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2021 Super GT Series

The 2021 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the twenty-ninth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the seventeenth season under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-ninth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship, dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.

TGR Team au TOM'S and drivers Yuhi Sekiguchi and Sho Tsuboi won the GT500 class championships, driving the Toyota Supra, after overcoming a 16-point deficit in the final round of the season.[1] The titles were secured in controversial circumstances as championship leader Naoki Yamamoto of Team Kunimitsu was taken out from a title-clinching position by GT300 class driver Ren Sato with 15 laps remaining in the final race of the season.[2] Driving the new Subaru BRZ, Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi won the GT300 class championships for R&D Sport, giving Subaru their first-ever title in Super GT competition. It was also the first drivers' title for both Iguchi and Yamauchi, and the first for the R&D Sport team.

Calendar

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A provisional eight-round 2021 calendar was announced on 7 August 2020.[3] Autopolis, Okayama International Circuit, and Sportsland Sugo returned to the calendar after a year's absence. The Fuji GT 500km Race also returned to its traditional calendar slot on the Golden Week holiday of 3-4 May.

On 9 February 2021, the planned rounds at Chang International Circuit in Thailand and Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia were cancelled due to travel restrictions. A revised schedule was released on the same day with all eight rounds being held in Japan, and with the addition of an additional round at Fuji Speedway in November and Twin Ring Motegi in July.[4] On 11 May 2021, the third round at Suzuka International Racing Course, which had been set to take place on 30 May as the third round of the championship, was postponed indefinitely due to a renewed wave of COVID-19 cases in Japan.[5] The race was subsequently rescheduled to 22 August.[6]

Circuits and dates

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Round Event Circuit Dates
1 Takanokono Hotel Okayama GT 300km Race[7] Okayama International Circuit 10-11 April
2 Takanokono Hotel Fuji GT 500km Race[8] Fuji Speedway 3-4 May
4 Motegi GT 300km Race[9] Twin Ring Motegi 17-18 July
3 Fujimaki Group Suzuka GT 300km Race[10] Suzuka Circuit 21-22 August
5 Sugo GT 300km Race[11] Sportsland Sugo 11-12 September
6 Autopolis GT 300km Race[12] Autopolis 23-24 October
7 Motegi GT 300km Race[13] Twin Ring Motegi 6-7 November
8 Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 300km Race[14] Fuji Speedway 27-28 November

Teams and drivers

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GT500

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds[15]
  Team Kunimitsu[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 1   Naoki Yamamoto[16] B All
  Hideki Mutoh[17] 1–2
  Tadasuke Makino[16][17] 2–8
  NDDP Racing with B-Max[18] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500[18] Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 3   Kohei Hirate[18] M All
  Katsumasa Chiyo[18]
  ARTA[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8   Tomoki Nojiri[16] B All
  Nirei Fukuzumi[16]
  Team Impul[18] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500[18] Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 12   Kazuki Hiramine[18] B All
  Nobuharu Matsushita[18]
  TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 14   Kazuya Oshima[19] B All
  Kenta Yamashita[19]
  Team Red Bull Mugen[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 16   Ukyo Sasahara[16] D All
  Toshiki Oyu[16]
  Astemo REAL Racing[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17   Koudai Tsukakoshi[16] B All
  Bertrand Baguette[16]
  TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Yuji Kunimoto[19] Y All
  Ritomo Miyata[19]
  NISMO[18] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500[18] Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 23   Tsugio Matsuda[18] M All
  Ronnie Quintarelli[18]
  Kondo Racing[18] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500[18] Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 24   Mitsunori Takaboshi[18] Y All
  Daiki Sasaki[18]
  TGR Team au TOM'S[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36   Yuhi Sekiguchi[19] B All
  Sho Tsuboi[19]
  TGR Team KeePer TOM'S[19] 37   Ryō Hirakawa[19] B All
  Sena Sakaguchi[17] 1–5
  Sacha Fenestraz[19] 6–8
  TGR Team ZENT Cerumo[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38   Yuji Tachikawa[19] B All
  Hiroaki Ishiura[19]
  TGR Team SARD[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39   Heikki Kovalainen[19] B All
  Yuichi Nakayama[19]
  Modulo Nakajima Racing[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64   Takuya Izawa[16] D All
  Hiroki Otsu[16]

