2017 Suzuka 1000km explained

The 46th International Suzuka 1000 km was endurance event that took place on August 27, 2017^[1] at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 46th edition of the 1000 km Suzuka at Suzuka, and the last as part of the Super GT Series, also being the last running under the 1000-kilometer format. The race was won by the Nakajima Racing team with Bertrand Baguette and Kosuke Matsuura driving.^[2]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos	Class		Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Gap To/Reason Retired
					Engine
1	GT500	64	Nakajima Racing	Bertrand Baguette Kosuke Matsuura	Honda NSX-GT	171
					Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
2	GT500	23	NISMO	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Nissan GT-R	171	+12.150s
					Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo
3	GT500	100	Team Kunimitsu	Naoki Yamamoto Takuya Izawa	Honda NSX-GT	171	+15.737s
					Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
4	GT500	19	Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	Yuhi Sekiguchi Yuji Kunimoto Kamui Kobayashi	Lexus LC 500	171	+32.852s
					Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
5	GT500	24	Kondo Racing	Daiki Sasaki João Paulo de Oliveira	Nissan GT-R	171	+34.089s
					Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo
6	GT500	37	Lexus Team KeePer TOM's	Ryō Hirakawa Nick Cassidy	Lexus LC 500	171	+36.330s
					Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
7	GT500	6	Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	Kazuya Oshima Andrea Caldarelli	Lexus LC 500	171	+37.012s
					Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
8	GT500	8	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Tomoki Nojiri Takashi Kobayashi	Honda NSX-GT	171	+1:58.420s
					Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
9	GT500	36	Lexus Team au TOM's	Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter	Lexus LC 500	170	+1 lap
					Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
10	GT500	38	Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura	Lexus LC 500	169	+2 laps
					Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
11	GT500	12	Team Impul	Hironobu Yasuda Jann Mardenborough	Nissan GT-R	169	+2 Laps
					Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo
12	GT500	16	Team Mugen	Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima Jenson Button	Honda NSX-GT	169	+2 Laps
					Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
13	GT500	1	Lexus Team SARD	Heikki Kovalainen Kohei Hirate	Lexus LC 500	168	DNF (Accident)
					Lexus 2.0L I4 Turbo
14	GT300	65	K2 R&D Leon Racing	Haruki Kurosawa Naoya Gamou	Mercedes-AMG GT3	158	+13 laps
					Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
15	GT300	88	JLOC	Manabu Orido Kazuki Hiramine Koji Yamanishi	Lamborghini Huracan	158	+13 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2L V10 N/A
16	GT300	87	JLOC	Shinya Hosokawa Kimiya Sato Yuya Motojima	Lamborghini Huracan	158	+13 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2L V10 N/A
17	GT300	60	LM Corsa	Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto	Lexus RC F GT3	158	+13 Laps
					Lexus 5.4L V8 N/A
18	GT300	10	GAINER	Ryuichiro Tomita Hiroki Yoshida	Nissan GT-R	158	+13 Laps
					Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo
19	GT300	51	LM Corsa	Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	Lexus RC F GT3	158	+13 Laps
					Lexus 5.4L V8 N/A
20	GT300	61	R&D Sport	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Subaru BRZ GT300	158	+13 Laps
					Subaru 2.0L Flat 4 Turbo
21	GT300	9	Pacific with Gulf Racing	Jono Lester Kyosuke Mineo	Porsche 991 GT3 R	158	+13 Laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A
22	GT300	11	GAINER	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim	Mercedes-AMG GT3	158	+13 Laps
					Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
23	GT300	33	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Sven Müller	Porsche 991 GT3 R	158	+13 Laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A
24	GT300	7	BMW Team Studie	Jörg Müller Seiji Ara Augusto Farfus	BMW M6	158	+13 laps
					BMW 4.4L V8 Twin Turbo
25	GT300	52	Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	Taku Bamba Shigekazu Wakisaka Shogo Mitsuyama	Toyota Mark X	157	+14 laps
					GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
26	GT300	111	Rn-sports	Keishi Ishikawa Ryosei Yamashita Masayuki Ueda	Mercedes-AMG GT3	156	+15 laps
					Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
27	GT300	3	NDDP Racing	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	156	+15 laps
					Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo
28	GT500	46	MOLA	Satoshi Motoyama Katsumasa Chiyo	Nissan GT-R R35	155	+16 laps
					Nissan 2.0L I4 Turbo
29	GT300	18	Team UPGarage With Bandoh	Yuhki Nakayama Shintaro Kawabata	Toyota 86 MC	155	+16 laps
					GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
30	GT300	50	INGING & Arnage Racing	Akihiro Tsuzuki Morio Nitta	Ferrari 488	155	+16 laps
					Ferrari 3.9L V8 Twin Turbo
31	GT300	360	Tomei Sports	Yusaku Shibata Atsushi Tanaka Takayuki Aoki	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	155	+16 laps
					Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo
32	GT300	25	VivaC Team Tsuchiya	Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita Tsubasa Kondo	Toyota 86 MC	154	DNF (Accident)
					GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
33	GT300	4	Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	Mercedes-AMG GT3	153	+18 laps
					Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
34	GT300	35	Panther Team Thailand	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Nattapong Hortongkum	Toyota 86 MC	148	+23 laps
					GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
35	GT500	17	Keihin Real Racing	Koudai Tsukakoshi Takashi Kogure	Honda NSX-GT	146	DNF (Tyre)
					Honda 2.0L I4 Turbo
36	GT300	22	R'Qs Motor Sports	Hisashi Wada Masaki Jyonai	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	127	+44 laps
					Mercedes-Benz 6.2L V8 N/A
37	GT300	5	Team Mach	Natsu Sakaguchi Kiyoto Fujinami Tetsuji Tamanaka	Toyota 86	119	+52 laps
					GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
38	GT300	2	Cars Tokai Dream28	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi Hamaguchi	Lotus Evora MC	116	+55 laps
					GTA Nissan 4.5L V8 N/A
39	GT300	30	apr	Hiroaki Nagai Kota Sasaki	Toyota Prius	113	DNF (Drive Train)
					Toyota 3.4L V8 N/A
40	GT300	48	Dijon Racing	Hiroshi Takamori Masaki Tanaka Masami Kageyama	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	109	DNF (Drive Train)
					Nissan 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo
41	GT300	31	apr	Koki Saga Rintaro Kubo	Toyota Prius	86	DNF (Accident)
					Toyota 3.4L V8 N/A
42	GT300	21	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	Richard Lyons Masataka Yanagida	Audi R8	72	DNF (Electrics)
					Audi 5.2L V10 N/A
43	GT300	26	Team Taisan SARD	Shinosuke Yamada Jake Parsons Christian Klien	Audi R8	47	DNF (Accident Damage)
					Audi 5.2L V10 N/A
44	GT300	55	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Shinichi Takagi Sean Walkinshaw	BMW M6	37	DNF (Accident)
					BMW 4.4L V8 Twin Turbo
45	GT300	117	EIcars Bentley TTO	Yuji Ide Ryohei Sakaguchi	Bentley Continental GT	29	DNF (Fuel Lines)
					Bentley 4.0L V8 Twin Turbo
Source: ^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Suzuka 1000 Kilometres 2017 - Racing Sports Cars.
2. Web site: Suzuka 1000km: Honda wins dramatic race, Button finishes 12th. www.motorsport.com.
3. Web site: Suzuka 1000 Kilometres 2017 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars.