2016 Super GT Series

Japanese motorsport championship

2016 Super GT Series

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Heikki Kovalainen & Kohei Hirate
GT500 Teams' Champion:
Lexus Team SARD
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
Takeshi Tsuchiya & Takamitsu Matsui
GT300 Teams' Champion:
VivaC Team Tsuchiya

Previous

2015

Next

2017

Support series:
F4 Japanese Championship

2016 GT500 champions, #39 Denso Kobelco SARD Lexus RC F. 2016 GT300 champions, #25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya Toyota 86 MC.

The 2016 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fourth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the twelfth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fourth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 10 and ended on November 13, after 8 races.

## Schedule

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Round  | Race  | Circuit  | Date

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1  | Okayama GT
300 km  |  Okayama International Circuit | April 10
2  | Fuji GT
500 km  |  Fuji Speedway | May 4
3  | Sugo GT
300 km  |  Sportsland SUGO | July 24
4  | Fuji GT
300 km  |  Fuji Speedway | August 7
5  | 45th International Suzuka 1000km
1000 km  |  Suzuka Circuit | August 28
6  | Buriram United Super GT Race
300 km  |  Chang International Circuit | October 9
7  | Motegi GT
250 km I[1] |  Twin Ring Motegi | November 12
8  | Motegi GT
250 km II[1] | November 13

### Calendar changes

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* The Super GT in Kyushu 300km at Autopolis was scheduled for May 22nd as the third round of the season but was subsequently cancelled in the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. On May 20, series organizers announced that the final weekend at Twin Ring Motegi would host two 250 kilometer races, with the race on Saturday being promoted as "Round 3" of the championship as it replaces the Autopolis race.
* The SUGO GT 300km was brought forward to July from its previous date in September.
* The overseas round at Buriram, Thailand was moved from its 2015 date of June to October. The series first visited the circuit in October 2014.

Suzuka

Motegi

Fuji

SUGO

Okayama

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2016 Japanese venues

Chang

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2016 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[2] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 | Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 1  |  Tsugio Matsuda | M | All
Ronnie Quintarelli | All
Lexus Team LeMans WAKO'S [ja][3] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 6  |  Andrea Caldarelli | B | All
Kazuya Oshima | All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[4] | Honda | Honda NSX Concept-GT | Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 8  |  Kosuke Matsuura | B | All
Tomoki Nojiri | All
Team Impul[2] | 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[4] | Honda | Honda NSX Concept-GT | Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 15  |  Hideki Mutoh | B | All
Oliver Turvey | 1–2, 4–6
Tadasuke Makino | 3, 7–8
Keihin Real Racing[4] | Honda | Honda NSX Concept-GT | Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 17  |  Takashi Kogure | B | All
Koudai Tsukakoshi | All
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[3] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 19  |  Yuji Kunimoto | Y | All
Yuhi Sekiguchi | All
Kondo Racing[2] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 | Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 24  |  Daiki Sasaki | Y | All
Masataka Yanagida | All
Lexus Team TOM'S[3] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 36  |  Nick Cassidy | B | All
Daisuke Ito | All
37  |  Ryō Hirakawa | B | All
James Rossiter | All
Lexus Team ZENT [ja] Cerumo[3] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 38  |  Hiroaki Ishiura | B | All
Yuji Tachikawa | All
Lexus Team SARD[3] | Lexus | Lexus RC F GT500 | Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 39  |  Kohei Hirate | B | All
Heikki Kovalainen | All
MOLA [ja][2] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 | Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 46  |  Satoshi Motoyama | M | All
Katsumasa Chiyo | 1–4, 6–8
Mitsunori Takaboshi | 5
Nakajima Racing[4] | Honda | Honda NSX Concept-GT | Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 64  |  Bertrand Baguette | D | All
Daisuke Nakajima | All
Team Kunimitsu[4] | 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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GAINER[5] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 0  |  André Couto | D | All
Ryūichirō Tomita [ja] | All
Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 11  |  Katsuyuki Hiranaka | All
Björn Wirdheim | All
Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja][5] | Lotus | Lotus Evora MC GT300 | GTA V8 4.5 L V8 | 2  |  Hiroki Katoh | Y | All
Kazuho Takahashi | All
Tadasuke Makino | 6
NDDP Racing[5] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 3  |  Kazuki Hoshino | Y | All
Jann Mardenborough | All
Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo[5] | Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 4  |  Tatsuya Kataoka | Y | All
Nobuteru Taniguchi | All
Team Mach[5] | Toyota | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GTA V8 4.5 L V8 | 5  |  Tetsuji Tamanaka | Y | 1–3, 6, 8
Junichirō Yamashita  | 1–2, 4–6
Masami Kageyama | 2, 3–6, 8
BMW Team Studie[5] | BMW | BMW M6 GT3 | BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 | 7  |  Seiji Ara | Y | All
Jörg Müller | All
Augusto Farfus | 6[6]
Gulf Racing with Pacific[5] | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 | 9  |  Ryōhei Sakaguchi [ja] | Y | All
Hiroki Yoshida | All
Dylan Derdaele  | 2
Team Up Garage [ja] with Bandoh[5] | Toyota | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GTA V8 4.5 L V8 | 18  |  Yuhki Nakayama | Y | All
Shinnosuke Yamada  | All
Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama [ja][5] | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | 21  |  Tomonobu Fujii | D | All
Richard Lyons | All
R'Qs Motor Sports[5] | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 | 22  |  Masaki Jyonai | Y | All
Hisashi Wada | All
Tohjirō Azuma  |  | 6
VivaC Team Tsuchiya [ja][5] | Toyota | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GTA V8 4.5 L V8 | 25  |  Takamitsu Matsui | Y | All
Takeshi Tsuchiya | All
Kenta Yamashita | 6[7]
Team Taisan SARD[5] | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra (Rd. 1)

