2018 Super GT Series

2018 Super GT Series
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The 2018 Autobacs Super GT Series is the twenty-fifth 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 is the thirty-fifth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship.

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km		 Japan Okayama International Circuit April 7–8
2 Fuji GT
500 km		 Japan Fuji Speedway May 3–4
3 Suzuka GT
300 km		 Japan Suzuka Circuit May 19–20
4 Buriram United Super GT Race
300 km		 Thailand Chang International Circuit June 30 – July 1
5 Fuji GT
500 miles		 Japan Fuji Speedway August 4–5
IGTC 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Suzuka 10 Hours		 Japan Suzuka Circuit August 25–26
6 Sugo GT
300 km		 Japan Sportsland SUGO September 15–16
7 Autopolis GT
300 km		 Japan Autopolis October 20–21
8 Motegi GT
250 km		 Japan 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

Make Car Team No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan Lexus Team KeePer Tom's[1] Lexus Lexus LC 500 1 Japan Ryō Hirakawa[1] B 1–6
New Zealand Nick Cassidy[1]
Japan NDDP by B-Max Racing[2] Nissan Nissan GT-R 3 Japan Satoshi Motoyama[2] M 1–6
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo[2]
Japan Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[1] Lexus Lexus LC 500 6 Japan Kazuya Oshima[1] B 1–6
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[1] 1–2, 4–6
United Kingdom James Rossiter[3] 3
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT 8 Japan Tomoki Nojiri[4] B 1–6
Japan Takuya Izawa[4]
Japan Team Impul[2] Nissan Nissan GT-R 12 United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough[2] B 1–6
Japan Daiki Sasaki[2]
Japan Team Mugen[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT 16 Japan Hideki Mutoh[4] Y 1–6
Japan Daisuke Nakajima[4]
Japan Real Racing[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT 17 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi[4] B 1–6
Japan Takashi Kogure[4]
Japan Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[1] Lexus Lexus LC 500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[1] Y 1–6
Japan Kenta Yamashita[1]
Japan NISMO[2] Nissan Nissan GT-R 23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda[2] M 1–6
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli[2]
Japan Kondo Racing[2] Nissan Nissan GT-R 24 Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi[2] Y 1–6
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira[2]
Japan Lexus Team au Tom's[1] Lexus Lexus LC 500 36 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[1] B 1–6
Japan Kazuki Nakajima[1] 1, 3–6
United Kingdom James Rossiter[3] 2
Japan Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo[1] Lexus Lexus LC 500 38 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura[1] B 1–6
Japan Yuji Tachikawa[1]
Japan Lexus Team SARD[1] Lexus Lexus LC 500 39 Finland Heikki Kovalainen[1] B 1–6
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[1] 1, 3–6
Japan Sho Tsuboi[3] 2
Japan Nakajima Racing[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT 64 Japan Kosuke Matsuura[4] D 1–6
Belgium Bertrand Baguette[4]
Japan Team Kunimitsu[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT 100 United Kingdom Jenson Button[5] B 1–6
Japan Naoki Yamamoto[4]

GT300

During the Suzuka 10 Hours, SRO Motorsports (which governs the IGTC) will require all teams running that race to use the series specification Pirelli tyres. Tyres listed are for the Super GT races, not the SRO race.

Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan Goodsmile Racing with Team Ukyo[6][N 1] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 0
00[N 1]		 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[6] Y 1–6, IGT
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[6]
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[8] IGT
United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport[8] Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 07 Monaco Vincent Abril[8] P IGT
Spain Andy Soucek[8]
Belgium Maxime Soulet[8]
08 France Jules Gounon[8] P IGT
United Kingdom Steven Kane[8]
South Africa Jordan Pepper[8]
Hong Kong KCMG[8] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 018 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo[8] P IGT
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori[8]
Japan Tsugio Matsuda[8]
23 United Kingdom Richard Bradley[8] P IGT
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis[9]
Italy Edoardo Liberati[8]
Japan Cars Tokai Dream28[10] Lotus Lotus Evora MC 2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi[10] Y 1–6, IGT
Japan Hiroki Katoh[10]
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi[8] IGT
Japan Team Mach[11] Toyota Toyota 86 MC 5 Japan Natsu Sakaguchi [11] Y 1–3, 5–6
Japan Yuya Hiraki [11]
Japan Tetsuji Yamanaka[3] 2
Hong Kong Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing[8][N 2]
Absolute Racing[8][N 2]
 Audi Audi R8 LMS 6 Germany Christopher Haase[12] P IGT
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[12]
Germany Markus Winkelhock[12]
13 China Cheng Congfu[12] P IGT
Hong Kong Adderly Fong[12]
China Jingzu Sun[12]
Japan D'station Racing[13] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R 7 Japan Tomonobu Fujii[13] Y 1–6, IGT
Germany Sven Müller[13]
New Zealand Earl Bamber[8] IGT
77 Japan Satoshi Hoshino[14] P IGT
Japan Tubasa Kondo[14]
New Zealand Jono Lester[14]
Japan ARN Racing[15] Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 8 Japan Kohei Hirate[15] P IGT
Japan Hiroaki Nagai[15]
Japan Kota Sasaki[15]
Japan Pacific with Gulf Racing[16] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R 9 Japan Rintaro Kubo[16] Y 1–6
Japan Keishi Ishikawa[16]
Japan Honda Team MOTUL[17] Honda Honda NSX GT3 10 Japan Hideki Mutoh[17] P IGT
Japan Daisuke Nakajima[17]
Japan Naoki Yamamoto[17]
Japan Gainer[2] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 10 Japan Kazuki Hoshino[2] Y 1–6
Japan Hiroki Yoshida[2]
11 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka[2] D 1–6, IGT
Japan Hironobu Yasuda[2]
Japan Kazuki Hoshino[8] IGT
Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT[8] Audi Audi R8 LMS 17 United Kingdom Jake Dennis[12] P IGT
United Kingdom Stuart Leonard[12]
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[12]
66 Germany Christopher Mies[12] P IGT
Belgium Dries Vanthoor[12]
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch[12]
Japan Team UpGarage[18] Toyota Toyota 86 MC 18 Japan Yuhki Nakayama[18] Y 1–6, IGT
Japan Takashi Kobayashi[18]
Japan Takuto Iguchi[8] IGT
Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama[19] Audi Audi R8 LMS 21 United Kingdom Richard Lyons[19] D 1–6, IGT
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita[19]
Japan Takuro Shinohara[3] 2
Belgium Alessio Picariello[20] IGT
Japan R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 22 Japan Masaki Jyonai Y 1–3, 5–6
Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Tsuchiya Engineering[1] Toyota Toyota 86 MC 25 Japan Takamitsu Matsui[1] Y 1–6
Japan Sho Tsuboi[1] 1, 3–6
Japan Tsubasa Kondo[3] 2, 5
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya[3] 2
Japan Team Taisan[21] Audi Audi R8 LMS 26 Japan Shinnosuke Yamada[21] Y 1–3, 5–6
Japan Shintaro Kawabata[21]
Japan Shinji Nakano[3] 2
Taiwan HubAuto Corsa[22] Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 27 Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin[22] P IGT
Spain Miguel Molina[22]
Italy Davide Rigon[22]
28 Australia Nick Foster[22] P IGT
South Africa David Perel[22]
Japan Hiroki Yoshida[22]
Japan apr Racing[1] Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai[1] Y 1–6
Japan Kota Sasaki[1] 1–5
Japan Manabu Orido 6
31 Japan Koki Saga[1] B 1–6
Japan Kohei Hirate[1]
Thailand est cola by AAS Motorsport Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) 32 France Maxime Jousse M 4
Thailand Kantadhee Kusiri
Japan Modulo Drago Corse[23][17] Honda Honda NSX GT3 34 Japan Ryo Michigami[23] Y 1–6, IGT
Japan Hiroki Otsu[23]
Japan Takushi Kogure[17] IGT
Thailand Arto Panther Team Thailand[1] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 35 Thailand Nattavude Charoensukhawatana[1] Y 1–6
Thailand Nattapong Horthongkum[1]
