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2012 Super GT Series

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Masataka Yanagida & Ronnie Quintarelli
GT500 Teams' Champion:
MOLA
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
Kyosuke Mineo & Naoki Yokomizo
GT300 Teams' Champion:
Team Taisan ENDLESS

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2011

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2013

The 2012 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twentieth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the eighth season as the Super GT series. It also marked the thirtieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 1 and ended on November 18, 2012, after eight championship races and a non-championship race.

Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli of Nissan works team MOLA won their second consecutive GT500 Drivers' and Teams' Championships, and became only the second team and driver combination to win the GT500 championship before the final round of the season. Team Taisan Endless and drivers Kyosuke Mineo and Naoki Yokomizo won the GT300 championships in their new Porsche 911 GT3-R, giving Team Taisan their final Super GT championship.

## Schedule[edit]

Suzuka

Motegi

Autopolis

Fuji

SUGO

Okayama

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2012 venues

Round  | Race  | Circuit  | Date

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1  | Okayama GT
300 km  |  Okayama International Circuit | April 1
2  | Fuji GT 1
500 km  |  Fuji Speedway | May 4
3  | Super GT International Series Malaysia
300 km  |  Sepang International Circuit | June 10
4  | Sugo GT
300 km  |  Sportsland SUGO | July 29
5  | 41st International Pokka 1000km
1000 km  |  Suzuka Circuit | August 19
6  | Fuji GT 2
300 km  |  Fuji Speedway | September 9
7  | Autopolis GT
300 km  |  Autopolis | September 30
8  | Motegi GT
250 km  |  Twin Ring Motegi | October 28
NC  | Fuji Sprint Cup |  Fuji Speedway | November 17
November 18

## Regulation changes[edit]

From this season, the GT300 class fully incorporated the Group GT3 ruleset and Balance of Performance parameters used by the SRO Motorsports Group. Sixteen GT300 entries that competed in all or most domestic rounds were GT3 vehicles. GT3 vehicles won every championship round, plus both races of the non-championship Fuji Sprint Cup, along with the series championship.

2012 saw the introduction of hybrid powertrain vehicles to the GT300 category. Constructor apr introduced a Toyota Prius JAF-GT300 vehicle powered by a battery-driven hybrid system, and Mugen (M-TEC) followed shortly after by introducing the Honda CR-Z GT300 with a racing hybrid system developed by Zytek. Vehicles from the JAF-GT Category C (vehicles based on modified sports cars with minimal production requirements) and Category D (prototype cars not belonging to other JAF-GT categories) were phased out beginning in 2012. These outgoing vehicles included the Mooncraft Shiden, ASL Garaiya, and Vemac RD320R, which had been mainstays of the series for much of the past decade. On the other hand, JAF-GT Category A and B cars, based on mass production models, were allowed to use traction control beginning in 2012, and were also given concessions such as 14-inch width tyres, paddle sequential shifters, and larger diameter air restrictors.

## Drivers and teams[edit]

### GT500[edit]

Team  | Make  | Car  | Engine  | No. | Drivers  | Tyre  | Round

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MOLA  | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT500 | Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 | 1  |  Masataka Yanagida | M | All
Ronnie Quintarelli | All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | Lexus | Lexus SC430 GT500 | Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 | 6  |  Daisuke Itō | B | All
Kazuya Oshima | All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 | 8  |  Ralph Firman | B | All
Takashi Kobayashi | All
Team Impul | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT500 | Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 | 12  |  Tsugio Matsuda | B | All
João Paulo de Oliveira | All
Keihin Real Racing | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 | 17  |  Toshihiro Kaneishi | B | All
Koudai Tsukakoshi | All
Weider Honda Racing  | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 | 18  |  Takashi Kogure | B | All
Carlo van Dam | All
Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH | Lexus | Lexus SC430 GT500 | Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 | 19  |  Seiji Ara | Y | All
André Couto | 1–8
Marino Franchitti | NC
Nismo | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT500 | Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 | 23  |  Satoshi Motoyama | B | All
Michael Krumm | All
Kondo Racing | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT500 | Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 | 24  |  Hironobu Yasuda | Y | All
Björn Wirdheim | All
Epson Nakajima Racing | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 | 32  |  Ryo Michigami | D | All
Yuhki Nakayama | All
Lexus Team KeePer Kraft  | Lexus | Lexus SC430 GT500 | Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 | 35  |  Yuji Kunimoto | B | All
Andrea Caldarelli | All
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | Lexus | Lexus SC430 GT500 | Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 | 36  |  Kazuki Nakajima | B | All
Loïc Duval | 1, 3–8, NC
Richard Lyons | 2
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo | Lexus | Lexus SC430 GT500 | Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 | 38  |  Yuji Tachikawa | B | All
Kohei Hirate | All
Lexus Team SARD | Lexus | Lexus SC430 GT500 | Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 | 39  |  Juichi Wakisaka | M | All
Hiroaki Ishiura | All
Team Kunimitsu | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 | 100  |  Takuya Izawa | B | All
Naoki Yamamoto | All