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds[15]
  muta Racing INGING[20] Lotus Lotus Evora MC GT300[20] GTA V8 4.5 L V8 2   Hiroki Katoh[20] B All
  Ryohei Sakaguchi[20]
  Kazuto Kotaka 2
  Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO[21] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[21] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4   Nobuteru Taniguchi[21] Y All
  Tatsuya Kataoka[21]
  Team Mach[22] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300[22] GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5   Yuya Hiraki[17] Y All
  Reiji Hiraki[17]
  Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing[23] Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo[23] Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 6   Satoshi Motoyama[23] Y All
  Yoshiaki Katayama[23]
  BMW Team Studie × CSL[22][a]

  Team UpGarage[16][a]

  ARTA[16][a] 		BMW BMW M6 GT3[22] BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 7   Seiji Ara[22] Y All
  Tomohide Yamaguchi[22]
Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo[16] Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 18   Takashi Kobayashi[16] Y All
  Teppei Natori[16]
55   Shinichi Takagi[16] B All
  Ren Sato[16]
  Pacific - Car Guy Racing[24] Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[24] Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 9   Kei Cozzolino[24] Y All
  Takeshi Kimura[24] 1–2, 5–6, 8
  Naoki Yokomizo 3–4, 7
  GAINER[25] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[25] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10   Kazuki Hoshino[25] D All
  Keishi Ishikawa[25]
11   Katsuyuki Hiranaka[25] D All
  Hironobu Yasuda[25]
  Audi Team Hitotsuyama[22] Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo[22] Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21   Shintaro Kawabata[22] Y All
  Takuro Shinohara[22]
  R'Qs Motor Sports[22] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[22] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22   Hisashi Wada[22] Y 1–4, 6
  Masaki Jyonai[22]
  Ryosei Yamashita 2
  Hoppy Team Tsuchiya[26][b]

  Max Racing[19][b] 		Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R[26] Porsche M98/80 4.2 L F6 25   Takamitsu Matsui[26] Y All
  Kimiya Sato[26]
Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[19] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 244   Atsushi Miyake[19] Y All
  Yuui Tsutsumi[19]
  apr[19] Toyota Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV apr GT[19] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30   Hiroaki Nagai[19] Y All
  Manabu Orido[19]
  Yuta Kamimura 2
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8 31   Koki Saga[19] B All
  Yuhki Nakayama[19]
  Yogibo Drago Corse[27] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo[27] Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 34   Ryo Michigami[27] Y All
  Shogo Mitsuyama[27]
  arto Ping An Team Thailand [19][28][c]
arto Team Thailand[c]
Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[19] Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 35   Sean Walkinshaw[22] Y All
  Giuliano Alesi[17]
  NILZZ Racing[25] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[25] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48   Yuki Tanaka[25] Y All
  Ryuichiro Tomita 1, 3
  Taiyou Iida[25] 2, 4–5, 7–8
 Yudai Uchida 6
  Arnage Racing[29] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[29] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 50   Masaki Kano[29] Y All
  Masataka Yanagida[29]
  Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[30] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[30] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 52   Hiroki Yoshida[30] B All
  Kohta Kawaai[30] 1–2, 4–8
  Taku Bamba 3
  Kondo Racing[25] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[25] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 56   Kiyoto Fujinami[25] Y All
  João Paulo de Oliveira[25]
  LM Corsa[31] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[31] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60   Hiroki Yoshimoto[31] D All
  Shunsuke Kohno[31]
  R&D Sport[22] Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)[22] Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61   Takuto Iguchi[22] D All
  Hideki Yamauchi[22]
  K2 R&D LEON Racing[26] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[26] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65   Naoya Gamou[26] B All
  Togo Suganami[26]
  JLOC[22] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[22] Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 87   Kosuke Matsuura[32] Y All
  Natsu Sakaguchi[32]
88   Takashi Kogure[32] Y All
  Yuya Motojima[32]
  K-tunes Racing[19] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[19] Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96   Morio Nitta[19] D All
  Hibiki Taira[17] 1–2, 4
  Kazuto Kotaka 3, 5
  Sena Sakaguchi[19] 6–8
  Tomei Sports[25] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[25] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360   Takayuki Aoki[25] Y All
  Yudai Uchida[25] 1–5
  Atsushi Tanaka[25] 2, 6, 8
  Takuya Otaki 7

