2012 Super GT Series

Motorsport season Super GT Series 2012 GT500 Drivers' Champion: Masataka Yanagida & Ronnie Quintarelli GT500 Teams' Champion: MOLA GT300 Drivers' Champion: Kyosuke Mineo & Naoki Yokomizo GT300 Teams' Champion: Team Taisan ENDLESS 2 400 S Road Mola GT-R 2013 Nissan Global Headquarters Gallery.jpg Endless Taisan 911 and GT300 champion trophies 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon.jpg MOLA won the GT500 Drivers' and Teams' championship titles (pictured with the trophy in 2013). Team Taisan won the GT300 Drivers' and Teams' championship titles (pictured with the trophies in 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 Japan 300 2012 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 1 2 Fuji GT 1500 km JPN Fuji Speedway May 4 3 Super GT International Series Malaysia300 km MYS Sepang International Circuit June 10 4 Sugo GT300 km JPN Sportsland SUGO July 29 5 41st International Pokka 1000km1000 km JPN Suzuka Circuit August 19 6 Fuji GT 2300 km JPN Fuji Speedway September 9 7 Autopolis GT300 km JPN Autopolis September 30 8 Motegi GT250 km JPN Twin Ring Motegi October 28 NC Fuji Sprint Cup JPN Fuji Speedway November 17 November 18 Regulation changes 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 GT500 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Round JPN MOLA Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 1 JPN Masataka Yanagida MichelinAll ITA Ronnie QuintarelliAll JPN Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 6 JPN Daisuke Itō BridgestoneAll JPN Kazuya OshimaAll JPN Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 8 IRL Ralph Firman BridgestoneAll JPN Takashi KobayashiAll 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 Honda Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 18 JPN Takashi Kogure BridgestoneAll NED Carlo van DamAll JPN Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 19 JPN Seiji Ara YokohamaAll POR André Couto1–8 GBR Marino FranchittiNC JPN Nismo Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 23 JPN Satoshi Motoyama BridgestoneAll GER Michael KrummAll JPN Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VRH34B 3.4 L V8 24 JPN Hironobu Yasuda YokohamaAll SWE Björn WirdheimAll JPN Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 32 JPN Ryō Michigami DunlopAll JPN Yuhki NakayamaAll JPN Lexus Team KeePer Kraft Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 35 JPN Yuji Kunimoto BridgestoneAll ITA Andrea CaldarelliAll JPN Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V8 36 JPN Kazuki Nakajima BridgestoneAll FRA Loïc Duval1, 3–8, NC GBR Richard Lyons2 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 MichelinAll JPN Hiroaki IshiuraAll JPN Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda HSV-010 GT Honda HR10EG 3.4 L V8 100 JPN Takuya Izawa BridgestoneAll JPN Naoki YamamotoAll GT300 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Round JPN GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo BMW BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 0 JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi Yokohama All JPN Tatsuya Kataoka All 4 JPN Taku Bamba All JPN Masahiro Sasaki All JPN Cars Tokai Dream28 Mooncraft Mooncraft Shiden Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0 L V8 2 