Racing Project Bandoh

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Flag of Japan.svg Racing Project Bandoh
Bandoh.png
FoundedDecember 7, 1990 (1990-12-07)
Base Machida, Tokyo Onoji-cho, 1059
Team principal(s)Masataka Bandoh
Founder(s)Masaaki Bandoh
Current series Super GT
Former seriesJTCC, JGTC
Current drivers
Teams'
Championships
2 (JGTC, 1997/GT300, 2009)
Drivers'
Championships
2 (JGTC, 1997/GT300, 2009)
Website www.bandohracing.com

Racing Project Bandoh Ltd. is a Japanese racing team competing in the Super GT series.

Contents

Racing history

#19 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430 at Fuji Speedway in 2011 WedsSport Advan SC430 2011 Super GT Fuji 250km.jpg
#19 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430 at Fuji Speedway in 2011

Created in 1990 by Masaaki Bando, Racing Project Bandoh raced in the All Japan Touring Car Championship from 1987 (as an earlier organization created by Bando until 1990) to 1997 [1] and entered the Japanese Grand Touring Championship in 1997, competing with a Nissan Silvia S14 in the GT300 class winning five consecutive podiums. In the team's first year of competition, drivers Hideo Fukuyama and Manabu Orido won the GT300 class championship. The next year Bandoh switched to a Toyota Celica, but could not recreate the success of the previous year, taking no podiums with driver Manabu Orido placing second in the drivers' championship. Racing Project Bandoh won the first race of the season at the Suzuka GT 300, and ended the season with drivers Takahiko Hara and Manabu Orido taking third in the drivers championship. Three points behind the winner, Morio Nitta. Bandoh would win one race in 2000 at Sportsland SUGO, and one race in 2001 at Twin Ring Motegi.

2003 brought more success for the team after changing to a new Toyota Celica mid-way through the season, taking wins at Mt. Fuji and Suzuka and drivers Takayuki Aoki and Minoru Tanaka finishing fourth in the championship. Bandoh won one race at Sportsland SUGO in 2004.

It was not until 2007 that Racing Project Bandoh would achieve victory again, winning the fifth round of the season at Sportsland SUGO. In 2008 the team won the seventh round of the season at Motegi. The same year Masaaki Bando's son Masataka Bando took over operations of the team after Masaaki Bando was appointed as the chairman of the Super GT series. [2] The following year in 2009 drivers Manabu Orido and Tatsuya Kataoka in a Lexus IS350 took five podiums including one win. As a result, Racing Project Bandoh won both the team and drivers championship by 3 points over Nobuteru Taniguchi and Ryo Orime in the GT300 class. [3]

In 2011 Racing Project Bandoh moved to the GT500 class competing in a Lexus SC430 under the name LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH. [4]

In 2015 and 2016 the team fielded both a Lexus RC F in the GT500 class and a Toyota 86 in the GT300 class in conjunction with UP GARAGE.

Racing Project Bandoh has long been associated with the team's main sponsor WedsSport, a Japanese aftermarket wheel manufacturer.

Results

YearClassCarDriversDrivers' rankings
1997GT300RS☆R Nissan Silvia S14 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido / Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Fukuyama 1st
1998GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido / Flag of Italy.svg Max Angelelli / Flag of Japan.svg Katsumi Yamamoto 2nd
1999GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido / Flag of Japan.svg Takahiko Hara 3rd
2000GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka / Flag of Japan.svg Takahiko Hara 6th
2001GT300 WedsSport Toyota MR-S Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka / Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Goto 8th
2002GT300 WedsSport Toyota MR-S Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka / Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Goto 12th
2003GT300 WedsSport Toyota MR-S (Round 2) Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki / Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka 4th
WedsSport Toyota Celica (Round 3)
2004GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki / Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi 5th
2005GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Kato / Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi 7th
2006GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Flag of Japan.svg Koji Matsuda / Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka 10th
2007GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida / Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi 10th
2008GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica (Round 2) Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido / Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Abe / Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi 12th
WedsSport Lexus IS350 (Round 3)
2009GT300 WedsSport Lexus IS350 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido / Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka 1st
2010GT300 WedsSport Lexus IS350 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido / Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka 8th
2011GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka / Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara 13th
2012GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara / Flag of Portugal.svg Andre Couto / Flag of Scotland.svg Marino Franchitti 9th
2013GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara / Flag of Portugal.svg Andre Couto 13th
2014GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus RC F Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka / Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi 15th
2015GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus RC F Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka / Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi 11th
GT300UP GARAGE BANDOH Toyota 86 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nakayama / Flag of Estonia.svg Marko Asmer / Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide 25th
2016GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus RC F Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto / Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi 4th
GT300UP GARAGE BANDOH Toyota 86 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama / Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke Yamada 14th
2017GT500Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto / Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi / Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita / Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi 13th / 14th / 20th / NC
GT300 Team Upgarage  [ ja ] with Bandoh Toyota 86 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama / Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata 18th
2018GT500Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto / Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita 11th
GT300Team UpGarage BANDOH Toyota 86 MC Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama / Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi 12th
2019GT500Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500 GT500 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto / Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi 11th
GT300Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi / Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Matsuura / Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke Yamada22nd / NC
2020GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto / Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata 10th
GT300Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi / Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Matsuura
2021GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto / Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata 11th
2022GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto / Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi 11th
2023GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto / Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi 11th
2024GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto / Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi

