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2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

Motor racing season


Motor racing season

Hironori Takeuchi & Yuji Tachikawa GT500 Teams' Champion: Nismo GT300 Drivers' Champion: Takayuki Aoki & Nobuyuki Oyagi GT300 Teams' Champion: Team Taisan ADVAN

The 2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the ninth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the nineteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2001 were Yuji Tachikawa and Hironori Takeuchi, who had not won a single race during the season driving the No. 38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra, while Nismo won the teams' championship. In the GT300 category, the class champions were the No. 81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia driven by Takayuki Aoki and Noboyuki Oyagi.

This season marked the final competitive race victory for the McLaren F1 GTR, when Team Take One won the CP Mine GT Race.

Drivers and teams

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsHondaToyotaHondaNissanMcLarenNissanToyotaMcLarenToyotaToyotaToyotaHondaLamborghiniHonda
Mugen x Dome ProjectHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V61JPN Ryō MichigamiAll
JPN Hidetoshi MitsusadaAll
18FRA Sébastien PhilippeAll
JPN Hiroki Katoh1–4, NC
FRA Benoît Tréluyer5–7
Esso Toyota Team LeMansToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I46JPN Hideki NodaAll
JPN Juichi WakisakaAll
Autobacs Racing Team AguriHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V68JPN Katsutomo KaneishiAll
JPN Keiichi TsuchiyaAll
Calsonic Team ImpulNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I612JPN Satoshi MotoyamaAll
JPN Naoki Hattori1–3
JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino4–7, NC
Hitotsuyama RacingMcLaren F1 GTRBMW S70/2 6.0 L V1221JPN Akihiko Nakaya1–3, 5–6
JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita1
JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama2–4, NC
JPN Naoki Hattori4–7, NC
JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama7
NismoNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I622GER Michael KrummAll
JPN Tetsuya TanakaAll
23FRA Érik ComasAll
JPN Masami KageyamaAll
Tsuchiya EngineeringToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I425JPN Manabu Orido1–7
JPN Seiji Ara1–7
Team Take OneMcLaren F1 GTRBMW S70/2 6.0 L V1230POR André Couto1–7
JPN Hideki Okada1–7
Toyota Team CerumoToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I433JPN Masahiko KondoAll
JPN Ukyo Katayama1–4, 6–7, NC
JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka5
38JPN Yuji TachikawaAll
JPN Hironori TakeuchiAll
Toyota Team TOM'SToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I436JPN Takeshi TsuchiyaAll
JPN Takuya Kurosawa1–4, 6–7
ITA Paolo Montin5
AUS Wayne GardnerNC
37AUS Wayne Gardner1–7
JPN Shinichi Yamaji1–7
Denso Toyota Team SARDToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I439FRA Jérémie Dufour1–7
JPN Masahiko Kageyama1–2
FRA Romain Dumas3–7
Mobil 1 Nakajima RacingHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V664JPN Tsugio MatsudaAll
GER Dominik SchwagerAll
JLOCLamborghini Diablo JGT-1Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V1288ITA Marco ApicellaAll
JPN Naohiro FuruyaAll
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V6100JPN Akira IidaAll
JPN Daisuke ItoAll

