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2009 Super GT Series

2009 Super GT Series

Juichi Wakisaka & André Lotterer GT500 Teams' Champion: Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S GT300 Drivers' Champion: Manabu Orido & Tatsuya Kataoka GT300 Teams' Champion: Racing Project Bandoh}} The 2009 Autobacs Super GT Series was the seventeenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifth season as the Super GT series.

2009 GT300 champions, #19 Racing Project Bandoh Lexus IS 350

It marked as well as the twenty-seventh season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season opener on March 22, was moved to Okayama, due to the continued renovation of Suzuka in preparation for the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix. The season finale on November 8 also was moved to Motegi, instead of Fuji. Due to the worldwide economic crisis, race weekends were two days instead of three.

André Lotterer and Juichi Wakisaka claimed the GT500 title in the Petronas TOM'S Lexus SC430. The team also won their respective teams title. Manabu Orido and Tatsuya Kataoka won the GT300 title in the Racing Project Bandoh IS350 by three points from Nobuteru Taniguchi and Ryo Orime.

Car development

GT500 class

Originally the three makers agreed to unify engine specification to 3.4L V8 engines (the same configuration of Formula Nippon at the time). However, due to the aforementioned economic crisis, Nissan encountered difficulties to develop a suitable engine for their GT-R, and chose to bear a performance ballast while using the same engine as last year. Honda continued to use their mid-engine NSX with performance ballast as the regulations originally planned to mandate front-engine cars. This was also their last year in Super GT with the original NSX, as they announced they would use a new vehicle (the HSV-010) starting in the 2010 season. Honda returned with the NSX in 2014 following the unveiling of the second-generation concept car in 2014, later revised to be based on the production model in 2017; both of which ran midship engine layout until 2019 season.

Team Nova entered the series with a Le Mans spec Aston Martin DBR9. It was the first Aston Martin car to participate the series history (including JGTC), and also the first European and non-Honda/Nissan/Toyota car in GT500 since the 2006 season (a Maserati MC12 did participate the pre-season test in 2006 season but withdraw from the series later). The DBR9 only ran at the first round at Okayama and the two rounds at Fuji, and as of July 2020 is the last non-Japanese car to compete in GT500.

GT300 class

The apr Racing Team, which had used the Toyota MR-S for a long time decided to discontinue their use of MR-S, and for this season decided to replace it with a mid-engined Toyota Corolla Axio instead.

The Cusco, the only team using an AWD car (Subaru Impreza), left the series as they wanted to concentrate on off-road events. However, Subaru cars were not absent from the series as R&D Sport used a Legacy B4 for round 6, 7 and 9.

Thunder Asia Racing, a team from Singapore, entered round 4 at Sepang with a Mosler MT900R. Their full participation in 2010 season was confirmed after the 2009 season ended.

Weight ballast changes

In order to combat sandbagging, where a team would intentionally perform poorly in order to secure a more favorable weight handicap, the success ballast formula was changed starting from this season: the ballast would be halved in the penultimate race and lifted altogether in final race for teams that participated in every round of the season. Teams missing only one round receive halved-ballast in the final race instead.

