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Jenson Button and Naoki Yamamoto (pictured in 2012 and 2013, respectively) entered the season as defending champions.

The 2019 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the twenty-seventh season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-seventh overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 14 and ended on November 24, after 8 championship races & 2 non-championship races.

As the culmination of a unified set of technical regulations adopted by Super GT and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM),[1][2] the two series staged a joint-promotion race, the Super GT x DTM Dream Race at Fuji Speedway.[3]

Calendar

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT 300 km Race Japan Okayama International Circuit April 13–14
2 Fuji GT 500 km Race Japan Fuji Speedway May 3–4
3 Suzuka GT 300 km Race Japan Suzuka Circuit May 25–26
4 Chang Super GT Race Thailand Chang International Circuit June 29–30
5 Fuji GT 500 Mile Race Japan Fuji Speedway August 3–4
6 Autopolis GT 300 km Race Japan Autopolis September 7–8
7 Sugo GT 300 km Race Japan Sportsland SUGO September 21–22
8 Motegi GT 250 km Race Japan Twin Ring Motegi November 2–3
NC Super GT × DTM Dream Race Japan Fuji Speedway November 23–24
auto sport Web Sprint Cup

Calendar changes

  • In light of the series' partnership with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, two races featured entries from both Super GT and DTM. The first was the DTM season finale at the Hockenheimring, where one team from each GT500 manufacturer was invited to take part as a wildcard entry.[4] The second event was the Super GT x DTM Dream Race at Fuji Speedway, featuring all GT500 teams and seven teams representing DTM manufacturers Audi and BMW. A balance of performance formula was applied to ensure parity between DTM and GT500 cars, as Super GT would not adopt Class One regulations in their entirety until 2020.[3] And for both joint-promoted events, all teams used Hankook tyres.
  • The auto sport Web Sprint Cup, a non-championship event for GT3 and GT300 competitors, was held at Fuji Speedway as a supporting event of the Super GT x DTM Dream Race.
  • The Autopolis GT 300 km Race moved forward in the calendar to September 8, to the sixth round of the championship. The Sportsland Sugo round moved to the penultimate round of the season.
  • The final round at Motegi was moved forward a week to avoid clashes with the FIA World Endurance Championship and Super Taikyu Series.[5]

Teams and drivers

GT500

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Belgium BMW Team RBM[6] BMW BMW M4 Turbo DTM BMW P48 Turbo 2.0 L Turbo I4 00 Japan Kamui Kobayashi[7] H NC
4 Italy Alex Zanardi[8] H NC
11 Germany Marco Wittmann[9] H NC
Japan Team Kunimitsu[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Japan Naoki Yamamoto[10] B All, NC
United Kingdom Jenson Button[10][11] All
Japan NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Japan Kōhei Hirate[12] M All, NC
France Frederic Makowiecki[12]
Japan Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Japan Kazuya Oshima[13] B All, NC
Japan Kenta Yamashita[13]
Japan ARTA[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Japan Tomoki Nojiri[10] B All, NC
Japan Takuya Izawa[10]
Japan Team Impul[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 12 Japan Daiki Sasaki[12] B All, NC
United Kingdom James Rossiter[12] 1–5, 7–8, NC
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo[14] 6
Japan Team Mugen[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 16 Japan Hideki Mutoh[10] Y All, NC
Japan Daisuke Nakajima[10]
Japan Keihin REAL Racing[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi[10] B All, NC
Belgium Bertrand Baguette[10] All
Japan Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[13] Y All, NC
Japan Shō Tsuboi[13]
Japan Audi Sport Team WRT Hitotsuyama[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4 21 France Benoît Tréluyer[15] H NC
Japan NISMO[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda[12] M All, NC
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli[12]
Japan Kondo Racing[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 24 Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi[12] Y All, NC
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough[12]
Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4 28 France Loïc Duval[15] H NC
Germany Audi Sport Team Rosberg[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4 33 Germany René Rast[15] H NC
Japan Lexus Team au TOM'S[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[13] B All, NC
Japan Kazuki Nakajima[13] 1, 3–8, NC
Japan Ritomo Miyata 2
Japan Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S[13] 37 Japan Ryō Hirakawa[13] B All, NC
New Zealand Nick Cassidy[13]
Japan Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Japan Yuji Tachikawa[13] B All, NC
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura[13]
Japan Lexus Team SARD[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Finland Heikki Kovalainen[13] B All, NC
Japan Yuichi Nakayama[13]
Japan Modulo Nakajima Racing[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64 India Narain Karthikeyan[10] D All, NC
Japan Tadasuke Makino[10]
Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM Audi RC8 2.0 L Turbo I4 99 Germany Mike Rockenfeller[15] H NC