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsToyotaHondaNissanPorscheMazdaPorschePorschePorscheToyotaPorscheChryslerToyotaNissanPorscheMazdaPorscheToyotaSubaruNissanToyotaFerrariMoslerMoslerPorsche
TOM'S SpiritToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I40JPN Masahiro MatsunagaAll
JPN Kumi SatoAll
Dream28Honda NSXHonda C32B 3.4 L V62JPN Kazuho Takahashi5, 6
JPN Hiroshi Kimura5
JPN Akira Watanabe6
Hasemi MotorsportNissan Silvia (S15)Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I43JPN Yuji IdeAll
JPN Masataka YanagidaAll
BSA Porsche Team CompetizionePorsche 993 RSPorsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F65MYS Key Soon YueNC
MYS Ila RidakNC
15HKG Siu Tit LungNC
HKG Siu Yuk LungNC
RE Amemiya RacingMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor7JPN Tetsuya YamanoAll
JPN Haruhiko MatsumotoAll
Team DaikokuyaPorsche 993 RSPorsche M64/80 3.6 L Turbo F69JPN Akira Watanabe1–5
JPN Tsunefumi Hioki1, 4–6
JPN Yukihiro Hane2, NC
JPN Yosuke ShimoshimaNC, 6
Ability MotorsportPorsche 996 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F610JPN Yutaka Yamagishi1–2, 4
JPN Takahisa Ohno1–2, 4
Team GainerPorsche 996 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F611JPN Junichi IkuraAll
JPN Koji Ushikubo1, 7
JPN Yusei Maki2–6
Racing Project BandohToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I419JPN Satoshi GotoAll
JPN Minoru TanakaAll
Team TaisanPorsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F624JPN Hideshi MatsudaAll
JPN Kazuyuki NishizawaAll
26JPN Atsushi YogoAll
JPN Hideo FukuyamaAll
Chrysler Viper GTS-RChrysler EWB 8.0 L V1055JPN Eiji YamadaAll
JPN Takayuki KinoshitaAll
ARTA with A'PEXToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I431JPN Morio NittaAll
JPN Shinichi TakagiAll
Auto Staff RacingNissan Silvia (S15)Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I451JPN Naofumi Omoto2–7
JPN Yasukichi Yamamoto2–7
R&D SportPorsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F662JPN Shinsuke ShibaharaAll
JPN Yasuhisa Fujiwara1–2
JPN Shogo Mitsuyama3–7
63JPN "OSAMU"All
JPN Takamasa NakagawaAll
Amprex MotorsportsMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor65JPN Genji HashimotoNC
HKG Charles KwanNC
Team GaikokuyaPorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F670JPN Yoshimi IshibashiAll
JPN Hiroaki SugaAll
SigmaTec Racing TeamToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I471JPN Guts Jyonai1, 3–7
JPN Eiichi Tajima1, 3–7
Cusco RacingSubaru Impreza WRX STISubaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F477JPN Katsuo KobayashiAll
JPN Tatsuya TanigawaAll
Team DaishinNissan Silvia (S15)Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I481JPN Nobuyuki OhyagiAll
JPN Takayuki AokiAll
KRAFTToyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86)Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I486JPN Masaoki Nagashima1–3
JPN Koji Matsuda1–3
Toyota MR-SJPN Masaoki Nagashima4–7
JPN Koji Matsuda4–7
Dentaire ProJet RacingFerrari 360Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8360JPN Seigo NishizawaAll
JPN Kota SasakiAll
Team Sri LankaMosler MT900RChevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8900LKA Dilantha Malagamuwa1–4
JPN Takeshi Asami1–4
POR João BarbosaNC
A&S RacingMosler MT900RChevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8901JPN Takeshi Asami5
JPN Yasutaka Hinoi5–6
JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka6–7
JPN Tetsuya Nakajima6–7
910 RacingPorsche 996 GT3 RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F6910JPN Jukuchou SunakoAll
JPN Hisashi WadaAll
GBR Adam WilcoxNC
911JPN Masamitsu Ishihara2, 4
JPN Akira Hirakawa1

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate123NC4567
GT Championship in TIJPN TI CircuitApril 15
All Japan Fuji GT RaceJPN Fuji SpeedwayMay 4
SUGO GT ChampionshipJPN Sportsland SUGOMay 27
Tmtouch Japan GT Championship MalaysiaMYS Sepang CircuitJune 24
Japan Special GT CupJPN Fuji SpeedwayAugust 5
Motegi GT Championship RaceJPN Twin Ring MotegiSeptember 16
Suzuka GT 300 kmJPN Suzuka CircuitOctober 28
CP Mine GT RaceJPN Mine CircuitNovember 11

