2007 Super GT Series

2007 GT500 champions, #8 ARTA Honda NSX.

2007 RE Amemiya RX-7 (FD).

The 2007 Autobacs Super GT Series was the fifteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the third season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-fifth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. This was the final season for the 350Z, as it was announced by Nissan and Nismo near the end of the season that the new R35 GT-R would be replacing it the following season. The season began on March 18 and ended on November 4, 2007 after 9 races.

In the GT500 class, ARTA drivers Ralph Firman and Daisuke Itō won the championship in a dominating fashion, becoming the first GT500 champion to clinch the title before the final race of the season, a feat only matched by the 2012 champions Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli as of the end of the 2018 season. In the GT300 class, Kazuya Oshima and Hiroaki Ishiura in the apr Toyota MR-S won the driver's championship title by winning the tiebreaker against the Shiden of Kazuho Takahashi and Hiroki Katoh - the two teams finished the season with the same number of points, but Oshima and Ishiura had two race wins compared to Takahashi and Katoh's one. Takahashi and Katoh's overall consistency, however, would gave Cars Tokai Dream28 the team's championship title by six points over Oshima and Ishiura.

Drivers and teams[]

GT500[]

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Houzan Toyota Team TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430	1	Juichi Wakisaka	B	All
				André Lotterer		All
				Oliver Jarvis		6
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	3	Sébastien Philippe	B	All
				Masataka Yanagida		All
Toyota Team LeMans	Lexus	Lexus SC430	6	Tatsuya Kataoka	B	All
				Björn Wirdheim		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	8	Ralph Firman	B	All
				Daisuke Ito		All
				Yuji Ide		6
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	12	Kazuki Hoshino	B	All
				Benoît Tréluyer		1–4, 6–9
						5–6
Rolling Stone Real Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	17	Katsutomo Kaneishi	B	All
				Toshihiro Kaneishi		All
				Takuya Izawa		6
Dome Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSX	18	Ryo Michigami	B	All
				Takashi Kogure		All
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	22	Michael Krumm	B	All
				Tsugio Matsuda		All
			23	Satoshi Motoyama		All
				Richard Lyons		All
				Hironobu Yasuda		6
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	24	João Paulo de Oliveira	Y	All
				Seiji Ara		All
Toyota Team Tsuchiya	Lexus	Lexus SC430	25	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Y	All
				Manabu Orido		All
Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	32	Loïc Duval	D	All
				Fabio Carbone		All
Bandai Toyota Team Kraft	Lexus	Lexus SC430	35	Naoki Hattori	D	All
				Peter Dumbreck		1–3, 6–9
				Ronnie Quintarelli		4–6
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus SC430	38	Toranosuke Takagi	B	All
				Yuji Tachikawa		All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430	39	André Couto	B	All
				Katsuyuki Hiranaka		All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX	100	Dominik Schwager	B	All
						All

GT300[]

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Honda Cars Tokai Dream28		Mooncraft Shiden-Toyota	2		Y	All
						All
				Hiroki Yoshimoto		6
Ebbro Team Nova	Vemac	-Zytek ZV348	4	Tetsuya Tanaka	Y	1–4, 6–9
						1–4, 6–9
						6
Team Mach	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Zytek ZV348 (1-4) Vemac RD320R-HPD C32B (5-9)	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka	K	All
				Hironori Takeuchi		All
				Keita Sawa		6
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	7	Hiroyuki Iiri	Y	All
				Ryo Orime		All
						6
A&S Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900-Chevrolet	9	Osamu	D	1–3, 6, 9
						1–3
				Masaki Tanaka		5–8
						5–9
Jim Gainer Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 360	11		Y	All
				Hideshi Matsuda		1–3, 6
						4–9
Endless Sports	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	13	Tomonobu Fujii	Y	All
				Masami Kageyama		All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota Celica	19	Akira Iida	Y	All
				Yuhi Sekiguchi		All
Team Taisan with Nishizawa	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	26	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	All
				Shinichi Yamaji		1–3
				Kazuyuki Nishizawa		4, 6
				Dominik Farnbacher		5–9
apr	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	31		M	All
						All
			101	Hiroaki Ishiura		All
				Kazuya Oshima		All
Hankook KTR	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	33	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	H	2–9
						2–9
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL Garaiya	43		M	All
				Shinichi Takagi		All
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	46	Kota Sasaki	D	All
				Naoki Yokomizo		All
			47			All
				Shigekazu Wakisaka		All
DHG Racing	Ford	Ford GT	55	Daisuke Ikeda	Y	1–3, 5–9
				Taku Bamba		1–3, 5–9
				Hideo Fukuyama		6
Willcom R&D Sport	Vemac	-HPD C32B	62	Shinsuke Shibahara	Y	All
						All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	66	Naohiro Furuya	Y	All
						All
						6
			67			All
						All
				Yasutaka Hinoi		6
		Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1	87	Yasutaka Hinoi		1–5, 9
						1–5, 9
						6
			88	Koji Yamanishi		1–5, 9
				Marco Apicella		1–3, 9
				Hideshi Matsuda		4–5
Team Gaikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	70		Y	1–3, 5–6
						1
				Yoshimi Ishibashi		2–3, 5–6, 9
						6, 9
			71	Yoshimi Ishibashi		7–8
						7
						8
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	77	Tetsuya Yamano	D	All
				Takayuki Aoki		All
Yokoyama Racing	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	83		Y	1, 3
						1, 3
Arktech Motorsports	Porsche	Porsche 986 Boxster	110	Takuya Kurosawa	Y	1–2
				Hidetoshi Mitsusada		1–2
				Takuya Kurosawa	K	3–9
				Hidetoshi Mitsusada		3–9
			111			3, 5–6
						3–6
						5–6
			112			7–9
						7
						8–9
Tomei Sports	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	118		Y	1, 3, 8–9
						1, 3
						8–9
Mario Racing	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	333	Takashi Inoue	Y	1–3
						1–3
Team Uematsu	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	333		Y	4–7, 9
				Takashi Inoue		4, 6
						5–6, 9
Avanzza Bomex	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	666		K	All
						All
						6

