2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX.^[1] The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine		Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	1	Yuji Tachikawa		All
					Hironori Takeuchi	All
				33	Masahiko Kondo	1, 3–8
					Ukyo Katayama	1, 3
					Hayanari Shimoda	4–8
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	6	Akira Iida		All
					Juichi Wakisaka	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	8	Katsutomo Kaneishi		All
					Keiichi Tsuchiya	All
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6	12	Tetsuya Tanaka		All
					Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1–5
					Benoît Tréluyer	6–8
Mugen x Dome Project	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.2 L V6	16	Daisuke Ito		All
					Dominik Schwager	1–4
						5–8
				18	Richard Lyons	All
					Sébastien Philippe	All
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	Nissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6 / Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6	22	Michael Krumm		All
					Satoshi Motoyama	All
				23	Érik Comas	All
					Masami Kageyama	All
Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	25	Shinichi Yamaji		All
					Seiji Ara	1, 3–8
					Geoff Lees	2
Team Take One	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12	30	Haruki Kurosawa		1–3, 5–8
					Hideki Okada	1–3, 5–8
Project Mu Kraft	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	35	Masahiko Kageyama		All
					Shigekazu Wakisaka	All
Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Takeshi Tsuchiya		All
					Wayne Gardner	All
				37	Takuya Kurosawa	All
					Paolo Montin	1–7
					Hideki Noda	8
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Jérémie Dufour		All
					Manabu Orido	All
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	64	Tsugio Matsuda		All
						All
Hitotsuyama Racing	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12	76	Naoki Hattori		All
					Eiichi Tajima	All
HKS	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0 L V8	87	Yudai Igarashi		2–3, 6–8
					Koji Yamanishi	2–3, 6–8
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo GT-1	Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12	88	Marco Apicella		All
					Hisashi Wada	All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.5 L V6	100	Hidetoshi Mitsusada		All
					Hiroki Katoh	1, 3–8
					Toshihiro Kaneishi	2

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine		Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Verno Tokai Dream28	Honda	Honda NSX	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6	2	Kazuho Takahashi	align=center rowspan=2		All
					Akira Watanabe	All
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	3	Tetsuya Yamano		All
					Masataka Yanagida	All
Zipspeed	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette C4	Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V8	4	Izumi Yoshida		All
					Toshiyuki Yamamoto	2
					Naohiro Furuya	2–3, 5–6, 8
A&S Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900R	Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka		All
					"Gō Mifune"	All
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	7	Haruhiko Matsumoto		All
					Nobuteru Taniguchi	1–7
					Takayuki Kinoshita	8
Team Daikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	9	Yosuke Shimoshima		1–4, 8
					Tsunefumi Hiki	1
					Masanobu Takenaka	2–5, 8
					Akihiko Tsutsumi	5
Amprex Motorsports	BMW	BMW M3 (E46)	BMW M52 3.2 L I6	15	Genji Hashimoto		All
					Charles Kwan	All
TOM'S Spirit	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Masahiro Matsunaga		1–3, 5–8
					Ken Namekawa	1–3, 5–8
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Minoru Tanaka		All
					Satoshi Goto	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	BMW	BMW M3 CSL	BMW S50B32 3.2 L I6	21	Yasushi Kikuchi		All
					Mikio Hitotsuyama	1, 7
					Yasushi Hitotsuyama	2–6, 8
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	24	Hideo Fukuyama		All
					Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	All
				26	Atsushi Yogo	All
					Kazuyushi Nishizawa	All
				28	Yutaka Yamagishi	All
					Yukihiro Hane	1, 3–8
					Jukuchou Sunako	2
	Chrysler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10	55	Eiji Yamada	All
					Takashi Shimizu	1–2, 5–8
					Takayuki Kinoshita	3–4
ARTA with A'PEX	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	31	Morio Nitta		All
					Shinichi Takagi	All
Auto Staff Racing	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	51	Naofumi Omoto		3–5, 7–8
					Masanobu Kato	3–5, 7
					Akira Ishikawa	8
R&D Sport	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	61	Yasuo Miyagawa		1–5
					Hiroaki Suga	1, 3
					Tsubasa Kurosawa	2
					Atsushi Katsumasa	4–5
				62
					Shinsuke Shibahara	1
					Shogo Mitsuyama	1
	Vemac	Vemac RD320R	Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
					Shinsuke Shibahara	2–8
					Shogo Mitsuyama	2–8
	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	63	"OSAMU"	All
					Takamasa Nakagawa	All
Team Revolution	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor	66	Tetsuya Shimizu		5, 6, 8
					Shinji Abe	5
					Mutsumi Shiono	6, 8
Team Gaikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	70	Yoshimi Ishibashi		All
					Patrick van Schoote	1–5
					Seiichi Sodeyama	6
					Nobuo Komiya	7–8
SigmaTec Racing Team	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	71	Keita Sawa		All
					Guts Jyonai	All
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	77	Katsuo Kobayashi		All
					Tatsuya Tanigawa	All
Team Daishin	Nissan	Nissan Silvia (S15)	Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4	81	Nobuyuki Ohyagi		All
					Takayuki Aoki	All
KRAFT	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4	86	Masaoki Nagashima		All
					Koji Matsuda	All
Dentaire ProJet Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 360	Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8	360	Seigo Nishizawa		1–3, 5, 7–8
					Kota Sasaki	1–3, 5, 7–8
910 Racing	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6	910	Hideshi Matsuda		All
					Yasuo Miyagawa	1
					Adam Wilcox	2–8
				911	Akira Hirakawa	All
					Toshihide Hashimura	1
					Shigemitsu Haga	2–3, 6, 8
					Jukuchou Sunako	5, 7

