jidosha Motorsport441334113
525 Flag of Japan.svg Team ZeroOne5551586
ST-4
141 Flag of Japan.svg Tracy Sports with Delta243112132
260 Flag of Japan.svg Team G/Motion'117574110
386 Flag of Japan.svg TOM'S Spirit 3Ret2221100.5
418 Flag of Japan.svg Asano Racing Service43665383
566 Flag of Japan.svg Over DriveRet2548670
63 Flag of Japan.svg Endless Sports65173DNS69
7884 Flag of Japan.svg SHADE Racing RetRet434556
8216 Flag of Japan.svg HMR Racing58Ret6727
ST-5
172 Flag of Japan.svg Nihon Automobile College421121149
217 Flag of Japan.svg Team NOPRO312272127
388 Flag of Japan.svg Murakami Motors1114313103
465 Flag of Japan.svg Over Drive63344NC73
54 Flag of Japan.svg Team Bride25859666.5
650 Flag of Japan.svg Love Drive Racing8453854
7120 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Spirit Racing56795Ret40
8110 Flag of Japan.svg Access Racing Team7966438
967 Flag of Japan.svg Team Yamato121068525
1037 Flag of Japan.svg Team NOPRO11810711721
1111 Flag of Japan.svg D.R.C EZO713912
12290 Flag of Japan.svg AutoLabo9911RetRet119
13222 Flag of Japan.svg Honda Cars Tokai10NC12810108.5
Pos.CarTeam SUZ 24H SUG AUT MRM OIC FSW 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 position

Italics - Fastest lap

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