2015 Super GT Series

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Tsugio Matsuda & Ronnie Quintarelli
GT500 Teams' Champion:
NISMO
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
André Couto
GT300 Teams' Champion:
GAINER

Previous

2014

Next

2016

Support series:
F4 Japanese Championship

The 2015 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-third season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the eleventh season under the name Super GT. It marked the thirty-third season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 5 and ended on November 15, after 8 races.

## Schedule

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A provisional calendar was released on August 8, 2014.[1][2] An updated calendar was released on January 19, 2015, which saw the Autopolis race move from May to November, the Chang race move from October to June and SUGO from July to September.[3]

Round  | Race  | Circuit  | Date

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1  | Okayama GT
300 km  |  Okayama International Circuit | April 5
2  | Fuji GT
500 km  |  Fuji Speedway | May 3
3  | Buriram United Super GT Race
300 km  |  Chang International Circuit | June 21
4  | Fuji GT
300 km  |  Fuji Speedway | August 9
5  | 44th International Suzuka 1000km
1000 km  |  Suzuka Circuit | August 30
6  | Sugo GT
300 km  |  Sportsland SUGO | September 20
7  | Autopolis GT
300 km  |  Autopolis | November 1
8  | Motegi GT
250 km  |  Twin Ring Motegi | November 15

Suzuka

Motegi

Autopolis

Fuji

SUGO

Okayama

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2015 Japanese venues

Chang

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2015 International venue

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## Drivers and teams

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### GT500

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

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Nismo[4] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 | Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 1  |  Tsugio Matsuda | M | All
Ronnie Quintarelli | All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS[5] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 6  |  Yuji Kunimoto | B | All
Kazuya Oshima | All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[6] | Honda | Honda NSX Concept-GT | Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 8  |  Kosuke Matsuura | B | All
Tomoki Nojiri | All
Team Impul[4] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 | Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 12  |  João Paulo de Oliveira | B | All
Hironobu Yasuda | All
Drago Modulo Honda Racing[6] | Honda | Honda NSX Concept-GT | Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 15  |  Takashi Kogure | B | All
Oliver Turvey | All
Keihin REAL Racing[6] | Honda | Honda NSX Concept-GT | Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 17  |  Hideki Mutoh | B | All
Koudai Tsukakoshi | All
Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH[5] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 19  |  Yuhi Sekiguchi | Y | All
Juichi Wakisaka | All
Kondō Racing[4] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 | Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 24  |  Daiki Sasaki | Y | All
Lucas Ordóñez | 1–3
Michael Krumm | 4–8
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S[5] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 36  |  Daisuke Ito | B | All
James Rossiter | All
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S[5] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 37  |  Andrea Caldarelli | B | All
Ryo Hirakawa | All
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo[5] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 38  |  Hiroaki Ishiura | B | All
Yuji Tachikawa | All
Lexus Team SARD[5] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 39  |  Kohei Hirate | B | All
Heikki Kovalainen[7] | All
Christian Klien[8] | 5
MOLA[4] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 | Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 46  |  Satoshi Motoyama | M | All
Masataka Yanagida | All
Nakajima Racing[6] | Honda | Honda NSX Concept-GT | Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 64  |  Bertrand Baguette | D | All
Daisuke Nakajima | All
Team Kunimitsu[6] | Honda | Honda NSX Concept-GT | Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 100  |  Takuya Izawa | B | All
Naoki Yamamoto | All

