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2024 D1 Grand Prix series

2024 D1 Grand Prix Series is the 24th season of D1 Grand Prix drifting competition set to be started in May 10 at Okuibuki Motorpark and ended between November 10 at Odaiba. The series is run by Sunpros under Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) official semi-national competition format. The competition will be held as JAF Japan Drift Championship as drifting category is added to Japan Championship by JAF.[1]

Hideyuki Fujino is the defending champion in both Overall and Single run championship.[2]

Schedule

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Calendar released by Japan Automobile Federation[3]
Round Venue Date
1   Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture May 11
2 May 12
3   Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture June 28
4 June 29
5   Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture September 28
6 September 29
7   Autopolis, Oita Prefecture October 26
8 October 27
9   Odaiba, Tokyo Bay November 9
10 November 10

Rule Changes

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Tire Regulation

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On 21st March, D1GP changes tire allocation rules.[4]

Under the new regulation, tires allocation for each round is limited to :

  • 2 tires set for Friday practice session. If a third tire set is used for practice session, a 10 points deduction will be applied to Solo Run score.
  • 4 tires set + 1 tire set (for finals) for Saturday and Sunday competition. Tire set used in morning check-run had to be used in Solo Run.
  • An extra 1 tire set will be added for Autopolis and Tsukuba round.

Scoring Regulation

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For this season the tires of the car had to be inside the clipping point as opposed to only body parts in previous season. This is to prevent teams and drivers fitting an overly extended parts on the car.

Drivers and Teams

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Entry list as of Round 1 & 2[5]
Team No Driver Machine Tires Round
Team Toyo Tires Drift 66   Hideyuki Fujino Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyo Tires 1-2
88   Masato Kawabata 1-2
Team Toyo Tires Drift +Leno Racing 77   Hokuto Matsuyama Toyota GR Corolla (E210) 1-2
Valino x N-Style 99   Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia (S13) Valino 1-2
Shibata Racing Seimi Style Drift 2   Seimi Tanaka Nissan Silvia (S15) Shibatire 1-2
Shibata Racing Team 31   Koudai Sobagiri Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Shibatire 1-2
18   Tetsuya Hibino 1-2
Team D-Max Racing 70   Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyo Tires 1-2
80   Yuki Tano 1-2
Drift Star Racing 98   Hiroki Vito Nissan Onevia (S13) Valino 1-2
75   Yumeto Hatanaka Toyota Chaser (JZX100) 1-2
Vazestra 15   Katsuhiro Ueo Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino 1-2
Repair Create × Result Japan 23   Mitsuru Murakami Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Shibatire 1-2
TOP Team G-Meister 79   Kojiro Mekuwa BMW 3-Series (E92) Valino 1-2
16   Koji Yamaguchi 1-2
広島トヨタ team DROO-P 33   Junya Ishikawa Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Dunlop 1-2
55   Kazuya Matsukawa Toyota Sprinter (AE85) 1-2
Racing Service Watanabe 51   Teruyoshi Iwai Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Antares 1-2
43   Yosifumi Tadokoro Toyota Sprinter (AE86) Habilead 1-2
Fat Five Racing 87   Daigo Saito Toyota Supra (J29/DB) Shibatire 1-2
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG TBC
21   Tengku Djan Ley Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyo Tires 1-2
TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ 7   Yukio Matsui Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Shibatire 1-2
Team Vertex 78   Takahiro Ueno Lexus RC (XC10) Shibatire 1-2
95   Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyo Tires 1-2
GP Sports × Greentop 56   Takahiro Mori Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Valino 1-2
47   Hisato Yonai 1-2
Nexzter Drive to Drift 63   Konpicit Toyingcharoen (Pay) Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Shibatire 1-2
89   Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 1-2
俺だっ! レーシング×ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 90   Maopo Yamanaka Toyota Supra (J29/DB) Yokohama 1-2
ハイチュウ インターナショナル 11   Sumika Kubokawa Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Shibatire 1-2
平野タイヤ ★ ハードコア ★ ロケットバニーレーシング 93   Hirotaka Kanou Nissan Silvia (S15) Dunlop 1-2
27WORKS 27   Takeshi Mogi Nissan Silvia (S15) Shibatire 1-2
FORGED crew × 佐藤牧場 9   Wataru Yamamoto Nissan Silvia (S15) Shibatire TBC
Team Miyaseimitsu 38   Hisashi Saito Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino TBC
Team RDS 84   Masakazu Hashi Nissan Skyline (ER34) Shibatire 1-2
Team Frontier Next 86   Shigehisa Sasayama Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Valino 1-2
URAS Racing 3   Keiichi Nomura Nissan Skyline (R34) Dunlop 1-2
Team MJ Style Valino 10   Hayato Miyoshi Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Valino 1-2
Toyo Tires × RedBull TCP Magic 12   "Mad" Mike Whiddett Mazda RX-3 (S102W) Toyo Tires 1-2
Team Sasarin 24   Atsushi Hirayama Toyota GT86 (ZN6) Valino TBC
トヨプラス Racing Team 57   Toshiyuki Jinno Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino 1-2

