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2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

Motorsports season


Motorsports season

Akira Iida & Juichi Wakisaka GT500 Teams' Champion: Mugen x Dome Project GT300 Drivers' Champion: Morio Nitta & Shinichi Takagi GT300 Teams' Champion: Team Taisan ADVAN

The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX. The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.

Drivers and teams

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsToyotaToyotaHondaNissanHondaNissanToyotaMcLarenToyotaToyotaToyotaHondaMcLarenMercedes-BenzLamborghiniHonda
Toyota Team CerumoToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I41JPN Yuji TachikawaAll
JPN Hironori TakeuchiAll
33JPN Masahiko Kondo1, 3–8
JPN Ukyo Katayama1, 3
JPN Hayanari Shimoda4–8
Esso Toyota Team LeMansToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I46JPN Akira IidaAll
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 2.8 L Twin Turbo I612JPN Tetsuya TanakaAll
JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino1–5
FRA Benoît Tréluyer6–8
Mugen x Dome ProjectHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.2 L V616JPN Daisuke ItoAll
GER Dominik Schwager1–4
JPN Ryō Michigami5–8
18GBR Richard LyonsAll
FRA Sébastien PhilippeAll
NismoNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6 / Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V622GER Michael KrummAll
JPN Satoshi MotoyamaAll
23FRA Érik ComasAll
JPN Masami KageyamaAll
Tsuchiya EngineeringToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I425JPN Shinichi YamajiAll
JPN Seiji Ara1, 3–8
GBR Geoff Lees2
Team Take OneMcLaren F1 GTRBMW S70/2 6.0 L V1230JPN Haruki Kurosawa1–3, 5–8
JPN Hideki Okada1–3, 5–8
Project Mu KraftToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I435JPN Masahiko KageyamaAll
JPN Shigekazu WakisakaAll
Toyota Team TOM'SToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I436JPN Takeshi TsuchiyaAll
AUS Wayne GardnerAll
37JPN Takuya KurosawaAll
ITA Paolo Montin1–7
JPN Hideki Noda8
Denso Toyota Team SARDToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I439FRA Jérémie DufourAll
JPN Manabu OridoAll
Mobil 1 Nakajima RacingHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V664JPN Tsugio MatsudaAll
IRL Ralph FirmanAll
Hitotsuyama RacingMcLaren F1 GTRBMW S70/2 6.0 L V1276JPN Naoki HattoriAll
JPN Eiichi TajimaAll
HKSMercedes-Benz CLKMercedes-Benz M119 6.0 L V887JPN Yudai Igarashi2–3, 6–8
JPN Koji Yamanishi2–3, 6–8
JLOCLamborghini Diablo JGT-1Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V1288ITA Marco ApicellaAll
JPN Hisashi WadaAll
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V6100JPN Hidetoshi MitsusadaAll
JPN Hiroki Katoh1, 3–8
JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi2