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	GT Championship in TI	TI Circuit	April 14
2	All Japan Fuji GT Race	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	SUGO GT Championship	Sportsland SUGO	May 26
4	Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia	Sepang Circuit	June 23
5	Japan Special GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	July 28
6	Motegi GT Championship Race	Twin Ring Motegi	September 15
7	CP Mine GT Race	Mine Circuit	October 27
8	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	November 17

Season results

Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
		GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	TI Circuit	64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
		Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi
2	Mt. Fuji	1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra	62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
		Yuji Tachikawa Hironori Takeuchi
3	Sportsland SUGO	6 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra
		Juichi Wakisaka Akira Iida	Masataka Yanagida Tetsuya Yamano
4	Sepang Circuit	64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX
		Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	Haruhiko Matsumoto Nobuteru Taniguchi
5	Mt. Fuji	1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra	24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996
		Yuji Tachikawa Hironori Takeuchi
6	Twin Ring Motegi	18 Takata Dome Honda NSX	62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
		Sebastien Philippe Richard Lyons
7	Mine Circuit	16 Mugen Honda NSX
		Ryo Michigami Daisuke Ito	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara
8	Suzuka Circuit	64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
		Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

Scoring system:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1
Qualifying	1	1	1
Fastest Lap	1	1	1

Rank Driver TAI FUJ SUG SEP FUJ MOT MIN SUZ PTS 1 Akira Iida Juichi Wakisaka 10 2 1 11 7 4 4 3 75 2 Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman 1 11 Ret 1 12 14 6 1 74 3 Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa 4 1 16 9 1 13 9 6 65 4 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 9 5 2 5 8 2 Ret 4 63 5 Daisuke Ito 5 3 3 10 11 16 1 10 59 6 Hiroki Katoh 9 2 5 8 2 Ret 4 55 7 Takeshi Tsuchiya Wayne Gardner 8 14 10 2 5 6 3 9 52 8 Satoshi Motoyama Michael Krumm 11 7 7 4 2 10 2 Ret 51 9 Richard Lyons Sébastien Philippe 2 15 16 13 6 1 12 14 47 10 Katsutomo Kaneishi Keiichi Tsuchiya 7 4 13 6 9 8 8 2 29 11 Takuya Kurosawa Ret 12 5 3 3 7 Ret 16 38 12 Paolo Montin Ret 12 5 3 3 7 Ret 38 13 Dominik Schwager 5 3 3 10 