2014 D1 Grand Prix series
The 2014 D1 Grand Prix series is the fourteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the ninth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The season began on March 29 at Fuji Speedway for the D1GP[1] and April 12 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit.[2] The series will conclude on October 19 with the D1 Champions' event at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course.
Regulation changes[]
Starting in the 2014 season, nitrous use was banned and cars are required to have catalytic converters. Also, exhaust pipes have to be pointed towards the ground.[3]
Schedule[]
| Round | Venue | Location | Date | Winner | Car | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1GP | D1SL | |||||
| 1 | Fuji Speedway | Shizuoka Prefecture | March 29–30 | --1 | -- | |
| 1 | Hiroshima Prefecture | April 12–13 | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan PS13 | ||
| 2 | Maze Sea Circuit | Niigata Prefecture | May 10–11 | Nissan C33 | ||
| 2 | Suzuka Circuit | Mie Prefecture | May 24–25 | [4] | Lexus GRS191 | |
| 3 | Ehime Prefecture | June 7–8 | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan PS13 | ||
| 4 | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | July 12–13 | |||
| 3 | Autopolis | Ōita Prefecture | July 26–27 | Kuniaki Takahashi[5] | Toyota GRX130 | |
| 4 | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | August 23 | [6] | Mazda FD3S | |
| 5 | August 24 | [7] | Nissan S15 | |||
| 5 | Nara Prefecture | September 6–7 | ||||
| 6 | Tochigi Prefecture | October 4–5 | ||||
| 6 | Odaiba | Tokyo Prefecture | October 17–18 | Masao Suenaga[8] | Mazda FD3S | |
| D1 Champions' | Odaiba | Tokyo Prefecture | October 19 | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota GRX130 | |
- Event was cancelled due to weather[9]
Drivers' rankings[]
D1GP[]
| Position | Driver | Car | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Rd.5 | Rd.6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Kuniaki Takahashi |
Toyota GRX130 | 13.5 | 27 | 35 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 138.5 |
| 2nd | Masao Suenaga |
Maxda FD3S | 8.5 | 30 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 35 | 128.5 |
| 3rd | |
Nissan S15 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 107 |
| 4th | Tetsuya Hibino |
Toyota ZN6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 106 |
| 5th | |
Mazda FD3S | 0 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 4 | 21 | 97 |
| 6th | Masato Kawabata |
Nissan R35 | 1.5 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 89.5 |
| 7th | Youichi Imamura |
Toyota ZN6 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 87 |
| 8th | |
Lexus GRS191 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 86 |
| 9th | Naoto Suenaga |
Nissan S15 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 78 |
| 10th | |
Nissan RPS13 | 10.5 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 75.5 |
| 11th | |
Nissan S14 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 72 |
| 12th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka |
Toyota JZX100 | 12.5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 70.5 |
| 13th | Manabu Orido |
Toyota ZN6 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 69 |
| 14th | |
Nissan S15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 65 |
| 15th | Daigo Saito |
Lexus GSE20 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 22 | 62.5 |
| 16th | Tatsuya Sakuma |
Nissan S15 | 2.5 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 60.5 |
| 17th | |
Nissan S15 | 9.5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 52.5 |
| |
Toyota AE85 | 17.5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 52.5 | |
| 19th | Tatsuya Kataoka |
Toyota JZA80 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 50 |
| 20th | Takahiro Ueno |
BMW E92 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| 21st | |
Nissan S15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 31 |
| 22nd | |
Nissan S15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 23rd | Nobushige Kumakubo |
Nissan S15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 25 |
| |
Toyota AE86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 25 | |
| 25th |  |
Toyota JZX100 | 5.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24.5 |
| 26th | |
Toyota GRS184 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 27th | Nobuteru Taniguchi |
Toyota ZN6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 28th | |
Nissan ER34 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| |
Daihatsu A35 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | |
| 30th | |
Toyota JZA80 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17.5 |
| 31st | |
Nissan S15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 32nd | |
Toyota JZX100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 33rd | |
Toyota SXE10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 34th | |
Maxda FD3S | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 35th |  Robbie Nishida |
Nissan ECR33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 36th |  |
Toyota JZX100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 |
Nissan S15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 38th | |
Toyota JZX100 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 39th | |
Toyota GZ20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 40th | |
Nissan S14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 41st | |
Toyota JZX100 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
References[]
- ^ "2014 Event Schedule". d1gp.co.jp. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "2014 Event Schedule". d1sl.jp. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "D1GP going green in 2014". wreckedmagazine.com. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ "D1 Grand Prix Round 2 at Suzuka Results". wreckedmagazine.com. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Round 3 Report". d1gp.co.jp. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "Round 4 Report". d1gp.co.jp. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "Round 5 Report". d1gp.co.jp. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "Round 6 Report". d1gp.co.jp. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "TRUST Event Coverage from D1GP Rd.1 Fuji". greddy-gr9.blogspot.com. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
External links[]
- Official website (in Japanese)
Categories:
- D1 Grand Prix seasons
- 2014 in Japanese motorsport