2016 Super GT Series explained

The 2016 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fourth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the twelfth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fourth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 10 and ended on November 13, after 8 races.

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km	Okayama International Circuit	April 10
2	Fuji GT 500 km	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	Sugo GT 300 km	Sportsland SUGO	July 24
4	Fuji GT 300 km	Fuji Speedway	August 7
5	45th International Suzuka 1000km 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	August 28
6	Buriram United Super GT Race 300 km	Chang International Circuit	October 9
7	Motegi GT 250 km I^[1]	Twin Ring Motegi	November 12
8	Motegi GT 250 km II		November 13

Calendar changes

• The Super GT in Kyushu 300km at Autopolis was scheduled for May 22nd as the third round of the season but was subsequently cancelled in the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. On May 20, series organizers announced that the final weekend at Twin Ring Motegi would host two 250 kilometer races, with the race on Saturday being promoted as "Round 3" of the championship as it replaces the Autopolis race.
• The SUGO GT 300km was brought forward to July from its previous date in September.
• The overseas round at Buriram, Thailand was moved from its 2015 date of June to October. The series first visited the circuit in October 2014.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine		Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Nismo^[2]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	1	Tsugio Matsuda		All
					Ronnie Quintarelli	All
Lexus Team LeMans ^[3]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	6	Andrea Caldarelli		All
					Kazuya Oshima	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri^[4]	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Kosuke Matsuura		All
					Tomoki Nojiri	All
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	12	João Paulo de Oliveira		All
					Hironobu Yasuda	All
Drago Modulo Honda Racing	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	15	Hideki Mutoh		All
					Oliver Turvey	1–2, 4–6
						3, 7–8
Keihin Real Racing	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Takashi Kogure		All
					Koudai Tsukakoshi	All
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuji Kunimoto		All
					Yuhi Sekiguchi	All
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Daiki Sasaki		All
					Masataka Yanagida	All
Lexus Team TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Nick Cassidy		All
					Daisuke Ito	All
				37	Ryō Hirakawa		All
					James Rossiter	All
Lexus Team Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Hiroaki Ishiura		All
					Yuji Tachikawa	All
Lexus Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Kohei Hirate		All
					Heikki Kovalainen	All
	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	46	Satoshi Motoyama		All
					Katsumasa Chiyo	1–4, 6–8
					Mitsunori Takaboshi	5
Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Bertrand Baguette		All
					Daisuke Nakajima	All
Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX Concept-GT	Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4	100	Takuya Izawa		All
					Naoki Yamamoto	All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine		Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
GAINER^[5]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	0	André Couto	align=center rowspan=4		All
						All
	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	11	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	All
					Björn Wirdheim	All
	Lotus	Lotus Evora MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	2	Hiroki Katoh		All
					Kazuho Takahashi		All
					Tadasuke Makino		6
NDDP Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	3	Kazuki Hoshino		All
					Jann Mardenborough	All
Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Tatsuya Kataoka		All
					Nobuteru Taniguchi	All
Team Mach	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka		1–3, 6, 8
					Junichirō Yamashita	1–2, 4–6
					Masami Kageyama	2, 3–6, 8
BMW Team Studie	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	7	Seiji Ara		All
					Jörg Müller	All
					Augusto Farfus	6^[6]
Gulf Racing with Pacific	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6	9			All
					Hiroki Yoshida	All
					Dylan Derdaele	2
Team with Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	18	Yuhki Nakayama		All
					Shinnosuke Yamada	All
	Audi	Audi R8 LMS	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	21	Tomonobu Fujii		All
					Richard Lyons	All
R'Qs Motor Sports	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	22	Masaki Jyonai		All
					Hisashi Wada	All
					Tohjirō Azuma		6
VivaC	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	25	Takamitsu Matsui		All
					Takeshi Tsuchiya	All
					Kenta Yamashita	6^[7]
Team Taisan SARD	Audi	Audi R8 LMS ultra (Rd. 1)Audi R8 LMS (Rd. 2, 3-6, 8)	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	26			1–2, 4–6
							1–6, 8
							3, 8
					Shinji Nakano		6
Vattana Motorsport	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	28			7
					Morgan Haber	7
	Toyota	Toyota Prius apr GT	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8	30			All
					Kōta Sasaki	All
				31	Yūichi Nakayama		All
					Kōki Saga	All
Excellence Porsche Team KTR	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6	33			All
					Jörg Bergmeister		1–3, 7–8
					Tim Bergmeister		4
							5–6
Toyota Team Thailand	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	35	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana		7
						7
Dijon Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	Hiroshi Takamori		1-2, 4, 6
					Masaki Tanaka		1–2, 6
					Takayuki Aoki		2–6, 8
					Mitsunori Takaboshi		3, 5, 8
Arnage Racing	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	50			All
							All
					Masaki Kanō		2
	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8	51	Morio Nitta		All
							All
					Shigekazu Wakisaka		2, 6
	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.3 L V8	60	Akira Iida		All
					Hiroki Yoshimoto		All
					Dominik Farnbacher		6
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	55	Takashi Kobayashi		All
					Shinichi Takagi	All
R&D Sport	Subaru	Subaru BRZ GT300	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Takuto Iguchi		All
					Hideki Yamauchi	All
Lamborghini Team Direction	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10	63	Naoki Yokomizo		All
					Adrian Zaugg	All
K2 R&D LEON Racing	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Naoya Gamou		All
						All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10	87		align=center rowspan=5		All
					Kimiya Satō	All
					Taiyō Iida	2, 6
				88	Kazuki Hiramine	All
					Manabu Orido	All
Lamborghini Team Direction Shift	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10	108			1–3, 5–6, 8
					Kei Cozzolino		1–2
					Jono Lester		5–6
					Hironori Takeuchi		3, 6, 8
Rn-sports	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	111	Kazuya Tsuruta		All
							All
							6
	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Yusaku Shibata		1–6, 8
							1–3, 5–6, 8
							2, 4, 6