### GT300

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

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Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo[9] | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 | 0  |  Tatsuya Kataoka | Y | All
Nobuteru Taniguchi | All
Cars Tokai Dream28[10] | Lotus | Lotus Evora MC GT300 | GTA V8 4.5 L V8 | 2  |  Hiroki Katoh | Y | All
Kazuho Takahashi | All
Hiroshi Hamaguchi | 5
NDDP Racing[4] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 3  |  Kazuki Hoshino | Y | All
Mitsunori Takaboshi | All
Wolfgang Reip | 5
Team Mach[11] | Toyota | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GTA V8 4.5 L V8 | 5  |  Shogo Mitsuyama  | Y | 1–2, 4–8
Tetsuji Tamanaka | 1–2, 4–8
Junichiro Yamashita  | 2
BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie[12] | BMW | BMW Z4 GT3 | BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 | 7  |  Seiji Ara | Y | All
Jörg Müller | All
Pacific Racing Team[11][13] | McLaren | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin Turbo V8 | 9  |  Takuya Shirasaka  | Y | 1–2, 4–8
Tohjiro Azuma  | 1–2
Daisuke Yamawaki  | 2, 5
Ryohei Sakaguchi | 4–8
GAINER[14][15] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 10  |  André Couto | D | All
Katsumasa Chiyo | 1–2, 4–5, 7–8
Ryuichiro Tomita | 2–3, 5–6
Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 | 11  |  Katsuyuki Hiranaka | All
Björn Wirdheim | All
Team Up Garage with Bandoh[16][17] | Toyota | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GTA V8 4.5 L V8 | 18
20  |  Yuhki Nakayama | Y | All
Yuji Ide | 1–4, 7–8
Marko Asmer | 2, 5
Nick Cassidy | 5
Kota Sasaki | 6
Audi Team Hitotsuyama[18][19] | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 | 21  |  Tomonobu Fujii | Y | All
Richard Lyons | All
Stéphane Ortelli | 2
R'Qs Motor Sports[11] | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 | 22  |  Masaki Jyonai | Y | 1, 3–8
Hisashi Wada | 1, 3–8
VivaC team Tsuchiya[20] | Toyota | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GTA V8 4.5 L V8 | 25  |  Takeshi Tsuchiya | Y | All
Takamitsu Matsui | 1–6
Tatsuya Tanigawa | 5, 7–8
Reiter Vattana Motorsport | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX | Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 | 28  |  Chonsawat Asavahame  | M | 3
Tomáš Enge | 3
apr[5][11][21] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 30  |  Yuki Iwasaki  | Y | All
Hiroshi Koizumi | All
Masami Kageyama | 2
Toyota | Toyota Prius apr GT | Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 | 31  |  Yuichi Nakayama | B | All
Koki Saga | All
Kota Sasaki | 2, 5
Porsche Team KTR[11][22] | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3 | Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 | 33  |  Kenta Yamashita | Y | All
Alexandre Imperatori | 1–4
Yuya Sakamoto  | 5–8
Dijon Racing[11] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 47  |  Yusaku Shibata  | Y | 4, 8
Shohei Yuzawa  | 4, 8
48  |  Hiroshi Takamori  | 1–2, 4–8
Masaki Tanaka  | 1–2, 4–8
Yusaku Shibata  | 2, 5
Arnage Racing[11] | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 | 50  |  Masaki Kano | Y | All
Hideto Yasuoka  | 1–2, 5–7
Nanin Indra-Payoong  | 2–5, 8
LM corsa[23] | BMW | BMW Z4 GT3 | BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 | 51  |  Morio Nitta | Y | 1–2, 4–8
Shigekazu Wakisaka | 1–2, 4–8
Lexus | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.3 L V8 | 60  |  Akira Iida | All
Hiroki Yoshimoto | All
Dominik Farnbacher | 5
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[6] | Honda | Honda CR-Z GT | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 | 55  |  Takashi Kobayashi | B | All
Shinichi Takagi | All
Nirei Fukuzumi | 5
R&D Sport[24] | Subaru | Subaru BRZ GT300 | Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 | 61  |  Takuto Iguchi | D | All
Hideki Yamauchi | All
LEON Racing[25] | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 | 65  |  Naoya Gamou | Y | All
Haruki Kurosawa | All
Direction Racing[11][26] | Ferrari | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8 | 77  |  Kyosuke Mineo | Y | All
Naoki Yokomizo | 1–3, 5–8
Taiyo Iida | 2, 4–5
Audi Team Racing Tech[11] | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 | 86  |  Shinya Hosokawa | Y | 1–5
Christian Mamerow | 1–2, 4–5
Yoshitaka Kuroda | 2
Masanobu Kato | 3, 5
JLOC[11][27] | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 | 87  |  Takayuki Aoki | Y | All
Koji Yamanishi | 1–5, 7
Yoshitaka Kuroda | 5
Kimiya Sato | 6, 8
88  |  Manabu Orido | All
Kazuki Hiramine | 1–2, 5–8
Kimiya Sato | 2–5
Rn-sports[28][29] | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 | 111  |  Kazuya Tsuruta | Y | 1–2, 4–8
Masayuki Ueda | 1–2, 4–8
Shin Ikegami | 2, 5
Tomei Sports[30] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 360  |  Hiroki Yoshida | Y | 1–2, 4–8
Atsushi Tanaka | 1–2, 4–5, 7–8
Masato Narisawa | 2, 5–6

