2007 Super GT Series

The 2007 Autobacs Super GT Series was the fifteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the third season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-fifth 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 race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 18 and ended on November 4, 2007 after 9 races.

2007 Super GT Series
Previous: 2006 Next: 2008
2007 GT500 champions, #8 ARTA Honda NSX.
2007 RE Amemiya RX-7 (FD).

In the GT500 class, ARTA drivers Ralph Firman and Daisuke Itō won the championship in a dominating fashion, becoming the first GT500 champion to clinch the title before the final race of the season, a feat only matched by the 2012 champions Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli as of the end of the 2018 season. In the GT300 class, Kazuya Oshima and Hiroaki Ishiura in the apr Toyota MR-S won the driver's championship title by winning the tiebreaker against the Shiden of Kazuho Takahashi and Hiroki Katoh - the two teams finished the season with the same number of points, but Oshima and Ishiura had two race wins compared to Takahashi and Katoh's one. Takahashi and Katoh's overall consistency, however, would gave Cars Tokai Dream28 the team's championship title by six points over Oshima and Ishiura.

Major Developments in the Car Factories

In this season, while Nissan and Honda continued to use their Fairlady Z and Honda NSX in last season. Toyota finally replaced all Supra's, which served a very long time in Super GT(and JGTC) series history, into Lexus SC430. When the season was nearly closing, Nissan (more accurately, Nismo, the racing arm of Nissan) announced that they will use the Nissan GT-R in the 2008 season.

Drivers and teams

GT500
Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Houzan Toyota Team TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 1 Juichi Wakisaka B All
André Lotterer All
Oliver Jarvis 6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z 3 Sébastien Philippe B All
Masataka Yanagida All
Forum Engineering Toyota Team LeMans Lexus Lexus SC430 6 Tatsuya Kataoka B All
Björn Wirdheim All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX 8 Ralph Firman B All
Daisuke Ito All
Yuji Ide 6
Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z 12 Kazuki Hoshino B All
Benoît Tréluyer 1–4, 6–9
Jérémie Dufour 5–6
Rolling Stone Real Racing Honda Honda NSX 17 Katsutomo Kaneishi B All
Toshihiro Kaneishi All
Takuya Izawa 6
Dome Racing Team Honda Honda NSX 18 Ryo Michigami B All
Takashi Kogure All
Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z 22 Michael Krumm B All
Tsugio Matsuda All
23 Satoshi Motoyama All
Richard Lyons All
Hironobu Yasuda 6
Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z 24 João Paulo de Oliveira Y All
Seiji Ara All
Toyota Team Tsuchiya Lexus Lexus SC430 25 Takeshi Tsuchiya Y All
Manabu Orido All
Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX 32 Loïc Duval D All
Fabio Carbone All
Bandai Toyota Team Kraft Lexus Lexus SC430 35 Naoki Hattori D All
Peter Dumbreck 1–3, 6–9
Ronnie Quintarelli 4–6
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo Lexus Lexus SC430 38 Toranosuke Takagi B All
Yuji Tachikawa All
Denso Toyota Team SARD Lexus Lexus SC430 39 André Couto B All
Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX 100 Dominik Schwager B All
Shinya Hosokawa All

