2026 Super GT Series

2026 Super GT Series

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F4 Japanese Championship

The 2026 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-fourth season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, the twenty-second season under the Super GT name, and the forty-fourth overall season of a JAF national sportscar championship, dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

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

Calendar

The provisional calendar for 2026 was confirmed on 5 August 2025, which consists of eight races. ^[1]

Round	Circuit	Location	Dates
1	Okayama International Circuit	Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture	11–12 April
2	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture	3–4 May
3	Sepang International Circuit	Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia	19–20 June
4	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture	1–2 August
5	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka, Mie Prefecture	22–23 August
6	Sportsland Sugo	Murata, Miyagi Prefecture	19–20 September
7	Autopolis	Hita, Oita Prefecture	17–18 October
8	Mobility Resort Motegi	Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture	7–8 November

Regulation changes

On 19 October 2025, it was announced that the 2026 season would be the last with different tire manufacturers competing against one another. The series will switch to a single tire manufacturer in each class in 2027. ^[2]

Teams and drivers

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tire	Rounds	Ref.
Team HRC ARTA Mugen	Honda	Honda Prelude-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Kakunoshin Ohta	B	TBC	[3]
					Hiroki Otsu
ARTA Mugen				16	Tomoki Nojiri	B	TBC	[3]
					Ren Sato
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	Nissan NR4S25 2.0 L Turbo I4	12	Kazuki Hiramine	B	TBC	[4]
					Bertrand Baguette
TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	14	Kazuya Oshima	B	TBC	[5]
					Nirei Fukuzumi
Astemo Real Racing	Honda	Honda Prelude-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi	B	TBC	[3]
					Yuto Nomura
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuji Kunimoto	Y	TBC	[5]
					Sena Sakaguchi
NISMO	Nissan	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	Nissan NR4S25 2.0 L Turbo I4	23	Katsumasa Chiyo	B	TBC	[4]
					Mitsunori Takaboshi
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	Nissan NR4S25 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Teppei Natori	Y	TBC	[4]
					Atsushi Miyake
TGR Team au TOM'S	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Sho Tsuboi	B	TBC	[5]
					Kenta Yamashita
TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S				37	Ukyo Sasahara	B	TBC	[5]
					Giuliano Alesi
TGR Team KeePer Cerumo	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Toshiki Oyu	B	TBC	[5]
					Rikuto Kobayashi
TGR Team SARD	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Yuhi Sekiguchi	B	TBC	[5]
					Sacha Fenestraz
Modulo Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda Prelude-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Riki Okusa	D	TBC	[3]
					Igor Omura Fraga
Stanley Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda Prelude-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	100	Naoki Yamamoto	B	TBC	[3]
					Tadasuke Makino

GT500 vehicle changes

• Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) introduced the new Prelude GT, replacing the Civic Type R-GT after two seasons. ^{[6] [7]}

GT500 entrant changes

Nissan announced its line-ups on 9 December 2025. ^[4]

• Two-time GT500 Champion Tsugio Matsuda retired from Super GT after 20 seasons as a Nissan GT500 driver, and 26 seasons in GT500 in total. ^[8] Matsuda become the new team director for NISMO, replacing Takeshi Nakajima. Atsushi Miyake transferred from NISMO NDDP to Kondo Racing, replacing Matsuda in the No. 24 car.

• NISMO scaled down to one car from two, discontinuing the No. 3 car that had been running under the NISMO NDDP banner. Atsushi Miyake moved to Kondo Racing, and Daiki Sasaki was dropped from Nissan's GT500 driver roster.

Toyota announced its driver line-ups on 19 December 2025. ^[5]

• TGR-DC driver Rikuto Kobayashi was promoted to GT500 with TGR Team KeePer Cerumo after two seasons in GT300 to replace Hiroaki Ishiura, who retired from racing in GT500 after 18 seasons. ^[9]

Honda announced its driver line-ups on 23 December 2025. ^[3]

• ARTA car no. 8 will be operated with the backing of Team HRC. Nobuharu Matsushita left ARTA after two years with the team to compete in Super Formula with Delightworks Racing, Kakunoshin Ohta returns to the series after a year away to be Matsushita's replacement. Hiroki Otsu will move to the no. 8 car, with Tomoki Nojiri move to the no. 16 car.

• 2026 Super Formula Lights champion Yuto Nomura was promoted to GT500 with Real Racing, as Syun Koide left to become Honda's full-time GT500 reserve driver.

