2013 Super GT Series

21st season of sports car racing series Super GT Series Super GT Series 2013 GT500 Drivers' Champion: Yuji Tachikawa & Kohei Hirate GT500 Teams' Champion: Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo GT300 Drivers' Champion: Hideki Mutoh & Yuhki Nakayama GT300 Teams' Champion: Team Mugen The 2013 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-first season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the ninth season under the name Super GT. It marked the thirty-first season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It was the final year of the GT500 regulations introduced in 2010 as the 2014 season would see unified technical regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.http://supergt.net/pages/pg:news_detail/device:pc/ln:en/id:12583 SUPER GT and DTM agreed to unify technical regulation from 2014 Super GT October 16, 2012 November 6, 2012 The season began on April 7 and ended on November 17, 2013 after 8 regular races and 1 non championship event. Apart the series' 8 points-scoring races, the 3 Hours of Fuji, a part of 2013 Asian Le Mans Series organized by Automobile Club de l'Ouest, also counted for points towards the GT300 class. 2 400 No.38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 in 2013 SUPER GT (1).jpg HRTD 2013 IMG 6446 (11827813534).jpg The No. 38 Cerumo car won the GT500 Drivers' and Teams' Championship title (pictured in 2023). The No. 16 Team Mugen car won the GT300 Drivers' and Teams' championship title. Schedule An updated provisional calendar was released on November 1, 2012.http://supergt.net/pages/pg:news_detail/device:pc/ln:en/id:12645 Changes in the 2013 SUPER GT Calendar Super GT November 1, 2012 November 6, 2012 Japan 300 2013 Japanese venues right Japan 34 50 136 32 bottom Suzuka Japan 36 52 140 13 right Motegi Japan 33 2 130 58 right Autopolis Japan 35 22 138 55 top Fuji Japan 38 8 140 46 right SUGO Japan 34 54 134 13 left Okayama Round Race Circuit Date 1 Okayama GT300 km JPN Okayama International Circuit April 7 2 Fuji GT 1500 km JPN Fuji Speedway April 29 3 Super GT International Series Malaysia300 km MYS Sepang International Circuit June 16 4 Sugo GT300 km JPN Sportsland SUGO July 28 5 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km1000 km JPN Suzuka Circuit August 18 6 Fuji GT 2300 km JPN Fuji Speedway September 8 AsianLMS 2013 Asian Le Mans Series3 Hours of Fuji1 1 JPN Fuji Speedway September 22 7 Autopolis GT300 km JPN Autopolis October 6 8 Motegi GT250 km JPN Twin Ring Motegi November 3 NC Non-championship round Fuji Sprint Cup JPN Fuji Speedway November 232 2 November 242 2 Notes: There was originally a non-championship race to be held at the Korea International Circuit scheduled for May 19 but was postponed and not held during the season. 1 1 — The 3 Hours of Fuji is an optional points-scoring round that is only open to teams competing in the GT300 class, held as a part of the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series season, where the cars were reclassified as "SGT". Points and success ballast were to be counted if points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the SGT class; no penalty was to be imposed on success ballast reduction if entrants miss the race. 2 2 — Originally scheduled for November 16 and 17 but rescheduled to November 23 and 24.http://supergt.net/pages/pg:news_detail/device:pc/ln:en/id:12895 A change in schedule announced for the Fuji Sprint Cup with a delay for one week, the event will be held during November 22nd – 24th Super GT April 22, 2013 April 24, 2013 Drivers and teams GT500 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Rounds JPN MOLA Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 1 JPN Satoshi Motoyama MichelinAll JPN Yuhi SekiguchiAll JPN Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 