GT300

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan Cars Tokai Dream28 [16] Lotus Lotus Evora MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi[16] Y All
Japan Hiroki Katoh[16]
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 5
Japan Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO[17] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[18][17] Y All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[18][17]
Japan Team Mach Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5 Japan Natsu Sakaguchi Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan Yuya Hiraki
Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka 2
Japan Ryōhei Sakaguchi 5
Japan D'station Racing AMR[19] Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 7 Japan Tomonobu Fujii[19] Y All
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira[19]
United Kingdom Darren Turner[19] 5
Japan Pacific Racing with Good Speed[20][21] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche M98/80 4.2 L F6 9 Japan Naoki Yokomizo[22] Y All
Japan Kyosuke Mineo[22]
Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki 5
Japan MP Racing[23] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 9 Japan "Joe Shindo"[23] Y NC
Japan Keiichi Inoue[23]
Japan GAINER[24][12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10 Japan Kazuki Hoshino[25][12] Y All
Japan Keishi Ishikawa[25][12]
11 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka[24][12] D All
Japan Hironobu Yasuda[25][12]
Finland Hanashima Racing[23] McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 11 Japan Katsuaki Kubota[23] Y NC
Japan Kazuto Kotaka[23]
Japan Team UpGarage[10][a] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 18 Japan Takashi Kobayashi[10] Y All
Japan Kosuke Matsuura[10]
Japan Shinnosuke Yamada 2, 5
Japan ARTA[10][a] 55 Japan Shinichi Takagi[10] B All
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi[10]
Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21 United Kingdom Richard Lyons Y All
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Belgium Alessio Picariello 2, 5
Japan R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22 Japan Hisashi Wada Y 1–3, 5–6, 8
Japan Masaki Jyonai
Sweden Björn Wirdheim 5
Japan Arnage Racing 50 Japan Masaki Kano Y All
Japan Ryōsei Yamashita
Japan Yuya Tezuka 2, 5
Japan Tsuchiya Engineering[23][b]

