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]
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:
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.
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 |
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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.
Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Rank | Driver | Team | OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
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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[c] | ||||||||||
25 | Togo Suganami | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 17 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 1 | ||||
26 | Hiroki Katoh | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 2[d] | 2[e] | 11 | 7[f] | 2[c] | 1 | |||
– | Yusuke Shiotsu | No. 11 GAINER | 17 | 5[e] | 1[g] | 15 | 9[c] | 0 | |||
– | Seiya Jin | No. 6 Team LeMans | 7[d] | 15 | 3[g] | Ret | 15 | 0 | |||
– | Miki Koyama | No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 14 | 17 | 19 | 10[f] | 11 | 0 | |||
– | Shinnosuke Yamada | No. 20 SHADE Racing | 12 | 10[e] | 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 |
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 |
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1 – 3 Points for finished at the same lap as the race winner |
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 |