JPN Kazuho Takahashi Yokohama All JPN Hiroki Katoh All JPN Hiroshi Hamaguchi 5 JPN NDDP Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 3 JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi Yokohama 1–5, 7–8, NC JPN Katsumasa Chiyo All JPN Daiki Sasaki 5–6 JPN Team Mach Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8 5 JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka Yokohama 1–2, 4–8, NC JPN Masayuki Ueda 1–2, 4–8, NC JPN Masataka Kawaguchi 2 JPN Gainer Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 11 JPN Tetsuya Tanaka Dunlop All JPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka All JPN Atsushi Yogo 5 SGP Team SGC Lexus Lexus IS350 GT300 Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 14 JPN Ryo Orime Yokohama 4–8, NC CHE Alexandre Imperatori 4–6 JPN Naoya Yamano 7–8, NC JPN Team Art Taste Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 15 DEU Tim Bergmeister Yokohama 1–2 JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–2 DEU Jörg Bergmeister 2 JPN Team Mugen Honda Honda CR-Z GT Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 16 JPN Hideki Mutoh Bridgestone 4–8, NC JPN Daisuke Nakajima 4–8, NC JPN Hitotsuyama Racing Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 20 JPN Hideki Noda Yokohama 1–2 USA Michael Kim 1 JPN Kenji Kobayashi 2 HKG Frank Yu 2 21 JPN Akihiro Tsuzuki All CHE Cyndie Allemann 1–5 GBR Richard Lyons 5–8, NC JPN Yukinori Taniguchi 2 77 UKR Igor Sushko 8, NC JPN Kenji Kobayashi 8, NC 99 HKG Frank Yu 3, 7 JPN Hideto Yasuoka 3–5, 7 USA Michael Kim 4–5 JPN Yoshio Tsuzuki 5 JPN R'Qs Motorsports Vemac Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 4.0 L V8 22 JPN Hisashi Wada Yokohama All JPN Masaki Jyonai All FRA LMP Motorsport Ferrari Ferrari F430 GTC Ferrari F136GT 4.3 L V8 27 JPN Yutaka Yamagishi Yokohama 1–8 JPN Takuto Iguchi 1–8 JPN apr Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 30 JPN Yuki Iwasaki Yokohama All JPN Yuya Sakamoto All JPN Kenji Kobayashi 5 Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 31 JPN Morio Nitta All JPN Koki Saga All JPN Yuichi Nakayama 5 JPN Hankook KTR Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 33 JPN Masami Kageyama Hankook All JPN Tomonobu Fujii All JPN Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43 JPN Shinichi Takagi Bridgestone All JPN Kosuke Matsuura All JPN Dijon Racing Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 48 JPN Hiroshi Takamori Yokohama 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC JPN Shogo Mitsuyama 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC JPN Keiichi Inoue 2, 5 JPN Green Tec & Leon with Shift Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 52 JPN Hironori Takeuchi Yokohama All JPN Haruki Kurosawa 1–5, 7–8, NC JPN Akihiko Nakaya 5 JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya 6 JPN R&D Sport Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 JPN Tetsuya Yamano Yokohama All JPN Kota Sasaki All JPN A speed Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage GT2 Aston Martin AJ37 4.7 L V8 66 JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto Yokohama 1 JPN Kazuki Hoshino 1 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12 JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto 2–8, NC JPN Kazuki Hoshino 2–8, NC JPN