2022 Super GT Series

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The 2022 Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirtieth season of the JAF Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the eighteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the fortieth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

Team Impul won the GT500 championship for the first time since 1995, as Kazuki Hiramine and Bertrand Baguette won the Drivers' Championship. It was the first Teams' Championship for Impul since the inaugural 1994 season, and the first championship for the new Nissan Z GT500 which made its debut this season. In GT300, Kondo Racing, Kiyoto Fujinami, and João Paulo de Oliveira won their second set of Drivers' and Teams' Championships in three years.

Calendar[edit]

A confirmed eight round provisional 2022 calendar was announced on 6 August 2021.[1] The calendar was updated on 20 October 2021, with the sixth round at Sportsland Sugo moving from the weekend of 10–11 September to 17–18 September, avoiding a clash of dates with the 2022 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji.[2] Distances for all events were confirmed on 5 March 2022: Rounds two and four at Fuji Speedway, and round five at Suzuka Circuit, were 450 kilometre races, while all other rounds were 300 kilometres.[3]

Round Race Circuit Dates
1 Okayama GT 300 km Race Okayama International Circuit 16–17 April
2 FAV Hotel Fuji GT 450 km Race[4] Fuji Speedway 3–4 May
3 Takanokono Hotel Suzuka GT 300 km Race[5] Suzuka Circuit 28–29 May
4 Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 100 Lap Race[6] Fuji Speedway 6–7 August
5 Fujimaki Group Suzuka GT 450 km Race[7] Suzuka Circuit 27–28 August
6 Sugo GT 300 km Race Sportsland Sugo 17–18 September
7 FAV Hotel Autopolis GT 300 km Race[8] Autopolis 1–2 October
8 Motegi GT 300 km Race Mobility Resort Motegi 5–6 November

Teams and drivers[edit]

All teams competed under a Japanese license.

GT500[edit]

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
NDDP Racing[9] Nissan Nissan Z GT500 Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo[9] M All
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi[9]
NISMO[10] 23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda[9] M All
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli[9]
ARTA[11][12] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Japan Tomoki Nojiri[12] B All
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi[12]
Team Impul[10] Nissan Nissan Z GT500 Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 12 Japan Kazuki Hiramine[9] B All
Belgium Bertrand Baguette[9]
TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE[13] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 14 Japan Kazuya Oshima[13] B All
Japan Kenta Yamashita[13]
Team Red Bull Mugen[11] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 16 Japan Ukyo Sasahara[12] D All
Japan Toshiki Oyu[12]
Astemo REAL Racing[11] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi[12] B All
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita[12]
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh[13] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[13] Y All
Japan Sena Sakaguchi[13]
Kondo Racing[10] Nissan Nissan Z GT500 Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 24 Japan Daiki Sasaki[9] Y All
Japan Kohei Hirate[9]
TGR Team au TOM'S[13] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Japan Sho Tsuboi[13] B All
France Giuliano Alesi[13]
TGR Team KeePer TOM'S[13] 37 France Sacha Fenestraz[13] B All
Japan Ritomo Miyata[13]
TGR Team ZENT Cerumo[13] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Japan Yuji Tachikawa[13] B All
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura[13]
TGR Team SARD[13] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[13] B All
Japan Yuichi Nakayama[13]
Modulo Nakajima Racing[11] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64 Japan Takuya Izawa[12] D All
Japan Hiroki Otsu[12]
Team Kunimitsu[11] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100 Japan Naoki Yamamoto[12] B All
Japan Tadasuke Makino[12]

GT300[edit]

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
muta Racing INGING[14] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300[15] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 2 Japan Hiroki Katoh[14] B All
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi[14]
Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO[16] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[16] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[16] Y All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[16]
Team Mach[17] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300[17] GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5 Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi[17] Y All
Japan Reiji Hiraki[17]
Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans[18]

