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2017 Super GT Series

The 2017 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fifth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the thirteenth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fifth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 9 and ended on November 12, after 8 races.

2017 GT500 champions, #37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC 500.
2017 GT300 champions, #4 Goodsmile Hatsune Miku AMG.

In the GT500 class, the No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S duo of Ryō Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy won their first-ever championship, narrowly beating the Nismo duo of Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli for the championship. It was the first championship title for TOM'S since Juichi Wakisaka and André Lotterer's 2009 title win. In the GT300 class, in Good Smile Company and Hatsune Miku's 10th season of involvement in Super GT, Goodsmile Racing won their third GT300 title in just seven years after a closely fought championship battle between the No. 4 Hatsune Miku AMG and the No. 65 LEON CVSTOS AMG of K2 R&D LEON Racing. It was Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka's third title, as well as Mercedes' first championship title in Super GT.

Schedule edit

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km 		  Okayama International Circuit April 9
2 Fuji GT
500 km 		  Fuji Speedway May 4
3 Autopolis GT
300 km 		  Autopolis May 21
4 Sugo GT
300 km 		  Sportsland Sugo July 23
5 Fuji GT
300 km 		  Fuji Speedway August 6
6 46th International Suzuka 1000km
1000 km 		  Suzuka Circuit August 27
7 Buriram United Super GT Race
300 km 		  Chang International Circuit October 8
8 Motegi GT
250 km 		  Twin Ring Motegi November 12

Calendar changes edit

  • The series returned to Autopolis for the first time since 2015. The race scheduled to be held there in 2016 was cancelled due to damage caused to the circuit and local infrastructure by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
  • This was the last season that the Suzuka 1000km is included as a round of Super GT, as the current 1000 km format would be dropped in favour of a 10-hour timed race for 2018. The new race will be aimed primarily at FIA GT3 and GT300 machinery.[1]
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2017 Japanese venues
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2017 International venue

Drivers and teams edit

GT500 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
  Lexus Team SARD[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 1   Kohei Hirate B All
  Heikki Kovalainen
  Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 6   Andrea Caldarelli B All
  Kazuya Oshima
  Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[3] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8   Tomoki Nojiri B All
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Team Impul[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 12   Hironobu Yasuda B All
  Jann Mardenborough
  Team Mugen[5] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 16   Hideki Mutoh Y All
  Daisuke Nakajima
  Jenson Button 6
  REAL Racing[3] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17   Koudai Tsukakoshi B All
  Takashi Kogure
  Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Yuhi Sekiguchi Y All
  Yuji Kunimoto 1, 3-8
  Kenta Yamashita 2
  Kamui Kobayashi 6
  NISMO[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 23   Tsugio Matsuda M All
  Ronnie Quintarelli
  Kondo Racing[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 24   Daiki Sasaki Y All
  João Paulo de Oliveira
  Lexus Team au TOM'S[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36   James Rossiter B All
  Kazuki Nakajima 1, 3-8
  Daisuke Ito 2
  Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 37   Ryo Hirakawa B All
  Nick Cassidy
  Lexus Team ZENT [ja] Cerumo[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38   Hiroaki Ishiura B All
  Yuji Tachikawa
  MOLA [ja][4] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 46   Satoshi Motoyama M All
  Katsumasa Chiyo
  Nakajima Racing[5] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64   Kosuke Matsuura D All
  Bertrand Baguette
  Team Kunimitsu[3] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100   Naoki Yamamoto B All
  Takuya Izawa

