2005 Super GT Series explained

The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the thirteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the first season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-third season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 27 and ended on November 6, 2005 after 8 races.The drivers' champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300.

Drivers and teams

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineDriversTyreRounds
NismoNissanNissan Fairlady Z GT500Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V61 Richard LyonsAll
Satoshi MotoyamaAll
22 Michael KrummAll
Masataka YanagidaAll
G'Zox Hasemi MotorsportNissanNissan Fairlady Z GT500Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V63 Érik ComasAll
Toshihiro KaneishiAll
Esso Toyota Team LeMansToyotaToyota Supra GT500Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V86 Akira IidaAll
Juichi WakisakaAll
Autobacs Racing Team AguriHondaHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.5 L V68 Ralph FirmanAll
Daisuke ItoAll
Calsonic Team ImpulNissanNissan Fairlady Z GT500Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V612 Yuji IdeAll
Benoît TréluyerAll
Dome Racing TeamHondaHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.5 L V618All
Ryo MichigamiAll
Hitotsuyama RacingMcLarenMcLaren F1 GTRBMW S70/2 6.1 L V12202, 6
Yasushi Hitotsuyama2
Mikio Hitotsuyama6
FerrariFerrari 550 GTSFerrari F133 5.9 L V1221 Takuya KurosawaAll
Hidetoshi MitsusadaAll
Toyota Team TsuchiyaToyotaToyota Supra GT500Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V825 Manabu OridoAll
Dominik Schwager1–5, 7–8
Hideki Noda6
Epson Nakajima RacingHondaHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.5 L V632 André LottererAll
Tsugio MatsudaAll
Toyota Team KraftToyotaToyota Supra GT500Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V834 Seiji AraAll
Naoki YokomizoAll
35 Naoki HattoriAll
Shigekazu Wakisaka1–4
Peter Dumbreck5–8
Toyota Team TOM'SToyotaToyota Supra GT500Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V836 James CourtneyAll
Takeshi TsuchiyaAll
37 Tatsuya KataokaAll
Sakon YamamotoAll
ZENT Toyota Team CerumoToyotaToyota Supra GT500Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V838 Toranosuke TakagiAll
Yuji TachikawaAll
Denso Toyota Team SARDToyotaToyota Supra GT500Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V839 André CoutoAll
Ronnie QuintarelliAll
JLOCLamborghiniLamborghini Murciélago R-GTLamborghini L535 6.0 L V1288 Koji Yamanishi1–2, 4–6
Hisashi Wada1–2
Marco Apicella4–5
Naohiro Furuya6
Raybrig Team KunimitsuHondaHonda NSX GT500Honda C32B 3.5 L V6100 Jérémie DufourAll
Sébastien PhilippeAll