### Vehicle changes

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* Cars Tokai Dream28 switched to race a Lotus Evora mother chassis, replacing their McLaren MP4-12C GT3 from 2014 and 2013.[31]
* GAINER replaced their #10 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 car with a Nissan GTR GT3, following Rn-SPORTS' split from the team.
* Pacific Racing Team will replace their Porsche 911 GT3R with a McLaren MP4-12C GT3.
* LM Corsa will expand to two cars, with their purchase of the new Lexus RCF GT3.[32]
* Team Mach will switch from a Nissan GTR GT3 to a Toyota 86 mother chassis. New teams VivaC team Tsuchiya and Team UPGARAGE with BANDOH will also field a Toyota 86 mother chassis.
* Goodsmile Racing will replace their BMW Z4 GT3 with a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.[33]
* Direction Racing replaced their Porsche 911 GT3R with a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3.[34]
* Dijon Racing would field a second Nissan GTR GT3, car #47, for only rounds 4 and 8.
* Arnage Racing will replace their Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 with a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.[35]

### Entrant changes

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#### GT500

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* Honda:
* With the Weider Honda Racing Team leaving Super GT, Naoki Yamamoto moved to Team Kunimitsu to partner Takuya Izawa. Frederic Makowiecki will not return to the series.
* After years of being with Real Racing, Toshihiro Kaneishi will not drive for this season, being replaced by former Team Kunimitsu driver Hideki Mutoh.
* Weider Honda Racing leave the Super GT series, and the entrant replaced by the Drago Modulo Honda Racing Team. They utilize Bridgestone tyres. Oliver Turvey joined Drago Modulo Honda Racing, partnering Takashi Kogure.[36]
* Team Mugen withdrew from the series.
* ARTA driver Vitantonio Liuzzi will be replaced by former Mugen driver Tomoki Nojiri after a disappointing season last year.
* Nakajima Racing changed the car number from 32 to 64.
* Toyota:
* Kazuki Nakajima, like Oliver Jarvis, will not return to focus on his LMP1 drive in the 2015 World Endurance Championship.Daisuke Ito will move from the KeePer TOM'S team to the Petronas TOM'S team. Ryo Hirakawa, who previously drove for the Petronas TOM'S team, joined the KeePer TOM'S team.
* Oliver Jarvis left the series to drive for Audi Sport Team Joest in the 2015 World Endurance Championship.[37] Former F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen joined the SARD team, replacing Oliver Jarvis.[38]Hiroaki Ishiura swapped seats with Kohei Hirate at the Zent Cerumo Team, while Hirate for SARD.
* Nissan:
* Lucas Ordonez moves from NDDP Racing to drive for Kondo Racing for the first three rounds. Michael Krumm replaces him to drive the remaining rounds.[39]

#### GT300

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* Yuhki Nakayama dropped to GT300, and drive for the new UPGARAGE with BANDOH team. Former Sauber F1 test driver Marko Asmer partner Yuhki Nakayama in the UPGARAGE with BANDOH team.[40]
* Porsche Team KTR overhauled their driver line-up, recruiting Rebellion Racing driver Alexandre Imperatori and All-Japan Formula Three Championship driver Kenta Yamashita.
* Hideki Yamauchi moved from GAINER to R&D Sport, replacing Kota Sasaki.[24]
* Morio Nitta, who drove for apr in the Toyota Prius, moved to LM Corsa to drive the #51 BMW Z4 GT3, along with Shigekazu Wakisaka.
* Asian Le Mans Series driver Takamitsu Matsui drive for the new VivaC team Tsuchiya.
* All-Japan Formula Three Championship driver Mitsunori Takaboshi will drive for NDDP Racing with Kazuki Hoshino in the Nissan GTR GT3.
* Team Taisan withdrew from the series.
* Audi Team Racing Tech join the series with an Audi R8 LMS ultra.
* R&D Sport will switch to Dunlop tyres.