6 JPN Kazuya Oshima BridgestoneAll JPN Yuji KunimotoAll JPN Autobacs Racing Team Agurihttp://world.honda.com/news/2013/c130208Motorsports-Overview/index.html Honda 2013 Motorsports Overview February 8, 2013 February 8, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085734/http://world.honda.com/news/2013/c130208Motorsports-Overview/index.html 2016-03-04 dead Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 8 IRL Ralph Firman BridgestoneAll JPN Kosuke MatsuuraAll JPN Team Impul Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 12 JPN Tsugio Matsuda BridgestoneAll BRA João Paulo de OliveiraAll JPN Keihin Real Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 17 JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi BridgestoneAll JPN Koudai TsukakoshiAll JPN Weider Modulo Dome Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 18 JPN Naoki Yamamoto MichelinAll FRA Frédéric MakowieckiAll JPN Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 19 JPN Seiji Ara YokohamaAll POR André CoutoAll JPN Nismo Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 23 JPN Masataka Yanagida MichelinAll ITA Ronnie QuintarelliAll JPN Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 24 JPN Hironobu Yasuda YokohamaAll GER Michael KrummAll JPN Nakajima Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 32 JPN Ryō Michigami DunlopAll JPN Daisuke NakajimaAll JPN Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 36 JPN Kazuki Nakajima BridgestoneAll GBR James RossiterAll JPN Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 37 JPN Daisuke Ito BridgestoneAll ITA Andrea CaldarelliAll JPN Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 38 JPN Yuji Tachikawa BridgestoneAll JPN Kohei HirateAll JPN Lexus Team SARD Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 39 JPN Juichi Wakisaka BridgestoneAll JPN Hiroaki IshiuraAll JPN Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 100 JPN Takuya Izawa BridgestoneAll JPN Takashi KogureAll GT300 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Rounds JPN Team Taisan Ken Endlesshttp://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=45285 峰尾＆横溝の王座を祝いパーティ開催。来季新車!? as-web.jp November 26, 2012 December 25, 2012 Porsche Porsche 997 GT3 Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 0 JPN Kyosuke Mineo YokohamaAll JPN Naoki YokomizoAll JPN Cars Tokai Dream28http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=45693 カーズ東海が来季新体制を発表。高橋／加藤組継続 as-web.jp December 25, 2012 December 25, 2012 McLaren McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin Turbo V8 2 JPN Kazuho Takahashi YokohamaAll JPN Hiroki KatohAll NED Carlo van Dam5 JPN NDDP Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 3 JPN Kazuki Hoshino Yokohama1–8, FSC JPN Daiki Sasaki1–8, FSC ESP Lucas Ordóñez5 JPN GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo BMW BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 4 JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi Yokohama1–8, FSC JPN Tatsuya Kataoka1–8, FSC GER Jörg Müller5 JPN Team Mach Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8 5 JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka Yokohama1–3 JPN Junichiro Yamashita1–3 JPN Naofumi Omoto2 Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka5–8, LMS, FSC JPN Junichiro Yamashita5–8, FSC JPN Naofumi Omoto5 JPN Naoya YamanoLMS JPN Bonds Racinghttp://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=46246 クラフト、ボンズに名称一新。GT-RでGT300参戦 as-web.jp February 3, 2013 February 3, 2013 Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 7 USA Igor Sushkohttp://ameblo.jp/bonds-r/entry-11461253155.html 今日は・・・ February 3, 2013 February 4, 2013 February 18, 2013 https://archive.today/20130218120330/http://ameblo.jp/bonds-r/entry-11461253155.html dead Yokohama1–2 JPN Ryo Orime1 JPN Yuji Ide2 JPN Pacific Direction Racing Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 9 JPN Shogo Mitsuyama Yokohama1–8, FSC JPN You Yokomaku1–2, 4–8, FSC JPN Hisao Shigeta3 JPN Yuya Sakamoto5 JPN Akira Mizutani LMS JPN Gainerhttp://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=45847 GAINER、今季はSLSを加え2台体制。