Audi R8 LMS (Rd. 2, 3-6, 8)

| Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | 26  |  Shōgo Mitsuyama [ja] | Y | 1–2, 4–6
Yūya Motojima [ja] | 1–6, 8
Tsubasa Kondō [ja] | 3, 8
Shinji Nakano | 6
Vattana Motorsport[5] | BMW | BMW M6 GT3 | BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 | 28  |  Chonsawat Asavahame [th] | Y | 7
Morgan Haber  | 7
apr [ja][5] | Toyota | Toyota Prius apr GT | Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 | 30  |  Hiroaki Nagai [ja] | Y | All
Kōta Sasaki | All
31  |  Yūichi Nakayama | B | All
Kōki Saga | All
Excellence Porsche Team KTR[5] | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 | 33  |  Naoya Yamano [ja] | Y | All
Jörg Bergmeister | 1–3, 7–8
Tim Bergmeister  | 4
Yūya Sakamoto | 5–6
Toyota Team Thailand[5] | Toyota | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | GTA V8 4.5 L V8 | 35  |  Nattavude Charoensukhawatana  | Y | 7
Piti Bhirombhakdi [th] | 7
Dijon Racing[5] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 48  |  Hiroshi Takamori  | Y | 1-2, 4, 6
Masaki Tanaka  | 1–2, 6
Takayuki Aoki | 2–6, 8
Mitsunori Takaboshi | 3, 5, 8
Arnage Racing[5] | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 | 50  |  Rintarō Kubo [ja] | Y | All
Hideto Yasuoka [ja] | All
Masaki Kanō | 2
LM corsa[5] | Ferrari | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 | 51  |  Morio Nitta | Y | All
Akihiro Tsuzuki [ja] | All
Shigekazu Wakisaka | 2, 6
Lexus | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.3 L V8 | 60  |  Akira Iida | All
Hiroki Yoshimoto | All
Dominik Farnbacher | 6
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[5] | BMW | BMW M6 GT3 | BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 | 55  |  Takashi Kobayashi | B | All
Shinichi Takagi | All
R&D Sport[5] | Subaru | Subaru BRZ GT300 | Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 | 61  |  Takuto Iguchi | D | All
Hideki Yamauchi | All
Lamborghini Team Direction[5] | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10 | 63  |  Naoki Yokomizo | Y | All
Adrian Zaugg | All
K2 R&D LEON Racing[5] | Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 65  |  Naoya Gamou | Y | All
Haruki Kurosawa [ja] | All
JLOC[5] | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10 | 87  |  Shinya Hosokawa [ja] | Y | All
Kimiya Satō | All
Taiyō Iida  | 2, 6
88  |  Kazuki Hiramine | All
Manabu Orido | All
Lamborghini Team Direction Shift[5] | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10 | 108  |  Kyōsuke Mineo [ja] |  | 1–3, 5–6, 8
Kei Cozzolino | Y | 1–2
Jono Lester | 5–6
Hironori Takeuchi | 3, 6, 8
Rn-sports[5] | Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 111  |  Kazuya Tsuruta  | Y | All
Masayuki Ueda [ja] | All
Keishi Ishikawa [ja] | 6
Tomei Sports [ja][5] | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 | 360  |  Yusaku Shibata  | Y | 1–6, 8
Atsushi Tanaka [ja] | 1–3, 5–6, 8
Shōta Kiyohara [ja] | 2, 4, 6

## Driver changes

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The BMW M6 GT3 (top-left), Ferrari 488 GT3 (top-right), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (bottom-left), and Mercedes-AMG GT3 (bottom-right) all made their debuts in the GT300 class this season.

