2023 Super GT Series explained

The 2023 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and ran by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirty-first season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which included the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the nineteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the forty-first overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

Team Impul and drivers Kazuki Hiramine and Bertrand Baguette entered the season as the defending GT500 champions, while Kondo Racing and driver João Paulo de Oliveira entered the season as the defending GT300 champions. This was the final season for three-time GT500 champion, Yuji Tachikawa, who announced his retirement at the end of the season.^[1]

TGR Team au TOM'S won the championship in the GT500 class after having won the previous title in the 2021 season, with Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata won the Drivers' Championship. In the GT300 class, Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave, Hiroki Yoshida and Kohta Kawaai won the Teams' and Drivers' Championship. Both class championships were won by Toyota teams driving the respective GT500 and GT300 versions of the Toyota GR Supra.^[2]

Regulation changes

GTA chairman Masaaki Bandoh outlined the series' environmental initiative plans in November 2022, known as the "Super GT Green Project 2030".^{[3] [4]} The series aims to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030. As part of this initiative, Super GT made the following regulation changes for 2023:

• Super GT debuted a new, 100 percent sustainable carbon-neutral fuel manufactured by ETS Racing Fuels, a division of Haltermann Carless GmbH. The new ETS Renewablaze GTA R100 racing fuel was introduced to GT500 for the first round of the championship.^[5] The GT300 class will continue to use petroleum fuel for the season after feedback gathered in testing.^[6]
• The number of tyre sets available to teams per race weekend has been limited to five sets of dry tyres and six sets of wet tyres for 300 kilometre race meetings, one set fewer for each than in 2022. The number of tyre sets available for 450km races would be determined on a case-by-case basis.^[7] Ultimately, there would be six sets of dry tyres and seven sets of wet tyres available at all five 450km races, one set fewer for each than in 2022.

Teams and drivers

On 20 February, 2023, the GTA released the series entry list, featuring 15 entries in the GT500 class and 27 entries in the GT300 class. All teams compete under a Japanese license.

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine		Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Team Impul^[8]	Nissan	Nissan Z GT500	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	1	Kazuki Hiramine		All
				Bertrand Baguette
NDDP Racing	Nissan	Nissan Z GT500	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	3	Katsumasa Chiyo		All
NISMO				23	Tsugio Matsuda		All
				Ronnie Quintarelli
ARTA	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Tomoki Nojiri^[9]		All
				Toshiki Oyu
				Iori Kimura^[10]	4
				16	Nirei Fukuzumi		All
				Hiroki Otsu
TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE^[11]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	14	Kazuya Oshima		All
				Kenta Yamashita
Astemo Real Racing	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi		All
				Nobuharu Matsushita
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuji Kunimoto		All
				Sena Sakaguchi
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan Z GT500	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Daiki Sasaki		All
TGR Team au TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Sho Tsuboi		All
					Ritomo Miyata
TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S				37	Ukyo Sasahara^[12]		All
					Giuliano Alesi
TGR Team ZENT Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Yuji Tachikawa		All
				Hiroaki Ishiura
TGR Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Yuhi Sekiguchi		All
				Yuichi Nakayama
Modulo Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Takuya Izawa		All
				Kakunoshin Ohta
Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	100	Tadasuke Makino		All
				Naoki Yamamoto	1–6
				Iori Kimura^[13]	7–8

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine		Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
muta Racing INGING^[14]	Toyota	Toyota GR86 GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	2	Yuui Tsutsumi		All
					Hibiki Taira
					Hiroki Katoh		2–5, 7
Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO^[15]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Nobuteru Taniguchi		All
					Tatsuya Kataoka
Team Mach^[16]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	5	Yusuke Tomibayashi		All
					Takamitsu Matsui
Team LeMans	Audi	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	6	Yoshiaki Katayama		All
					Roberto Merhi Muntan		1–2, 4–8
					Seiya Jin^[17]		2–5, 7
BMW M Team Studie × CRS^[18] Team UpGarage Yogibo Racing^[19]	BMW	BMW M4 GT3	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	7	Seiji Ara		All
					Bruno Spengler		1, 5–8
					Masataka Yanagida		2–4
	Honda		Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6	18	Takashi Kobayashi		All
					Syun Koide
				27	Yugo Iwasawa		All
					Reimei Ito
Pacific Racing Team^[20]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	9	Ryohei Sakaguchi		All
					Liang Jiatong
					Shintaro Kawabata		2–5, 7
GAINER	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	10	Hironobu Yasuda		All
					Riki Okusa
				11	Ryuichiro Tomita		All
					Keishi Ishikawa
					Yusuke Shiotsu		2–5, 7
SHADE Racing	Toyota	Toyota GR86 GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	20	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		All
				Eijiro Shimizu
				Shinnosuke Yamada	2–5, 7
R'Qs Motor Sports	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	22	Hisashi Wada		All
					Masaki Jyonai
					Masaki Kano		2–5, 7
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya^[21]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	25	Togo Suganami		1–4
				Seita Nonaka
Max Racing^[22]				244	Kimiya Sato		1–4
					Atsushi Miyake
apr^[23]	Toyota	Toyota GR86 GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	30	Manabu Orido^[24]		All
					Yuta Kamimura		1, 3, 5, 7
					Hiroaki Nagai		2–8
					Ryo Ogawa		2, 4
	Lexus	Lexus LC 500h GT	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8	31	Kazuto Kotaka		All
					Koki Saga		1–7
					Yuki Nemoto		2–5, 7–8
NILZZ Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	Taiyo Ida		All
					Yuki Tanaka		1, 6–8
					Takumi Sanada		2–5, 7
					Masaya Kono		2–3, 5
Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage^[25]		Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	50	Igor Omura Fraga		All
					Yuga Furutani
					Miki Koyama		2–5, 7
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave^[26]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	52	Hiroki Yoshida		All
					Kohta Kawaai
					Seita Nonaka^[27]		7
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	56	João Paulo de Oliveira		All
					Teppei Natori
LM Corsa^[28]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT300	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	60	Hiroki Yoshimoto		All
				Shunsuke Kohno
R&D Sport^[29]	Subaru	Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Takuto Iguchi		All
					Hideki Yamauchi
K2 R&D LEON Racing	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Naoya Gamou		All
				Takuro Shinohara
				Haruki Kurosawa	5, 7
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	87	Kosuke Matsuura		All
					Natsu Sakaguchi
		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2		88	Takashi Kogure		All
					Yuya Motojima
K-tunes Racing	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	96	Morio Nitta		All
					Shinichi Takagi
Tomei Sports^[30]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Takayuki Aoki		All
					Atsushi Tanaka		1–5, 7
					Takuya Otaki		2–7
					Yusaku Shibata^[31]		8

Vehicle changes

GT500

• Honda announced that a new GT500 car based on the Civic Type R will debut in 2024.^[32] As a result, 2023 is the final season for the second-generation NSX-GT.

GT300

• apr replaced their Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV with a new hybrid GT300 car, the Lexus LC500h GT.^[33] The Prius had served as apr's flagship car since 2012.
• After selling their Toyota 86 Mother Chassis to Team Mach in the off-season, Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage (see Entrant changes below) changed to the Lexus RC F GT3.
• Pacific Racing Team replaced their Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.

Entrant changes

GT500

• Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 25 November 2022.
  • Sacha Fenestraz, who raced with TOM'S, left the series to compete in Formula E with Nissan. TOM's drivers Ritomo Miyata and Giuliano Alesi exchanged cars, with Miyata going to the number 36 team and Alesi going to the number 37 with new sponsorship from Deloitte. Alesi would share the car with former Honda driver Ukyo Sasahara, who officially joined Toyota on 12 January 2023.
• Honda: Honda Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 12 December 2022.
  • Mugen (M-TEC) and ARTA formed a strategic alliance, competing with two ARTA Mugen-branded cars under the ARTA entrant name.^[34]
  • Toshiki Oyu moved from the number 16 car (entered as Team Red Bull Mugen in 2022) to the number 8 ARTA Mugen car to partner Tomoki Nojiri. In exchange, Nirei Fukuzumi moved to the number 16 car to partner Hiroki Otsu, who joined ARTA after three seasons at Nakajima Racing.
  • Kakunoshin Ohta stepped up from GT300 to take Otsu's place at Nakajima Racing, alongside Takuya Izawa.
• Nissan: Nissan announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 27 January 2023.
  • There were no changes in teams and drivers from the 2022 season. Team Impul carried the GT500 champions number 1 plate, while Kazuki Hoshino, the son of team founder Kazuyoshi Hoshino, became the new Team Director. Four years after the merger between Impul's longtime title sponsor Calsonic and Magneti Marelli, the Marelli brand replaced Calsonic on the blue Impul Nissan Z, now entered as the "Marelli Impul Z".
  • NDDP Racing signed spark plug manufacturer Niterra as their new title sponsor, to replace specialty dealer CraftSports.

