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2008 Super GT Series

Car racing tournament season


Car racing tournament season

Satoshi Motoyama & Benoît Tréluyer GT500 Teams' Champion: Petronas Toyota Team TOM'S GT300 Drivers' Champion: Hironobu Yasuda & Kazuki Hoshino GT300 Teams' Champion: MOLA The 2008 Autobacs Super GT Series was the sixteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourth season as the Super GT series. It marked as well as the twenty-sixth 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. This was the first season for the new R35 GT-R, replacing the Z which had been used for all GT500 Nissan teams from 2004-2007. The season began on March 15 and ended on November 9, 2008 after 9 races.

Drivers and teams

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsHondaNissanLexusNissanHondaHondaNissanNissanLexusHondaLexusLexusLexusLexusHonda
Autobacs Racing Team AguriHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.5 L V61IRL Ralph FirmanAll
JPN Takuya IzawaAll
Hasemi MotorsportNissan GT-R GT500Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V83ITA Ronnie QuintarelliAll
JPN Naoki YokomizoAll
ENEOS Toyota Team LeMansLexus SC430 GT500Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V86JPN Daisuke Ito1–4, 9
SWE Björn WirdheimAll
JPN Akira Iida5–8
BRA Roberto Streit6
Team ImpulNissan GT-R GT500Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V812JPN Tsugio Matsuda1–4, 6–9
FRA Sébastien PhilippeAll
GER Dominik Schwager5
Real Racing with LeonHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.5 L V617JPN Katsutomo KaneishiAll
JPN Toshihiro KaneishiAll
JPN Koudai Tsukakoshi6
Dome Racing TeamHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.5 L V618JPN Ryō MichigamiAll
JPN Takashi KogureAll
NismoNissan GT-R GT500Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V822GER Michael KrummAll
JPN Masataka YanagidaAll
GER Dominik Schwager6
23JPN Satoshi MotoyamaAll
FRA Benoît TréluyerAll
BRA Fabio Carbone6
Kondo RacingNissan GT-R GT500Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V824BRA João Paulo de OliveiraAll
JPN Seiji AraAll
Toyota Team TsuchiyaLexus SC430 GT500Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V825JPN Takeshi TsuchiyaAll
JPN Hiroaki IshiuraAll
Nakajima RacingHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.5 L V632FRA Loïc DuvalAll
JPN Katsuyuki HiranakaAll
Houzan Toyota Team KraftLexus SC430 GT500Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V835GBR Peter DumbreckAll
JPN Tatsuya KataokaAll
JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka6
Petronas Toyota Team TOM'SLexus SC430 GT500Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V836JPN Juichi WakisakaAll
GER André LottererAll
NLD Carlo van Dam6
ZENT Toyota Team CerumoLexus SC430 GT500Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V838JPN Yuji TachikawaAll
GBR Richard LyonsAll
Toyota Team SARDLexus SC430 GT500Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V839JPN Toranosuke TakagiAll
POR André CoutoAll
JPN Koki Saga6
Team KunimitsuHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.5 L V6100JPN Yuji IdeAll
JPN Shinya HosokawaAll
JPN Kosuke Matsuura6

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsMooncraftVemacVemacMazdaChevroletFerrariToyotaLexusPorschePorscheToyotaPorscheASLNissanLexusVemacLamborghiniPorscheSubaruNissanPorschePorscheVemacBMW
Cars Tokai Dream28Mooncraft ShidenToyota 1UZ-FE 4.4 L V82JPN Kazuho TakahashiAll
JPN Hiroki KatohAll
JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto6
Team Uematsu NovaVemac RD320RHonda C32B 3.4 L V64JPN Ryohei SakaguchiAll
JPN Masaki MatsushitaAll
JPN Tadao Uematsu6
Vemac RD350RZytek ZV348 3.9 L V816JPN Tadao Uematsu1, 3, 9
JPN Katsuhiko Tsutsui1, 3, 9
Team MachVemac RD320RHonda C32B 3.4 L V65JPN Tetsuji TamanakaAll
JPN Naoya Yamano1–7, 9
JPN Katsuhiko Tsutsui6, 8
RE Amemiya RacingMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor7JPN Hiroyuki IiriAll
JPN Ryo OrimeAll
JPN Hiroyuki Matsumura6
A&S RacingChevrolet CorvetteChevrolet LS1 6.0 L V89JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa3, 6, 8
JPN Hirofumi Takei3, 6, 8
JPN Takayuki Matsumoto6
Jim Gainer RacingFerrari F430Ferrari F136E 4.3 L V811JPN Tetsuya TanakaAll
JPN Masayuki UedaAll
Racing Project BandohToyota CelicaToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I419JPN Manabu Orido1–3
JPN Tsubasa Abe1–3
Lexus IS350Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8JPN Manabu Orido4–9
JPN Tsubasa Abe4–9
JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi6
Team Taisan with NishizawaPorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F626JPN Nobuteru TaniguchiAll
JPN Shinichi Yamaji1–8
JPN Keita Sawa6
GER Dominik Farnbacher9
Team ShadowPorsche 996 GT3-RSRPorsche M96/73 3.6 L F627JPN Takashi Inoue1, 3, 6–7, 9
KOR Hwang Jin Woo1, 3, 6–7
JPN Yasuhiro Takasaki6
JPN Koji Aoyama9
aprToyota MR-SToyota 2GR-FSE 3.5 L V631JPN Kyosuke Mineo1–5, 7–9
JPN Yuya Sakamoto1–5, 7–9
95JPN Kohei Hirate1–5, 8–9
JPN Keisuke KunimotoAll
JPN Yuya Sakamoto6
JPN Kazuya Oshima6
JPN Hideki Yamauchi7
Hankook KTRPorsche 997 GT3-RSRPorsche M97/80 3.8 L F633JPN Mitsuhiro KinoshitaAll
JPN Masami KageyamaAll
Autobacs Racing Team AguriASL ARTA GaraiyaNissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V643JPN Morio NittaAll
JPN Shinichi TakagiAll
JPN Kyosuke Mineo6
MOLANissan Fairlady ZNissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V646JPN Kazuki HoshinoAll
JPN Hironobu YasudaAll
Team Takeuchi with ShiftLexus IS350Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V852JPN Takuya Kurosawa3–9
JPN Takuto Iguchi3–9
JPN Hideki Yamauchi6
Willcom R&D SportVemac RD408RMugen MF458S 4.5 L V862JPN Shinsuke Shibahara1, 5–9
JPN Haruki KurosawaAll
JPN Shogo Mitsuyama2–4, 6
JLOCLamborghini Murciélago RG-1Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V1266JPN Koji YamanishiAll
JPN Atsushi YogoAll
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3Lamborghini 07L1 5.0 L V1087JPN Hisashi WadaAll
JPN Muneyuki KuriharaAll
JPN Yoshihisa Namekata6
88JPN Hideshi MatsudaAll
JPN Naohiro FuruyaAll
JPN Yuya Sakamoto6
Team GaikokuyaPorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F670JPN Takehide Maeda1
JPN Yutaka Yamagishi1–7, 9
JPN Akazame Oyaji2–3
JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi4–7
JPN Kazuyoshi Takamizawa6, 9
Cusco RacingSubaru Impreza WRX STISubaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F477JPN Tetsuya YamanoAll
JPN Kota Sasaki1–7
NLD Carlo van Dam8–9
Team DaishinNissan Fairlady ZNissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V681JPN Takayuki AokiAll
JPN Tomonobu FujiiAll
Arktech MotorsportsPorsche 986 BoxsterPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F6110JPN Hidetoshi MitsusadaAll
JPN Daisuke IkedaAll
111JPN Hiroshi Koizumi1–6
JPN Guts Jyonai1
JPN Tsubasa Kurosawa2–6
HKG Paul Ip6
Tomei SportsPorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F6118JPN Takashi Miyamoto1, 3, 6–9
JPN Takashi Ohi1
JPN Masayuki Kurihara3, 6–7
JPN Guts Jyonai6, 8–9
Avanzza RossoVemac RD320RHonda C32B 3.5 L V6666JPN Shogo Suho1–3, 5–9
JPN Junichiro Yamashita1–3, 5–9
JPN Takamori.com6
Studie & Glad with Asada RacingBMW Z4 M CoupeBMW S62B50 4.9 L V8808JPN Yasushi Kikuchi6–7, 9
JPN Shozo Tagahara6–7, 9

