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1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

Motorsports season

Pedro de la Rosa & Michael Krumm GT500 Teams' Champion: Toyota Castrol TOM'S Team GT300 Drivers' Champion: Hideo Fukuyama & Manabu Orido GT300 Teams' Champion:

RS-R Racing with Bandoh

The 1997 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of the All-Japan GT Championship, now known as the Super GT Series, and the 15th season of top-level Japanese sports car racing dating back to the formation of the previous All-Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

1997 GT500 champions, #36 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra

Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa won the GT500 class championship for Toyota Castrol Team in the #36 Castrol TOM's Supra. Hideo Fukuyama and Manabu Orido won the GT300 class championship for Racing Project Bandoh in the #19 Nissan Silvia.

The GT500 Drivers' Championship was decided on a tiebreaker for the first time in JGTC/Super GT history. The duo of De la Rosa and Krumm, and Toyota Team SARD driver Masami Kageyama each scored 67 points, with two victories, and one second place finish. But a third-place finish for De la Rosa and Krumm broke the tie, giving them the championship for the Toyota Castrol Team. De la Rosa became the first driver to win both the GT500 Drivers' Championship, and the Japanese Top Formula Championship in Formula Nippon (now Super Formula), in the same calendar year.

For the second year in a row, the GT Association (GTA) held a non-championship all-star race at the end of the year. The race was held at the new Twin Ring Motegi circuit which had opened earlier in the year. Instead of using the 4.801-kilometre road course, the series raced around the 2.414 km superspeedway oval with cone chicanes installed around the banked corners. The circuit, now known as Mobility Resort Motegi, staged its first championship race the following year and has remained on the JGTC/Super GT schedule ever since.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Entrant	Team Name	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre
NISMO	ZEXEL Skyline	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	2	JPN Aguri Suzuki		All
FRA Érik Comas	1, 3–6, NC
ITA Marco Apicella	2
KURE R33	556	JPN Masahiko Kageyama	All
JPN Masahiko Kondo	All
Hasemi Motorsports	Unisia JECS Skyline	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	3	JPN Masahiro Hasemi		All
JPN Tetsuya Tanaka	All
Suzuki Bankin	Advan Porsche (1)
Alpha Computer Porsche (2, 4–5)
Dunlop Porsche (3, 6)	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6	4	JPN Tatsuhiko Kaneumi	(1–2)
(3–6)	All
JPN Mitsutake Koma	All
[Team 5ZIGEN](5zigen)	5ZIGEN Supra	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	5	JPN Eiichi Tajima		All
BEL Marc Goossens	1–6
JPN Hiro Matsushita	NC
Power Craft	Power Craft TRD Supra	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	FRA Bertrand Gachot		1–2
FRA Paul Belmondo	1–2
AUS Wayne Gardner	3–4, 6, NC
JPN Naoki Nagasaka	3, 5, 6
DNK Tom Kristensen	4–5, NC
Team TMS	Chateraise Porsche GT2	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6	10	JPN Kaoru Iida		All
IRL Ralph Firman	All
Hoshino Racing	Calsonic Skyline	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	12	JPN Satoshi Motoyama		1–6
JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1, 3–6, NC
JPN Fuminori Mizuno	2
JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya	NC
Endless Sports	Endless Advan GT-R	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	13	JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita		All
JPN Yasushi Kikuchi	1
JPN Mitsuo Fujimura	2–6
Mugen + Dome Project	avex Dome Mugen NSX	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	18	JPN Takuya Kurosawa		2–6, NC
JPN Katsumi Yamamoto	2–6, NC
Team Take One	SOK Porsche	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6	30	JPN Yoji Yamada		All
JPN Kazuo Mogi	All
Team Taisan Advan	STP Taisan Porsche GT2	Porsche 993 GT2	Porsche M64/81 3.6 L Turbo F6	34	JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya		3–4
JPN Hideshi Matsuda	3–4
STP Taisan Advan Viper	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Dodge EWB 8.0 L V10	JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya	5–6, NC
JPN Hideshi Matsuda	5–6, NC
Toyota Castrol Team	Castrol TOM's Supra	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	GER Michael Krumm		1–6
ESP Pedro de la Rosa	1–6
JPN Masanori Sekiya	NC
JPN Ukyo Katayama	NC
37	JPN Toshio Suzuki	All
JPN Masanori Sekiya	1–6
JPN Shingo Tachi	NC
Castrol Cerumo Supra	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	JPN Hironori Takeuchi		All
JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi	All
Toyota Team SARD	Denso SARD Supra	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	JPN Masami Kageyama		All
FRA Olivier Grouillard	1
JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa	2–6, NC
Susuki Racing Mechanics	Advance Auto GT Camaro	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	47	JPN Masato Yamamoto		4
JPN Katsuhiko Okamoto	4
Team LeMans	Nissan 300ZX-GTS	Nissan Fairlady Z LM	Nissan VH45DE 4.5 L V8	75	JPN Yuji Tachikawa		1–2
JPN Tsuyoshi Takahashi	1–2
JLOC Corsa	JLOC Diablo GTR	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12	88	JPN Takao Wada		2–6, NC
JPN Hisashi Wada	2–6, NC
Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Raybrig NSX	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	100	JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi		2–6, NC
JPN Akira Iida	2–6, NC
Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo	RH Cerumo Supra	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	510	FRA Bertrand Gachot		3–6
FRA Paul Belmondo	3–6

