2018 Super GT Series

The 2018 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-sixth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-sixth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 8 and ended on November 11, after 8 races.

In the GT500 class, Team Kunimitsu won their first-ever championship with the all-star lineup of series veteran Naoki Yamamoto and 2009 Formula One champion Jenson Button, narrowly beating defending champions Ryō Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy at the final race in Motegi to clinch the title after both teams came in to the race tied in points. It was the first championship title for Honda in the GT500 class since 2010. Yamamoto, who had won the 2018 Super Formula title before the season finale, became just the fourth driver to win both the GT500 and Super Formula titles in the same year, while Button became the first rookie to win the GT500 title since Tora Takagi in 2005.

In the GT300 class, the No. 65 LEON CVSTOS AMG fielded by K2 R&D LEON Racing won the championship in Motegi after overcoming a 12-point deficit over the then-points leader No. 55 ARTA BMW, giving series veteran Haruki Kurosawa and Naoya Gamou their first championship title in the series. The No. 55 ARTA team, despite winning two races in the season, were ultimately too inconsistent in their championship challenge, as two races without scoring a point coupled with poor performance in both Sugo and Motegi ultimately cost them the championship over the more consistent LEON AMG. The No. 31 Toyota Prius apr GT of Koki Saga and Kohei Hirate would finish third, just one point behind the ARTA BMW, while defending champions Goodsmile Racing finished fourth after a poor start to the season and a tire issue in Autopolis ultimately cost them the chance to defend the title.

Schedule
Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km		 Okayama International Circuit April 7–8
2 Fuji GT
500 km		 Fuji Speedway May 3–4
3 Suzuka GT
300 km		 Suzuka Circuit May 19–20
4 Buriram United Super GT Race
300 km		 Chang International Circuit June 30 – July 1
5 Fuji GT
500 miles		 Fuji Speedway August 4–5
6 Sugo GT
300 km		 Sportsland Sugo September 15–16
7 Autopolis GT
300 km		 Autopolis October 20–21
8 Motegi GT
250 km		 Twin Ring Motegi November 10–11

Schedule changes
  • On March 4, 2017, Suzuka Circuit, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, and the GT Association announced that the Suzuka 1000km would become the Suzuka 10 Hours from 2018, and moves to the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The Super GT championship round at Suzuka moves to May 19–20 and will be a 300km race, as it was from 1995 to 2010.
  • To replace the Suzuka 1000km as the series' endurance round, the Fuji GT 300km, held in early August, was lengthened to a 500 mile (804 kilometer) race. The Fuji 500 Mile Race was originally held from 1977 to 1992.
  • The race at Buriram United International Circuit in Thailand was moved from the seventh to the fourth round of the championship, on June 30 – July 1.
  • The race at Sportsland Sugo was moved from the fourth to the sixth round of the championship, on September 15–16.
  • The race at Autopolis was moved from the third to the seventh round of the championship, on October 20–21.

Teams and drivers

GT500
Team Car Engine Make No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Ryō Hirakawa[1] B All
Nick Cassidy[1]
Lexus Team au TOM'S[1] 36 Kazuki Nakajima[1] B 1, 3–8
Yuhi Sekiguchi[1] All
James Rossiter[2] 2
NDDP by B-Max Racing[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Satoshi Motoyama[3] M All
Katsumasa Chiyo[3]
Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Kazuya Oshima[1] B All
Felix Rosenqvist[1] 1–2, 4–8
James Rossiter[2] 3
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Tomoki Nojiri[4] B All
Takuya Izawa[4]
Team Impul[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 12 Daiki Sasaki[3] B All
Jann Mardenborough[3]
Team Mugen[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 16 Hideki Mutoh[4] Y All
Daisuke Nakajima[4]
REAL Racing[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Koudai Tsukakoshi[4] B All
Takashi Kogure[4]
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Yuji Kunimoto[1] Y All
Kenta Yamashita[1]
NISMO[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 23 Tsugio Matsuda[3] M All
Ronnie Quintarelli[3]
Kondo Racing[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 24 João Paulo de Oliveira[3] Y All
Mitsunori Takaboshi[3]
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Yuji Tachikawa[1] B All
Hiroaki Ishiura[1]
Lexus Team SARD[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Heikki Kovalainen[1] B All
Kamui Kobayashi[1] 1, 3–8
Sho Tsuboi[2] 2
Nakajima Racing[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64 Bertrand Baguette[4] D All
Kosuke Matsuura[4]
Team Kunimitsu[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100 Naoki Yamamoto[4] B All
Jenson Button[5]

