Suzuka 1000 km

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Suzuka 1000km
Suzuka 10 Hours (2018–2019)
Suzuka circuit map--2005.svg
Super GT
Venue Suzuka Circuit
First race1966
Laps173
Duration1000 kilometres
700 kilometres (2009–2010)
500 kilometres (2011)
10 hours (2018–2019)
Most wins (driver) Kunimitsu Takahashi (4)
Most wins (manufacturer) Porsche (11)

The Suzuka 1000km, also known as the Suzuka Summer Endurance Race, [1] is an annual sports car endurance race that has been held at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan since 1966. After a five-year hiatus, the event is scheduled to return in September 2025 as part of the SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge. [2]

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The event has been held 48 times from 1966 to 2019, as both a standalone endurance race and as part of numerous domestic and international sports car racing championships including the Intercontinental GT Challenge, Super GT Series, FIA GT Championship, All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship, and World Sportscar Championship. [3]

History

Fireworks at the 2014 race Fireworks at the 2014 Super GT Suzuka (Sunday).jpg
Fireworks at the 2014 race

Suzuka 1000km (1966–1973, 1980–2017)

The Suzuka 1000km was first held as a standalone event on 26 June 1966. It was one of three long-distance endurance races held at Suzuka Circuit during the 1960s, alongside the Suzuka 500km and Suzuka 12 Hours. [3]

The race went on hiatus from 1974 until 1979 as a consequence of the 1970s energy crisis, but returned in 1980 as a non-championship endurance race. In 1981, the Suzuka 1000km was held in the fourth weekend of August for the first time. With the exception of the 1989 race that was delayed to December due to inclement weather, the Suzuka 1000km and Suzuka 10 Hours would continue to take place in the fourth weekend of August every year through its most recent running in 2019. [3]

From 1983 to 1991, the Suzuka 1000km was part of the All Japan Endurance Championship (renamed to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship in 1987). [3] In 1992, the race was added to the FIA World Sportscar Championship calendar, but the series folded after the 1992 season, which meant that the 1993 race would be run as a non-championship round. [3]

In 1994, the Suzuka 1000km became part of the inaugural BPR Global GT Series calendar. Pokka became the new title sponsor of the race, and the Pokka 1000km continued as a championship round of the BPR Global GT Series and its successor, the FIA GT Championship, through 1998. [3]

When the race was dropped from the FIA GT calendar in 1999, the Pokka 1000km reverted to a non-championship endurance race. Through 2005 the race was open to GT500 and GT300 cars from the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC), as well as cars from the Super Taikyu Series. [3]

On 12 August 2005, it was announced that the race would become part of the newly-renamed Autobacs Super GT Series championship, beginning in 2006. [4] [5] Upon its inclusion, the Suzuka 1000km became the longest and most prestigious event on the Super GT calendar during this time period, and also paid the most championship points of any round on the calendar. [3]

Due to the effects of the Great Recession in Japan, the race was shortened to 700 kilometres from 2009 to 2010, and the race was renamed to the Pokka GT Summer Special. A second national crisis, the Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, led to the event being shortened further to 500 kilometres in 2011. The original 1000 kilometre distance was restored from 2012. [3]

Suzuka 10 Hours (2018–2019)

On 4 March 2017, it was announced that the GT Association (GTA) and Stephane Ratel Organisation (SRO) would join forces to promote a new ten-hour endurance race for FIA-GT3 and JAF-GT300 (now GTA-GT300) sports cars, known as the Suzuka 10 Hours. The 46th annual Suzuka 1000km, held that year as part of the Super GT Series, would be the last edition of the Suzuka Summer Endurance Race in its original format. [6] [7]

The Suzuka 10 Hours became part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge championship in 2018, replacing the Sepang 12 Hours held in Malaysia. [8] The reformatted event attracted top teams and drivers from international GT3 racing, as well as teams from Super GT and Super Taikyu, by offering a ¥ 100,000,000 prize purse with the overall winner receiving ¥ 30,000,000. [9]

Hiatus and 2025 return

The 2020 Suzuka 10 Hours, which had originally been scheduled for 23 August, was one of numerous motorsports events that were cancelled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel enacted in Japan during this time. [10] The race was set to return on 22 August 2021, but with strict travel restrictions still in place during the pandemic, the 2021 race was also cancelled. [11]

At the same time, the Super GT Series was also forced to overhaul its calendar in 2020. The series scheduled two 300 kilometre races at Suzuka that year, including one on 23 August, the date originally scheduled for the Suzuka 10 Hours. [12] Super GT originally scheduled just one 300km race at Suzuka for May 2021, but due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the region, the race was moved back to 22 August, again taking over the date originally scheduled for the Suzuka 10 Hours. [13]

Since 2022, Super GT has scheduled a 450 kilometre race at Suzuka on the fourth weekend of August, though in 2024, the summer race at Suzuka will move to the first weekend of September. [14] Meanwhile, the Suzuka 10 Hours' place as the Asian round on the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar was taken by the Gulf 12 Hours at Yas Marina Circuit in 2022 and 2023.

