2008 D1 Grand Prix series explained

The 2008 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the eighth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the third for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The US series was proposed for a second season in November 2007, but in February 2008, due to commitments, the series was cancelled, leaving the as the only year the US series ever took place, despite being exhibition rounds.^[1] The series began March 29, 2008 for the D1SL and March 30 for D1GP at Ebisu Circuit. The series ended with a non-point scoring World All-Star event held at Irwindale Speedway on November 30, 2008 and concluded altogether on December 14 as a D1SL point scoring round.

Schedule

Round		Venue	Location	Date	Winner	Car
D1GP	D1SL	Venue	Location	Date	Winner	Car
1		Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	March 30	Masato Kawabata	Nissan Silvia S15
	1	Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	April 13	Naoto Suenaga	Nissan Silvia PS13
2		Fuji Speedway	Shizuoka Prefecture	April 27	Yoshinori Koguchi	Nissan 180SX RSP13
3		Suzuka Circuit	Mie Prefecture	May 24–25	Tsuyoshi Tezuka	Nissan Skyline BNR32
	2	Suzuka Circuit	Mie Prefecture	Naoto Suenaga
Tokyo Drift in Odaiba (exhibition)		Odaiba Metropolitan Car Park	Tokyo Bay	June 7 June 8	Nobushige Kumakubo Youichi Imamura	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A Nissan Silvia S15
4		Okayama International Circuit	Okayama Prefecture	June 27–29	Youichi Imamura	Nissan Silvia S15
	3	Okayama International Circuit	Okayama Prefecture	Naoki Nakamura	Nissan Silvia S15
5		Autopolis	Ōita Prefecture	August 3	Daigo Saito	Toyota Mark II JZX100
6		Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	August 29–31	Nobushige Kumakubo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CT9A
	4	Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	Naoto Suenaga	Nissan Silvia PS13
	5	Nihonkai Maze Circuit	Niigata Prefecture	September 21	Kiyofumi Jikuya	Nissan Silvia S15
7		Fuji Speedway	Shizuoka Prefecture	October 26		Mazda RX-7 FD3S
	6	Sekia Hills	Kumamoto Prefecture	November 16	Naoto Suenaga
World All-Star (non-championship)		Irwindale Speedway	California	November 30	Event Cancelled	Event Cancelled
	7	Tsukuba Circuit	Ibaraki Prefecture	December 14	Naoto Suenaga	Nissan Silvia PS13

Round 1

Position	Driver	Points
1st		26
2nd		22
3rd		18
4th		17
5th		13
6th		12
7th		11
8th		11
9th		9
10th		7
11th		7
12th		5
13th		4
14th		3
15th	Hiroshi Fukuda	2
16th		1

Round 2

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			25
2nd			22
3rd			19
4th			17
5th			13
6th			13
7th			12
8th			10
9th			8
10th			8
11th			6
12th			6
13th			4
14th			3
15th			2
16th			1

Round 3

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			26
2nd			22
3rd			19
4th			17
5th			13
6th			13
7th			11
8th			11
9th			8
10th			7
11th			6
12th			5
13th			4
14th			4
15th			2
16th			1

Round 4

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			26
2nd			21
3rd			18
4th			17
5th			13
6th			12
7th			11
8th			10
9th			9
10th			7
11th			7
12th			5
13th			4
14th			3
15th			2
16th			2

Round 5

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			26
2nd			21
3rd			19
4th			17
5th			13
6th			13
7th			11
8th			10
9th			9
10th			8
11th			6
12th			5
13th			4
14th			3
15th			2
16th			1

Round 6

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			25
2nd			21
3rd			18
4th			16
5th			13
6th			12
7th			12
8th			10
9th			8
10th			7
11th			6
12th			5
13th			4
14th			3
15th			2
16th			1

