2005 Super GT Series

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.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 1 Richard Lyons B All
Satoshi Motoyama All
22 Michael Krumm All
Masataka Yanagida All
G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 3 Érik Comas B All
Toshihiro Kaneishi All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6 Akira Iida B All
Juichi Wakisaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Ralph Firman B All
Daisuke Ito All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 12 Yuji Ide B All
Benoît Tréluyer All
Dome Racing Team Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 18 Takashi Kogure B All
Ryo Michigami All
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.1 L V12 20 Eiichi Tajima D 2, 6
Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2
Mikio Hitotsuyama 6
Ferrari Ferrari 550 GTS Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12 21 Takuya Kurosawa All
Hidetoshi Mitsusada All
Toyota Team Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25 Manabu Orido Y All
Dominik Schwager 1–5, 7–8
Hideki Noda 6
Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 32 André Lotterer D All
Tsugio Matsuda All
Toyota Team Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 34 Seiji Ara D All
Naoki Yokomizo All
35 Naoki Hattori All
Shigekazu Wakisaka 1–4
Peter Dumbreck 5–8
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36 James Courtney B All
Takeshi Tsuchiya All
37 Tatsuya Kataoka All
Sakon Yamamoto All
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 38 Toranosuke Takagi B All
Yuji Tachikawa All
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 39 André Couto B All
Ronnie Quintarelli All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 88 Koji Yamanishi Y 1–2, 4–6
Hisashi Wada 1–2
Marco Apicella 4–5
Naohiro Furuya 6
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Jérémie Dufour B All
Sébastien Philippe All

GT300

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
M-Tec Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 0 Shinya Hosokawa D All
Haruki Kurosawa All
Verno Tokai Dream28 Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Akira Watanabe All
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5 Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
Katsuhiko Tsutsui All
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Hiroyuki Iiri Y All
Shinichi Yamaji All
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 9 Junichiro Yamashita Y All
Eiji Yamada 1–4, 6–7
Shogo Suho 5, 8
Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 913 Hideo Fukuyama 1–6
Haruhiko Matsumoto 1
Shogo Suho 2–4, 6
Eiji Yamada 5
Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 10 Yasutaka Hinoi D All
Hideshi Matsuda 1–2, 4–5, 7–8
Taku Bamba 3, 6
11 Paolo Montin All
Tetsuya Tanaka All
Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 13 Masami Kageyama Y All
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All
Amprex Motorsports Lotus Lotus Exige 300RR GM Ecotec 3.0 L V6 15 Tengku Djan Ley Y 3
Norman Simon 3
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Hiroki Katoh Y All
Nobuteru Taniguchi All
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26 Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–3, 8
Kaoru Ijiri 1–2
Takashi Inoue 3
Isao Ihashi 8
Direxiv Motorsport Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.2 L V6 27 Shogo Mitsuyama Y All
Yasuo Miyagawa 1–6
Hiroki Yoshimoto 7–8
Team Reckless Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 30 Kota Sasaki M All
Tetsuya Yamano All
apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Kazuki Nakajima M All
Minoru Tanaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43 Morio Nitta M All
Shinichi Takagi All
MOLA Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 46 Takayuki Aoki Y All
Kazuki Hoshino All
47 Go Shimizu All
Tomonobu Fujii All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 52 Katsuyuki Hiranaka K All
Hironori Takeuchi All
R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 3.9 L V8 62 Tadao Uematsu Y All
Shinsuke Shibahara 1–6, 8
Hiroyuki Yagi 7
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi Y 1–6
Eiichi Tajima 1, 3
Hirofumi Takei 2, 4–5
Yutaka Yamagishi 6
170 Yoshimi Ishibashi 8
Takashi Inoue 8
Teramoto Technical Office Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 72 Akira Hirakawa Y All
Takashi Inoue 1, 5
Hiroshi Wada 2–3, 7–8
Akihiro Asai 4
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
Tatsuya Tanigawa All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 86 Koji Yamanishi Y 8
Naohiro Furuya 8
87 Hisashi Wada 4–6, 8
Naohiro Furuya 4–5
Marco Apicella 6, 8
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 110 Takashi Ohi Y All
Ichijo Suga All
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 112 Atsushi Yogo 1–3, 5–8
Keita Sawa 1–3
Takaya Tsubobayashi 5–8
Team LeyJun Porsche Porsche 968 GT4 Porsche M44/12 3.0 L Turbo I4 111 Hiroya Iijima Y All
Masaki Jyonai All
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 777 Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Y All
Jukuchou Sunako All