Germany Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing[24][25] Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R 37 Japan Yuta Kamimura[24] P IGT
Japan Yuichi Mikasa[24]
Japan Sinji Takei[24]
United Kingdom Strakka Racing[8][26][N 3]
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing[8][26][N 3]
 Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 42 Brazil Felipe Fraga[26] P IGT
Italy David Fumanelli[26]
United Kingdom Nick Leventis[26]
43 Germany Maximilian Götz[26] P IGT
Portugal Álvaro Parente[26]
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson[26]
44 Germany Maximilian Buhk[26] P IGT
United Kingdom Oliver Rowland[26]
France Adrien Tambay[26]
Japan Dijon Racing[2] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) 48 Japan Masaki Tanaka[2] Y 1–3, 5–6
Japan Taiyou Iida[2] 1–2, 5
United Kingdom Richard Bradley[3] 2–3
Japan Hiroshi Takamori 6
Japan Arnage Racing[27] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 50 Japan Masaki Kano[27] Y 1–6
Japan Hideto Yasuoka[27]
Japan Yuya Sakamoto[3] 2
Japan Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[28] Toyota Toyota Mark X MC 52 Japan Taku Bamba[28] Y 1–6
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka[28]
United States Black Swan Racing[8] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R 54 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen[8] P IGT
United States Marc Miller[8]
United States Tim Pappas[8]
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[28] BMW BMW M6 GT3 55 Japan Shinichi Takagi[28] B 1–6
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw[28]
United Kingdom Garage 59[29][25] McLaren McLaren 650S GT3 58 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat[25] P IGT
France Côme Ledogar[25]
United Kingdom Andrew Watson[25]
Japan LM Corsa – OTG Motor Sports[1][N 4]
K-Tunes Racing LM Corsa[1][N 4]
 Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 60 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto[30] Y 1–6
Japan Ritomo Miyata[30]
96 Japan Yuichi Nakayama[28] B 1–6
Japan Morio Nitta[28]
Japan R&D Sport[31] Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi[31] D 1–6
Japan Hideki Yamauchi[31]
Japan K2 R&D LEON Racing[32] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 65 Japan Haruki Kurosawa[32] B 1–6
Japan Naoya Gamou[32]
United States SunEnergy1 Racing[33] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 75 Canada Mikaël Grenier[33] P IGT
Australia Kenny Habul[33]
Germany Luca Stolz[33]
Japan JLOC[34] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 87 Japan Yuya Motojima[34] Y 1–6, IGT
Japan Kimiya Sato[34]
Japan Tsubasa Takahashi[3] 2, IGT
88 Japan Kazuki Hiramine[34] Y 1–6, IGT
Italy Marco Mapelli[34] 1–3, 6, IGT
Italy Andrea Caldarelli[34] 4, IGT
Taiwan SINGHA-Team AAI[8] BMW BMW M6 GT3 91 Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi[8] P IGT
United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[8]
Japan Akira Iida[8]
Japan Rn-sports[8] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 112 Japan Norio Kubo[8] P IGT
Japan Atsushi Sato[8]
Japan Ryosei Yamashita[8]
United Kingdom EIcars Bentley[35] Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) 117 Japan Yuji Ide[35] Y 1–3, 5–6
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi[35]
Japan Tomei Sports[2] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) 360 Japan Yusaku Shibata[36] Y 1–2, 5–6
Japan Takayuki Aoki[36] 1–3, 6
Japan Atsushi Tanaka[36] 3, 5
Japan CarGuy Racing[37] Honda Honda NSX GT3 777 Japan Takeshi Kimura[37] Y 1–3, 5, IGT
Japan Naoki Yokomizo[37]
Italy Kei Cozzolino[3] 2, IGT
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing[8] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 888 Germany Maro Engel[38] P IGT
Italy Raffaele Marciello[38]
France Tristan Vautier[38]
Germany Manthey Racing[8] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R 912 France Romain Dumas[8] P IGT
France Frédéric Makowiecki[8]
Germany Dirk Werner[8]
Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing[39] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R 991 France Kévin Estre[39] P IGT
France Mathieu Jaminet[39]
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[39]
Notes
  1. 1 2 Car No. 00 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE at Suzuka 10 hours in place of the original Car No.0.[7]
  2. 1 2 Car No. 6 entered as Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing and car No. 13 entered as Absolute Racing.
  3. 1 2 Car No. 42 and No. 44 entered as Strakka Racing and car No. 43 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing.
  4. 1 2 Car No. 60 entered as LM Corsa – OTG Motor Sports and car No. 96 entered as K-Tunes Racing LM Corsa.