#### Mid-season changes

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* From round 6 and up, Team UPGARAGE with BANDOH will change their racing number from 18 to 20.
* Audi Team Racing Tech left the series after the Suzuka round due to a severe accident. They will return in 2016 with the upgraded Audi R8 LMS ultra.[41]

## Calendar

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Round  | Circuit  | Date  | Class  | Pole Position  | Race Winner

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1  |  Okayama International Circuit
Report | 5 April  | GT500  | No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S | No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
Andrea Caldarelli
Ryō Hirakawa |  Andrea Caldarelli
Ryō Hirakawa
GT300  | No. 10 Gainer  | No. 31 apr
Katsumasa Chiyo
André Couto |  Yuichi Nakayama
Koki Saga
2  |  Fuji Speedway
Report | 3 May  | GT500  | No. 1 Nismo | No. 1 Nismo
Tsugio Matsuda
Ronnie Quintarelli |  Tsugio Matsuda
Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300  | No. 31 apr  | No. 10 Gainer
Yuichi Nakayama
Koki Saga
Kota Sasaki |  Katsumasa Chiyo
André Couto
Ryuichiro Tomita
3  |  Chang International Circuit
Report | 21 June  | GT500  | No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo  | No. 46 MOLA
Hiroaki Ishiura
Yuji Tachikawa |  Satoshi Motoyama
Masataka Yanagida
GT300  | No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya  | No. 3 NDDP Racing
Takamitsu Matsui
Takeshi Tsuchiya |  Kazuki Hoshino
Mitsunori Takaboshi
4  |  Fuji Speedway
Report | 9 August  | GT500  | No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo  | No. 24 Kondo Racing
Hiroaki Ishiura
Yuji Tachikawa |  Daiki Sasaki
Michael Krumm
GT300  | No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
Takashi Kobayashi
Shinichi Takagi |  Takashi Kobayashi
Shinichi Takagi
5  |  Suzuka Circuit
Report | 30 August  | GT500  | No. 1 Nismo | No. 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S
Tsugio Matsuda
Ronnie Quintarelli |  Daisuke Ito
James Rossiter
GT300  | No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28  | No. 10 Gainer
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroshi Hamaguchi |  André Couto
Katsumasa Chiyo
Ryuichiro Tomita
6  |  Sportsland SUGO
Report | 20 September  | GT500  | No. 46 MOLA  | No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
Satoshi Motoyama
Masataka Yanagida |  Takuya Izawa
Naoki Yamamoto
GT300  | No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya
Takashi Kobayashi
Shinichi Takagi |  Takamitsu Matsui
Takeshi Tsuchiya
7  |  Autopolis
Report | 1 November  | GT500  | No. 12 Team Impul | No. 1 Nismo
João Paulo de Oliveira
Hironobu Yasuda |  Tsugio Matsuda
Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300  | No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28  | No. 3 NDDP Racing
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi |  Kazuki Hoshino
Mitsunori Takaboshi
8  |  Twin Ring Motegi
Report | 15 November  | GT500  | No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S | No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
Andrea Caldarelli
Ryō Hirakawa |  Andrea Caldarelli
Ryō Hirakawa
GT300  | No. 31 apr  | No. 31 apr
Yuichi Nakayama
Koki Saga |  Yuichi Nakayama
Koki Saga

## Championship standings

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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

