2005 Super GT Series

Japanese car racing season Super GT 2005 2004 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship 2004 JGTC 2006 Super GT Series GT500 Drivers' Champion: Toranosuke Takagi & Yuji Tachikawa GT500 Teams' Champion: Nismo GT300 Drivers' Champion: Kota Sasaki & Tetsuya Yamano GT300 Teams' Champion: Team Reckless The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the thirteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the first season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-third season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 27 and ended on November 6, 2005, after 8 races. The drivers' champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300. 2 400 Suzuka Fan Thanksgiving Day 2022 (9) - No.38 ZENT CERUMO Supra in 2005 SUPER GT.jpg MR-S-reckless2005.jpg The No. 38 Toyota Supra of Cerumo won the GT500 Drivers' championship (pictured in 2022). The No. 30 Reckless Racing drivers took the GT300 Drivers' and Teams' championship titles. Drivers and teams GT500 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Rounds Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 1 GBR Richard Lyons Bridgestone All JPN Satoshi Motoyama All 22 GER Michael Krumm All JPN Masataka Yanagida All G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 3 FRA Érik Comas Bridgestone All JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi All Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6 JPN Akira Iida Bridgestone All JPN Juichi Wakisaka All Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 IRL Ralph Firman Bridgestone All JPN Daisuke Ito All Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 12 JPN Yuji Ide Bridgestone All FRA Benoît Tréluyer All Dome Racing Team Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 18 JPN Takashi Kogure Bridgestone All JPN Ryō Michigami All Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.1 L V12 20 JPN Eiichi Tajima Dunlop 2, 6 JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2 JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama 6 Ferrari Ferrari 550 GTS Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12 21 JPN Takuya Kurosawa All JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada All Toyota Team Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25 JPN Manabu Orido Yokohama All GER Dominik Schwager 1–5, 7–8 JPN Hideki Noda 6 Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 32 GER André Lotterer Dunlop All JPN Tsugio Matsuda All Toyota Team Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 34 JPN Seiji Ara Dunlop All JPN Naoki Yokomizo All 35 JPN Naoki Hattori All JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka 1–4 GBR Peter Dumbreck 5–8 Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36 AUS James Courtney Bridgestone All JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya All 37 JPN Tatsuya Kataoka All JPN Sakon Yamamoto All ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 38 JPN Toranosuke Takagi Bridgestone All JPN Yuji Tachikawa All Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 39 POR André Couto Bridgestone All ITA Ronnie Quintarelli All JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 88 JPN Koji Yamanishi Yokohama 1–2, 4–6 JPN Hisashi Wada 1–2 ITA Marco Apicella 4–5 JPN Naohiro Furuya 6 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 FRA Jérémie Dufour Bridgestone All FRA Sébastien Philippe All GT300 Team Make Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Tyre Rounds M-Tec Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 0 JPN Shinya Hosokawa Dunlop AllJPN Haruki Kurosawa All Verno Tokai Dream28 Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 JPN Kazuho Takahashi Yokohama AllJPN Akira Watanabe All Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5 JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka Yokohama AllJPN Katsuhiko Tsutsui All RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 JPN Hiroyuki Iiri Yokohama AllJPN Shinichi Yamaji All