2016 D1 Grand Prix series

The 2016 D1 Grand Prix series is the sixteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the eleventh for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The season began on March 26 at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course for the D1GP[1] and ended on October 23 at the same course with Daigo Saito winning his second Championship and began on April 16 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit.[2] and ended on November 20 at Nikko Circuit with Katsuhiro Ueo winning his first D1SL Championship by cancellation, due to a fatal incident that happened during morning practice.[3]

Schedule

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Round Venue Location Date Winner Car
D1GP D1SL
1 Odaiba Tokyo Prefecture March 26–27 Daigo Saito[4] Toyota JZX100
1 Bihoku Highland Circuit Hiroshima Prefecture April 16–17 Katsuhiro Ueo Nissan Silvia S15
2 Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture April 23–24 Daigo Saito[5] Toyota JZX100
2 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture May 28–29 Katsuhiro Ueo Nissan Silvia S15
3 Tsukuba Circuit Ibaraki Prefecture June 25 Daigo Saito[6] Toyota JZX100
4 June 26 Tomohiro Murayama[7] Nissan S14
3 Meihan Sportsland Nara Prefecture July 9–10 Junya Ishikawa Nissan S14
5 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture August 6 Daigo Saito[8] Toyota JZX100
6 August 7 Tomohiro Murayama[9] Nissan S14
4 Maze Sea Circuit Niigata Prefecture August 20–21 Katsuhiro Ueo Nissan Silvia S15
5 Seto Inland Sea Circuit Ehime Prefecture October 15–16 Takatoshi Imamaeda Nissan Silvia S14
7 Odaiba Tokyo Prefecture October 22–23 Daigo Saito Toyota JZX100
6 Nikko Circuit Tochigi Prefecture November 19–20 Event Cancelled Event Cancelled

Drivers' rankings

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D1GP

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Pos. Driver Car Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Rd.5 Rd.6 Rd.7 Total
1 Japan Daigo Saito Toyota JZX100 30 30 33 22 30 30 172
2 Japan Masato Kawabata Nissan R35 25 25 22 14 22 25 133
3 Japan Hideyuki Fujino Nissan RPS13 22 11 12 17 25 20 107
4 Japan Masashi Yokoi Nissan S15 7 16 25 22 17 12 99
5 Japan Tomohiro Murayama Nissan S14 5 10 30 7 30 9 91
6 Japan Tetsuya Hibino Toyota JZA80 17 20 11 1 7 14 70
7 Japan Teruyoshi Iwai Mazda NA6CE 1 17 12 11 9 17 67
8 Japan Akira Hirajima Nissan S15 1 9 20 8 1 22 61
9 Japan Naoto Suenaga Nissan S15 10 12 15 14 1 52
10 Japan Kunihiko Teramachi Nissan S15 6 17 5 16 6 1 51
11 Japan Seimi Tanaka Nissan S15 11 7 15 16 49
Japan Youichi Imamura Toyota ZN6 1 20 17 1 10 49
13 Japan Hokuto Matsuyama Toyota JZX100 1 15 25 1 5 47
Japan Yoshifumi Tadokoro Toyota AE86 1 16 8 20 1 1 47
15 Japan Yukio Matsui Mazda FD3S 8 25 12 1 46
16 Japan Akinori Utsumi Nissan S15 8 14 1 5 15 43
17 Japan Tomokazu Hirota Toyota JZX100 16 7 1 6 6 1 37
18 Japan Kazuya Bai Nissan RPS13 9 15 1 1 1 6 33
19 Japan Shingo Hatanaka Toyota JZX90[broken anchor] 5 15 1 11 32
20 Japan Kenji Takayama Lexus GRS191 11 1 1 8 8 29
Japan Yusuke Kitaoka Toyota JZX100 12 16 1 29
22 Japan Yusuke Kusaba Nissan PS13 20 1 7 28
23 Japan Kazuya Matsukawa Toyota AE85 10 14 1 25
Japan Shinji Minowa Toyota JZX90[broken anchor] 22 1 1 1 25
25 Thailand Daychapon Toyingcharoen [th] Nissan Z33 1 8 11 20
26 Japan Yoshinori Koguchi Toyota ZN6 15 1 1 17
27 Japan Ken Nomura Nissan ER34 6 9 1 16
Japan Kazumi Takahashi Toyota JZX100 16 0 16
Japan Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota GRX130 14 1 1 16
30 Japan Takahiro Ueno Toyota JZZ30 14 14
31 Japan Tetsuro Nakata Toyota JZX100 1 1 9 1 12
Japan Koji Yamaguchi Nissan S14 7 12
33 Japan Kenji Kiguchi Nissan C33 10 1 11
Japan Masayoshi Tokita Toyota ZN6 9 1 1 11
35 Japan Kenichi Nakamura Toyota JZX110[broken anchor] 10 10
36 Japan Ryuji Miki Mazda FD3S 6 6
37 Japan Kazuya Taguchi Nissan S15 1 1 2
Japan Jin Horino Nissan RPS13 1 1 2
Japan Tadahiro Fukada Toyota JZX100 1 1 2
40 Japan Ikuo Saito Toyota JZX100 1 1
Japan Shinji Sagisaka Toyota SXE10 1 1
Japan Yuji Saito Nissan S15 1 1
Japan Shion Kono Nissan RPS13 1 1

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Schedule". d1gp.co.jp. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Event Schedule". d1sl.jp. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Professional Drifting Has Its First Known Fatality". blackflag.jalopnik.com. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Round 1 Report". d1gp.co.jp. March 27, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Round 2 Report". d1gp.co.jp. April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "Round 3 Report". d1gp.co.jp. June 25, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "Round 4 Report". d1gp.co.jp. June 26, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  8. ^ "Round 5 Report". d1gp.co.jp. August 6, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  9. ^ "Round 6 Report". d1gp.co.jp. August 7, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
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