Schedule[]

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	March 18
2	Okayama GT 300 km	Okayama International Circuit	April 8
3	Fuji GT 500 km	Fuji Speedway	May 4
4	Super GT International Series Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	June 24
5	SUGO GT 300 km	Sportsland SUGO	July 29
6	International POKKA 1000km	Suzuka Circuit	August 19
7	Motegi GT 300 km	Twin Ring Motegi	September 9
8	Autopolis GT 300 km	Autopolis	October 14
9	Fuji GT 300 km	Fuji Speedway	November 4

Season Winners[]

Rd	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
		GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	Suzuka	#38 Zent Cerumo SC430	#13 Endless Advan Senzaikakumei Z
		Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Masami Kageyama Tomonobu Fujii
2	Okayama	#8 ARTA NSX	#101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S
		Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Kazuya Oshima Hiroaki Ishiura
3	Mt. Fuji	#23 Xanavi NISMO Z	#43 ARTA Garaiya
		Satoshi Motoyama Richard Lyons	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi
4	Kuala Lumpur	#24 Woodone Clarion Kondo Z	#101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S
		Seiji Ara João Paulo de Oliveira	Kazuya Oshima Hiroaki Ishiura
5	Sportsland SUGO	#8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX	#19 WedsSport Racing Celica
		Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Akira Iida Yuhi Sekiguchi
6	Suzuka Report	#1 Toyota houzan TOM'S SC430	#2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden
		Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer Oliver Jarvis	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh Hiroki Yoshimoto
7	Motegi	#18 Takata Dome NSX	#26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3
		Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure	Nobuteru Taniguchi Dominik Farnbacher
8	Autopolis	#8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX	#62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R
		Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa
9	Mt. Fuji	#32 Epson Nakajima Racing NSX	#26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3
		Loïc Duval Fabio Carbone	Nobuteru Taniguchi Dominik Farnbacher

Standings[]

GT500 Drivers[]

Scoring system

• Only the best four results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
• There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.

Rank Driver SUZ OKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ MOT AUT FUJ PTS 1 Ralph Firman Daisuke Ito 12 1 9 9 1 2 12 1 8 94 2 Fabio Carbone Loïc Duval 3 4 Ret 15 3 13 4 9 1 69 3 Dominik Schwager Ret 2 5 2 12 4 Ret 2 4 64 4 Takashi Kogure Ryo Michigami 13 7 11 Ret 2 12 1 5 10 63 5 Michael Krumm Tsugio Matsuda 5 3 2 10 Ret 6 2 4 9 63 6 André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka 7 5 DNS 8 5 1 6 6 6 54 7 Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi 1 11 6 4 11 7 14 Ret 4 53 8 Satoshi Motoyama Richard Lyons 2 Ret 1 14 Ret 3 13 12 14 48 9 Tatsuya Kataoka Björn Wirdheim 4 14 3 9 DNS 9 3 8 16 38 10 João Paulo de Oliveira Seiji Ara Ret 15 Ret 1 10 10 5 Ret 5 34 11 Kazuki Hoshino 11 8 10 3 7 Ret Ret Ret 2 34 12 Sébastien Philippe Masataka Yanagida 10 13 4 7 4 8 11 7 15 30 13 Benoît Tréluyer 11 8 10 3 Ret Ret Ret 2 30 14 Katsutomo Kaneishi Toshihiro Kaneishi 6 10 Ret 12 Ret 5 7 Ret 3 29 15 André Couto Katsuyuki Hiranaka Ret 12 8 13 6 11 10 3 13 21 16 Oliver Jarvis 1 20 17 Manabu Orido Takeshi Tsuchiya 9 6 Ret 5 8 Ret 8 10 12 20 18 Yuji Ide 2 15 19 Naoki Hattori 8 9 7 11 9 Ret 9 11 11 14 20 Hironobu Yasuda 3 12 21 Peter Dumbreck 8 9 7 Ret 9 11 11 12 22 Takuya Izawa 5 6 23 7 Ret 4 24 Ronnie Quintarelli 11 9 Ret 2 Rank Driver SUZ OKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ MOT AUT FUJ PTS Teams[] Rank Number/Team Car Points 1 #8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ARTA NSX 108 2 #22 Nismo Motul Autech Z 85 3 #32 Nakajima Racing Epson NSX 81 4 #100 Team Kunimitsu Raybrig NSX 81 5 #1 Toyota Team TOM'S Houzan TOM'S SC430 78

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)

GT300 Class (Top 3)[]

Drivers[]

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Kazuya Oshima Hiroaki Ishiura	#101 Toy Story Racing APR MR-S	89	2
2	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	#2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden	89	1
3	Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa	#62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R	76	1

Teams[]

External links[]

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