Team LeMans[19][a] 		Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II[20] Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 6 Japan Satoshi Motoyama[20] Y 1
Japan Yoshiaki Katayama[20] All
Spain Roberto Merhi Muntan[19] 2–8
Japan Shintaro Kawabata[19] 2
BMW Team Studie x CSL[21] BMW BMW M4 GT3[21] BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 7 Japan Seiji Ara[21] M All
Brazil Augusto Farfus[21] 1–2, 4–6, 8
Japan Tsubasa Kondo[21] 2–3, 5, 7
Pacific CarGuy Racing[22] Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[22] Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 9 Japan Kei Cozzolino[22] Y All
Japan Naoki Yokomizo[23] 1, 5
Japan Takeshi Kimura[22] 2–4, 6–8
Japan Shintaro Kawabata 4
GAINER[24] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[24] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10 Japan Ryuichiro Tomita[24] D 1–6, 8
Japan Riki Okusa[24] All
Japan Yusuke Shiotsu[24] 2, 4–5, 7
11 Japan Hironobu Yasuda[24] D All
Japan Keishi Ishikawa[24]
Team UpGarage[12] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo22[12] Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 18 Japan Takashi Kobayashi[12] Y All
Japan Kakunoshin Ohta[12]
SHADE Racing[15] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300[15] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 20 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka[15] D All
Japan Eijiro Shimizu[15]
Japan Shinnosuke Yamada 5
R'Qs Motor Sports[25] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[25] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22 Japan Hisashi Wada[25] Y 1–2, 4–8
Japan Masaki Jyonai[25]
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya[26] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[26][27] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 25 Japan Takamitsu Matsui[27] Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan Seita Nonaka[27]
Max Racing[27] 244 Japan Kimiya Sato[27] Y 2–8
Japan Atsushi Miyake[27]
apr[15] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300[15] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai[15] Y 1–4, 6–8
Japan Manabu Orido[15] All
Japan Hibiki Taira[28] 2, 4–5
Japan Yuta Kamimura 5
Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV apr GT[15] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8 31 Japan Koki Saga[29] B All
Japan Yuhki Nakayama[29]
Japan Kazuto Kotaka 4–5
Busou Drago Corse[30] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[30] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 34 Japan Masataka Yanagida[30] D 1–3
Japan Yuji Ide[30]
NILZZ Racing[20] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[20] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48 Japan Taiyo Ida[20] Y All
Japan Yuki Tanaka 1–2, 4–8
Japan Yuya Hiraki 3
Japan Masaya Kohno 4–5
Arnage Racing[29] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300[29] GTA V8 4.5 L V8 50 Japan Masaki Kano[29] Y 1–2, 4–7
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi[29] All
Japan Takeshi Suehiro[28] 2, 4–5
Japan Ryosei Yamashita[29] 3, 8
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[20] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[20] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 52 Japan Hiroki Yoshida[20] B 1, 3–8
Japan Kohta Kawaai[20] All
Japan Togo Suganami[31] 2
ARTA[12] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo22[12] Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 55 Japan Hideki Mutoh[12] B All
Japan Iori Kimura[12]
Kondo Racing[32] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[32] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 56 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami[32] Y All
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira[32]
LM corsa[29] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[29] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto[29] D All
Japan Shunsuke Kohno[29]
R&D Sport[33] Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)[33] Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi[33] D All
Japan Hideki Yamauchi[33]
K2 R&D LEON Racing[34] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[34] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65 Japan Naoya Gamou[34] B All
Japan Takuro Shinohara[34]
JLOC[35][29] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[35][29] Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 87 Japan Kosuke Matsuura[35][29] Y All
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi[35][29]
88 Japan Takashi Kogure[35][29] Y All
Japan Yuya Motojima[35][29]
K-Tunes Racing[36] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[36] Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96 Japan Morio Nitta[36] D All
Japan Shinichi Takagi[36]
Tomei Sports[20] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[20] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Japan Takayuki Aoki[20] Y All
Japan Atsushi Tanaka[20] 1–2, 4–5, 7
Japan Yusaku Shibata[28] 2–6
Japan Teppei Natori 8

Vehicle changes[edit]

GT500 Class[edit]

GT300 Class[edit]

