The 2024 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirty-second season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the twentieth season under the Super GT name. It is also the forty-second overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.
TGR Team au TOM'S and driver Sho Tsuboi entered the season as the defending champions of the GT500 class. Saitama Green Brave, formerly known as Saitama Toyopet Green Brave, and driver Hiroki Yoshida entered as the defending GT300 class champions. [1]
This was the final season for four-time GT500 champion, Ronnie Quintarelli, who announced his retirement at the end of the season. [2]
TGR Team au TOM'S won the championship in the GT500 class after having won the previous title in the 2021, and 2023 season, with Sho Tsuboi and Kenta Yamashita won the Drivers' Championship. In the GT300 class, JLOC, Takashi Kogure and Yuya Motojima won the Teams' and Drivers' Championship which were their first maiden title in the series.
The GTA confirmed several changes for the 2024 Super GT season. [3]
Super GT introduced a new aggregate qualifying system on 9 February, replacing the knockout format which had been used since 2013.
On 12 March, a follow-up bulletin would detail the changes made to GT300 qualifying:
Beginning in 2024, GT300 teams will use 50 percent renewable carbon-neutral synthetic fuel supplied by ETS Racing Fuels. [5] [6]
Teams will only be allocated four sets of dry tyres for 300 kilometre races, down from five sets in 2023. Five sets of dry tyres will be available for 350 km events, and six sets of tyres will be available in three-hour timed events. [3] [7]
GT300 success ballast has been reduced to a maximum of 100 kilogrammes to just 80 kg. GT300 teams will now receive two kilogrammes of Success Weight per drivers' championship point scored from rounds one through six. There is a limit of 50 points (100 kg). [3]
To reduce cornering speeds, the GTA implemented new technical directives in both class. In GT500, the minimum ride height has been raised by 5 millimetres by increasing the thickness of the skid block. In GT300, all cars will carry a predetermined amount of additional ballast weight, between 33 and 52 kg. This additional weight is distinct from the weight assigned to each car as part of the balance of performance. [8]
A confirmed eight round provisional 2024 calendar was announced on 3 August 2023. [44] On 3 October 2023, it was announced that the seventh round at Autopolis would be moved back two weeks to 19–20 October, in order to eliminate a clash of dates with the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix. [45]
On 29 February 2024, distances for all rounds were confirmed. The Golden Week race at Fuji Speedway, the Spring race at Suzuka Circuit, and the penultimate race at Autopolis will be three-hour timed races, the first championship races to be run to a timed format. The Summer races at Fuji and Suzuka will be 350 kilometres long. [46] On 28 August 2024, it was announced that the 2nd Suzuka round was postponed to 7–8 December due to the threat of Typhoon Shanshan, [47] followed by an 21 October 2024 announcement the race will be reduced from 61 laps (350 km) to 52 laps (300 km)with an earlier (12.40) start featuring a time certain finish of 15.30 if the 52 laps cannot be completed by then. [48]
Round | Race | Circuit | Location | Dates | Map |
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1 | Okayama GT 300 km Race | Okayama International Circuit | Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture | 13–14 April | |
2 | Fuji GT 3 Hours Race | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture | 3–4 May | |
3 | Suzuka GT 3 Hours Race | Suzuka Circuit | Suzuka, Mie Prefecture | 1–2 June | |
4 | Fuji GT 350 km Race | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture | 3–4 August | |
5 | Sugo GT 300 km Race | Sportsland Sugo | Murata, Miyagi Prefecture | 21–22 September | |
6 | Autopolis GT 3 Hours Race | Autopolis | Hita, Oita Prefecture | 19–20 October | |
7 | Motegi GT 300 km Race | Mobility Resort Motegi | Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture | 2–3 November | |
8 | Suzuka GT 300 km Race | Suzuka Circuit | Suzuka, Mie Prefecture | 7–8 December | |
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 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Bold – Pole |
Rank | Driver | Team | OKA | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUG [e] | AUT | MOT | SUZ2 | Points |