ビヨン加入 as-web.jp January 11, 2013 January 11, 2013 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 10 JPN Tetsuya Tanaka Dunlop1–8, FSC JPN Masayuki Ueda1–8, FSC JPN Masataka Kawaguchi5 11 JPN Katsuyuki HiranakaAll SWE Björn WirdheimAll JPN Team Mugen Honda Honda CR-Z GT Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 16 JPN Hideki Mutoh BridgestoneAll JPN Yuhki NakayamaAll JPN Hitotsuyama Racing Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 21 JPN Akihiro Tsuzuki Hankook1–8, FSC GBR Richard Lyons1–8, FSC JPN R'Qs MotorSports Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 22 JPN Hisashi Wada Yokohama1–8, FSC JPN Masaki Jyonai1–8, FSC JPN apr Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 30 JPN Yuki Iwasaki Yokohama1–3 MYS Fairuz Fauzy1–2 JPN Kenji Kobayashi2 USA Igor Sushko3 Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 JPN Yuki Iwasaki4–8, LMS, FSC USA Igor Sushko4–8, LMS, FSC JPN Kenji Kobayashi5, LMS Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 31 JPN Morio Nitta1–8, FSC JPN Koki Saga1–8, FSC JPN Yuichi Nakayama5 JPN Hankook KTRhttp://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=45747 KTR、来季は13年仕様のポルシェGT3Rで参戦へ as-web.jp December 30, 2012 December 30, 2012 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 33 JPN Masami Kageyama Hankook1–8, FSC JPN Tomonobu Fujii1–8, FSC AUS Nismo Athlete Global Teamhttp://supergt.net/pages/pg:news_detail/device:pc/ln:ja/id:13519 JAF Grand Prix SUPER GT & SUPER FORMULA FUJI SPRINT CUP 2013 Super GT November 8, 2013 November 8, 2013 Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 35 GBR Alex Buncombe YokohamaFSC ESP Lucas OrdóñezFSC JPN Dijon Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48 JPN Hiroshi Takamori Yokohama1–8, FSC JPN Katsumasa Chiyo1–8, FSC JPN Masaki Tanaka5 Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 96 JPN Masaki Tanaka2, 4, 6, FSC JPN Keiichi Inoue2, FSC JPN Shin Ikegami4, 6 JPN Arnage Racinghttp://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=45697 アストン来季も継続か。アルナージュが参戦の意向 as-web.jp December 25, 2012 December 25, 2012 Aston Martin Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12 50 JPN Masaki Kano Yokohama1–8, FSC JPN Hideto Yasuoka1–8, FSC JPN Ryohei Sakaguchi2, 5 JPN Okinawa-IMP Racing with Shift Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 52 JPN Hironori Takeuchi Yokohama1–8, LMS JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya1–8, LMS JPN Naoya Gamou5 JPN Motoyoshi YoshidaLMS JPN Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda CR-Z GT Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 55 JPN Shinichi Takagi BridgestoneAll JPN Takashi KobayashiAll JPN Tomoki Nojiri5, LMS JPN R&D Sporthttp://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=45850 BRZがミシュラン装着へ。山野／佐々木組継続 as-web.jp January 11, 2013 January 11, 2013 Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 JPN Tetsuya Yamano MichelinAll JPN Kota SasakiAll JPN Takuto Iguchi5 JPN Leon Racing Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 62 JPN Haruki Kurosawa YokohamaAll JPN Masanobu Kato1–2 JPN Tsubasa Kurosawa2–8, LMS JPN Akihiko Nakaya5 JPN JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 86 JPN Koji Yamanishi Yokohama1–8, FSC JPN Shinya Hosokawa1–8, FSC JPN Yuya Sakamoto2, 5 87 JPN Hideki Yamauchi1–8 JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto1–8 88 JPN Manabu Orido1–8 JPN Takayuki Aoki1–8 JPN Hideki YamauchiFSC JPN Hiroki YoshimotoFSC JPN Tomei Sports Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 