### Vehicle changes

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* Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO, the number 11 GAINER, K2 R&D LEON Racing, and Rn-sports fielded the new Mercedes-AMG GT3.
* apr fielded two new Toyota Prius GTs, with the number 31 car on Bridgestone tyres, and the number 30 on Yokohama tyres.
* Audi Team Hitotsuyama debuted the second-generation Audi R8 LMS and switched from Yokohama to Dunlop Tyres.
* BMW Team Studie and Autobacs Racing Team Aguri used the new BMW M6 GT3 in 2016. ARTA switched to BMW after the retirement of their previous Honda CR-Z, while Studie received additional support from BMW.
* Excellence Porsche Team KTR fielded the new 911 GT3-R, and received additional support from Porsche.
* LM Corsa's number 51 team switched from BMW to the new Ferrari 488 GT3. The number 60 team continued to use the Lexus RC-F GT3.
* JLOC was one of two teams introducing the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 to Super GT in 2016.

### Driver Changes

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#### GT500

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* Toyota:
* Petrochemical company WAKO's replaced Eneos as the title sponsor of Team Le Mans. Andrea Caldarelli switched from the KeePer TOM's team to the Wako's LeMans team.
* Three-time GT500 champion Juichi Wakisaka announced his retirement from racing at the Toyota Gazoo Racing press conference on February 4. He will stay in the series as the team principal of Lexus Team Wako's LeMans. Yuji Kunimoto moved over from Team LeMans to drive for the WedsSport BANDOH team fill the seat from Wakisaka.
* Two-time and defending 1000 km Suzuka winner James Rossiter switched from the Petronas TOM's team to the KeePer TOM's team. Reigning Japanese Formula 3 champion Nick Cassidy joined the number 36 TOM's team. He was the first driver from New Zealand to race in the series since Mark Porter in 1998. Au replaced Petronas as the title sponsor of the number 36 TOM'S RC-F.
* Honda:
* Takashi Kogure and Hideki Mutoh swapped seats within the Honda fleet. Mutoh moved to Drago Modulo Honda Racing alongside Oliver Turvey, while Kogure joined Koudai Tsukakoshi at Keihin Real Racing.
* Nissan:
* Katsumasa Chiyo stepped up to the GT500 class for 2016 driving for MOLA, after helping GAINER [fr; ja] secure their first GT300 championship last season.
* Masataka Yanagida moved from MOLA to Kondo Racing, his third different team in four seasons.
* Forum Engineering took over from D'Station as the title sponsor of Kondo Racing. Former GT500 champion Michael Krumm had no plans to race in Super GT in 2016 after competing for Kondo Racing last season.

#### GT300

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* After participating in selected rounds last year, Ryuichiro Tomita became a full-time driver of the #0 GAINER Nissan GT-R.
* Kota Sasaki drove a second Toyota Prius GT for apr.
* Mitsunori Takaboshi left the series after a successful rookie season with NDDP to drive in Blancpain GT. However, he returned for the fourth race of the season at Fuji Speedway. GT Academy champion and Nissan factory driver Jann Mardenborough joined the NDDP team, partnering Kazuki Hoshino.
* Former Rolex 24 champion Jörg Bergmeister joined Excellence Porsche Team KTR on a full-time basis, after driving two rounds for the team in 2014.
* WEC LMP1 driver Pierre Kaffer drove for Audi Team Braille in his debut GT300 campaign.
* Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Yuya Motojima, as well as fellow PCCJ drivers Rintaro Kubo and Hiroaki Nagai, moved to GT300, driving for Team Taisan SARD, Arnage Racing, and apr respectively.
* Shinnosuke Yamada graduated from the F4 Japanese Championship to race for Team Upgarage with Bandoh.
* South African Adrian Zaugg and Japanese-Italian driver Kei Cozzolino made their Super GT debuts for Lamborghini Team Direction.
* Inaugural GT Academy champion Lucas Ordóñez returned to racing in Europe, competing in the Blancpain GT Series for NISMO RJN Motorsport.
* Alexandre Imperatori left Super GT to focus on his World Endurance Championship campaign with Rebellion Racing.
* Former 24h Nürburgring winner Christian Mamerow did not return to the series after running a partial campaign with Audi Team Racing Tech.
* EVA Racing became the primary sponsor of the Rn-sports AMG.
* Gulf Racing merged with Pacific Racing Team to form Gulf Racing with PACIFIC, fielding an all-new Porsche 911 GT3-R.
* Direction Racing changed their name to Lamborghini Team Direction, and also fielded two Huracán GT3s.
* Before the start of the season, an entry was announced for Audi Team Braille, with a new 2016 Audi R8 LMS and veteran World Endurance Championship driver Pierre Kaffer. However, the team never appeared in the 2016 season.
* After withdrawing from the 2015 season, Team Taisan returned to GT300 in alliance with SARD.