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1 | Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima | No. 88 JLOC | 8 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 96 |
2 | Naoya Gamou Takuro Shinohara | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 21 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 92 |
3 | Yuui Tsutsumi Hibiki Taira | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 12 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 80 |
4 | Tomonobu Fujii | No. 777 D'station Racing | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 59 |
4 | Charlie Fagg | No. 777 D'station Racing | 16 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 59 | |
5 | Seiji Ara Niklas Krütten | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 13 | 43 |
6 | Kazuto Kotaka Jin Nakamura | No. 31 apr | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 111 | 3 | 39 |
7 | Daiki Sasaki João Paulo de Oliveira | No. 56 Kondo Racing | 15 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 122 | 8 | Ret | 32 |
8 | Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka | No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO | 9 | 42 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
9 | Hiroki Yoshida Seita Nonaka | No. 52 Saitama Green Brave | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | DNS | 18 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
10 | Yoshiaki Katayama Roberto Merhi Muntan | No. 6 Team LeMans | 10 | 13 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 81 | 9 | 5 | 28 |
11 | Kosuke Matsuura Natsu Sakaguchi | No. 87 JLOC | 7 | 8 | 21 | 62 | 7 | 13 | 4 | Ret | 26 |
12 | Kei Cozzolino Lilou Wadoux | No. 45 PONOS Racing | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 22 |
13 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi | No. 96 K-tunes Racing | 6 | 17 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 14 | 9 | 20 |
14 | Takashi Kobayashi Syun Koide | No. 18 Team UpGarage | 16 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 33 | 24 | 16 |
15 | Bruno Spengler | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
16 | Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi | No. 61 R&D Sport | 263† | 15 | Ret2 | 24 | 52 | 25† | Ret | 72 | 15 |
17 | Ryuichiro Tomita Keishi Ishikawa | No. 11 GAINER | WD | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 7 | 23† | 8 | 8 |
18 | Hiroki Yoshimoto Shunsuke Kohno | No. 60 LM corsa | 12 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 4 |
19 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Eijiro Shimizu | No. 20 SHADE Racing | 13 | 19 | 15 | 19 | Ret1 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 2 |
20 | Kohei Hirate Yuya Hiraki | No. 62 HELM Motorsports | 18 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
20 | Reiji Hiraki | No. 62 HELM Motorsports | 10 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 1 | |||
— | Haruki Kurosawa | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 26 | 8 [f] | 11 [g] | 6 [h] | 4 [i] | 0 | |||
— | Yuki Nemoto | No. 31 apr | 5 [j] | 4 [f] | 12 | 14 | 3 [i] | 0 | |||
— | Yusuke Mitsui | No. 18 Team UpGarage | 7 [j] | 13 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 0 | |||
— | Kazuki Oki | No. 11 GAINER | 8 [i] | 0 | |||||||
— | Takamitsu Matsui | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 14 | 23 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 15 | 0 |
— | Togo Suganami | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 14 | 23 | 18 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 15 | 0 | |
— | Kimiya Sato | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 23 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 15 | 0 | ||
— | Ryohei Sakaguchi Yusuke Tomibayashi | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 21 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 14 | 20 | Ret | 17 | 0 |
— | Kiyoto Fujinami Yusuke Shiotsu | No. 5 Team Mach | 22 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 17 | Ret | 22† | 12 | 0 |
— | Takayuki Aoki | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 20 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 0 | |
— | Takuya Otaki | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 20 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 0 | |
— | Yuta Fujiwara | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 12 | 17 | Ret | 20 | 17 | 0 | |||
— | Igor Omura Fraga Yuga Furutani | No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 17 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 0 |
— | Reimei Ito | No. 60 LM corsa | 14 | 0 | |||||||