JPN Takuya Shirasaka Yokohama1–4, 6–7 JPN Atsushi Tanaka1–4, 6–7 Entrant Changes GT500 Class Nissan: Two-time and defending GT500 champions Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli, transferred from MOLA to the flagship NISMO team, who also switched from Bridgestone to Michelin tyres. Three-time GT500 champion Satoshi Motoyama transferred to MOLA, joining first-year GT500 driver Yuhi Sekiguchi in an all-new lineup. Two-time GT500 champion Michael Krumm transferred to Kondo Racing. Lexus: TOM's Racing expanded to a two-car team, with the number 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM's squad taking over the entry vacated by Team Kraft's departure. Loïc Duval departed Super GT to drive full-time for Audi in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and was replaced by former Force India F1 reserve driver James Rossiter. Daisuke Ito and Andrea Caldarelli were named as the drivers for Lexus Team KeePer TOM's, while Yuji Kunimoto transferred to Lexus Team Eneos LeMans to replace Ito. Lexus Team SARD switched to Bridgestone tyres after two seasons with Michelin. Honda: FIA GT1 World Championship runner-up Frédéric Makowiecki replaced Carlo Van Dam at Weider Modulo Dome Racing, joined by Naoki Yamamoto, who transferred from Team Kunimitsu after four seasons. Dome also changed tyre suppliers from Bridgestone to Michelin. 2010 GT500 champion Takashi Kogure was transferred to Team Kunimitsu to replace Yamamoto. Kosuke Matsuura returned to the GT500 class with ARTA, and Daisuke Nakajima stepped up to GT500 for the first time with Nakajima Racing. GT300 Class Team Taisan Ken Endless inherited the number 0 from last year's champions, Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team UKYO. This began an informal tradition of GT300 teams designating the number 0 as the champion's number plate. Goodsmile Racing & Studie with Team UKYO consolidated their programme into a single-car operation, fielding the number 4 BMW Z4 GT3 for Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka. For their first full-season effort since 2005, Team Mugen replaced GT500-bound Daisuke Nakajima with former Honda GT500 driver Yuhki Nakayama in their hybrid-powered Honda CR-Z GT300. Subaru and R&D Sport changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Michelin for their second season with the BRZ GT300. Autobacs Racing Team Aguri changed vehicles from the ASL Garaiya to the Honda CR-Z GT300. Takashi Kobayashi joined ARTA's GT300 squad after two seasons in their GT500 team. The team also changed its number from 43 to 55. Two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino and reigning All-Japan Formula 3 National Class champion Daiki Sasaki, formed an all-new driver lineup at NDDP Racing. Bonds Racing, a new team established by members of the former Lexus Team Kraft, entered the series for the first time with a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 driven in the first round by Igor Sushko and Ryo Orime. Tomei Sports changed vehicles from the Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 to the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. Dijon Racing changed their primary number 48 team's vehicle to the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, and signed NDDP graduate Katsumasa Chiyo as their pro driver to partner amateur driver Hiroshi Takamori. Dijon Racing would continue to enter their Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 in select races with the number 96, driven by Masaki Tanaka and Keiichi Inoue. Team a Speed withdrew from the series after the 2012 season. Arnage Racing, the garage responsible for vehicle maintenance, took over the programme under their own name, fielding the number 50 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 for drivers Masaki Kano and Hideto