Hiroki Yoshida 5 SGP ThunderAsia Racing Mosler Mosler MT900M Judd XV675 3.5 L V8 69 MYS Fairuz Fauzy Yokohama 3 JPN Hiroki Yoshida 3 JPN JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Lamborghini 07L1 5.2 L V10 85 JPN Yuya Sakamoto Yokohama 1–2, 5–7 JPN Masaki Kano 1–2, 6 JPN Ryohei Sakaguchi 2, 5 JPN Hideshi Matsuda 7 86 JPN Hideshi Matsuda 1–5, NC JPN Junichiro Yamashita 1–5, NC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 87 JPN Koji Yamanishi All JPN Hideki Yamauchi 1–8 JPN Yuya Sakamoto NC 88 JPN Manabu Orido All JPN Takayuki Aoki All JPN Keita Sawa 5 JPN Tomei Sports Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 Callaway LS7.R 7.0 L V8 360 JPN Atsushi Tanaka Yokohama 1–4, 6–8, NC JPN Yasushi Kikuchi 1 JPN Takuya Shirasaka 2–4, 6–8, NC JPN Team Taisan ENDLESS Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L F6 911 JPN Kyosuke Mineo Yokohama All JPN Naoki Yokomizo All Entrant Changes GT500 Class 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 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 GT500 Class 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 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 Round Circuit Date Pole position Race winner 1 JPN Okayama International CircuitReport 1 April #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Kohei Hirate JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Kohei Hirate #911 Team Taisan ENDLESS #11 Gainer JPN Kyosuke MineoJPN Naoki Yokomizo JPN Tetsuya TanakaJPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka 2 JPN Fuji SpeedwayReport 4 May #32 Nakajima Racing #39 Lexus Team SARD JPN Ryō MichigamiJPN Yuhki Nakayama JPN Hiroaki IshiuraJPN Juichi Wakisaka #11 Gainer #0 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO JPN Tetsuya TanakaJPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka JPN Nobuteru TaniguchiJPN Tatsuya Kataoka 3 MYS Sepang International CircuitReport 10 June #18 Weider Honda Racing #18 Weider Honda Racing JPN Takashi KogureNED Carlo van Dam JPN Takashi KogureNED Carlo van Dam #33 Hankook KTR #33 Hankook KTR JPN Tomonobu FujiiJPN Masami Kageyama JPN Tomonobu FujiiJPN Masami Kageyama 4 JPN Sportsland SUGOReport 29 July #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS JPN Daisuke ItoJPN Kazuya Oshima JPN Daisuke ItoJPN Kazuya Oshima #33 Hankook KTR #3 NDDP Racing JPN Tomonobu FujiiJPN Masami Kageyama JPN Yuhi SekiguchiJPN Katsumasa Chiyo 5 JPN Suzuka CircuitReport 19 August #1 MOLA #1 MOLA JPN Masataka YanagidaITA Ronnie Quintarelli JPN Masataka YanagidaITA Ronnie Quintarelli #16 Team Mugen #66 A speed JPN Hideki MutohJPN Daisuke Nakajima JPN Hiroki YoshimotoJPN Kazuki HoshinoJPN Hiroki Yoshida 6 JPN Fuji SpeedwayReport 9 September #12 Team Impul #12 Team Impul JPN Tsugio MatsudaBRA João Paulo de Oliveira JPN Tsugio MatsudaBRA João Paulo de Oliveira #31 apr #33 Hankook KTR JPN Morio NittaJPN Koki Saga JPN Tomonobu FujiiJPN Masami Kageyama 7 JPN AutopolisReport 30 September #19 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH #1 MOLA JPN Seiji AraPOR André Couto JPN Masataka YanagidaITA Ronnie Quintarelli #3 NDDP Racing #66 A speed JPN Yuhi SekiguchiJPN Katsumasa Chiyo JPN Hiroki YoshimotoJPN Kazuki Hoshino 8 JPN Twin Ring MotegiReport 28 October #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Kohei