Driver Changes

Team Transfers

  • Honda: 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button, who made his series debut with Team Mugen at the 2017 Suzuka 1000km, will run full-time with Honda and Team Kunimitsu in 2018. Takuya Izawa moves from Team Kunimitsu to Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, replacing Takashi Kobayashi.
  • Toyota: Former F1, and current WEC and Super Formula driver Kamui Kobayashi will make his full-time GT500 debut with Lexus Team SARD; Yuhi Sekiguchi replaces James Rossiter at Lexus Team au TOM's, and Toyota young driver Kenta Yamashita moves up to GT500 full-time with Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH, replacing Sekiguchi. Two-time GT500 champion Kohei Hirate moves out of GT500 to drive the #31 Toyota Prius for apr Racing.
  • Nissan: Reigning All-Japan Formula 3 Champion Mitsunori Takaboshi steps up to GT500 full-time with Kondo Racing, replacing Daiki Sasaki, who moves over to Team Impul to drive the Calsonic GT-R. Satoshi Motoyama and Katsumasa Chiyo move from MOLA to their replacement team, NDDP Racing with B-Max.
  • 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.
  • Toyota young driver Sho Tsuboi will replace Kenta Yamashita at Tsuchiya Engineering.
  • Three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta moves to LM Corsa Lexus RC F GT3 to replace Sho Tsuboi.
  • Rintaro Kubo moves from apr Racing, and Keishi Ishikawa moves from Rn-sports, to Pacific with Gulf Racing.

Entering Super GT

  • Formula E standout Felix Rosenqvist will make his Super GT debut in the GT500 class for Lexus Team Wako's LeMans.
  • Two-time FIA F4 Japanese Champion Ritomo Miyata makes his series debut with LM Corsa.
  • Former All-Japan Formula 3 race winner Hiroki Otsu makes his series debut with Modulo Drago Corse.
  • Gentleman racer Takeshi Kimura makes his series debut with CarGuy Racing.
  • FIA F4 Japanese graduate Yuya Hiraki makes his series debut with Team Mach, replacing Kiyoto Fujinami as Natsu Sakaguchi's co-driver.

Returning to Super GT

  • 2000 GT500 Champion Ryo Michigami returns to the series as a full-time competitor with his Modulo Drago Corse team, after racing in the World Touring Car Championship in 2017.
  • Naoki Yokomizo, the 2012 GT300 Champion, returns after a year-long hiatus to drive for the new CarGuy Racing team.
  • Masaki Kano and Hideto Yasuoka both return to the series with Arnage Racing.

Leaving Super GT

  • Andrea Caldarelli confirmed that he would leave Toyota and Super GT this season, focusing solely on his commitments as a factory driver at Lamborghini Squadra Corse.
  • James Rossiter stepped away from full-time Super GT racing in 2018, but will continue to race in Japan in the Super Formula championship.
  • Akira Iida will step away from full-time driving duties, and became team director of the #60 LM Corsa Lexus RC F GT3.
  • Jono Lester was released from Pacific with Gulf Racing after the 2017 season, and will not return to Super GT in 2018 – but did pledge to return to the series in the future.

Team Changes

  • NDDP Racing moved up to the GT500 class for 2018, entering as NDDP Racing with B-Max. They take the place of MOLA, who withdrew from the series at the end of 2017.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • VivaC Team Tsuchiya reverted to their original name, Tsuchiya Engineering, following the withdrawal of their title sponsor VivaC.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Results

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1 Japan Okayama International Circuit
Report		 7–8 April GT500 No. 17 Real Racing No. 17 Real Racing
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Takashi Kogure		 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Takashi Kogure
GT300 No. 88 JLOC No. 18 Team UpGarage
Italy Marco Mapelli
Japan Kazuki Hiramine		 Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
2 Japan Fuji Speedway
Report		 3–4 May GT500 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo No. 23 NISMO
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura		 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300 No. 55 ARTA No. 55 ARTA
Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw		 Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
3 Japan Suzuka Circuit
Report		 19–20 May GT500 No. 8 ARTA No. 8 ARTA
Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Takuya Izawa		 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Takuya Izawa
GT300 No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa
Japan Yuichi Nakayama
Japan Morio Nitta		 Japan Yuichi Nakayama
Japan Morio Nitta
4 Thailand Chang International Circuit
Report		 30 June-1 July GT500 No. 16 Team Mugen No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Daisuke Nakajima		 Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
GT300 No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing No. 11 Gainer
Japan Haruki Kurosawa
Japan Naoya Gamou		 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda
5 Japan Fuji Speedway
Report		 4–5 August GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 36 Lexus Team au Tom's
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli		 Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 55 ARTA
Japan Tsubasa Kondo
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Sho Tsuboi		 Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
IGTC Japan Suzuka Circuit
Report		 25–26 August GT300 No. 28 HubAuto Corsa No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Australia Nick Foster
South Africa David Perel
Japan Hiroki Yoshida		 Germany Maro Engel
Italy Raffaele Marciello
France Tristan Vautier
6 Japan Sportsland SUGO
Report		 15–16 September GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
United Kingdom Jenson Button
Japan Naoki Yamamoto		 United Kingdom Jenson Button
Japan Naoki Yamamoto
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 61 R&D Sport
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi		 Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
7 Japan Autopolis
Report		 20–21 October GT500