GT300
Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Goodsmile Racing with Team Ukyo[6] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 0 Nobuteru Taniguchi[6] Y All
Tatsuya Kataoka[6]
Cars Tokai Dream28[7] Lotus Lotus Evora MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 2 Kazuho Takahashi[6] Y All
Hiroki Katoh[6]
Team Mach[8] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5 Natsu Sakaguchi [8] Y 1–3, 5–8
Yuya Hiraki [8]
Tetsuji Tamanaka[2] 2
Kiyoto Fujinami 5
D'station Racing[9] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 7 Tomonobu Fujii[9] Y All
Sven Müller[9]
Pacific with Gulf Racing[10] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 9 Rintaro Kubo[10] Y All
Keishi Ishikawa[10]
Kyosuke Mineo 5
GAINER[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10 Kazuki Hoshino[3] Y All
Hiroki Yoshida[3]
11 Katsuyuki Hiranaka[3] D All
Hironobu Yasuda[3]
Team UpGarage[11] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 18 Yuhki Nakayama[11] Y All
Takashi Kobayashi[11]
Audi Team Hitotsuyama[12] Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21 Richard Lyons[12] D All
Ryuichiro Tomita[12]
Takuro Shinohara[2] 2
R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22 Hisashi Wada Y 1–3, 5–8
Masaki Jyonai
Masayuki Ueda 5
Tsuchiya Engineering[1] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 25 Takamitsu Matsui[1] Y All
Sho Tsuboi[1] 1, 3–8
Tsubasa Kondo[2] 2, 5
Takeshi Tsuchiya[2] 2
Team Taisan[13] Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 26 Shinnosuke Yamada[13] Y 1–3, 5–8
Shintarō Kawabata[13]
Shinji Nakano[2] 2
apr[1] Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 30 Hiroaki Nagai Y All
Kota Sasaki 1-5
Manabu Orido 6-8
31 Koki Saga[14] B All
Kohei Hirate[14]
est cola by AAS Motorsport Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) Bentley EA824 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 32 Maxime Jousse M 4
Kantadhee Kusiri
Modulo Drago Corse[14][15] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 34 Ryo Michigami[14] Y All
Hiroki Otsu[14]
Arto Panther Team Thailand[1] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 35 Nattavude Charoensukhawatana[1] Y All
Nattapong Horthongkum[1]
Koji Yamanishi 5
Dijon Racing[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48 Masaki Tanaka[3] Y 1–3, 5–8
Taiyō Iida[3] 1–2, 5
Richard Bradley[2] 2–3, 7–8
Hiroshi Takamori 6
Arnage Racing[16] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 50 Masaki Kano[16] Y All
Hideto Yasuoka[16]
Yūya Sakamoto[2] 2
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[17] Toyota Toyota Mark X MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 52 Taku Bamba[17] Y All
Shigekazu Wakisaka[17]
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[17] BMW BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 55 Shinichi Takagi[17] B All
Sean Walkinshaw[17]
LM Corsa – OTG Motor Sports[1] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60 Hiroki Yoshimoto[18] Y All
Ritomo Miyata[18]
K-Tunes Racing LM Corsa[1] 96 Morio Nitta[17] B All
Yuichi Nakayama[17]
R&D Sport[19] Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 Takuto Iguchi[19] D All
Hideki Yamauchi[19]
K2 R&D LEON Racing[20] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65 Haruki Kurosawa[20] B All
Naoya Gamou[20]
JLOC[21] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10 87 Kimiya Sato[21] Y All
Yuya Motojima[21]
Tsubasa Takahashi 2
88 Kazuki Hiramine[21] Y All
Marco Mapelli[21] 1–3, 6–8
Andrea Caldarelli[21] 4
EIcars Bentley[22] Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley EA824 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 117 Yuji Ide[22] Y 1–3, 5–8
Ryohei Sakaguchi[22]
Jules Gounon 5
Tomei Sports[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Yusaku Shibata[23] Y 1–2, 5–8
Takayuki Aoki[23] 1–3, 6, 8
Atsushi Tanaka[23] 3, 5, 7
Masataka Yanagida[23] 5
CarGuy Racing[24] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 777 Naoki Yokomizo[24] Y 1–3, 5, 7–8
Takeshi Kimura[24]
Kei Cozzolino[2] 2
Notes