Driver changes

Vehicle changes

• Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO, the number 11 GAINER, K2 R&D LEON Racing, and Rn-sports fielded the new Mercedes-AMG GT3.
• apr fielded two new Toyota Prius GTs, with the number 31 car on Bridgestone tyres, and the number 30 on Yokohama tyres.
• Audi Team Hitotsuyama debuted the second-generation Audi R8 LMS and switched from Yokohama to Dunlop Tyres.
• BMW Team Studie and Autobacs Racing Team Aguri used the new BMW M6 GT3 in 2016. ARTA switched to BMW after the retirement of their previous Honda CR-Z, while Studie received additional support from BMW.
• Excellence Porsche Team KTR fielded the new 911 GT3-R, and received additional support from Porsche.
• LM Corsa's number 51 team switched from BMW to the new Ferrari 488 GT3. The number 60 team continued to use the Lexus RC-F GT3.
• JLOC was one of two teams introducing the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 to Super GT in 2016.

Driver Changess

GT500

• Toyota:
  • Petrochemical company WAKO's replaced Eneos as the title sponsor of Team Le Mans. Andrea Caldarelli switched from the KeePer TOM's team to the Wako's LeMans team.
  • Three-time GT500 champion Juichi Wakisaka announced his retirement from racing at the Toyota Gazoo Racing press conference on February 4. He will stay in the series as the team principal of Lexus Team Wako's LeMans. Yuji Kunimoto moved over from Team LeMans to drive for the WedsSport BANDOH team fill the seat from Wakisaka.
  • Two-time and defending 1000 km Suzuka winner James Rossiter switched from the Petronas TOM's team to the KeePer TOM's team. Reigning Japanese Formula 3 champion Nick Cassidy joined the number 36 TOM's team. He was the first driver from New Zealand to race in the series since Mark Porter in 1998. Au replaced Petronas as the title sponsor of the number 36 TOM'S RC-F.
• Honda:
  • Takashi Kogure and Hideki Mutoh swapped seats within the Honda fleet. Mutoh moved to Drago Modulo Honda Racing alongside Oliver Turvey, while Kogure joined Koudai Tsukakoshi at Keihin Real Racing.
• Nissan:
  • Katsumasa Chiyo stepped up to the GT500 class for 2016 driving for MOLA, after helping secure their first GT300 championship last season.
  • Masataka Yanagida moved from MOLA to Kondo Racing, his third different team in four seasons.
  • Forum Engineering took over from D'Station as the title sponsor of Kondo Racing. Former GT500 champion Michael Krumm had no plans to race in Super GT in 2016 after competing for Kondo Racing last season.

GT300

• After participating in selected rounds last year, Ryuichiro Tomita became a full-time driver of the #0 GAINER Nissan GT-R.
• Kota Sasaki drove a second Toyota Prius GT for apr.
• Mitsunori Takaboshi left the series after a successful rookie season with NDDP to drive in Blancpain GT. However, he returned for the fourth race of the season at Fuji Speedway. GT Academy champion and Nissan factory driver Jann Mardenborough joined the NDDP team, partnering Kazuki Hoshino.
• Former Rolex 24 champion Jörg Bergmeister joined Excellence Porsche Team KTR on a full-time basis, after driving two rounds for the team in 2014.
• WEC LMP1 driver Pierre Kaffer drove for Audi Team Braille in his debut GT300 campaign.
• Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Yuya Motojima, as well as fellow PCCJ drivers Rintaro Kubo and Hiroaki Nagai, moved to GT300, driving for Team Taisan SARD, Arnage Racing, and apr respectively.
• Shinnosuke Yamada graduated from the F4 Japanese Championship to race for Team Upgarage with Bandoh.
• South African Adrian Zaugg and Japanese-Italian driver Kei Cozzolino made their Super GT debuts for Lamborghini Team Direction.
• Inaugural GT Academy champion Lucas Ordóñez returned to racing in Europe, competing in the Blancpain GT Series for NISMO RJN Motorsport.
• Alexandre Imperatori left Super GT to focus on his World Endurance Championship campaign with Rebellion Racing.
• Former 24h Nürburgring winner Christian Mamerow did not return to the series after running a partial campaign with Audi Team Racing Tech.
• EVA Racing became the primary sponsor of the Rn-sports AMG.
• Gulf Racing merged with Pacific Racing Team to form Gulf Racing with PACIFIC, fielding an all-new Porsche 911 GT3-R.
• Direction Racing changed their name to Lamborghini Team Direction, and also fielded two Huracán GT3s.
• Before the start of the season, an entry was announced for Audi Team Braille, with a new 2016 Audi R8 LMS and veteran World Endurance Championship driver Pierre Kaffer. However, the team never appeared in the 2016 season.
• After withdrawing from the 2015 season, Team Taisan returned to GT300 in alliance with SARD.

Mid-season changes

• From the second round, Team Taisan SARD switched to a 2016 model Audi R8 LMS.

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit Report	10 April	align=center rowspan=2	GT500	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	No. 1 Nismo
			James Rossiter Ryō Hirakawa	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli
			align=center rowspan=2	GT300	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya	No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing
			Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya	Naoya Gamou Haruki Kurosawa
2	Fuji Speedway Report	4 May	align=center rowspan=2	GT500	No. 12 Team Impul	No. 1 Nismo
			Hironobu Yasuda João Paulo de Oliveira	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli
			align=center rowspan=2	GT300	No. 55 ARTA	No. 3 NDDP Racing
			Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	Kazuki Hoshino Jann Mardenborough
3	Sportsland SUGO Report	24 July	align=center rowspan=2	GT500	No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans WAKO'S	No. 24 Kondo Racing
			Andrea Caldarelli Kazuya Oshima	Daiki Sasaki Masataka Yanagida
			align=center rowspan=2	GT300	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya	No. 31 apr
			Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya	Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga
4	Fuji Speedway Report	7 August	align=center rowspan=2	GT500	No. 12 Team Impul	No. 12 Team Impul
			Hironobu Yasuda João Paulo de Oliveira	Hironobu Yasuda João Paulo de Oliveira
			align=center rowspan=2	GT300	No. 55 ARTA	No. 55 ARTA
			Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi
5	Suzuka Circuit Report	28 August	align=center rowspan=2	GT500	No. 15 Drago Modulo Honda Racing	No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
			Hideki Mutoh Oliver Turvey	Hiroaki Ishiura Yuji Tachikawa
			align=center rowspan=2	GT300	No. 18 Team UpGarage with Bandoh	No. 61 R&D Sport
			Yuhki Nakayama Shinnosuke Yamada	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi
6	Chang International Circuit Report	9 October	align=center rowspan=2	GT500	No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh
			Yuji Kunimoto Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuji Kunimoto Yuhi Sekiguchi
			align=center rowspan=2	GT300	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya
			Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya	Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya
7	Twin Ring Motegi Report	12 November	align=center rowspan=2	GT500	No. 39 Lexus Team SARD	No. 24 Kondo Racing
			Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen	Daiki Sasaki Masataka Yanagida
			align=center rowspan=2	GT300	No. 11 GAINER	No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama
			Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim	Tomonobu Fujii Richard Lyons
8	Twin Ring Motegi Report	13 November	align=center rowspan=2	GT500	No. 39 Lexus Team SARD	No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
			Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen	Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen
			align=center rowspan=2	GT300	No. 31 apr	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya
			Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga	Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
Suzuka	25	18	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' championships