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate123456789
Japan Suzuka GT 300 kmSuzuka CircuitMarch 16
Japan Okayama GT 300 kmOkayama International CircuitApril 13
Japan Fuji GT 500 kmFuji SpeedwayMay 4
Malaysia Super GT International Series MalaysiaSepang International CircuitJune 22
Japan SUGO GT 300 kmSportsland SUGOJuly 27
Japan International POKKA 1000kmSuzuka CircuitAugust 24
Japan Motegi GT 300 kmTwin Ring MotegiSeptember 14
Japan Autopolis GT 300 kmAutopolisOctober 19
Japan Fuji GT 300 kmFuji SpeedwayNovember 9

Season Winners

RdCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning TeamGT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1SuzukaJapan **#23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R**Japan **#7 ORC Amemiya SGC-7**
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît TréluyerJapan Hiroyuki Iiri
Japan Ryo Orime
2OkayamaJapan **#23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R**Japan **#43 ARTA Garaiya**
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît TréluyerJapan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
3Mt. FujiJapan **#38 ZENT Cerumo SC430**Japan **#95 Lightning McQueen apr MR-S**
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Ireland Richard LyonsJapan Kohei Hirate
Japan Keisuke Kunimoto
4Kuala LumpurJapan **#24 Woodone ADVAN Clarion GT-R**Japan **#77 Cusco Dunlop Subaru Impreza**
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Seiji AraJapan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Kouta Sasaki
5Sportsland SUGOJapan **#18 Takata DOME NSX**Japan **#43 ARTA Garaiya**
Japan Ryō Michigami
Japan Takashi KogureJapan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
6Suzuka
***[Report](2008-international-pokka-1000km)***Japan **#12 Calsonic IMPUL GT-R**Japan **#46 MOLA LEOPALACE Z**
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
France Sebastien PhilippeJapan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Hironobu Yasuda
7MotegiJapan **#3 Yellow Hat YMS Tomica GT-R**Japan **#19 WedsSport IS350**
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
Japan Naoki YokomizoJapan Manabu Orido
Japan Tsubasa Abe
8AutopolisJapan **#23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R**Japan **#81 Daishin Advan Z**
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît TréluyerJapan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
9Mt. FujiJapan **#12 Calsonic IMPUL GT-R**Japan **#26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3**
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
France Sebastien PhilippeJapan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Germany Dominik Farnbacher

Standings

GT500 Drivers

;Scoring system:

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints2015118654321Qualifying321Fastest 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.
RankDriverSUZ
JPNOKA
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNMOT
JPNAUT
JPNFUJ
JPNPTS1762723634615616607578499451043114112391339143415231621172018191916201121112210235243251RankDriverSUZ
JPNOKA
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNMOT
JPNAUT
JPNFUJ
JPNPTS
JPN Satoshi Motoyama
FRA Benoît Tréluyer1114131481219
JPN Yuji Tachikawa
GBR Richard Lyons471Ret39942
JPN Juichi Wakisaka
GER André Lotterer3427103387
FRA Sébastien PhilippeRet291412111101
JPN Tsugio MatsudaRet2914111101
JPN Ryō Michigami
JPN Takashi Kogure712331128714
GER Michael Krumm
JPN Masataka Yanagida2151521347511
IRL Ralph Firman
JPN Takuya Izawa143Ret1115132312
GBR Peter Dumbreck
JPN Tatsuya Kataoka665102106156
FRA Loïc Duval
JPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka1057RetRet11524
JPN Yuji Ide
JPN Shinya Hosokawa1394552169Ret
ITA Ronnie Quintarelli
JPN Naoki Yokomizo15101591151613
SWE Björn Wirdheim91368764143
BRA João Paulo de Oliveira
JPN Seiji Ara5811187141615
JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya
JPN Hiroaki Ishiura11118441410128
JPN Daisuke Ito913683
JPN Akira Iida76414
JPN Kosuke Matsuura2
JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi
JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi8161069Ret1511Ret
NED Carlo van Dam3
JPN Toranosuke Takagi
POR André Couto1214131261513135
GER Dominik Schwager124
BRA Roberto Streit6
BRA Fabio Carbone8
JPN Koudai TsukakoshiRet