### Drivers' championships

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#### GT500

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| Rank  | Driver  | No.  | OKA
| FUJ
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1  |  Tsugio Matsuda
Ronnie Quintarelli | 1  | 13  | 1 | 5 | 4  | 7 | 6  | 1  | 2  | 79
2  |  João Paulo de Oliveira
Hironobu Yasuda | 12  | 7  | 2  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 11  | 2 | 4  | 74
3  |  Takuya Izawa
Naoki Yamamoto | 100  | 2  | Ret  | Ret  | 5  | 5  | 1  | 11  | 3  | 60
4  |  Hiroaki Ishiura
Yuji Tachikawa | 38  | 3  | Ret  | Ret | 2 | 2  | 10  | 4  | 5  | 59
5  |  Andrea Caldarelli
Ryō Hirakawa | 37  | 1 | 6  | 6  | 12  | 8  | 9  | 12  | 1 | 56
6  |  Satoshi Motoyama
Masataka Yanagida | 46  | 8  | 10  | 1  | 14  | 6  | 2 | 6  | Ret  | 50
7  |  Daisuke Itō
James Rossiter | 36  | 14  | 3 | 7  | 7  | 1  | 13  | 5  | Ret  | 49
8  |  Hideki Mutoh
Koudai Tsukakoshi | 17  | 12  | 4  | 3  | 8  | Ret  | 8  | 3  | 8  | 39
9  |  Yuji Kunimoto
Kazuya Oshima | 6  | 9  | 9  | 2  | 13  | Ret  | 4  | 8  | 9  | 32
10  |  Daiki Sasaki | 24  | 11  | 11  | Ret  | 1  | 13  | 3  | 15  | 12  | 31
Michael Krumm | 24  |  |  |  | 1  | 13  | 3  | 15  | 12  | 31
11  |  Yuhi Sekiguchi
Juichi Wakisaka | 19  | 10  | 7  | 9  | 10  | 4  | 5  | 9  | 10 | 27
12  |  Takashi Kogure
Oliver Turvey | 15  | 6  | 8  | 10  | 6  | 12  | 7  | 7  | 7  | 26
13  |  Kohei Hirate
Heikki Kovalainen | 39  | 5  | 5  | 7  | 9  | 11 | Ret  | 13  | 6  | 23
14  |  Kosuke Matsuura
Tomoki Nojiri | 8  | 4 | 13  | Ret  | Ret  | 10  | 12  | 14  | 11  | 10
15  |  Bertrand Baguette
Daisuke Nakajima | 64  | Ret  | 12  | 11  | 11  | 9  | Ret  | 10  | 13  | 4
\-  |  Lucas Ordóñez | 24  | 11  | 11  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Christian Klien | 39  |  |  |  |  | 11  |  |  |  | 0
Rank  | Driver  | No.  | OKA
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| Colour | Result

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Gold | Winner
Silver | Second place
Bronze | Third place
Green | Points classification
Blue | Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Retired, not classified (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)

#### GT500 Teams' standings

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Rank  | Team  | No.  | OKA
| FUJ
| BUR
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1  | Nismo | 1  | 13  | 1 | 5 | 4  | 7 | 6  | 1  | 2  | 100
2  | Team Impul | 12  | 7  | 2  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 11  | 2 | 4  | 96
3  | Team Kunimitsu | 100  | 2  | Ret  | Ret  | 5  | 5  | 1  | 11  | 3  | 76
4  | Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S | 37  | 1 | 6  | 6  | 12  | 8  | 9  | 12  | 1 | 75
5  | Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo | 38  | 3  | Ret  | Ret | 2 | 2  | 10  | 4  | 5  | 75
6  | MOLA  | 46  | 8  | 10  | 1  | 14  | 6  | 2 | 6  | Ret  | 66
7  | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | 36  | 14  | 3 | 7  | 7  | 1  | 13  | 5  | Ret  | 66
8  | Keihin Real Racing | 17  | 12  | 4  | 3  | 8  | Ret  | 8  | 3  | 8  | 58
9  | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | 6  | 9  | 9  | 2  | 13  | Ret  | 4  | 8  | 9  | 49
10  | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | 19  | 10  | 7  | 9  | 10  | 4  | 5  | 9  | 10 | 47
11  | Drago Modulo Honda Racing | 15  | 6  | 8  | 10  | 6  | 12  | 7  | 7  | 7  | 46
12  | Kondo Racing | 24  | 11  | 11  | Ret  | 1  | 13  | 3  | 15  | 12  | 43
13  | Lexus Team SARD | 39  | 5  | 5  | 7  | 9  | 11 | Ret  | 13  | 6  | 40
14  | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 8  | 4 | 13  | Ret  | Ret  | 10  | 12  | 14  | 11  | 19
15  | Nakajima Racing | 64  | Ret  | 12  | 11  | 11  | 9  | Ret  | 10  | 13  | 13
Rank  | Team  | No.  | OKA
| FUJ
| BUR
| FUJ
| SUZ
| SUG
| AUT
| MOT
| Pts.

