2021 TCR Japan Touring Car Series explained

The 2021 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the third season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2021 Super Formula Championship.

Teams and drivers

Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Nilzz Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Keiichi Inoue	1, 4
Nilzz Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Jun Makino	5
Adenau IDI Golf TCR^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	10	Jun Sato	1−2, 5
Birth Racing Project	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	17	Kenji Suzuki	All
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	18	Takeshi Matsumoto	3
	CUPRA León TCR	19	'Kusako'	All
Audi Team Hitotsuyama	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	21	Takuro Shinohara	3
		21	Yuki Fujii	1
		101	Yuki Fujii	4
Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	45	Naoto Takeda	1
Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	45	Takuya Shirasaka	2
55MOTO Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	55	'Mototino'	3−6
Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	62	Resshu Shioya	5−6
Audi Team Mars	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	65	Masanobu Kato	All
Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	71	Masayoshi Oyama	All
M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR	73	Mineki Okura	1−2, 4−6
Dome Racing^[2]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	97	Akihiko Nakaya	1
			Ai Miura	2−3
			Yusuke Shiotsu	4
		98	Anna Inotsume	5−6

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 10 February 2021 with 6 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.^[3]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting series
1	1	Fuji Speedway	3 April	'Hirobon'	Yuki Fujii	Keiichi Inoue	Nilzz Racing	Super Formula
1	2	Fuji Speedway	4 April	Yuki Fujii	Masanobu Kato	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project
2	3	Autopolis	15 May	Takuya Shirasaka	'Hirobon'	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project
2	4	Autopolis	16 May	Ai Miura	Race cancelled due to heavy rain
3	5	Sportsland Sugo	24 July	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Birth Racing Project	SUGO Champion Cup
	6		24 July	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Birth Racing Project
	7		25 July	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takuro Shinohara	Takeshi Matsumoto	Birth Racing Project
4	8	Twin Ring Motegi	28 August	'Hirobon'	'Hirobon'	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project	Super Formula
4	9	Twin Ring Motegi	29 August	Yusuke Shiotsu	Yusuke Shiotsu	Yuki Fujii	Audi Team Hitotsuyama
5	10	Twin Ring Motegi	16 October	Mineki Okura	Mineki Okura	Mineki Okura	M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse
5	11	Twin Ring Motegi	17 October	Mineki Okura	Mineki Okura	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project
6	12	Suzuka Circuit	30 October	'Hirobon'	Anna Inotsume	Resshu Shioya	Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion
6	13	Suzuka Circuit	31 October	'Hirobon'	Masanobu Kato	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project

Championship standings

Scoring systems

TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series
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	Driver	FUJ	ATP	SUG	MOT1	MOT2	SUZ
1	Keiichi Inoue	1³						28
2	Jun Sato	2⁴						20
3	Akihiko Nakaya	3						15
4	Naoto Takeda	4						12
5	Mineki Okura	5						10
6	Kenji Suzuki	6						9
7	Masayoshi Oyama	7						8
8	'Hirobon'	8¹						6
9	Yuki Fujii	9²						6
10	Masanobu Kato	Ret⁵						1
	Driver	FUJ	ATP	SUG	MOT1	MOT2	SUZ

TCR Japan Sunday Series
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	Driver	FUJ	ATP	SUG	MOT1	MOT2	SUZ
1	'Hirobon'	1²						29
2	Masanobu Kato	2³						21
3	Mineki Okura	3⁴						17
4	Yuki Fujii	4¹						17
5	Jun Sato	5⁵						11
6	Akihiko Nakaya	6						8
7	Keiichi Inoue	7						6
8	Naoto Takeda	8						4
9	Masayoshi Oyama	9						2
-	Kenji Suzuki	Ret						-
	Driver	FUJ	ATP	SUG	MOT1	MOT2	SUZ

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Entrants championship

	Entrant	No.	FUJ		ATP	SUG	MOT1	MOT2	SUZ
1	Birth Racing Project	19	8¹	1²						38
2	Nillz Racing	7	1³	7						34
3	Adenau IDI Golf TCR	10	2⁴	5⁵						31
4	M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse	73	5	3⁴						27
5	Dome Racing	97	3	6						23
6	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	21	9²	4¹						23
7	Audi Team Mars	65	Ret⁵	2³						22
8	Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG	45	4	8						16
9	Birth Racing Project	17	6	Ret						8
10	Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing	71	7	9						6
	Driver	No.	FUJ		ATP	SUG	MOT1	MOT2	SUZ

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

Web site: TCR Japan issues ten-car 2021 entry list. 2019-03-22. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 2021-04-26.
Web site: Three Hondas added to TCR Japan season opener grid. 2019-04-01. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 2021-04-26.
News: TCR Japan issues 2021 calendar. 2018-10-27. TouringCarTimes. 2021-02-10. en-US.