During the 2024 SRO press conference at Spa-Francorchamps, Stephane Ratel announced that the Suzuka 1000km will return the following September as part of the 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge season. [15] The date was officially confirmed by Japan Automobile Federation (JAF), with the event taking place on 12–14 September. [16] The event will allow entries from GT300 teams to use GTA-GT300 spec cars, after an agreement between SRO and the GT Association (GTA) was reached in late 2024. [17]

Winners

Among drivers, Kunimitsu Takahashi holds the all-time record with four overall victories at the Suzuka 1000 km. Five other drivers – Daisuke Ito, Ryo Michigami, Naoki Nagasaka, Sébastien Philippe, and Juichi Wakisaka, have won the event three times overall.

Several past winners of the race have also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, including Henri Pescarolo, Vern Schuppan, Masanori Sekiya, Stanley Dickens, Yannick Dalmas, Derek Warwick, JJ Lehto, André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer, Loïc Duval, and Kazuki Nakajima. Past winners including Marcel Tiemann, Bernd Schneider, Frédéric Makowiecki, Maro Engel, Kelvin van der Linde, Dries Vanthoor, and Frédéric Vervisch have also won the Nürburgring 24 Hours.

Other notable former winners include three-time 24 Hours of Daytona winner Bob Wollek, 1989 Japanese Grand Prix winner Alessandro Nannini, 2015 FIA World Endurance Drivers' Champion and Formula One Grand Prix winner Mark Webber, four-time Super GT GT500 Drivers' Champion Ronnie Quintarelli, all-time GT500 class wins leader Tsugio Matsuda, and 2018 and 2020 Japanese "double champion" Naoki Yamamoto.

In recent years, the event has drawn interest from previous Formula One world champion drivers, many of whom had raced at Suzuka Circuit for years during their F1 careers. 2009 champion Jenson Button made his Super GT debut in the 2017 running of the Suzuka 1000 km, and in 2019, two-time world champion Mika Häkkinen returned to compete at the Suzuka 10 Hours.

Porsche has more victories in the race than any manufacturer – eleven in total, spanning from 1967 to 1994. The most successful Japanese marques are Honda and Toyota, who have each won the race eight times overall, just ahead of Nissan with seven victories. Toyota's Lexus luxury brand has also won the race five times representing Toyota in the GT500 class of Super GT, from 2006 to 2017.