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsHondaNissanChevroletMoslerMazdaPorscheBMWToyotaToyotaBMWPorscheChryslerToyotaNissanPorscheVemacPorscheMazdaPorscheToyotaSubaruNissanToyotaFerrariPorsche
Verno Tokai Dream28Honda NSXHonda C32B 3.4 L V62JPN Kazuho TakahashiAll
JPN Akira WatanabeAll
Hasemi MotorsportNissan Silvia (S15)Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I43JPN Tetsuya YamanoAll
JPN Masataka YanagidaAll
ZipspeedChevrolet Corvette C4Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V84JPN Izumi YoshidaAll
JPN Toshiyuki Yamamoto2
JPN Naohiro Furuya2–3, 5–6, 8
A&S RacingMosler MT900RChevrolet LS1 5.7 L V85JPN Tetsuji TamanakaAll
JPN "Gō Mifune"All
RE Amemiya RacingMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor7JPN Haruhiko MatsumotoAll
JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi1–7
JPN Takayuki Kinoshita8
Team DaikokuyaPorsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F69JPN Yosuke Shimoshima1–4, 8
JPN Tsunefumi Hiki1
JPN Masanobu Takenaka2–5, 8
JPN Akihiko Tsutsumi5
Amprex MotorsportsBMW M3 (E46)BMW M52 3.2 L I615JPN Genji HashimotoAll
HKG Charles KwanAll
TOM'S SpiritToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I417JPN Masahiro Matsunaga1–3, 5–8
JPN Ken Namekawa1–3, 5–8
Racing Project BandohToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I419JPN Minoru TanakaAll
JPN Satoshi GotoAll
Hitotsuyama RacingBMW M3 CSLBMW S50B32 3.2 L I621JPN Yasushi KikuchiAll
JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama1, 7
JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama2–6, 8
Team TaisanPorsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F624JPN Hideo FukuyamaAll
JPN Mitsuhiro KinoshitaAll
26JPN Atsushi YogoAll
JPN Kazuyushi NishizawaAll
28JPN Yutaka YamagishiAll
JPN Yukihiro Hane1, 3–8
JPN Jukuchou Sunako2
Chrysler Viper GTS-RChrysler EWB 8.0 L V1055JPN Eiji YamadaAll
JPN Takashi Shimizu1–2, 5–8
JPN Takayuki Kinoshita3–4
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 Omoto3–5, 7–8
JPN Masanobu Kato3–5, 7
JPN Akira Ishikawa8
R&D SportPorsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F661JPN Yasuo Miyagawa1–5
JPN Hiroaki Suga1, 3
JPN Tsubasa Kurosawa2
JPN Atsushi Katsumasa4–5
62
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara1
JPN Shogo Mitsuyama1
Vemac RD320RHonda C32B 3.4 L V6
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara2–8
JPN Shogo Mitsuyama2–8
Porsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F663JPN "OSAMU"All
JPN Takamasa NakagawaAll
Team RevolutionMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor66JPN Tetsuya Shimizu5, 6, 8
JPN Shinji Abe5
JPN Mutsumi Shiono6, 8
Team GaikokuyaPorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F670JPN Yoshimi IshibashiAll
BEL Patrick van Schoote1–5
JPN Seiichi Sodeyama6
JPN Nobuo Komiya7–8
SigmaTec Racing TeamToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I471JPN Keita SawaAll
JPN Guts JyonaiAll
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 MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I486JPN Masaoki NagashimaAll
JPN Koji MatsudaAll
Dentaire ProJet RacingFerrari 360Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8360JPN Seigo Nishizawa1–3, 5, 7–8
JPN Kota Sasaki1–3, 5, 7–8
910 RacingPorsche 996 GT3 RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F6910JPN Hideshi MatsudaAll
JPN Yasuo Miyagawa1
GBR Adam Wilcox2–8
911JPN Akira HirakawaAll
JPN Toshihide Hashimura1
JPN Shigemitsu Haga2–3, 6, 8
JPN Jukuchou Sunako5, 7

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate12345678
GT Championship in TIJPN TI CircuitApril 14
All Japan Fuji GT RaceJPN Fuji SpeedwayMay 4
SUGO GT ChampionshipJPN Sportsland SUGOMay 26
Tmtouch Japan GT Championship MalaysiaMYS Sepang CircuitJune 23
Japan Special GT CupJPN Fuji SpeedwayJuly 28
Motegi GT Championship RaceJPN Twin Ring MotegiSeptember 15
CP Mine GT RaceJPN Mine CircuitOctober 27
Suzuka GT 300 kmJPN Suzuka CircuitNovember 17

Season results

RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning TeamGT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1TI Circuit#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX#31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
JPN Tsugio Matsuda
IRE Ralph FirmanJPN Morio Nitta
JPN Shinichi Takagi
2Mt. Fuji#1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
JPN Yuji Tachikawa
JPN Hironori TakeuchiJPN Shogo Mitsuyama
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara
3Sportsland SUGO#6 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
JPN Juichi Wakisaka
JPN Akira IidaJPN Masataka Yanagida
JPN Tetsuya Yamano
4Sepang Circuit#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
JPN Tsugio Matsuda
IRE Ralph FirmanJPN Haruhiko Matsumoto
JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi
5Mt. Fuji#1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996
JPN Yuji Tachikawa
JPN Hironori TakeuchiJPN Hideo Fukuyama
JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
6Twin Ring Motegi#18 Takata Dome Honda NSX#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
FRA Sebastien Philippe
GBR Richard LyonsJPN Shogo Mitsuyama
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara
7Mine Circuit#16 Mugen Honda NSX#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
JPN Ryō Michigami
JPN Daisuke ItoJPN Shogo Mitsuyama
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara
8Suzuka Circuit#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
JPN Tsugio Matsuda
IRE Ralph FirmanJPN Takayuki Aoki
JPN Noboyuki Oyagi

