2023 Super GT Series
The 2023 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and ran by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirty-first season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which included the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the nineteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the forty-first overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.
Team Impul and drivers Kazuki Hiramine and Bertrand Baguette entered the season as the defending GT500 champions, while Kondo Racing and driver João Paulo de Oliveira entered the season as the defending GT300 champions. This was the final season for three-time GT500 champion, Yuji Tachikawa, who announced his retirement at the end of the season.[1][2]
TGR Team au TOM'S won the championship in the GT500 class after having won the previous title in the 2021 season, with Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata won the Drivers' Championship. In the GT300 class, Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave, Hiroki Yoshida and Kohta Kawaai won the Teams' and Drivers' Championship. Both class championships were won by Toyota teams driving the respective GT500 and GT300 versions of the Toyota GR Supra.[3]
Regulation changes
[edit]GTA chairman Masaaki Bandoh outlined the series' environmental initiative plans in November 2022, known as the "Super GT Green Project 2030".[4][1] The series aims to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030. As part of this initiative, Super GT made the following regulation changes for 2023:
- Super GT debuted a new, 100 percent sustainable carbon-neutral fuel manufactured by ETS Racing Fuels, a division of Haltermann Carless GmbH. The new ETS Renewablaze GTA R100 racing fuel was introduced to GT500 for the first round of the championship.[5] The GT300 class will continue to use petroleum fuel for the season after feedback gathered in testing.[6]
- The number of tyre sets available to teams per race weekend has been limited to five sets of dry tyres and six sets of wet tyres for 300 kilometre race meetings, one set fewer for each than in 2022. The number of tyre sets available for 450km races would be determined on a case-by-case basis.[7] Ultimately, there would be six sets of dry tyres and seven sets of wet tyres available at all five 450km races, one set fewer for each than in 2022.
Teams and drivers
[edit]On 20 February, 2023, the GTA released the series entry list, featuring 15 entries in the GT500 class and 27 entries in the GT300 class. All teams compete under a Japanese license.
GT500
[edit]GT300
[edit]Vehicle changes
[edit]GT500
[edit]- Honda announced that a new GT500 car based on the Civic Type R will debut in 2024.[34] As a result, 2023 is the final season for the second-generation NSX-GT.
GT300
[edit]- apr replaced their Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV with a new hybrid GT300 car, the Lexus LC500h GT.[35] The Prius had served as apr's flagship car since 2012.
- After selling their Toyota 86 Mother Chassis to Team Mach in the off-season, Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage (see Entrant changes below) changed to the Lexus RC F GT3.
- Pacific Racing Team replaced their Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.
Entrant changes
[edit]GT500
[edit]- Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 25 November 2022.
- Sacha Fenestraz, who raced with TOM'S, left the series to compete in Formula E with Nissan. TOM's drivers Ritomo Miyata and Giuliano Alesi exchanged cars, with Miyata going to the number 36 team and Alesi going to the number 37 with new sponsorship from Deloitte. Alesi would share the car with former Honda driver Ukyo Sasahara, who officially joined Toyota on 12 January 2023.
- Honda: Honda Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 12 December 2022.
- Mugen (M-TEC) and ARTA formed a strategic alliance, competing with two ARTA Mugen-branded cars under the ARTA entrant name.[36]
- Toshiki Oyu moved from the number 16 car (entered as Team Red Bull Mugen in 2022) to the number 8 ARTA Mugen car to partner Tomoki Nojiri. In exchange, Nirei Fukuzumi moved to the number 16 car to partner Hiroki Otsu, who joined ARTA after three seasons at Nakajima Racing.
- Kakunoshin Ohta stepped up from GT300 to take Otsu's place at Nakajima Racing, alongside Takuya Izawa.
- Nissan: Nissan announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 27 January 2023.
