2013 Autopolis GT 300km

The 2013 Autopolis GT 300 km was the seventh round of the 2013 Super GT season and the 8th points scoring race for GT300 cars. It took place on October 6, 2013, at Autopolis near Kamitsue, Oita, Japan.

Layout of the Autopolis

Background

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Dome Racing drivers Frédéric Makowiecki and Naoki Yamamoto were tied on 46 points for the championship lead with Impul's João Paulo de Oliveira and Tsugio Matsuda. Following their win in at the 3 Hours of Fuji Team Mugen extended their championship lead in GT300 to 16 points over the Gainer Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 of Katsuyuki Hiranaka and Björn Wirdheim. With Autopolis being the 2nd last round of the season, instead of having weight ballast equal to twice the number of points scored in the season, teams that competed in all previous 6 races had their weight ballast reduced to the number of points they scored.

After running a 2013-spec Porsche 997 GT3, Team Taisan reverted to running a 2012-spec Porsche for balance of performance reasons.[1] The GTA adjusted the balance of performance for both JAF-GT and FIA GT3 cars. For the JAF-GT cars the air restrictor sizes were reduced in an effort to reduce power, however The Toyota Prius was not given any adjustments. The Nissan GT-R GT3 was given a slight increase in boost pressure.[2]

39 cars were entered for the race, the only change from the previous round was that the Dijon Racing Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 did not enter Autopolis.

Report

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Practice

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The practice session began in wet conditions. The #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus SC430 was the fastest car in GT500 and the #10 Gainer Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 was the fastest GT300 car. The session was red flagged 13 minutes in after Naoki Yamamoto spun off-road and crashed. The session resumed 9 minutes later but due to worsening conditions few teams completed laps on the circuit. The session was later red flagged 48 minutes in and not restarted due to poor visibility.[3]

Qualifying

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Qualifying was scheduled to be held on October 5, 2013, but due to the heavy rain and fog that cancelled the practice session, qualifying was cancelled and rescheduled to October 6. Instead of the standard 15 and 8 minute knockout sessions for both GT500 and GT300 cars, there would only be a single 25 minute session for both classes.[4]

Race

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Results

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Qualifying

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[5][6]

Pos No Team Driver Qualifying Tyre
GT500
1 38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo   Yuji Tachikawa 1:38.174 B
2 23 Motul Autech NISMO   Ronnie Quintarelli 1:38.209 M
3 18 Weider Dome Racing   Frédéric Makowiecki 1:38.220 M
4 1 S-Road REITO MOLA   Satoshi Motoyama 1:38.346 M
5 12 Calsonic Team Impul   João Paulo de Oliveira 1:38.385 B
6 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu   Takashi Kogure 1:38.566 B
7 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S   Daisuke Ito 1:38.573 B
8 17 Keihin Real Racing   Koudai Tsukakoshi 1:38.661 B
9 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Ralph Firman 1:38.725 B
10 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S   Kazuki Nakajima 1:38.856 B
11 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing   Hironobu Yasuda 1:39.012 Y
12 6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS   Kazuya Oshima 1:39.227 B
13 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD   Hiroaki Ishiura 1:39.569 B
14 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh   Andre Couto 1:39.893 Y
15 32 Epson Nakajima Racing   Daisuke Nakajima 1:40.606 D
GT300
1 3 NDDP Racing   Kazuki Hoshino 1:47.222 Y
2 48 Dijon Racing   Katsumasa Chiyo 1:47.236 Y
3 50 Arnage Racing   Hideto Yasuoka 1:48.036 Y
4 61 R&D Sport   Kota Sasaki 1:48.408 Y
5 30 apr   Yuki Iwasaki 1:48.416 Y
6 11 Gainer   Katsuyuki Hiranaka 1:48.564 D
7 21 Hitotsuyama Racing   Richard Lyons 1:48.571 H
8 4 GSR Hatsune Miku   Tatsuya Kataoka 1:48.906 Y
9 10 Gainer   Tetsuya Tanaka 1:49.229 D
10 52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT   Takeshi Tsuchiya 1:49.243 Y
11 33 Hankook KTR   Masami Kageyama 1:49.363 H
12 87 JLOC   Hiroki Yoshimoto 1:49.423 Y
13 22 R'Qs MotorSports   Hisashi Wada 1:49.473 Y
14 62 Leon Racing   Haruki Kurosawa 1:49.547 Y
15 2 Cars Tokai Dream28   Hiroki Katoh 1:49.557 Y
16 16 Team Mugen   Hideki Mutoh 1:49.620 B
17 360 Tomei Sports   Takuya Shirasaka 1:49.727 Y
18 5 Team Mach   Tetsuji Tamanaka 1:49.754 Y
19 86 JLOC   Koji Yamanishi 1:50.032 Y
20 88 JLOC   Manabu Orido 1:50.125 Y
21 31 apr   Morio Nitta 1:50.406 Y
22 9 Pacific Direction Racing   Shogo Mitsuyama 1:51.310 Y
23 0 Team Taisan Ken Endless   Naoki Yokomizo 1:51.352 Y
24 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Takashi Kobayashi 1:51.402 B

Race

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Race result is as follows.[7][8]