### GT300[edit]

Team  | Make  | Car  | Engine  | No. | Drivers  | Tyre  | Round

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GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo  | BMW | BMW Z4 GT3 | BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 | 0  |  Nobuteru Taniguchi | Y | All
Tatsuya Kataoka | All
4  |  Taku Bamba | All
Masahiro Sasaki | All
Cars Tokai Dream28  | Mooncraft | Mooncraft Shiden | Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0 L V8 | 2  |  Kazuho Takahashi | Y | All
Hiroki Katoh | All
Hiroshi Hamaguchi | 5
NDDP Racing  | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 3  |  Yuhi Sekiguchi | Y | 1–5, 7–8, NC
Katsumasa Chiyo | All
Daiki Sasaki | 5–6
Team Mach | Ferrari | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8 | 5  |  Tetsuji Tamanaka | Y | 1–2, 4–8, NC
Masayuki Ueda | 1–2, 4–8, NC
Masataka Kawaguchi | 2
Gainer  | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 | 11  |  Tetsuya Tanaka | D | All
Katsuyuki Hiranaka | All
Atsushi Yogo | 5
Team SGC  | Lexus | Lexus IS350 GT300 | Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 | 14  |  Ryo Orime | Y | 4–8, NC
Alexandre Imperatori | 4–6
Naoya Yamano | 7–8, NC
Team Art Taste  | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 | 15  |  Tim Bergmeister  | Y | 1–2
Takeshi Tsuchiya | 1–2
Jörg Bergmeister | 2
Team Mugen | Honda | Honda CR-Z GT | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 | 16  |  Hideki Mutoh | B | 4–8, NC
Daisuke Nakajima | 4–8, NC
Hitotsuyama Racing  | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 | 20  |  Hideki Noda | Y | 1–2
Michael Kim | 1
Kenji Kobayashi | 2
Frank Yu | 2
21  |  Akihiro Tsuzuki | All
Cyndie Allemann | 1–5
Richard Lyons | 5–8, NC
Yukinori Taniguchi | 2
77  |  Igor Sushko | 8, NC
Kenji Kobayashi | 8, NC
99  |  Frank Yu | 3, 7
Hideto Yasuoka | 3–5, 7
Michael Kim | 4–5
Yoshio Tsuzuki | 5
R'Qs Motorsports  | Vemac | Vemac RD350R | Zytek ZV348 4.0 L V8 | 22  |  Hisashi Wada | Y | All
Masaki Jyonai | All
LMP Motorsport  | Ferrari | Ferrari F430 GTC | Ferrari F136GT 4.3 L V8 | 27  |  Yutaka Yamagishi | Y | 1–8
Takuto Iguchi | 1–8
apr  | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 | 30  |  Yuki Iwasaki | Y | All
Yuya Sakamoto | All
Kenji Kobayashi | 5
Toyota | Toyota Prius apr GT | Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 | 31  |  Morio Nitta | All
Koki Saga | All
Yuichi Nakayama | 5
Hankook KTR  | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 | 33  |  Masami Kageyama | H | All
Tomonobu Fujii | All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL ARTA Garaiya | Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 | 43  |  Shinichi Takagi | B | All
Kosuke Matsuura | All
Dijon Racing  | Callaway | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 | 48  |  Hiroshi Takamori | Y | 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
Shogo Mitsuyama | 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
Keiichi Inoue | 2, 5
Green Tec & Leon with Shift  | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 | 52  |  Hironori Takeuchi | Y | All
Haruki Kurosawa | 1–5, 7–8, NC
Akihiko Nakaya | 5
Takeshi Tsuchiya | 6
R&D Sport | Subaru | Subaru BRZ GT300 | Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 | 61  |  Tetsuya Yamano | Y | All
Kota Sasaki | All
A speed  | Aston Martin | Aston Martin Vantage GT2 | Aston Martin AJ37 4.7 L V8 | 66  |  Hiroki Yoshimoto | Y | 1
Kazuki Hoshino | 1
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12 |  Hiroki Yoshimoto | 2–8, NC
Kazuki Hoshino | 2–8, NC
Hiroki Yoshida | 5
ThunderAsia Racing  | Mosler | Mosler MT900M | Judd XV675 3.5 L V8 | 69  |  Fairuz Fauzy | Y | 3
Hiroki Yoshida | 3
JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | Lamborghini 07L1 5.2 L V10 | 85  |  Yuya Sakamoto | Y | 1–2, 5–7
Masaki Kano | 1–2, 6
Ryohei Sakaguchi | 2, 5
Hideshi Matsuda | 7
86  |  Hideshi Matsuda | 1–5, NC
Junichiro Yamashita | 1–5, NC
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 | 87  |  Koji Yamanishi | All
Hideki Yamauchi | 1–8
Yuya Sakamoto | NC
88  |  Manabu Orido | All
Takayuki Aoki | All
Keita Sawa | 5
Tomei Sports  | Callaway | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 | 360  |  Atsushi Tanaka | Y | 1–4, 6–8, NC
Yasushi Kikuchi | 1
Takuya Shirasaka | 2–4, 6–8, NC
Team Taisan ENDLESS | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 | 911  |  Kyosuke Mineo | Y | All
Naoki Yokomizo | All