    GT300
    • Panther Team Thailand switched from the Dome-built Toyota 86 MC to the Lexus RC F GT3.
    • GAINER switched to a full-on effort with Nissan, fielding two brand-new 2018 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3s.
    • Arnage Racing separated from INGING Motorsport after one season, and also switch vehicles to the Mercedes-AMG GT3.

    GT500

    GT300
    • Former GT500 driver Hironobu Yasuda and two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino move to Gainer, from Team Impul and NDDP Racing respectively, to drive their new Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3s.
    • Takashi Kobayashi moves to Team UpGarage, replacing Shintaro Kawabata.
    • VivaC Team Tsuchiya reverted to their original name, Tsuchiya Engineering, following the withdrawal of their title sponsor VivaC. Toyota young driver Sho Tsuboi will replace Kenta Yamashita at Tsuchiya Engineering.
    • Akira Iida will step away from full-time driving duties, and became team director of the #60 LM Corsa Lexus RC F GT3. Two-time FIA F4 Japanese Champion Ritomo Miyata makes his series debut with LM Corsa.
    • The #51 LM Corsa Lexus RC F GT3 changes its number to #96, and has a new title sponsor in Okayama Toyopet / K-Tunes Racing. The team will be officially known as K-Tunes Racing LM Corsa from 2018. Three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta moves to K-Tunes LM Corsa Lexus RC F GT3 to replace Sho Tsuboi.
    • Jono Lester was released from Pacific with Gulf Racing after the 2017 season, and will not return to Super GT in 2018. Pacific with Gulf Racing recruit Rintaro Kubo from apr, and Keishi Ishikawa who moves from Rn-sports. Kyosuke Mineo become the third driver.
    • Two-time GT500 champion Kohei Hirate moves out of GT500 to drive the #31 Toyota Prius for apr Racing. And two-time GT300 champion Manabu Orido joined apr Racing midseason to replace Kota Sasaki.
    • Drago Corse, who competed from 2015 to 2016 as Drago Modulo Honda Racing, return to the series in GT300 with another Honda NSX GT3. They will be known as Modulo Drago Corse. 2000 GT500 Champion Ryo Michigami returns to the series as a full-time driver owner, after racing in the World Touring Car Championship in 2017. Former All-Japan Formula 3 race winner Hiroki Otsu makes his series debut with Modulo Drago Corse.
    • FIA F4 Japanese graduate Yuya Hiraki makes his series debut with Team Mach, replacing Kiyoto Fujinami as Natsu Sakaguchi's co-driver.
    • Audi Team Hitotsuyama recruit Ryuichiro Tomita to replace Masataka Yanagida
    • Masaki Kano and Hideto Yasuoka both return to the series with Arnage Racing.
    • CarGuy Racing makes their Super GT debut with the all-new Honda NSX GT3. They previously competed in the Super Taikyu Series and Blancpain GT Series Asia. Gentleman racer Takeshi Kimura makes his series debut with CarGuy Racing. Naoki Yokomizo, the 2012 GT300 Champion, returns after a year-long hiatus to drive for the new CarGuy Racing team.
    • BMW Team Studie, the 2011 GT300 class Champion (by then co-joint with Goodsmile Racing) announced in January that they would switch to the Blancpain GT Series Asia GT4 category, and suspended operations in Super GT for the foreseeable future.
    • Bentley factory driver Jules Gounon makes his Super GT debut in a one-off for EIcars Bentley at the Fuji 500-mile race.[25]