- There were no changes in teams and drivers from the 2022 season.[8] Team Impul carried the GT500 champions number 1 plate, while Kazuki Hoshino, the son of team founder Kazuyoshi Hoshino, became the new Team Director. Four years after the merger between Impul's longtime title sponsor Calsonic and Magneti Marelli, the Marelli brand replaced Calsonic on the blue Impul Nissan Z, now entered as the "Marelli Impul Z".[32]
- NDDP Racing signed spark plug manufacturer Niterra as their new title sponsor, to replace specialty dealer CraftSports.[32]
GT300
[edit]- Team UpGarage recruited 2022 F4 Japanese Champion Syun Koide to replace Kakunoshin Ohta, following Ohta's promotion to the GT500 class.[10]
- After forming a two-car GT500 programme with M-TEC, ARTA will not enter the GT300 class in 2023.[10]
- 2016 GT300 champion Takamitsu Matsui transferred from Hoppy Team Tsuchiya to Team Mach, replacing Reiji Hiraki.[37] Matsui was replaced by former LEON Racing driver Togo Suganami, who returned to the series in 2023.[23]
- Reigning Super Formula Lights champion Kazuto Kotaka replaced Yuhki Nakayama in the number 31 apr team, with Yuki Nemoto signed as the third driver for long-distance rounds. Yuta Kamimura and reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Ryo Ogawa would share the role of third driver in the number 30 apr GR86 GT.[25]
- 2012 DTM champion and BMW factory driver Bruno Spengler made his series debut with BMW M Team Studie × CRS, partnering the returning Seiji Ara. Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida was signed to be the third driver and replaced Spengler in the event of calendar clashes.[19] The entrant name was changed from BMW Team Studie x CSL (Customer Racing Support Limited) to BMW Team Studie x CRS (Customer Racing Support). From the fourth round onward the entrant name was changed again, to BMW M Team Studie x CRS.
- 2008 GT300 champion Hironobu Yasuda moved to the number 10 GAINER team to partner second-year driver Riki Okusa. Video game developer PONOS became the new title sponsor of the number 10 car. In exchange, Ryuichiro Tomita moved to the number 11 car to partner Keishi Ishikawa. Yusuke Shiotsu, previously the third driver of the number 10 car, became the third driver of the number 11 car for long-distance rounds.[8]
- Anest Iwata Racing made make their debut in Super GT, working together with Arnage Racing as Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage. Igor Fraga, a multi-time Gran Turismo World Series champion and former FIA Formula 3 Championship driver, raced full-time alongside 2021 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Yuga Furutani. 2022 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Miki Koyama was named the third driver and became the first woman to race in the series since Cyndie Allemann in 2012.[22]
- Yogibo Racing returned to Super GT as an independent team, having previously competed in a collaboration with Drago Corse in the 2021 season. The team entered a Honda NSX GT3 and received technical support from Servus Japan, who previously supported ARTA. F4 Japanese Championship graduates Reimei Ito and Yugo Iwasawa were the full-time drivers, making their series debuts.[20]
- 2020 FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira began his first full season in the series, joining Yuui Tsutsumi at muta Racing INGING. Two-time GT300 championship runner-up Hiroki Katoh was appointed as the new team director and shifted to a part-time driving role as the team's third driver.
- 2021 Super Formula Lights champion Teppei Natori returned to the series with defending series champions Kondo Racing, replacing two-time and reigning GT300 champion Kiyoto Fujinami.[32] Kondo Racing declined the option to use the number 0 plate reserved for the reigning GT300 series champions and instead kept the number 56.
- Drago Corse, who dropped out of the 2022 season due to sponsorship issues, did not return to the series in 2023.
- Pacific Racing Team ended their collaboration with CarGuy Racing and Hololive Production after the 2022 season. Pacific began a new partnership with virtual YouTuber agency VSPO! and signed an all-new driver line up of Ryohei Sakaguchi, Alex Jiatong Liang, and Shintaro Kawabata as the third driver for the team.[21]
- Seiya Jin, Shinnosuke Yamada, Masaki Kano, Takumi Sanada, and Takuya Otaki were announced as the third drivers of Team LeMans, SHADE Racing, R'Qs MotorSports, NILZZ Racing, and Tomei Sports respectively.[18] Jin and Sanada made their series debuts in the second round at Fuji Speedway.
Mid-season changes
[edit]GT500 Class
[edit]- Iori Kimura was named as the third driver for the number 8 ARTA Mugen NSX-GT. Kimura's appointment came after Toshiki Oyu suffered a fractured collarbone prior to the Super Formula race at Fuji Speedway on 16 July.[11] Oyu was eventually declared fit to race, so Kimura did not run in practice, qualifying, or the race.