Drivers and teams

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsNissanNissanLexusHondaNissanHondaHondaAston MartinNissanHondaLexusLexusLexusLexusHonda
NismoNissan GT-R GT500Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V81JPN Satoshi MotoyamaAll
FRA Benoît Tréluyer1–5, 7–9
GER Michael Krumm6
Hasemi MotorsportNissan GT-R GT500Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V83ITA Ronnie QuintarelliAll
JPN Hironobu YasudaAll
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOSLexus SC430 GT500Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V86JPN Daisuke ItoAll
SWE Björn WirdheimAll
Autobacs Racing Team AguriHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.4 L V68IRL Ralph FirmanAll
JPN Takuya IzawaAll
Team ImpulNissan GT-R GT500Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V812JPN Tsugio MatsudaAll
FRA Sébastien PhilippeAll
Keihin Real RacingHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.4 L V617JPN Toshihiro KaneishiAll
JPN Koudai TsukakoshiAll
JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi6
Team Yoshiki and Dome ProjectHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.4 L V618JPN Ryō MichigamiAll
JPN Takashi KogureAll
Team NovaAston Martin DBR9Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V1221JPN Akihiro Tsuzuki1, 3, 7
JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya1, 3, 7
Kondo RacingNissan GT-R GT500Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V824BRA João Paulo de OliveiraAll
JPN Seiji AraAll
Nakajima RacingHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.4 L V632FRA Loïc DuvalAll
JPN Yuhki NakayamaAll
Lexus Team KraftLexus SC430 GT500Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V835JPN Hiroaki IshiuraAll
JPN Kazuya OshimaAll
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'SLexus SC430 GT500Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V836JPN Juichi WakisakaAll
GER André LottererAll
Lexus Team ZENT CerumoLexus SC430 GT500Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V838JPN Yuji TachikawaAll
GBR Richard LyonsAll
Lexus Team SARDLexus SC430 GT500Lexus RV8KG 3.4 L V839JPN Kohei HirateAll
POR André CoutoAll
Team KunimitsuHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.4 L V6100JPN Yuji IdeAll
JPN Shinya Hosokawa1–2, 4–7, 9
JPN Kosuke Matsuura3, 8

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineNo.DriversTyreRoundsMooncraftVemacVemacMazdaFerrariLexusPorscheLexusToyotaPorscheASLNissanPorscheSubaruLamborghiniMoslerFerrariPorscheBMW
Cars Tokai Dream28Mooncraft ShidenToyota 1UZ-FE 4.4 L V82JPN Hiroki KatohAll
JPN Kazuho Takahashi1
JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto2–9
Avanzza RossoVemac RD320RHonda C32B 3.4 L V64JPN Yoshihiro Ito6
JPN Subaru Yamamoto6
JPN Michito Uezumi6
JPN Yoshihiro Ito9
UKR Igor Sushko9
666JPN Shogo SuhoAll
JPN Junichiro YamashitaAll
JPN Takashi Miyamoto3, 6
Team MachVemac RD320RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F65JPN Tetsuji TamanakaAll
JPN Akazame OyajiAll
M7 RE Amemiya RacingMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor7JPN Nobuteru TaniguchiAll
JPN Ryo OrimeAll
Jim Gainer RacingFerrari 360Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V810JPN Masayuki UedaAll
JPN Masataka KawaguchiAll
Ferrari F430Ferrari F136E 4.3 L V811JPN Tetsuya TanakaAll
JPN Katsuyuki HiranakaAll
Racing Project BandohLexus IS350Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V819JPN Tatsuya KataokaAll
JPN Manabu OridoAll
Team TaisanPorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F626JPN Haruki Kurosawa1–4, 6–7, 9
JPN Tsubasa Abe1–3, 5–9
JPN Katsuhiko Tsutsui4, 6, 8
JPN Tsubasa Kurosawa5
Team Takeuchi with ShiftLexus IS350Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V830JPN Kota Sasaki1–3
JPN Naoya Yamano1–3
52JPN Kota Sasaki4–9
JPN Naoya Yamano4–6
JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi6–9
aprToyota Corolla Axio apr GTToyota 2GR-FSE 3.5 L V631JPN Yuya SakamotoAll
JPN Hideki Yamauchi1–4
JPN Kyosuke Mineo5–9
JPN Takamori.com6
74JPN Takuto IguchiAll
JPN Yuji KunimotoAll
Hankook KTRPorsche 997 GT3-RSRPorsche M97/80 3.8 L F633JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita3, 5, 7
JPN Masami Kageyama3, 5, 7
Autobacs Racing Team AguriASL ARTA GaraiyaNissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V643JPN Morio NittaAll
JPN Shinichi TakagiAll
MOLANissan Fairlady ZNissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V646JPN Kazuki HoshinoAll
JPN Masataka YanagidaAll
Tomei SportsPorsche 996 GT3-RSRPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F655JPN Yutaka Yamagishi1–7, 9
JPN Hiroshi Koizumi1–7, 9
R&D SportSubaru Legacy B4Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F462JPN Shogo Mitsuyama6–7, 9
JPN Tetsuya Yamano6–7, 9
JLOCLamborghini Murcielago RG-1Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V1266JPN Koji YamanishiAll
JPN Atsushi YogoAll
ITA Marco Apicella3
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3Lamborghini 07L1 5.2 L V1087JPN Hiroyuki IiriAll
JPN Hisashi WadaAll
88JPN Hideshi MatsudaAll
JPN Yuya SakamotoAll
Thunder Asia RacingMosler MT900RGM LS7 7.0 L V869SGP Melvin Choo4
GBR Martin Short4
Team DaishinFerrari F430Ferrari F136E 4.3 L V881JPN Takayuki AokiAll
JPN Tomonobu FujiiAll
JPN Koji Matsuda6
Arktech MotorsportsPorsche BoxsterPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F6110KOR Kim Han Bong1–3
JPN Daisuke Ikeda1, 8
JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa2–3, 5, 8
JPN Takashi Ohi5
Porsche 996 GT3-RSRPorsche M96/73 3.6 L F6111JPN Takaya Tsubobayashi1–3
UKR Igor Sushko1
JPN Daisuke Ikeda2–4
JPN Tojiro Azuma4
112JPN Takashi Ohi7, 9
JPN Yoshiaki Nakayama7
JPN Keita Sawa8–9
AUS Aaron Caratti8
Studie GLAD RacingBMW Z4MBMW S62B50 4.9 L V8808JPN Shozo Tagahara1–3, 5–9
JPN Yasushi Kikuchi1–3, 5–7
JPN Taku Bamba6, 8–9