A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 9 JPN Junichiro Yamashita Yokohama AllJPN Eiji Yamada 1–4, 6–7JPN Shogo Suho 5, 8 Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 913 JPN Hideo Fukuyama 1–6JPN Haruhiko Matsumoto 1JPN Shogo Suho 2–4, 6JPN Eiji Yamada 5 Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 10JPN Yasutaka Hinoi Dunlop AllJPN Hideshi Matsuda 1–2, 4–5, 7–8JPN Taku Bamba 3, 6 11ITA Paolo Montin AllJPN Tetsuya Tanaka All Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 13JPN Masami Kageyama Yokohama AllJPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All Amprex Motorsports Lotus Lotus Exige 300RR GM Ecotec 3.0 L V6 15MYS Tengku Djan Ley Yokohama 3GER Norman Simon 3 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 JPN Hiroki Katoh Yokohama AllJPN Nobuteru Taniguchi All Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26JPN Yutaka Yamagishi Yokohama 1–3, 8JPN Kaoru Ijiri 1–2JPN Takashi Inoue 3JPN Isao Ihashi 8 Direxiv Motorsport Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.2 L V6 27 JPN Shogo Mitsuyama Yokohama AllJPN Yasuo Miyagawa 1–6JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto 7–8 Team Reckless Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 30 JPN Kota Sasaki Michelin AllJPN Tetsuya Yamano All apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 JPN Kazuki Nakajima Michelin AllJPN Minoru Tanaka All Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43 JPN Morio Nitta Michelin AllJPN Shinichi Takagi All MOLA Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 46 JPN Takayuki Aoki Yokohama AllJPN Kazuki Hoshino All 47 JPN Go Shimizu AllJPN Tomonobu Fujii All Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 52 JPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka Kumho AllJPN Hironori Takeuchi All R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 3.9 L V8 62JPN Tadao Uematsu Yokohama All JPN Shinsuke Shibahara 1–6, 8 JPN Hiroyuki Yagi 7 Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi Yokohama 1–6JPN Eiichi Tajima 1, 3JPN Hirofumi Takei 2, 4–5JPN Yutaka Yamagishi 6 170 JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi 8 JPN Takashi Inoue 8 Teramoto Technical Office Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 72 JPN Akira Hirakawa Yokohama AllJPN Takashi Inoue 1, 5JPN Hiroshi Wada 2–3, 7–8JPN Akihiro Asai 4 Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 JPN Katsuo Kobayashi Yokohama AllJPN Tatsuya Tanigawa All JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 86JPN Koji Yamanishi Yokohama 8JPN Naohiro Furuya 8 87JPN Hisashi Wada 4–6, 8JPN Naohiro Furuya 4–5ITA Marco Apicella 6, 8 Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 110 JPN Takashi Ohi Yokohama AllJPN Ichijo Suga All Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 112JPN Atsushi Yogo 1–3, 5–8 JPN Keita Sawa 1–3JPN Takaya Tsubobayashi 5–8 Team LeyJun Porsche Porsche 968 GT4 Porsche M44/12 3.0 L Turbo I4 111 JPN Hiroya Iijima Yokohama AllJPN Masaki Jyonai All 910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 777 JPN Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Yokohama AllJPN Jukuchou Sunako All Schedule Round Race Circuit Date 1 Japan Okayama GT 300 km Race Okayama International Circuit March 27 2 Japan Fuji GT 500 km Race Fuji International Speedway May 4 3 Malaysia Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 26 4 Japan SUGO GT 300 km Race Sportsland Sugo July 24 5 Japan Motegi GT 300 km Race Twin Ring Motegi September 4 6 Japan Fuji GT 300 km Race Fuji International Speedway September 25 7 Japan Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km Autopolis International Race Course October 16 8 Japan Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit November 6 Season results Overall winner in bold Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers 1 Okayama Japan #25 Eclipse Advan Supra Japan #13 Endless Advan Z JPN Manabu OridoGER Dominik Schwager JPN Mitsuhiro KinoshitaJPN Masami Kageyama 2 Mt. Fuji Japan #38 Zent Cerumo Supra Japan #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX Japan Yuji TachikawaJapan Toranosuke Takagi Japan Haruki KurosawaJapan Shinya Hosokawa 3 Kuala Lumpur Japan #1 Xanavi Nismo Z Japan #43 ARTA Garaiya Japan Satoshi Motoyama United Kingdom Richard Lyons Japan Morio NittaJapan Shinichi Takagi 4 Sportsland SUGO Japan #37 Dynacity TOM'S Supra Japan #31 Kicchouhouzan MR-S Japan Tatsuya KataokaJapan Sakon Yamamoto Japan Minoru TanakaJapan Kazuki Nakajima 5 Motegi Japan #100 Raybrig NSX Japan #46 Dream Cube's Advan Z France Sebastien PhilippeFrance Jérémie Dufour Japan Kazuki HoshinoJapan Takayuki Aoki 6 Mt. Fuji Japan #38 Zent Cerumo Supra Japan #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX Japan Yuji TachikawaJapan Toranosuke Takagi Japan Haruki KurosawaJapan Shinya Hosokawa 7 Autopolis Japan #8 ARTA NSX Japan #30 Reckless MR-S Japan Daisuke ItoUnited Kingdom Ralph Firman Japan Kota Sasaki Japan Tetsuya Yamano 8 Suzuka Japan #38 Zent Cerumo Supra Japan #11 Jim Gainer Ferrari Dunlop Japan Yuji TachikawaJapan Toranosuke Takagi Japan Tetsuya Tanaka Italy Paolo Montin Standings GT500 class Drivers' standings Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Qualifying 2 1 1 Fastest lap 1 1 1 There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race. RankDriverNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNPts.1JPN Yuji TachikawaJPN Toranosuke Takagi38141111112171672IRL Ralph FirmanJPN Daisuke Ito841226168112613GBR Richard LyonsJPN Satoshi Motoyama1Ret41861062604AUS James CourtneyJPN Takeshi Tsuchiya36210337585605GER Michael KrummJPN Masataka Yanagida22122674928576JPN Akira IidaJPN Juichi Wakisaka61154493103517JPN Tatsuya KataokaJPN Sakon Yamamoto376613187Ret7438FRA Érik ComasJPN Toshihiro Kaneishi339Ret1513434429GER André LottererJPN Tsugio Matsuda325851310214103810JPN Takashi KogureJPN Ryō Michigami187137Ret211563711FRA Benoît TréluyerJPN Yuji Ide12Ret1585313493512JPN Naoki Hattori35931410569132913JPN Manabu Orido2511415915RetRet142614FRA Jérémie DufourFRA Sébastien Philippe100101110Ret114RetRet2615GER Dominik Schwager2511415915Ret142516POR André CoutoITA Ronnie Quintarelli398Ret92141211112117JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka359314101618GBR Peter Dumbreck35569131319JPN Seiji AraJPN Naoki Yokomizo34Ret7121411161216420JPN Hideki Noda25Ret1-JPN Takuya KurosawaJPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada21RetRetRet12Ret1513150-JPN Koji Yamanishi8813DNSRet17Ret0-JPN Hisashi Wada8813DNS0-JPN Eiichi Tajima20Ret170-ITA Marco Apicella88Ret170-JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama20170-JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama20Ret0-JPN Naohiro Furuya88Ret0RankDriverOKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNPts. Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.SUPERGT.net Point Ranking http://supergt.net/archive/classic/supergt.net/supergt/2005/05ranking/index_en.htm 2021-10-16 supergt.net RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNPts. 1 Nismo 115Ret 4 1 8 6 10 6 2 86 22 12 2 6 7 4 9 2 8 2 Team Honda Racing 8 4 12 2 6 16 8 1 12 82 18 7 13 717Ret 2 11 5 6 3 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 2 10 3 3 7 5 8 5 73 37 6 6 13 1 8 717Ret 7 4 Toyota Team Cerumo 38 14 1 11 11 12 1 7 1 67 5 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6 11 5 4 4 9 3 10 3 51 6 Hasemi Motorsport 3 3 916Ret 15 13 4 3 4 42 7 Nakajima Racing 32 5 8 5 13 10 2 14 10 38 8 Team Impul 1217Ret 15 8 5 3 13 4 9 35 9 Kraft 3418Ret 7 12 14 11 16 12 16 29 35 9 3 14 10 5 6 9 13 10 Team Advan Tsuchiya 25 1 14 15 9 1518Ret16Ret 14 26 10 Team Kunimitsu 100 10 11 1018Ret 1 1415Ret17Ret 26 12 Toyota Team SARD 39 817Ret 9 2 14 12 11 11 21- Hitotsuyama Racing 2018DNS 17 0 2116Ret16Ret17Ret 1218Ret 15 13 15- JLOC 88 1319DNS16Ret 1719Ret 0RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMYSSUGJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNPts. GT300 Drivers' championship Rank DriverNo. OKAJPN FUJJPN SEPMALAYSIASUGJPN MOTJPN FUJJPN AUTJPN SUZJPN Pts. 1JPN Kota SasakiJPN Tetsuya Yamano30 5 3 2 3 8 3 1 3 93 2JPN Haruki KurosawaJPN Shinya Hosokawa0 3 1 9 2GT300Rd4 M-Tec was stripped of the championship points they received in the round as a penalty for team principal Shinichi Kamakura punching an official following an incident at the red flag period where a race official hit the M-Tec NSX, damaging its rear wing in the process. 