— | Taiyo Ida | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 21 | Ret | 0 |
— | Yusaku Shibata | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 24 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 0 | ||
— | Rin Arakawa | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 21 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 0 | |||
— | Rikuto Kobayashi | No. 30 apr | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 0 |
— | Manabu Orido | No. 30 apr | 22 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 0 | ||
— | Hiroaki Nagai | No. 30 apr | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 0 | |
— | Atsushi Tanaka | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 21 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
— | Hisashi Wada | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 25 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 0 |
— | Masaki Jyonai | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 25 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 0 | ||||
— | Marco Sørensen | No. 777 D'station Racing | 19 | 0 | |||||||
— | Miki Koyama | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 24 | 21 | 23 | 0 | |||||
— | Takumi Sanada | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | Ret | 0 | |||
— | Takashi Ito | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 22 | Ret | 0 | ||||||
— | Masaki Kano | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 0 | ||||
Rank | Driver | Team | OKA | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | SUZ2 | 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 |
Class | Lead Lap | -1 Lap | -2 Laps or more | |
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GT500 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Lead Lap | -1 Lap | -2 Laps | -3 Laps or more | |
GT300 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Rank | Team | OKA | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | SUZ2 | Points |
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1 | No. 88 JLOC | 81 | 11 | 202 | 51 | 101 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 113 |
2 | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 21 | 263 | 81 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 21 | 41 | 108 |
3 | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 11 | 61 | 21 | 81 | 81 | 21 | 131 | 21 | 100 |
4 | No. 777 D'station Racing | 192 | 163 | 11 | 41 | 31 | 51 | 61 | 61 | 76 |
5 | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 31 | 111 | 71 | 71 | 41 | 41 | 51 | 131 | 65 |
7 | No. 31 apr | 51 | 51 | 41 | 121 | 61 | 121 | 111 | 31 | 60 |
6 | No. 56 Kondo Racing | 151 | 21 | 162 | 31 | 111 | 121 | 81 | Ret | 49 |
8 | No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO | 91 | 41 | 121 | 21 | 203 | 161 | 101 | 101 | 49 |
9 | No. 52 Saitama Green Brave | 41 | 31 | 51 | 233 | DNS | 182 | 71 | 111 | 47 |
11 | No. 45 PONOS Racing | 111 | 91 | 61 | 111 | 21 | 123 | 121 | 222 | 44 |
10 | No. 6 Team LeMans | 101 | 132 | 31 | 91 | Ret | 81 | 91 | 51 | 44 |
11 | No. 87 JLOC | 71 | 81 | 212 | 61 | 71 | 131 | 41 | Ret | 44 |
13 | No. 96 K-tunes Racing | 61 | 173 | 91 | Ret | Ret | 31 | 141 | 91 | 33 |
14 | No. 18 Team UpGarage | 162 | 71 | 132 | 161 | 163 | 151 | 31 | 153 | 33 |
15 | No. 60 LM corsa | 121 | 203 | 101 | 141 | 91 | 101 | 121 | 141 | 26 |
16 | No. 62 HELM Motorsports | 182 | 101 | 111 | 131 | 131 | 173 | 171 | 161 | 21 |
17 | No. 61 R&D Sport | 263 | 153 | Ret | 243 | 51 | 253 | Ret | 71 | 20 |
18 | No. 20 SHADE Racing | 131 | 191 | 152 | 192 | Ret | 91 | 161 | 191 | 19 |
19 | No. 11 GAINER | WD | Ret | Ret | 101 | Ret | 71 | 233 | 81 | 18 |
20 | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 202 | 213 | 233 | 172 | 121 | 212 | 182 | 181 | 16 |
21 | No. 30 apr | 233 | 223 | 192 | 182 | 213 | 192 | 192 | 201 | 14 |
22 | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 141 | 233 | 182 | Ret | Ret | 111 | Ret | 151 | 12 |
23 | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 212 | 122 | 172 | Ret | 143 | 202 | Ret | 171 | 12 |
24 | No. 5 Team Mach | 223 | 183 | 253 | 151 | 172 | Ret | 223 | 121 | 12 |
25 | No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 172 | 142 | 142 | 202 | 183 | Ret | Ret | 211 | 12 |
26 | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 253 | 253 | 243 | 212 | 193 | 181 | 202 | 232 | 11 |
27 | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 243 | 243 | 223 | 223 | 153 | 182 | 213 | Ret | 8 |
Rank | Team | OKA | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | SUZ2 | Points |
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