#### GT300

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Rank  | Driver  | No.  | OKA
| FUJ
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| SUG
| AUT
| MOT
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1  |  André Couto | 10  | 7 | 1  | 2  | 6  | 1  | 6  | 2  | 6  | 94
2  |  Katsumasa Chiyo | 10  | 7 | 1  |  | 6  | 1  |  | 2  | 6  | 74
3  |  Yuichi Nakayama
Koki Saga | 31  | 1  | 4 | 9  | 9  | 10  | 2  | 13 | 1 | 69
4  |  Kazuki Hoshino
Mitsunori Takaboshi | 3  | 8  | 2 | 1  | Ret  | 14  | 8  | 1  | Ret  | 61
5  |  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Björn Wirdheim | 11  | 12  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 11  | 3  | Ret  | 3  | 52
6  |  Takashi Kobayashi
Shinichi Takagi | 55  | 2  | 17  | 10  | 1 | 12  | 12 | 6  | 4  | 49
7  |  Seiji Ara
Jörg Müller | 7  | Ret  | 6  | 3  | Ret | 2  | 19  | 3  | 9  | 47
8  |  Ryuichiro Tomita | 10  |  | 1  | 2  |  | 1  | 6  |  |  | 45
9  |  Naoya Gamou
Haruki Kurosawa | 65  | 22 | 7  | 5  | 2  | 6  | 7  | 12  | 5  | 41
10  |  Takeshi Tsuchiya | 25  | 6  | Ret  | 7 | 5  | 23  | 1 | Ret  | 12  | 35
Takamitsu Matsui | 25  | 6  | Ret  | 7 | 5  | 23  | 1 |  |  | 35
11  |  Tatsuya Kataoka
Nobuteru Taniguchi | 0  | 5  | 5  | 13  | 18  | 8  | 16  | 7  | 2  | 35
12  |  Takuto Iguchi
Hideki Yamauchi | 61  | 17  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 3  | 5  | Ret  | 11  | 30
13  |  Tomonobu Fujii
Richard Lyons | 21  | 3  | Ret  | 19  | 20  | 5  | 13  | 5  | 8  | 28
14  |  Manabu Orido | 88  | Ret  | Ret  | 17  | 7  | 4  | 4  | Ret  | 7  | 26
15  |  Kazuki Hiramine | 88  | Ret  | Ret  |  |  | 4  | 4  | Ret  | 7  | 22
16  |  Morio Nitta
Shigekazu Wakisaka | 51  | 9  | 9  |  | 4  | Ret  | 9  | 17  | 15  | 14
17  |  Kyosuke Mineo | 77  | 11  | 13  | 18  | 12  | 9  | 11  | 4  | 10  | 12
Naoki Yokomizo | 77  | 11  | 13  | 18  |  | 9  | 11  | 4  | 10  | 12
18  |  Kota Sasaki | 31  |  | 4 |  |  | 10  | 15  |  |  | 10
19  |  Shinya Hosokawa | 86  | 4  | 10  | 16  | Ret  | 17  |  |  |  | 9
Christian Mamerow | 86  | 4  | 10  |  | Ret  | 17  |  |  |  | 9
20  |  Kenta Yamashita | 33  | 14  | 12  | 8  | Ret  | 18  | 17  | 8  | 14  | 6
21  |  Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi | 2  | 16  | Ret  | 11  | 22  | 7 | Ret  | 21 | 13  | 5
Hiroshi Hamaguchi | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 5
22  |  Kimiya Sato | 88/87  |  | Ret  | 17  | 7  | 4  | 18  |  | 16  | 4
23  |  Alexandre Imperatori | 33  | 14  | 12  | 8  | Ret  |  |  |  |  | 3
Yuya Sakamoto | 33  |  |  |  |  | 18  | 17  | 8  | 14  | 3
24  |  Taiyo Iida | 77  |  | 13  |  | 12  | 9  |  |  |  | 3
25  |  Yuhki Nakayama | 18/20  | 19  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  | 21  | 15  | 9  | Ret  | 2
Yuji Ide | 18/20  | 19  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  |  | Ret  | 9  | Ret  | 2
26  |  Masaki Jyonai
Hisashi Wada | 22  | DNS  |  | 15  | 10  | 16  | 10  | 22  | 24  | 2