Complete JGTC Results [5]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearCarTyresClassNo.Drivers12345678PosPts
1997 Nissan Silvia S14 Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Fukuyama
SUZ
1
FUJ
2
SEN
2
FUJ
3
MIN
1
SUG
5
1st90
1998 Toyota Celica Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Italy.svg Max Angelelli
Flag of Japan.svg Katsumi Yamamoto
SUZ FUJ SEN FUJ
7
MOT
2
MIN
2
SUG
3
2nd46
1999 Toyota Celica Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Takahiko Hara
SUZ
1
FUJ
2
SUG
Ret
MIN
3
FUJ
Ret
OKA
5
MOT
2
3rd70
2000 Toyota Celica Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka
Flag of Japan.svg Takahiko Hara
MOT
3
FUJ
Ret
SUG
1
FUJ
Ret
OKA
3
MIN
15
SUZ
17
5th44
2001 Toyota MR-S Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Goto
OKA
DNA
FUJ
16
SUG
10
FUJ
3
MOT
1
SUZ
17
MIN
13
9th33
2002 Toyota MR-S Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Goto
OKA
18
FUJ
5
SUG
Ret
SEP
6
FUJ
22
MOT
6
MIN
6
SUZ
12
10th31
2003 Toyota MR-S Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka
OKA
8
FUJ
DNQ
4th63
Toyota Celica Y GT30019 SUG
20
FUJ
5
FUJ
1
MOT
8
AUT
16
SUZ
1
2004 Toyota Celica Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Takayuki Aoki
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi
OKA
4
SUG
1
SEP
NC
TOK
7
MOT
13
AUT
5
SUZ
5
6th48

Complete Super GT Results [6] [7]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearCarTyresClassNo.Drivers123456789PosPoints
2005 Toyota Celica Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Kato
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuteru Taniguchi
OKA
7
FUJ
6
SEP
7
SUG
7
MOT
2
FUJ
6
AUT
3
SUZ
9
7th54
2006 Toyota Celica Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Koji Matsuda
Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka
SUZ
4
OKA
10
FUJ
17
SEP
3
SUG
18
SUZ
19
MOT
16
AUT
12
FUJ
2
10th35
2007 Toyota Celica Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida
Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi
SUZ
14
OKA
19
FUJ
Ret
SEP
9
SUG
1
SUZ
12
MOT
18
AUT
4
FUJ
16
9th46
2008 Toyota Celica Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Abe
SUZ
7
OKA
Ret
11th48
Lexus IS350 Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Abe
Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi
FUJ
9
SEP
Ret
SUG
15
SUZ
19
MOT
1
AUT
10
FUJ
5
2009 Lexus IS350 Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
OKA
1
SUZ
8
FUJ
5
SEP
2
SUG
5
SUZ
6
FUJ
4
AUT
3
MOT
3
1st112
2010 Lexus IS350 Y GT30019 Flag of Japan.svg Manabu Orido
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
SUZ
3
OKA
14
FUJ
4
SEP
9
SUG
Ret
SUZ
4
FUJ
C
MOT
7
8th49
2011 Lexus SC430 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka
Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara
OKA
3
FUJ
15
SEP
11
SUG
8
SUZ
11
FUJ
13
AUT
7
MOT
11
13th37
2012 Lexus SC430 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara
Flag of Portugal.svg André Couto
OKA
12
FUJ
13
SEP
9
SUG
12
SUZ
6
FUJ
3
AUT
3
MOT
5
9th55
2013 Lexus SC430 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara
Flag of Portugal.svg André Couto
OKA
14
FUJ
11
SEP
15
SUG
9
SUZ
6
FUJ
Ret
AUT
13
MOT
10
14th25
2014 Lexus RC F Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
OKA
11
FUJ
7
AUT
8
SUG
12
FUJ
11
SUZ
Ret
BUR
6
MOT
6
13th32
2015 Toyota 86 Y GT30018

20

Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide
Flag of Estonia.svg Marko Asmer
Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy
Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki
OKA
19
FUJ
Ret
CHA
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
21
SUG
15
AUT
9
MOT
Ret
28th2
Lexus RC F Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
OKA
10
FUJ
7
CHA
9
FUJ
10
SUZ
4
SUG
5
AUT
9
MOT
10
10th47
2016 Toyota 86 Y GT30018 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama
Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke Yamada
OKA
15
FUJ
4
SUG
8
FUJ
10
SUZ
4
CHA
22
MOT
12
MOT
9
12th46
Lexus RC F Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi
OKA
9
FUJ
8
SUG
5
FUJ
10
SUZ
5
CHA
1
MOT
5
MOT
3
4th79
2017 Toyota 86 Y GT30018 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata
OKA
12
FUJ
9
AUT
Ret
SUG
17
FUJ
11
SUZ
15
CHA
7
MOT
16
18th23
Lexus LC500 GT500 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita
Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi
OKA
6
FUJ
10
AUT
8
SUG
12
FUJ
7
SUZ
4
CHA
12
MOT
15
12th41
2018 Lexus LC500 GT500 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita
OKA
9
FUJ
12
SUZ
13
CHA
3
FUJ
10
SUG
Ret
AUT
3
MOT
5
11th50
2019 Lexus LC500 GT500 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
OKA
6
FUJ
13
SUZ
7
BUR
3
FUJ
9
AUT
8
SUG
13
MOT
7
11th46.5
2020 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
FUJ
9
FUJ
15
SUZ
10
MOT
Ret
FUJ
7
SUZ
9
MOT
11
FUJ
10
14th27
2021 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
OKA
12
FUJ
7
MOT
2
SUZ
13
SUG
Ret
AUT
13
MOT
2
FUJ
13
11th53
2022 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi
OKA
13
FUJ
6
SUZ
5
FUJ
9
SUZ
7
SUG
15
AUT
5
MOT
7
11th44
2023 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT50019 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi
OKA
9
FUJ
12
SUZ
1
FUJ
12
SUZ
9
SUG
8
AUT
13
MOT
8
11th49

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.

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