GT300 edit

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
  Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja][6] Lotus Lotus Evora MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 2   Kazuho Takahashi Y All
  Hiroki Katoh
  Hiroshi Hamaguchi 6
  NDDP Racing[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 3   Kazuki Hoshino Y All
  Mitsunori Takaboshi
  Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO[7] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4   Nobuteru Taniguchi Y All
  Tatsuya Kataoka
  Team Mach[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5   Natsu Sakaguchi Y All
  Kiyoto Fujinami
  Junichirō Yamashita 2
  Tetsuji Tamanaka 6
  BMW Team Studie BMW BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 7   Jörg Müller Y All
  Seiji Ara
  Augusto Farfus 6
  Pacific with Gulf Racing[8] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 9   Jono Lester Y All
  Kyōsuke Mineo [ja]
  GAINER[9] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10   Ryūichirō Tomita D All
  Hiroki Yoshida
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 11   Katsuyuki Hiranaka D All
  Björn Wirdheim
  Team Upgarage [ja] with Bandoh[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 18   Yuhki Nakayama Y All
  Shintarō Kawabata
  Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama [ja][10] Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21   Richard Lyons D All
  Masataka Yanagida
  R'Qs Motor Sports[6] Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 22   Masaki Jyonai Y 1–3, 5–8
  Hisashi Wada 1, 3, 5–8
  Hideto Yasuoka 2
  VivaC Team Tsuchiya[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 25   Takamitsu Matsui Y All
  Kenta Yamashita 1, 3–8
  Tsubasa Kondō 2, 6
  Team Taisan SARD[6] Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 26   Shinnosuke Yamada Y All
  Jake Parsons
  Christian Klien 6
  apr [ja][2] Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 30   Hiroaki Nagai Y All
  Kota Sasaki
31   Koki Saga B All
  Rintarō Kubo
  D'station Racing[11] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 33   Tomonobu Fujii Y All
  Sven Müller 1–2, 6–8
  André Couto 3
  Yūya Motojima 4–5
  Panther Team Thailand[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 35   Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Y All
  Nattapong Horthongkum
  Dijon Racing[6] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48   Masaki Tanaka Y All
  Hiroshi Takamori 1–4, 6–8
  Taiyou Iida 2, 5
  Masami Kageyama 6
  INGING & Arnage Racing[6] Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 50   Akihiro Tsuzuki [ja] Y 1, 3–8
  Morio Nitta
  LM corsa [ja][2] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 51   Yuichi Nakayama B All
  Sho Tsuboi
60   Akira Iida Y All
  Hiroki Yoshimoto
  Saitama Toyopet Green Brave[12] Toyota Toyota Mark X MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 52   Taku Bamba Y All
  Shigekazu Wakisaka
  Shogo Mitsuyama [ja] 6
  Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[6] BMW BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 55   Shinichi Takagi B All
  Sean Walkinshaw
  R&D Sport[13] Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61   Takuto Iguchi D All
  Hideki Yamauchi
  K2 R&D LEON Racing[14] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65   Haruki Kurosawa [ja] B All
  Naoya Gamou
  JLOC[6] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10 87   Shinya Hosokawa [ja] Y All
  Kimiya Sato
  Yūya Motojima 2, 6
88   Manabu Orido Y All
  Kazuki Hiramine
  Tsubasa Takahashi 2
  Koji Yamanishi 6
  Rn-sports[6] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 111   Keishi Ishikawa Y All
  Ryōsei Yamashita
  Masayuki Ueda [ja] 2, 6
  EIcars Bentley TTO[15] Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley EA824 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 117   Yuji Ide Y 1–3, 5–6, 8
  Ryōhei Sakaguchi [ja]
  Tomei Sports [ja][6] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360   Yūsaku Shibata Y 1–6, 8
  Takayuki Aoki 1–2, 4, 6, 8
  Atsushi Tanaka [ja] 2–3, 5–6

Vehicle changes edit

GT500 edit

  • Lexus teams will race the new LC 500 machine, replacing the Lexus RC F which debuted in 2014. Nissan and Honda will continue to run the Nissan GT-R and Honda NSX-GT, modified to updated aerodynamic regulations. The updated NSX-GT will be based upon its newly launched production counterpart.

GT300 edit

Entrant changes edit

 
The Lexus LC500 made its debut in the GT500 class this season.
 
The Bentley Continental GT3 made their debuts in the GT300 class this season.
 
Toyota Mark X MC (right) made their debuts in the GT300 class this season.

