2025 Super GT Series

2025 Super GT Series

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The 2025 Autobacs Super GT Series is a planned motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It will be the thirty-third season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the twenty-first season under the Super GT name. It will be also the forty-third overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

TGR Team au TOM'S of Sho Tsuboi and Kenta Yamashita entered the season as the defending champions of the GT500 class.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for 2025 was confirmed on 1 August 2024, which consists of eight races. ^[1] The series will race abroad for the first time since 2019, and they will return to race at Sepang International Circuit for the first time since 2013. ^[2]

Round	Circuit	Location	Dates
1	Okayama International Circuit	Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture	12–13 April
2	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture	3–4 May
3	Sepang International Circuit	Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia	27–28 June
4	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture	2–3 August
5	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka, Mie Prefecture	23–24 August
6	Sportsland Sugo	Murata, Miyagi Prefecture	20–21 September
7	Autopolis	Hita, Oita Prefecture	18–19 October
8	Mobility Resort Motegi	Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture	1–2 November

Regulation changes

Super GT organizers have made the decision to revert their qualifying system to the knockout format after a year of using the aggregate format. ^[3]

Teams and drivers

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
TGR Team au TOM'S [4]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	1	Sho Tsuboi [4]	B	TBC
					Kenta Yamashita [4]
TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S [4]				37	Ukyo Sasahara [4]	B	TBC
					Giuliano Alesi [4]
NISMO NDDP [5]	Nissan	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	Nissan NR4S24 2.0 L Turbo I4	3	Daiki Sasaki [5]	B	TBC
					Atsushi Miyake [5]
NISMO [5]				23	Katsumasa Chiyo [5]	B	TBC
					Mitsunori Takaboshi [5]
ARTA [a] [6]	Honda	Honda Civic Type R-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Tomoki Nojiri [6]	B	TBC
					Nobuharu Matsushita [6]
				16	Hiroki Otsu [6]	B	TBC
					Ren Sato [6]
Team Impul [5]	Nissan	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	Nissan NR4S24 2.0 L Turbo I4	12	Kazuki Hiramine [5]	B	TBC
					Bertrand Baguette [5]
TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE [4]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	14	Kazuya Oshima [4]	B	TBC
					Nirei Fukuzumi [4]
Astemo Real Racing [6]	Honda	Honda Civic Type R-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi [6]	B	TBC
					Syun Koide [6]
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh [4]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuji Kunimoto [4]	Y	TBC
					Sena Sakaguchi [4]
Kondo Racing [5]	Nissan	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	Nissan NR4S24 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Tsugio Matsuda [5]	Y	TBC
					Teppei Natori [5]
TGR Team KeePer Cerumo [4]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Hiroaki Ishiura [4]	B	TBC
					Toshiki Oyu [4]
TGR Team SARD [4]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Yuhi Sekiguchi [4]	B	TBC
					Sacha Fenestraz [4]
Modulo Nakajima Racing [6]	Honda	Honda Civic Type R-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Takuya Izawa [6]	D	TBC
					Riki Okusa [6]
Stanley Team Kunimitsu [6]	Honda	Honda Civic Type R-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	100	Naoki Yamamoto [6]	B	TBC
					Tadasuke Makino [6]