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate123456789
Japan Okayama GT 300 kmOkayama International CircuitMarch 22
Japan Suzuka GT 300 kmSuzuka CircuitApril 19
Japan Fuji GT 400 kmFuji SpeedwayMay 4
Malaysia Super GT International Series MalaysiaSepang International CircuitJune 21
Japan SUGO GT 300 kmSportsland SUGOJuly 26
Japan [Pokka GT Summer Special](1000-km-suzuka)Suzuka CircuitAugust 23
Japan Fuji GT 300 kmFuji SpeedwaySeptember 13
Japan Autopolis GT 300 kmAutopolisOctober 18
Japan Motegi GT 250 kmTwin Ring MotegiNovember 8

As a measure of cost reduction, the two longest race, as well as the final race in the series' distance in the series was shortened in this season. This included the trimming of the traditional 1000km race in Suzuka to 700 km. However, to avoid 1-pit strategy that caused unfairness to some teams, teams were required to pit twice in the Fuji 400 km race.

Season Winners

RdCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning TeamResultsGT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1OkayamaJapan **#24 HIS Kondo Racing GT-R**Japan **#19 WedsSport IS350**[Results](2009-okayama-gt-300km)
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Seiji AraJapan Manabu Orido
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
2SuzukaJapan **#38 ZENT Cerumo SC430**Japan **#33 Hankook Porsche**[Results](2009-keihin-suzuka-2-4)
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
United Kingdom Richard LyonsJapan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Japan Masami Kageyama
3Mt. FujiJapan **#1 MOTUL Autech GT-R**Japan **#43 ARTA Garaiya**[Results](2009-fuji-gt-400km)
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît TréluyerJapan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
4Kuala LumpurJapan **#3 Hasemi Tomica Ebbro GT-R**Japan **#2 I.M Jihan Co.Ltd•Apple Shiden**[Results](2009-super-gt-international-series-malaysia)
ITA Ronnie Quintarelli
JPN Hironobu YasudaJPN Hiroki Katoh
JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto
5Sportsland SUGOJapan **#1 MOTUL Autech GT-R**Japan **#33 Hankook Porsche**[Results](2009-sugo-gt-300km)
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît TréluyerJapan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Japan Masami Kageyama
6SuzukaJapan **#35 Kraft SC430**Japan **#46 S Road Mola Z**[Results](2009-suzuka-pokka-gt-summer-special)
JPN Hiroaki Ishiura
JPN Kazuya OshimaJPN Kazuki Hoshino
JPN Masataka Yanagida
7Mt. FujiJapan **#8 ARTA NSX**Japan **#81 Daishin Ferrari F430**[Results](2009-fuji-gt-300km)
Ireland Ralph Firman
Japan Takuya IzawaJPN Takayuki Aoki
JPN Tomonobu Fujii
8AutopolisJapan **#36 Petronas TOM'S SC430**Japan **#11 Jim Gainer Advan F430**[Results](2009-gt-in-kyushu-300km)
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Germany André LottererJapan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
9MotegiJapan **#8 ARTA NSX**Japan **#81 Daishin Ferrari F430**[Results](2009-motegi-gt-250km)
Ireland Ralph Firman
Japan Takuya IzawaJPN Takayuki Aoki
JPN Tomonobu Fujii