- Naoki Yamamoto suffered a neck injury in a crash at Sportsland Sugo which forced him to miss the final two races of the season. Iori Kimura was named as his replacement.[14]
GT300 Class
[edit]- Yuta Kamimura replaced Hiroaki Nagai in the number 30 apr Toyota GR86 for the opening round of the series.[26] Nagai returned for round two, and Ryo Ogawa made his series debut as the team's third driver.[18] Kamimura and Ogawa alternated third driver duties throughout the season, with Ogawa running both races at Fuji, and Kamimura running both races at Suzuka plus the Autopolis round.
- Pacific Racing Team missed the second round at Fuji after a crash at Okayama.[38] They returned from the third round onwards.
- Masaya Kono replaced NILZZ Racing's Yuki Tanaka for rounds two and three.[18] Tanaka withdrew prior to the fourth round at Fuji and was not replaced. Kono would join Taiyo Ida and Takumi Sanada for the fifth round at Suzuka, and Tanaka returned for the sixth round at Sugo.
- Roberto Merhi signed with Mahindra Racing in the FIA Formula E World Championship, replacing Oliver Rowland for the remainder of the 2023 season. Due to a clash of dates between the third round at Suzuka and the Jakarta ePrix, Merhi did not race at Suzuka.[39]
- JLOC debuted the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 at the fourth round at Fuji Speedway.[40] The number 88 team ran with a brand new EVO2 chassis, while the number 87 team would use the old number 88 GT3 EVO model following a heavy crash at Suzuka, which destroyed their previous chassis.
- Hoppy Team Tsuchiya's Toyota GR Supra GT300 was destroyed in a vehicle fire during the fourth round at Fuji Speedway, and the car and team would not return for the rest of the season.[41]
- On 23 August, Max Racing announced their immediate withdrawal from the Super GT Series.[24] They were scheduled to miss the fifth round at Suzuka due to a vehicle fire sustained in the previous round at Fuji.[31]
- 2018 GT300 Champion and K2 R&D LEON Racing team director, Haruki Kurosawa, entered the fifth round at Suzuka as the team's third driver. It is Kurosawa's first Super GT appearance as a driver since the 2019 Fuji GT 500 Mile Race.[31]
- Seita Nonaka joined Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave as a third driver for the seventh round at Autopolis.[28]
- Yuki Nemoto replaced Koki Saga in the number 31 apr Lexus LC500h for the final round at Motegi.[42]
- Time attack and gymkhana specialist Yusaku Shibata rejoined Tomei Sports for the final round at Motegi, driving alongside Takayuki Aoki.[42]
Calendar
[edit]A confirmed eight round provisional 2023 calendar was announced on 8 August 2022.[43] On 28 December 2022, the dates of Sugo and Autopolis rounds were changed.[44] On 20 February 2023, distances and formats for all rounds were confirmed. Both races at Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit, plus the penultimate round at Autopolis, would be 450 kilometre races requiring at least two green flag pit stops for refuelling.[7] Also, the first and final rounds of the championship will no longer require teams to change tyres on their compulsory pit stops.[7]
Round | Race | Circuit | Location | Dates | Map |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Okayama GT 300km Race | Okayama International Circuit | Mimasaka-shi, Okayama-ken | 15–16 April | |
2 | Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 450km Race | Fuji Speedway | Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken | 3–4 May | |
3 | Suzuka GT 450km Race | Suzuka Circuit | Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken | 3–4 June | |
4 | Fuji GT 450km Race | Fuji Speedway | Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken | 5–6 August | |
5 | Suzuka GT 450km Race | Suzuka Circuit | Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken | 26–27 August | |
6 | Sugo GT 300km Race | Sportsland Sugo | Murata-machi, Miyagi-ken | 16–17 September | |
7 | Autopolis GT 450km Race | Autopolis | Hita-shi, Ōita-ken | 14–15 October | |
8 | Motegi GT 300km Race | Mobility Resort Motegi | Motegi-machi, Tochigi-ken | 4–5 November |
NOTE: Race names are preliminary and subject to change.
Results
[edit]Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.