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2016 Series^[8] ^[9] !Rank!Driver!OKA !FUJ !SUG !FUJ !SUZ !CHA !MOT !MOT !Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen Kohei Hirate 7 2 2 8 8 7 2 1 82 2 Kazuya Oshima Andrea Caldarelli 4 5 4 9 4 3 4 2 69 3 Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli 1 1 9 4 6 14 9 7 62 4 Yuhi Sekiguchi Yuji Kunimoto 9 8 5 10 5 1 5 3 58 5 Daisuke Ito Nick Cassidy 8 4 11 5 2 11 3 4 54 6 Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura 6 14 3 7 1 15 6 9 52 7 Daiki Sasaki Masataka Yanagida 13 9 1 Ret 12 13 1 10 43 8 Hironobu Yasuda João Paulo de Oliveira 5 11 Ret 1 Ret 4 7 8 43 9 Ryō Hirakawa James Rossiter 2 3 8 12 Ret 9 Ret 5 38 10 Satoshi Motoyama 3 7 13 Ret 3 12 8 6 36 11 Koudai Tsukakoshi Takashi Kogure 11 12 6 2 10 6 Ret 11 27 12 Katsumasa Chiyo 3 7 13 Ret 12 8 6 23 13 Hideki Mutoh 12 13 7 Ret Ret 2 12 15 20 14 Naoki Yamamoto Takuya Izawa 10 Ret 10 3 7 10 10 12 20 15 Kosuke Matsuura Tomoki Nojiri Ret 6 14 6 9 8 11 13 16 16 Tadasuke Makino 2 12 15 15 17 Mitsunori Takaboshi 3 13 18 Daisuke Nakajima Bertrand Baguette 14 10 12 11 11 5 13 14 7 19 Oliver Turvey 12 13 7 Ret Ret 5 Rank Driver OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT MOT Points

GT300

Driver Ranking GT300 2016 Series^{[10] [11]} !Rank!Driver!OKA
!FUJ
!SUG
!FUJ
!SUZ
!CHA
!MOT
!MOT
!Points

