2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

The 2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the fifth season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series.

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
KMSA Motorsport N Hyundai Elantra N TCR 3 Choi Jeongweon 3–5
65 Masanobu Kato 5
Tamada Racing / Team LeMans Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Seiji Tamada All
Tobio Otani 5
Birth Racing Project Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 17 Kenji Suzuki 1–4
Kento Kimura 5
CUPRA Leon Competición TCR 19 "Hirobon" 1–2, 5
Takeshi Suehiro 3–4
55MOTO Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR 55 "Mototino" All
Audi Team Mars Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 65 Masanobu Kato 1–4
J's Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 69 Junichi Umemoto All
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 690 Hideo Kubota 4
Hagoromo Six DOME Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR 98 Anna Inotsume All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 3 January 2023 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1 Suzuka Circuit 13 May Anna Inotsume "Hirobon" Anna Inotsume Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2 14 May "Hirobon" Anna Inotsume Anna Inotsume Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2 3 Okayama International Circuit 10 June Anna Inotsume Anna Inotsume Anna Inotsume Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
4 11 June "Hirobon" Anna Inotsume Anna Inotsume Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
3 5 Twin Ring Motegi 19 August Takeshi Suehiro Takeshi Suehiro Takeshi Suehiro Birth Racing Project
6 20 August Takeshi Suehiro Takeshi Suehiro Takeshi Suehiro Birth Racing Project
4 7 Fuji Speedway 7 October Anna Inotsume Anna Inotsume Anna Inotsume Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
8 8 October Anna Inotsume Takeshi Suehiro Takeshi Suehiro Birth Racing Project
5 9 Sportsland Sugo 25 November Choi Jeongweon "Hirobon" Choi Jeongweon KMSA Motorsport N
10 26 November Tobio Otani Tobio Otani Tobio Otani Tamada Racing / Team LeMans

Championship standings
Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Qualify 5 4 3 2 1 —
Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

TCR Japan Series
TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
1 Anna Inotsume 11 11 Ret2 11 44 108
2 Masanobu Kato 34 35 34 DNS 32 69
3 "Hirobon" 22 43 23 58
4 "Mototino" 55 Ret2 23 5 7 52
5 Takeshi Suehiro 11 23 51
6 Junichi Umemoto 6 24 Ret 44 6 50
7 Kenji Suzuki 43 5 55 65 45
8 Choi Jeongweon 6† 7 11 44
9 Seiji Tamada 7 6 4 8 8 34
10 Hideo Kubota 32 19
11 Kento Kimura 55 11
Tobio Otani WD
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
1 Anna Inotsume 12 12 Ret2 21 22 107
2 "Mototino" 33 34 45 45 4 73
3 Masanobu Kato 44 23 24 Ret 85 60
4 Takeshi Suehiro 11 13 58
5 "Hirobon" 21 51 33 56
6 Junichi Umemoto 65 4 6 64 5 49
7 Choi Jeongweon 33 3 7 39
8 Kenji Suzuki 5 75 5 7 33
9 Tobio Otani 11 30
10 Seiji Tamada Ret 6 7 5 WD 24
11 Kento Kimura 64 10
12 Hideo Kubota Ret2 4
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG 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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Entrants championship
Pos. Entrant No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
1 Birth Racing Project 19 22 21 43 51 11 11 23 13 23 33 223
2 Hagoromo Six DOME Racing 98 11 12 11 12 Ret2 Ret2 11 21 44 22 215
3 55MOTO Racing 55 55 33 Ret2 34 23 45 5 45 7 4 125
4 Audi Team Mars 65 34 44 35 23 34 24 DNS Ret 105
5 J's Racing 69 6 65 24 4 Ret 6 44 64 6 5 99
6 Birth Racing Project 17 43 5 5 75 55 5 65 7 55 64 99
7 Tamada Racing / Team LeMans 7 7 Ret 6 6 4 7 8 5 8 11 88
8 KMSA Motorsport N 3 6† 33 7 3 11 7 83
9 KMSA Motorsport N 65 32 85 24
10 J's Racing 690 32 Ret2 23
Pos. Driver No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG 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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References
  1. "Five-round 2023 TCR Japan calendar unveiled". TouringCarTimes. 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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