27  |  Akira Iida
Hiroki Yoshimoto | 60  | 10  | Ret  | Ret  | 15  | 19  | 22  | 10  | 17  | 2
\-  |  Takayuki Aoki | 87  | 20  | DNS  | Ret  | 11  | 24  | 18  | 11  | 16  | 0
\-  |  Koji Yamanishi | 87  | 20  | DNS  | Ret  | 11  | 24  |  | 11  |  | 0
\-  |  Masaki Kano | 50  | 18  | 11  | 14  | Ret  | Ret  | 20  | 16  | 22  | 0
\-  |  Nanin-Indra Payoong | 50  |  | 11  | 14  | Ret  | Ret  |  |  | 22  | 0
\-  |  Hideto Yasuoka | 50  | 18  | 11  |  |  | Ret  | 20  | 16  |  | 0
\-  |  Chonsawat Asavahame
Tomáš Enge | 28  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Yuki Iwasaki
Hiroshi Koizumi | 30  | 13  | 16  | Ret  | 17  | 13  | 24  | 18  | 18  | 0
\-  |  Kazuya Tsuruta
Masayuki Ueda | 111  | 21  | 14  |  | 13  | 20  | 14  | 19  | 19  | 0
\-  |  Hiroshi Takamori
Masaki Tanaka  | 48  | 15  | 18  |  | 14  | 15  | 21  | 15  | 25  | 0
\-  |  Hiroki Yoshida | 360  | 24  | 15  |  | 21  | Ret  | Ret  | 14  | 23  | 0
\-  |  Atsushi Tanaka | 360  | 24  | 15  |  | 21  | Ret  |  | 14  | 23  | 0
\-  |  Shin Ikegami | 111  |  | 14  |  |  | 20  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Wolfgang Reip | 3  |  |  |  |  | 14  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Yusaku Shibata | 48/47  |  | 18  |  | 19  | 15  |  |  | 20  | 0
\-  |  Masato Narisawa | 360  |  | 15  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Masanobu Kato | 86  |  |  | 16  |  | 17  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Takuya Shirasaka | 9  | 23  | Ret  |  | 16  | 22  | 23  | 20  | Ret  | 0
\-  |  Ryohei Sakaguchi | 9  |  |  |  | 16  | 22  | 23  | 20  | Ret  | 0
\-  |  Masami Kageyama | 30  |  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Shohei Yuzawa | 47  |  |  |  | 19  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Dominik Farnbacher | 60  |  |  |  |  | 19  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Marko Asmer | 18/20  |  | Ret  |  |  | 21  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Nick Cassidy | 20  |  |  |  |  | 21  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Daisuke Yamawaki | 9  |  | Ret  |  |  | 22  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Tohjiro Azuma | 9  | 23  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Tatsuya Tanigawa | 25  |  |  |  |  | 23  |  | Ret  | 12  | 0
\-  |  Shogo Mitsuyama
Tetsuji Tamanaka | 5  | Ret  | Ret  |  | Ret  | Ret  |  | Ret  | 21  | 0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
\-  |  Yoshitaka Kuroda | 86/87  |  | 10  |  |  | 24  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Nirei Fukuzumi | 55  |  |  |  |  | 12  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Stéphane Ortelli | 21  |  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Junichiro Yamashita | 5  |  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
Rank  | Driver  | No.  | OKA
| FUJ
| CHA
| FUJ
| SUZ
| SUG
| AUT
| MOT
| Pts.