Hirate JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Kohei Hirate #33 Hankook KTR #911 Team Taisan ENDLESS JPN Tomonobu FujiiJPN Masami Kageyama JPN Kyosuke MineoJPN Naoki Yokomizo NC JPN Fuji SpeedwayReport 17 November #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #1 MOLA JPN Kazuya Oshima ITA Ronnie Quintarelli #33 Hankook KTR #33 Hankook KTR JPN Tomonobu Fujii JPN Tomonobu Fujii 18 November #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo JPN Kazuki Nakajima JPN Yuji Tachikawa #33 Hankook KTR #66 A speed JPN Masami Kageyama JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto 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 Masataka YanagidaITA Ronnie Quintarelli1 7 7 14 3 1 2 1 2932JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Kohei Hirate38 1 8 2 5 9 8 7 1 743JPN Juichi WakisakaJPN Hiroaki Ishiura39 9 1 4 4 Ret 6 5 5574JPN Tsugio Matsuda BRA João Paulo de Oliveira12 10 5 5 Ret 4 1 10 10455JPN Takuya IzawaJPN Naoki Yamamoto100 2 2 6 8 11 12 8 9436JPN Takashi KogureNED Carlo van Dam18 7 9 1 7 8 Ret 9 7407JPN Kazuki Nakajima36 5 4 13 2 Ret 4 15 8408JPN Satoshi MotoyamaGER Michael Krumm23 4 3 8 Ret 5 11 6 6409JPN Seiji AraPOR André Couto19 12 13 9 12 6 3 3 53610JPN Daisuke Ito JPN Kazuya Oshima6 13 10 3 1 Ret 10 12 123311FRA Loïc Duval36 5 13 2 Ret 4 15 83212JPN Toshihiro KaneishiJPN Koudai Tsukakoshi17 3 6 7 9 10 5 14 Ret3013JPN Yuji KunimotoITA Andrea Caldarelli35 Ret 12 10 6 2 7 13 Ret 2814JPN Ryō MichigamiJPN Yuhki Nakayama32 Ret 11 11 11 Ret 14 2 32615JPN Hironobu YasudaSWE Björn Wirdheim24 11 14 Ret 10 3 13 4 112216IRL Ralph FirmanJPN Takashi Kobayashi8 6 Ret 12 Ret 7 9 11 131217GBR Richard Lyons36 48RankDriverNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNPts. GT500 Teams' standings RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNPts. 1 MOLA 1 7 7 14 3 1 2 1 2114 1152 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 38 1 8 2 5 9 8 7 1131 95 3 Lexus Team SARD 39 9 1 4 4 Ret 6 5 5118 784 Team Impul 12 10 5 5 Ret 4 1 10 10611 65 5 Team Kunimitsu 100 2 2 6 8 11 12 8 953 646 Nismo 23 4 3 8 Ret 5 11 6 644 61 7 Weider Honda Racing 18 7 9 1 7 8 Ret 9 777 58 8 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S 36 5 4 13 2 Ret 4 15 8152 57 9 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 19 12 13 9 12 6 3 3 51413 55 10 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS 6 13 10 3 1 Ret 10 12 1236 50 11 Keihin Real Racing 17 3 6 7 9 10 5 14 Ret 2 15 47 12 Lexus Team KeePer Kraft 35 Ret 12 10 6 2 7 13 Ret1210 4313 Nakajima Racing 32 Ret 11 11 11 Ret 14 2 31012 3814Kondo Racing24 11 14 Ret 10 3 13 4 11953815Autobacs Racing Team Aguri8 6 Ret 12 Ret 7 9 11 138925RankTeamNo.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 RankDriverNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNPts.1JPN Kyosuke MineoJPN Naoki Yokomizo911 2 8 2 5 Ret 4 2 1 822JPN Hiroki YoshimotoJPN Kazuki Hoshino66 11 3 3 Ret 1 Ret 1 5 733JPN Masami KageyamaJPN Tomonobu Fujii33 5 Ret 1 4 6 1 3 7 754JPN Katsumasa Chiyo3 19 18 4 1 2 9 19 6 535JPN Nobuteru TaniguchiJPN Tatsuya Kataoka0 3 1 12 7 Ret 8 5 4 526JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi3 19 18 4 1 2 19 6 517JPN Tetsuya TanakaJPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka11 1 5 7 6 5 7 16 13 478JPN Manabu OridoJPN