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineDriversTyreRounds
M-TecHondaHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V60 Shinya Hosokawaalign=center rowspan=2All
Haruki KurosawaAll
Verno Tokai Dream28VemacVemac RD320RHonda C32B 3.4 L V62 Kazuho Takahashialign=center rowspan=2All
Akira WatanabeAll
Team MachVemacVemac RD320RHonda C32B 3.4 L V65 Tetsuji TamanakaAll
Katsuhiko TsutsuiAll
RE Amemiya RacingMazdaMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor7 Hiroyuki IiriAll
Shinichi YamajiAll
A&S RacingMoslerMosler MT900RChevrolet LS1 6.0 L V89 Junichiro YamashitaAll
Eiji Yamada1–4, 6–7
Shogo Suho5, 8
ChevroletChevrolet CorvetteChevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8913 Hideo Fukuyama1–6
Haruhiko Matsumoto1
Shogo Suho2–4, 6
Eiji Yamada5
Jim Gainer RacingFerrariFerrari 360Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V810 Yasutaka HinoiAll
Hideshi Matsuda1–2, 4–5, 7–8
Taku Bamba3, 6
11 Paolo MontinAll
Tetsuya TanakaAll
Endless SportsNissanNissan Fairlady ZNissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V613 Masami KageyamaAll
Mitsuhiro KinoshitaAll
Amprex MotorsportsLotusLotus Exige 300RRGM Ecotec 3.0 L V615 Tengku Djan Ley3
Norman Simon3
Racing Project BandohToyotaToyota CelicaToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I419 Hiroki KatohAll
Nobuteru TaniguchiAll
Team TaisanPorschePorsche 996 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F626 Yutaka Yamagishi1–3, 8
Kaoru Ijiri1–2
Takashi Inoue3
Isao Ihashi8
Direxiv MotorsportVemacVemac RD320RHonda C32B 3.2 L V627 Shogo MitsuyamaAll
Yasuo Miyagawa1–6
Hiroki Yoshimoto7–8
Team RecklessToyotaToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I430 Kota SasakiAll
Tetsuya YamanoAll
aprToyotaToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I431 Kazuki NakajimaAll
Minoru TanakaAll
Autobacs Racing Team AguriASLASL ARTA GaraiyaNissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V643 Morio NittaAll
Shinichi TakagiAll
MOLANissanNissan Fairlady ZNissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V646 Takayuki AokiAll
Kazuki HoshinoAll
47 Go ShimizuAll
Tomonobu FujiiAll
Toyota Team CerumoToyotaToyota CelicaToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I452 Katsuyuki HiranakaAll
Hironori TakeuchiAll
R&D SportVemacVemac RD350RZytek ZV348 3.9 L V862 Tadao UematsuAll
Shinsuke Shibahara1–6, 8
Hiroyuki Yagi7
Team GaikokuyaPorschePorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F670 Yoshimi Ishibashi1–6
Eiichi Tajima1, 3
Hirofumi Takei2, 4–5
Yutaka Yamagishi6
170 Yoshimi Ishibashi8
Takashi Inoue8
Teramoto Technical OfficePorschePorsche 996 GT3-RSRPorsche M96/73 3.6 L F672 Akira HirakawaAll
Takashi Inoue1, 5
Hiroshi Wada2–3, 7–8
Akihiro Asai4
Cusco RacingSubaruSubaru Impreza WRX STISubaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F477 Katsuo KobayashiAll
Tatsuya TanigawaAll
JLOCLamborghiniLamborghini Murciélago RG-1Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V1286 Koji Yamanishi8
Naohiro Furuya8
87 Hisashi Wada4–6, 8
Naohiro Furuya4–5
Marco Apicella6, 8
Arktech MotorsportsPorschePorsche 986 BoxsterPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F6110 Takashi OhiAll
Ichijo SugaAll
Porsche 996 GT3 CupPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F6112 Atsushi Yogo1–3, 5–8
Keita Sawa1–3
Takaya Tsubobayashi5–8
Team LeyJunPorschePorsche 968 GT4Porsche M44/12 3.0 L Turbo I4111 Hiroya IijimaAll
Masaki JyonaiAll
910 RacingPorschePorsche 996 GT3 RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F6777 Kazuyoshi TakamizawaAll
Jukuchou SunakoAll

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate
1 Okayama GT 300 km RaceOkayama International CircuitMarch 27
2 Fuji GT 500 km RaceFuji International SpeedwayMay 4
3 Japan GT Championship MalaysiaSepang International CircuitJune 26
4 SUGO GT 300 km RaceSportsland SugoJuly 24
5 Motegi GT 300 km RaceTwin Ring MotegiSeptember 4
6 Fuji GT 300 km RaceFuji International SpeedwaySeptember 25
7 Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 kmAutopolis International Race CourseOctober 16
8 Suzuka GT 300 kmSuzuka CircuitNovember 6