  • Tsuchiya Engineering (operating as Hoppy Team Tsuchiya) constructed their own version of the Toyota GR Supra to GT300 regulations, replacing their previous Porsche 911 GT3-R.[26]
  • apr Racing launched the Toyota GR86 GT, constructed to GT300 specifications and based on the second-generation Toyota 86 (ZN8) model. apr's number 30 team and series newcomers SHADE Racing will each field the car in 2022.[15]
  • Subsequently, muta Racing INGING announced that they will also field the new Toyota GR86 GT, replacing their previous Lotus Evora MC.[14]
  • The new BMW M4 GT3 (G82) makes its Japanese racing debut via BMW Team Studie x CSL.[21]
  • Arnage Racing changed vehicles from the Mercedes-AMG GT3, to the Dome-constructed Toyota MC86.[29]
  • Drago Corse, as part of their new collaboration with Busou (see Entrant Changes below), changed vehicles to the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.[30]
  • ARTA and Team UPGarage entered the upgraded Honda NSX GT3 Evo22.[39]
  • Team LeMans (Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans in Round 1) entered the upgraded Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II.[40]

Entrant changes[edit]

GT500 Class[edit]

GT300 Class[edit]

  • Audi Team Hitotsuyama[44] and Toyota Team Thailand, who competed as arto Team Thailand in 2021, both announced that they would not take part in the 2022 Super GT season.[45]
  • Super Taikyu Series team SHADE Racing entered Super GT for the first time,[46] with a Toyota GR86 GT300 riding on Dunlop tyres. Three-time GT300 championship runner-up Katsuyuki Hiranaka (who had spent the previous 13 seasons at Gainer),[47] and F4 Japanese Championship graduate Eijiro Shimizu were announced as the team's driver line-up.[15]
  • Takuro Shinohara transferred from Audi Team Hitotsuyama to K2 R&D LEON Racing, taking the place of Togo Suganami.[34]
  • 2013 GT300 champion Hideki Mutoh, and Japanese F4 graduate Iori Kimura, formed a new driver line-up for ARTA (Autobacs Racing Team Aguri). Mutoh takes the place of two-time GT300 champion Shinichi Takagi, and Kimura replaced Ren Sato, who competed exclusively in Super Formula.[12]
  • Another Japanese F4 graduate, Kakunoshin Ohta, joined Team UPGarage, replacing reigning Super Formula Lights champion Teppei Natori.[12]
  • GAINER signed Ryuichiro Tomita (who previously raced for the team between 2015 and 2017) and Formula Regional Japanese Championship graduate Riki Okusa to drive their number 10 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. Yusuke Shiotsu signed as the number 10 team's third driver, and he replaced Tomita in the seventh round at Autopolis. Keishi Ishikawa moved into their number 11 Nissan.[24]
  • Two-time GT300 champion Shinichi Takagi joined K-Tunes Racing, reuniting with three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta in a driver pairing for the first time since 2010.[36]
  • BMW Team Studie changed to Michelin tyres for the 2022 season, the first GT300 team to use Michelin tyres since 2020. Studie announced BMW factory driver Augusto Farfus as one of their main drivers for 2022. GT300 race winner and reigning Super Taikyu ST-X class champion Tsubasa Kondo was signed as a third driver for the 450 km races, and replaced Farfus for the third round at Suzuka and at Autopolis.[21]
  • Yuui Tsutsumi, a first time race winner in 2021, transferred from Max Racing to muta Racing INGING.[14]
  • Reigning FIA F4 Japanese Champion, Seita Nonaka, joined Hoppy Team Tsuchiya in their new Toyota GR Supra.[27]
  • Kimiya Sato transferred to Max Racing after three seasons with Hoppy Team Tsuchiya.[27] Max Racing withdrew from the first round following the death of team owner Tsuyoshi Oono, and began their season in the second round at Fuji Speedway[48]
  • Ryohei Sakaguchi transferred from muta Racing INGING to Arnage Racing. Ryosei Yamashita was announced as the team's third driver, and replaced Kano for the third round at Suzuka and the final round at Motegi.[29]
  • Drago Corse and vehicle customisation company Busou formed a collaborative entry, Busou Drago Corse. Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida, and GT500 race winner Yuji Ide were named as the drivers. Drago Corse founder Ryo Michigami stepped away from driving duties to become the new team director,[30] and Dunlop became the new tyre supplier, replacing Yokohama.
  • Two-time Super Taikyu ST-3 champion and sim racer Yusuke Tomibayashi joined Team Mach for his Super GT debut, partnering the returning Reiji Hiraki.[17]