#### Mid-season changes

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* From the second round, Team Taisan SARD switched to a 2016 model Audi R8 LMS.

## Results

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

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1  |  Okayama International Circuit
Report | 10 April  | GT500  | No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S | No. 1 Nismo
James Rossiter
Ryō Hirakawa |  Tsugio Matsuda
Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300  | No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing
Takamitsu Matsui
Takeshi Tsuchiya |  Naoya Gamou
Haruki Kurosawa
2  |  Fuji Speedway
Report | 4 May  | GT500  | No. 12 Team Impul | No. 1 Nismo
Hironobu Yasuda
João Paulo de Oliveira |  Tsugio Matsuda
Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300  | No. 55 ARTA | No. 3 NDDP Racing
Takashi Kobayashi
Shinichi Takagi |  Kazuki Hoshino
Jann Mardenborough
3  |  Sportsland SUGO
Report | 24 July  | GT500  | No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans WAKO'S  | No. 24 Kondo Racing
Andrea Caldarelli
Kazuya Oshima |  Daiki Sasaki
Masataka Yanagida
GT300  | No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya | No. 31 apr
Takamitsu Matsui
Takeshi Tsuchiya |  Yuichi Nakayama
Koki Saga
4  |  Fuji Speedway
Report | 7 August  | GT500  | No. 12 Team Impul | No. 12 Team Impul
Hironobu Yasuda
João Paulo de Oliveira |  Hironobu Yasuda
João Paulo de Oliveira
GT300  | No. 55 ARTA | No. 55 ARTA
Takashi Kobayashi
Shinichi Takagi |  Takashi Kobayashi
Shinichi Takagi
5  |  Suzuka Circuit
Report | 28 August  | GT500  | No. 15 Drago Modulo Honda Racing | No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Hideki Mutoh
Oliver Turvey |  Hiroaki Ishiura
Yuji Tachikawa
GT300  | No. 18 Team UpGarage with Bandoh | No. 61 R&D Sport
Yuhki Nakayama
Shinnosuke Yamada |  Takuto Iguchi
Hideki Yamauchi
6  |  Chang International Circuit
Report | 9 October  | GT500  | No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh
Yuji Kunimoto
Yuhi Sekiguchi |  Yuji Kunimoto
Yuhi Sekiguchi
GT300  | No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya | No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya
Takamitsu Matsui
Takeshi Tsuchiya |  Takamitsu Matsui
Takeshi Tsuchiya
7  |  Twin Ring Motegi
Report | 12 November  | GT500  | No. 39 Lexus Team SARD | No. 24 Kondo Racing
Kohei Hirate
Heikki Kovalainen |  Daiki Sasaki
Masataka Yanagida
GT300  | No. 11 GAINER | No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Björn Wirdheim |  Tomonobu Fujii
Richard Lyons
8  |  Twin Ring Motegi
Report | 13 November  | GT500  | No. 39 Lexus Team SARD | No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
Kohei Hirate
Heikki Kovalainen |  Kohei Hirate
Heikki Kovalainen
GT300  | No. 31 apr  | No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya
Yuichi Nakayama
Koki Saga |  Takamitsu Matsui
Takeshi Tsuchiya

## Championship standings

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Scoring system
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
Suzuka | 25 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1