List of winners

YearOverall Winner(s)EntrantCarSeriesTime
1000 km distance, 6.004 km circuit, 167 laps
1966 Flag of Japan.svg Sachio Fukuzawa  [ ja ]
Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiko Tsutsumi  [ ja ]		 Toyota 2000GT Non-championship8:02:13.9 [18]
1967 Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Taki  [ ja ]
Flag of Japan.svg Kenjiro Tanaka  [ ja ]		 Porsche 906 7:39:21.7 [19]
1968 Flag of Japan.svg Sachio Fukuzawa  [ ja ]
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Fushida 		Toyota 7 6:59:25.6 [20]
1969 Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiko Tsutsumi  [ ja ]
Flag of Japan.svg Jiro Yoneyama 		Porsche 906 7:11:23.2 [21]
1970 Flag of Japan.svg Hiromi Nishino [a]
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Fujita 		Nissan Fairlady Z432 7:49:19.6 [22]
1971 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshimasa Kawaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Fushida 		Porsche 910 7:03:44.6 [23]
1972 Flag of Japan.svg Harukuni Takahashi  [ ja ]
Flag of Japan.svg Kenichi Takeshita 		Toyota Celica 1600GT-R 6:38:02.4
140 laps, 840 km [b] 		[24]
1973 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Tohira 		Nissan Fairlady Z432R 6:24:35.9
150 laps, 900 km [c] 		[25]
1974
–
1979		Not held
1980 Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Tatsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Nagasaka 		Flag of Japan.svg Red Carpet Racing Team March 75S-Mazda Non-championship6:30:35.07
148 laps, 888 km [d] 		[26]
1981 Flag of France.svg Bob Wollek
Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo 		Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 935 K36:51:20.56 [27]
1982 Flag of Japan.svg Fumiyasu Sato
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Nagasaka 		Flag of Japan.svg Auto Beaurex Motor Sports BMW M1 6:42:41.92
166 laps [e] 		[28]
1000 km distance, 6.033 km circuit, 166 laps
1983 Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Fujita
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vern Schuppan 		Flag of Japan.svg Trust Racing Team Porsche 956 All-Japan Endurance Championship 6:40:24.91 [29]
1000 km distance, 5.943 km circuit, 169 laps
1984 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Takahashi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Lees 		Flag of Japan.svg Advan Sport Team Nova Porsche 956 All-Japan Endurance Championship 6:29:32.91 [30]
1000 km distance, 5.912 km circuit, 170 laps
1985 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Takahashi 		Flag of Japan.svg Advan Sport Team Nova Porsche 962C All-Japan Endurance Championship 6:22:57.516 [31]
1986 Flag of Japan.svg Jiro Yoneyama
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Okada
Flag of Japan.svg Tsunehisa Asai 		Flag of Japan.svg FromA Racing Porsche 956 6:20:26.745 [32]
1000 km distance, 5.859 km circuit, 171 laps
1987 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Lees
Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Sekiya
Flag of Japan.svg Hitoshi Ogawa 		Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 87C All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship 6:27:02.449 [33]
1988 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Okada
Flag of Sweden.svg Stanley Dickens 		Flag of Japan.svg FromA Racing Porsche 962C6:08:21.517 [34]
1989 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi
Flag of Sweden.svg Stanley Dickens 		Flag of Japan.svg Advan Alpha Nova Racing Porsche 962C5:56:56.701 [35]
1990 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Toshio Suzuki 		Flag of Japan.svg Nissan Motorsports Nissan R90CP 5:51:40.225 [36]
1000 km distance, 5.864 km circuit, 171 laps
1991 Flag of Austria.svg Roland Ratzenberger
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Nagasaka 		Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Team SARD Toyota 91C-V All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship 5:44:52.513 [37]
1992 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick
Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas 		Flag of France.svg Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 905 Evo 1B FIA World Sportscar Championship 5:30:09.627 [38]
1993 Flag of Japan.svg Takao Wada
Flag of Japan.svg Toshio Suzuki 		Flag of Japan.svg Team LeMans Nissan R92CP Non-championship5:53:09.590 [39]
1994 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier
Flag of France.svg Bob Wollek
Flag of Spain.svg Jesús Pareja 		Flag of France.svg Larbre Competition Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT BPR Global GT Series 6:25:09.415
162 laps [f] 		[40]
1995 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Bellm
Flag of Brazil.svg Maurizio Sandro Sala
Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Sekiya 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GTC Racing McLaren F1 GTR-BMW 6:38:21.371 [41]
1996 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Bellm
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Weaver
Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gulf Racing GTC McLaren F1 GTR-BMW 6:18:48.637 [42]
1997 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini
Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Tiemann
Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider [g] 		Flag of Germany.svg AMG-Mercedes Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR FIA GT Championship 5:59:31.003 [43]
1998 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber 		Flag of Germany.svg AMG-Mercedes Mercedes-Benz CLK LM 5:48:58.452 [44]
1999 Flag of Japan.svg Osamu Nakako
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi 		Flag of Japan.svg Mugen x Dome Project Honda NSX GT500Non-championship6:17:46.665 [45]
2000 Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito 		Flag of Japan.svg Mugen x Dome Project Honda NSX GT5006:14:47.171 [46]
2001 Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Takeuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka 		Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Supra GT5006:07:29.393 [47]
1000 km distance, 5.821 km circuit, 172 laps
2002 Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
Flag of Japan.svg Akira Iida
Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka 		Flag of Japan.svg Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Supra GT500Non-championship6:10:44.008 [48]
1000 km distance, 5.807 km circuit, 173 laps
2003 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe 		Flag of Japan.svg Dome Racing Team Honda NSX GT500Non-championship6:03:28.033 [49]
2004 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito 		Flag of Japan.svg Dome Racing Team Honda NSX GT5006:08:47.528 [50]
2005 Flag of Macau.svg André Couto
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli
Flag of Japan.svg Hayanari Shimoda [h] 		Flag of Japan.svg Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Supra GT5006:26:41.366
170 laps, 987 km		 [51]
2006 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hoshino
Flag of France.svg Jérémie Dufour  [ fr ]		 Flag of Japan.svg Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Super GT Series 5:57:45.468 [52]
2007 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis [i] 		Flag of Japan.svg Houzan Toyota Team TOM'S Lexus SC430 GT5006:04:10.983 [53]
2008 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe 		Flag of Japan.svg Calsonic Team Impul Nissan GT-R GT5005:56:31.327 [54]
700 km distance, 5.807 km circuit, 121 laps
2009 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima 		Flag of Japan.svg Lexus Team Kraft Lexus SC430 GT500 Super GT Series 4:16:02.744 [55]
2010 Flag of Ireland.svg Ralph Firman
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi [j] 		Flag of Japan.svg Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda HSV-010 GT GT5004:07:10.085 [56]
500 km distance, 5.807 km circuit, 87 laps
2011 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure
Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval 		Flag of Japan.svg Weider Honda Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT500 Super GT Series 3:16:09.255
86 laps, 499 km [k] 		[57]
1000 km distance, 5.807 km circuit, 173 laps
2012 Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli 		Flag of Japan.svg MOLA International Nissan GT-R GT500 Super GT Series 5:59:01.662 [58]
2013 Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto 		Flag of Japan.svg Weider Modulo Dome Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT5005:55:04.565 [59]
[60]
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 		Flag of Japan.svg Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus RC F GT5005:37:27.911 [61]
[62]
2015 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 		Flag of Japan.svg Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus RC F GT5005:45:55.277
163 laps, 946 km [l] 		[63]
[64]
2016 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura 		Flag of Japan.svg Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo Lexus RC F GT5005:45:34.230 [65]
[66]
2017 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette
Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Matsuura 		Flag of Japan.svg Nakajima Racing Honda NSX-GT GT5005:51:16.244
171 laps, 993 km [m] 		[67]
[68]
10 hours duration, 5.807 km circuit
2018 Flag of Germany.svg Maro Engel
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello
Flag of France.svg Tristan Vautier 		Flag of Hong Kong.svg Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Intercontinental GT Challenge 10:00:32.584
276 laps, 1603 km		 [69]
2019 Flag of South Africa.svg Kelvin van der Linde
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch 		Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo 10:01:51.048
275 laps, 1597 km		 [70]
2020
–
2024		Not held due to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic
1000 km distance, 5.807 km circuit, 173 laps
2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge
  1. ↑ Incorrectly listed in some sources as "Kawakami Nishino".
  2. ↑ 1972 Race was stopped after 140 laps due to bad weather.
  3. ↑ 1973 Race was stopped after 150 laps due to bad weather.
  4. ↑ 1980 Race was stopped after 148 laps due to bad weather.
  5. ↑ 1982 Race winner received 1 lap deduction penalty post-race.
  6. ↑ 1994 Race was stopped after 163 laps (956 km). Race winner received 1 lap deduction penalty post-race.
  7. ↑ Bernd Schneider changed cars during the race after starting in a different AMG-Mercedes entry.
  8. ↑ Hayanari Shimoda did not drive during the race.
  9. ↑ Oliver Jarvis did not drive during the race.
  10. ↑ Takashi Kobayashi did not drive during the race.
  11. ↑ 2011 Race was stopped after 86 laps for reaching the time limit.
  12. ↑ 2015 Race was stopped after 163 laps for reaching the time limit.
  13. ↑ 2017 Race was stopped after 171 laps for reaching the time limit.