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

;Scoring system:

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints20151210864321Qualifying111Fastest lap111
RankNo.DriverTAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.1752743654635596557528519471029113812381335143315321632172718241919208216224234243253262272281-0-0-0-0RankDriverTAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.
6JPN Akira Iida
JPN Juichi Wakisaka1021117443
64JPN Tsugio Matsuda
IRL Ralph Firman*1*11Ret*1*121461
1JPN Hironori Takeuchi
JPN Yuji Tachikawa4116911396
100JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada952582Ret4
16JPN Daisuke Ito533101116110
100JPN Hiroki Katoh92582Ret4
36JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya
AUS Wayne Gardner8141025639
22JPN Satoshi Motoyama
GER Michael Krumm117742102Ret
18GBR Richard Lyons
FRA Sébastien Philippe2151613611214
8JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi
JPN Keiichi Tsuchiya741369882
37JPN Takuya KurosawaRet125337Ret16
37ITA Paolo MontinRet125337Ret
16GER Dominik Schwager53310
39FRA Jérémie Dufour
JPN Manabu Orido3Ret12DSQ15575
25JPN Shinichi Yamaji61311Ret4957
25JPN Seiji Ara611Ret4957
76JPN Naoki Hattori
JPN Eiichi Tajima13868133RetRet
16JPN Ryō Michigami1116110
23FRA Érik Comas
JPN Masami Kageyama1264161417Ret8
100JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi5
33JPN Masahiko Kondo159716121113
33JPN Hayanari Shimoda716121113
12JPN Tetsuya Tanaka14Ret814Ret111317
12JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino14Ret814Ret
35JPN Masahiko Kageyama
JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka1710Ret1210151012
30JPN Haruki Kurosawa
JPN Hideki Okada16914RetRetRet11
33JPN Ukyo Katayama159
12FRA Benoît Tréluyer111317
25GBR Geoff Lees13
88ITA Marco Apicella
JPN Hisashi WadaDNQRet15RetRet18RetRet
37JPN Hideki Noda16
87JPN Yudai Igarashi
JPN Koji YamanishiDNQDNQRetRetRet

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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
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.19627537446956566376284693310321127124133142-0-0RankTeamNo.TAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.
Mugen x Dome Project16533101116110
182151613611214
Esso Toyota Team LeMans61021117443
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing64*1*1119Ret*1*121461
Toyota Team Cerumo33159716121113
14117911396
Toyota Team TOM'S368141025639
3718Ret12533718Ret16
Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft10095258214Ret4
Nismo2211774210218Ret
23126415141717Ret8
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri8741369882
Toyota Team SARD39317Ret1218DSQ15575
Tsuchiya Engineering256131116Ret4957
Hitotsuyama Racing761386813315Ret19Ret
Team Impul121418Ret81419Ret111317
Kraft35171018Ret1210151012
Team Take One301691417Ret19Ret20Ret11
JLOC8819DNQ16Ret1517Ret18Ret1819Ret20Ret
HKS8719DNQ20DNQ20Ret16Ret15