GT500 edit

GT300 edit

  • Masataka Yanagida moveS down to GT300 with Audi Team Hitotsuyama, replacing Tomonobu Fujii, who will drive for the newly christened D'Station Racing.
  • Yuichi Nakayama moves from apr to LM Corsa and the new Lexus RC F GT3, and sophomore driver Rintaro Kubo will replace him in the #31 apr Toyota Prius.
  • Hiroki Yoshida replaces former GT300 champion André Couto in the GAINER Nissan GT-R GT3.
  • Shinnosuke Yamada will join Team Taisan SARD after spending one season at Team UpGarage with Bandoh.
  • Both Akihiro Tsuzuki and three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta leave LM Corsa to join the newly unified INGING and Arnage Racing team.
  • Reigning All-Japan Formula Three champion Kenta Yamashita will return to Super GT full-time in 2017, replacing Takeshi Tsuchiya at VivaC Team Tsuchiya.
  • Reigning Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion Sven Müller joined D'Station Racing as a Porsche factory driver. However, he would not drive between Rounds 3 and 5 due to his involvement in the ADAC GT Masters, during which André Couto would substitute for him.
  • Former FIA F4 Japanese Champion Sho Tsuboi makes his Super GT debut with LM Corsa.[2]
  • Takayuki Hiranuma was set to make his Super GT debut with Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave, but withdrew before the season started.[12]
  • Shintaro Kawabata graduates from the FIA F4 Japanese Championship to Super GT with Team Upgarage with Bandoh.
  • Sean Walkinshaw, son of legendary racing driver and team executive Tom Walkinshaw, will make his Super GT debut with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri in their BMW M6 GT3.
  • Former Pro Mazda Championship driver Jake Parsons of Australia joins Team Taisan SARD for his first season in Super GT.
  • Keishi Ishikawa and Ryosei Yamashita will each make their Super GT debuts with Rn-sports. Ishikawa graduates from All-Japan Formula Three, whilst Yamashita steps up from Super Taikyu and the Toyota 86/BRZ Race.
  • Former Honda Formula Dream Project driver Natsu Sakaguchi, and former Nissan Driver Development Programme driver Kiyoto Fujinami will make their Super GT debuts for Team Mach.
  • Nattavude Charoensukhawatana and Nattapong Horthongkum will run their first full seasons in Super GT in 2017 for Panther Team Thailand. Charoensukhawatana has run two races as a local wildcard driver, while Horthongkum is making his series debut.
  • Mitsunori Takaboshi returns to Super GT full-time with NDDP Racing.[4]
  • After winning his first Super GT championship in 2016, Takeshi Tsuchiya retired from full-time driving. He will focus primarily on his role as chief engineer for VivaC Team Tsuchiya.
  • Yuji Ide returns to Super GT for the first time since 2015 with EIcars Bentley TTO.[15]
  • 2011 GT300 champion Taku Bamba will return to Super GT for the first time since 2012, driving for Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave.[12]

Mid-season changes edit

  • At the Suzuka 1000 km, former Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi makes his Super GT debut in a one-off for Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh.[17] 2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button also makes his Super GT debut in a one-off for Team Mugen.[18]
  • Daisuke Ito drives at the second round of the championship at Fuji Speedway, replacing Kazuki Nakajima, who would instead compete in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
  • After André Couto was seriously injured during a round of the China GT Championship held at Zhuhai, D'Station Racing announced Yūya Motojima would replace Couto as substitute driver for Sven Muller, driving in Rounds 4 and 5.[19]
  • K2 R&D LEON Racing will switch from Yokohama to Bridgestone tyres in 2017.[14]
  • Excellence Porsche Team KTR changed their name to D'Station Racing following a change of ownership and title sponsors. Former baseball pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki will serve as the team's general representative.[11]
  • INGING Motorsport and Arnage Racing will enter under a unified banner in 2017, with the ex-LM Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 used last season.
  • Lamborghini Team Direction have suspended activities in Super GT for the 2017 season, leaving JLOC as the sole representative for Lamborghini in Super GT.