Vehicle changes

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GT300 Class

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  • INGING Motorsport and Cars Tokai Dream28 merged into a collaborative entry in 2021, known as muta Racing INGING. The team retained the Lotus Evora MC GT300 vehicle, driver Hiroki Katoh, chief engineer Shintaro Watanabe, and the number 2 plate of Cars Tokai Dream28's entry. INGING brought on their Bridgestone tyre contract, title sponsor muta, and driver Ryohei Sakaguchi.[20]
  • Both LM Corsa and Max Racing switched from the FIA-GT3 specification Lexus RC F GT3 to the GT300 specification fifth-generation Toyota GR Supra for the 2021 season.[19]
  • Team LeMans returned to Super GT after a one-year absence, fielding an Audi R8 LMS Evo under the 'Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing' banner while also transfer from the GT500 to GT300 class.[23]
  • R&D Sport changed from the first-generation Subaru BRZ (ZC6) to the new second-generation BRZ (ZD8) for the 2021 season.[33]
  • Car Guy Racing returned to Super GT after a two-year absence, partnering with Pacific Racing Team to field a Ferrari 488 GT3 under the Pacific CarGuy Racing banner.

Entrant changes

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GT500 Class

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  • Honda: Honda announced their Super GT driver line-up on On 15 January 2020.
  • Nissan: Nissan's GT500 line-up was announced on 18 January 2020.
    • Nobuharu Matsushita, who made his series debut as a replacement driver for the injured Shinichi Takagi last year, signed with Nissan to compete for Team Impul alongside Kazuki Hiramine.
    • Daiki Sasaki joined Kondo Racing for the first time since 2016, partnering with Mitsunori Takaboshi.
    • Jann Mardenborough was not retained by Nissan for the 2021 season.[18]
  • Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their Super GT driver line-up on 22 January 2020.

GT300 Class

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  • Three-time GT500 champion Satoshi Motoyama returned to the series after retiring from GT500 at the end of 2018, driving for the newly incorporated Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing (see Team Changes below).[23]
  • Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida joined pro-am Mercedes-AMG customer team Arnage Racing, racing alongside amateur driver Masaki Kano.[29]
  • Former Ferrari Driver Academy prospect and Formula 2 driver Giuliano Alesi made his GT300 debut with arto Team Thailand.[39] Alesi was initially signed as the team's third driver, but competed in all eight rounds after Nattapong Hortongkum was unable to enter Japan for a second consecutive year.[40]
  • 2019 F4 Japanese champion and 2020 French F4 Championship runner-up Ren Sato made his GT300 debut with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, replacing Toshiki Oyu.[16]
  • Super Formula Lights driver Teppei Natori made his GT300 debut, replacing Kosuke Matsuura at Honda customer Team UPGarage.[16]
  • Yuui Tsutsumi, signed with Max Racing to compete full-time in 2021, after driving for three different teams (including Max Racing) as a substitute driver throughout 2020.[19]
  • 2020 TCR Japan Series champion Takuro Shinohara made his full-time GT300 debut with Audi Team Hitotsuyama, after competing part-time in 2020 for two different teams.[41]
  • JLOC signed GT500 veteran Kosuke Matsuura and GT300 podium finisher Natsu Sakaguchi to drive their number 87 Lamborghini Huracán GT3.[32]
  • Misato Haga, former team principal of Direxiv and the first woman to win a GT300 Championship as a team director, became the new team director of Drago Corse. Yogibo became the team's new title sponsor.[27] Veteran GT300 driver Shogo Mitsuyama joined Yogibo Drago Corse, alongside owner/driver Ryo Michigami.[27]
  • Japanese F4 graduate Reiji Hiraki made his GT300 debut with Team Mach, driving alongside his older brother Yuya.[42]
  • Super Formula Lights graduate Yoshiaki Katayama made his GT300 debut with Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing.[23]
  • D'station Racing withdrew from Super GT at the end of the 2020 season, as the team concentrate on FIA World Endurance Championship campaign. While the Pacific team linked up with CarGuy Racing, the owner Takeshi Kimura race with Kei Cozzolino.[24]