Takayuki Aoki88 17 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 7 3 399JPN Shinichi TakagiJPN Kosuke Matsuura43 6 4 9 9 4 5 17 21 3310JPN Morio NittaJPN Koki Saga31 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 2 8 Ret 2611JPN Kazuho TakahashiJPN Hiroki Katoh2 7 2 5 Ret 15 13 DNQ 16 2512JPN Hironori Takeuchi52 12 10 6 2 Ret DNS Ret 8 24JPN Haruki Kurosawa13JPN Hideki YamauchiJPN Koji Yamanishi87 21 7 16 19 Ret Ret Ret 2 1914JPN Tetsuya YamanoJPN Kota Sasaki61 Ret 9 8 10 Ret 6 4 15 1915JPN Hideki MutohJPN Daisuke Nakajima16 16 11 3 10 11 1216JPN Akihiro Tsuzuki21 9 15 14 Ret 14 Ret 6 9 917JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya15/52 4 Ret DNS 818GER Tim Bergmeister15 4 Ret 819JPN Yuki IwasakiJPN Yuya Sakamoto30 8 13 11 14 9 10 14 10 820GBR Richard Lyons21 14 Ret 6 9 721JPN Yutaka YamagishiJPN Takuto Iguchi27 10 17 13 18 8 14 9 14 722JPN Taku BambaJPN Masahiro Sasaki4 15 11 10 11 7 11 12 17 623CHE Cyndie Allemann21 9 15 14 Ret 14 224JPN Daiki Sasaki3 2 9 225JPN Yuya Sakamoto85 14 Ret 10 18 15 226JPN Ryohei Sakaguchi85 Ret 10 2-JPN Hiroki Yoshida69/66 Ret 10-JPN Keita Sawa88 30-JPN Atsushi Yogo11 50-JPN Kenji Kobayashi20/30/77 16 9 180-JPN Tetsuji TamanakaJPN Masayuki Ueda5 20 12 Ret 17 11 120-JPN Hisashi WadaJPN Masaki Jyonai22 16 12 18 12 16 180-JPN Ryo Orime14 13 13 12 13 Ret0-CHE Alexandre Imperatori14 13 13 120-JPN Atsushi Tanaka360 13 Ret 17 17 Ret 20 200-JPN Yasushi Kikuchi360 130-JPN Naoya Yamano14 13 Ret0-JPN Masaki Kano85 14 Ret0-JPN Hideshi Matsuda86/85 Ret 14DNS 15 Ret Ret 150-JPN Junichiro Yamashita86 Ret 14DNS 15 Ret0-JPN Yukinori Taniguchi21 150-HKG Frank Yu20/99 16 15 Ret0-JPN Hideto Yasuoka99 15 Ret Ret0-JPN Hiroshi Hamaguchi2 150-JPN Hiroshi TakamoriJPN Shogo Mitsuyama48 Ret Ret 20 16 15 190-JPN Hideki Noda20 18 160-JPN Keiichi Inoue48 Ret 160-JPN Takuya Shirasaka360 Ret 17 17 Ret 20 200-USA Michael Kim20/99 18 Ret0-UKR Igor Sushko77 180-GER Jörg Bergmeister15 Ret0-MALAYSIA Fairuz Fauzy69 Ret0-JPN Akihiko Nakaya52 Ret0-JPN Yuichi Nakayama31 Ret0-JPN Yoshio Tsuzuki99 Ret0RankDriverNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNPts. GT300 Teams' standings RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMALAYSIASUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNPts. 1 Team Taisan ENDLESS 911 2 8 2 5 Ret 4 2 1818 1032Hankook KTR 33 5 Ret 1 4 6 1 3 7114943 A speed 66 11 3 3 Ret 1 Ret 1 5141894GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo 0 3 1 12 7 Ret 8 5 4520735NDDP Racing 3 19 18 4 1 2 9 19 6419716Gainer 11 1 5 7 6 5 7 16 1376657JLOC 88 17 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 7 3123528 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 43 6 4 9 9 4 5 17 213951 9 apr 31 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 2 8 Ret115 3810Cars Tokai Dream28 2 7 2 5 Ret 15 13 DNQ 161823511Green Tec & Leon with Shift 5212106 2RetDNSRet8643512R&D Sport 61 Ret 9 8 10 Ret 6 4 1519163313JLOC 87 21 7 16 19 Ret Ret Ret 215828 14 Team Mugen 16 16 11 3 10 1127 23 15 GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo 4 15 11 10 11 7 11 12 171712 2216 apr 30 8 13 11 14 9 10 14 1023102217Hitotsuyama Racing 21 9 15 14 Ret 14 Ret 6 9 Ret112118LMP Motorsport 27 10 17 13 18 8 14 9 141919Team Art Taste154 Ret1120Team Mach5 20 12 Ret 17 11 1221Ret1121JLOC85 14 Ret 