### Entrant Changes[edit]

#### GT500 Class[edit]

* Nissan: Two-time GT500 champion Michael Krumm replaced 2008 champion Benoît Tréluyer at NISMO. Tréluyer left the Japanese circuit in order to drive full-time for Audi in the new FIA World Endurance Championship, while Krumm had returned after competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship.
* Lexus: 2010 champion Loïc Duval transferred out of Honda to join Lexus at Team Petronas TOM's, replacing André Lotterer, who left the series in order to drive full-time for Audi in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Within the Lexus camp, three-time series champion Juichi Wakisaka transferred to Lexus Team SARD, and André Couto transferred to Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh. Yuji Kunimoto and Andrea Caldarelli each made their GT500 debuts, forming an all-rookie lineup at Lexus Team KeePer Kraft.
* Honda: 2008 All-Japan Formula 3 champion Carlo Van Dam made his full-time GT500 debut, replacing Duval at Weider Honda Racing. Ralph Firman returned to ARTA after a year away from racing in Japan.

#### GT300 Class[edit]

* Reigning champions Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team UKYO expanded to a two-car operation with the BMW Z4 GT3. Last year's championship-winning entry changed its number to 0, and championship winning driver Nobuteru Taniguchi was joined by former Lexus GT500 driver Tatsuya Kataoka. Co-champion Taku Bamba moved to the new number 4 car, joined by Masahiro Sasaki, who drove for GSR in 2010.
* NDDP (Nissan Driver Development Program) Racing entered the series with the all-new Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. The team was managed by Masahiro Hasemi, and carried the number 3 which was associated with Hasemi Motor Sports, who competed in the series until 2010. Reigning All-Japan Formula 3 champion Yuhi Sekiguchi, and All-Japan F3 National Class champion Katsumasa Chiyo, were the team's drivers.
* SHIFT, the team managed by former GT500 champion Hironori Takeuchi, re-entered the series with the all-new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The team competed under the banner of Green Tec & LEON with Shift, with Takeuchi and former Team Mach driver Haruki Kurosawa as their drivers.
* Subaru and Subaru Tecnica International (STI) launched the BRZ GT300. The BRZ GT300 was entered by R&D Sport, who raced with the Legacy B4 between 2009 and 2011.
* apr introduced the hybrid-powered Toyota Prius GT to replace their previous Corolla Axio GT model. The number 31 Prius was driven by Morio Nitta and Koki Saga. apr also fielded a second entry with an Audi R8 LMS Ultra, driven by Yuki Iwasaki and Yuya Sakamoto (of Tokyo).
* M-TEC (as Team Mugen) would return to the series as an independent team, and introduced the hybrid-powered Honda CR-Z GT300, beginning from the fourth round at Sportsland Sugo. GT500 race winner Hideki Mutoh, and second-generation rookie driver Daisuke Nakajima were announced as Mugen's drivers.
* Gainer changed vehicles from the Ferrari 458 GTC to the new Audi R8 LMS Ultra, and consolidated their programme into a single-car entry.
* Hankook KTR, who entered a second car in select races in 2011, consolidated their programme into a single-car entry, their number 33 Porsche 911 GT3-R (Type 997) driven by Masami Kageyama and Tomonobu Fujii.
* Hitotsuyama Racing returned to the series for the first time since 2009, fielding two Audi R8 LMS. Their primary entry, number 21, was prepared by Nova Engineering, and driven by Akihiro Tsuzuki (who transferred from Samurai Team Tsuchiya) and rookie Cyndie Allemann, who became the first woman to race in the series since Keiko Ihara in 2003. Their second entry was prepared by Mooncraft Engineering, and began the season as car number 20 with Hideki Noda as their ace driver alongside Michael Kim.
* JLOC entered two new Lamborghini Gallardo GT3s, the number 88 driven by Manabu Orido and Takayuki Aoki, and the number 87 driven by Koji Yamanishi (who rejoined JLOC after a year's absence) and Hideki Yamauchi (who transferred from LMP Motorsport). They also fielded two of their existing Gallardo RG-3 models in multiple races, giving them as many as four entries.
* Former Lexus GT500 driver Takuto Iguchi joined LMP Motorsport after being displaced from Lexus Team SARD.
* Team Taisan consolidated to a single-car effort and changed vehicles to the new Porsche 911 GT3-R (Type 997), in a collaboration with Endless Sports. Kyosuke Mineo was joined by former GT500 class race winner Naoki Yokomizo.
* Team Mach changed vehicles to the latest Ferrari 458 GT3, and gentleman driver Masayuki Ueda joined the team from Gainer.
* Team Art Taste, who debuted in the fifth round of the 2011 season, planned to enter the full 2012 season with a Porsche 911 GT3-R prepared by Cox, and a driver lineup featuring Tim Bergmeister and Takeshi Tsuchiya.
* Dijon Racing entered the series for the first time, fielding the Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 for drivers Hiroshi Takamori (who transferred from Hankook KTR) and Shogo Mitsuyama (who transferred from Team Taisan).
* Team SG Changi reincorporated as Team SGC, and eventually returned to the series beginning at the fourth round at Sportsland Sugo, where returning drivers Ryo Orime and Alexandre Imperatori won in 2011 with their Lexus IS 350 GT300.
* ThunderAsia Racing went from a full-season entry, to a one-off entrant in the third round at Sepang Circuit with drivers Fairuz Fauzy and Hiroki Yoshida.

### Mid-season Changes[edit]

#### GT500 Class[edit]

* 2004 GT500 champion Richard Lyons joined Lexus Team Petronas TOM's for the Fuji GT 500 km Race. Loïc Duval was unavailable, as he was competing in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with Audi Sport Team Joest.
* Marino Franchitti replaced André Couto at Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh for the non-championship Fuji Sprint Cup. Couto was unavailable, as he was competing in the Macau Grand Prix Guia Race.