Season results

RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning TeamGT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1TI CircuitJPN #1 Loctite Mugen Honda NSXJPN #31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada
JPN Ryō MichigamiJPN Morio Nitta
JPN Shinichi Takagi
2Mt. FujiJPN #6 ESSO Toyota SupraJPN #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
JPN Hideki Noda
JPN Juichi WakisakaJPN Takayuki Aoki
JPN Noboyuki Oyagi
3Sportsland SUGOJPN #37 ZENT TOM'S Toyota SupraJPN #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
JPN Shinichi Yamaji
AUS Wayne GardnerJPN Haruhiko Matsumoto
JPN Tetsuya Yamano
NCSepang CircuitJPN #6 ESSO Toyota SupraJPN #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
JPN Hideki Noda
JPN Juichi WakisakaJPN Masataka Yanagida
JPN Yuji Ide
4Mt. FujiJPN #22 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-RJPN #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
JPN Tetsuya Tanaka
DEU Michael KrummJPN Takayuki Aoki
JPN Noboyuki Oyagi
5Twin Ring MotegiJPN #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSXJPN #19 WedsSport Toyota MR-S
JPN Tsugio Matsuda
DEU Dominik SchwagerJPN Minoru Tanaka
JPN Satoshi Goto
6Suzuka CircuitJPN #8 ARTA Honda NSXJPN #86 KRAFT Toyota MR-S
JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya
JPN Katsutomo KaneishiJPN Koji Matsuda
JPN Masaoki Nagashima
7Mine CircuitJPN #30 Team Take One McLaren F1 GTRJPN #71 Sigma Tech Toyota MR-S
POR Andre Couto
JPN Hideki OkadaJPN Eiichi Tajima
JPN Guts Jyonai

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

;Scoring system:

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints20151210864321
RankNo.DriverTAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNSUZ
JPNMIN
JPNPTS1582563564535526467408389301029112812271324142215191618171418121911208218226234242261-0-0-0-0RankDriverTAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNSUZ
JPNMIN
JPNPTS
38JPN Hironori Takeuchi
JPN Yuji TachikawaRet*2*3***12***4*2*616
8JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi
JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya26291211***1***Ret
1JPN Ryō Michigami
JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada**1**845512212
23FRA Érik Comas
JPN Masami Kageyama134104*2*Ret32
22GER Michael Krumm
JPN Tetsuya Tanaka43Ret311086
37/36AUS Wayne Gardner59*1*Ret10849
37JPN Shinichi Yamaji
6JPN Hideki Noda
JPN Juichi WakisakaRet**1**51313Ret14
64JPN Tsugio Matsuda
GER Dominik Schwager3121486**1**RetRet
30POR André Couto
JPN Hideki Okada8Ret1216610***1***
100JPN Akira Iida
JPN Daisuke Ito*6*5**Ret**694138
12JPN Satoshi Motoyama15Ret7773115
36JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya11108Ret8557
12JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino773115
39FRA Jérémie Dufour77913Ret94
36JPN Takuya Kurosawa11108857
18FRA Sébastien Philippe1415621514123
39FRA Romain Dumas913Ret94
18FRA Benoît Tréluyer14123
25JPN Manabu Orido
JPN Seiji Ara91111DNQ7710
36ITA Paolo Montin5
39JPN Masahiko Kageyama77
18JPN Hiroki Katoh14156215
12/21JPN Naoki Hattori15Ret71011RetRet11
33JPN Masahiko Kondo12141311**14**9Ret13
33JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka
21JPN Akihiko Nakaya1013RetRetRet
21JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
21JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama13Ret1011
21JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama11
33JPN Ukyo Katayama12121311**14**Ret13
88ITA Marco Apicella
JPN Naohiro FuruyaDNSRetDNSRetRet151415

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GT500 Teams' standings

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

RankTeamNo.TAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNSUZ
JPNMIN
JPNPTS171268358456555640738830929102811221211131-0RankTeamNo.TAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNSUZ
JPNMIN
JPNPTS
Nismo224316Ret311086
23134104*2*18Ret32
Mugen x Dome Project1**1**845512212
181415621514123
Toyota Team Cerumo3312141311**14**918Ret13
3816Ret*2*3***12***4*2*616
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri826291211***1***18Ret
Toyota Team TOM'S3611108Ret8557
3759*1*10849
Esso Toyota Team LeMans617Ret**1**5131315Ret14
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing643121486**1**17Ret17Ret
Team Take One30816Ret1216610***1***
Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft100*6*515**Ret**694138
Team Impul121517Ret7773115
Toyota Team SARD397791316Ret94
Tsuchiya Engineering259111120-7710
Hitotsuyama Racing21101317Ret101117Ret16Ret11
JLOC8818DNS18Ret17DNSRet17Ret151415