Japan Max Racing[23][b] 		Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 25 Japan Takamitsu Matsui[23] Y All, NC
Japan Kimiya Sato[23]
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya[23] 2, 5
Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 244 Y NC
Japan "Go Max"[23] NC
Japan apr[13][26][23] Toyota Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV apr GT Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai[13][26][23] Y All, NC
Japan Manabu Orido[13][26][23]
Japan Kazuto Kotaka 2, 5
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8 31 Japan Koki Saga[13][26][23] B All, NC
Japan Yuhki Nakayama[13][26][23]
Hong Kong X Works[12][27][22] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 33 Hong Kong Shaun Thong[12] Y All
Hong Kong Marchy Lee[12] 1–5
Japan Shinya Michimi 2, 5–8
Japan Modulo Drago Corse[10] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 34 Japan Ryō Michigami[10] Y All
Japan Hiroki Otsu[10]
Thailand Panther arto Team Thailand[13] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 35 Thailand Nattapong Horthongkum[13] Y All
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw[13]
Thailand Nattavude Charoensukhawatana[13] 2
Japan BH Auction Bingo Racing[23] Callaway Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R Callaway LT1 6.2 L V8 37 Japan Shinji Takei[23] Y NC
Japan Ukyō Sasahara[23]
Japan NILZZ Racing[12][23] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48 Japan Masaki Tanaka[12][23] Y 1–3, 5–8, NC
Japan Taiyō Iida[12][23]
Japan Teruhiko Hamano 2, 5
Japan Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[22][23] Toyota Toyota Mark X MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 52 Japan Hiroki Yoshida[22][23] B All, NC
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka[23]
Japan Kondo Racing[28] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 56 Japan Kazuki Hiramine[25] Y All
France Sacha Fenestraz[25]
Japan LM Corsa[13][23] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto[13] D All, NC
Japan Ritomo Miyata[13] 1, 3–8, NC
Germany Dominik Farnbacher 2
Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 70 Japan Shunsuke Kohno[23] Y NC
Japan Togo Suganami[23]
Japan R&D Sport[29] Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi[29] D All
Japan Hideki Yamauchi[29]
Japan K2 R&D LEON Racing[30] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65 Japan Haruki Kurosawa B 1–5
Japan Naoya Gamou[30] All
Japan Togo Suganami[30] 6–8
Japan JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 1–5
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 6–8 		Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 87 Japan Tsubasa Takahashi Y All
Macau André Couto
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 2, 5
88 Japan Takashi Kogure Y All
Japan Yuya Motojima
Japan K-tunes Racing[13][31] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96 Japan Morio Nitta[13][31] B All
Japan Sena Sakaguchi[13]
Japan Tomei Sports[12][23] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Japan Takayuki Aoki[22][23] Y 1–3, 5–8, NC
Japan Atsushi Tanaka[12][23] 1–2, 5–6, NC
Japan Yusaku Shibata 2, 3, 5, 7–8
Japan McLaren Customer Racing Japan[32] McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 720 Japan Seiji Ara[33] Y 1–3, 5–8
Spain Álex Palou[33]

Vehicle changes

GT500

  • Toyota announced that the fifth-generation GR Supra would replace the Lexus LC 500 as the company's GT500 vehicle beginning in 2020. This was the final season for the Lexus marque in GT500, which had first appeared in 2006.

GT300

  • apr Racing launched an all-new version of their Toyota Prius GT, based on the fourth-generation Prius PHV. This new Prius, with a front-engine, rear-wheel drive configuration, replaced their previous mid-engined Prius GT - which was ruled out of competition due to a regulation change stating that GT300 cars must have their engines located in the same position as their production counterparts.[26]
  • ARTA and Team UPGarage changed vehicles to the Honda NSX GT3, replacing their previous BMW M6 GT3 and Toyota MC86, respectively.[10]
  • The second-generation Aston Martin Vantage GT3 made its Super GT debut via D'station Racing AMR, who replaced their previous Porsche 911 GT3-R.[19]
  • The McLaren 720S GT3 made its Japanese racing debut via McLaren Customer Racing Japan.[33]