Standings

GT500 Drivers

;Scoring system:

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints2015118654321
RankDriverNo.OKA
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNAUT
JPNMOT
JPNPts.1882813784735516507498489441041113612351329142715241618175185191-0RankDriverNo.OKA
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNAUT
JPNMOT
JPNPts.
JPN Juichi Wakisaka
GER André Lotterer36*11*2267831*2*
IRL Ralph Firman
JPN Takuya Izawa831433141214**1**
JPN Satoshi Motoyama113**11****1****8**162214
FRA Benoît Tréluyer113**11****1****8**12214
JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi
JPN Koudai Tsukakoshi17561226104Ret3
JPN Ryō Michigami
JPN Takashi Kogure18251312348510
ITA Ronnie Quintarelli
JPN Hironobu Yasuda3121371**9**26812
BRA João Paulo de Oliveira
JPN Seiji Ara241845131113311
JPN Hiroaki Ishiura
JPN Kazuya Oshima35975912***1***779
JPN Yuji Tachikawa
GBR Richard Lyons38**6***1*91010310***11***13
JPN Tsugio Matsuda
FRA Sébastien Philippe12431578515Ret7
JPN Daisuke Ito
SWE Björn Wirdheim61046*14*5Ret*5*104
JPN Yuji Ide100812114491268
POR André Couto
JPN Kohei Hirate39151010132711125
JPN Shinya Hosokawa100812449128
FRA Loïc Duval
JPN Yuhki Nakayama327981111Ret**9**96
JPN Kosuke Matsuura100116
GER Michael Krumm16
JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi1710
JPN Akihiro Tsuzuki
JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya21141414

|}

Teams' standings

RankTeamNo.OKA
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNAUT
JPNMOT
JPNPts.11122102310147557267176986896310551154125213481439153RankTeamNo.OKA
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNAUT
JPNMOT
JPNPts.
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S36*11*2267831*2*
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri831433141214**1**
Nismo113**11****1****8**162214
Team Yoshiki & Dome Project18251312348510
KEIHIN Real Racing17561226104Ret3
Hasemi Motorsport3121371**9**26812
Kondo Racing241845131113311
Lexus Team Kraft35975912***1***779
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo38**6***1*91010310***11***13
Team Impul12431578515Ret7
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS6104*6**14**5*Ret*5*104
Team Kunimitsu100812114491268
Lexus Team SARD39151010132711125
Nakajima Racing327981111Ret**9**96
Team Nova21141414

GT300 Drivers

;Scoring system:

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints2015118654321
RankDriverNo.OKA
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNAUT
JPNMOT
JPNPts.18528237947157166376285894510321123122013181412151216111710189199205214223232242252261271-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0RankDriverNo.OKA
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MYSSUG
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNAUT
JPNMOT
JPNPts.
JPN Manabu Orido
JPN Tatsuya Kataoka19185256433
JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi
JPN Ryo Orime73233117DNS22
JPN Tetsuya Tanaka
JPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka11**4**4Ret835214
JPN Takayuki Aoki
JPN Tomonobu Fujii811262DNS***4*****8**118***1***
JPN Morio Nitta
JPN Shinichi Takagi43*2*5***1***1092*7***4**14
JPN Hiroki Katoh2679*1*2351616
JPN Kazuki Hoshino
JPN Masataka Yanagida46736**4**61987
JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto279*1*2351616
JPN Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
JPN Masami Kageyama33***1***16
JPN Takuto Iguchi
JPN Yuji Kunimoto74598168412*7*5
JPN Yuya Sakamoto319117610181556
JPN Koji Yamanishi
JPN Atsushi Yogo6618Ret18513173118
JPN Tsubasa Abe26101047161499
JPN Haruki Kurosawa2610104Ret16149
JPN Kyosuke Mineo3110181556
JPN Hideki Yamauchi3191176
JPN Kota Sasaki30/52817117159131310
JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka
JPN Akazame Oyaji51312101216*Ret*8615
JPN Naoya Yamano30/52817117159
JPN Kazuho Takahashi26
JPN Tsubasa Kurosawa267
JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi529131310
JPN Masayuki Ueda
JPN Masataka Kawaguchi10DNS161592015171913
JPN Katsuhiko Tsutsui26Ret169
JPN Hideshi Matsuda
JPN Yuya Sakamoto88Ret1319Ret1210**10**1211
JPN Shozo Tagahara80815DNQ1717RetRet10Ret
JPN Taku Bamba808Ret10Ret
JPN Koji Aoyama81**8**
JPN Hiroyuki Iiri
JPN Hisashi Wada8711RetRet15Ret121117Ret
JPN Daisuke Ikeda110/111Ret151311
JPN Tojiro Azuma11111
JPN Yutaka Yamagishi
JPN Hiroshi Koizumi55141412141119Ret
JPN Keita Sawa1121412
JPN Takashi Ohi110/11218Ret12
JPN Takaya Tsubobayashi111171513
SIN Melvin Choo
GBR Martin Short6913
JPN Shogo Suho
JPN Junichiro Yamashita66616181614Ret131615Ret
JPN Takashi Miyamoto6661613
JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa110Ret1318
KOR Kim Han Bong110RetRet14
JPN Yoshihiro Ito414Ret
JPN Michito Uezumi
JPN Subaru Yamamoto414
AUS Aaron Caratti11214
JPN Yasushi Kikuchi808151717RetRet
UKR Igor Sushko111/417Ret
ITA Marco Apicella6618
JPN Hiroshi Takamori3118
JPN Shogo Mitsuyama
JPN Tetsuya Yamano62WD18Ret
JPN Yoshiaki Nakayama112Ret

|}

GT300 Teams' standings

RankTeamNo.OKA
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MALAYSIASUG
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNAUT
JPNMOT
JPNPts.1112210631034965916897848579541046113812361327142315191614178188198205214224232241251-0RankTeamNo.OKA
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNSEP
MALAYSIASUG
JPNSUZ
JPNFUJ
JPNAUT
JPNMOT
JPNPts.
Racing Project Bandoh19185256433
M7 RE Amemiya Racing73233117DNS22
Jim Gainer11**4**4Ret835214
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri43*2*5***1***1092*7***4**14
Team Daishin811262DNS***4*****8**118***1***
Team Nishizawa MOLA46736**4**61987
Cars Tokai Dream282679*1*2351616
apr74598168412*7*5
Hankook KTR33***1***16
apr319117610181556
Team Taisan2610104Ret7161499
JLOC6618Ret18513173118
Team Takeuchi with Shift30/52817117159131310
Team Mach51312101216*Ret*8615
JLOC88Ret1319Ret1210**10**1211
Jim Gainer10DNS161592015171913
JLOC8711RetRet15Ret121117Ret
Tomei Sports55141412141119Ret
Avanzza Rosso66616181614Ret131615Ret
Studie GLAD Racing80815DNQ1717RetRet10Ret
Arktech Motorsports112Ret1412
Arktech Motorsports11117151311
Arktech Motorsports110RetRet14
Avanzza Rosso414Ret
R&D Sport62WD18Ret
Thunder Asia Racing6913

References

References

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