Multiple winners

By driver

WinsDriverYears
4 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi 1973, 1984, 1985, 1989
3 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Nagasaka 1980, 1982, 1991
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami 1999, 2003, 2004
Flag of Japan.svg Juichi Wakisaka 2000, 2002, 2007
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Philippe 2003, 2004, 2008
Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Ito 2000, 2004, 2015
2 Flag of Japan.svg Sachio Fukuzawa 1966, 1968
Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiko Tsutsumi 1966, 1969
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Fushida 1968, 1971
Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Takahashi 1984, 1985
Flag of Japan.svg Jiro Yoneyama 1969, 1986
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Lees 1984, 1987
Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Okada 1986, 1988
Flag of Sweden.svg Stanley Dickens 1988, 1989
Flag of Japan.svg Toshio Suzuki 1990, 1993
Flag of France.svg Bob Wollek 1981, 1994
Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Sekiya 1987, 1995
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Bellm 1995, 1996
Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider 1997, 1998
Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi 1999, 2000
Flag of Japan.svg Shigekazu Wakisaka 2001, 2002
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli 2005, 2012
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 2014, 2015
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa 2001, 2016
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura 2009, 2016

By manufacturer

WinsManufacturerYears
11 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche 1967, 1969, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994
8 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota 1966, 1968, 1972, 1987, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2005
Flag of Japan.svg Honda 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017
7 Flag of Japan.svg Nissan 1970, 1973, 1990, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2012
5 Flag of Japan.svg Lexus 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016
3 Flag of Germany.svg Mercedes-Benz 1997, 1998, 2018
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McLaren 1995, 1996

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The 2024 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirty-second season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the twentieth season under the Super GT name. It is also the forty-second overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

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