Entrant changes

GT500

GT300

  • Kondo Racing, in partnership with the Nissan Automobile Technical College, expanded to a multi-class effort with the addition of a GT300 team.[28] Kazuki Hiramine, who drove for Kondo Racing in Super Taikyu, transferred from JLOC. Former Renault Sport Academy driver Sacha Fenestraz made his Super GT debut with the team.[25]
  • Virtual YouTuber Mirai Akari became the new primary sponsor for Pacific Racing with Good Speed, replacing Gulf Oil, which had sponsored Pacific since 2016.[20][21] 2012 GT300 Champions Naoki Yokomizo and Kyosuke Mineo reunited at the wheel of their Porsche 911 GT3-R.[22]
  • Hong Kong-based team X Works made their series debut, fielding a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.[12][27] Two drivers from Hong Kong, Marchy Lee and Shaun Thong, were announced as the full-time driver lineup. The team featured a new sponsorship deal to promote the animated series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
  • Team Taisan, EIcars Bentley, and CarGuy Racing all withdrew from Super GT at the end of the 2018 season. Team Taisan had participated in all but one JGTC/Super GT season since the inaugural 1994 season, but shifted focus towards EV racing. CarGuy Racing began new programmes for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Asian Le Mans Series.[37][38][39][40]
  • 2013 GT300 Champion Yuhki Nakayama joined apr, driving the number 31 Prius PHV GT alongside Koki Saga.[26] Two-time GT300 champion Manabu Orido, who joined the number 30 apr team halfway through the 2018 season, was named as a full-time driver for 2019 alongside Hiroaki Nagai.[13]
  • Former Honda GT500 driver Kosuke Matsuura joined Takashi Kobayashi at Team UPGarage.[10]
  • Honda young driver Nirei Fukuzumi joined Shinichi Takagi at ARTA; Fukuzumi raced in Formula 2 and Super Formula in 2018, and made a one-off appearance for ARTA in the 2015 Suzuka 1000 km.[10]
  • Team Goh, who won the 1996 GT500 Championship as Team Lark McLaren GTR, returned to Super GT for the first time in 23 years as McLaren Customer Racing Japan. Seiji Ara, who won the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans with Team Goh, returned to the series after a one-year absence. Former All-Japan Formula Three and European Formula 3 driver Álex Palou made his Super GT debut.[33]
  • K-Tunes Racing ended their collaboration with LM Corsa after the 2018 season, and the team run independently with technical support from INGING Motorsport. Former Honda young driver Sena Sakaguchi transferred into the Toyota programme, joining Morio Nitta aboard the K-Tunes Lexus RC F GT3.[13][31]
  • Last year runners up Sean Walkinshaw moves to ato Team Thailand alongside Nattapong Horthongkum, while Nattavude Charoensukhawatana demoted to third driver.
  • LM Corsa changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Dunlop.[13]
  • Keishi Ishikawa transferred to GAINER, driving their number 10 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 alongside two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino.[25]
  • D'station Racing AMR signed former Nissan GT500 driver João Paulo de Oliveira to partner Tomonobu Fujii in their new Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Aston Martin factory driver Darren Turner was announced as their third driver for the Fuji 500 Mile Race.[19]
  • Kimiya Sato transferred from JLOC to Tsuchiya Engineering, joining 2016 GT300 champion Takamitsu Matsui.
  • Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Bridgestone. Hiroki Yoshida transferred from GAINER to GreenBrave, partnering Shigekazu Wakisaka.[22]
  • JLOC announced brand new driver lineups for both cars. The flagship number 88 car featured 2010 GT500 champion Takashi Kogure, who had recently departed Honda after 15 seasons as a GT500 driver, and Yuya Motojima, who moved over from the number 87 car. Tsubasa Takahashi, who was a third driver in the number 87 car in 2018, became a full-time driver, partnering 2015 GT300 champion André Couto, who returned to the series for the first time since 2017.[22]

Mid-season changes

GT500 Class

GT300 Class

  • McLaren Customer Racing Japan, Tomei Sport, NILZZ Racing, Team Mach, and R'Qs Motor Sports did not participate the 4th round in Buriram Thailand.
  • Dominik Farnbacher makes one off appearance with LM Corsa, covering for Miyata who move to GT500 for round 2.
  • Shiunya Michimi who was the third driver for X-Works, replaces Marchy Lee for the sixth round onwards.
  • Togo Suganami replaces Haruki Kurosawa at K2 R&D LEON Racing for the last two rounds.
  • R'Qs Motor Sports have to miss round 7 due to the car not able to repair in time after accident in round 6.

