2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the ninth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the nineteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2001 were Yuji Tachikawa and Hironori Takeuchi, who had not won a single race during the season driving the No. 38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra, while Nismo won the teams' championship. In the GT300 category, the class champions were the No. 81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia driven by Takayuki Aoki and Noboyuki Oyagi.

This season marked the final competitive race victory for the McLaren F1 GTR, when Team Take One won the CP Mine GT Race.

Drivers and teams[]

GT500[]

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Mugen x Dome Project	Honda	Honda NSX	1	Ryo Michigami	B	All
				Hidetoshi Mitsusada		All
			18	Sébastien Philippe		All
						1–4, NC
				Benoît Tréluyer		5–7
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	6	Hideki Noda	B	All
				Juichi Wakisaka		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	8	Katsutomo Kaneishi	B	All
				Keiichi Tsuchiya		All
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	12	Satoshi Motoyama	B	All
				Naoki Hattori		1–3
				Kazuyoshi Hoshino		4–7, NC
Hitotsuyama Racing	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	21	Akihiko Nakaya	D	1–3, 5–6
				Mitsuhiro Kinoshita		1
						2–4, NC
				Naoki Hattori		4–7, NC
						7
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	22	Michael Krumm	B	All
				Tetsuya Tanaka		All
			23	Érik Comas		All
				Masami Kageyama		All
Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota	Toyota Supra	25	Manabu Orido	Y	1–7
				Seiji Ara		1–7
Team Take One	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	30	André Couto	B	1–7
				Hideki Okada		1–7
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Supra	33	Masahiko Kondo	B	All
				Ukyo Katayama		1–4, 6–7, NC
				Shigekazu Wakisaka		5
			38	Yuji Tachikawa		All
				Hironori Takeuchi		All
Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota Supra	36	Takeshi Tsuchiya	M	All
				Takuya Kurosawa		1–4, 6–7
				Paolo Montin		5
				Wayne Gardner		NC
			37	Wayne Gardner		1–7
				Shinichi Yamaji		1–7
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	39		Y	1–7
				Masahiko Kageyama		1–2
				Romain Dumas		3–7
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	64	Tsugio Matsuda	B	All
				Dominik Schwager		All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo GT-1	88	Marco Apicella	D	All
				Naohiro Furuya		All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Honda	Honda NSX	100	Akira Iida	B	All
				Daisuke Ito		All

Schedule[]

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	GT Championship in TI	TI Circuit	April 15
2	All Japan Fuji GT Race	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	SUGO GT Championship	Sportsland SUGO	May 27
NC	Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia	Sepang Circuit	June 24
4	Japan Special GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	August 5
5	Motegi GT Championship Race	Twin Ring Motegi	September 16
6	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	October 28
7	CP Mine GT Race	Mine Circuit	November 11

Season results[]

Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
		GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	TI Circuit	#1 Loctite Mugen Honda NSX	#31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
		Hidetoshi Mitsusada Ryo Michigami	Shinichi Takagi
2	Mt. Fuji	#6 ESSO Toyota Supra	#81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
		Hideki Noda Juichi Wakisaka	Takayuki Aoki
3	Sportsland SUGO	#37 ZENT TOM'S Toyota Supra	#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
		Shinichi Yamaji Wayne Gardner	Tetsuya Yamano
NC	Sepang Circuit	#6 ESSO Toyota Supra	#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
		Hideki Noda Juichi Wakisaka	Masataka Yanagida Yuji Ide
4	Mt. Fuji	#22 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R	#81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
		Tetsuya Tanaka Michael Krumm	Takayuki Aoki
5	Twin Ring Motegi	#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	#19 WedsSport Toyota MR-S
		Tsugio Matsuda Dominik Schwager	Minoru Tanaka
6	Suzuka Circuit	#8 ARTA Honda NSX	#86 KRAFT Toyota MR-S
		Keiichi Tsuchiya Katsutomo Kaneishi
7	Mine Circuit	#30 Team Take One McLaren F1 GTR	#71 Sigma Tech Toyota MR-S
		Andre Couto Hideki Okada	Eiichi Tajima

Standings[]

GT500 class[]

Drivers' standings[]