    Results
    Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
    1 Okayama International Circuit
    Report    		 7–8 April GT500 No. 17 REAL Racing No. 17 REAL Racing
    Koudai Tsukakoshi
    Takashi Kogure    		 Koudai Tsukakoshi
    Takashi Kogure
    GT300 No. 88 JLOC No. 18 Team UpGarage
    Kazuki Hiramine
    Marco Mapelli    		 Yuhki Nakayama
    Takashi Kobayashi
    2 Fuji Speedway
    Report    		 3–4 May GT500 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo No. 23 NISMO
    Yuji Tachikawa
    Hiroaki Ishiura    		 Tsugio Matsuda
    Ronnie Quintarelli
    GT300 No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
    Shinichi Takagi
    Sean Walkinshaw    		 Shinichi Takagi
    Sean Walkinshaw
    3 Suzuka Circuit
    Report    		 19–20 May GT500 No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
    Tomoki Nojiri
    Takuya Izawa    		 Tomoki Nojiri
    Takuya Izawa
    GT300 No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa
    Yuichi Nakayama
    Morio Nitta    		 Yuichi Nakayama
    Morio Nitta
    4 Chang International Circuit
    Report    		 30 June-1 July GT500 No. 16 Team Mugen No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
    Hideki Mutoh
    Daisuke Nakajima    		 Heikki Kovalainen
    Kamui Kobayashi
    GT300 No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing No. 11 GAINER
    Haruki Kurosawa
    Naoya Gamou    		 Katsuyuki Hiranaka
    Hironobu Yasuda
    5 Fuji Speedway
    Report    		 4–5 August GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S
    Tsugio Matsuda
    Ronnie Quintarelli    		 Kazuki Nakajima
    Yuhi Sekiguchi
    GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
    Tsubasa Kondō
    Takamitsu Matsui
    Shō Tsuboi    		 Shinichi Takagi
    Sean Walkinshaw
    6 Sportsland Sugo
    Report    		 15–16 September GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
    Jenson Button
    Naoki Yamamoto    		 Jenson Button
    Naoki Yamamoto
    GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 61 R&D Sport
    Takuto Iguchi
    Hideki Yamauchi    		 Takuto Iguchi
    Hideki Yamauchi
    7 Autopolis
    Report    		 20–21 October GT500 No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri No. 1 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
    Tomoki Nojiri
    Takuya Izawa    		 Nick Cassidy
    Ryō Hirakawa
    GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 96 K-Tunes Racing LM Corsa
    Takamitsu Matsui
    Sho Tsuboi    		 Yuichi Nakayama
    Morio Nitta
    8 Twin Ring Motegi
    Report    		 10–11 November GT500 No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
    Tomoki Nojiri
    Takuya Izawa    		 Tomoki Nojiri
    Takuya Izawa
    GT300 No. 88 JLOC No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing
    Kazuki Hiramine
    Marco Mapelli    		 Haruki Kurosawa
    Naoya Gamou

    Championship standings

    Drivers' championships


    Scoring system
    Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPole
    Points20151186543211
    Fuji 500 mile251813108654321