Results

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1 Japan Okayama International Circuit 14 April GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 8 ARTA
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Takuya Izawa
GT300 No. 55 ARTA No. 96 K-tunes Racing
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi 		Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Sena Sakaguchi
2 Japan Fuji Speedway 4 May GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
GT300 No. 56 Kondo Racing No. 11 GAINER
Japan Kazuki Hiramine
France Sacha Fenestraz 		Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda
3 Japan Suzuka Circuit 26 May GT500 No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 		Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 96 K-Tunes Racing
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kimiya Sato 		Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Sena Sakaguchi
4 Thailand Chang International Circuit 30 June GT500 No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 10 GAINER
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kimiya Sato 		Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Keishi Ishikawa
5 Japan Fuji Speedway 4 August GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita
GT300 No. 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave No. 87 JLOC
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka 		Japan Tsubasa Takahashi
Macau André Couto
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami
6 Japan Autopolis 8 September GT500 No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Belgium Bertrand Baguette 		Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Japan Yuichi Nakayama
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 60 LM Corsa
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kimiya Sato 		Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Ritomo Miyata
7 Japan Sportsland SUGO 22 September GT500 No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Belgium Bertrand Baguette 		France Frédéric Makowiecki
Japan Kohei Hirate
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 55 ARTA
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi
8 Japan Twin Ring Motegi 3 November GT500 No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 		Japan Ryō Hirakawa
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
GT300 No. 720 McLaren Customer Racing Japan No. 11 GAINER
Japan Seiji Ara
Spain Álex Palou 		Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda
NC Japan Fuji Speedway
(Super GT × DTM Dream Race) 		23–24 November Race 1 No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's
New Zealand Nick Cassidy New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Race 2 No. 28 Audi Sport Team Phoenix[N 1] No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing
France Loïc Duval[N 1] India Narain Karthikeyan
NC Japan Fuji Speedway
(auto sport Web Sprint Cup) 		Race 1 No. 60 LM Corsa No. 60 LM Corsa
Japan Ritomo Miyata
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 		Japan Ritomo Miyata
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Race 2 No. 37 BH Auction Bingo Racing No. 60 LM Corsa
Japan Ukyo Sasahara
Japan Shinji Takei 		Japan Ritomo Miyata
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Fuji 500 Miles 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2019 Series[41]
Rank Driver Team OKA‡
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		NC1
Japan 		NC2
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 13 8 3 1 1 6 6 2 4 85
Japan Kazuya Oshima Japan No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 13 8 3 1 1 6 6 2 15 85
2 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Japan No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 12 7 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 83
Japan Ryo Hirakawa Japan No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 12 7 2 2 4 3 4 1 8 83
3 Japan Tsugio Matsuda Japan No. 23 NISMO 2 2 Ret 11 3 13 3 8 11 52.5
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli Japan No. 23 NISMO 2 2 Ret 11 3 13 3 8 12 52.5
4 Japan Yuji Tachikawa Japan No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 8 1 6 7 Ret 4 11 4 9 46.5
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura Japan No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 8 1 6 7 Ret 4 11 4 20 46.5
5 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Japan No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 11 4 5 5 Ret 1 7 11 14 44
Japan Yuichi Nakayama Japan No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 11 4 5 5 Ret 1 7 11 16 44
6 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi Japan No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing 14 5 Ret 13 8 2 5 5 2 39
Belgium Bertrand Baguette Japan No. 17 Keihin REAL Racing 14 5 Ret 13 8 2 5 5 21 39
7 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi Japan No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 9 Ret 1 9 Ret 10 10 3 7 38
7 Japan Kazuki Nakajima Japan No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 9 1 9 Ret 10 10 3 19 38
8 Japan Naoki Yamamoto Japan No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 15 3 13 12 2 Ret 8 6 3 37
United Kingdom Jenson Button Japan No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 15 3 13 12 2 Ret 8 6 4 37
9 France Frederic Makowiecki Japan No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing 4 6 9 6 11 11 1 DNS 11 36
Japan Kohei Hirate Japan No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing 4 6 9 6 11 11 1 DNS 18 36
10 Japan Takuya Izawa Japan No. 8 ARTA 1 9 4 Ret 7 5 12 13 15 31
Japan Tomoki Nojiri Japan No. 8 ARTA 1 9 4 Ret 7 5 12 13 22 31
11 Japan Sho Tsuboi Japan No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 13 7 3 9 8 13 7 5 27.5
Japan Yuji Kunimoto Japan No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 13 7 3 9 8 13 7 16 27.5
12 India Narain Karthikeyan Japan No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 10 10 11 10 10 7 2 12 1 23.5
Japan Tadasuke Makino Japan No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 10 10 11 10 10 7 2 12 Ret 23.5
13 Japan Daiki Sasaki Japan No. 12 Team Impul 3 12 10 8 5 12 14 Ret 19 17.5
13 United Kingdom James Rossiter Japan No. 12 Team Impul 3 12 10 8 5 14 Ret 17 17.5
14 Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi Japan No. 24 Kondo Racing 5 14 8 4 Ret 9 15 10 12 17
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough Japan No. 24 Kondo Racing 5 14 8 4 Ret 9 15 10 17 17
15 Japan Daisuke Nakajima Japan No. 16 Team Mugen 7 11 12 Ret 6 14 9 9 6 12
Japan Hideki Mutoh Japan No. 16 Team Mugen 7 11 12 Ret 6 14 9 9 10 12
– Japan Katsumasa Chiyo Japan No. 12 Team Impul 12 0
– Japan Ritomo Miyata Japan No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S Ret –
Non Championship Round-only drivers
– Germany Marco Wittmann Belgium No. 11 BMW Team RBM 18 2 –
– France Loïc Duval Germany No. 28 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Ret 3 –
– Japan Kamui Kobayashi Belgium No. 00 BMW Team RBM 14 5 –
– France Benoît Tréluyer Japan No. 21 Audi Sport Team WRT Hitotsuyama 6 10 –
– Germany Mike Rockenfeller Germany No. 99 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 13 7 –
– Germany René Rast Germany No. 33 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 8 9 –
– Italy Alex Zanardi Belgium No. 4 BMW Team RBM Ret 13 –
Rank Driver Team OKA‡
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		NC1
Japan 		NC2
Japan 		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Notes:

‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

GT300

Driver Ranking GT300 2019 Series[42]
Rank Driver Team OKA‡
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		NC1
Japan 		NC2
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi 		Japan No. 55 ARTA 2 2 6 9 6 6 1 4 69.5
2 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Sena Sakaguchi 		Japan No. 96 K-tunes Racing 1 16 1 14 15 5 3 3 58
3 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda 		Japan No. 11 GAINER 21 1 9 8 9 15 22 1 48
4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		Japan No. 4 Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO 8 6 4 12 8 4 2 5 47.5
5 Japan Naoya Gamou Japan No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 6 5 14 3 Ret 7 4 2 46.5
6 Japan Kazuki Hiramine
France Sacha Fenestraz 		Japan No. 56 Kondo Racing 5 4 18 2 7 8 5 6 46
7 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima 		Japan No. 88 JLOC 10 3 19 5 5 3 20 11 36.5
8 Japan Tsubasa Takahashi
Macau André Couto 		Japan No. 87 JLOC 16 11 17 7 1 Ret 26 23 29
9 Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka 		Japan No. 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave 3 13 27 23 2 24 8 13 3 2 27.5
10 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto Japan No. 60 LM Corsa 7 9 10 15 22 1 19 9 1 1 27
11 Japan Togo Suganami Japan No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 7 4 2 27
Japan No. 70 LM Corsa 5 4
12 Japan Ritomo Miyata Japan No. 60 LM Corsa 7 10 15 22 1 19 9 1 1 25
13 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami Japan No. 87 JLOC 11 1 25
14 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Keishi Ishikawa 		Japan No. 10 GAINER Ret 10 12 1 14 10 15 16 22
15 Japan Seiji Ara
Spain Álex Palou 		Japan No. 720 McLaren Customer Racing Japan 19 14 13 Ret 2 12 7 20
16 Japan Haruki Kurosawa Japan No. 62 K2 R&D LEON Racing 6 5 14 3 Ret 19.5
17 Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Hiroki Otsu 		Japan No. 34 Modulo Drago Corse 9 26 7 10 3 11 13 24 19
18 Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		Japan No. 61 R&D Sport 4 28 3 11 10 Ret 28 12 18
19 Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kimiya Sato 		Japan No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering Ret 18 5 4 26 16 27 18 7 8 17
20 Hong Kong Shaun Thong Hong Kong No. 33 X Works Ret 7 28 6 16 19 6 8 17
21 Japan Natsu Sakaguchi
Japan Yuya Hiraki 		Japan No. 5 Team Mach Ret Ret 2 17 17 18 14 15
22 Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Kosuke Matsuura 		Japan No. 18 Team UpGarage 11 12 15 24 4 9 10 19 13
23 Japan Shinya Michimi Hong Kong No. 33 X Works 7 16 19 6 8 12
24 United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita 		Japan No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 13 8 8 13 13 13 7 27 10
25 Hong Kong Marchy Lee Hong Kong No. 33 X Works Ret 7 28 6 16 5
26 Germany Dominik Farnbacher Japan No. 60 LM Corsa 9 2
27 Japan Naoki Yokomizo
Japan Kyōsuke Mineo 		Japan No. 9 Pacific Racing with Good Speed 15 22 22 16 19 22 9 15 2
28 Japan Takayuki Aoki Japan No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 15 20 27 25 11 10 9 7 1
29 Japan Yusaku Shibata Japan No. 360 Tomei Sport 15 20 27 11 10 1
– Japan Shinnosuke Yamada Japan No. 18 Team UpGarage 12 4[c] 0