Pos No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Difference Laps
GT500
1 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S   Kazuki Nakajima
  James Rossiter
Lexus SC430 B 1:55:03.613 65
2 38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo   Kohei Hirate
  Yuji Tachikawa
Lexus SC430 B +2.622 65
3 17 Keihin Real Racing   Toshihiro Kaneishi
  Koudai Tsukakoshi
Honda HSV-010 GT B +2.811 65
4 1 S-Road REITO MOLA   Satoshi Motoyama
  Yuhi Sekiguchi
Nissan GT-R M +11.227 65
5 18 Weider Dome Racing   Frédéric Makowiecki
  Naoki Yamamoto
Honda HSV-010 GT M +11.841 65
6 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing   Michael Krumm
  Hironobu Yasuda
Nissan GT-R Y +12.326 65
7 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD   Hiroaki Ishiura
  Juichi Wakisaka
Lexus SC430 B +12.735 65
8 23 Motul Autech NISMO   Ronnie Quintarelli
  Masataka Yanagida
Nissan GT-R M +24.134 65
9 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S   Andrea Caldarelli
  Daisuke Ito
Lexus SC430 B +24.474 65
10 32 Epson Nakajima Racing   Ryo Michigami
  Daisuke Nakajima
Honda HSV-010 GT D +46.935 65
11 6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS   Yuji Kunimoto
  Kazuya Oshima
Lexus SC430 B +52.084 65
12 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu   Takuya Izawa
  Takashi Kogure
Honda HSV-010 GT B +1:18.304 65
13 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh   Seiji Ara
  Andre Couto
Lexus SC430 Y +1 Lap 64
14 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Ralph Firman
  Kosuke Matsuura
Honda HSV-010 GT B +4 Laps 61
Ret 12 Calsonic Team Impul   João Paulo de Oliveira
  Tsugio Matsuda
Nissan GT-R B +32 Laps 33
GT300
1 4 GSR Hatsune Miku   Tatsuya Kataoka
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
BMW Z4 GT3 Y 1:56:59.345 62
2 50 Arnage Racing   Masaki Kano
  Hideto Yasuoka
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
3 52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT   Hironori Takeuchi
  Takeshi Tsuchiya
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
4 11 Gainer   Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Björn Wirdheim
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 D +1 Lap 61
5 33 Hankook KTR   Tomonobu Fujii
  Masami Kageyama
Porsche 911 GT3-R H +1 Lap 61
6 30 apr   Yuki Iwasaki
  Igor Sushko
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
7 61 R&D Sport   Kota Sasaki
  Tetsuya Yamano
Subaru BRZ M +1 Lap 61
8 0 Team Taisan Ken Endless   Kyosuke Mineo
  Naoki Yokomizo
Porsche 997 GT3 Y +1 Lap 61
9 16 Team Mugen   Hideki Mutoh
  Yuhki Nakayama
Honda CR-Z B +2 Laps 60
10 87 JLOC   Hideki Yamauchi
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Y +2 Laps 60
11 2 Cars Tokai Dream28   Hiroki Katoh
  Kazuho Takahashi
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Y +2 Laps 60
12 88 JLOC   Takayuki Aoki
  Manabu Orido
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Y +2 Laps 60
13 86 JLOC   Shinya Hosokawa
  Koji Yamanishi
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Y +2 Laps 60
14 22 R'Qs MotorSports   Masaki Jyonai
  Hisashi Wada
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Y +2 Laps 60
15 31 apr   Morio Nitta
  Koki Saga
Toyota Prius Y +2 Laps 60
16 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri   Takashi Kobayashi
  Shinichi Takagi
Honda CR-Z B +2 Laps 60
17 48 Dijon Racing   Katsumasa Chiyo
  Hiroshi Takamori
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +2 Laps 60
18 62 Leon Racing   Haruki Kurosawa
  Tsubasa Kurosawa
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Y +3 Laps 59
19 9 Pacific Direction Racing   Shogo Mitsuyama
  You Yokomaku
Porsche 911 GT3-R Y +4 Laps 58
20 10 Gainer   Tetsuya Tanaka
  Masayuki Ueda
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 D +5 Laps 57
21 21 Hitotsuyama Racing   Richard Lyons
  Akihiro Tsuzuki
Audi R8 LMS ultra H +5 Laps 57
22 5 Team Mach   Tetsuji Tamanaka
  Junichiro Yamashita
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +8 Laps 54
23 360 Tomei Sports   Takuya Shirasaka
  Atsushi Tanaka
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +15 Laps 47
Ret 3 NDDP Racing   Kazuki Hoshino
  Daiki Sasaki
Nissan GT-R GT3 Y +26 Laps 36

Point rankings after the event

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both GT500 and GT300 classes.

References

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  1. ^ "タイサンの"MY12"ポルシェ911導入の真相は?". as-web.jp. September 18, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "GTA、GT300参加条件を変更。JAF-GT勢に調整". as-web.jp. September 26, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "Rd.7 公式練習:雨と霧によりほとんど走行ができず". Super GT. October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  4. ^ "Rd.7 予選速報:第7戦オートポリスの予選は悪天候のためキャンセル". Super GT. October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  5. ^ "GT500 RESULT: Total". Super GT. October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  6. ^ "GT300 RESULT: Total". Super GT. October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  7. ^ "GT500 RESULT: Race". Super GT. October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  8. ^ "GT300 RESULT: Race". Super GT. October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
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