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Hyper Water Racing INGING [7]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR86 GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	2	Yuui Tsutsumi [7]	B	TBC
					Hibiki Taira [4]
					Kazuhisa Urabe [7]		TBC
Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO [8]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Nobuteru Taniguchi [8]	Y	TBC
					Tatsuya Kataoka [8]
					Yuhki Nakayama [9]		TBC
					Shunji Okumoto [9]
Team LeMans [10]	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	6	Yoshiaki Katayama [10]	Y	TBC
					Roberto Merhi Muntan [10]
Pacific Racing Team [11]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	9	Ryohei Sakaguchi [11]	Y	TBC
					Yusuke Tomibayashi [11]
					Yuta Fujiwara [11]		TBC
GAINER [5]	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 (RZ34)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	11	Ryuichiro Tomita [5]	D	TBC
					Kazuki Oki [5]
Team UpGarage [12] [13]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	18	Takashi Kobayashi [13]	Y	TBC
					Yuto Nomura [13]
SHADE Racing [7]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR86 GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	20	Katsuyuki Hiranaka [7]	M	TBC
					Eijiro Shimizu [7]
					Yuki Sano [7]		TBC
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya [7]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	25	Takamitsu Matsui [7]	Y	TBC
					Kimiya Sato [7]
Anest Iwata Racing [14] [7]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	26	Igor Omura Fraga [7]	Y	TBC
					Hironobu Yasuda [7]
apr [7]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR86 GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	30	Hiroaki Nagai [7]	M	TBC
					Manabu Orido [7]
					Ryo Ogawa [15]		TBC
	Lexus	Lexus LC 500h GT	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8	31	Oliver Rasmussen [7]	B	TBC
					Miki Koyama [4]
					Yuki Nemoto [7]		TBC
PONOS Racing [16]	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	45	TBA	D	TBC
					TBA
NILZZ Racing [5]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	TBA	Y	TBC
					TBA
Saitama Green Brave [7]	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	52	Hiroki Yoshida [7]	B	TBC
					Seita Nonaka [4]
					Rikuto Kobayashi [7]		TBC
Kondo Racing [5]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	56	Kohei Hirate [5]	Y	TBC
					João Paulo de Oliveira [5]
LM corsa [15] [17]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	60	Hiroki Yoshimoto [17]	D	TBC
					Shunsuke Kohno [17]
					Reimei Ito [17]		TBC
R&D Sport [18]	Subaru	Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Takuto Iguchi [18]	D	TBC
					Hideki Yamauchi [18]
HELM Motorsports [5]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	62	Yuya Hiraki [5]	Y	TBC
					Reiji Hiraki [5]
K2 R&D LEON Racing [19]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Naoya Gamou [19]	B	TBC
					Togo Suganami [19]
JLOC [9]	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	87	TBA	Y	TBC
					TBA
				88	TBA	Y	TBC
					TBA
K-tunes Racing [7]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	96	Morio Nitta [7]	D	TBC
					Shinichi Takagi [7]
Tomei Sports [5]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Takayuki Aoki [5]	Y	TBC
					Atsushi Tanaka [5]
Seven x Seven Racing [20]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	666	Kiyoto Fujinami [20]	Y	TBC
					Tsubasa Kondo [20]
D'station Racing [21]	Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8	777	Tomonobu Fujii [21]	D	TBC
					Charlie Fagg [21]

Vehicle changes

GT300

• Team UpGarage has acquired Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo to replace Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 which had raced with the team for six seasons. ^{[12] [13]}
• LM corsa has switched their Toyota GR Supra GT300 which had raced for four seasons, to the Lexus LC 500 GT. ^{[15] [17]}

Entrant changes

GT500

• Honda announced its driver line-ups on 11 December 2024. ^[6]
  • Kakunoshin Ohta has left Real Racing and the series to compete in the IMSA SportsCar Championship's GTP class with Meyer Shank Racing. ^[22] The team has signed 2024 Super Formula Lights champion Syun Koide, who previously drove for Team UpGarage in the GT300 class for over two seasons.
• Toyota announced its driver line-ups on 25 December 2024. ^[4]
  • au TOM'S has elected to use the GT500 champion's number "1".
  • Yuichi Nakayama, who has raced with SARD for six years, leaves the team and the series to focus on the Super Taikyu ST-Q with GR Team Spirit. Sacha Fenestraz returns to the series after a two-year stint in Formula E with Nissan, replacing Nakayama. This move reunites him with Yuhi Sekiguchi for the first time since 2020.
• Nissan announced its line-ups on 17 January 2025. ^[5]
  • Four-time GT500 champion Ronnie Quintarelli retired from the Super GT Series after the 2024 season to take up the role of NISMO ambassador and advisor to the GT500 program. ^[23] Mitsunori Takaboshi has been promoted to the main NISMO team from NISMO NDDP to replace the retired Quintarelli, reuniting him with Katsumasa Chiyo, with whom he raced in the NDDP for two seasons in 2022 and 2023. Daiki Sasaki has been promoted back to GT500 after spending a year in GT300 with Kondo Racing, taking over Takaboshi's seat in the NISMO NDDP team.
  • Team Impul sponsor Marelli which sponsored the team before with previous brand Calsonic for over 43 years ended their association. Tokyo Radiator (TRS) will be the team main sponsor. ^{[24] [25]}