#### GT300 Class[edit]

* Team a Speed changed vehicles from the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 to the V12 Vantage GT3 from the second round at Fuji Speedway. The V12 Vantage would go on to win two races in its first season in Japan.
* Tim Bergmeister was seriously injured in a crash during the Fuji 500 km, and Team Art Taste withdrew from all remaining rounds after their car was totalled in the accident. Takeshi Tsuchiya would go on to replace Haruki Kurosawa at Green Tec & LEON with Shift for the sixth round at Fuji Speedway, after Kurosawa was injured in a crash at the Suzuka 1000 km.
* NDDP prospect Daiki Sasaki replaced Yuhi Sekiguchi in the sixth round at Fuji Speedway. Sekiguchi was suspended for one race due to penalty points accrued under Super GT's Driving Moral Hazard System.
* Tomei Sports began the season with drivers Atsushi Tanaka and Yasushi Kikuchi, but Kikuchi was replaced from round two by rookie Takuya Shirasaka.
* Naoya Yamano replaced Alexandre Imperatori at Team SGC for the final two championship races and the Fuji Sprint Cup.
* JLOC's two Gallardo RG-3s changed drivers throughout the season. The number 86 car ran the first five rounds with Hideshi Matsuda and Junichiro Yamashita. Matsuda was then moved to the number 85 car in the seventh round at Autopolis, partnering Yuya Sakamoto (of Iwate Prefecture). Sakamoto had previously shared driving duties with Masaki Kano and Ryohei Sakaguchi in five of the previous six rounds. Neither of these cars entered the eighth round at Motegi, but the 86 car returned for the Fuji Sprint Cup with Matsuda and Yamashita as its drivers, and Sakamoto replaced Hideki Yamauchi in the number 87 Gallardo GT3 for the Fuji Sprint Cup.
* Hitotsuyama Racing's number 21 car brought on Richard Lyons as a third driver for the Suzuka 1000 km, and Lyons would replace Cyndie Allemann on a permanent basis for the rest of the season. Meanwhile, their second entry prepared by Mooncraft underwent numerous changes during the season: Hideki Noda left the team after two races, and was replaced with reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Hideto Yasuoka. Frank Yu replaced Michael Kim for rounds two and three, before Kim returned for rounds four and five - by which point, the car changed its number to 99. After a one-race absence, the car returned as number 77, driven by Yu and Yasuoka in round seven, then by Ukrainian-American driver Igor Sushko and Kenji Kobayashi in round eight and the Fuji Sprint Cup.
* Third drivers entered for the Fuji 500 km included Jörg Bergmeister (Team Art Taste), Yukinori Taniguchi (Hitotsuyama Racing #21), Keiichi Inoue (Dijon Racing), and Masataka Kawaguchi (Team Mach). Third drivers entered for the Suzuka 1000 km included Inoue, Lyons, Daiki Sasaki, Yuichi Nakayama (apr #31), Akihiko Nakaya (Green Tec & LEON with Shift), Atsushi Yogo (Gainer), Keita Sawa (JLOC #88), Hiroshi Hamaguchi (Cars Tokai Dream28), Yoshio Tsuzuki (Hitotsuyama Racing #21), Kenji Kobayashi (apr #30), and Hiroki Yoshida, who was part of the class-winning Team a Speed, but did not drive during the race itself and received no championship points.