Mid-season changes[edit]

GT300 Class[edit]

  • On 19 April, Team LeMans terminated their contract with driver Satoshi Motoyama after the opening round of the season.[19] The name of the team reverted from "Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans" back to Team LeMans. Formula 1 and FIA World Endurance Championship alumnus Roberto Merhi and GT300 race winner Shintaro Kawabata joined the team for the Fuji GT 450 km Race. Merhi would contest the remainder of the season alongside Yoshiaki Katayama.
  • On 1 August, Drago Corse and Busou terminated their partnership, and the team did not return for the remainder of the season.[49]
  • Due to Takeshi Kimura's commitments in the European Le Mans Series, 2012 GT300 Champion Naoki Yokomizo joined Pacific CarGuy Racing for the opening round at Okayama.[23] Yokomizo was the team's third driver in the Fuji 450 km in May. For the Fuji 100 Lap race in August, Shintaro Kawabata became the team's third driver.[50] Yokomizo again replaced Kimura for the Suzuka 450 km.
  • 2020 FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira joined apr for the two races at Fuji Speedway, as a third driver in the number 30 Toyota GR86 GT.[28] Taira also joined the team for the Suzuka 450 km, while Hiroaki Nagai was replaced by Yuta Kamimura just before the Suzuka 450 km due to illness.
  • Super Formula Lights driver Kazuto Kotaka joined apr for the Fuji 100 Lap race and Suzuka 450 km, as a third driver in the number 31 Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV GT.[50]
  • 2019 TCR Japan Sunday Series Champion Takeshi Suehiro joined Arnage Racing as a third driver for the three long-distance races at Fuji and Suzuka.[28][50]
  • Togo Suganami replaced Hiroki Yoshida for the Fuji GT 450 km Race, after Yoshida tested positive for COVID-19.[31]
  • Yusaku Shibata rejoined Tomei Sports as a third driver for the three long-distance races at Fuji and Suzuka.[28][50] Shibata also took part in the Suzuka 300 km and in the sixth round at Sugo, replacing Atsushi Tanaka.
  • Yuya Hiraki joined NILZZ Racing for the Suzuka 300 km, replacing Yuki Tanaka. For the following Fuji GT 100 Lap Race, Tanaka rejoined the team. Masaya Kohno made his series debut in the Fuji 100 Lap race and also competed in the Suzuka 450 km as a third driver.[50]
  • Teppei Natori joined Tomei Sports for the final round at Motegi.

Results[edit]

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round Circuit Class Pole Position Race Winner
1 Okayama International Circuit GT500 No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		No. 56 Kondo Racing
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami
Brazil Joao Paulo de Oliveira
2 Fuji Speedway GT500 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh
Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sena Sakaguchi 		No. 8 ARTA
Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		No. 10 GAINER
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Japan Riki Okusa
Japan Yusuke Shiotsu[b]
3 Suzuka Circuit GT500 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh
Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sena Sakaguchi 		No. 3 NDDP Racing
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
GT300 No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CSL
Japan Seiji Ara
Japan Tsubasa Kondo 		No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CSL
Japan Seiji Ara
Japan Tsubasa Kondo
4 Fuji Speedway GT500 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh
Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sena Sakaguchi 		No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S
France Sacha Fenestraz
Japan Ritomo Miyata
GT300 No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing
Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Takuro Shinohara 		No. 61 R&D Sport
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
5 Suzuka Circuit GT500 No. 23 NISMO
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		No. 12 Calsonic Team Impul
Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
GT300 No. 10 GAINER
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Japan Riki Okusa
Japan Yusuke Shiotsu 		No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
6 Sportsland Sugo GT500 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh
Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sena Sakaguchi 		No. 3 NDDP Racing
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		No. 2 muta Racing INGING
Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi
7 Autopolis GT500 No. 24 Kondo Racing
Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Daiki Sasaki 		No. 17 Astemo Real Racing
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Kohta Kawaai
8 Mobility Resort Motegi GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Tadasuke Makino 		No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Tadasuke Makino
GT300 No. 55 ARTA
Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Iori Kimura 		No. 55 ARTA
Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Iori Kimura