Yasuoka. Cars Tokai Dream28 changed vehicles from the Mooncraft Shiden to the newest McLaren MP4-12C GT3. Gainer switched allegiances from Audi to Mercedes-Benz, and expanded back to a two-car team with two SLS AMG GT3s. The all-pro number 11 car added former GT500 driver Björn Wirdheim as team mate to Katsuyuki Hiranaka, while Tetsuya Tanaka moved to the pro-am number 10 car alongside Masayuki Ueda. LEON Racing spun off from Shift after the 2012 season. Operated by K2 R&D Co. Ltd., LEON Racing fielded the number 62 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 for Haruki Kurosawa and Masanobu Kato. Shift would partner with Okinawa-IMP (International Motorsports Project), fielding the number 52 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for team founder Hironori Takeuchi and Takeshi Tsuchiya. R'Qs Motor Sports changed vehicles from the Vemac RD320R to the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Hitotsuyama Racing scaled back to a single-car programme with their number 21 Audi R8 LMS Ultra driven by Akihiro Tsuzuki and 2004 GT500 champion Richard Lyons. The team also changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Hankook. Fairuz Fauzy began the season driving apr's number 30 Audi R8 LMS Ultra, alongside Yuki Iwasaki. JLOC consolidated their entry from four cars to three cars, all fielding the latest Lamborghini Gallardo GT3. Hiroki Yoshimoto transferred from the defunct Team a Speed to the number 87 JLOC entry alongside Hideki Yamauchi. Koji Yamanishi transferred to the number 86 car, joined by Shinya Hosokawa, who rejoined JLOC after a year away from the series. LMP Motorsport withdrew from the series after the 2012 season. Pacific Racing Team and the Nakanihon Automotive College (NAC), who supported their efforts in 2012, partnered with Direction Racing (who themselves returned to the series after a year's absence) and entered as Pacific Direction Racing. Their number 9 Porsche 911 GT3-R, promoting the new animated series Ghost in the Shell: ARISE, was driven by Shogo Mitsuyama and Yu Yokomaku. Team SGC and their Lexus IS 350 withdrew from the series after the 2012 season. Mid-season changes GT300 Class Bonds Racing withdrew from the series after Igor Sushko and Yuji Ide finished fifth in the Fuji 500km. Sushko joined the number 30 apr crew from the third round in Sepang. In the fourth round, apr switched vehicles to Bonds' former Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, and gained Freescale as a sponsor for the rest of the season. Tsubasa Kurosawa, the younger brother of Haruki, joined LEON Racing as a third driver for the Fuji 500km, then replaced Masanobu Kato for the rest of the season. After the third round, Team Mach replaced their Ferrari 458 GT3 with a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 from the Suzuka 1000km onwards. Third drivers for the Suzuka 1000km included Jörg Müller (GSR&Studie with Team UKYO), Carlo van Dam (Cars Tokai Dream28), Lucas Ordoñez (NDDP Racing), Tomoki Nojiri (ARTA), Yuichi Nakayama (apr #31), Akihiko Nakaya (LEON Racing), Naoya Gamou (Okinawa-IMP with Shift), Ryohei Sakaguchi (Arnage Racing), Naofumi Omoto (Team Mach), and Takuto Iguchi, who won the race as the third driver for R&D Sport. The NISMO Athlete Global Team entered as a one-off in the non-championship Fuji Sprint Cup race, with Ordoñez and Alex Buncombe driving the number 35 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. JLOC entered only a single Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 for Yoshimoto and Yamauchi in the Fuji Sprint Cup. Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Race winner 1 JPN Okayama International CircuitReport 7 April #23 Nismo #100 Team Kunimitsu JPN Masataka YanagidaITA Ronnie Quintarelli JPN Takuya IzawaJPN Takashi Kogure #61 R&D Sport #11 Gainer JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Kota Sasaki JPN Katsuyuki HiranakaSWE Björn Wirdheim 2 JPN Fuji SpeedwayReport 29 April #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S JPN Kazuki NakajimaGBR James Rossiter JPN Kazuki NakajimaGBR James Rossiter #61 R&D Sport #31 apr JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Kota Sasaki JPN Morio NittaJPN Koki Saga 3 MYS Sepang International CircuitReport 16 June #12 Team Impul #12 Team Impul BRA João Paulo de OliveiraJPN Tsugio Matsuda BRA João Paulo de OliveiraJPN Tsugio Matsuda #55 ARTA #55 ARTA JPN Takashi KobayashiJPN Shinichi Takagi JPN Takashi KobayashiJPN Shinichi Takagi 4 JPN Sportsland SUGOReport 28 July #1 MOLA #8 ARTA JPN Satoshi MotoyamaJPN Yuhi Sekiguchi JPN Kousuke MatsuuraIRL Ralph Firman #61 R&D Sport #55 ARTA JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Kota Sasaki JPN Takashi KobayashiJPN Shinichi Takagi 5 JPN Suzuka CircuitReport 18 August #23 Nismo #18 Dome Racing JPN Masataka YanagidaITA Ronnie Quintarelli JPN Naoki YamamotoFRA Frédéric Makowiecki #61 R&D Sport #61 R&D SportJPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Kota SasakiJPN Takuto IguchiJPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Kota SasakiJPN Takuto Iguchi 6 JPN Fuji SpeedwayReport 8 September #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Kohei Hirate JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Kohei Hirate #55 ARTA #4 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO JPN Takashi KobayashiJPN Shinichi Takagi JPN Nobuteru TaniguchiJPN Tatsuya Kataoka AsianLMS JPN Fuji SpeedwayReport 22 September #16 Team Mugen #16 Team Mugen JPN Hideki MutohJPN Yuhki Nakayama JPN Hideki MutohJPN Yuhki Nakayama 7 JPN AutopolisReport 6 October #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Kohei Hirate JPN Kazuki NakajimaGBR James Rossiter #3 NDDP Racing #4 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO JPN Kazuki HoshinoJPN Daiki Sasaki JPN Nobuteru TaniguchiJPN Tatsuya Kataoka 8 JPN Twin Ring MotegiReport 3 November #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS JPN Yuji KunimotoJPN Kazuya Oshima JPN Yuji KunimotoJPN Kazuya Oshima #61 R&D Sport #11 Gainer JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Kota Sasaki JPN Katsuyuki HiranakaSWE Björn Wirdheim NC JPN Fuji SpeedwayReport 23 November #18 Dome Racing #17 Keihin Real Racing JPN Naoki Yamamoto JPN Koudai Tsukakoshi #3 NDDP Racing #3 NDDP Racing JPN Daiki Sasaki JPN Daiki Sasaki 24 November #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS JPN Kazuya Oshima JPN Kazuya Oshima #3 NDDP Racing #2 Cars Tokai Dream28 JPN Kazuki Hoshino JPN Hiroki Katoh Standings GT500 Drivers Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 RankDriverNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNPts.1JPN Kohei HirateJPN Yuji Tachikawa38 4 2 14 11 11 1 2 3692JPN Toshihiro KaneishiJPN Koudai Tsukakoshi17 2 Ret 5 Ret 7 2 3 2673JPN Kazuki NakajimaGBR James Rossiter36 12 1 11 10 3 12 1 5604FRA Frédéric MakowieckiJPN Naoki Yamamoto18 5 10 4 13 1 5 5 7565JPN Yuji KunimotoJPN Kazuya Oshima6 7 3 7 6 Ret 4 11 1526ITA Ronnie QuintarelliJPN Masataka Yanagida23 3 Ret 9 3 2 9 8 8507JPN Hiroaki IshiuraJPN Juichi Wakisaka39 8 4 2 4 9 11 7 4498ITA Andrea CaldarelliJPN Daisuke Ito37 15 6 10 2 5 3 9 6479BRA João Paulo de OliveiraJPN Tsugio Matsuda12 6 5 1 Ret 4 6 Ret 134610JPN Takuya IzawaJPN Takashi Kogure100 1 7 3 12 10 Ret 12 123711IRE Ralph FirmanJPN Kosuke Matsuura8 9 8 8 1 12 8 14 153112JPN Satoshi MotoyamaJPN Yuhi Sekiguchi1 10 9 6 7 8 7 4 142813DEU Michael KrummJPN Hironobu Yasuda24 13 12 13 5 Ret 10 6 91414JPN Seiji AraPOR André Couto19 14 11 15 9 6 Ret 13 10915JPN Ryō MichigamiJPN Daisuke Nakajima32 11 13 12 8 13 Ret 10 114RankDriverNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNPts. GT500 