## Calendar[edit]

Round  | Circuit  | Date  | Pole Position  | Race Winner

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1  |  Okayama International Circuit
Report | 1 April  | #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo | #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate |  Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate
#911 Team Taisan ENDLESS | #11 Gainer
Kyosuke Mineo
Naoki Yokomizo |  Tetsuya Tanaka
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
2  |  Fuji Speedway
Report | 4 May  | #32 Nakajima Racing | #39 Lexus Team SARD
Ryo Michigami
Yuhki Nakayama |  Hiroaki Ishiura
Juichi Wakisaka
#11 Gainer  | #0 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO
Tetsuya Tanaka
Katsuyuki Hiranaka |  Nobuteru Taniguchi
Tatsuya Kataoka
3  |  Sepang International Circuit
Report | 10 June  | #18 Weider Honda Racing  | #18 Weider Honda Racing
Takashi Kogure
Carlo van Dam |  Takashi Kogure
Carlo van Dam
#33 Hankook KTR  | #33 Hankook KTR
Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama |  Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama
4  |  Sportsland SUGO
Report | 29 July  | #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS
Daisuke Ito
Kazuya Oshima |  Daisuke Ito
Kazuya Oshima
#33 Hankook KTR  | #3 NDDP Racing
Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama |  Yuhi Sekiguchi
Katsumasa Chiyo
5  |  Suzuka Circuit
Report | 19 August  | #1 MOLA  | #1 MOLA
Masataka Yanagida
Ronnie Quintarelli |  Masataka Yanagida
Ronnie Quintarelli
#16 Team Mugen | #66 A speed
Hideki Mutoh
Daisuke Nakajima |  Hiroki Yoshimoto
Kazuki Hoshino
Hiroki Yoshida
6  |  Fuji Speedway
Report | 9 September  | #12 Team Impul | #12 Team Impul
Tsugio Matsuda
João Paulo de Oliveira |  Tsugio Matsuda
João Paulo de Oliveira
#31 apr  | #33 Hankook KTR
Morio Nitta
Koki Saga |  Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama
7  |  Autopolis
Report | 30 September  | #19 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH | #1 MOLA
Seiji Ara
André Couto |  Masataka Yanagida
Ronnie Quintarelli
#3 NDDP Racing  | #66 A speed
Yuhi Sekiguchi
Katsumasa Chiyo |  Hiroki Yoshimoto
Kazuki Hoshino
8  |  Twin Ring Motegi
Report | 28 October  | #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo  | #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate |  Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate
#33 Hankook KTR  | #911 Team Taisan ENDLESS
Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama |  Kyosuke Mineo
Naoki Yokomizo
NC  |  Fuji Speedway
Report | 17 November  | #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | #1 MOLA
Kazuya Oshima |  Ronnie Quintarelli
#33 Hankook KTR  | #33 Hankook KTR
Tomonobu Fujii |  Tomonobu Fujii
18 November  | #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Kazuki Nakajima |  Yuji Tachikawa
#33 Hankook KTR  | #66 A speed
Masami Kageyama |  Hiroki Yoshimoto