Championship standings[edit]

Drivers' championships[edit]

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

GT500[edit]

Driver Ranking GT500 2022 Series
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ1
[c] 		SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points
1 Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Belgium Bertrand Baguette 		No. 12 Calsonic Team Impul 7 3 Ret 2 1 5 6 2 70.5
2 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi 		No. 3 NDDP Racing 5 15 1 12 4 1 7 4 66
3 Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Tadasuke Makino 		No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 2 5 9 8 11 8 2 1 62
4 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 		No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 9 9 2 10 2 12 1 5 60
5 Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 1 7 8 7 14 11 4 3 49
6 France Sacha Fenestraz
Japan Ritomo Miyata 		No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 11 14 3 1 8 9 9 6 43
7 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		No. 23 NISMO 3 4 12 14 5 2 14 13 37
8 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Yuichi Nakayama 		No. 39 TGR Team SARD 8 13 4 6 3 6 10 Ret 33
9 Japan Daiki Sasaki
Japan Kohei Hirate 		No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 8 6 3 10 14 3 Ret 30.5
10 Japan Sho Tsuboi
France Giuliano Alesi 		No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 6 2 10 4 9 10 8 9 29.5
11 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sena Sakaguchi 		No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 13 6 5 9 7 15 5 7 28.5
12 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi 		No. 8 ARTA 10 1 7 5 13 13 11 8 24
13 Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura 		No. 38 TGR Team ZENT [ja] Cerumo 4 12 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 10 17
14 Japan Ukyo Sasahara
Japan Toshiki Oyu 		No. 16 Team Red Bull Mugen 12 10 13 13 6 3 12 11 16.5
15 Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Hiroki Otsu 		No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 15 11 11 11 12 7 13 12 4
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 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)

Bold – Pole
† — Did not finish but classified

GT300[edit]