GT300 Drivers' championship

RankNo.DriverTAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNSUZ
JPNMIN
JPNPts.166254354453549644740834933103011261223132114201519168175185185204204204233241241241NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0NC0RankNo.DriverTAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNSUZ
JPNMIN
JPNPts.
81JPN Nobuyuki Ohyagi
JPN Takayuki Aoki12**1**414**Ret**6
7JPN Tetsuya Yamano
JPN Haruhiko Matsumoto351471511
910JPN Hisashi Wada562761045
JPN Jukuchou Sunako
3JPN Yuji Ide
JPN Masataka Yanagida6*2*12**1**29212
24JPN Hideshi Matsuda
JPN Kazuyuki Nishizawa1145673162
26JPN Atsushi Yogo
JPN Hideo Fukuyama4177413238
31JPN Morio Nitta
JPN Shinichi Takagi***1***3Ret35RetRet17
77JPN Katsuo Kobayashi
JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa2Ret32106RetRet
19JPN Satoshi Goto
JPN Minoru TanakaDNA1610**3*****1***1713
62JPN Shinsuke Shibahara7Ret9101156**4**
62JPN Shogo Mitsuyama9101156**4**
63JPN "OSAMU"
JPN Takamasa Nakagawa986171757
86JPN Masaoki Nagashima
JPN Koji MatsudaRet18RetDNA181*10*
71JPN Guts Jyonai
JPN Eiichi TajimaRetDNA**Ret***Ret*Ret111
55JPN Eiji Yamada
JPN Takayuki Kinoshita89DNA8914DNA3
51JPN Naofumi Omoto
JPN Yasukichi Yamamoto141388149
0JPN Masahiro Matsunaga
JPN Kumi Sato1011RetRet117Ret
11JPN Junichi Ikura141381415*9*DNA
11JPN Yusei Maki1381415*9*
62JPN Yasuhisa Fujiwara7Ret
9/2JPN Akira WatanabeRet7Ret1613
9JPN Yukihiro Hane711
360JPN Seigo Nishizawa
JPN Kota Sasaki16RetRet12Ret12816
900SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa131014515
900/901JPN Takeshi Asami131014Ret
70JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi
JPN Hiroaki Suga151211912191014
9JPN Tsunefumi HiokiRetRet1612
9JPN Yosuke Shimoshima1112
2JPN Kazuho Takahashi1313
2JPN Hiroshi Kimura13
11JPN Koji Ushikubo14DNA
911JPN Masamitsu Ishihara
JPN Akira Hirakawa1516
900/901JPN Tetsuya Nakajima1515
901JPN Tetsuji TamanakaRet15
10JPN Yutaka Yamagishi
JPN Takahisa OhnoRet18
901JPN Yasutaka HinoiRetRet
900POR João Barbosa5
910GBR Adam Wilcox7
65JPN Genji Hashimoto
HKG Charles KwanRet
5MALAYSIA Key Soon Yue
MALAYSIA Ila RidakDSQ
15HKG Siu Tit Lung
HKG Siu Yuk LungDNR

GT300 Teams' standings

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

RankTeamNo.TAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNSUZ
JPNMIN
JPNPTS174266354454553640739834933102111201219138145155164173181181NC0NC0NC0NC0NC00RankTeamNo.TAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNSUZ
JPNMIN
JPNPTS
Team Taisan with Advan241145673162
264177413238
Team Daishin8112**1**414**Ret**6
RE Amemiya Racing7351471511
910 Racing910562761045
9111516
Hasemi Motorsport36*2*12**1**29212
ARTA with A'PEX31***1***3Ret35RetRet17
R&D Sport627Ret9101156**4**
63986171757
Cusco Racing772Ret32106RetRet
Racing Project Bandoh19DNA1610311713
KRAFT86Ret18RetDNA181*10*
SigmaTec Racing Team71RetDNA**Ret***Ret*Ret111
Team Taisan Advan jr.5589DNA8914DNA3
Auto Staff Racing51141388149
TOM'S Spirit01011RetRet117Ret
Team Gainer11141381415*9*DNA
Team Daikokuya9Ret711Ret1612
Dentaire ProJet Racing36014RetRet12Ret12816
Team Sri Lanka900131014515
Team Gaikokuya70151211912191014
Dream2821313
A&S Racing901RetRet15
Ability Motorsport10Ret18
Amprex Motorsports65Ret
BSA Porsche Team Competizione5DSQ
15DNR

References

References

  1. "JGTC 2001 Ranking".
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