## Standings[edit]

### GT500 Drivers[edit]

Scoring system

Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th

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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1
Suzuka | 25 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2
| Rank  | Driver  | OKA
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1  |  Masataka Yanagida
Ronnie Quintarelli | 7  | 8  | 14  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 93
2  |  Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate | 1  | 8  | 2  | 5  | 9  | 8  | 7  | 1  | 74
3  |  Juichi Wakisaka
Hiroaki Ishiura | 9  | 1  | 4  | 4  | Ret  | 6  | 5  | 5  | 57
4  |  Tsugio Matsuda
João Paulo de Oliveira | 10  | 5  | 5  | Ret  | 4  | 1  | 10  | 10  | 45
5  |  Takuya Izawa
Naoki Yamamoto | 2  | 2  | 6  | 8  | 11  | 12  | 8  | 9  | 43
6  |  Takashi Kogure
Carlo van Dam | 7  | 9  | 1  | 7  | 8  | Ret  | 9  | 7  | 40
7  |  Kazuki Nakajima | 5  | 4  | 13  | 2  | Ret  | 4  | 15  | 8  | 40
8  |  Satoshi Motoyama
Michael Krumm | 4  | 3  | 8  | Ret  | 5  | 11  | 6  | 6  | 40
9  |  Seiji Ara
André Couto | 12  | 13  | 9  | 12  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 5  | 36
10  |  Daisuke Ito
Kazuya Oshima | 13  | 10  | 3  | 1  | Ret  | 10  | 12  | 12  | 33
11  |  Loïc Duval | 5  |  | 13  | 2  | Ret  | 4  | 15  | 8  | 32
12  |  Toshihiro Kaneishi
Koudai Tsukakoshi | 3  | 6  | 7  | 9  | 10  | 5  | 14  | Ret  | 30
13  |  Yuji Kunimoto
Andrea Caldarelli | Ret  | 12  | 10  | 6  | 2  | 7  | 13  | Ret  | 28
14  |  Ryo Michigami
Yuhki Nakayama | Ret  | 11  | 11  | 11  | Ret  | 14  | 2  | 3  | 26
15  |  Hironobu Yasuda
Björn Wirdheim | 11  | 14  | Ret  | 10  | 3  | 13  | 4  | 11  | 22
16  |  Ralph Firman
Takashi Kobayashi | 6  | Ret  | 12  | Ret  | 7  | 9  | 11  | 13  | 12
17  |  Richard Lyons |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8
Rank  | Driver  | OKA
| FUJ
| SEP
| SUG
| SUZ
| FUJ
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| MOT
| PTS
| Colour | Result

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Gold | Winner
Silver | Second place
Bronze | Third place
Green | Points finish
Blue | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Retired (Ret)
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black | Disqualified (DSQ)
White | Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank  | Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

### GT300 Drivers[edit]

Scoring system

Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th

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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1
Suzuka | 25 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2
| Rank  | Driver  | OKA
| FUJ
| SEP
| SUG
| SUZ
| FUJ
| AUT
| MOT
| PTS