|}

Teams' standings

RankTeamNo.SUZ
JPNOKA
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNMOT
JPNAUT
JPNFUJ
JPNPts.1942933864785756697688649601060115612541353144415301629RankTeamNo.SUZ
JPNOKA
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNMOT
JPNAUT
JPNFUJ
JPNPts.
Petronas Toyota Team TOM'S363427103387
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo38471Ret39942
Nismo231***1***141314812***1***9
Team Impul12Ret291412111101
Dome Racing Team18712***3***3**1**128714
Nismo22**2**1512***2***1347511
Houzan Toyota Team Kraft35665102106156
Eneos Toyota Team LeMans691368*7*64143
Team Kunimitsu100139455**2**169Ret
Nakajima Racing32*10*57RetRet11524
Kondo Racing245811187141615
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri1143Ret1115*13*2312
Hasemi Motorsport31510159115***1***613
Toyota Team Tsuchiya2511118441410128
Real Racing with LEON178161069Ret1511**10**
Toyota Team SARD391214131261513135

GT300 Drivers' championship

RankDriverNo.SUZ
JPNOKA
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MALAYSIASUG
JPNSUZ
JPNMOT
JPNAUT
JPNFUJ
JPNPts.17827737146856265975485195010491143124013381434153316241724182219202018211822172316241425112611277285295303313323332342352361371-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0RankDriverNo.SUZ
JPNOKA
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MALAYSIASUG
JPNSUZ
JPNMOT
JPNAUT
JPNFUJ
JPNPts.
JPN Kazuki Hoshino
JPN Hironobu Yasuda46Ret42251746
JPN Morio Nitta
JPN Shinichi Takagi435***1***7121Ret929
JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi26*3*2Ret1575**4**151
JPN Kazuho Takahashi
JPN Hiroki Katoh2***2***93510Ret2*3*11
JPN Takayuki Aoki
JPN Tomonobu Fujii8146510*2*61117
JPN Tetsuya Yamano776318***1***14**17**146**3**
JPN Hiroyuki Iiri
JPN Ryo Orime7114193431320Ret
JPN Shinichi Yamaji26*3*2Ret1575**4**15
JPN Keisuke Kunimoto951312**1**962169Ret
JPN Yuya Sakamoto31/951011463217114
JPN Kota Sasaki776318***1***14**17**14
JPN Manabu Orido
JPN Tsubasa Abe197Ret9Ret**15***19*1105
JPN Haruki Kurosawa62DNS56811412142
JPN Kyosuke Mineo31/431011463Ret17114
JPN Kohei Hirate951312**1**969Ret
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara62DNS11412142
JPN Ryohei Sakaguchi
JPN Masaki Matsushita4813848Ret1578
JPN Shogo Mitsuyama62568
GER Dominik Farnbacher261
JPN Koji Yamanishi
JPN Atsushi Yogo66Ret8Ret713153Ret19
JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
JPN Masami Kageyama33117*17*119Ret65*Ret*
JPN Kazuya Oshima952
NED Carlo van Dam776**3**
JPN Tetsuya Tanaka
JPN Masayuki Ueda111220121712724**8**12
JPN Hiroyuki Matsumura73
JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada
JPN Daisuke Ikeda11091711RetRet*5*1320
JPN Keita Sawa265
JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka514101014Ret10101810
JPN Naoya Yamano514101014Ret101010
JPN Hiroshi Koizumi1111521141916819Ret
JPN Tsubasa Kurosawa11121141916819Ret
JPN Takuya Kurosawa
JPN Takuto Iguchi52DNSRet13171881213
JPN Takashi Inoue27181591817
KOR Hwang Jin Woo271815918
JPN Yasuhiro Takasaki27917
JPN Katsuhiko Tsutsui16/516Ret1018Ret
JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi19*19*
JPN Yutaka Yamagishi70/17020152018Ret112116
JPN Yoshimi Ishibashi70/17018Ret1121
JPN Kazuyoshi Takamizawa17011
JPN Hideshi Matsuda
JPN Naohiro Furuya88DNS1616161912Ret1914
JPN Yuya Sakamoto8812
JPN Takashi Miyamoto118191316221615
JPN Shogo Suho
JPN Junichiro Yamashita6661718RetRet132017Ret
JPN Takamori.com66613
JPN Hisashi Wada
JPN Muneyuki Kurihara87DNS19Ret2018142321Ret
JPN Yoshihisa Namekata87DNP14
JPN Guts Jyonai111/11815161615
JPN Akazame Oyaji701520
JPN Tadao Uematsu16/416RetRetRet
JPN Muneyuki Kurihara1181622
JPN Hideki Yamauchi52/951816
JPN Koji Aoyama2717
JPN Yasushi Kikuchi
JPN Shozo Tagahara808DNP18
JPN Takashi Ohi11819
JPN Takehide Maeda7020
JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto2Ret
JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa
JPN Hirofumi Takei9DNQDNQDNQ
JPN Takayuki Matsumoto9DNQ
HKG Paul Ip111WD