Results edit

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1   Okayama International Circuit
Report 		9 April GT500 No. 8 ARTA NSX No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Tomoki Nojiri 		  Nick Cassidy
  Ryō Hirakawa
GT300 No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3
  Naoya Gamou
  Haruki Kurosawa 		  Tatsuya Kataoka
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
2   Fuji Speedway
Report 		4 May GT500 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo LC500 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo LC500
  Hiroaki Ishiura
  Yuji Tachikawa 		  Hiroaki Ishiura
  Yuji Tachikawa
GT300 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3 No. 51 LM corsa RC F GT3
  Tatsuya Kataoka
  Nobuteru Taniguchi 		  Yuichi Nakayama
  Sho Tsuboi
3   Autopolis
Report 		21 May GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S
  Takuya Izawa
  Naoki Yamamoto 		  Kazuki Nakajima
  James Rossiter
GT300 No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita 		  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita
4   Sportsland Sugo
Report 		23 July GT500 No. 8 ARTA NSX No. 1 Lexus Team SARD
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Tomoki Nojiri 		  Kohei Hirate
  Heikki Kovalainen
GT300 No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya No. 11 Gainer AMG GT3
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita 		  Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Bjorn Wirdheim
5   Fuji Speedway
Report 		6 August GT500 No. 8 ARTA NSX No. 8 ARTA NSX
  Takashi Kobayashi
  Tomoki Nojiri 		  Takashi Kobayashi
  Tomoki Nojiri
GT300 No. 55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3 No. 55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3
  Shinichi Takagi
  Sean Walkinshaw 		  Shinichi Takagi
  Sean Walkinshaw
6   Suzuka Circuit
Report 		27 August GT500 No. 24 Kondo Racing No. 64 Nakajima Racing
  João Paulo de Oliveira
  Daiki Sasaki 		  Bertrand Baguette
  Kosuke Matsuura
GT300 No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3
  Tsubasa Kondo
  Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita 		  Naoya Gamou
  Haruki Kurosawa
7   Chang International Circuit
Report 		8 October GT500 No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500 No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500
  Nick Cassidy
  Ryō Hirakawa 		  Nick Cassidy
  Ryō Hirakawa
GT300 No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama No. 51 LM corsa RC F GT3
  Richard Lyons
  Masataka Yanagida 		  Yuichi Nakayama
  Sho Tsuboi
8   Twin Ring Motegi
Report 		13 November GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 23 NISMO
  Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli 		  Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3 No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3
  Tatsuya Kataoka
  Nobuteru Taniguchi 		  Naoya Gamou
  Haruki Kurosawa

Championship standings edit

Drivers' championships edit

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
Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

GT500 edit

Driver Ranking GT500 2017 Series[20]
Rank Driver OKA
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		CHA
  		MOT
  		Points
1   Ryō Hirakawa
  Nick Cassidy 		1 3 6 10 6 6 1 2 84
2   Tsugio Matsuda
  Ronnie Quintarelli 		7 4 5 4 2 2 9 1 82
3   Kazuya Oshima
  Andrea Caldarelli 		2 2 13 3 9 7 2 13 63
4   Yuji Tachikawa
  Hiroaki Ishiura 		4 1 10 13 3 10 4 3 62
5   James Rossiter 5 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 53
6   Kazuki Nakajima 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 47
7   Naoki Yamamoto
  Takuya Izawa 		Ret 6 3 9 8 3 7 5 45
8   Kohei Hirate
  Heikki Kovalainen 		3 7 14 1 10 13 6 8 44
9   Tomoki Nojiri
  Takashi Kobayashi 		DNS 9 Ret 5 1 8 11 9 37
10   Koudai Tsukakoshi
  Takashi Kogure 		11 8 2 Ret Ret 15 3 4 37
11   Bertrand Baguette
  Kosuke Matsuura 		12 13 12 8 12 1 8 10 32
12   Satoshi Motoyama
  Katsumasa Chiyo 		Ret 11 4 2 11 14 10 6 29
13   Yuhi Sekiguchi 6 10 8 12 7 4 12 15 23
14   Yuji Kunimoto 6 8 12 7 4 12 15 22
15   Hironobu Yasuda
  Jann Mardenborough 		8 14 7 11 5 11 14 7 17
16   Daiki Sasaki
  João Paulo de Oliveira 		10 12 9 Ret 13 5 Ret 12 12
17   Kamui Kobayashi 4 10
18   Hideki Mutoh
  Daisuke Nakajima 		9 15 11 6 Ret 12 13 11 7
19   Daisuke Ito 5 6
20   Kenta Yamashita 10 1
–   Jenson Button 12 0
Rank Driver OKA
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		CHA
  		MOT
  		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 edit