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1  |  Kyosuke Mineo
Naoki Yokomizo | 2  | 8  | 2  | 5  | Ret  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 82
2  |  Hiroki Yoshimoto
Kazuki Hoshino | 11  | 3  | 3  | Ret  | 1  | Ret  | 1  | 5  | 73
3  |  Masami Kageyama
Tomonobu Fujii | 5  | Ret  | 1  | 4  | 6  | 1  | 3  | 7  | 75
4  |  Katsumasa Chiyo | 19  | 18  | 4  | 1  | 2  | 9  | 19  | 6  | 53
5  |  Nobuteru Taniguchi
Tatsuya Kataoka | 3  | 1  | 12  | 7  | Ret  | 8  | 5  | 4  | 52
6  |  Yuhi Sekiguchi | 19  | 18  | 4  | 1  | 2  |  | 19  | 6  | 51
7  |  Tetsuya Tanaka
Katsuyuki Hiranaka | 1  | 5  | 7  | 6  | 5  | 7  | 16  | 13  | 47
8  |  Manabu Orido
Takayuki Aoki | 17  | Ret  | Ret  | 3  | 3  | Ret  | 7  | 3  | 39
9  |  Shinichi Takagi
Kosuke Matsuura | 6  | 4  | 9  | 9  | 4  | 5  | 17  | 21  | 33
10  |  Morio Nitta
Koki Saga | Ret  | 6  | Ret  | 8  | Ret  | 2  | 8  | Ret  | 26
11  |  Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Katoh | 7  | 2  | 5  | Ret  | 15  | 13  | DNQ  | 16  | 25
12  |  Hironori Takeuchi | 12  | 10  | 6  | 2  | Ret  | DNS  | Ret  | 8  | 24
Haruki Kurosawa
13  |  Hideki Yamauchi
Koji Yamanishi | 21  | 7  | 16  | 19  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  | 2  | 19
14  |  Tetsuya Yamano
Kota Sasaki | Ret  | 9  | 8  | 10  | Ret  | 6  | 4  | 15  | 19
15  |  Hideki Mutoh
Daisuke Nakajima |  |  |  | 16  | 11  | 3  | 10  | 11  | 12
16  |  Akihiro Tsuzuki | 9  | 15  | 14  | Ret  | 14  | Ret  | 6  | 9  | 9
17  |  Takeshi Tsuchiya | 4  | Ret  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  | 8
18  |  Tim Bergmeister  | 4  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8
19  |  Yuki Iwasaki
Yuya Sakamoto | 8  | 13  | 11  | 14  | 9  | 10  | 14  | 10  | 8
20  |  Richard Lyons |  |  |  |  | 14  | Ret  | 6  | 9  | 7
21  |  Yutaka Yamagishi
Takuto Iguchi | 10  | 17  | 13  | 18  | 8  | 14  | 9  | 14  | 7
22  |  Taku Bamba
Masahiro Sasaki | 15  | 11  | 10  | 11  | 7  | 11  | 12  | 17  | 6
23  |  Cyndie Allemann | 9  | 15  | 14  | Ret  | 14  |  |  |  | 2
24  |  Daiki Sasaki |  |  |  |  | 3  | 9  |  |  | 2
25  |  Yuya Sakamoto | 14  | Ret  |  |  | 10  | 18  | 15  |  | 2
26  |  Ryohei Sakaguchi |  | Ret  |  |  | 10  |  |  |  | 2
Rank  | Driver  | OKA
| FUJ
| SEP
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| SUZ
| FUJ
| AUT
| MOT
| PTS
| Colour | Result

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Gold | Winner
Silver | Second place
Bronze | Third place
Green | Points finish
Blue | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Retired (Ret)
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black | Disqualified (DSQ)
White | Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank  | Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

## JAF Grand Prix[edit]

### GT500 Drivers[edit]

Rank  | No.  | Team  | Race 1 Driver  | Race 2 Driver  | Race 1  | Race 2  | PTS

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1  | 38  | Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo |  Kohei Hirate |  Yuji Tachikawa | 12  | 1  | 20
2  | 36  | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S |  Loïc Duval |  Kazuki Nakajima | 15  | 2  | 15
3  | 100  | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu |  Naoki Yamamoto |  Takuya Izawa | 5  | 3  | 14
4  | 23  | Motul Autech NISMO |  Michael Krumm |  Satoshi Motoyama | 4  | 4  | 12
5  | 6  | Lexus Team ENEOS LeMans |  Kazuya Oshima |  Daisuke Ito | 3  | 6  | 10.5
6  | 1  | S-Road REITO MOLA  |  Ronnie Quintarelli |  Masataka Yanagida | 1  | 14  | 10
7  | 17  | Keihin Real Racing |  Koudai Tsukakoshi |  Toshihiro Kaneishi | 2  | 15  | 7.5
8  | 24  | D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing |  Hironobu Yasuda |  Björn Wirdheim | 9  | 5  | 7
9  | 18  | Weider Honda Racing  |  Carlo van Dam |  Takashi Kogure | 7  | 7  | 6
10  | 8  | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri |  Takashi Kobayashi |  Ralph Firman | 8  | 9  | 3.5
11  | 39  | Lexus Team DENSO SARD |  Hiroaki Ishiura |  Juichi Wakisaka | 11  | 8  | 3
12  | 12  | Calsonic Team Impul |  João Paulo de Oliveira |  Tsugio Matsuda | 6  | 11  | 2.5
13  | 35  | Lexus Team KeePer Kraft  |  Yuji Kunimoto |  Andrea Caldarelli | 12  | 10  | 1
14  | 32  | EPSON Nakajima Racing |  Yuhki Nakayama |  Ryo Michigami | 10  | 12  | 0.5
15  | 19  | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh |  Seiji Ara |  Marino Franchitti | 14  | 13  | 0
Rank  | No.  | Team  | Race 1 Driver  | Race 2 Driver  | Race 1  | Race 2  | PTS