#### GT300 Teams' standings

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Rank  | Team  | No.  | OKA
| FUJ
| BUR
| FUJ
| SUZ
| SUG
| AUT
| MOT
| Pts.

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1  | Gainer  | 10  | 7 | 1  | 2  | 6  | 1  | 6  | 2  | 6  | 116
2  | apr  | 31  | 1  | 4 | 9  | 9  | 10  | 2  | 13 | 1 | 93
3  | NDDP Racing | 3  | 8  | 2 | 1  | Ret  | 14  | 8  | 1  | Ret  | 75
4  | Gainer  | 11  | 12  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 11  | 3  | Ret  | 3  | 71
5  | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 55  | 2  | 17  | 10  | 1 | 12  | 12 | 6  | 4  | 69
6  | BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie | 7  | Ret  | 6  | 3  | Ret | 2  | 19  | 3  | 9  | 65
7  | Leon Racing | 65  | 22 | 7  | 5  | 2  | 6  | 7  | 12  | 5  | 63
8  | Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo  | 0  | 5  | 5  | 13  | 18  | 8  | 16  | 7  | 2  | 55
9  | VivaC team Tsuchiya | 25  | 6  | Ret  | 7 | 5  | 23  | 1 | Ret  | 12  | 51
10  | R&D Sport | 61  | 17  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 3  | 5  | Ret  | 11  | 49
11  | Audi Team Hitotsuyama  | 21  | 3  | Ret  | 19  | 20  | 5  | 13  | 5  | 8  | 45
12  | JLOC | 88  | Ret  | Ret  | 17  | 7  | 4  | 4  | Ret  | 7  | 39
13  | LM corsa  | 61  | 17  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 3  | 5  | Ret  | 11  | 28
14  | Direction Racing  | 77  | 11  | 13  | 18  | 12  | 9  | 11  | 4  | 10  | 28
15  | Porsche Team KTR  | 33  | 14  | 12  | 8  | Ret  | 18  | 17  | 8  | 14  | 19
16  | Audi Team Racing Tech  | 86  | 4  | 10  | 16  | Ret  | 17  |  |  |  | 15
17  | Cars Tokai Dream28  | 2  | 16  | Ret  | 11  | 22  | 7 | Ret  | 21 | 13  | 15
18  | R'QS Motorsports  | 22  | DNS  |  | 15  | 10  | 16  | 10  | 22  | 24  | 12
19  | LM corsa  | 60  | 10  | Ret  | Ret  | 15  | 19  | 22  | 10  | 17  | 10
20  | JLOC | 87  | 20  | DNS  | Ret  | 11  | 24  | 18  | 11  | 16  | 10
21  | Rn-sports  | 111  | 21  | 14  |  | 13  | 20  | 14  | 19  | 19  | 9
22  | Dijon Racing  | 48  | 15  | 18  |  | 14  | 15  | 21  | 15  | 25  | 9
23  | Arnage Racing  | 50  | 18  | 11  | 14  | Ret  | Ret  | 20  | 16  | 22  | 8
24  | apr  | 30  | 13  | 16  | Ret  | 17  | 13  | 24  | 18  | 18  | 7
25  | Tomei Sports  | 360  | 24  | 15  |  | 21  | Ret  | Ret  | 14  | 23  | 7
26  | Team Up Garage with Bandoh | 20  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  | 9  | Ret  | 5
27  | Pacific Racing Team  | 9  | 23  | Ret  |  | 16  | 22  | 23  | 20  | Ret  | 5
28  | Team Up Garage with Bandoh | 18  | 19  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  | 21  |  |  |  | 2
29  | Dijon Racing  | 47  |  |  |  | 19  |  |  |  | 20  | 2
30  | Team Mach  | 5  | Ret  | Ret  |  | Ret  | Ret  |  | Ret  | 21  | 1
\-  | Reiter Vattana Motorsport | 28  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  | 0
Rank  | Team  | No.  | OKA
| FUJ
| BUR
| FUJ
| SUZ
| SUG
| AUT
| MOT
| Pts.

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