12 1 7 2 81 3JPN Morio NittaJPN Shinichi Takagi43 10 2 1 18 3 Ret 2 8 744JPN Tetsuya TanakaITA Paolo Montin11 6 4 4 Ret 9 2 5 1665JPN Takayuki AokiJPN Kazuki Hoshino46 8 7 6 Ret 1 4 6 459 6JPN Masami KageyamaJPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita13 1 9 3 5 4 5 Ret 10 587JPN Hiroki KatohJPN Nobuteru Taniguchi19 7 6 7 7 2 6 3 9 548JPN Kazuki NakajimaJPN Minoru Tanaka31 4 5 5 1 Ret 7 Ret 7 529JPN Hiroyuki IiriJPN Shinichi Yamaji7 2 Ret 8 4 7 17 4 12 41 10JPN Yasutaka Hinoi10 13 17 Ret 10 5 Ret 19 5 14 11JPN Hideshi Matsuda10 13 17 Ret 10 5 19 5 1312JPN Shogo Mitsuyama27 9 11 Ret 6 18 10 10 1413 13JPN Yasuo Miyagawa27 9 11 Ret 6 18 10 12 14JPN Kazuho TakahashiJPN Akira Watanabe2 14 13 14 9 6 Ret 14 7 12 15JPN Katsuyuki HiranakaJPN Hironori Takeuchi52 11 14 12 8 14 Ret 8 18 7 16JPN Tadao Uematsu62 Ret 8 11 Ret 10 DSQ 16 22 617JPN Shinsuke Shibahara62 Ret 8 11 Ret 10 DSQ 22 518JPN Hisashi Wada87 Ret 11 8 Ret318ITA Marco Apicella87 8 Ret 318JPN Katsuo KobayashiJPN Tatsuya Tanigawa77 12 21 10 11 13 9 Ret 13 3 18JPN Go ShimizuJPN Tomonobu Fujii47 15 10 17 17 15 Ret 9 15 3 22JPN Taku Bamba10 Ret 122JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto27 10 14 122JPN Hiroyuki Yagi62 16 1-JPN Naohiro Furuya87/86 Ret 11 110-JPN Junichiro Yamashita9 16 15 Ret 14 20 11 13 230 -JPN Eiji Yamada9/913 16 15 Ret 14 22 11 13 0-JPN Tetsuji TamanakaJPN Katsuhiko Tsutsui5 19 Ret 13 12 16 12 11 170-JPN Koji Yamanishi86 110 -JPN Yutaka Yamagishi26/70 Ret 12 16 13 190 -JPN Kaoru Ijiri26 Ret 120-JPN Atsushi Yogo112 Ret 16 Ret Ret DNS 12 160 -JPN Takaya Tsubobayashi112 Ret DNS 12 16 0 -JPN Akira Hirakawa72 17 19 18 13 19 16 18 25 0-JPN Akihiro Asai72 130-JPN Hiroya IijimaJPN Masaki Jyonai111 Ret Ret 21 16 Ret 14 Ret Ret0-JPN Kazuyoshi TakamizawaJPN Jukuchou Sunako777 Ret 18 15 15 17 Ret 15 200-JPN Takashi OhiJPN Ichijo Suga110 DNS DNS 19 20 Ret 15 17 240-JPN Keita Sawa112 Ret 16 Ret0-JPN Takashi Inoue72/26/170 17 16 19 210-JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi70/170 18 20 20 19 21 13 210-JPN Eiichi Tajima70 18 200-JPN Hiroshi Wada72 19 18 16 18 25 0-JPN Hirofumi Takei70 20 19 210-JPN Isao Ihashi26 190-JPN Shogo Suho913/9 Ret DNS DNS 20 Ret 230-JPN Hideo Fukuyama913 Ret Ret DNS DNS 22 Ret0-JPN Haruhiko Matsumoto913 Ret0-MALAYSIA Tengku Djan LeyGER Norman Simon15 DNS0RankDriverNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMALAYSIASUGJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNPts. GT300 Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship. RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMALAYSIASUGJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNPts. 1 Team Reckless 30 5 3 2 3 8 3 1 3 932M-TEC Co. LTD. 03192GT300Rd412172813 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 431021183Ret28744Jim Gainer Racing 101317Ret105Ret19572 11644Ret92515MOLA 46876Ret146459 471510171715Ret9156 Endless Sports 13193545Ret1058 7 Racing Project Bandoh 1976772639 548apr 314551Ret7Ret7529RE Amemiya Racing 72Ret847174124110Direxiv Motorsport 27911Ret6181010141311Verno Tokai Dream28 214131496Ret14712 12 Toyota Team Cerumo 52111412814Ret818 7 13 R&D Sport 62Ret811Ret10 DSQ1622 614 JLOC 86113 87Ret118Ret14Cusco Racing 7712211011139Ret133-A&S Racing91615Ret14201113230913RetRetDNSDNS22Ret-Team Mach519Ret1312161211170 -Team Taisan26Ret121619 0-Arktech Motorsports110DNSDNS1920Ret1517240112Ret16RetRetDNS1216-Teramoto Technical Office7217191813191618250-Team LeyJun111RetRet2116Ret14RetRet0-910 Racing777Ret18151517Ret15200-Team Gaikokuya70182020192113017021-Amprex Motorsports15DNS0RankTeamNo.OKAJPNFUJJPNSEPMALAYSIASUGJPNMOTJPNFUJJPNAUTJPNSUZJPNPts. 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