    GT500
    Driver Ranking GT500 2018 Series[26]
    Rank Driver Team OKA
    		 FUJ
    		 SUZ
    		 CHA
    		 FUJ
    		 SUG
    		 AUT
    		 MOT
    		 Points
    1 Naoki Yamamoto
    Jenson Button    		 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 2 9 2 11 5 1 5 3 78
    2 Ryō Hirakawa
    Nick Cassidy    		 No. 1 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 3 7 3 8 2 14 1 4 75
    3 Tomoki Nojiri
    Takuya Izawa    		 No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 11 8 1 Ret 4 2 12 1 71
    4 Yuji Tachikawa
    Hiroaki Ishiura    		 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 8 3 8 4 8 5 4 2 59
    5 Yuhi Sekiguchi No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 13 4 5 10 1 12 2 13 55
    6 Kazuki Nakajima No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 13 5 10 1 12 2 13 47
    7 Koudai Tsukakoshi
    Takashi Kogure    		 No. 17 REAL Racing 1 11 11 7 3 9 6 15 45
    8 Tsugio Matsuda
    Ronnie Quintarelli    		 No. 23 NISMO 5 1 6 12 9 7 15 7 43
    9 Heikki Kovalainen No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 12 2 Ret 1 11 10 8 8 42
    10 Kazuya Oshima No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 4 5 12 2 7 11 9 6 41
    Felix Rosenqvist No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 4 5 2 7 11 9 6 41
    11 Yuji Kunimoto
    Kenta Yamashita    		 No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 9 12 13 3 10 Ret 3 5 32
    12 Daiki Sasaki
    Jann Mardenborough    		 No. 12 Team Impul 14 6 4 6 12 3 11 11 29
    13 Kamui Kobayashi No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 12 Ret 1 11 10 8 8 27
    14 Joao Paulo de Oliveira
    Mitsunori Takaboshi    		 No. 24 Kondo Racing 6 13 9 Ret 6 6 7 10 23
    15 Hideki Mutoh
    Daisuke Nakajima    		 No. 16 Team Mugen 10 14 Ret 5 14 4 14 14 16
    16 Sho Tsuboi No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 2 15
    17 Satoshi Motoyama
    Katsumasa Chiyo    		 No. 3 NDDP by B-Max Racing 7 10 7 13 15 8 13 9 14
    18 James Rossiter No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 4 12 8
    19 Bertrand Baguette
    Kosuke Matsuura    		 No. 64 Nakajima Racing 15 Ret 10 9 13 13 10 12 4
    Rank Driver Team OKA
    		 FUJ
    		 SUZ
    		 CHA
    		 FUJ
    		 SUG
    		 AUT
    		 MOT
    		 Points
    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)