GT300
Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Honda Cars Tokai Dream28 Mooncraft Mooncraft Shiden-Toyota 2 Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Hiroki Katoh All
Hiroki Yoshimoto 6
Ebbro Team Nova Vemac Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348 4 Tetsuya Tanaka Y 1–4, 6–9
Shinsuke Yamazaki 1–4, 6–9
Akira Watanabe 6
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R-Zytek ZV348 (1-4)
Vemac RD320R-HPD C32B (5-9)		 5 Tetsuji Tamanaka K All
Hironori Takeuchi All
Keita Sawa 6
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 7 Hiroyuki Iiri Y All
Ryo Orime All
Naoya Yamano 6
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900-Chevrolet 9 Osamu D 1–3, 6, 9
Guts Jyonai 1–3
Masaki Tanaka 5–8
Katsuhiko Tsutsui 5–9
Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 11 Masayuki Ueda Y All
Hideshi Matsuda 1–3, 6
Ichijo Suga 4–9
Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z 13 Tomonobu Fujii Y All
Masami Kageyama All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica 19 Akira Iida Y All
Yuhi Sekiguchi All
Team Taisan with Nishizawa Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS 26 Nobuteru Taniguchi Y All
Shinichi Yamaji 1–3
Kazuyuki Nishizawa 4, 6
Dominik Farnbacher 5–9
apr Toyota Toyota MR-S 31 Kyosuke Mineo M All
Yuya Sakamoto All
101 Hiroaki Ishiura All
Kazuya Oshima All
Hankook KTR Porsche Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 33 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita H 2–9
Yuya Sakamoto 2–9
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL Garaiya 43 Morio Nitta M All
Shinichi Takagi All
MOLA Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z 46 Kota Sasaki D All
Naoki Yokomizo All
47 Shogo Mitsuyama All
Shigekazu Wakisaka All
DHG Racing Ford Ford GT 55 Daisuke Ikeda Y 1–3, 5–9
Taku Bamba 1–3, 5–9
Hideo Fukuyama 6
Willcom R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD408R-HPD C32B 62 Shinsuke Shibahara Y All
Haruki Kurosawa All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 66 Naohiro Furuya Y All
Muneyuki Kurihara All
Atsushi Yogo 6
67 Tsubasa Kurosawa All
Hisashi Wada All
Yasutaka Hinoi 6
Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 87 Yasutaka Hinoi 1–5, 9
Atsushi Yogo 1–5, 9
Yoshihisa Namekata 6
88 Koji Yamanishi 1–5, 9
Marco Apicella 1–3, 9
Hideshi Matsuda 4–5
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS 70 Hiroshi Koizumi Y 1–3, 5–6
Kazuyoshi Takamizawa 1
Yoshimi Ishibashi 2–3, 5–6, 9
Akazame Oyaji 6, 9
71 Yoshimi Ishibashi 7–8
Hirofumi Takei 7
Yutaka Yamagishi 8
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI 77 Tetsuya Yamano D All
Takayuki Aoki All
Yokoyama Racing Vemac Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B 83 Tadao Uematsu Y 1, 3
Ryohei Sakaguchi 1, 3
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster 110 Takuya Kurosawa Y 1–2
Hidetoshi Mitsusada 1–2
Takuya Kurosawa K 3–9
Hidetoshi Mitsusada 3–9
111 Yasushi Kikuchi 3, 5–6
Takaya Tsubobayashi 3–6
Guts Jyonai 5–6
112 Hiroshi Koizumi 7–9
Yasushi Kikuchi 7
Guts Jyonai 8–9
Tomei Sports Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS 118 Takashi Miyamoto Y 1, 3, 8–9
Shozo Tagahara 1, 3
Takashi Ohi 8–9
Mario Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RSR 333 Takashi Inoue Y 1–3
Katsuo Kobayashi 1–3
Team Uematsu Vemac Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B 333 Tadao Uematsu Y 4–7, 9
Takashi Inoue 4, 6
Ryohei Sakaguchi 5–6, 9
Avanzza Bomex Vemac Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B 666 Shogo Suho K All
Junichiro Yamashita All
Masato Shimoyama 6

Schedule
Round Race Circuit Date
1 Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit March 18
2 Okayama GT 300 km Okayama International Circuit April 8
3 Fuji GT 500 km Fuji Speedway May 4
4 Super GT International Series Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 24
5 SUGO GT 300 km Sportsland SUGO July 29
6 International POKKA 1000km Suzuka Circuit August 19
7 Motegi GT 300 km Twin Ring Motegi September 9
8 Autopolis GT 300 km Autopolis October 14
9 Fuji GT 300 km Fuji Speedway November 4