### Drivers' championships

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#### GT500

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Driver Ranking GT500 2016 Series[8][9] | Rank  | Driver  | OKA
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1  |  Heikki Kovalainen
Kohei Hirate | 7  | 2  | 2  | 8  | 8  | 7  | 2 | 1 | 82
2  |  Kazuya Oshima
Andrea Caldarelli | 4  | 5  | 4 | 9  | 4  | 3  | 4  | 2  | 69
3  |  Tsugio Matsuda
Ronnie Quintarelli | 1  | 1  | 9  | 4  | 6  | 14  | 9  | 7  | 62
4  |  Yuhi Sekiguchi
Yuji Kunimoto | 9  | 8  | 5  | 10  | 5  | 1 | 5  | 3  | 58
5  |  Daisuke Ito
Nick Cassidy | 8  | 4  | 11  | 5  | 2  | 11  | 3  | 4  | 54
6  |  Yuji Tachikawa
Hiroaki Ishiura | 6  | 14  | 3  | 7  | 1  | 15  | 6  | 9  | 52
7  |  Daiki Sasaki
Masataka Yanagida | 13  | 9 | 1  | Ret  | 12 | 13  | 1  | 10  | 43
8  |  Hironobu Yasuda
João Paulo de Oliveira | 5  | 11 | Ret  | 1 | Ret  | 4  | 7  | 8  | 43
9  |  Ryō Hirakawa
James Rossiter | 2 | 3  | 8  | 12  | Ret  | 9  | Ret  | 5  | 38
10  |  Satoshi Motoyama | 3  | 7  | 13  | Ret  | 3  | 12  | 8  | 6  | 36
11  |  Koudai Tsukakoshi
Takashi Kogure | 11  | 12  | 6 | 2  | 10  | 6  | Ret  | 11  | 27
12  |  Katsumasa Chiyo | 3  | 7  | 13  | Ret  |  | 12  | 8  | 6  | 23
13  |  Hideki Mutoh | 12  | 13  | 7  | Ret  | Ret | 2  | 12  | 15  | 20
14  |  Naoki Yamamoto
Takuya Izawa | 10  | Ret  | 10  | 3  | 7  | 10 | 10  | 12  | 20
15  |  Kosuke Matsuura
Tomoki Nojiri | Ret  | 6  | 14  | 6  | 9  | 8  | 11  | 13  | 16
16  |  Tadasuke Makino |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 12  | 15  | 15
17  |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 13
18  |  Daisuke Nakajima
Bertrand Baguette | 14  | 10  | 12  | 11  | 11  | 5  | 13  | 14  | 7
19  |  Oliver Turvey | 12  | 13  | 7  | Ret  | Ret |  |  |  | 5
Rank  | Driver  | OKA
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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