10 18 156 22R'QS Motorsports22 16 12 18 12 16 182213 623Team SGC14 13 13 12 13 Ret13 Ret624Tomei Sports360 13 Ret 17 17 Ret 20 2010 Ret525Dijon Racing48 Ret Ret 20 16 15 192015426Hitotsuyama Racing99 15 Ret Ret327JLOC86 Ret 14DNS 15 Ret1617228Hitotsuyama Racing20 18 16229Hitotsuyama Racing77 189 Ret1-Thunder Asia Racing69 Ret0RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMALAYSIASUGJPNSUZJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNFUJJPNPts. JAF Grand Prix GT500 Drivers RankNo.TeamRace 1 DriverRace 2 DriverRace 1Race 2PTS138Lexus Team ZENT CerumoJPN Kohei HirateJPN Yuji Tachikawa 12 120236Lexus Team Petronas TOM'SFRA Loïc DuvalJPN Kazuki Nakajima 15 2153100Raybrig Team KunimitsuJPN Naoki YamamotoJPN Takuya Izawa 5 314423Motul Autech NISMODEU Michael KrummJPN Satoshi Motoyama 4 41256Lexus Team ENEOS LeMansJPN Kazuya OshimaJPN Daisuke Ito 3 610.561S-Road REITO MOLAITA Ronnie QuintarelliJPN Masataka Yanagida 1 14 10717Keihin Real RacingJPN Koudai TsukakoshiJPN Toshihiro Kaneishi 2 157.5824D'Station ADVAN Kondo RacingJPN Hironobu YasudaSWE Björn Wirdheim 9 57918Weider Honda RacingNED Carlo van DamJPN Takashi Kogure 7 76108Autobacs Racing Team AguriJPN Takashi KobayashiIRE Ralph Firman 8 93.51139Lexus Team DENSO SARDJPN Hiroaki IshiuraJPN Juichi Wakisaka 11 831212Calsonic Team ImpulBRA João Paulo de OliveiraJPN Tsugio Matsuda 6 11 2.51335Lexus Team KeePer KraftJPN Yuji KunimotoITA Andrea Caldarelli 12 1011432EPSON Nakajima RacingJPN Yuhki NakayamaJPN Ryō Michigami 10 120.51519Lexus Team WedsSport BandohJPN Seiji AraGBR Marino Franchitti 14 130RankNo.TeamRace 1 DriverRace 2 DriverRace 1Race 2PTS GT300 Drivers RankNo.TeamRace 1 DriverRace 2 DriverRace 1Race 2PTS133Hankook KTRJPN Tomonobu FujiiJPN Masami Kageyama 1 1420266A speedJPN Kazuki HoshinoJPN Hiroki Yoshimoto 14 120316Team MugenJPN Daisuke NakajimaJPN Hideki Mutoh 2 71942Evangelion-01 Cars Tokai Dream28JPN Kazuho TakahashiJPN Hiroki Kato 18 2 15543Autobacs Racing Team AguriJPN Kosuke MatsuuraJPN Shinichi Takagi 3 913652Green Tec & Leon with ShiftJPN Haruki KurosawaJPN Hironori Takeuchi 6 413788MonePa JLOCJPN Takayuki AokiJPN Manabu Orido 12 3 11811GainerJPN Katsuyuki HiranakaJPN Tetsuya Tanaka 7 6993S-Road NDDPJPN Katsumasa ChiyoJPN Yuhi Sekiguchi 4 198100GSR Hatsune MikuJPN Tatsuya KataokaJPN Nobuteru Taniguchi 5 2061131Hasepro aprJPN Koki SagaJPN Morio Nitta 11 5612911Team Taisan ENDLESSJPN Kyosuke MineoJPN Naoki Yokomizo 8 1831387JLOCJPN Koji YamanishiJPN Yuya Sakamoto 15 831477investors Hitotsuyama RacingUKR Igor SushkoJPN Kenji Kobayashi 9 Ret215360RunUp Tomei SportsJPN Takuya ShirasakaJPN Atsushi Tanaka 10 Ret 11630Iwasaki Moda aprJPN Yuya SakamotoJPN Yuki Iwasaki 23 101174GSR Project MiraiJPN Masahiro SasakiJPN Taku Bamba 17 120185Team MachJPN Masayuki UedaJPN Tetsuji Tamanaka 21 Ret 01914Team SGCJPN Ryo OrimeJPN Naoya Yamano 13 Ret 02021ZENT Hitotsuyama RacingGBR Richard LyonsJPN Akihiro Tsuzuki DNS 1102122R'Qs MotorsportsJPN Masaki JyonaiJPN Hisashi Wada 22 1302248NEON Dijon RacingJPN Shogo MitsuyamaJPN Hiroshi Takamori 20 1502361R&D SportJPN Kota SasakiJPN Tetsuya Yamano 19 1602486Verity BOMEX JLOCJPN Junichiro YamashitaJPN Hideshi Matsuda 16 170RankNo.TeamRace 1 DriverRace 2 DriverRace 1Race 2PTS References External links Super GT official website en 2012 Super GT