Teams' standings RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNPts. 1 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 38 4 2 14 11 11 1 2 324 892 Keihin Real Racing 17 2 Ret 5 Ret 7 2 3 216 85 3 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S 36 12 1 11 10 3 12 1 552 804 Weider Modulo Dome Racing 18 5 10 4 13 1 5 5 748 77 5 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS 6 7 3 7 6 Ret 4 11 1111 726 Nismo 23 3 Ret 9 3 2 9 8 8714 71 7 Lexus Team SARD 39 8 4 2 4 9 11 7 497 70 8 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 37 15 6 10 2 5 3 9 6 Ret11 69 9 Team Impul 12 6 5 1 Ret 4 6 Ret 1383 63 10 Team Kunimitsu 100 1 7 3 12 10 Ret 12 1235 55 11 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 9 8 8 1 12 8 14 151313 49 12 MOLA 1 10 9 6 7 8 7 4 14 Ret15 4713 Kondo Racing 24 13 12 13 5 Ret 10 6 91010 3214Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh19 14 11 15 9 6 Ret 13 10692515Nakajima Racing32 11 13 12 8 13 Ret 10 11121219RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNPts. GT300 Drivers Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 AsLMS Fuji 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 RankDriverNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNPts.1JPN Hideki MutohJPN Yuhki Nakayama16 7 2 2 2 5 8 1 9 2852JPN Katsuyuki HiranakaSWE Björn Wirdheim11 1 6 3 13 6 7 2 4 1803JPN Tatsuya KataokaJPN Nobuteru Taniguchi4 2 9 6 15DSQ 1 1 4704JPN Kota SasakiJPN Tetsuya Yamano61 5 Ret 4 6 1 9 3 7 3665JPN Hironori TakeuchiJPN Takeshi Tsuchiya52 4 4 12 4 2 10 6 3 7606JPN Haruki Kurosawa62 6 8 8 7 3 4 8 18 6427JPN Takashi KobayashiJPN Shinichi Takagi55 12 19 1 1 Ret 16 Ret 16 15408JPN Koki SagaJPN Morio Nitta31 Ret 1 Ret 22 15 2 15 20359JPN Tsubasa Kurosawa62 8 7 3 4 8 18 63410JPN Takuto Iguchi61 12511JPN Hideki YamauchiJPN Hiroki Yoshimoto87/88 3 7 Ret 5 Ret 20 10 82512JPN Kyosuke MineoJPN Naoki Yokomizo0 10 NC 11 3 7 19 4 8 102513JPN Shinya HosokawaJPN Koji Yamanishi86 11 3 9 12 Ret 3 13 132414JPN Takayuki AokiJPN Manabu Orido88 Ret 12 5 18 4 Ret 12 52215JPN Masaki KanoJPN Hideto Yasuoka50 20 Ret 20 14 8 18 2 Ret1916JPN Naoya Gamou52 21817JPN Kazuki HoshinoJPN Daiki Sasaki3 Ret Ret 10 9 9 5 Ret 91418USA Igor Sushko7/30 13 5 17 20 17 12 Ret 6 141119JPN Tomonobu FujiiJPN Masami Kageyama33 8 16 Ret 17 10 15 5 111120JPN Tetsuya TanakaJPN Masayuki Ueda10 15 10 7 10 13 6 20 121121JPN Masanobu Kato62 6 8822JPN Yuji Ide7 5623JPN Yuki Iwasaki30 14 15 17 20 17 12 Ret 6 14524JPN Ryohei Sakaguchi50 Ret 8425JPN Hiroki KatohJPN Kazuho Takahashi2 Ret 18 15 16 18 14 5 11 17326GBR Richard LyonsJPN Akihiro Tsuzuki21 16 Ret 14 8 11 13 21 21327ESP Lucas Ordóñez3 9328JPN Katsumasa ChiyoJPN Hiroshi Takamori48 9 11 13 11 16 Ret 17 18229JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka5 17 17 16 19 11 9 22 22130JPN Naoya Yamano5 91-JPN Junichiro Yamashita5 17 17 16 19 11 22 220-JPN Masaki JyonaiJPN Hisashi Wada22 Ret 13 Ret 19 13 17 14 160-JPN Ryo Orime7 130-MYS Fairuz Fauzy30 14 150-JPN Shogo Mitsuyama9 19 14 19 21 14 21 19 190-JPN You Yokomaku9 19 14 21 14 21 19 190-JPN Yuya Sakamoto9 140-JPN Yuichi Nakayama31 150-JPN Masaki Tanaka96/48 Ret 24 16 220-JPN Kenji Kobayashi30 15 17 Ret0-JPN Takuya ShirasakaJPN Atsushi Tanaka360 18 Ret 18 23 23 230-NED Carlo van Dam2 180-JPN Hisao Shigeta9 190-JPN Naofumi Omoto5 17 190-JPN Shin Ikegami96 24 220-JPN Keiichi Inoue96 Ret0-JPN Yuya Sakamoto86 3 Ret0-JPN Akihiko Nakaya62 30-JPN Motoyoshi Yoshida52 60-JPN Masataka Kawaguchi10 130-JPN Tomoki Nojiri55 Ret Ret0-GER Jörg Müller4 DSQ0RankDriverNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNPts. GT300 Drivers' championship GT300 Teams' standings RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMALAYSIASUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNPts. 1 Team Mugen 16 7 2 2 2 5 8 1 9 265 1032Gainer 11 1 6 3 13 6 7 2 