Driver Ranking GT300 2017 Series[21]
Rank Driver OKA
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		CHA
  		MOT
  		Points
1   Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Tatsuya Kataoka 		1 11 5 4 2 19 2 3 77
2   Naoya Gamou
  Haruki Kurosawa 		2 5 10 7 13 1 13 1 72
3   Yuichi Nakayama
  Sho Tsuboi 		8 1 6 13 9 6 1 6 61
4   Shinichi Takagi
  Sean Walkinshaw 		5 17 3 Ret 1 Ret 4 2 61
5   Takamitsu Matsui
  Kenta Yamashita 		4 15 1 3 29 18 15 5 48
6   Katsuyuki Hiranaka
  Bjorn Wirdheim 		18 2 22 1 17 9 8 7 45
7   Tomonobu Fujii 9 3 7 15 8 10 3 9 35
8   Jono Lester
  Kyōsuke Mineo 		3 10 17 10 5 8 14 4 31
9   Takuto Iguchi
  Hideki Yamauchi 		Ret 13 2 9 4 7 Ret Ret 30
10   Manabu Orido
  Kazuki Hiramine 		19 25 16 Ret 7 2 5 Ret 28
11   Sven Müller 9 3 10 3 9 28
12   Yūya Motojima 4 15 8 3 24
13   Akira Iida
  Hiroki Yoshimoto 		22 8 12 5 27 4 6 18 24
14   Shinya Hosokawa
  Kimiya Sato 		11 4 18 19 12 3 12 11 21
15   Jörg Müller
  Seiji Ara 		13 7 4 16 6 11 10 13 18
16   Koki Saga
  Rintarō Kubo 		10 12 Ret 10 3 Ret 11 12 17
17   Kazuki Hoshino
  Mitsunori Takaboshi 		7 6 9 8 Ret 14 9 10 17
18   Akihiro Tsuzuki
  Morio Nitta 		Ret 27 2 14 16 17 21 15
19   Ryūichirō Tomita
  Hiroki Yoshida 		6 24 15 21 16 5 19 13
20   Yuhki Nakayama
  Shintarō Kawabata 		12 9 Ret 17 11 15 7 16 6
21   Richard Lyons
  Masataka Yanagida 		14 14 13 20 10 Ret 23 8 5
22   André Couto 7 4
23   Natsu Sakaguchi
  Kiyoto Fujinami 		17 19 8 12 28 22 15 3
24   Tsubasa Kondō 18 1
–   Kōji Yamanishi 2[a] 0
–   Yūsaku Shibata 15 23 11 22 17 17 0
–   Takayuki Aoki 15 11 17 17 0
–   Hiroaki Nagai
  Kōta Sasaki 		Ret 26 11 23 20 24 16 Ret 0
–   Augusto Farfus 11 0
–   Taku Bamba
  Shigekazu Wakisaka 		Ret 27 20 14 23 12 22 20 0
–   Shōgo Mitsuyama 12 0
–   Keishi Ishikawa
  Ryōsei Yamashita 		16 18 25 Ret 15 13 23 0
–   Masayuki Ueda 18 13 0
–   Shinnosuke Yamada
  Jake Parsons 		21 21 14 18 19 Ret 19 14 0
–   Yūji Ide
  Ryōhei Sakaguchi 		20 16 19 18 Ret 22 0
–   Atsushi Tanaka 23 22 17 0
–   Junichirō Yamashita 19 0
–   Masaki Tanaka 25 20 21 22 21 Ret 26 0
–   Hiroshi Takamori 25 20 21 22 Ret 26 0
–   Nattavude Charoensukhawatana
  Nattapong Horthongkum 		23 Ret Ret Ret 25 20 21 24 0
–   Taiyou Iida 20 21 0
–   Kazuho Takahashi
  Hiroki Katoh 		26 22 24 Ret 24 23 20 Ret 0
–   Masaki Jyonai 24 23 26 26 21 25 0
–   Hisashi Wada 24 26 26 21 25 0
–   Tetsuji Tamanaka 22 0
–   Hideto Yasuoka 23 0
–   Hiroshi Hamaguchi 23 0
–   Tsubasa Takahashi 25 0
–   Masami Kageyama Ret 0
–   Christian Klien Ret 0
Rank Driver OKA
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		CHA
  		MOT
  		Points

