2026 Super GT Series

2026 Super GT Series

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The 2026 Super GT Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2026 Autobacs Super GT Series) is a planned motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, which will be the thirty-fourth season of the Super GT series, tracing its lineage to the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era. It is the twenty-second season for the series under the Super GT name, and the forty-fourth season of a Japan Automobile Federation (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] On 9 January 2026, the dates of the Sepang International Circuit round were shifted from 19–20 June to 20–21 June. ^[2]

Round	Race	Circuit	Location	Dates
1	Okayama GT 300 km Race	Okayama International Circuit	Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture	11–12 April
2	Fuji GT 3 Hours Race	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture	3–4 May
3	Sepang GT 300 km Race	Sepang International Circuit	Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia	20–21 June
4	Fuji GT 300 km Race	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture	1–2 August
5	Suzuka GT 300 km Race	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka, Mie Prefecture	22–23 August
6	Sugo GT 300 km Race	Sportsland Sugo	Murata, Miyagi Prefecture	19–20 September
7	Autopolis GT 3 Hours Race	Autopolis	Hita, Oita Prefecture	17–18 October
8	Motegi GT 300 km Race	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. ^[3]

Teams and drivers

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tire	Rounds	Ref.
Team HRC ARTA Mugen	Honda	Honda HRC Prelude-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Kakunoshin Ohta	B	TBC	[4]
					Hiroki Otsu
ARTA Mugen				16	Tomoki Nojiri	B	TBC	[4]
					Ren Sato
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	Nissan NR4S25 2.0 L Turbo I4	12	Kazuki Hiramine	B	TBC	[5]
					Bertrand Baguette
TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	14	Kazuya Oshima	B	TBC	[6]
					Nirei Fukuzumi
Astemo Real Racing	Honda	Honda HRC Prelude-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi	B	TBC	[4]
					Yuto Nomura
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuji Kunimoto	Y	TBC	[6]
					Sena Sakaguchi
NISMO	Nissan	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	Nissan NR4S25 2.0 L Turbo I4	23	Katsumasa Chiyo	B	TBC	[5]
					Mitsunori Takaboshi
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan Z NISMO GT500	Nissan NR4S25 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Teppei Natori	B	TBC	[5]
					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	[6]
					Kenta Yamashita
TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S				37	Ukyo Sasahara	B	TBC	[6]
					Giuliano Alesi
TGR Team KeePer Cerumo	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Toshiki Oyu	B	TBC	[6]
					Rikuto Kobayashi
TGR Team SARD	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Yuhi Sekiguchi	B	TBC	[6]
					Sacha Fenestraz
Modulo Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda HRC Prelude-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Riki Okusa	D	TBC	[4]
					Igor Omura Fraga
Stanley Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda HRC Prelude-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	100	Naoki Yamamoto	B	TBC	[4]
					Tadasuke Makino

GT500 vehicle changes

• Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) introduced the new HRC Prelude-GT as its GT500 vehicle, replacing the Civic Type R-GT after two seasons. ^{[7] [8]}

GT500 entrant changes

Nissan announced its line-ups on 9 December 2025. ^[5]

• 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. ^[9] 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. Kondo Racing will also switch to Bridgestone tires, after competing in GT500 with Yokohama for 20 years.

• NISMO scaled down to one car from two, discontinuing the No. 3 car that had been running under the NISMO NDDP banner. Daiki Sasaki was retained by Nissan as its GT500 reserve driver. ^[10]

Toyota announced its driver line-ups on 19 December 2025. ^[6]

• TGR-DC driver Rikuto Kobayashi was promoted to GT500 with TGR Team KeePer Cerumo after two seasons in GT300. He will replace Hiroaki Ishiura, who retired from racing in GT500 after 18 seasons and will move to GT300 with Team ENEOS Rookie. ^{[11] [12]}

Honda announced its driver line-ups on 23 December 2025. ^[13]

• The No. 8 ARTA Honda will be operated as a works team with direct support from HRC. The No. 8 car will be driven by Kakunoshin Ohta, who returns to the series after a year away, and Hiroki Otsu, who moves over from the No. 16 car. They replace Tomoki Nojiri, who will now drive the No. 16 car, and Nobuharu Matsushita, who will drive exclusively in the Super Formula Championship for Honda customer team Delightworks Racing.

• 2025 Super Formula Lights champion and GT300 class race winner Yuto Nomura was promoted to GT500 with Real Racing, replacing Syun Koide, who will serve as Honda's GT500 reserve driver.

• Nakajima Racing Super Formula driver Igor Omura Fraga was promoted to drive the team's GT500 car after three years in GT300 with Anest Iwata Racing. Fraga replaces Takuya Izawa, who retired from Super GT after 17 seasons. ^[14]