4 122943 GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo 4 2 9 6 15DSQ 1 1 4Ret3894R&D Sport 61 5 Ret 4 6 1 9 3 7 3Ret22735Okinawa-IMP Racing with Shift 52 4 4 12 4 2 10 6 3 7716Leon Racing 62 6 8 8 7 3 4 8 18 6510657Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 12 19 1 1 Ret 16 Ret 16 1534528 apr 31 Ret 1 Ret 22 15 2 15 20121551 9 Team Taisan ENDLESS 0 10 NC 11 3 7 19 4 8 10713 3810JLOC 86 11 3 9 12 Ret 3 13 1315163511JLOC 87 3 7 Ret 5 Ret 20 10 83512JLOC 88 Ret 12 5 18 4 Ret 12 5883313Arnage Racing 50 20 Ret 20 14 8 18 2 Ret161228 14 NDDP Racing 3 Ret Ret 10 9 9 5 Ret 917 23 15 Gainer 10 15 10 7 10 13 6 20 12116 2216 Hankook KTR 33 8 16 Ret 17 10 15 5 11Ret92217apr 30 14 15 17 20 17 12 Ret 6 14 20112118Hitotsuyama Racing 21 16 Ret 14 8 11 13 21 2113191919Cars Tokai Dream282 Ret 18 15 16 18 14 5 11 171411120Dijon Racing48 9 11 13 11 16 Ret 17 184201121Bonds Racing7 13 56 22Team Mach5 17 17 16 19 11 9 22 2210Ret 623R'QS Motorsports22 Ret 13 Ret 19 13 17 14 169 14624Pacific Direction Racing9 19 14 19 21 14 21 19 1917 17525Tomei Sports360 18 Ret 18 23 23 23426Dijon Racing96 Ret 24 2218213- Nismo Athlete Global Team3519182RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMALAYSIASUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNPts. JAF Grand Prix GT500 Drivers RankNo.TeamRace 1 DriverRace 2 DriverRace 1Race 2PTS117Keihin Real RacingJPN Koudai TsukakoshiJPN Toshihiro Kaneishi1625238Lexus Team Zent CerumoJPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Kohei Hirate2423336Lexus Team Petronas TOM'SGBR James RossiterJPN Kazuki Nakajima522146Lexus Team LeMans ENEOSJPN Yuji KunimotoJPN Kazuya Oshima111205100Raybrig Team KunimitsuJPN Takashi KogureJPN Takuya Izawa3517612Calsonic Team ImpulJPN Tsugio MatsudaBRA João Paulo de Oliveira8314718Weider Dome RacingJPN Naoki YamamotoFRA Frédéric Makowiecki4811819Lexus Team WedsSport BandohPOR Andre CoutoJPN Seiji Ara697939Lexus Team DENSO SARDJPN Juichi WakisakaJPN Hiroaki Ishiura9761023Motul Autech NISMOITA Ronnie QuintarelliJPN Masataka Yanagida71441124D'Station ADVAN Kondo RacingJPN Hironobu YasudaGER Michael Krumm1010237Lexus Team KeePer TOM'SITA Andrea CaldarelliJPN Daisuke ItoRet11032Epson Nakajima RacingJPN Daisuke NakajimaJPN Ryō Michigami121208Autobacs Racing Team AguriJPN Kosuke MatsuuraIRL Ralph Firman131301S-Road REITO MOLAJPN Yuhi SekiguchiJPN Satoshi MotoyamaRet150 GT300 Drivers RankNo.TeamRace 1 DriverRace 2 DriverRace 1Race 2PTS111GainerSWE Björn WirdheimJPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka223023NDDP RacingJPN Daiki SasakiJPN Kazuki Hoshino172432Cars Tokai Dream28JPN Kazuho TakahashiJPN Hiroki Katoh14120455Autobacs Racing Team AguriJPN Takashi KobayashiJPN Shinichi Takagi341954GSR Hatsune MikuJPN Tatsuya KataokaJPN Nobuteru TaniguchiRet311616Team MugenJPN Hideki MutohJPN Yuhki Nakayama6511748Dijon RacingJPN Katsumasa ChiyoJPN Hiroshi Takamori4208862Leon RacingJPN Haruki KurosawaJPN Tsubasa Kurosawa5107988JLOCJPN Hideki YamauchiJPN Hiroki Yoshimoto8861010GainerJPN Masayuki UedaJPN Tetsuya Tanaka1165110Team Taisan Ken EndlessJPN Kyosuke MineoJPN Naoki Yokomizo71341222R'Qs MotorSportsJPN Masaki JyonaiJPN Hisashi Wada91421333Hankook KTRJPN Masami KageyamaJPN Tomonobu FujiiRet92145Team MachJPN Junichiro YamashitaJPN Tetsuji Tamanaka10Ret130aprUSA Igor SushkoJPN Yuki Iwasaki2011031aprJPN Koki SagaJPN Morio Nitta1215050Arnage RacingJPN Masaki KanoJPN Hideto Yasuoka1612021Hitotsuyama RacingGBR Richard LyonsJPN Akihiro Tsuzuki1319086JLOCJPN Koji YamanishiJPN Shinya Hosokawa151609Pacific Direction RacingJPN You YokomakuJPN Shogo Mitsuyama1717035Nismo Athlete Global TeamGBR Alex BuncombeESP Lucas Ordóñez1918096Dijon RacingJPN Keiichi InoueJPN Masaki Tanaka1821061R&D SportJPN Kota SasakiJPN Tetsuya YamanoRet220 References External links Super GT official website en 2013 Super GT