Mid-season changes

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GT500 Class

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  • Sacha Fenestraz missed the first five races of the season due to difficulties acquiring a Japanese visa. Sena Sakaguchi replaced him at TGR Team KeePer TOM's for these five races, before Fenestraz returned for the sixth round at Autopolis.[43][44]
  • Tadasuke Makino missed the first race of the season due to meningitis. Hideki Mutoh replaced him at Team Kunimitsu for the first race at Okayama.[42] Makino returned for the Fuji 500km in May, entered as a third driver alongside Yamamoto and Mutoh.[45] From the following round at Motegi, Makino returned to the cockpit on a full-time basis.
  • From the third race of the season at Motegi, TGR Team ZENT Cerumo chief engineer Kotaro Tanaka had taken over as team director from ace driver Yuji Tachikawa.[46]

GT300 Class

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  • With Sena Sakaguchi driving in GT500, reigning FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira was called up to replace Sakaguchi at K-Tunes Racing.[42] Taira drove in the first three races of the season.
  • Before the fourth race at Suzuka, Taira was replaced at K-tunes Racing by Kazuto Kotaka, due to an undisclosed illness, which was later revealed to be a COVID-19 infection. Kotaka also drove in the fifth race at Sugo.[47]
  • Kohta Kawaai missed the fourth race of the season at Suzuka due to a positive COVID-19 test. 2011 GT300 champion Taku Bamba replaced Kawaai at Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave.[48]
  • 2012 GT300 champion Naoki Yokomizo replaced Takeshi Kimura at Pacific CarGuy Racing for rounds three, four, and seven due to Kimura's driving commitments in the FIA World Endurance Championship.[49]
  • arto Ping An Team Thailand changed its entry name back to arto Team Thailand after the first two races of the season, after Ping An Insurance abruptly ended its sponsorship of the team.
  • R'Qs Motor Sports withdrew from the final two rounds after their car was heavily damaged in an accident during the sixth round at Autopolis.[50]

Results

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The race at Suzuka Circuit was still promoted as the third round of the season, despite taking place after the July race at Twin Ring Motegi and being the fourth race of the season chronologically. Likewise, the July race at Motegi was still promoted as the fourth round of the championship, even though it was now the third race of the season chronologically. Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1 Okayama International Circuit 11 April GT500 No. 37 TGR Team Keeper TOM'S No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE
  Ryo Hirakawa
  Sena Sakaguchi 		  Kazuya Oshima
  Kenta Yamashita
GT300 No. 11 GAINER No. 56 Kondo Racing
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Hironobu Yasuda 		  Kiyoto Fujinami
  Joao Paulo de Oliveira
2 Fuji Speedway 4 May GT500 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh No. 17 Astemo REAL Racing
  Yuji Kunimoto
  Ritomo Miyata 		  Bertrand Baguette
  Koudai Tsukakoshi
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 60 LM Corsa
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  Shunsuke Kohno
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
3 Twin Ring Motegi 18 July GT500 No. 1 Team Kunimitsu No. 1 Team Kunimitsu
  Naoki Yamamoto
  Tadasuke Makino 		  Naoki Yamamoto
  Tadasuke Makino
GT300 No. 10 GAINER No. 2 muta Racing INGING
  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Hironobu Yasuda 		  Hiroki Katoh
  Ryohei Sakaguchi
4 Suzuka Circuit 22 August GT500 No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing No. 23 NISMO
  Takuya Izawa
  Hiroki Otsu 		  Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 244 Max Racing
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  Atsushi Miyake
  Yuui Tsutsumi
5 Sportsland Sugo 12 September GT500 No. 8 ARTA No. 12 Team Impul
  Tomoki Nojiri
  Nirei Fukuzumi 		  Kazuki Hiramine
  Nobuharu Matsushita
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 61 R&D Sport
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi
6 Autopolis 24 October GT500 No. 16 Team Red Bull Mugen No. 8 ARTA
  Ukyo Sasahara
  Toshiki Oyu 		  Tomoki Nojiri
  Nirei Fukuzumi
GT300 No. 31 apr No. 31 apr
  Yuhki Nakayama
  Koki Saga 		  Yuhki Nakayama
  Koki Saga
7 Twin Ring Motegi 7 November GT500 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh No. 8 ARTA
  Yuji Kunimoto
  Ritomo Miyata 		  Tomoki Nojiri
  Nirei Fukuzumi
GT300 No. 18 Team UpGarage No. 21 Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Teppei Natori 		  Shintaro Kawabata
  Takuro Shinohara
8 Fuji Speedway 28 November GT500 No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
  Kazuya Oshima
  Kenta Yamashita 		  Yuhi Sekiguchi
  Sho Tsuboi
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 60 LM Corsa
  Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  Shunsuke Kohno
  Hiroki Yoshimoto