Season results

Overall winner in bold

RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1Okayama #25 Eclipse Advan Supra #13 Endless Advan Z
Manabu Orido
Dominik Schwager
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Masami Kageyama
2Mt. Fuji #38 Zent Cerumo Supra #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
3Kuala Lumpur #1 Xanavi Nismo Z #43 ARTA Garaiya
Satoshi Motoyama
Richard Lyons
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
4Sportsland SUGO #37 Dynacity TOM'S Supra #31 Kicchouhouzan MR-S
Tatsuya Kataoka
Sakon Yamamoto
Minoru Tanaka
Kazuki Nakajima
5Motegi #100 Raybrig NSX #46 Dream Cube's Advan Z
Sebastien Philippe
Jeremie Dufour
Kazuki Hoshino
Takayuki Aoki
6Mt. Fuji #38 Zent Cerumo Supra #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
7Autopolis #8 ARTA NSX #30 Reckless MR-S
Daisuke Ito
Ralph Firman
Kota Sasaki
Tetsuya Yamano
8Suzuka #38 Zent Cerumo Supra #11 Jim Gainer Ferrari Dunlop
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Tetsuya Tanaka
Paolo Montin

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

Scoring system:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 12 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Qualifying 2 1 1
Fastest Lap 1 1 1
RankDriverOKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS
1 Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
14111111217167
2 Ralph Firman
Daisuke Ito
4122616811261
3 Richard Lyons
Satoshi Motoyama
Ret4186106260
4 James Courtney
Takeshi Tsuchiya
21033758560
5 Michael Krumm
Masataka Yanagida
12267492857
6 Akira Iida
Juichi Wakisaka
115449310351
7 Tatsuya Kataoka
Sakon Yamamoto
6613187Ret743
8 Érik Comas
Toshihiro Kaneishi
39Ret151343442
9 André Lotterer
Tsugio Matsuda
58513102141038
10 Takashi Kogure
Ryo Michigami
7137Ret2115637
11 Benoît Tréluyer
Yuji Ide
Ret15853134935
12 Naoki Hattori9314105691329
13 Manabu Orido11415915RetRet1426
14 Jérémie Dufour
Sébastien Philippe
101110Ret114RetRet26
15 Dominik Schwager11415915Ret1425
16 André Couto
Ronnie Quintarelli
8Ret921412111121
17 Shigekazu Wakisaka93141016
18 Peter Dumbreck5691313
19 Seiji Ara
Naoki Yokomizo
Ret71214111612164
20 Hideki NodaRet1
Takuya Kurosawa
Hidetoshi Mitsusada
RetRetRet12Ret1513150
Koji Yamanishi13DNSRet17Ret0
Hisashi Wada13DNS0
Eiichi TajimaRet170
Marco ApicellaRet170
Mikio Hitotsuyama170
Yasushi HitotsuyamaRet0
Naohiro FuruyaRet0
RankDriverOKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS

Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[1]

RankTeamNo.OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS
1Nismo115Ret4186106286
22122674928
2Team Honda Racing84122616811282
18713717Ret21156
3Toyota Team TOM'S3621033758573
37661318717Ret7
4Toyota Team Cerumo3814111111217167
5Esso Toyota Team LeMans6115449310351
6Hasemi Motorsport33916Ret151343442
7Nakajima Racing3258513102141038
8Team Impul1217Ret15853134935
9Kraft3418Ret712141116121629
3593141056913
10Team Advan Tsuchiya251141591518Ret16Ret1426
10Team Kunimitsu10010111018Ret11415Ret17Ret26
12Toyota Team SARD39817Ret921412111121
rowspan="2"-Hitotsuyama Racing2018DNS170
2116Ret16Ret17Ret1218Ret15 1315
-JLOC 881319DNS16Ret1719Ret0
RankTeamNo.OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS

GT300 class (Top 3)

Drivers

Rankwidth=160Driverswidth=200Number/TeamPointsWins
1 Kota Sasaki
Tetsuya Yamano
  1. 30 Reckless MR-S
931
2 Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
  1. 0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
812
3 Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
  1. 43 ARTA Garaiya
741

Teams

Rankwidth=220Number/Teamwidth=160CarPoints
1
  1. 30 Team Reckless
Reckless MR-S93
2
  1. 0 M-TEC Co., Ltd.
Ebbro M-TEC NSX81
3
  1. 43 ARTA
ARTA Garaiya74

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SUPERGT.net Point Ranking. 2021-10-16. supergt.net.