Changes

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  • Hokuto Matsuyama is set to join the main Toyo Tires team but due to limit on drivers per team, He will be entering under Team Toyo Tires Drift +Leno Racing.[6] He will be debuting a Toyota GR Corolla replacing his previous GR Supra.[7]
  • Naoki Nakamura announced he will be reusing his V8 powered S13 Silvia he previously use in 2022 season.[6]
  • Koudai Sobagiri will compete in a Toyota GR86 replacing the Infiniti Q60 he's been using since his debut in the series. [8]
  • D-Max will be using Toyo Tires for this season. A third tire manufacturer in 3 season.[6][9]
  • Masao Suenaga announced his retirement from pro-drifting competition at 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon. He will be replaced by 2022 D1 Lights champion Yuki Tano.[6]
  • Fat Five Racing entered 2 car for the first time since 2021.1
    • Daigo Saito is planned to replace his GR Supra with a Mercedes SLS AMG but due to the SLS not ready on time, he will compete in Supra he previously use in 2019 for the first two round.[10] The SLS he use is a GT3 car previously used in Super Taikyu. Shibatire will remain as his tire supplier.[11][10]
    • Tengku Djan Ley will make his D1GP debut joining Daigo Saito in Fat Five Racing and will be driving Toyota GR86. Djan Ley supposed to be entering in 2020 but unable to do so due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Drift Star Racing entered 2 car for the first time as Yumeto Hatanaka join Hiroki Vito.[10][12]
  • RE Amemiya will use Shibatire and entered as "TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ". Ending a partnership with Toyo Tires.[13][14]
  • Two-time D1 Street Legal champion Yusuke Kitaoka is leaving Team Mori after 7 season together.[15]He will be participate in D1 Lights instead.[16]
  • 2023 D1 Lights champion Hisato Yonai will stepping up to the series joining Takahiro Mori at GP Sports. He will participate in Nissan 180SX.
  • 2021 Formula Drift Japan 2 champion Maopo Yamanaka will make his series debut for 俺だっ! レーシング×ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 (Read as Ore Da! Racing x Weins Toyota Kanagawa) replacing Genki Mogami. Evangelion Racing will no longer be team's sponsor.[17]
  • Sumika Kubokawa will be sponsored by fruit candy maker Hi-Chew and entering under ハイチュウ インターナショナル (Hi-Chew International).[18]
  • Ken Nomura's son, Keiichi Nomura is set to make his debut in the series, having successfully score enough points for GP license in previous D1 Lights season.[19].He will continue to drive his R34 Skyline he use in D1 Lights with Dunlop as tire supplier.[20] He will be the second son of a former driver to compete in D1GP after Yumeto Hatanaka make his debut in previous season.
  • "Mad" Mike Whiddett is set to return to D1GP, having previously competed in Formula Drift Japan and will be driving a Mazda RX-3 Wagon powered by a 4 rotor.[21][22]
  • D1 Lights driver Toshiyuki Jinno planned to enter D1GP with his S15 Silvia he previously use in D1 Lights.[23][24]
  • Hayato Miyoshi stepped up to D1GP and will be driving a GR86 previously driven by Shigehisa Sasayama[25]


Results

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Round Venue Winner Report
Solo Run Battle
1 Okuibuki Motorpark Naoki Nakamura Naoki Nakamura [26]
2 Hokuto Matsuyama Tetsuya Hibino [27]
3 Tsukuba Circuit
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5 Ebisu
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7 Autopolis
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9 Odaiba
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Standings

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Points System

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Overall Standings
Positions 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Drivers Point 25 21 18 16 13 12 11 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Team Point 26 20 15 10 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Tanso Points 4 3 2 1
Tanso Standings
Point 20 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall Standings

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Rank Driver RD.1 RD.2 RD.3 RD.4 RD.5 RD.6 RD.7 RD.8 RD.9 RD.10 Total
1 Daigo Saito 21 21 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 42
2 Tetsuya Hibino 16 25 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 41
3 Naoki Nakamura 29 6 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 35
4 Masashi Yokoi 18 13 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 31
5 Mitsuru Murakami 11 16 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 27
6 Hokuto Matsuyama 12 12 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 24
7 Yuki Tano 　 21 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 21
8 Koudai Sobagiri 4 15 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 19
9 Yukio Matsui 7 7 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 14
10 Kojiro Mekuwa 13 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 13
11 Hideyuki Fujino 　 11 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 11
12 Takahiro Ueno 11 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 11
13 Hayato Miyoshi 　 10 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 10
14 Takahiro Mori 10 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 10
15 Hirotaka Kano 9 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 9
16 Mao Yamanaka 5 1 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 6
17 Masato Kawabata 　 5 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 5
18 Hiroki Vito 　 4 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 4
19 Junya Ishikawa 　 3 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 3
20 Yumeto Hatanaka 3 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 3
21 Lattapon Keawchin  (Pop) 　 2 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 2
22 Seimi 2 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 2
23 Daychapon Toyingcharoen  (pon) 1 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 1

References

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