GT300 Teams' standings

RankTeamNo.SUZ
JPNOKA
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MALAYSIASUG
JPNSUZ
JPNMOT
JPNAUT
JPNFUJ
JPNPts.11042893854835826717668639561052114812431333142815201618171818121910208217226236245255262271281290RankTeamNo.SUZ
JPNOKA
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MALAYSIASUG
JPNSUZ
JPNMOT
JPNAUT
JPNFUJ
JPNPts.
MOLA46Ret42251746
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri435***1***7121Ret929
Team Daishin8146510*2*61117
Team Taisan with Nishizawa26*3*2Ret1575**4**151
Cars Tokai Dream282***2***93510Ret2*3*11
Cusco Racing776318***1***14**17**146**3**
RE Amemiya Racing7114193431320Ret
apr951312**1**962169Ret
WILLCOM R&D Sport62DNS56811412142
apr31101146317114
Racing Project Bandoh197Ret9Ret**15***19*1105
Team Uematsu Nova4813848Ret1578
Hankook KTR33117*17*119Ret65*Ret*
JLOC66Ret8Ret713153Ret19
Jim Gainer Racing111220121712724**8**12
Arktech Motorsports11091711RetRet*5*1320
Team Mach514101014Ret10101810
Team Takeuchi with Shift52DNSRet13171881213
Arktech Motorsports1111521141916819Ret
Team Shadow27181591817
JLOC88DNS1616161912Ret1914
JLOC87DNS19Ret2018142321Ret
Tomei Sports118191316221615
Team Gaikokuya7020152018Ret21
Avanzza Rosso6661718RetRet132017Ret
Team Gaikokuya1701116
Team Uematsu Nova1616RetRet
Studie & Glad with Asada Racing808DNP18
A&S Racing9DNQDNQDNQ

Footnotes

References

  1. "SUPERGT.net {{!}} Race Archive".
  2. Magazine, Speedsport. "Super GT & All Japan GT: Overview of seasons".
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