### GT300 Drivers[edit]

Rank  | No.  | Team  | Race 1 Driver  | Race 2 Driver  | Race 1  | Race 2  | PTS

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1  | 33  | Hankook KTR  |  Tomonobu Fujii |  Masami Kageyama | 1  | 14  | 20
2  | 66  | A speed  |  Kazuki Hoshino |  Hiroki Yoshimoto | 14  | 1  | 20
3  | 16  | Team Mugen |  Daisuke Nakajima |  Hideki Mutoh | 2  | 7  | 19
4  | 2  | Evangelion-01 Cars Tokai Dream28  |  Kazuho Takahashi |  Hiroki Kato | 18  | 2  | 15
5  | 43  | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri |  Kosuke Matsuura |  Shinichi Takagi | 3  | 9  | 13
6  | 52  | Green Tec & Leon with Shift  |  Haruki Kurosawa |  Hironori Takeuchi | 6  | 4  | 13
7  | 88  | MonePa JLOC |  Takayuki Aoki |  Manabu Orido | 12  | 3  | 11
8  | 11  | Gainer  |  Katsuyuki Hiranaka |  Tetsuya Tanaka | 7  | 6  | 9
9  | 3  | S-Road NDDP  |  Katsumasa Chiyo |  Yuhi Sekiguchi | 4  | 19  | 8
10  | 0  | GSR Hatsune Miku  |  Tatsuya Kataoka |  Nobuteru Taniguchi | 5  | 20  | 6
11  | 31  | Hasepro apr  |  Koki Saga |  Morio Nitta | 11  | 5  | 6
12  | 911  | Team Taisan ENDLESS |  Kyosuke Mineo |  Naoki Yokomizo | 8  | 18  | 3
13  | 87  | JLOC |  Koji Yamanishi |  Yuya Sakamoto | 15  | 8  | 3
14  | 77  | investors Hitotsuyama Racing  |  Igor Sushko |  Kenji Kobayashi | 9  | Ret  | 2
15  | 360  | RunUp Tomei Sports  |  Takuya Shirasaka |  Atsushi Tanaka | 10  | Ret  | 1
16  | 30  | Iwasaki Moda apr  |  Yuya Sakamoto |  Yuki Iwasaki | 23  | 10  | 1
17  | 4  | GSR Project Mirai  |  Masahiro Sasaki |  Taku Bamba | 17  | 12  | 0
18  | 5  | Team Mach  |  Masayuki Ueda |  Tetsuji Tamanaka | 21  | Ret  | 0
19  | 14  | Team SGC  |  Ryo Orime |  Naoya Yamano | 13  | Ret  | 0
20  | 21  | ZENT Hitotsuyama Racing  |  Richard Lyons |  Akihiro Tsuzuki | DNS  | 11  | 0
21  | 22  | R'Qs Motorsports  |  Masaki Jyonai |  Hisashi Wada | 22  | 13  | 0
22  | 48  | NEON Dijon Racing  |  Shogo Mitsuyama |  Hiroshi Takamori | 20  | 15  | 0
23  | 61  | R&D Sport |  Kota Sasaki |  Tetsuya Yamano | 19  | 16  | 0
24  | 86  | Verity BOMEX JLOC  |  Junichiro Yamashita |  Hideshi Matsuda | 16  | 17  | 0
Rank  | No.  | Team  | Race 1 Driver  | Race 2 Driver  | Race 1  | Race 2  | PTS

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