35 14 Jérémie Dufour Manabu Orido 3 Ret 12 Ret 15 5 7 5 33 15 Shinichi Yamaji 6 13 11 Ret 4 9 5 7 32 16 Seiji Ara 6 11 Ret 4 9 5 7 32 17 Naoki Hattori Eiichi Tajima 13 8 6 8 13 3 Ret Ret 27 18 Ryo Michigami 11 16 1 10 24 19 Érik Comas Masami Kageyama 12 6 4 16 14 17 Ret 8 19 20 Toshihiro Kaneishi 5 8 21 Masahiko Kondo 15 9 7 16 12 11 13 6 22 Hayanari Shimoda 7 16 12 11 13 4 23 Tetsuya Tanaka 14 Ret 8 14 Ret 11 13 17 4 24 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 14 Ret 8 14 Ret 3 25 Masahiko Kageyama Shigekazu Wakisaka 17 10 Ret 12 10 15 10 12 3 26 Haruki Kurosawa Hideki Okada 16 9 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 2 27 Ukyo Katayama 15 9 2 28 Benoît Tréluyer 11 13 17 1 Geoff Lees 13 0 Marco Apicella Hisashi Wada DNQ Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret 0 Hideki Noda 16 0 Yudai Igarashi Koji Yamanishi DNQ DNQ Ret Ret Ret 0 Rank Driver TAI FUJ SUG SEP FUJ MOT MIN SUZ PTS

Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.^[2]

Rank	Team	No.	TAI	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	PTS
1	Mugen x Dome Project	16	5	3	3	10	11	16	1	10	96
		18	2	15	16	13	6	1	12	14
2	Esso Toyota Team LeMans	6	10	2	1	11	7	4	4	3	75
3	Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	64	1	11	19Ret	1	12	14	6	1	74
4	Toyota Team Cerumo	33	15		9	7	16	12	11	13	69
		1	4	1	17	9	1	13	9	6
5	Toyota Team TOM'S	36	8	14	10	2	5	6	3	9	65
		37	18Ret	12	5	3	3	7	18Ret	16
6	Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	100	9	5	2	5	8	2	14Ret	4	63
7	Nismo	22	11	7	7	4	2	10	2	18Ret	62
		23	12	6	4	15	14	17	17Ret	8
8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	8	7	4	13	6	9	8	8	2	46
9	Toyota Team SARD	39	3	17Ret	12	18DSQ	15	5	7	5	33
10	Tsuchiya Engineering	25	6	13	11	16Ret	4	9	5	7	32
11	Hitotsuyama Racing	76	13	8	6	8	13	3	15Ret	19Ret	27
12	Team Impul	12	14	18Ret	8	14	19Ret	11	13	17	4
13	Kraft	35	17	10	18Ret	12	10	15	10	12	3
14	Team Take One	30	16	9	14		17Ret	19Ret	20Ret	11	2
-	JLOC	88	19DNQ	16Ret	15	17Ret	18Ret	18	19Ret	20Ret	0
-	HKS	87		19DNQ	20DNQ			20Ret	16Ret	15	0
Rank	Team	No.	TAI	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	PTS

GT300 class (Top 5)

Drivers

Rank	width=160	Drivers	width=240	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S	75	1
2	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara		73	3
3	Masataka Yanagida Tetsuya Yamano		70	1
4			65	1
5		81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia	56	1

External links

• Super GT/JGTC official race archive
• 2002 season results

Notes and References

1. Web site: 【JGTC第8戦】トヨタ/ホンダでタイトルを分け合う……最終戦. 2021-10-16. レスポンス（Response.jp）. ja.
2. Web site: JGTC 2002 Team Ranking. 2021-10-16. supergt.net.