Teams' championships edit

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2
Class Finished on lead lap 1 lap behind 2 or more laps behind
GT500 3 2 1
GT300 3 1

GT500 edit

Team Ranking GT500 2017 Series[22]
Rank No. Team OKA
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		CHA
  		MOT
  		Points
1 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 1 3 6 10 6 6 1 2 105
2 23 Nismo 7 4 5 4 2 2 9 1 103
3 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 2 2 13 3 9 7 2 13 82
4 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 4 1 10 13 3 10 4 3 81
5 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 5 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 73
6 1 Lexus Team SARD 3 7 14 1 10 13 6 8 64
7 100 Team Kunimitsu Ret 6 3 9 8 3 7 5 63
8 17 REAL Racing 11 8 2 Ret Ret 15 3 4 51
9 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri DNS 9 Ret 5 1 8 11 9 50
10 64 Nakajima Racing 12 13 12 8 12 1 8 10 50
11 46 MOLA Ret 11 4 2 11 14 10 6 46
12 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 10 8 12 7 4 12 15 41
13 12 Team Impul 8 14 7 11 5 11 14 7 33
14 24 Kondo Racing 10 12 9 Ret 13 5 Ret 12 24
15 16 Team Mugen 9 15 11 6 Ret 12 13 11 20
Rank No. Team OKA
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		CHA
  		MOT
  		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th to 10th place
Blue Finish below 10th place
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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

GT300 edit

Team Ranking GT300 2017 Series[23]
Rank No. Team OKA
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		CHA
  		MOT
  		Points
1 4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO 1 11 5 4 2 19 2 3 97
2 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 2 5 10 7 13 1 13 1 95
3 51 LM corsa 8 1 6 13 9 6 1 6 85
4 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 5 17 3 Ret 1 Ret 4 2 76
5 11 GAINER 18 2 22 1 17 9 8 7 65
6 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya 4 15 1 3 29 18 15 5 65
7 33 D'station Racing 9 3 7 15 8 10 3 9 59
8 9 Pacific with Gulf Racing 3 10 17 10 5 8 14 4 53
9 61 R&D Sport Ret 13 2 9 4 7 Ret Ret 45
10 88 JLOC 19 25 16 Ret 7 2 5 Ret 44
11 60 LM corsa 22 8 12 5 27 4 6 18 44
12 87 JLOC 11 4 18 19 12 3 12 11 41
13 7 BMW Team Studie 13 7 4 16 6 11 10 13 40
14 3 NDDP Racing 7 6 9 8 Ret 14 9 10 36
15 31 apr [ja] 10 12 Ret 10 3 Ret 12 12 35
16 50 INGING & Arnage Racing Ret 27 2 14 16 17 21 29
17 10 Gainer 6 24 15 21 16 5 18 19 29
18 18 Team Upgarage with Bandoh 12 9 Ret 17 11 15 7 16 23
19 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 14 14 13 20 10 Ret 23 8 21
20 5 Team Mach 17 19 8 12 28 22 15 18
21 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Ret 27 20 14 23 12 22 20 13
22 360 Tomei Sports 15 WD 23 11 22 17 17 12
23 111 Rn-sports 16 18 25 Ret 15 13 23 12
24 26 Team Taisan SARD 21 21 14 18 19 Ret 19 14 11
25 30 apr [ja] Ret 26 11 23 20 24 16 Ret 10
26 117 EIcars Bentley TTO 20 16 19 18 Ret 22 9
27 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 24 23 26 26 21 25 8
28 35 Panther Team Thailand 23 Ret Ret Ret 25 20 21 24 7
29 48 Dijon Racing 25 20 21 22 21 Ret 26 6
30 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 26 22 24 Ret 24 23 20 Ret 6
Rank No. Team OKA
  		FUJ
  		AUT
  		SUG
  		FUJ
  		SUZ
  		CHA
  		MOT
  		Points

Notes edit

  1. ^ Kōji Yamanishi did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.

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External links edit

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