Scoring system

Rank Driver TAI FUJ SUG FUJ MOT SUZ MIN PTS 1 Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa Ret 2 3 4 2 6 16 58 2 Katsutomo Kaneishi Keiichi Tsuchiya 2 6 2 12 11 1 Ret 56 3 Ryo Michigami Hidetoshi Mitsusada 1 8 4 5 12 2 12 56 4 Érik Comas Masami Kageyama 13 4 10 2 Ret 3 2 53 5 Michael Krumm Tetsuya Tanaka 4 3 Ret 1 10 8 6 52 6 Shinichi Yamaji Wayne Gardner 5 9 1 10 8 4 9 46 7 Hideki Noda Juichi Wakisaka Ret 1 5 3 13 Ret 14 40 8 Tsugio Matsuda Dominik Schwager 3 12 14 6 1 Ret Ret 38 9 André Couto Hideki Okada 8 Ret 12 16 6 10 1 30 10 Akira Iida Daisuke Ito 6 5 Ret 9 4 13 8 29 11 Satoshi Motoyama 15 Ret 7 7 3 11 5 28 12 Takeshi Tsuchiya 11 10 8 8 5 5 7 27 13 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 7 3 11 5 24 14 7 7 9 13 Ret 9 4 22 15 Takuya Kurosawa 11 10 8 8 5 7 19 16 Sébastien Philippe 14 15 6 15 14 12 3 18 17 Romain Dumas 9 13 Ret 9 4 14 18 Benoît Tréluyer 14 12 3 12 19 Manabu Orido Seiji Ara 9 11 11 DNQ 7 7 10 11 20 Paolo Montin 5 8 21 Masahiko Kageyama 7 7 8 22 14 15 6 15 6 23 Naoki Hattori 15 Ret 7 11 Ret Ret 11 4 24 Masahiko Kondo 12 14 13 14 9 Ret 13 2 Shigekazu Wakisaka 26 Akihiko Nakaya 10 13 Ret Ret Ret 1 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Rank Driver TAI FUJ SUG FUJ MOT SUZ MIN PTS

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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)

Teams' standings[]

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.^[1]

Rank	Team	No.	TAI	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	MIN	PTS
1	Nismo	22	4	3	16Ret	1	10	8	6	71
		23	13	4	10	2	18Ret	3	2
2	Mugen x Dome Project	1	1	8	4	5	12	2	12	68
		18	14	15	6	15	14	12	3
3	Toyota Team Cerumo	33	12	14	13	14	9	18Ret	13	58
		38	16Ret	2	3	4	2	6	16
4	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	8	2	6	2	12	11	1	18Ret	56
5	Toyota Team TOM'S	36	11	10	8	8	5	5	7	55
		37	5	9	1	10	8	4	9
6	Esso Toyota Team LeMans	6	17Ret	1	5	3	13	15Ret	14	40
7	Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	64	3	12	14	6	1	17Ret	17Ret	38
8	Team Take One	30	8	16Ret	12	16	6	10	1	30
9	Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	100	6	5	15Ret	9	4	13	8	29
10	Team Impul	12	15	17Ret	7	7	3	11	5	28
11	Toyota Team SARD	39	7	7	9	13	16Ret	9	4	22
12	Tsuchiya Engineering	25	9	11	11	20-	7	7	10	11
13	Hitotsuyama Racing	21	10	13	17Ret	11	17Ret	16Ret	11	1
-	JLOC	88	18DNS	18Ret	17DNS	17Ret	15	14	15	0
Rank	Team	No.	TAI	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	MIN	PTS

GT300 class[]

Drivers[]

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Takayuki Aoki	#81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia	66	2
2	Tetsuya Yamano	#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7	54	1
3	Sunako Jukucho	#910 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R	54	0
4	Masataka Yanagida Yuji Ide	#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia	53	0
5	Hideshi Matsuda Kazuyuki Nishizawa	#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3R	49	0
6	Hideo Fukuyama	#26 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3R	44	0
7	Shinichi Takagi	#31 ARTA with Apex Toyota MR-S	40	1
8	Tatsuya Tanigawa	#77 Cusco Racing Subaru Impreza	34	0
9	Minoru Tanaka	#19 Weds Sports Racing Project Bandoh Toyota MR-S	33	1
10	Shinsuke Shibahara	#62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R	30	0
11		#62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R	23	0
12	Osamu Nakajima	#63 Leyjun R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R	21	0
13		#86 project μ Kraft Toyota Trueno·Toyota MR-S	20	1
14	Eiichi Tajima	#71 Sigmatech Racing Toyota MR-S	20	1
15	Eiji Yamada Takayuki Kinoshita	#55 Team Taisan Jr. Chrysler Viper GTS-R	10	0
16		#51 Auto Staff Racing Nissan Silvia	8	0
17	Masahiro Matsunaga	#0 Tom's Spirit Toyota MR-S	5	0
18		#0 Team Gainer Porsche 911 GT3R	5	0
20		#62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R	4	0

References[]

External links[]

• Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in Japanese)