Championship standings

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Drivers' championships

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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

GT500

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Driver Ranking GT500 2021 Series[15]
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ
 MOT
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 FUJ
 Points
1   Yuhi Sekiguchi
  Sho Tsuboi 		  No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 2 13 3 5 4 10 8 1 64
2   Nirei Fukuzumi
  Tomoki Nojiri 		  No. 8 ARTA 7 8 5 11 10 1 1 6 60
3   Naoki Yamamoto   No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 8 4 1 4 2 6 12 14 60
4   Tadasuke Makino 4 1 4 2 6 12 14 57
5   Kazuya Oshima
  Kenta Yamashita 		  No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 1 2 13 12 12† 11 6 3 52
6   Bertrand Baguette
  Koudai Tsukakoshi 		  No. 17 Astemo REAL Racing 5 1 14 7 3 8 4 Ret 52
7   Ryo Hirakawa   No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 3 3 7 10 11 9 10 2 46
8   Kazuki Hiramine
  Nobuharu Matsushita 		  No. 12 Team Impul 10 9 11 6 1 7 3 9 45
9   Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli 		  No. 23 NISMO Ret Ret 9 1 7 3 15 7 41
10   Kohei Hirate
  Katsumasa Chiyo 		  No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max 9 5 6 2 Ret 4 14 8 39
11   Yuji Kunimoto
  Ritomo Miyata 		  No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 12 7 2 13 Ret 13 2 13 36
12   Hiroaki Ishiura
  Yuji Tachikawa 		  No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 6 Ret 8 8 Ret 2 9 5 34
13   Heikki Kovalainen
  Yuichi Nakayama 		  No. 39 TGR Team SARD 4 6 10 14 5 5 11 4 34
14   Sena Sakaguchi   No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 3 3 7 10 11 28
15   Mitsunori Takaboshi
  Daiki Sasaki 		  No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 12 12 3 6 14 7 11 20
16   Ukyo Sasahara
  Toshiki Oyu 		  No. 16 Team Red Bull Mugen 11 11 4 9 9 Ret 5 10 20
17   Sacha Fenestraz   No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 9 10 2 18
18   Takuya Izawa
  Hiroki Otsu 		  No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 13 10 Ret Ret 8 12 13 12 5
19   Hideki Mutoh   No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 8 4 3
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ
 MOT
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 FUJ
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