GT300

• Team UpGarage recruited 2022 F4 Japanese Champion Syun Koide to replace Kakunoshin Ohta, following Ohta's promotion to the GT500 class.
• After forming a two-car GT500 programme with M-TEC, ARTA will not enter the GT300 class in 2023.
• 2016 GT300 champion Takamitsu Matsui transferred from Hoppy Team Tsuchiya to Team Mach, replacing Reiji Hiraki.^[35] Matsui was replaced by former LEON Racing driver Togo Suganami, who returned to the series in 2023.
• Reigning Super Formula Lights champion Kazuto Kotaka replaced Yuhki Nakayama in the number 31 apr team, with Yuki Nemoto signed as the third driver for long-distance rounds. Yuta Kamimura and reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Ryo Ogawa would share the role of third driver in the number 30 apr GR86 GT.
• 2012 DTM champion and BMW factory driver Bruno Spengler made his series debut with BMW M Team Studie × CRS, partnering the returning Seiji Ara. Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida was signed to be the third driver and replaced Spengler in the event of calendar clashes. The entrant name was changed from BMW Team Studie x CSL (Customer Racing Support Limited) to BMW Team Studie x CRS (Customer Racing Support). From the fourth round onward the entrant name was changed again, to BMW M Team Studie x CRS.
• 2008 GT300 champion Hironobu Yasuda moved to the number 10 GAINER team to partner second-year driver Riki Okusa. Video game developer PONOS became the new title sponsor of the number 10 car. In exchange, Ryuichiro Tomita moved to the number 11 car to partner Keishi Ishikawa. Yusuke Shiotsu, previously the third driver of the number 10 car, became the third driver of the number 11 car for long-distance rounds.^[8]
• Anest Iwata Racing made make their debut in Super GT, working together with Arnage Racing as Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage. Igor Fraga, a multi-time Gran Turismo World Series champion and former FIA Formula 3 Championship driver, raced full-time alongside 2021 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Yuga Furutani. 2022 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Miki Koyama was named the third driver and became the first woman to race in the series since Cyndie Allemann in 2012.^[25]
• Yogibo Racing returned to Super GT as an independent team, having previously competed in a collaboration with Drago Corse in the 2021 season. The team entered a Honda NSX GT3 and received technical support from Servus Japan, who previously supported ARTA. F4 Japanese Championship graduates Reimei Ito and Yugo Iwasawa were the full-time drivers, making their series debuts.^[19]
• 2020 FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira began his first full season in the series, joining Yuui Tsutsumi at muta Racing INGING. Two-time GT300 championship runner-up Hiroki Katoh was appointed as the new team director and shifted to a part-time driving role as the team's third driver.
• 2021 Super Formula Lights champion Teppei Natori returned to the series with defending series champions Kondo Racing, replacing two-time and reigning GT300 champion Kiyoto Fujinami. Kondo Racing declined the option to use the number 0 plate reserved for the reigning GT300 series champions and instead kept the number 56.
• Drago Corse, who dropped out of the 2022 season due to sponsorship issues, did not return to the series in 2023.
• Pacific Racing Team ended their collaboration with CarGuy Racing and Hololive Production after the 2022 season. Pacific began a new partnership with virtual YouTuber agency VSPO! and signed an all-new driver line up of Ryohei Sakaguchi, Alex Jiatong Liang, and Shintaro Kawabata as the third driver for the team.
• Seiya Jin, Shinnosuke Yamada, Masaki Kano, Takumi Sanada, and Takuya Otaki were announced as the third drivers of Team LeMans, SHADE Racing, R'Qs MotorSports, NILZZ Racing, and Tomei Sports respectively.^[17] Jin and Sanada made their series debuts in the second round at Fuji Speedway.

Mid-season changes

GT500 Class

• Iori Kimura was named as the third driver for the number 8 ARTA Mugen NSX-GT. Kimura's appointment came after Toshiki Oyu suffered a fractured collarbone prior to the Super Formula race at Fuji Speedway on 16 July.^[10] Oyu was eventually declared fit to race, so Kimura did not run in practice, qualifying, or the race.
• Naoki Yamamoto suffered a neck injury in a crash at Sportsland Sugo which forced him to miss the final two races of the season. Iori Kimura was named as his replacement.^[13]

GT300 Class

• Yuta Kamimura replaced Hiroaki Nagai in the number 30 apr Toyota GR86 for the opening round of the series. Nagai returned for round two, and Ryo Ogawa made his series debut as the team's third driver.^[17] Kamimura and Ogawa alternated third driver duties throughout the season, with Ogawa running both races at Fuji, and Kamimura running both races at Suzuka plus the Autopolis round.
• Pacific Racing Team missed the second round at Fuji after a crash at Okayama.^[36] They returned from the third round onwards.
• Masaya Kono replaced NILZZ Racing's Yuki Tanaka for rounds two and three.^[17] Tanaka withdrew prior to the fourth round at Fuji and was not replaced. Kono would join Taiyo Ida and Takumi Sanada for the fifth round at Suzuka, and Tanaka returned for the sixth round at Sugo.
• Roberto Merhi signed with Mahindra Racing in the FIA Formula E World Championship, replacing Oliver Rowland for the remainder of the 2023 season. Due to a clash of dates between the third round at Suzuka and the Jakarta ePrix, Merhi did not race at Suzuka.^[37]
• JLOC debuted the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 at the fourth round at Fuji Speedway.^[38] The number 88 team ran with a brand new EVO2 chassis, while the number 87 team would use the old number 88 GT3 EVO model following a heavy crash at Suzuka, which destroyed their previous chassis.
• Hoppy Team Tsuchiya's Toyota GR Supra GT300 was destroyed in a vehicle fire during the fourth round at Fuji Speedway, and the car and team would not return for the rest of the season.^[39]
• On 23 August, Max Racing announced their immediate withdrawal from the Super GT Series. They were scheduled to miss the fifth round at Suzuka due to a vehicle fire sustained in the previous round at Fuji.^[40]
• 2018 GT300 Champion and K2 R&D LEON Racing team director, Haruki Kurosawa, entered the fifth round at Suzuka as the team's third driver. It is Kurosawa's first Super GT appearance as a driver since the 2019 Fuji GT 500 Mile Race.
• Seita Nonaka joined Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave as a third driver for the seventh round at Autopolis.^[27]
• Yuki Nemoto replaced Koki Saga in the number 31 apr Lexus LC500h for the final round at Motegi.^[41]
• Time attack and gymkhana specialist Yusaku Shibata rejoined Tomei Sports for the final round at Motegi, driving alongside Takayuki Aoki.

Calendar

A confirmed eight round provisional 2023 calendar was announced on 8 August 2022.^[42] On 28 December 2022, the dates of Sugo and Autopolis rounds were changed.^[43] On 20 February 2023, distances and formats for all rounds were confirmed. Both races at Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit, plus the penultimate round at Autopolis, would be 450 kilometre races requiring at least two green flag pit stops for refuelling. Also, the first and final rounds of the championship will no longer require teams to change tyres on their compulsory pit stops.

Round	Race	Circuit	Location	Dates	Map
1	Okayama GT 300km Race	Okayama International Circuit	Mimasaka-shi, Okayama-ken	15–16 April
2	Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 450km Race	Fuji Speedway	Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken	3–4 May
3	Suzuka GT 450km Race	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken	3–4 June
4	Fuji GT 450km Race		Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken	5–6 August
5	Suzuka GT 450km Race	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken	26–27 August
6	Sugo GT 300km Race		Murata-machi, Miyagi-ken	16–17 September
7	Autopolis GT 450km Race	Autopolis	Hita-shi, Ōita-ken	14–15 October
8	Motegi GT 300km Race	Mobility Resort Motegi	Motegi-machi, Tochigi-ken	4–5 November

NOTE: Race names are preliminary and subject to change.

Results

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round	Circuit	Class	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit	GT500
			Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli
		GT300			No. 18 Team UpGarage
			Naoya Gamou Takuro Shinohara	Naoya Gamou Takuro Shinohara	Takashi Kobayashi Syun Koide
2	Fuji Speedway	GT500	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu	No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
			Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino	Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino	Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata
		GT300	No. 56 Kondo Racing		No. 56 Kondo Racing
			Joao Paulo de Oliveira Teppei Natori	Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima	Joao Paulo de Oliveira Teppei Natori
3	Suzuka Circuit	GT500	No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S	No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
			Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata	Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi
		GT300			No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS
			Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Seiji Ara Masataka Yanagida
4	Fuji Speedway	GT500	No. 24 Kondo Racing	No. 17 Astemo Real Racing	No. 3 NDDP Racing
				Nobuharu Matsushita Koudai Tsukakoshi	Katsumasa Chiyo Mitsunori Takaboshi
		GT300	No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO	No. 11 GAINER	No. 11 GAINER
			Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	Ryuichiro Tomita Keishi Ishikawa Yusuke Shiotsu	Ryuichiro Tomita Keishi Ishikawa Yusuke Shiotsu
5	Suzuka Circuit	GT500	No. 16 ARTA	No. 16 ARTA	No. 16 ARTA
			Nirei Fukuzumi Hiroki Otsu	Nirei Fukuzumi Hiroki Otsu	Nirei Fukuzumi Hiroki Otsu
		GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 96 K-tunes Racing	No. 18 Team UpGarage
			Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi		Takashi Kobayashi Syun Koide
6	Sportsland Sugo	GT500	No. 8 ARTA	No. 8 ARTA	No. 8 ARTA
			Tomoki Nojiri Toshiki Oyu	Tomoki Nojiri Toshiki Oyu	Tomoki Nojiri Toshiki Oyu
		GT300			No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
			Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	Hiroki Yoshida Kohta Kawaai
7	Autopolis	GT500	No. 16 ARTA	No. 16 ARTA	No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
			Nirei Fukuzumi Hiroki Otsu	Nirei Fukuzumi Hiroki Otsu
		GT300	No. 2 muta Racing INGING		No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
			Yuui Tsutsumi Hibiki Taira Hiroki Katoh	Yuui Tsutsumi Hibiki Taira Hiroki Katoh
8	Mobility Resort Motegi	GT500	No. 3 NDDP Racing	No. 3 NDDP Racing	No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
			Katsumasa Chiyo Mitsunori Takaboshi
		GT300		No. 2 muta Racing INGING	No. 88 JLOC
					Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Scoring system

GT500

Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Points 1 Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 15 1 2 4 10 7 1 1 89 2 Katsumasa Chiyo Mitsunori Takaboshi No. 3 NDDP Racing 2 5 4 1 12 9 3 13 63 3 Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli No. 23 NISMO 1 7 13 13 DSQ 2 10 2 56 4 Nirei Fukuzumi Hiroki Otsu No. 16 ARTA 11 10 7 3 1 12 2 12 53 5 Kazuki Hiramine Bertrand Baguette No. 1 Team Impul 6 9 3 15 5 4 5 4 46 6 Koudai Tsukakoshi Nobuharu Matsushita No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 7 3 9 7 4 DSQ 6 3 45 7 Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 4 4 6 11 3 6 8 6 45 8 Tomoki Nojiri Toshiki Oyu No. 8 ARTA 3 11 12 14 14 1 Ret 5 38 9 No. 39 TGR Team SARD 8 8 15 9 2 3 14 7 38 10 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 12 2 5 6 7 Ret 9 10 34 11 Naoki Yamamoto No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 12 2 5 6 7 Ret 31 12 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 9 12 1 12 9 8 13 8 30 13 No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 5 13 10 5 6 Ret 4 11 26 14 No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 10 14 14 2 8 11 11 Ret 19 15 No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 13 6 11 8 11 10 7 9 15 16 Daiki Sasaki Kohei Hirate No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 15 8 10 13 5 12 14 11 17 Iori Kimura No. 8 ARTA 14 3 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 9 10 Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish but classified

GT300

Rank	Driver	Team	OKA	FUJ1	SUZ1	FUJ2	SUZ2	SUG	AUT	MOT	Points
1	Hiroki Yoshida Kohta Kawaai	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	5	3	3	9	Ret	1	1	7	74
2			18	2	2	11	7	Ret	2	9	53
3	João Paulo de Oliveira Teppei Natori	No. 56 Kondo Racing	10	1	4	4	Ret	10	5	6	50
4	Naoya Gamou Takuro Shinohara		2	4	12	25†	Ret	6	12	2	44
5	Takashi Kobayashi Syun Koide	No. 18 Team UpGarage	1	Ret	Ret	17	1	DSQ	17	8	43
6	Seiji Ara	No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS	6	13	1	2	16	13	8	12	43
7	Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima	No. 88 JLOC	24†	6	21	8	4	14	7	1	40
8	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	No. 61 R&D Sport	22	11	6	6	3	4	4	10	40
9	Yoshiaki Katayama	No. 6 Team LeMans	21	7	15	3	Ret	3	15	3	37
9	Roberto Merhi Muntan	No. 6 Team LeMans	21	7		3	Ret	3	15	3	37
10	Masataka Yanagida	No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS		13	1	2					35
11	Kazuto Kotaka	No. 31 apr	16	8	13	5	6	11	3	4	33
11	Yuki Nemoto	No. 31 apr		8	13	5	6		3	4	33
12	Ryuichiro Tomita Keishi Ishikawa		Ret	17	5	1	15	12	9	13	28
13	Koki Saga	No. 31 apr	16	8	13	5	6	11	3		25
14	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO	9	Ret	18	12	5	5	6	11	20
15	Kosuke Matsuura Natsu Sakaguchi	No. 87 JLOC	7	Ret	23	16	2	19	19	21	19
16	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Eijiro Shimizu	No. 20 SHADE Racing	Ret	12	10	15	18	2	13	14	16
17	Hironobu Yasuda Riki Okusa	No. 10 GAINER	11	5	8	7	13	9	10	16	16
18	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	No. 96 K-tunes Racing	14	9	22	23	8	8	Ret	5	15
19	Kimiya Sato Atsushi Miyake	No. 244 Max Racing	3	16	16	Ret					11
20	Yugo Iwasawa Reimei Ito	No. 27 Yogibo Racing	4	15	20	20	9	18	Ret	Ret	10
21	Bruno Spengler	No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS	6				16	13	8	12	8
22	Hiroki Yoshimoto Shunsuke Kohno	No. 60 LM corsa	8	23†	7	10	12	21	20	15	8
23	Igor Omura Fraga Yuga Furutani	No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage	12	14	17	19	10	7	11	17	5
24	Manabu Orido	No. 30 apr	13	18	9	13	17	Ret	16	23	2
24	Hiroaki Nagai	No. 30 apr		18	9	13	17	Ret	16	23	2
24	Yuta Kamimura	No. 30 apr	13		9		17		16		2
25	Seita Nonaka	No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya	17	10	11	Ret					1
	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave							1
25	Togo Suganami	No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya	17	10	11	Ret					1
26	Hiroki Katoh	No. 2 muta Racing INGING		2	2	11	7		2		1
–	Yusuke Shiotsu	No. 11 GAINER		17	5	1	15		9		0
–	Seiya Jin	No. 6 Team LeMans		7	15	3	Ret		15		0
–	Miki Koyama	No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage		14	17	19	10		11		0
–	Shinnosuke Yamada	No. 20 SHADE Racing		12	10	15	18		13		0
–	Ryohei Sakaguchi Liang Jiatong	No. 9 Pacific Racing Team	23†	WD	25	22	11	17	23	19	0
–	Shintaro Kawabata	No. 9 Pacific Racing Team		WD	25	22	11		23		0
–	Haruki Kurosawa	No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing					Ret		12		0
–	Ryo Ogawa	No. 30 apr		18		13					0
–	Takayuki Aoki	No. 360 Tomei Sports	Ret	19	14	14	14	15	14	24	0
–	Takuya Otaki	No. 360 Tomei Sports		19	14	14	14	15	14		0
–	Atsushi Tanaka	No. 360 Tomei Sports	Ret	19	14	14	14		14		0
–		No. 5 Team Mach	15	22	19	18	21	22	18	18	0
–	Hisashi Wada Masaki Jyonai	No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports	20	21	26	24	20	16	21	22	0
–	Taiyo Ida	No. 48 NILZZ Racing	19	20	25	21	19	20	22	20	0
–	Takumi Sanada	No. 48 NILZZ Racing		20	25	21	19		22		0
–	Yuki Tanaka	No. 48 NILZZ Racing	19			WD		20	22	20	0
–	Masaya Kono	No. 48 NILZZ Racing		20	25		19				0
–	Masaki Kano	No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports		21	26	24	20		21		0
–	Yusaku Shibata	No. 360 Tomei Sports								24	0
Rank	Driver	Team	OKA	FUJ1	SUZ1	FUJ2	SUZ2	SUG	AUT	MOT	Points

Teams' championships

Race points

Additionally, teams received points for completed the race behind the race winner:

	Same lap as the race winner	1 lap behind the race winner	2 laps or more behind the race winner
Points	3	2	1

GT500

Rank Team OKA FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Points 1 No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 15^3 1^1 2^1 4^1 10^1 7^2 1^1 1^1 109 2 No. 3 NDDP Racing 2^1 5^1 4^1 1^1 12^3 9^1 3^1 13^1 85 3 No. 23 NISMO 1^1 7^1 13^2 13^2 DSQ 2^1 10^1 2^1 74 4 No. 16 ARTA 11^1 10^1 7^1 3^1 1^1 12^3 2^1 12^1 73 5 No. 1 Team Impul 6^1 9^1 3^1 15^2 5^1 4^1 5^1 4^1 69 6 No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 4^1 4^1 6^1 11^2 3^1 6^2 8^1 6 ^1 67 7 No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 7^1 3^1 9^1 7^2 4^1 DSQ 6^1 3 ^1 65 8 No. 39 TGR Team SARD 8^1 8^1 15^2 9^2 2^1 3^1 14^3 7^1 58 9 No. 8 ARTA 3^1 11^2 12^1 14^2 14^3 1^1 Ret 5^1 54 10 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 12^2 2^1 5^1 6^1 7^1 Ret 9^1 10^1 53 11 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 9^1 12^2 1^1 12^2 9^1 8^2 13^3 8^1 49 12 No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 5^1 13^2 10^1 5^1 6^1 Ret 4^1 11^1 46 13 No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 10^1 14^2 14^2 2^1 8^1 11^1 11^1 Ret 37 14 No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 13^2 6^1 11^1 8^2 11^1 10^2 7^1 9^1 36 15 No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 ^3 15^3 8^1 10^2 13^2 5^1 12^3 14^2 25 Rank Team OKA FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Points

1 – 3 Points for finished at the same lap as the race winner 2 – 2 Points for finished 1 lap behind the race winner 3 – 1 Point for finished 2 laps or more behind the race winner

GT300

Rank	Team	OKA	FUJ1	SUZ1	FUJ2	SUZ2	SUG	AUT	MOT	Points
1	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	5^1	3^1	3^1	9^1	Ret	1^1	1^1	7^1	95
2		18^2	2^1	2^1	11^1	7^1	Ret	2^1	9^1	71
3	No. 56 Kondo Racing	10^1	1^1	4^1	4^1	Ret	10^1	5^1	6^1	70
4	No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS	6^1	13^2	1^1	2^1	16^1	13^2	8^2	12^1	64
5	No. 88 JLOC	24†^3	6^1	21^1	8^1	4^1	14^2	7^1	1	61
6		2^1	4^1	12^1	25†^3	Ret	6^1	12^2	2^1	61
7	No. 61 R&D Sport	22^3	11^2	6^1	6^1	3^1	4	4^1	10^1	59
8	No. 31 apr	16^1	8^1	13^1	5^1	6^1	11	3^1	4^1	57
9	No. 18 Team UpGarage	1^1	Ret	Ret	17^1	1^1	DSQ	17^1	8^1	56
10	No. 6 Team LeMans	21^3	7^1	15^1	3^1	Ret	3^1	15^2	3^1	55
11		Ret	17^2	5^1	1^1	15^1	12^2	9^2	13^1	46
12	No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO	9^1	Ret	18^1	12^1	5^1	5^1	6^1	11^1	40
13	No. 10 GAINER	11^1	5^1	8^1	7^1	13^1	9^1	10^1	16^1	39
14	No. 87 JLOC	7^1	Ret	23^1	16^1	2^1	19^2	19^3	21^3	35
15	No. 20 SHADE Racing	Ret	12^2	10^1	15^1	18^2	2^1	13^2	14^1	34
16	No. 96 K-tunes Racing	14^2	9^1	22^1	23^3	8^1	8^1	Ret	5^1	33
17	No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage	12^1	14^2	17^1	19^1	10^1	7^2	11^2	17^1	27
18	No. 60 LM Corsa	8^1	23†^3	7^1	10^1	12^1	21^3	20^3	15^1	26
19	No. 27 Yogibo Racing	4^1	15^2	20^1	20^2	9^1	18^2	Ret	Ret	25
20	No. 244 Max Racing	3^1	16^2	16^1	Ret					19
21	No. 30 apr	13^1	18^3	9^1	13^1	17^1	Ret	16^2	23^3	18
22	No. 5 Team Mach	15^1	22^3	19^1	18^1	21^3	22^3	18^3	18^1	16
23	No. 360 Tomei Sports	Ret	19^3	14^3	14^3	14^3	15^2	14^2	24^1	15
24	No. 9 Pacific Racing Team	23†^3	WD	25^1	22^2	11^1	17^2	23^3	19^2	14
25	No. 48 NILZZ Racing	19^2	20^3	25^1	21^2	19^2	20^3	22^3	20^3	13
26	No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports	20 ^2	21^3	26^2	24^3	20^3	16^2	21^3	22^3	11
27	No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya	17^1	10^1	11^1	Ret					10
Rank	Team	OKA	FUJ1	SUZ1	FUJ2	SUZ2	SUG	AUT	MOT	Points

External links

• Super GT Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 28 July 2023. Toyota stalwart Tachikawa announces SUPER GT retirement . 28 July 2023. motorsport.com. en.
2. Web site: 2023 AUTOBACS SUPER GT シリーズチャンピオン会見 SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE . 2023-11-09 . supergt.net.
3. Web site: 環境対応ロードマップ「SUPER GT Green Project 2030」を発表 SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE . 2023-02-22 . supergt.net.
4. Web site: GTA Announces SUPER GT Green Project Road Map dailysportscar.com . 2023-02-22 . www.dailysportscar.com.
5. Web site: SUPER GT Delays Introduction Of Carbon-Neutral Fuel For GT300 Class dailysportscar.com . 2023-04-04 . www.dailysportscar.com.
6. Web site: 【GTA定例会見：Rd.３ 鈴鹿】GT300のCNF導入延期について坂東代表が説明 SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE . 2023-06-17 . supergt.net.
7. Web site: 【2023年SUPER GT規定改定】環境に配慮しタイヤのセット数が1セット減少に。450kmレースが5戦と増え、CN燃料を導入。 SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE . 2023-02-22 . supergt.net.
8. News: Nissan/NISMO announces teams for 2023 Super GT and GT4 programs. 17 February 2023. NISMO. 17 February 2023.
9. Web site: 12 December 2022 . Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview . 12 December 2022 . Honda Racing.
10. Web site: 24 July 2023. Honda places Kimura on standby for injured Oyu at Fuji. 24 July 2023. motorsport.com.
11. News: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups . 25 November 2022. Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 November 2022.
12. Web site: Toyota signs Sasahara, but Alesi keeps Super Formula drive . 2023-01-12 . www.motorsport.com . en.
13. Web site: 26 September 2023. Yamamoto to miss remaining Super Formula, SUPER GT races after Sugo crash. 26 September 2023. motorsport.com.
14. News: 42 Cars Entered For 2023 SUPER GT Series. 20 February 2023 . dailysportscar.com.
15. News: Japanese Sports Car Racing News Notebook, Pre-Christmas 2022. 17 December 2022. dailysportscar.com. 17 December 2022.
16. Web site: Team Mach to continue in SUPER GT with replacement 86 MC. 2022-12-26 . motorsports.com.
17. Web site: Fuji GT 450km Entry List Features Several New & Returning Faces . 21 April 2023 . dailysportscar.com.
18. News: BMW driver Spengler moves to SUPER GT with Studie team. 13 January 2023. motorsport.com. 13 January 2023.
19. News: Yogibo Racing Makes Its Return to SUPER GT GT300 Class With Honda. 15 February 2023. dailysportscar.com. 15 February 2023.
20. Web site: Ferrari drops off SUPER GT grid as Pacific switches to Mercedes. 27 February 2023 . motorsports.com.
21. News: Tsuchiya SUPER GT team reveals refreshed 2023 line-up. 5 February 2023. motorsport.com. 5 February 2023.
22. Web site: Max Racing Withdraws From SUPER GT, Ceases Operations dailysportscar.com . 2023-08-23 . www.dailysportscar.com.
23. News: New Lexus LC500h revealed for 2023 SUPER GT debut. 13 January 2023. motorsport.com. 13 January 2023.
24. Web site: 2023 SUPER GT Okayama 300km Entry List Published dailysportscar.com . 2023-04-08 . www.dailysportscar.com.
25. News: Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage Introduces All-Rookie Crew For Their Lexus RC F GT3. 7 February 2023. dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2023.
26. News: How SUPER GT's 2023 GT300 field is shaping up. 4 February 2023. motorsport.com. 4 February 2023.
27. News: Entry List Published For Autopolis 450km. 2 October 2023. dailysportscar.com. 2 October 2023.
28. News: LM Corsa to modify GR Supra front bodywork again in 2023. 16 February 2023. motorsport.com. 16 February 2023.
29. News: Subaru firms up 2023 SUPER GT plans. 13 January 2023. motorsport.com. 13 January 2023.
30. News: Nissan Announces Full Range of SUPER GT Programmes For 2023. 17 February 2023. dailysportscar.com. 17 February 2023.
31. News: Entry List Revealed For 2023 SUPER GT Finale At Motegi. 24 October 2023. dailysportscar.com. 24 October 2023.
32. Web site: Honda Reveals New SUPER GT Civic Type R-GT Concept dailysportscar.com . 2023-02-22 . www.dailysportscar.com.
33. Web site: New Lexus LC500h revealed for 2023 SUPER GT debut . 2023-02-22 . us.motorsport.com . en.
34. Web site: Honda Announces 2023 SUPER GT Driver & Team Structures dailysportscar.com . 2023-02-13 . www.dailysportscar.com.
35. Web site: Team Mach to continue in SUPER GT with replacement 86 MC . 2023-02-22 . us.motorsport.com . en.
36. Web site: 25 April 2023. Pacific to skip Fuji SUPER GT race after Okayama crash. 25 April 2023. motorsport.com. en.
37. Web site: Mahindra splits with Rowland, signs Merhi for Jakarta Formula E. 2023-05-28 . motorsports.com.
38. Web site: 24 July 2023. Fuji Summer 450km Entry List: Matsuda Returns, Kimura Set For GT500 Debut (Updated). 24 July 2023. dailysportscar.com. en.
39. Web site: 7 August 2023. Tsuchiya Supra GT300 Car Destroyed in Fire at Fuji. Klein. Jamie. 7 August 2023. motorsport.com. en.
40. Web site: Hoppy Team Tsuchiya, Max Racing Out Of Suzuka 450km dailysportscar.com . 2023-08-14 . www.dailysportscar.com.
41. Web site: Entry List Revealed For 2023 SUPER GT Finale At Motegi . 2023-10-24 . www.dailysportscar.com.
42. Web site: 8 August 2022. SUPER GT unveils eight-round 2023 schedule. 8 August 2022. motorsport.com. en.
43. Web site: Two dates changed on latest 2023 SUPER GT calendar . 28 December 2022 . 28 December 2022 . motorsport.com . en.