GT300

Entrant	Team Name	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre
KRAFT	Wise Sports Dunlop BP MR2	Toyota MR2	Toyota 3S-GE 2.0 L I4	6	JPN Hiroki Katoh		1–6
JPN Takahiro Fujita	1–6
Wise Sports Dunlop BP Cavalier	Toyota Cavalier	60	JPN Kumi Sato	4–6, NC
JPN Minoru Tanaka	4–6, NC
RE Amemiya Racing	RE Amemiya SuperG RX-7	Mazda RX-7 (FD3S)	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	7	JPN Shinichi Yamaji		All
JPN Haruhiko Matsumoto	All
[Team 5ZIGEN](5zigen)	PCJ 5ZIGEN RSR	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	9	JPN Tsunefumi Hioki		1–2
JPN Masaharu Kinoshita	1–2
M Factory Racing	Murauchi Kamei Skyline	Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	11	JPN Hiromoto Ishimori		2
JPN Kinji Suzuki	2
Kamco Works	Kamco Workstation GT-R	Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32)	Nissan RB26DETT 2.6 L Twin Turbo I6	15	JPN Takeshi Odagiri		4
JPN Takatoshi Onoda	4
Team Power Magic	YB BMW 318i Coupe	BMW 318i Coupe	BMW M43B18 1.8L I4	16	JPN Motoji Sekine		All
JPN Hiroyuki Iiri	1–2
JPN Toshiya Fujishima	3–6
Kageisen Racing Team	Tokyo College of Science and Arts RX-7 (1)	Mazda RX-7 (FC3S)	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	17	JPN Toshihiko Nogami		1
JPN Toshiaki Koshimizu	1
Tokyo Polytechnic Institute Roadster (2–4, 6)	Mazda Roadster (NA)	JPN Toshihiko Nogami	2–4, 6, NC
JPN Tomoyuki Hosono	2–4, 6, NC
RS-R Racing with Bandoh	RS-R Silvia	Nissan Silvia (S14)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	JPN Manabu Orido		All
JPN Hideo Fukuyama	All
AI Auto Racing	AI Auto GAB Porsche	Porsche 993 RS	Porsche M64/70 3.8 L F6	20	JPN Kenji Takahashi		All
JPN Hiroaki Suga	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	Dunlop BP BMW	BMW M3 (E36)	BMW S14 2.2 L Turbo I4	21	JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama		1–2, 6
JPN Takayuki Kinoshita	1
JPN Kenji Yamamoto	2–4
JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama	3–5
JPN Mizuno Fuminori	5–6
Hirano Motorsport	Hirano Motorsport R32M	Nissan Skyline GTS-i (R32)	Nissan RB20DET 2.0 L Turbo I6	24	JPN Toshiyuki Hirano		4
JPN Hisanori Kuboyama	4
Tsuchiya Engineering	Atlus Tsuchiya MR2 (1–2)
Tsuchiya MR2 (3–6)	Toyota MR2	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	25	JPN Masaoki Nagashima		All
JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya	1–6
JPN Sakae Obata	NC
Team Taisan Jr.	Taisan Star Card RSR	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	26	JPN Keiichi Suzuki		All
JPN Morio Nitta	All
Team Ferrari Club of Japan	Team FCJ Ferrari (1–4)
Shell Ferrari F355 (5–6)	Ferrari F355 GT	Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8	27	JPN Tetsuya Ota		1–4, 6, NC
SWE Anders Olofsson	1–2, 4, NC
SWE Steven Andskär	3, 6
Team FCJ Ferrari	28	JPN Masami Sugiyama	All
JPN Masahiro Yamazaki	1–4, 6
JPN Tetsuya Ota	5
Signal	Friends Nito Seaside Silvia	Nissan Silvia (S13)	Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	45	JPN Takeshi Yuasa		1–2
JPN Kiyoaki Hanai	1–2
Cobra Racing Team	Cobra Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	51	JPN Katsunori Iketani		All
JPN Masamitsu Ishihara	1–2, 4–6
JPN Masami Sugiyama	3
S.D.R.	Che'Nelle Porsche SDR	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	54	JPN Nobuyuki Tanaka		6
JPN Kazushige Saito	6
Sports Factory Racing	Castrol RX-7 (1–3)
Castrol FS RX-7 (4, 6)	Mazda RX-7 (FD3S)	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	55	JPN Toshihiro Fukazawa		1–3, 4, 6
JPN Masaaki Nagashima	1–3, 4, 6
ecurie SiFo	SiFo Spider Version GT	Renault Sport Spider	Renault F7R 2.0 L I4	57	JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto		2
JPN Michiko Okuyama	2
JPN Tomohiko Sunako	6
JPN Akira Yoshitomi	6
Team Gaikokuya	Gaikokuya Dunlop Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	70	JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi		All
JPN Nobuo Komiya	All
SigmaTec Racing Team	SigmaTec 911	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	71	JPN Kaoru Hoshino		All
JPN Masaki Jyonai	All
Makiguchi Engineering	WAKO'S BMW M3	BMW M3 (E36)	BMW S14 2.5 L I4	72	JPN Norio Makiguchi		All
JPN Takeshi Asami	All
Cusco Racing	Cusco Subaru Impreza	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	77	JPN Katsuo Kobayashi		6
JPN Naohiro Furuya	6
NAC West	NAC West Silvia	Nissan Silvia (S13)	Nissan FJ20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	79	JPN Masanori Sugiyama		2, 4
JPN Hiroyasu Aoyagi	2, 4
Team Daishin	Daishin Silvia	Nissan Silvia (S14)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	81	JPN Nobuyuki Ohyagi	(1–2)
(3–6)	All
JPN Tsuneaki Mankumo	1
JPN Takayuki Kinoshita	2–6
First Racing Team	Buddy Club MR2	Toyota MR2	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	91	JPN Masahiro Matsunaga		All
JPN Junko Mihara	All
Shimizu Racing Enterprise	Castrol Porsche (1–3)
Porsche (4, 6)	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	333	JPN Masatomo Shimizu		1–2, 4, 6
JPN Yoshimi Katayama	1–2
JPN Shigekazu Saeki	4
JPN Fumihito Sakamoto	6
Tackle & RS Matsumoto	PCJ Shiomi Clinic RSR	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	777	JPN Katsuya Makita		1
JPN Katsuharu Shiomi	1
910 Racing	910 Porsche	Porsche 993 RSR	Porsche M64/80 3.8 L F6	910	JPN Seiichi Sodeyama		All
JPN Kiyoshi Misaki	1
JPN Tomohiko Sunako	2–3
JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto	4–6
910 TIB Porsche	911	JPN Shigemitsu Haga	6
JPN Kiichi Takahashi	6

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit
Suzuka GT 300 km	JPN Suzuka Circuit	29–30 March
All Japan Fuji GT Race	JPN Fuji Speedway	3–4 May
Hi-Land GT Championship	JPN Sendai Hi-Land Raceway	28–29 June
Japan Special GT Cup	JPN Fuji Speedway	9–10 August
CP Mine GT Race	JPN Miné Circuit	4–5 October
Sugo GT Championship	JPN Sportsland SUGO	25–26 October
Nicos Cup GT Allstar Race	JPN Twin Ring Motegi	15–16 November

Season results

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole position
Suzuka Circuit	30 March	GT500	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 2 NISMO
JPN Masanori Sekiya
JPN Toshio Suzuki	JPN Aguri Suzuki
FRA Érik Comas
GT300	No. 26 Team Taisan Jr.	No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh
JPN Keiichi Suzuki
JPN Morio Nitta	JPN Hideo Fukuyama
JPN Manabu Orido
Fuji Speedway	4 May	GT500	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD
DEU Michael Krumm
ESP Pedro de la Rosa	JPN Masami Kageyama
JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa
GT300	No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh	No. 26 Team Taisan Jr.
JPN Hideo Fukuyama
JPN Manabu Orido	JPN Keiichi Suzuki
JPN Morio Nitta
Sendai Hi-Land Raceway	29 June	GT500	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team
JPN Masanori Sekiya
JPN Toshio Suzuki	DEU Michael Krumm
ESP Pedro de la Rosa
GT300	No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering
JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama
JPN Kenji Yamamoto	JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya
JPN Masaoki Nagashima
Fuji Speedway	10 August	GT500	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD
DEU Michael Krumm
ESP Pedro de la Rosa	JPN Masami Kageyama
JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa
GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 26 Team Taisan Jr.
JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya
JPN Masaoki Nagashima	JPN Keiichi Suzuki
JPN Morio Nitta
Miné Circuit	5 October	GT500	No. 18 Mugen + Dome Project	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team
JPN Takuya Kurosawa
JPN Katsumi Yamamoto	DEU Michael Krumm
ESP Pedro de la Rosa
GT300	No. 6 Kraft	No. 19 Racing Project Bandoh
JPN Hiroki Katoh
JPN Takahiro Fujita	JPN Hideo Fukuyama
JPN Manabu Orido
Sportsland SUGO	26 October	GT500	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	No. 5 Team 5Zigen
JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi
JPN Akira Iida	JPN Eiichi Tajima
BEL Marc Goossens
GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 71 Sigmatech Racing Team
JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya
JPN Masaoki Nagashima	JPN Kaoru Hoshino
JPN Masaki Jyonai
Twin Ring Motegi	Race 1–16 November	GT500	No. 2 NISMO	No. 2 NISMO
JPN Aguri Suzuki
FRA Érik Comas	JPN Aguri Suzuki
FRA Érik Comas
GT300	No. 910 910 Racing	No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan
JPN Seiichi Sodeyama
JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto	JPN Tetsuya Ota
SWE Anders Olofsson
Race 2–16 November	GT500	No. 2 NISMO	No. 2 NISMO
JPN Aguri Suzuki
FRA Érik Comas	JPN Aguri Suzuki
FRA Érik Comas
GT300	No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan	No. 27 Ferrari Club of Japan
JPN Tetsuya Ota
SWE Anders Olofsson	JPN Tetsuya Ota
SWE Anders Olofsson