1	Takeshi Tsuchiya Takamitsu Matsui	6	3	2	13	22	1	7	1	78
2	Kōki Saga Yūichi Nakayama	12	20	1	25	2	5	24	2	60
3	Tomonobu Fujii Richard Lyons	7	7	Ret	2	6	24	1	4	57
4	Kazuki Hoshino Jann Mardenborough	10	1	5	6	10	2	13	6	52
5	Shinichi Takagi Takashi Kobayashi	11	2	Ret	1	14	3	Ret	DNS	48
6	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	23	11	3	3	1	Ret	23	13	47
7	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	2	18	7	5	5	8	18	3	47
8	Andre Couto Ryūichirō Tomita	8	5	11	9	3	4	5	15	38
9	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Bjorn Wirdheim	4	Ret	4	7	Ret	9	4	10	32
10	Naoya Yamano	22	23	14	24	7	7	2	5	30
11	Kazuki Hiramine Manabu Orido	9	25	6	4	9	10	3	Ret	30
12	Haruki Kurosawa Naoya Gamou	1	Ret	16	23	8	11	9	24	26
13	Jörg Bergmeister	22	23				7	2	5	25
14	Yuhki Nakayama Shinnosuke Yamada	15	4	8	10	4	22	12	9	25
15	Seiji Ara Jörg Müller	3	24	10	20	DNS	6	15	12	17
16	Morio Nitta Akihiro Tsuzuki	5	6	9	11	11	12	11	Ret	13
17	Yūya Motojima	20	15	19	8	20		6	7	12
18	Tsubasa Kondō							6	7	9
19	Shinya Hosokawa Kimiya Satō	13	8	22	19	17	21	8	11	6
20	Shigekazu Wakisaka		6			11				5
21	Yūya Sakamoto				24	7				5
22	Ryōhei Sakaguchi Hiroki Yoshida	DNS	Ret	13	21	13	17	22	8	3
23	Shōgo Mitsuyama	20	15	19	8	20				3
24	Hiroaki Nagai Kōta Sasaki	14	9	18	15	24	14	16	17	2
25	Takayuki Aoki		10	17	12	21		10	14	2
26	Masaki Tanaka	27	10			21				1
27	Hiroshi Takamori	27	10	17		21				1
28	Mitsunori Takaboshi				12			10	14	1
–	Yūsaku Shibata	26	16	12	Ret	12		25	22	0
–	Shōta Kiyohara		16	12		12				0
–	Rintarō Kubo Hideto Yasuoka	18	12	Ret	16	16	15	26	19	0
–	Atsushi Tanaka	26	16		Ret	12		25	22	0
–	Masaki Kanō		12			16				0
–	Naoki Yokomizo Adrian Zaugg	21	19	15	18	25	13	14	16	0
–	Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi	17	13	23	Ret	Ret		19	Ret	0
–	Kazuya Tsuruta Masayuki Ueda	24	14	21	22	15	16	17	20	0
–	Masami Kageyama		22	Ret	14	Ret		Ret	23	0
–	Junichirō Yamashita		22	Ret	14	Ret				0
–	Tim Bergmeister			14						0
–	Keishi Ishikawa					15				0
–	Kyōsuke Mineo	16	17			19		27	18	0
–	Kei Cozzolino	16	17							0
–	Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto	25	21	Ret	17	18	23	20	Ret	0
–	Taiyō Iida					17				0
–	Hironori Takeuchi					19		27	18	0
–	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Piti Bhirombhakdi						18			0
–	Dominik Farnbacher					18				0
–	Masaki Jyonai Hisashi Wada	19	Ret	20	Ret	23	19	21	21	0
–	Jono Lester					19				0
–	Shinji Nakano					20				0
–	Chonsawat Asavahame Morgan Haber						20			0
–	Tetsuji Tamanaka		22			Ret		Ret	23	0
–	Kenta Yamashita					22				0
–	Tohjirō Azuma					23				0
–	Tadasuke Makino					Ret				0
–	Dylan Derdaele		Ret							0
–	Augusto Farfus					DNS				–
Rank	Driver	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	MOT	Points

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: スーパーGT第8戦もてぎの週末2レースは、どちらも250kmでの争いに. 2016-07-01. 2016-07-01.
2. News: Nissan announces 2016 motorsports activities. Nismo. February 26, 2016. February 26, 2016. March 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305053158/http://www.nissan-motorsports.com/ENN/PRESS/2016/16001.html. dead.
3. News: Toyota GAZOO Racing Outlines 2016 Motorsports Activities. Toyota Global Newsroom. Toyota. February 4, 2016. February 4, 2016.
4. Web site: Honda 2016 Motorsports Program Overview. Honda. February 12, 2016. February 12, 2016.
5. News: 2016 Teams and Drivers. Super GT Teams and Drivers. Super GT. March 3, 2016. March 3, 2016.
6. Web site: 鈴鹿1000km第3ドライバー決定. 2016-06-22. BMW Team Studie. 2016-06-22.
7. Web site: VivaC 86 MC、鈴鹿1000kmで山下健太を起用へ。メーカーテストで初ドライブ F1、スーパーGT、SF etc. モータースポーツ総合サイト AUTOSPORT web（オートスポーツweb）. 2016-06-09. AUTO SPORT web（オートスポーツweb）. 2016-06-14.
8. Web site: Driver Ranking GT500 . 株式会社GTアソシエイション . 2016-07-24.
9. Web site: Round4 SUGO GT500 Results . 2016-07-24 . 株式会社GTアソシエイション.
10. Web site: Driver Ranking GT300 . 株式会社GTアソシエイション . 2016-07-24.
11. Web site: Round4 SUGO GT300 Results . 2016-07-24 . 株式会社GTアソシエイション.