2009 D1 Grand Prix series explained

The 2009 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the ninth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the fourth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. This year saw the return of the US series after its cancellation last year, its second season. The series began on March 29, 2009 at Ebisu Circuit for the D1GP and April 11 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit. The USA series consisted of four rounds and the first round was on May 2, 2009. The series concluded on December 5 as a D1SL point scoring round. Youichi Imamura took advantage of a non-score by Tsuyoshi Tezuka at the final round to claim the D1GP title in his Nissan Silvia. Meanwhile, in D1SL, Naoki Nakamura claimed that championship, also in a Silvia.

Schedule

Round			Venue	Location	Date	Winner	Car
D1GP	D1SL	USA	Venue	Location	Date	Winner	Car
1			Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	March 29	Ken Nomura	Nissan Skyline ER34
	1		Bihoku Highland Circuit	Hiroshima Prefecture	April 11, 12	Kiyofumi Jikuya	Nissan Silvia S15
2			Autopolis	Ōita Prefecture	April 26	Youichi Imamura	Nissan Silvia S15
		1	Anaheim Stadium	Anaheim, California	May 2	Daigo Saito
Tokyo Drift Exhibition	Odaiba	Tokyo Prefecture	May 23	Yoshinori Koguchi	Nissan 180SX RPS13
May 24	Odaiba	Tokyo Prefecture	Tsuyoshi Tezuka
		2	Gulfstream Park	Miami, Florida	May 30	Daigo Saito
	2		Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	June 13, 14	Naoki Nakamura	Nissan Silvia S15
3			Okayama International Circuit	Okayama Prefecture	June 27	Daigo Saito Tetsuya Hibino	Toyota Mark II JZX100 Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86
4			Okayama International Circuit	Okayama Prefecture	June 28	Tsuyoshi Tezuka	Nissan Skyline BNR32
	3			Tochigi Prefecture	July 11,12	Naoki Nakamura	Nissan Silvia S15
		3	Soldier Field	Chicago, Illinois	August 1	Ken Nomura	Nissan Skyline ER34
5			Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	August 29	Masao Suenaga	Mazda RX-7 FD3S
6			Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	August 30	Masao Suenaga	Mazda RX-7 FD3S
		4	Englishtown Raceway	Englishtown, New Jersey	September 5	Daigo Saito
	4		Nihonkai Maze Circuit	Niigata Prefecture	September 21, 22	Naoki Nakamura	Nissan Silvia S15
7			Fuji Speedway	Shizuoka Prefecture	October 10	Masato Kawabata	Nissan 180SX RPS13
8			Fuji Speedway	Shizuoka Prefecture	October 11	Masato Kawabata
	5		Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	November 7, 8	Kiyofumi Jikuya	Nissan Silvia S15
	6		Tsukuba Circuit	Ibaraki Prefecture	December 5	Masashi Yokoi	Nissan Silvia S14

Results

Round 1

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

Round 2

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			25
2nd			21
3rd			18
4th			17
5th			13
6th			12
7th			11
8th			10
9th			8
10th			7
11th			6
12th			5
13th			4
14th			3
15th			2
16th			1

Round 3

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			23
1st			23
3rd			18
4th			16
5th			14
6th			12
7th			11
8th			10
9th			8
10th			7
11th			6
12th			5
13th			4
14th			3
15th			2
16th			1

Round 4

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

Round 5

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			25
2nd			22
3rd			18
4th			16
5th			14
6th			12
7th			11
8th			10
9th			8
10th			7
11th			6
12th			5
13th			4
14th			3
15th			2
16th			1

Round 6

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

Round 7

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

Round 8

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1st			25
2nd			22
3rd			18
4th			16
5th			13
6th			12
7th			11
8th			10
9th			8
10th			7
11th			6
12th			5
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	rd.8	Total
1st		21	25	12	10	16	12	18	16	130
2nd		16	13	16	25	18	21	13	0	122
3rd		25	21	18	7	13	11	11	0	106
4th		13	10	10	0	25	25	7	12	102
5th		0	17	23	19	22	16	0	1	98
6th		4	7	14	14	2	2	25	25	93
7th		11	18	1	16	11	18	0	13	88
8th		18	11	23	6	7	6	3	8	82
9th		12	6	8	11	10	0	8	22	77
10th		2	4	11	21	0	0	6	18	62
11th		0	0	0	8	0	13	21	11	53
12th		6	0	2	0	8	10	0	2	28
12th		0	2	3	6	0	0	10	7	28
14th		10	0	0	0	0	4	12	0	26
15th		0	–	7	0	0	0	16	0	23
15th		0	12	6	0	0	0	0	5	23
17th		–	–	0	2	0	7	3	10	22
18th		0	0	0	12	6	1	1	0	20
18th		0	0	4	0	12	0	4	0	20
20th		0	5	5	0	3	0	0	4	17
21st		8	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	16
22nd		7	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	15
23rd		0	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	11
23rd		–	–	0	0	5	0	0	6	11
25th	Hiroshi Fukuda	0	–	0	4	0	5	0	0	9
26th		0	–	0	0	4	3	0	0	7
27th		–	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	6
28th		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
28th		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
30th		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
30th		0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

D1SL

Position	rd.1	rd.2	rd.3	rd.4	rd.5	rd.6	Total
1st	6	26	25	25	16	13	111
2nd	25	21	8	0	25	18	97
3rd	13	12	5	18	13	21	82
4th	–	4	21	12	18	25	80
5th	21	7	0	8	21	12	69
6th	12	11	18	10	1	10	62
7th	18	10	11	2	3	11	55
8th	–	18	13	16	0	7	54
9th	0	0	16	7	12	16	51
10th	12	3	12	1	11	2	41
11th	16	5	0	6	7	0	34
12th	–	–	–	22	0	–	22
13th	–	16	0	0	0	4	20
14th	–	0	–	13	–	6	19
15th	–	13	0	0	0	5	18
16th	0	0	10	0	6	0	16
17th	–	6	2	0	5	0	13
18th	–	8	0	0	4	0	12
18th	–	0	0	4	–	8	12
20th	–	0	–	11	0	–	11
20th	–	–	–	–	10	1	11
22nd	10	0	0	0	–	0	10
23rd	8	0	0	0	0	0	8
23rd	–	0	0	0	8	0	8
25th	7	0	0	0	0	0	7
25th	0	–	7	0	–	0	7
27th	–	–	6	–	0	0	6
27th	1	0	0	0	2	3	6
29th	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
29th	0	–	–	5	0	0	5
29th	2	0	3	0	0	0	5
32nd	4	0	0	–	0	0	4
32nd	–	–	4	0	0	0	4
34th	3	–	0	0	–	0	3
34th	–	0	0	3	0	0	3
36th	–	2	0	0	0	0	2
37th	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
37th	0	0	1	0	0	0	1