2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

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2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

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The 2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the fifth season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series.

## Teams and drivers

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Team  | Car  | No. | Drivers  | Rounds

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KMSA Motorsport N  | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 3  |  Choi Jeongweon  | 3–5
65  |  Masanobu Kato  | 5
Tamada Racing / Team LeMans | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 7  |  Seiji Tamada  | All
Tobio Otani  | 5
Birth Racing Project  | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 17  |  Kenji Suzuki  | 1–4
Kento Kimura  | 5
CUPRA Leon Competición TCR | 19  |  "Hirobon"  | 1–2, 5
Takeshi Suehiro  | 3–4
55MOTO Racing  | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 55  |  "Mototino"  | All
Audi Team Mars  | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 65  |  Masanobu Kato  | 1–4
J's Racing  | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 69  |  Junichi Umemoto  | All
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | 690  |  Hideo Kubota  | 4
Hagoromo Six DOME Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 98  |  Anna Inotsume  | All

## Race calendar and results

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The calendar was announced on 3 January 2023 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan.[1]

Round  | Circuit  | Date  | Pole Position  | Fastest lap  | Winning driver  | Winning team

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1  | 1  | Suzuka Circuit | 13 May  |  Anna Inotsume  |  "Hirobon"  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2  | 14 May  |  "Hirobon"  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2  | 3  | Okayama International Circuit | 10 June  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
4  | 11 June  |  "Hirobon"  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
3  | 5  | Twin Ring Motegi | 19 August  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  Birth Racing Project
6  | 20 August  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  Birth Racing Project
4  | 7  | Fuji Speedway | 7 October  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
8  | 8 October  |  Anna Inotsume  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  Birth Racing Project
5  | 9  | Sportsland Sugo | 25 November  |  Choi Jeongweon  |  "Hirobon"  |  Choi Jeongweon  |  KMSA Motorsport N
10  | 26 November  |  Tobio Otani  |  Tobio Otani  |  Tobio Otani  |  Tamada Racing / Team LeMans

## Championship standings

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

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Qualify  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 1  | —
Race  | 25  | 18  | 15  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 1

### TCR Japan Series

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| TCR Japan Saturday Series

Pos. | Driver  | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | Pts.
1  |  Anna Inotsume  | 11 | 11 | Ret2 | 11 | 44 | 108
2  |  Masanobu Kato  | 34 | 35 | 34 | DNS  | 32 | 69
3  |  "Hirobon"  | 22 | 43 |  |  | 23 | 58
4  |  "Mototino"  | 55 | Ret2 | 23 | 5  | 7  | 52
5  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  |  | 11 | 23 |  | 51
6  |  Junichi Umemoto  | 6  | 24 | Ret  | 44 | 6  | 50
7  |  Kenji Suzuki  | 43 | 5  | 55 | 65 |  | 45
8  |  Choi Jeongweon  |  |  | 6†  | 7  | 11 | 44
9  |  Seiji Tamada  | 7  | 6  | 4  | 8  | 8  | 34
10  |  Hideo Kubota  |  |  |  | 32 |  | 19
11  |  Kento Kimura  |  |  |  |  | 55 | 11
|  Tobio Otani  |  |  |  |  | WD  |
Pos. | Driver  | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | Pts.
| TCR Japan Sunday Series

Pos. | Driver  | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | Pts.
1  |  Anna Inotsume  | 12 | 12 | Ret2 | 21 | 22 | 107
2  |  "Mototino"  | 33 | 34 | 45 | 45 | 4  | 73
3  |  Masanobu Kato  | 44 | 23 | 24 | Ret  | 85 | 60
4  |  Takeshi Suehiro  |  |  | 11 | 13 |  | 58
5  |  "Hirobon"  | 21 | 51 |  |  | 33 | 56
6  |  Junichi Umemoto  | 65 | 4  | 6  | 64 | 5  | 49
7  |  Choi Jeongweon  |  |  | 33 | 3  | 7  | 39
8  |  Kenji Suzuki  | 5  | 75 | 5  | 7  |  | 33
9  |  Tobio Otani  |  |  |  |  | 11 | 30
10  |  Seiji Tamada  | Ret  | 6  | 7  | 5  | WD  | 24
11  |  Kento Kimura  |  |  |  |  | 64 | 10
12  |  Hideo Kubota  |  |  |  | Ret2 |  | 4
Pos. | Driver  | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | 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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

### Entrants championship

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| Pos. | Entrant  | No.  | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | Pts.

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1  |  Birth Racing Project  | 19  | 22 | 21 | 43 | 51 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 23 | 33 | 223
2  |  Hagoromo Six DOME Racing | 98  | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | Ret2 | Ret2 | 11 | 21 | 44 | 22 | 215
3  |  55MOTO Racing  | 55  | 55 | 33 | Ret2 | 34 | 23 | 45 | 5  | 45 | 7  | 4  | 125
4  |  Audi Team Mars  | 65  | 34 | 44 | 35 | 23 | 34 | 24 | DNS  | Ret  |  |  | 105
5  |  J's Racing  | 69  | 6  | 65 | 24 | 4  | Ret  | 6  | 44 | 64 | 6  | 5  | 99
6  |  Birth Racing Project  | 17  | 43 | 5  | 5  | 75 | 55 | 5  | 65 | 7  | 55 | 64 | 99
7  |  Tamada Racing / Team LeMans | 7  | 7  | Ret  | 6  | 6  | 4  | 7  | 8  | 5  | 8  | 11 | 88
8  |  KMSA Motorsport N  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6†  | 33 | 7  | 3  | 11 | 7  | 83
9  |  KMSA Motorsport N  | 65  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32 | 85 | 24
10  |  J's Racing  | 690  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32 | Ret2 |  |  | 23
Pos. | Driver  | No.  | SUZ | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | 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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

## References

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1. ^ "Five-round 2023 TCR Japan calendar unveiled". TouringCarTimes. 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-11-25.

## External links

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* TCR Japan Touring Car Series Official website

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