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT 300 km Race Okayama International Circuit March 27
2 Fuji GT 500 km Race Fuji International Speedway May 4
3 Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 26
4 SUGO GT 300 km Race Sportsland Sugo July 24
5 Motegi GT 300 km Race Twin Ring Motegi September 4
6 Fuji GT 300 km Race Fuji International Speedway September 25
7 Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km Autopolis International Race Course October 16
8 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 #25 Eclipse Advan Supra #13 Endless Advan Z
Manabu Orido
Dominik Schwager
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Masami Kageyama
2 Mt. Fuji #38 Zent Cerumo Supra #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
3 Kuala Lumpur #1 Xanavi Nismo Z #43 ARTA Garaiya
Satoshi Motoyama
Richard Lyons
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
4 Sportsland SUGO #37 Dynacity TOM'S Supra #31 Kicchouhouzan MR-S
Tatsuya Kataoka
Sakon Yamamoto
Minoru Tanaka
Kazuki Nakajima
5 Motegi #100 Raybrig NSX #46 Dream Cube's Advan Z
Sebastien Philippe
Jeremie Dufour
Kazuki Hoshino
Takayuki Aoki
6 Mt. Fuji #38 Zent Cerumo Supra #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
7 Autopolis #8 ARTA NSX #30 Reckless MR-S
Daisuke Ito
Ralph Firman
Kota Sasaki
Tetsuya Yamano
8 Suzuka #38 Zent Cerumo Supra #11 Jim Gainer Ferrari Dunlop
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Tetsuya Tanaka
Paolo Montin

Standings

Drivers' standings

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points2015128654321
Qualifying211
Fastest Lap111
  • There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
Rank Driver OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS
1 Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
14 1 11 11 12 1 7 1 67
2 Ralph Firman
Daisuke Ito
4 12 2 6 16 8 1 12 61
3 Richard Lyons
Satoshi Motoyama
Ret 4 1 8 6 10 6 2 60
4 James Courtney
Takeshi Tsuchiya
2 10 3 3 7 5 8 5 60
5 Michael Krumm
Masataka Yanagida
12 2 6 7 4 9 2 8 57
6 Akira Iida
Juichi Wakisaka
11 5 4 4 9 3 10 3 51
7 Tatsuya Kataoka
Sakon Yamamoto
6 6 13 1 8 7 Ret 7 43
8 Érik Comas
Toshihiro Kaneishi
3 9 Ret 15 13 4 3 4 42
9 André Lotterer
Tsugio Matsuda
5 8 5 13 10 2 14 10 38
10 Takashi Kogure
Ryo Michigami
7 13 7 Ret 2 11 5 6 37
11 Benoît Tréluyer
Yuji Ide
Ret 15 8 5 3 13 4 9 35
12 Naoki Hattori 9 3 14 10 5 6 9 13 29
13 Manabu Orido 1 14 15 9 15 Ret Ret 14 26
14 Jérémie Dufour
Sébastien Philippe
10 11 10 Ret 1 14 Ret Ret 26
15 Dominik Schwager 1 14 15 9 15 Ret 14 25
16 André Couto
Ronnie Quintarelli
8 Ret 9 2 14 12 11 11 21
17 Shigekazu Wakisaka 9 3 14 10 16
18 Peter Dumbreck 5 6 9 13 13
19 Seiji Ara
Naoki Yokomizo
Ret 7 12 14 11 16 12 16 4
20 Hideki Noda Ret 1
Takuya Kurosawa
Hidetoshi Mitsusada
Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 15 13 15 0
Koji Yamanishi 13 DNS Ret 17 Ret 0
Hisashi Wada 13 DNS 0
Eiichi Tajima Ret 17 0
Marco Apicella Ret 17 0
Mikio Hitotsuyama 17 0
Yasushi Hitotsuyama Ret 0
Naohiro Furuya Ret 0
Rank Driver OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[1]

Rank Team No. OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS
1 Nismo 1 15Ret 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 7 17Ret 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 7 17Ret 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 9 16Ret 15 13 4 3 4 42
7 Nakajima Racing 32 5 8 5 13 10 2 14 10 38
8 Team Impul 12 17Ret 15 8 5 3 13 4 9 35
9 Kraft 34 18Ret 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 15 18Ret 16Ret 14 26
10 Team Kunimitsu 100 10 11 10 18Ret 1 14 15Ret 17Ret 26
12 Toyota Team SARD 39 8 17Ret 9 2 14 12 11 11 21
- Hitotsuyama Racing 20 18DNS 17 0
21 16Ret 16Ret 17Ret 12 18Ret 15 13 15
- JLOC 88 13 19DNS 16Ret 17 19Ret 0
Rank Team No. OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS

Drivers

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 Kota Sasaki
Tetsuya Yamano
#30 Reckless MR-S 93 1
2 Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX 81 2
3 Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
#43 ARTA Garaiya 74 1

Teams

Rank Number/Team Car Points
1 #30 Team Reckless Reckless MR-S 93
2 #0 M-TEC Co., Ltd. Ebbro M-TEC NSX 81
3 #43 ARTA ARTA Garaiya 74

References

  1. "SUPERGT.net | Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
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