Championship standings
[edit]Drivers' championships
[edit]- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
GT500
[edit]
|
Bold – Pole |
GT300
[edit]Rank | Driver | Team | OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hiroki Yoshida Kohta Kawaai |
No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 7 | 74 |
2 | Yuui Tsutsumi Hibiki Taira |
No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 18 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 53 |
3 | João Paulo de Oliveira Teppei Natori |
No. 56 Kondo Racing | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 6 | 50 |
4 | Naoya Gamou Takuro Shinohara |
No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 2 | 4 | 12 | 25† | Ret | 6 | 12 | 2 | 44 |
5 | Takashi Kobayashi Syun Koide |
No. 18 Team UpGarage | 1 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 1 | DSQ | 17 | 8 | 43 |
6 | Seiji Ara | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 43 |
7 | Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima |
No. 88 JLOC | 24† | 6 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 40 |
8 | Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi |
No. 61 R&D Sport | 22 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 40 |
9 | Yoshiaki Katayama | No. 6 Team LeMans | 21 | 7 | 15 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 15 | 3 | 37 |
9 | Roberto Merhi Muntan | No. 6 Team LeMans | 21 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 15 | 3 | 37 | |
10 | Masataka Yanagida | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 13 | 1 | 2 | 35 | |||||
11 | Kazuto Kotaka | No. 31 apr | 16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 |
11 | Yuki Nemoto | No. 31 apr | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 33 | ||
12 | Ryuichiro Tomita Keishi Ishikawa |
No. 11 GAINER | Ret | 17 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
13 | Koki Saga | No. 31 apr | 16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 25 | |
14 | Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka |
No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO | 9 | Ret | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
15 | Kosuke Matsuura Natsu Sakaguchi |
No. 87 JLOC | 7 | Ret | 23 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
16 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Eijiro Shimizu |
No. 20 SHADE Racing | Ret | 12 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
17 | Hironobu Yasuda Riki Okusa |
No. 10 GAINER | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 16 |
18 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
No. 96 K-tunes Racing | 14 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 15 |
19 | Kimiya Sato Atsushi Miyake |
No. 244 Max Racing | 3 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 11 | ||||
20 | Yugo Iwasawa Reimei Ito |
No. 27 Yogibo Racing | 4 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
21 | Bruno Spengler | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 6 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | |||
22 | Hiroki Yoshimoto Shunsuke Kohno |
No. 60 LM corsa | 8 | 23† | 7 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 8 |
23 | Igor Omura Fraga Yuga Furutani |
No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 5 |
24 | Manabu Orido | No. 30 apr | 13 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 23 | 2 |
24 | Hiroaki Nagai | No. 30 apr | 18 | 9 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 23 | 2 | |
24 | Yuta Kamimura | No. 30 apr | 13 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 2 | ||||
25 | Seita Nonaka | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 17 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 1 | ||||
No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 1[d] | ||||||||||
25 | Togo Suganami | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 17 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 1 | ||||
26 | Hiroki Katoh | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 2[e] | 2[f] | 11 | 7[g] | 2[d] | 1 | |||
– | Yusuke Shiotsu | No. 11 GAINER | 17 | 5[f] | 1[h] | 15 | 9[d] | 0 | |||
– | Seiya Jin | No. 6 Team LeMans | 7[e] | 15 | 3[h] | Ret | 15 | 0 | |||
– | Miki Koyama | No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 14 | 17 | 19 | 10[g] | 11 | 0 | |||
– | Shinnosuke Yamada | No. 20 SHADE Racing | 12 | 10[f] | 15 | 18 | 13 | 0 | |||
– | Ryohei Sakaguchi Liang Jiatong |
No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 23† | WD | 25 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 0 |
– | Shintaro Kawabata | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | WD | 25 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 0 | |||
– | Haruki Kurosawa | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | Ret | 12 | 0 | ||||||
– | Ryo Ogawa | No. 30 apr | 18 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
– | Takayuki Aoki | No. 360 Tomei Sports | Ret | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 0 |