– Japan Koki Saga
Japan Yuhki Nakayama 		Japan No. 31 apr 12 19 11 18 18 14 23 20 8 6 0
– Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira 		Japan No. 7 D'station Racing AMR Ret 27 Ret 19 11 18 24 17 0
– United Kingdom Darren Turner Japan No. 7 D'station Racing AMR 11 0
– Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Katoh 		Japan No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 14 23 23 21 12 23 17 29 0
– Japan Masaki Kano
Japan Ryōsei Yamashita 		Japan No. 50 Arnage Racing 22 17 24 20 21 12 16 28 0
– Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi Japan No. 50 Arnage Racing 12 0
– Belgium Alessio Picariello Japan No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama NC 13 0
– Japan Masaki Tanaka
Japan Taiyō Iida 		Japan No. 48 NILZZ Racing 20 25 25 24 21 14 25 2 9 0
– Japan Atsushi Tanaka Japan No. 360 Tomei Sport Ret 15 27 25 9 7 0
– Thailand Nattapong Horthongkum
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw 		Thailand No. 35 Panther arto Team Thailand 18 24 16 17 20 20 21 22 0
– Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Masaki Jyonai 		Japan No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 17 20 26 23 Ret 26 0
– Japan Yūya Tezuka Japan No. 50 Arnage Racing 17 21 0
– Japan Ryōhei Sakaguchi Japan No. 5 Team Mach 17 0
– Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya Japan No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering 18 26 0
Japan No. 244 Max Racing 11 10
– Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki Japan No. 9 Pacific Racing with Good Speed 19 0
– Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Manabu Orido 		Japan No. 30 apr Ret 21 21 22 25 Ret 25 21 4 5 0
– Japan Kazuto Kotaka Japan No. 30 apr 21 25 0
Finland No. 11 Hanashima Racing 12 Ret
– Sweden Björn Wirdheim Japan No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 23 0
– Japan Teruhiko Hamano Japan No. 48 NILZZ Racing 25 24 0
– Thailand Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Thailand No. 35 Panther arto Team Thailand 24 0
– Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka Japan No. 5 Team Mach Ret 0
Non Championship Round-only drivers
– Japan Shinji Takei
Japan Ukyo Sasahara 		Japan No. 37 BH Auction Bingo Racing 6 3 –
– Japan Shunsuke Kohno Japan No. 70 LM Corsa 5 4 –
– Japan "Go Max" Japan No. 244 Max Racing 11 10 –
– Japan "Joe Shindo"
Japan Keiichi Inoue 		Japan No. 9 MP Racing 10 11 –
– Japan Katsuaki Kubota Finland No. 11 Hanashima Racing 12 Ret –
Rank Driver Team OKA‡
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		NC1
Japan 		NC2
Japan 		Points

Notes: ‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Car No. 18 entered as Team UpGarage, car No. 55 entered as ARTA, and car No. 720 entered as McLaren Customer Racing Japan
  2. ^ a b Car No. 25 entered as Team Tsuchiya, and car No. 244 entered as Max Racing
  3. ^ Shinnosuke Yamada did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
  1. ^ a b Team Mugen's Daisuke Nakajima set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a five-place grid penalty for a chassis change after Hideki Mutoh crashed the car in Friday practice. Loïc Duval was promoted to pole position in his place.

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