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2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

The 2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the fifth season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series.

Teams and drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  KMSA Motorsport N Hyundai Elantra N TCR 3   Choi Jeongweon 3–5
65   Masanobu Kato 5
  Tamada Racing / Team LeMans Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7   Seiji Tamada All
  Tobio Otani 5
  Birth Racing Project Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 17   Kenji Suzuki 1–4
  Kento Kimura 5
CUPRA Leon Competición TCR 19   "Hirobon" 1–2, 5
  Takeshi Suehiro 3–4
  55MOTO Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR 55   "Mototino" All
  Audi Team Mars Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 65   Masanobu Kato 1–4
  J's Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 69   Junichi Umemoto All
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 690   Hideo Kubota 4
  Hagoromo Six DOME Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR 98   Anna Inotsume All

Race calendar and results edit

The calendar was announced on 3 January 2023 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1 Suzuka Circuit 13 May   Anna Inotsume   "Hirobon"   Anna Inotsume   Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2 14 May   "Hirobon"   Anna Inotsume   Anna Inotsume   Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2 3 Okayama International Circuit 10 June   Anna Inotsume   Anna Inotsume   Anna Inotsume   Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
4 11 June   "Hirobon"   Anna Inotsume   Anna Inotsume   Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
3 5 Twin Ring Motegi 19 August   Takeshi Suehiro   Takeshi Suehiro   Takeshi Suehiro   Birth Racing Project
6 20 August   Takeshi Suehiro   Takeshi Suehiro   Takeshi Suehiro   Birth Racing Project
4 7 Fuji Speedway 7 October   Anna Inotsume   Anna Inotsume   Anna Inotsume   Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
8 8 October   Anna Inotsume   Takeshi Suehiro   Takeshi Suehiro   Birth Racing Project
5 9 Sportsland Sugo 25 November   Choi Jeongweon   "Hirobon"   Choi Jeongweon   KMSA Motorsport N
10 26 November   Tobio Otani   Tobio Otani   Tobio Otani   Tamada Racing / Team LeMans

Championship standings edit

Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Qualify 5 4 3 2 1 —
Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

TCR Japan Series edit

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
1   Anna Inotsume 11 11 Ret2 11 44 108
2   Masanobu Kato 34 35 34 DNS 32 69
3   "Hirobon" 22 43 23 58
4   "Mototino" 55 Ret2 23 5 7 52
5   Takeshi Suehiro 11 23 51
6   Junichi Umemoto 6 24 Ret 44 6 50
7   Kenji Suzuki 43 5 55 65 45
8   Choi Jeongweon 6† 7 11 44
9   Seiji Tamada 7 6 4 8 8 34
10   Hideo Kubota 32 19
11   Kento Kimura 55 11
  Tobio Otani WD
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
1   Anna Inotsume 12 12 Ret2 21 22 107
2   "Mototino" 33 34 45 45 4 73
3   Masanobu Kato 44 23 24 Ret 85 60
4   Takeshi Suehiro 11 13 58
5   "Hirobon" 21 51 33 56
6   Junichi Umemoto 65 4 6 64 5 49
7   Choi Jeongweon 33 3 7 39
8   Kenji Suzuki 5 75 5 7 33
9   Tobio Otani 11 30
10   Seiji Tamada Ret 6 7 5 WD 24
11   Kento Kimura 64 10
12   Hideo Kubota Ret2 4
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

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

Entrants championship edit

Pos. Entrant No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
1   Birth Racing Project 19 22 21 43 51 11 11 23 13 23 33 223
2   Hagoromo Six DOME Racing 98 11 12 11 12 Ret2 Ret2 11 21 44 22 215
3   55MOTO Racing 55 55 33 Ret2 34 23 45 5 45 7 4 125
4   Audi Team Mars 65 34 44 35 23 34 24 DNS Ret 105
5   J's Racing 69 6 65 24 4 Ret 6 44 64 6 5 99
6   Birth Racing Project 17 43 5 5 75 55 5 65 7 55 64 99
7   Tamada Racing / Team LeMans 7 7 Ret 6 6 4 7 8 5 8 11 88
8   KMSA Motorsport N 3 6† 33 7 3 11 7 83
9   KMSA Motorsport N 65 32 85 24
10   J's Racing 690 32 Ret2 23
Pos. Driver No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Five-round 2023 TCR Japan calendar unveiled". TouringCarTimes. 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-11-25.

External links edit

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