– | Takuya Otaki | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 0 | ||
– | Atsushi Tanaka | No. 360 Tomei Sports | Ret | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | ||
– | Yusuke Tomibayashi Takamitsu Matsui |
No. 5 Team Mach | 15 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
– | Hisashi Wada Masaki Jyonai |
No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 20 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 0 |
– | Taiyo Ida | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 19 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 0 |
– | Takumi Sanada | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 20 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 0 | |||
– | Yuki Tanaka | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 19 | WD | 20 | 22 | 20 | 0 | |||
– | Masaya Kono | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 20 | 25 | 19 | 0 | |||||
– | Masaki Kano | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 21 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 0 | |||
– | Yusaku Shibata | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Rank | Driver | Team | OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
Teams' championships
[edit]- Race points
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Additionally, teams received points for completed the race behind the race winner:
Same lap as the race winner | 1 lap behind the race winner | 2 laps or more behind the race winner | |
Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
GT500
[edit]
|
1 – 3 Points for finished at the same lap as the race winner |
GT300
[edit]Rank | Team | OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 51 | 31 | 31 | 91 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 71 | 95 |
2 | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 182 | 21 | 21 | 111 | 71 | Ret | 21 | 91 | 71 |
3 | No. 56 Kondo Racing | 101 | 11 | 41 | 41 | Ret | 101 | 51 | 61 | 70 |
4 | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 61 | 132 | 11 | 21 | 161 | 132 | 82 | 121 | 64 |
5 | No. 88 JLOC | 24†3 | 61 | 211 | 81 | 41 | 142 | 71 | 1 | 61 |
6 | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 21 | 41 | 121 | 25†3 | Ret | 61 | 122 | 21 | 61 |
7 | No. 61 R&D Sport | 223 | 112 | 61 | 61 | 31 | 4 | 41 | 101 | 59 |
8 | No. 31 apr | 161 | 81 | 131 | 51 | 61 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 57 |
9 | No. 18 Team UpGarage | 11 | Ret | Ret | 171 | 11 | DSQ | 171 | 81 | 56 |
10 | No. 6 Team LeMans | 213 | 71 | 151 | 31 | Ret | 31 | 152 | 31 | 55 |
11 | No. 11 GAINER | Ret | 172 | 51 | 11 | 151 | 122 | 92 | 131 | 46 |
12 | No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO | 91 | Ret | 181 | 121 | 51 | 51 | 61 | 111 | 40 |
13 | No. 10 GAINER | 111 | 51 | 81 | 71 | 131 | 91 | 101 | 161 | 39 |
14 | No. 87 JLOC | 71 | Ret | 231 | 161 | 21 | 192 | 193 | 213 | 35 |
15 | No. 20 SHADE Racing | Ret | 122 | 101 | 151 | 182 | 21 | 132 | 141 | 34 |
16 | No. 96 K-tunes Racing | 142 | 91 | 221 | 233 | 81 | 81 | Ret | 51 | 33 |
17 | No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 121 | 142 | 171 | 191 | 101 | 72 | 112 | 171 | 27 |
18 | No. 60 LM Corsa | 81 | 23†3 | 71 | 101 | 121 | 213 | 203 | 151 | 26 |
19 | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | 41 | 152 | 201 | 202 | 91 | 182 | Ret | Ret | 25 |
20 | No. 244 Max Racing | 31 | 162 | 161 | Ret | 19 | ||||
21 | No. 30 apr | 131 | 183 | 91 | 131 | 171 | Ret | 162 | 233 | 18 |
22 | No. 5 Team Mach | 151 | 223 | 191 | 181 | 213 | 223 | 183 | 181 | 16 |
23 | No. 360 Tomei Sports | Ret | 193 | 143 | 143 | 143 | 152 | 142 | 241 | 15 |
24 | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 23†3 | WD | 251 | 222 | 111 | 172 | 233 | 192 | 14 |
25 | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 192 | 203 | 251 | 212 | 192 | 203 | 223 | 203 | 13 |
26 | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 20 2 | 213 | 262 | 243 | 203 | 162 | 213 | 223 | 11 |
27 | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 171 | 101 | 111 | Ret | 10 | ||||
Rank | Team | OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Car No. 7 entered as BMW Team Studie × CRS, car No. 18 entered as Team UpGarage, and car No. 27 entered as Yogibo Racing
- ^ a b Car No. 22 entered as R'Qs Motor Sports, and car No. 50 entered as Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage
- ^ Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
- ^ a b c Seita Nonaka, Hiroki Katoh, Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
- ^ a b Hiroki Katoh & Seiya Jin did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
- ^ a b c Hiroki Katoh, Yusuke Shiotsu, & Shinosuke Yamada did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
- ^ a b Hiroki Katoh, Miki Koyama did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
- ^ a b Yusuke Shiotsu and Seiya Jin did not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.
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