Season Winners
Rd Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka #38 Zent Cerumo SC430 #13 Endless Advan Senzaikakumei Z
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi		 Masami Kageyama
Tomonobu Fujii
2 Okayama #8 ARTA NSX #101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S
Daisuke Ito
Ralph Firman		 Kazuya Oshima
Hiroaki Ishiura
3 Mt. Fuji #23 Xanavi NISMO Z #43 ARTA Garaiya
Satoshi Motoyama
Richard Lyons		 Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
4 Kuala Lumpur #24 Woodone Clarion Kondo Z #101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S
Seiji Ara
João Paulo de Oliveira		 Kazuya Oshima
Hiroaki Ishiura
5 Sportsland SUGO #8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX #19 WedsSport Racing Celica
Daisuke Ito
Ralph Firman		 Akira Iida
Yuhi Sekiguchi
6 Suzuka
Report		 #1 Toyota houzan TOM'S SC430 #2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden
Juichi Wakisaka
André Lotterer
Oliver Jarvis		 Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Katoh
Hiroki Yoshimoto
7 Motegi #18 Takata Dome NSX #26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3
Ryo Michigami
Takashi Kogure		 Nobuteru Taniguchi
Dominik Farnbacher
8 Autopolis #8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX #62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R
Daisuke Ito
Ralph Firman		 Shinsuke Shibahara
Haruki Kurosawa
9 Mt. Fuji #32 Epson Nakajima Racing NSX #26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3
Loïc Duval
Fabio Carbone		 Nobuteru Taniguchi
Dominik Farnbacher

Standings

GT500 Drivers
Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points2015118654321
Qualifying321
Fastest Lap111
  • Only the best four results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
  • There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
Rank Driver SUZ
 OKA
 FUJ
 SEP
 SUG
 SUZ
 MOT
 AUT
 FUJ
 PTS
1 Ralph Firman
Daisuke Ito		 12 1 9 9 1 2 12 1 8 94
2 Fabio Carbone
Loïc Duval		 3 4 Ret 15 3 13 4 9 1 69
3 Shinya Hosokawa
Dominik Schwager		 Ret 2 5 2 12 4 Ret 2 4 64
4 Takashi Kogure
Ryo Michigami		 13 7 11 Ret 2 12 1 5 10 63
5 Michael Krumm
Tsugio Matsuda		 5 3 2 10 Ret 6 2 4 9 63
6 André Lotterer
Juichi Wakisaka		 7 5 DNS 8 5 1 6 6 6 54
7 Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi		 1 11 6 4 11 7 14 Ret 4 53
8 Satoshi Motoyama
Richard Lyons		 2 Ret 1 14 Ret 3 13 12 14 48
9 Tatsuya Kataoka
Björn Wirdheim		 4 14 3 9 DNS 9 3 8 16 38
10 João Paulo de Oliveira
Seiji Ara		 Ret 15 Ret 1 10 10 5 Ret 5 34
11 Kazuki Hoshino 11 8 10 3 7 Ret Ret Ret 2 34
12 Sébastien Philippe
Masataka Yanagida		 10 13 4 7 4 8 11 7 15 30
13 Benoît Tréluyer 11 8 10 3 Ret Ret Ret 2 30
14 Katsutomo Kaneishi
Toshihiro Kaneishi		 6 10 Ret 12 Ret 5 7 Ret 3 29
15 André Couto
Katsuyuki Hiranaka		 Ret 12 8 13 6 11 10 3 13 21
16 Oliver Jarvis 1 20
17 Manabu Orido
Takeshi Tsuchiya		 9 6 Ret 5 8 Ret 8 10 12 20
18 Yuji Ide 2 15
19 Naoki Hattori 8 9 7 11 9 Ret 9 11 11 14
20 Hironobu Yasuda 3 12
21 Peter Dumbreck 8 9 7 Ret 9 11 11 12
22 Takuya Izawa 5 6
23 Jérémie Dufour 7 Ret 4
24 Ronnie Quintarelli 11 9 Ret 2
Rank Driver SUZ
 OKA
 FUJ
 SEP
 SUG
 SUZ
 MOT
 AUT
 FUJ
 PTS

Teams

Rank Number/Team Car Points
1 #8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ARTA NSX 108
2 #22 Nismo Motul Autech Z 85
3 #32 Nakajima Racing Epson NSX 81
4 #100 Team Kunimitsu Raybrig NSX 81
5 #1 Toyota Team TOM'S Houzan TOM'S SC430 78
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 Class (Top 3)

Drivers
Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 Kazuya Oshima
Hiroaki Ishiura		 #101 Toy Story Racing APR MR-S 89 2
2 Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Katoh		 #2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden 89 1
3 Shinsuke Shibahara
Haruki Kurosawa		 #62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R 76 1

Teams
Rank Number/Team Car Points
1 #2 Cars Tokai Dream28 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden 106
2 #101 APR Toy Story Racing APR MR-S 100
3 #62 Willcom R&D Sport Willcom Advan Vemac 408R 91
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