    GT300
    Driver Ranking GT300 2018 Series[27]
    Rank Driver Team OKA
    		 FUJ
    		 SUZ
    		 CHA
    		 FUJ
    		 SUG
    		 AUT
    		 MOT
    		 Points
    1 Haruki Kurosawa
    Naoya Gamou    		 No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 4 4 7 4 4 8 5 1 68
    2 Shinichi Takagi
    Sean Walkinshaw    		 No. 55 ARTA 6 1 20 11 1 10 4 9 62
    3 Koki Saga
    Kohei Hirate    		 No. 31 apr Ret 2 9 2 3 25 10 2 61
    4 Nobuteru Taniguchi
    Tatsuya Kataoka    		 No. 0 Goodsmile Racing with Team Ukyo 8 5 8 7 2 3 19 3 56
    5 Katsuyuki Hiranaka
    Hironobu Yasuda    		 No. 11 GAINER 5 3 16 1 22 19 6 5 48
    6 Morio Nitta
    Yuichi Nakayama    		 No.96 K-Tunes LM Corsa 14 14 1 10 10 14 1 10 45
    7 Takamitsu Matsui No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering 3 Ret 2 19 5 24 24 8 39
    Sho Tsuboi No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering 3 2 19 5 24 24 8 39
    8 Takuto Iguchi
    Hideki Yamauchi    		 No. 61 R&D Sport 18 Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 15 6 37
    9 Tomonobu Fujii
    Sven Müller    		 No. 7 D'station Racing 2 6 11 8 7 12 8 7 35
    10 Kazuki Hiramine No. 88 JLOC 7 9 4 6 6 5 13 27 33
    11 Kimiya Sato
    Yuya Motojima    		 No. 87 JLOC 12 16 12 5 Ret 13 2 4 29
    12 Yuhki Nakayama
    Takashi Kobayshi    		 No. 18 Team UpGarage 1 13 6 18 9 11 27 Ret 28
    13 Marco Mapelli No. 88 JLOC 7 9 4 6 5 13 27 28
    14 Ryo Michigami
    Hiroki Otsu    		 No. 34 Modulo Drago Corse Ret 8 26 9 DNS 4 3 14 24
    15 Ritomo Miyata
    Hiroki Yoshimoto    		 No. 60 LM Corsa 17 7 5 3 Ret 9 12 24 23
    16 Kazuki Hoshino
    Hiroki Yoshida    		 No. 10 GAINER 13 11 10 Ret 8 2 9 15 22
    17 Rintaro Kubo
    Keishi Ishikawa    		 No. 9 Pacific with Gulf Racing 16 17 15 16 15 6 11 12 5
    18 Andrea Caldarelli No. JLOC 6 5
    19 Taku Bamba
    Shigekazu Wakisaka    		 No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 11 19 14 17 Ret 7 17 13 4
    20 Natsu Sakaguchi
    Yuya Hiraki    		 No. 5 Team Mach Ret 12 Ret 19 22 7 18 4
    21 Shintaro Kawabata
    Shinnosuke Yamada    		 No. 26 Team Taisan 9 15 28 Ret 20 20 16 2
    22 Richard Lyons
    Ryuichiro Tomita    		 No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama Ret 10 23 Ret 14 23 14 11 1
    23 Masaki Kano
    Hideto Yasuoka    		 No. 50 Arnage Racing 10 20 19 13 11 17 16 20 1
    24 Tsubasa Kondo No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering Ret 5 1
    - Takuro Shinohara No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 10[lower-alpha 1] 14 0
    - Yuya Sakamoto No. 50 Arnage Racing 20 11 0
    - Kazuho Takahashi
    Hiroki Katoh    		 No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 23 23 13 12 20 Ret 21 22 0
    - Yusaku Shibata No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 12 Ret 23 17 0
    - Takayuki Aoki No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret Ret 27 12 Ret 17 0
    - Masataka Yanagida No. 360 Tomei Sports 12 0
    - Tetsuji Tamanaka No. 5 Team Mach 12 0
    - Yuji Ide
    Ryohei Sakaguchi    		 No. 117 EIcars Bentley 21 22 18 13 15 18 19 0
    - Jules Gounon No. 117 EIcars Bentley 13 0
    - Maxime Jousse
    Kantadhee Kusiri    		 No. 32 est cola by AAS Motorsport 14 0
    - Nattavude Charoensukhawatana
    Nattapong Horthongkum    		 No. 35 Arto Panther Team Thailand 24 24 24 15 16 18 22 25 0
    - Takeshi Kimura
    Naoki Yokomizo    		 No. CarGuy Racing 15 26 21 17 Ret 23 0
    - Kyosuke Mineo No. 9 Pacific with Gulf Racing 15 0
    - Shinji Nakano No. 26 Team Taisan 15 Ret 0
    - Hiroaki Nagai No. 30 apr 20 18 17 Ret Ret 16 26 21 0
    - Manabu Orido No. 30 apr Ret 16 26 21 0
    - Koji Yamanishi No. 35 Arto Panther Team Thailand 16 0
    - Tsubasa Takahashi No. 87 JLOC 16 Ret 0
    - Kota Sasaki No. 30 apr 20 18 17 Ret Ret 0
    - Masaki Tanaka No. 48 Dijon Racing 22 21 22 18 21 28 26 0
    - Richard Bradley No. 48 Dijon Racing 21 22 18 28 26 0
    - Taiyou Iida No. 48 Dijon Racing 22 21 18 0
    - Masaki Jyonai
    Hisashi Wada    		 No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 19 25 25 21 25 28 0
    - Kiyoto Fujinami No. 5 Team Mach 19 0
    - Masayuki Ueda No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 21 0
    - Hiroshi Takamori No. 48 Dijon Racing 21 0
    - Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 27 23 0
    - Kei Cozzolino No. 777 CarGuy Racing 26 0
    - Takeshi Tsuchiya No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering Ret 0
    Rank Driver Team OKA
    		 FUJ
    		 SUZ
    		 CHA
    		 FUJ
    		 SUG
    		 AUT
    		 MOT
    		 Points

    Notes
    1. Takuro Shinohara did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.

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