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Driver Ranking GT300 2016 Series[10][11] Rank  | Driver  | OKA
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1  |  Takeshi Tsuchiya
Takamitsu Matsui | 6 | 3  | 2 | 13  | 22  | 1 | 7  | 1  | 78
2  |  Kōki Saga
Yūichi Nakayama | 12  | 20  | 1  | 25  | 2  | 5  | 24  | 2 | 60
3  |  Tomonobu Fujii
Richard Lyons | 7  | 7  | Ret  | 2  | 6  | 24  | 1  | 4  | 57
4  |  Kazuki Hoshino
Jann Mardenborough | 10  | 1 | 5  | 6  | 10  | 2 | 13  | 6  | 52
5  |  Shinichi Takagi
Takashi Kobayashi | 11  | 2 | Ret  | 1 | 14  | 3  | Ret  | DNS  | 48
6  |  Takuto Iguchi
Hideki Yamauchi | 23  | 11  | 3  | 3  | 1  | Ret  | 23  | 13  | 47
7  |  Nobuteru Taniguchi
Tatsuya Kataoka | 2  | 18  | 7  | 5  | 5  | 8  | 18 | 3  | 47
8  |  Andre Couto
Ryūichirō Tomita  | 8  | 5  | 11  | 9  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 15  | 38
9  |  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Bjorn Wirdheim | 4  | Ret  | 4  | 7  | Ret  | 9  | 4 | 10  | 32
10  |  Naoya Yamano  | 22  | 23  | 14  | 24  | 7  | 7  | 2  | 5  | 30
11  |  Kazuki Hiramine
Manabu Orido | 9  | 25  | 6  | 4  | 9  | 10  | 3  | Ret | 30
12  |  Haruki Kurosawa
Naoya Gamou | 1  | Ret  | 16  | 23  | 8  | 11  | 9  | 24  | 26
13  |  Jörg Bergmeister | 22  | 23  |  |  |  | 7  | 2  | 5  | 25
14  |  Yuhki Nakayama
Shinnosuke Yamada  | 15  | 4  | 8  | 10  | 4 | 22  | 12  | 9  | 25
15  |  Seiji Ara
Jörg Müller | 3  | 24  | 10  | 20  | DNS  | 6  | 15  | 12  | 17
16  |  Morio Nitta
Akihiro Tsuzuki  | 5  | 6  | 9  | 11  | 11  | 12  | 11  | Ret  | 13
17  |  Yūya Motojima  | 20  | 15  | 19  | 8  | 20  |  | 6  | 7  | 12
18  |  Tsubasa Kondō  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 7  | 9
19  |  Shinya Hosokawa
Kimiya Satō | 13  | 8  | 22  | 19  | 17  | 21  | 8  | 11  | 6
20  |  Shigekazu Wakisaka |  | 6  |  |  | 11  |  |  |  | 5
21  |  Yūya Sakamoto  |  |  |  | 24  | 7  |  |  |  | 5
22  |  Ryōhei Sakaguchi
Hiroki Yoshida | DNS  | Ret  | 13  | 21  | 13  | 17  | 22  | 8  | 3
23  |  Shōgo Mitsuyama  | 20  | 15  | 19  | 8  | 20  |  |  |  | 3
24  |  Hiroaki Nagai
Kōta Sasaki | 14  | 9  | 18  | 15  | 24  | 14  | 16  | 17  | 2
25  |  Takayuki Aoki |  | 10  | 17  | 12  | 21  |  | 10  | 14  | 2
26  |  Masaki Tanaka  | 27  | 10  |  |  | 21  |  |  |  | 1
27  |  Hiroshi Takamori  | 27  | 10  | 17  |  | 21  |  |  |  | 1
28  |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  |  |  | 12  |  |  | 10  | 14  | 1
–  |  Yūsaku Shibata  | 26  | 16  | 12  | Ret  | 12  |  | 25  | 22  | 0
–  |  Shōta Kiyohara  |  | 16  | 12  |  | 12  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Rintarō Kubo
Hideto Yasuoka  | 18  | 12  | Ret  | 16  | 16  | 15  | 26  | 19  | 0
–  |  Atsushi Tanaka  | 26  | 16  |  | Ret  | 12  |  | 25  | 22  | 0
–  |  Masaki Kanō |  | 12  |  |  | 16  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Naoki Yokomizo
Adrian Zaugg | 21  | 19  | 15  | 18  | 25  | 13  | 14  | 16  | 0
–  |  Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi | 17  | 13  | 23  | Ret  | Ret  |  | 19  | Ret  | 0
–  |  Kazuya Tsuruta
Masayuki Ueda  | 24  | 14  | 21  | 22  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 20  | 0
–  |  Masami Kageyama |  | 22  | Ret  | 14  | Ret  |  | Ret  | 23  | 0
–  |  Junichirō Yamashita  |  | 22  | Ret  | 14  | Ret  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Tim Bergmeister  |  |  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Keishi Ishikawa  |  |  |  |  | 15  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Kyōsuke Mineo | 16  | 17  |  |  | 19  |  | 27  | 18  | 0
–  |  Kei Cozzolino | 16  | 17  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Akira Iida
Hiroki Yoshimoto | 25  | 21  | Ret  | 17  | 18  | 23  | 20  | Ret  | 0
–  |  Taiyō Iida  |  |  |  |  | 17  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Hironori Takeuchi |  |  |  |  | 19  |  | 27  | 18  | 0
–  |  Nattavude Charoensukhawatana
Piti Bhirombhakdi  |  |  |  |  |  | 18  |  |  | 0
–  |  Dominik Farnbacher |  |  |  |  | 18  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Masaki Jyonai
Hisashi Wada | 19  | Ret  | 20  | Ret  | 23  | 19  | 21  | 21  | 0
–  |  Jono Lester |  |  |  |  | 19  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Shinji Nakano |  |  |  |  | 20  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Chonsawat Asavahame
Morgan Haber  |  |  |  |  |  | 20  |  |  | 0
–  |  Tetsuji Tamanaka |  | 22  |  |  | Ret  |  | Ret  | 23  | 0
–  |  Kenta Yamashita |  |  |  |  | 22  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Tohjirō Azuma  |  |  |  |  | 23  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Tadasuke Makino |  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Dylan Derdaele  |  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
–  |  Augusto Farfus |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  |  | –
Rank  | Driver  | OKA
| FUJ
| SUG
| FUJ
| SUZ
| CHA
| MOT
| MOT
| Points

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