• Nakajima Racing driver Takuya Izawa retired from GT500 racing after 17 seasons. ^[10] The team signed it's Super Formula driver Igor Fraga after three years in GT300 with Anest Iwata Racing.

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tire	Rounds	Ref.
Hyper Water Racing Inging	Toyota GR	Toyota GR86 GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	2	Yuui Tsutsumi	B	TBC	[5]
					Kazuhisa Urabe
Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	TBC	[11]
					Tatsuya Kataoka
Velorex	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	6	TBA	TBA	TBC	[12]
					TBA
CarGuy MKS Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	7	Kiyoshi Umegaki	TBA	TBC	[5] [12]
					TBA
Pacific Racing Team	TBA	TBA	TBA	9	TBA	TBA	TBC	[13]
					TBA
SHADE Racing	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	20	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	M	TBC	[5] [14]
					Eijiro Shimizu
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	25	TBA	Y	TBC	[5]
					TBA
apr	Toyota GR	Toyota GR86 GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	30	Hiroaki Nagai	Y	TBC	[5]
					Hibiki Taira
					Manabu Orido
	Lexus	Lexus LC 500h GT	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8	31	Kazuto Kotaka	B	TBC	[5]
					Miki Koyama
					Charlie Wurz
Ponos Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	45	TBA	TBA	TBC	[12]
					TBA
Saitama Green Brave	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	52	Hiroki Yoshida	B	TBC	[5]
					Seita Nonaka
LM corsa	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	60	Hiroki Yoshimoto	D	TBC	[5]
					Shunsuke Kohno
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	87	TBA	TBA	TBC	[12]
					TBA
				88	TBA	TBA	TBC
					TBA
K-tunes Racing	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	96	Morio Nitta	TBA	TBC	[5]
					Shinichi Takagi
Seven x Seven Racing	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	666	TBA	TBA	TBC	[12]
					TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Tokiya Suzuki	TBA	TBC	[5]
					TBA

Vehicle changes

• Ferrari customer teams Velorex, CarGuy MKS Racing, and Ponos Racing will receive the new Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo package. ^[12]

• Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific customer team Seven x Seven Racing will receive the updated Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2). ^[12]

• SHADE Racing will change cars from the Toyota GR86 GT300 with the Lexus RC F GT3. ^[14]

Entrant changes

• Last season's runner-up Kohei Hirate left Kondo Racing and Nissan. ^[15]

• Harry King left Seven x Seven Racing and the series to compete full-time in the IMSA SportsCar GTD Pro with AO Racing. ^[16]

• 2025 Formula Regional Japan Champion Kiyoshi Umegaki will make his GT300 debut with CarGuy MKS Racing, replacing GT500 bound Rikuto Kobayashi. ^[5]

• The No. 30 apr will revert to Yokohama Tires after a season with Michelin tires. Kazuto Kotaka and Hibiki Taira returned to apr. Kotaka returned to drive the No. 31 Lexus LC500h after serving as Toyota's GT500 reserve driver, replacing Oliver Rasmussen. Taira returned to drive the No. 30 Toyota GR86 GT300 after three seasons at Inging. Manabu Orido remained with the No. 31 apr team as its third driver, and Charlie Wurz will make his GT500 debut as the third driver of the No. 31 Lexus LC500h for apr replacing Yuki Nemoto, after two seasons in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. ^[5]

• Kazuhisa Urabe was promoted to a full-time seat at Inging Motorsport, replacing apr bound Taira. ^[5]

• Reigning FIA F4 Japan Champion Tokiya Suzuki will make his GT300 debut with a team to be named later. ^[5]

• Yuto Nomura left Team UpGarage, as he promoted to GT500 with Real Racing. ^[3]

• Igor Fraga left Anest Iwata Racing, as he promoted to GT500 with Nakajima Racing. ^[3]

References

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8. "Tsugio Matsuda to retire from SUPER GT after 2025 season". NISMO . Nissan. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
9. O'Connell, RJ (25 July 2025). "Hiroaki Ishiura Announces SUPER GT GT500 Retirement". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
10. Klein, Jamie (21 August 2025). "Honda Veteran Izawa Calls Time on GT500 Career". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
11. Klein, Jamie (13 December 2025). "Goodsmile Racing Switches Service Provider". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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External links

• Super GT Official Website