GT300

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Driver Ranking GT300 2021 Series[15]
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ
 MOT
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 FUJ
 Points
1   Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		  No. 61 R&D Sport 15 2 11 10 1 3 6 3 67
2   Kiyoto Fujinami
  Joao Paulo de Oliveira 		  No. 56 Kondo Racing 1 7 26 8 3 11 3 5 55
3   Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Shunsuke Kohno 		  No. 60 LM Corsa 8 1 12 14 5 19 11 1 49
4   Shinichi Takagi
  Ren Sato 		  No. 55 ARTA 26 3 23 7 2 20 2 24 45
5   Atsushi Miyake
  Yuui Tsutsumi 		  No. 244 Max Racing 5 11 4 1 9 17 7 7 44
6   Naoya Gamou
  Togo Suganami 		  No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 2 4 9 15 14 8 Ret 2 43
7   Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Hironobu Yasuda 		  No. 11 GAINER 4 16 2 26 10 5 8 8 38
8   Takashi Kogure
  Yuya Motojima 		  No. 88 JLOC 9 6 24 2 7 12 4 23 34
9   Hiroki Yoshida   No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 3 27 3 18 21 3 9 9 34
  Kohta Kawaai 3 27 3 21 3 9 9
10   Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka 		  No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO 14 8 5 3 23 6 Ret 4 33
11   Hiroki Katoh
  Ryohei Sakaguchi 		  No. 2 muta Racing INGING Ret 10 1 9 16 18 24 12 23
12   Morio Nitta   No. 96 K-tunes Racing 6 14 13 17 8 2 14 19 23
13   Koki Saga
  Yuhki Nakayama 		  No. 31 apr 19 28 18 24 13 1 22 14 21
14   Takamitsu Matsui
  Kimiya Sato 		  No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 7 13 6 23 19 10 5 6 21
15   Shintaro Kawabata
  Takuro Shinohara 		  No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 13 17 16 21 25 15 1 17 20
16   Sena Sakaguchi   No. 96 K-tunes Racing 2 14 19 15
17   Kei Cozzolino   No. 9 Pacific - Car Guy Racing 23 25 6 4 15 9 19 13 14
18   Kazuki Hoshino
  Keishi Ishikawa 		  No. 10 GAINER 10 5 14 11 26 7 10 10 13
19   Naoki Yokomizo   No. 9 Pacific - Car Guy Racing 6 4 19 12
20   Kosuke Matsuura
  Natsu Sakaguchi 		  No. 87 JLOC 21 15 Ret 16 4 25 Ret 15 8
21   Hiroaki Nagai
  Manabu Orido 		  No. 30 apr Ret 18 8 6 20 23 16 16 8
22   Yuya Hiraki
  Reiji Hiraki 		  No. 5 Team Mach 25 12 27 5 22 21 18 25 6
23   Ryo Michigami
  Shogo Mitsuyama 		  No. 34 Yogibo Drago Corse 16 19 17 13 6 22 12 11 5
24   Hibiki Taira   No. 96 K-tunes Racing 6 14 13 5
25   Takashi Kobayashi
  Teppei Natori 		  No. 18 Team UpGarage 11 9 10 DNS 12 16 Ret Ret 4
26   Kazuto Kotaka   No. 2 muta Racing INGING
  No. 96 K-tunes Racing 		10 17 8 3
27   Takeshi Kimura   No. 9 Pacific - Car Guy Racing 23 25 15 9 13 2
–   Seiji Ara
  Tomohide Yamaguchi 		  No. 7 BMW Team Studie × CSL 17 20 25 25 11 13 15 Ret 0
–   Satoshi Motoyama
  Yoshiaki Katayama 		  No. 6 Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing 22 23 19 12 18 24 20 18 0
–   Yuki Tanaka   No. 48 NILZZ Racing 12 26 20 27 27 Ret 23 21 0
–   Ryuichiro Tomita   No. 48 NILZZ Racing 12 27 0
–   Takayuki Aoki   No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 24 15 22 DSQ 26 13 22 0
–   Takuya Otaki   No. 360 Tomei Sports 13 0
–   Masaki Kano
  Masataka Yanagida 		  No. 50 Arnage Racing 18 21 22 19 24 14 21 DNS 0
–   Yudai Uchida   No. 360 Tomei Sports
  No. 48 NILZZ Racing 		Ret 24 15 22 DSQ Ret 0
–   Sean Walkinshaw
  Giuliano Alesi 		  No. 35 arto Team Thailand 24 22 Ret 20 17 Ret 17 20 0
–   Yuta Kamimura   No. 30 apr 18 0
–   Taku Bamba   No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 18 0
–   Taiyou Iida   No. 48 NILZZ Racing 26 20 27 23 21 0
–   Hisashi Wada
  Masaki Jyonai 		  No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 20 Ret 21 28 Ret 0
–   Atsushi Tanaka   No. 360 Tomei Sports 24 26 22 0
–   Ryosei Yamashita   No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports Ret 0
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ
 MOT
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 FUJ
 Points

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Car No. 7 entered as BMW Team Studie × CSL, car No. 18 entered as Team UpGarage, and car No. 55 entered as ARTA
  2. ^ a b Car No. 25 entered as Team Tsuchiya, and car No. 244 entered as Max Racing
  3. ^ a b For the first 2 rounds of the series the team run under arto Ping An Team Thailand, and for the rest of season under arto Team Thailand.

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