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.

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Teams and drivers

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
ARTA [1] [a] Honda Honda Civic Type R-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri [1] B TBC
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita [1]
16 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu [1] B TBC
Flag of Japan.svg Ren Sato [1]
Astemo Real Racing [1] Honda Honda Civic Type R-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi [1] B TBC
Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide [1]
Modulo Nakajima Racing [1] Honda Honda Civic Type R-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa [1] D TBC
Flag of Japan.svg Riki Okusa [1]
Stanley Team Kunimitsu [1] Honda Honda Civic Type R-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto [1] B TBC
Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino [1]

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRounds
BMW M Team Studie × CRS [b] [2]

Team UpGarage [b] [3] 		BMW M BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 7Flag of None.svg TBATBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
TBATBATBA18Flag of none.svg TBATBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
D'station Racing [4] Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 777Flag of none.svg TBA D TBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Anest Iwata Racing [5] TBATBATBATBAFlag of none.svg TBATBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA

Vehicle changes

GT300

Entrant changes

GT500

GT300

  • Anest Iwata Racing ended their association with Arnage Racing after operated the team for two seasons. Arnage Racing who has competed in the series for over 11 years announced that they would not continue to compete in the 2025 Super GT season. [5]
  • BMW M Team Studie driver Bruno Spengler who raced with them for two seasons, leaves the team after he ended his association with BMW M at the end of 2024 season. [8]

Calendar

The provisional calendar for 2025 was confirmed on 1 August 2024, which consists of eight races. [9] 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. [10]

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

Notes

  1. ↑ The team is operated by Mugen, and their cars are entered as ARTA Mugen Civic Type R-GTs.
  2. 1 2 Both teams run by Servus Japan.

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