GT300


8 Japan Twin Ring Motegi
Report		 10–11 November GT500


GT300


Championship Standings

Drivers' championships


Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPole
Points20151186543211
Fuji 500 mile251813108654321

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2018 Series[40]
Rank Driver OKA
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 SUZ
Japan		 CHA
Thailand		 FUJ
Japan		 SUG
Japan		 AUT
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 Points
1 Japan Naoki Yamamoto
United Kingdom Jenson Button		 2 9 2 11 5 1 61
2 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Takuya Izawa		 11 8 1 Ret 4 2 49
3 Japan Ryō Hirakawa
New Zealand Nick Cassidy		 3 7 3 8 2 14 47
4 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Takashi Kogure		 1 11 11 7 3 9 40
5 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 13 4 5 10 1 12 40
6 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli		 5 1 6 12 9 7 39
7 Finland Heikki Kovalainen 12 2 Ret 1 11 10 36
8 Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura		 8 3 8 4 8 5 36
9 Japan Kazuya Oshima 4 5 12 2 7 11 34
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 4 5 2 7 11 34
10 Japan Kazuki Nakajima 13 5 10 1 12 32
11 Japan Daiki Sasaki
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough		 14 6 4 6 12 3 29
12 Japan Kamui Kobayashi 12 Ret 1 11 10 21
13 Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
Brazil Joao Paulo de Oliveira		 6 13 9 Ret 6 6 18
14 Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Daisuke Nakajima		 10 14 Ret 5 14 4 16
15 Japan Sho Tsuboi 2 15
16 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Kenta Yamashita		 9 12 13 3 10 Ret 15
17 Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo		 7 10 7 13 15 8 12
18 United Kingdom James Rossiter 4 12 8
19 Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Kosuke Matsuura		 15 Ret 10 9 13 13 3
Rank Driver OKA
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 SUZ
Japan		 CHA
Thailand		 FUJ
Japan		 SUG
Japan		 AUT
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

GT300

Driver Ranking GT300 2018 Series[41]
Rank Driver OKA
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 SUZ
Japan		 CHA
Thailand		 FUJ
Japan		 SUG
Japan		 AUT
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 Points
1 Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw		 6 1 20 11 1 10 52
2 Japan Koki Saga
Japan Kohei Hirate		 Ret 2 9 2 3 25 45
3 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka		 8 5 8 7 2 3 45
4 Japan Haruki Kurosawa
Japan Naoya Gamou		 4 4 7 4 4 8 42
5 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda		 5 3 16 1 22 19 37
6 Japan Takamitsu Matsui 3 Ret 2 19 5 24 35
Japan Sho Tsuboi 3 2 19 5 24 35
7 Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi		 18 Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 32
8 Japan Kazuki Hiramine 7 9 4 6 6 5 32
9 Japan Takashi Kobayshi
Japan Yuhki Nakayama		 1 13 6 18 9 11 28
10 Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Germany Sven Müller		 2 6 11 8 7 12 28
11 Italy Marco Mapelli 7 9 4 6 5 27
12 Japan Yuichi Nakayama
Japan Morio Nitta		 14 14 1 10 10 14 24
13 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Ritomo Miyata		 17 7 5 3 Ret 9 23
14 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Hiroki Yoshida		 13 11 10 Ret 8 2 20
15 Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Hiroki Otsu		 Ret 8 26 9 DNS 4 13
16 Japan Kimiya Sato
Japan Yuya Motojima		 12 16 12 5 Ret 13 6
17 Japan Rintaro Kubo
Japan Keishi Ishikawa		 16 19 15 16 15 6 5
18 Italy Andrea Caldarelli 6 5
19 Japan Taku Bamba
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka		 11 19 14 17 Ret 7 4
20 Japan Shintaro Kawabata
Japan Shinnosuke Yamada		 9 15 28 Ret 20 2
21 United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita		 Ret 10 23 Ret 14 23 1
22 Japan Masaki Kano
Japan Hideto Yasuoka		 10 20 19 13 11 17 1
23 Japan Tsubasa Kondo Ret 5 1
Rank Driver OKA
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 SUZ
Japan		 CHA
Thailand		 FUJ
Japan		 SUG
Japan		 AUT
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 Points

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