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	[6]
					Kazuhisa Urabe
Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	TBC	[15]
					Tatsuya Kataoka
Velorex	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	6	TBA	TBA	TBC	[16]
					TBA
CarGuy MKS Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	7	Zak O'Sullivan	Y	TBC	[6] [17]
					Kiyoshi Umegaki
					Reimei Ito		TBC
Pacific Racing Team	BMW	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	9	Yusuke Tomibayashi	M	TBC	[18]
					Yuta Fujiwara
					Rintaro Kubo		TBC
GAINER	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 (RZ34)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	11	Ryuichiro Tomita	D	TBC	[10]
					Kazuki Oki
Anest Iwata GAINER Racing				26	Hironobu Yasuda	Y	TBC	[19]
					Lee Jungwoo
Team UpGarage	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	18	Takashi Kobayashi	Y	TBC	[20]
					Kotaro Shimbara
SHADE Racing	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	20	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	M	TBC	[6] [21]
					Eijiro Shimizu
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	25	Takamitsu Matsui	Y	TBC	[6] [22]
					Ryota Horachi
apr	Toyota GR	Toyota GR86 GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	30	Hiroaki Nagai	Y	TBC	[6]
					Hibiki Taira
					Manabu Orido
	Lexus	Lexus LC 500h GT	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8	31	Kazuto Kotaka	B	TBC	[6]
					Miki Koyama
					Charlie Wurz
Team ENEOS Rookie	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	32	Hiroaki Ishiura	B	TBC	[23] [12]
					Tokiya Suzuki
Ponos Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	45	TBA	TBA	TBC	[16]
					TBA
Nilzz Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	Taiyo Iida	Y	TBC	[10]
					TBA
Saitama Green Brave	Toyota GR	Toyota GR Supra GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	52	Hiroki Yoshida	B	TBC	[6]
					Seita Nonaka
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	56	João Paulo de Oliveira	Y	TBC	[10]
					Iori Kimura
LM corsa	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	60	Hiroki Yoshimoto	D	TBC	[6]
					Shunsuke Kohno
R&D Sport	Subaru	Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)	Subaru EG33 3.0 L Twin Turbo Flat-6	61	Takuto Iguchi	TBA	TBC	[24]
					Hideki Yamauchi
HELM Motorsports	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	62	Yuya Hiraki	Y	TBC	[10]
					Reiji Hiraki
K2 R&D LEON Racing	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Naoya Gamou	B	TBC	[25]
					Togo Suganami
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	87	Daniil Kvyat [a]	TBA	TBC	[26]
					TBA
				88	TBA	TBA	TBC
TBA
K-tunes Racing	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	96	Morio Nitta	B	TBC	[6] [27]
					Shinichi Takagi
Tomei Sports	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Atsushi Tanaka	Y	TBC	[10]
					TBA
Seven x Seven Racing	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	666	Kiyoto Fujinami	Y	TBC	[16] [28]
					Sven Müller
D'station Racing	Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8	777	Tomonobu Fujii	D	TBC	[29]
					Charlie Fagg

GT300 vehicle changes

• Ferrari customer teams Velorex, and Ponos Racing will receive the new Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo package. ^[16]

• Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific customer team Seven x Seven Racing will receive the updated Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2). ^[16]

• SHADE Racing replaced its Toyota GR86 GT300 with the Lexus RC F GT3. ^[21]

• R&D Sport replaced the No. 61 Subaru BRZ GT300's four-cylinder EJ20 engine with the six-cylinder EG33 engine used in the Subaru Alcyone SVX. ^[24]

• Anest Iwata Gainer Racing replaced its Lexus RC F with the Nissan Fairlady Z GT300. ^[19]

• BMW returned to GT300 after a year absent via Pacific Racing Team. The team will use and debut the BMW M4 GT3 Evo, replaced its Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. ^[18]

GT300 entrant changes

• Kazuhisa Urabe was promoted to a full-time seat at Inging Motorsport, replacing apr bound Hibiki Taira. ^[6]

• Former Inging driver Hibiki Taira will drive the No. 30 apr Toyota GR86 GT300, which will revert to Yokohama tires after a season with Michelin. Kazuto Kotaka returns to the GT300 class to the No. 31 apr Lexus LC500h after serving as Toyota's GT500 reserve driver, replacing Oliver Rasmussen. Manabu Orido remained with the No. 30 GR86 as its third driver, and FIA Formula 3 Championship alumni Charlie Wurz will make his GT300 debut as the third driver of the No. 31 LC500h for apr, replacing Yuki Nemoto. ^[6]

• FIA F4 Japanese Championship graduate Ryota Horachi will make his series debut with Hoppy Team Tsuchiya, replacing Kimiya Sato. ^[22]

• K-tunes Racing changed tyre suppliers from Dunlop to Bridgestone. ^[27]

• Reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Iori Kimura joined Kondo Racing from Team Mach. Kimura replaces last season's championship runner-up Kohei Hirate, who left Nissan. ^{[10] [30]}

• Team UpGarage will receive technical support from Real Racing, replacing Servus Japan. HFDP driver and F4 Japan graduate Kotaro Shimbara will make his series debut, replacing newly-promoted GT500 driver Yuto Nomura. ^{[4] [20]}

• Rookie Racing expanded its presence into GT300 class by entering the No. 32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. 2007 GT300 champion Hiroaki Ishiura returns to the category after 18 seasons in GT500, and reigning FIA F4 Japanese Champion Tokiya Suzuki will make his series debut. ^[23] The team will use Bridgestone tires. ^[12]

• Former Formula One driver and current Lamborghini Squadra Corse factory driver Daniil Kvyat will make his series debut with JLOC. ^[26]

• Two-time Super Taikyu TCR champion Lee Jungwoo will make his series debut with Anest Iwata Gainer Racing, replacing newly-promoted GT500 driver Igor Fraga. ^[19]

• 2025 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Kiyoshi Umegaki will make his GT300 debut with CarGuy MKS Racing, replacing newly-promoted GT500 driver Rikuto Kobayashi. ^[6] 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Reimei Ito joins the team as the third driver from LM corsa. ^[17]

• Porsche contracted driver and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup champion Sven Müller will return to the series for the first time in eight years, joining Seven x Seven Racing. Müller replaces Harry King, who left the series to compete full-time in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with AO Racing. ^{[28] [31]}

• Alongside changing its car, Pacific Racing Team changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Michelin. Pacific Racing promoted Yuta Fujiwara to a full-time seat, as Ryohei Sakaguchi served as the team's sporting director. Rintaro Kubo returns to the series after five years away, as he takes the team's third driver role. ^[18]

Notes

1. Kvyat is a Russian driver competing under an Italian licence, as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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External links

• Super GT Official Website