Driver Ranking GT300 2022 Series
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ1
[d] 		SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points
1 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami
Brazil Joao Paulo de Oliveira 		No. 56 Kondo Racing 1 7 3 6 13 4 5 19 52
2 Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		No. 61 R&D Sport 9 3 12 1 18 8 2 20 49.5
3 Japan Riki Okusa No. 10 GAINER 6 1 15 22 2 3 7 8 49
4 Japan Kohta Kawaai No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Ret 9 4 14 4 18 1 3 48
5 Japan Hiroki Yoshida No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Ret 4 14 4 18 1 3 47
6 Japan Ryuichiro Tomita No. 10 GAINER 6 1 15 22 2 3 8 45
7 Japan Hironobu Yasuda
Japan Keishi Ishikawa 		No. 11 GAINER 10 4 Ret 2 16 2 14 14 35
8 Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Kakunoshin Ohta 		No. 18 Team UpGarage 2 13 Ret 3 14 11 19 4 34
9 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO 7 16 11 13 1 Ret 6 7 33
10 Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Takuro Shinohara 		No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 3 15 13 Ret 6 6 3 18 33
11 Japan Seiji Ara No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CSL Ret Ret 1 21 12 5 12 9 29
12 Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Iori Kimura 		No. 55 ARTA 15 Ret 10 Ret 24 7 18 1 26
13 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima 		No. 88 JLOC 17 5 5 9 17 13 4 5 25
14 Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi 		No. 2 muta Racing INGING 20 8 14 18 8 1 Ret 12 24.5
15 Japan Kosuke Matsuura
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi 		No. 87 JLOC 8 12 16 8 9 19 11 2 23
16 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi 		No. 96 K-Tunes Racing Ret 6 7 5 25 9 8 6 22.5
17 Japan Tsubasa Kondo No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CSL Ret 1 12 12 21
18 Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi
Japan Reiji Hiraki 		No. 5 Team Mach 18 24 2 17 19 21 225 Ret 15
19 Japan Manabu Orido No. 30 apr 13 18 8 15 3 20 17 Ret 14
20 Japan Masataka Yanagida
Japan Yuji Ide 		No. 34 Busou Drago Corse 11 2 6 12.5
21 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama No. 6 Team LeMans 5 14 18 16 5 16 20 13 12
22 Japan Hibiki Taira No. 30 apr 18 15 3 11
22 Japan Yuta Kamimura No. 30 apr 3 11
23 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Shunsuke Kohno 		No. 60 LM Corsa 12 17 9 4 10 15 22 11 11
24 Japan Kei Cozzolino No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing 4 23 17 12 11 Ret 13 15 8
24 Japan Naoki Yokomizo No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing 4 11 8
25 Brazil Augusto Farfus No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CSL Ret Ret 21 12 5 9 8
26 Spain Roberto Merhi Muntan No. 6 Team LeMans 14 18 16 5 16 20 13 6
26 Japan Satoshi Motoyama No. 6 Team LeMans 5 6
27 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Eijiro Shimizu 		No. 20 SHADE Racing 14 20 Ret Ret 7 23 9 21 6
28 Japan Yusuke Shiotsu No. 10 GAINER 1[b] 22 2[e] 7 5
29 Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi No. 50 Arnage Racing 16 25 20 7 23 22 21 16 4
29 Japan Masaki Kano No. 50 Arnage Racing 16 25 7 23 22 21 4
29 Japan Takeshi Suehiro No. 50 Arnage Racing 25 7 23 4
30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai No. 30 apr 13 18 8 15 20 17 Ret 3
31 Japan Takayuki Aoki No. 360 Tomei Sports 21 10 19 10 20 12 23 10 2.5
32 Japan Yusaku Shibata No. 360 Tomei Sports 10 19 10 20 12 23 1.5
33 Japan Togo Suganami No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 9 1
34 Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Seita Nonaka 		No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 22 11 Ret 15 10 16 Ret 1
35 Japan Kimiya Sato
Japan Atsushi Miyake 		No. 244 Max Racing 19 22 Ret Ret 14 10 17 1
36 Japan Teppei Natori No. 360 Tomei Sports 10 1
37 Japan Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 Tomei Sports 21 10 10[f] 20 0.5
- Japan Shinnosuke Yamada No. 20 SHADE Racing 7[g] 0
- Japan Koki Saga
Japan Yuhki Nakayama 		No. 31 apr 19 22 23 11 26 17 15 Ret 0
- Japan Kazuto Kotaka No. 31 apr 11 26 0
- Japan Takeshi Kimura No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing 23 17 12 Ret 13 15 0
- Japan Shintaro Kawabata No. 6 Team LeMans 14 0
No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing 12
- Japan Ryosei Yamashita No. 50 Arnage Racing 20 16 0
- Japan Taiyo Ida No. 48 NILZZ Racing 23 21 21 19 22 25 26 23 0
- Japan Yuki Tanaka No. 48 NILZZ Racing 23 21 19 22 25 26 23 0
- Japan Masaya Kohno No. 48 NILZZ Racing 19 22 0
- Japan Masaki Jyonai
Japan Hisashi Wada 		No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports Ret Ret 20 21 24 24 22 0
- Japan Yuya Hiraki No. 48 NILZZ Racing 21 0
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ1
 SUZ1
 FUJ2
 SUZ2
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 Points

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ For the first round the team entered as Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans, and the team rebranded as Team LeMans for the rest of season.
  2. ^ a b Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
  3. ^ Half points were awarded as 62 of 100 laps were completed when the race reached the time certain finish at 18:20 local time (75 laps needed for full points) as the race was stopped twice, for crash barrier damage on Lap 49 and Lap 58.
  4. ^ The race was ended after less than 75% of laps were completed. Therefore, half points were awarded.
  5. ^ Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
  6. ^ Atsushi Tanaka did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
  7. ^ Shinnosuke Yamada did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.

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