Round 7

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			25
2nd			21
3rd			19
4th			17
5th			14
6th			13
7th			11
8th			10
9th			8
10th			8
11th			7
12th			6
13th			4
14th			3
15th			2
16th			1

Final Championship Results

D1GP

Position	Driver	rd.1	rd.2	rd.3	rd.4	rd.5	rd.6	rd.7	Total
1st		3	22	17	17	26	12	17	114
2nd		11	3	13	26	17	21	13	104
3rd		17	17	4	13	13	0	25	89
4th		22	10	13	12	21	2	7	87
5th		7	19	26	0	8	12	8	80
6th		26	0	2	7	19	5	19	78
7th		5	0	11	2	10	25	21	74
8th		13	8	11	7	4	18	11	72
9th		7	13	19	0	3	10	0	52
10th		18	0	7	9	13	4	0	51
11th		0	25	0	10	1	0	14	50
12th		11	0	1	18	0	6	10	46
13th		0	13	22	0	9	0	0	44
14th		0	2	5	0	0	13	6	26
15th		0	4	0	21	0	0	0	25
16th		8	6	0	0	0	8	2	24
17th		12	0	0	0	11	0	0	23
18th		0	1	8	11	0	0	0	20
19th		0	0	0	2	0	16	0	18
20th		0	12	0	4	0	0	0	16
21st		1	0	0	0	5	0	8	14
22nd		0	6	0	5	0	0	0	11
23rd		-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
23rd		0	0	6	0	2	0	0	8
23rd		0	0	0	0	6	1	1	8
26th		-	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
26th		4	0	0	3	0	0	0	7
26th		0	0	0	0	0	3	4	7
29th		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
30th		-	0	0	0	0	-	3	3
31st	Hiroshi Fukuda	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

D1SL

Position	Car	rd.1	rd.2	rd.3	rd.4	rd.5	rd.6	rd.7	Total
1st		26	25	7	25	-	26	25	134
2nd		22	9	25	21	6	11	11	105
3rd		12	5	12	11	25	21	10	96
4th		16	18	16	8	12	13	12	95
5th		7	21	0	7	11	-	11	64
6th		3	4	0	18	16	0	21	62
7th	Nissan Silvia S15 / Nissan Silvia PS13	9	7	0	5	21	12	5	59
8th		10	6	2	13	1	10	1	43
8th		0	0	5	16	0	6	16	43
10th		0	0	21	0	7	0	13	41
11th		18	3	0	4	10	0	0	35
12th		13	3	0	-	18	-	-	34
12th		0	16	11	0	0	0	7	34
14th		0	12	13	1	0	0	7	26
14th		11	0	8	0	0	7	0	26
16th		0	0	18	0	4	0	2	24
16th		-	-	-	-	-	18	6	24
18th		0	11	10	0	-	-	-	21
19th		1	13	0	3	0	2	0	19
20th		0	0	1	0	8	-	8	17
21st		-	-	-	-	-	16	-	16
21st		0	10	6	0	0	0	0	16
23rd		0	0	-	-	13	-	0	13
24th		0	-	-	12	-	-	0	12
25th		0	-	0	10	0	-	0	10
25th		4	0	0	6	0	-	0	10
27th		-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
28th		-	0	4	0	0	-	3	7
29th		6	0	-	0	0	-	0	6
30th		5	-	-	0	-	-	-	5
30th		0	-	-	-	5	-	0	5
30th		-	-	0	-	-	5	-	5
30th		0	1	0	0	0	-	4	5
30th		0	-	3	2	0	-	0	5
35th		-	-	-	-	-	4	0	4
36th		0	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
36th		-	-	-	-	-	3	0	3
38th		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
38th		-	0	-	-	2	-	0	2
40th		-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

Highlighted in

blue - 100pt tansou (solo run) bonus

Source: D1GP Official Site 2008 Championship table

Sources

無題ドキュメント (D1GP.co.jp)

References

http://www.d1gp.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 D1 Grand Prix USA – HOME