Point ranking

GT500 class

Drivers

Rank	Driver	No.	SUZ
JPN	FUJ
JPN	SEN
JPN	FUJ
JPN	MIN
JPN	SUG
JPN	MOT
JPN	MOT
JPN	Pts.	1	67	2	67	3	64	3	64	4	60	5	52	6	50	7	37	8	32	8	32	9	30	10	28	11	24	12	20	13	16	14	15	15	12	16	11	17	10	17	10	19	10	20	10	21	8	22	8	23	5	24	4	25	4	26	4	27	3	27	3	28	0	29	0	30	0	31	0	32	0	33	0	Rank	Driver	No.	SUZ
JPN	FUJ
JPN	SEN
JPN	FUJ
JPN	MIN
JPN	SUG
JPN	MOT
JPN	MOT
JPN	Pts.
ESP Pedro de la Rosa
GER Michael Krumm	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team	13	*3*	1	2	1	15
JPN Masami Kageyama	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD	2	1	5	1	13	7	Ret	12Ret
JPN Toshio Suzuki	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team	3	6	*3*	3	3	4	3	2
JPN Masanori Sekiya	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team	3	6	*3*	3	3	4
No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team							Ret	5
JPN Aguri Suzuki	No. 2 NISMO	1	4	2	10	9	3	*1*	1
JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD		1	5	1	13	7	Ret	12Ret
FRA Érik Comas	No. 2 NISMO	1		2	10	9	3	*1*	1
JPN Masahiro Hasemi
JPN Tetsuya Tanaka	No. 3 Hasemi Motorsports	4	2	9	6	7	17Ret	4	3
JPN Eiichi Tajima	No. 5 Team 5Zigen	6	12Ret	6	19Ret	12	1	7	10
BEL Marc Goossens	No. 5 Team 5Zigen	6	12Ret	6	19Ret	12	1
JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi
JPN Akira Iida	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft		16Ret	16	11	2	2	10	11
JPN Hironori Takeuchi
JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi	No. 38 Toyota Castrol Team	7	9	4	8	5	10	2	4
JPN Satoshi Motoyama	No. 12 Hoshino Racing	14Ret	5	15	4	6	14
JPN Naoki Nagasaka	No. 8 Power Craft			7		4	6
JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino	No. 12 Hoshino Racing	14Ret		15	4	6	14	Ret	6
FRA Olivier Grouillard	No. 39 Toyota Team SARD	2
FRA Bertrand Gachot
FRA Paul Belmondo	No. 8 Power Craft	10	14Ret
No. 510 Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo			8	5	11
JPN Takuya Kurosawa
JPN Katsumi Yamamoto	No. 18 Mugen + Dome Project		17Ret	18Ret	17Ret	8	5	8	9
ITA Marco Apicella	No. 2 NISMO		4
DNK Tom Kristensen	No. 8 Power Craft				15	4
JPN Masahiko Kageyama
JPN Masahiko Kondo	No. 556 NISMO	5	11Ret	14	9	15Ret	16Ret	14Ret	7
AUS Wayne Gardner	No. 8 Power Craft			7	15		6
JPN Fuminori Mizuno	No. 12 Hoshino Racing		5
JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	No. 13 Endless Sports	8	13Ret	11	7	10	12
JPN Mitsuo Fujimura	No. 13 Endless Sports		13Ret	11	7	10	12
JPN Kaoru Iida
IRE Ralph Firman	No. 10 Team TMS	12	7	13	13		19DNQ
JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya
JPN Hideshi Matsuda	No. 34 Team Taisan with Advan			10	20Ret	14	8	6	12Ret
JPN Yoji Yamada
JPN Kazuo Mogi	No. 30 Team Take One	9	10Ret	12	12	11	9	5	8
JPN Tatsuhiko Kanaumi
JPN Mitsutake Koma	No. 4 Suzuki Bankin	11	8	19DNQ	16		18DNQ
JPN Yasushi Kikuchi	No. 13 Endless Sports	8
JPN Takao Wada
JPN Hisashi Wada	No. 88 JLOC Corsa		15Ret	17Ret	14	17Ret	13	9	13Ret
JPN Masato Yamamoto
JPN Katsuhiko Okamoto	No. 47 Susuki Racing Mechanics				18Ret
JPN Shingo Tachi	No. 37 Toyota Castrol Team							3	2
JPN Ukyo Katayama	No. 36 Toyota Castrol Team							11Ret	5
JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya	No. 12 Hoshino Racing							13Ret	6
JPN Hiro Matsushita	No. 5 Team 5Zigen							7	10

GT500 Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' points.