GT300 Drivers' championship

RankNo.DriverTAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.1752733704655566557548539421041113412311329142615241622171618131813209217226226226226263263282282301301301301-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0RankNo.DriverTAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.
31JPN Morio Nitta
JPN Shinichi Takagi1Ret1724544
62JPN Shinsuke Shibahara
JPN Shogo MitsuyamaRet*1*15Ret*13**1*17
3JPN Tetsuya Yamano
JPN Masataka Yanagida4Ret1334RetRet
24JPN Hideo Fukuyama
JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita2Ret16517Ret2
81JPN Nobuyuki Ohyagi
JPN Takayuki Aoki3Ret1272Ret121
910JPN Hideshi Matsuda
GBR Adam Wilcox84Ret46825
26JPN Kazuyushi Nishizawa5371073317
77JPN Katsuo Kobayashi
JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa76216527Ret
26JPN Atsushi Yogo571073317
7JPN Haruhiko Matsumoto612Ret112RetRet3
26/55/7JPN Takayuki Kinoshita3593
19JPN Satoshi Goto
JPN Minoru Tanaka185Ret6226612
7JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi612Ret112RetRet
55JPN Eiji Yamada10165989421
71JPN Guts Jyonai
JPN Keita Sawa142RetRet10136
2JPN Kazuho Takahashi
JPN Akira Watanabe9144810RetRet9
55JPN Takashi Shimizu101689421
63JPN "OSAMU"
JPN Takamasa Nakagawa17Ret315171310DNS
28JPN Yutaka Yamagishi1176111117Ret8
28JPN Yukihiro Hane116111117Ret8
28/911JPN Jukuchou Sunako7148
21JPN Yasushi Kikuchi1688192014RetRet
21JPN Yasushi Hitotsuyama881920Ret
911JPN Akira Hirakawa15DSQ91412810
5JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka
JPN "Gō Mifune"Ret918182416Ret13
70JPN Yoshimi IshibashiRet1510Ret1615920
911JPN Shigemitsu HagaDSQ91210
15JPN Genji Hashimoto
HKG Charles Kwan1519Ret12911Ret16
70JPN Nobuo Komiya920
61JPN Yasuo Miyagawa2010DNA1721
61JPN Tsubasa Kurosawa10
70BEL Patrick van SchooteRet1510Ret1615
86JPN Masaoki Nagashima
JPN Koji Matsuda1917111318RetRet19
17JPN Masahiro Matsunaga12111423Ret11
17JPN Ken Namekawa12111423Ret
51JPN Naofumi Omoto13Ret1114
51JPN Takeshi Shirai11
17JPN Takahiro Fujita11
360JPN Seigo Nishizawa
JPN Kota Sasaki1313DNARet15
51JPN Masanobu Kato13Ret
9JPN Masanobu Takenaka18141518
9JPN Yosuke ShimoshimaDNQ181418
21JPN Mikio Hitotsuyama1614Ret
51JPN Akira Ishikawa14
911JPN Toshihide Hashimura15
9JPN Akihiko Tsutsumi15
70JPN Seiichi Sodeyama15
61JPN Atsushi Katsumasa1721
66JPN Tetsuya Shimizu19RetRet
66JPN Shinji Abe19
61JPN Hiroaki Suga20DNA
66JPN Mutsumi ShionoRetRet
4JPN Izumi YoshidaDNQDNQDNSDNQDNQ
4JPN Naohiro FuruyaDNQDNSDNQDNQ
9JPN Tsunefumi HiokiDNQ
4JPN Toshiyuki YamamotoDNQ

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
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.1102285375470557656753841933103111241222136146153162171181-0-0-0-0-0-0RankTeamNo.TAI
JPNFUJ
JPNSUG
JPNSEP
MALAYSIAFUJ
JPNMOT
JPNMIN
JPNSUZ
JPNPts.
Team Taisan with Advan242Ret16517Ret2
265371073317
R&D Sport62Ret*1*15Ret*13**1*17
6317Ret315171310DNS
ARTA with A'PEX311Ret1724544
Hasemi Motorsport34Ret1334RetRet
910 Racing91084Ret46825
91115DSQ91412810
Team Daishin813Ret1272Ret121
Cusco Racing7776216527Ret
RE Amemiya Racing7612Ret112RetRet3
Team Taisan Advan jr.281176111117Ret8
5510165989421
Racing Project Bandoh19185Ret6226612
Sigma Tech Racing Team71142RetRet10136
Verno Tokai Dream2829144810RetRet9
Hitotsuyama Racing211688192014RetRet
A&S Racing5Ret918182416Ret13
Team Gaikokuya70Ret1510Ret1615920
Amprex Motorsports151519Ret12911Ret16
R&D Sport Ex612010DNA1721
KRAFT861917111318RetRet19
TOM'S Spirit1712111423Ret11
Auto Staff Racing5113Ret1114
Team Daikokuya9DNQ18141518
Dentaire ProJet Racing3601313DNARet15
Team Revolution6619RetRet
Zipspeed4DNQDNQDNSDNQDNQ

References

References

  1. "【JGTC第8戦】トヨタ/ホンダでタイトルを分け合う……最終戦".
  2. "JGTC 2002 Team Ranking".
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