GT300

• Anest Iwata Racing has ended its association with Arnage Racing after operating the team for two seasons with the team to run independently, while Arnage Racing which has competed in the series for over 11 years, announced that it will not continue to compete in the 2025 Super GT season. ^[14] Yuga Furutani left Anest Iwata Racing after two seasons with the team. Former Nissan GT300 champion Hironobu Yasuda replaces Furutani after a year away from the series and previously competed in Super Taikyu ST-Z with Techno First. ^[7]
• apr have a new lineup for the Lexus car following the departure of both Kazuto Kotaka and Jin Nakamura from the team and series. Kotaka focuses on Super Formula with TGMGP TGR-DC and also serve as the reserve driver for GT500 Toyota, while Nakamura moves to FRECA with R-ace GP. The team has signed Miki Koyama, who previously raced as the fourth driver with R'Qs Motor Sports and also drove for apr in the Super Taikyu ST-X class last season. Additionally, Oliver Rasmussen will make his debut in the series after finishing 19th in the WEC's Hypercar class with Jota Sport. Regarding the GR86 car, the team has switched from Yokohama to Michelin tires. Rikuto Kobayashi left the team to take up a role as the third driver for Saitama Green Brave. While Manabu Orido returns as the full-time driver after a year served as the third driver for the team, and Ryo Ogawa returns to the team as the third driver previously occupied by Orido after a year away in Super Taikyu ST-4 with Endless Sports. ^{[4] [7] [15]}
• 2024 F4 Japan champion Yuto Nomura joins Team UpGarage for his Super GT debut as he replaces GT500 bound Syun Koide. ^[13]
• INGING Motorsport has acquired a new title sponsor; car wash equipment manufacturer Hyper Water replaced muta, and the team will now compete under the name Hyper Water Racing INGING. The team has also signed former F4 TGR-DC Racing School driver Kazuhisa Urabe as the third driver, replacing Hiroki Katoh, who is now focusing on his management role with the team. ^[26]
• TGR-DC driver Yuki Sano joins SHADE Racing as the third driver for the team after finished fourth in F4 Japanese. ^[7]
• Togo Suganami left Tsuchiya Engineering after two years with the team as he moves to K2 R&D LEON Racing. ^[19] Kimiya Sato has been promoted back to a full-time driver after served as the team's third driver for a year. ^[7]
• Rikuto Kobayashi joins Saitama Green Brave from apr as the team's third driver. ^[7]
• Porsche will make its Super GT return for the first time since 2021. Porsche Carrera Cup Japan team Seven x Seven Racing will make their debut in Super GT for this season as they entered a Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) car with Yokohama Tires, and operated by KF Motorsport which owned by Two-time GT500 champion Kiyoto Fujinami. Fujinami himself joins the team after competed with Team Mach, along with former race winner Tsubasa Kondo as he returns to the series after competed in GT World Challenge Asia with Porsche Centre Okazaki. ^[20]
• Keishi Ishikawa left GAINER after competed with the team for five seasons. Super Taikyu ST-Z driver Kazuki Oki joins the team where previously he served as the third driver for the final round last season. ^[5]
• Kondo Racing saw Daiki Sasaki promoted back to GT500 with NISMO NDDP. Two time GT500 champion Kohei Hirate returns to the team he raced in GT500 after came 20th with HELM Motorsports. ^[5]
• HELM Motorsports replaced Kondo Racing bound Hirate with third driver Reiji Hiraki steps up to a full time driver. ^[5]
• Tomei Sports owner Atsushi Tanaka returns to a full time driver as he replaces Takuya Otaki. ^[5]
• PONOS Racing has established itself as a standalone operation after being operated by GAINER last season. The team changed tire suppliers from Michelin to Dunlop. ^[16]
• Reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Reimei Ito is continuing his role as the third driver for LM corsa after he appeared in the same role with the team for the last round of last season. ^[17]
• Last season's runner-up Takuro Shinohara leaves K2 R&D LEON Racing. Replacing Shinohara will be Togo Suganami, who will reunite with the team for the first time since 2021. ^[19]

Mid-season changes

GT300

• Goodsmile Racing recruited 2013 GT300 champion Yuhki Nakayama and reigning Super Taikyu ST-2 champion Shunji Okumoto for the Sepang round as both Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka to race in 24 Hours of Spa ^{[8] [9]}

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Qualifying points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd
Points	3	2	1

Teams' championships

Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Class	Lead Lap	-1 Lap	-2 Laps or more
GT500	3	2	1
	Lead Lap	-1 Lap	-2 Laps	-3 Laps or more
GT300	3		2	1

Notes

1. The team is operated by Mugen, and their cars are entered as ARTA Mugen Civic Type R-GTs.

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External links

• Super GT Official Website