Rank	Team	No.	SUZ
JPN	FUJ
JPN	SEN
JPN	FUJ
JPN	MIN
JPN	SUG
JPN	MOT
JPN	MOT
JPN	PTS	1	79	2	67	3	61	4	37	5	32	6	30	7	24	8	21	9	11	9	11	11	8	12	4	13	4	14	4	15	3	-	0	-	0	-	0	Rank	Team	No.	SUZ
JPN	FUJ
JPN	SEN
JPN	FUJ
JPN	MIN
JPN	SUG
JPN	MOT
JPN	MOT
JPN	PTS
Toyota Castrol Team	36	13	*3*	1	2	1	15	Ret	5
37	3	6	*3*	3	3	4	3	2
38	7	9	4	8	5	10	2	4
Toyota Team SARD	39	2	1	5	1	13	7	Ret	Ret
Nismo	2	1	4	2	10	9	3	*1*	1
556	5	Ret	14	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	7
Hasemi Motorsports	3	4	2	9	6	7	Ret	4	3
Team 5Zigen	5	6	Ret	6	Ret	12	1	7	10
Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	100		Ret	16	11	2	2	10	11
Calsonic Hoshino Racing	12	Ret	5	15	4	6	14	Ret	6
Power Craft	8	11	Ret	7	15	4	6
Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo	510			8	5	Ret	11
Mugen + Dome Project	18		Ret	Ret	Ret	8	5	8	9
Endless Sports	13	8	Ret	11	7	10	12
Team TMS	10	13	7	13	13		DNQ
Team Taisan Advan	34			10	Ret	14	8	6	Ret
Team Take One	30	9	Ret	12	12	11	9	5	8
Suzuki Bankin	4	12	8	DNQ	Ret	DNA	DNQ
Team Le Mans	75	10	DNS
JLOC	88		Ret	Ret	14	Ret	13	9	Ret
Suzuki Racing Mechanics	47				Ret

GT300 Drivers' championship

Rank	No.	Driver	SUZ
JPN	FUJ
JPN	SEN
JPN	FUJ
JPN	MIN
JPN	SUG
JPN	MOT
JPN	MOT
JPN	Pts.	1	90	2	89	3	52	5	51	6	38	7	31	8	31	9	25	10	22	11	16	12	15	13	13	14	13	15	12	17	10	17	10	19	10	20	8	21	6	21	6	23	5	24	4	25	3	25	3	27	2	27	2	27	2	30	2	31	1	31	1	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	NC	0	Rank	No.	Driver	SUZ
JPN	FUJ
JPN	SEN
JPN	FUJ
JPN	MIN
JPN	SUG
JPN	MOT
JPN	MOT
JPN	Pts.
19	JPN Manabu Orido
JPN Hideo Fukuyama	1	2	2	3	1	5	2	9
26	JPN Keiichi Suzuki
JPN Morio Nitta	4	1	3	1	3	2	DNS	DNS
25/72	JPN Masaoki Nagashima	3	Ret	1	5	Ret	3	Ret	7
25	JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya
71	JPN Kaoru Hoshino
JPN Masaki Jouchi	DNA	6	7	6	2	1	5	4
910	JPN Seiichi Sodeyama	2	8	4	4	12	12	4	3
27/28	JPN Tetsuya Ota	11	4	9	2	7	Ret	1	1
7	JPN Shinichi Yamaji
JPN Haruhiko Matsumoto	Ret	3	5	Ret	10	4	6	10
27	SWE Anders Olofsson	11	4		2	DNA		1	1
51	JPN Katsunori Iketani	5	5	DNQ	7	DNA	9
JPN Masamitsu Ishihara
81	JPN Nobuyuki Ohyagi	8	7	6	Ret	Ret	8	3	2
910	JPN Kiyoshi Misaki	2
910/57	JPN Tomohiko Sunako		8	4			18
21/81	JPN Takayuki Kinoshita	Ret	7	6	Ret	Ret	8	3	2
72	JPN Takeshi Asami	7	9	8	8	Ret	DNQ
JPN Norio Makiguchi
57/910	JPN Hideyuki Tamamoto		DNS		4	12	12	4	3
60	JPN Kumi Sato
JPN Minoru Tanaka				16	4	16	Ret	5
20	JPN Kenji Takahashi
JPN Hiroaki Suga	Ret	Ret	11	9	5	11
70	JPN Yoshizo Ishibashi
JPN Nobuo Komiya	10	Ret	Ret	10	6	17
9	JPN Tsunefumi Hioki
JPN Masaharu Kinoshita	6	DNA
6	JPN Hiroki Kato
JPN Takahiro Fujita	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	6
21	JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama	Ret	10		Ret		7
21	JPN Mizuno Fuminori					Ret	7
81	JPN Tsuneaki Mankumo	8
16	JPN Motoji Sekine	15	15	12	12	8	13
777	JPN Katsuya Makita
JPN Katsuharu Shiomi	9
27	SWE Steven Andskär			9			Ret
91	JPN Masahiro Matsunaga
JPN Junko Mihara	13	14	14	14	9	Ret	DNS	6
21	JPN Kenji Yamamoto		10	10	Ret
21	JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama			10		Ret
54	JPN Nobuyuki Tanaka
JPN Kazushige Saito						10
28	JPN Masami Sugiyama		Ret	13	15	7
55	JPN Toshihiro Fukazawa
JPN Masaaki Nagashima	12	11	Ret	13		15
17	JPN Toshihiko Nogami	14	12	DNQ	Ret		Ret	7	8
17	JPN Tomoyuki Hosono		12	DNQ	Ret		Ret	7	8
16	JPN Hiroyuki Iiri	15	15	12
79	JPN Masanori Sugiyama
JPN Hiroyasu Aoyagi		13		19	DNA
28	JPN Masahiro Yamazaki		Ret	13	15		Ret
17	JPN Toshiaki Koshimizu	14
911	JPN Shigemitsu Haga
JPN Kiichi Takahashi						14
45	JPN Takeshi Yuasa
JPN Kiyoaki Hanai	16	Ret
11	JPN Hiromoto Ishimori
JPN Kinji Suzuki		16
333	JPN Masatomo Shimizu	Ret	DNA		17		DNQ
333	JPN Shigekazu Saeki				17
15	JPN Takeshi Odagiri
JPN Takatoshi Onoda				18
57	JPN Akira Yoshitomi						18
333	JPN Yoshimi Katayama	Ret	DNA
77	JPN Katsuo Kobayashi
JPN Naohiro Furuya						Ret
28	BEL Patrick van Schote						Ret
57	JPN Michiko Okuyama		DNS
24	JPN Toshiyuki Hirano
JPN Hisanori Kuboyama				DNS
51	JPN Tetsuhumi Toda			DNQ
333	JPN Fumihito Sakamoto						DNQ
25	JPN Sakae Obata							Ret	7

GT300 Teams' standings

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

Rank	Team	No.	SUZ
JPN	FUJ
JPN	SEN
JPN	FUJ
JPN	MIN
JPN	SUG
JPN	MOT
JPN	MOT
JPN	Pts.	1	90	2	89	3	52	4	51	5	38	6	31	7	31	8	22	9	16	10	16	11	12	12	10	13	7	14	6	15	6	16	3	17	2	17	2	19	1	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	Rank	Team	No.	SUZ
JPN	FUJ
JPN	SEN
JPN	FUJ
JPN	MIN
JPN	SUG
JPN	MOT
JPN	MOT
JPN	Pts.
RS-R Racing with Bandoh	19	1	2	2	3	1	5	2	9
Team Taisan Jr.	26	4	1	3	1	3	2	DNS	DNS
Tsuchiya Engineering	25	3	Ret	1	5		3	Ret	7
SigmaTec Racing Team	71	DNA	6	7	6	2	1	5	4
910 Racing	910	2	8	4	4	12	12	4	3
911						14
Team Ferrari Club of Japan	27	11	4	9	2	DNA	Ret	1	1
28		Ret	13	15	7	Ret
RE Amemiya Racing	7	Ret	3	5	Ret	10	4	6	10
Cobra Racing Team	51	5	5	DNQ	7	DNA	9
KRAFT	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	6
60				16	4	16	Ret	5
Team Daishin	81	8	7	6	Ret	Ret	8	3	2
Makiguchi Engineering	72	7	9	8	8	Ret	DNQ
AI Auto Racing	20	Ret	Ret	11	9	5	11
Team Gaikokuya	70	10	Ret	Ret	10	6	17
[Team 5ZIGEN](5zigen)	9	6	DNA
Hitotsuyama Racing	21	Ret	10	10	Ret	Ret	7
Team Power Magic	16	15	15	12	12	8	13
Tackle & RS Matsumoto	777	9
First Racing Team	91	13	14	14	14	9	Ret	DNS	6
S.D.R.	54						10
Sports Factory Racing	55	12	11	DNS	Ret	13	15
Kageisen Racing Team	17	14	12	DNQ	Ret		Ret	7	8
NAC West	79		13		19	DNA
Signal	45	16	Ret
M Factory Racing	11		16
Shimizu Racing Enterprise	333	Ret	DNA		17		DNQ
Kamco Works	15				18
ecurie SiFo	57		DNS				18
Cusco Racing	77						Ret
Hirano Motorsport	24				DNS

Notes

References

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