2017 Super GT Series

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2017 Super GT Series
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Support series:
F4 Japanese Championship
2017 GT500 champions, #37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC 500.
2017 GT300 champions, #4 Goodsmile Hatsune Miku AMG.

The 2017 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fifth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the thirteenth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fifth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 9 and ended on November 12, after 8 races.

In the GT500 class, the #37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S duo of Ryō Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy won their first-ever championship, narrowly beating the Nismo duo of Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli for the championship. It was the first championship title for TOM'S since Juichi Wakisaka and André Lotterer's 2009 title win. In the GT300 class, in Good Smile Company and Hatsune Miku's 10th season of involvement in Super GT, Goodsmile Racing won their third GT300 title in just seven years after a closely fought championship battle between the #4 Hatsune Miku AMG and the #65 LEON CVSTOS AMG of K2 R&D LEON Racing. It was Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka's third title, as well as Mercedes' first championship title in Super GT.

Schedule[]

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km 		Japan Okayama International Circuit April 9
2 Fuji GT
500 km 		Japan Fuji Speedway May 4
3 Autopolis GT
300 km 		Japan Autopolis May 21
4 Sugo GT
300 km 		Japan Sportsland SUGO July 23
5 Fuji GT
300 km 		Japan Fuji Speedway August 6
6 46th International Suzuka 1000km
1000 km 		Japan Suzuka Circuit August 27
7 Buriram United Super GT Race
300 km 		Thailand Chang International Circuit October 8
8 Motegi GT
250 km 		Japan Twin Ring Motegi November 12

Calendar Changes[]

  • The series returned to Autopolis for the first time since 2015. The race scheduled to be held there in 2016 was cancelled due to damage caused to the circuit and local infrastructure by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
  • This was the last season that the Suzuka 1000km is included as a round of Super GT, as the current 1000 km format would be dropped in favour of a 10-hour timed race for 2018. The new race will be aimed primarily at FIA GT3 and GT300 machinery.[1]
2017 Japanese venues
2017 International venue

Drivers and Teams[]

The Bentley Continental GT3 (left) and Toyota Mark X MC (right) made their debuts in the GT300 class this season.
The Lexus LC 500 made its debut in the GT500 class this season.

GT500[]

Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan Lexus Team SARD[2] Lexus Lexus LC 500 1 Japan Kohei Hirate B All
Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Japan Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[2] Lexus Lexus LC 500 6 Italy Andrea Caldarelli B All
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[3] Honda Honda NSX-GT 8 Japan Tomoki Nojiri B All
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Team Impul[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R 12 Japan Hironobu Yasuda B All
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough
Japan Team Mugen[5] Honda Honda NSX-GT 16 Japan Hideki Mutoh Y All
Japan Daisuke Nakajima
United Kingdom Jenson Button 6
Japan  [ja][3] Honda Honda NSX-GT 17 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi B All
Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[2] Lexus Lexus LC 500 19 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi Y All
Japan Yuji Kunimoto 1, 3-8
Japan Kenta Yamashita 2
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 6
Japan NISMO[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R 23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda M All
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
Japan Kondo Racing[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R 24 Japan Daiki Sasaki Y All
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Lexus Team au Tom's[2] Lexus Lexus LC 500 36 United Kingdom James Rossiter B All
Japan Kazuki Nakajima 1, 3-8
Japan Daisuke Ito 2
Japan Lexus Team KeePer Tom's[2] Lexus Lexus LC 500 37 Japan Ryo Hirakawa B All
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Japan Lexus Team  [ja]  [ja][2] Lexus Lexus LC 500 38 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura B All
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan  [ja][4] Nissan Nissan GT-R 46 Japan Satoshi Motoyama M All
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Japan Nakajima Racing[5] Honda Honda NSX-GT 64 Japan Kosuke Matsuura D All
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Team Kunimitsu[3] Honda Honda NSX-GT 100 Japan Naoki Yamamoto B All
Japan Takuya Izawa

GT300[]

Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan  [ja][6] Lotus Lotus Evora MC 2 Japan  [ja] Y All
Japan  [ja]
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 6
Japan  [ja][4] Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 3 Japan Kazuki Hoshino [ja] Y All
Japan  [ja]
Japan Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO[7] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi Y All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Team Mach[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC 5 Japan Y All
Japan
Japan 2
Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka 6
Japan BMW Team Studie BMW BMW M6 GT3 7 Germany Jörg Müller Y All
Japan Seiji Ara
Brazil Augusto Farfus 6
Japan Pacific with Gulf Racing[8] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R 9 New Zealand Jono Lester Y All
Japan  [ja]
Japan Gainer[9] Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 10 Japan D All
Japan
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 11 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka D All
Sweden Björn Wirdheim
Japan  [ja] with Bandoh [6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC 18 Japan Yuhki Nakayama Y All
Japan
Japan Audi Sport  [ja][10] Audi Audi R8 LMS 21 United Kingdom Richard Lyons D All
Japan Masataka Yanagida
Japan R'Qs Motor Sports[6] Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 22 Japan  [ja] Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan  [ja] 1, 3, 5–8
Japan 2
Japan VivaC  [ja][6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC 25 Japan Y All
Japan Kenta Yamashita 1, 3–8
Japan 2, 6
Japan Team Taisan SARD[6] Audi Audi R8 LMS 26 Japan Y All
Australia
Austria Christian Klien 6
Japan  [ja][2] Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT 30 Japan Y All
Japan Kota Sasaki
31 Japan  [ja] B All
Japan
Japan D'Station Racing[11] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R 33 Japan Tomonobu Fujii Y All
Germany Sven Müller 1–2, 6–8
Macau André Couto 3
Japan 4–5
Thailand Panther Team Thailand[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC 35 Thailand  [th] Y All
Thailand  [th]
Japan Dijon Racing[6] Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 48 Japan Masaki Tanaka Y All
Japan 1–4, 6–8
Japan 2, 5
Japan Masami Kageyama 6
Japan  [ja] & Arnage Racing[6] Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 50 Japan  [ja] Y 1, 3–8
Japan  [ja]
Japan  [ja][2] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 51 Japan Yuichi Nakayama B All
Japan Sho Tsuboi
60 Japan Akira Iida Y All
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Saitama Toyopet Green Brave[12] Toyota Toyota Mark X MC 52 Japan  [ja] Y All
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
Japan  [ja] 6
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[6] BMW BMW M6 GT3 55 Japan Shinichi Takagi B All
United Kingdom
Japan R&D Sport[13] Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi D All
Japan  [ja]
Japan K2 R&D LEON Racing[14] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 65 Japan  [ja] B All
Japan
Japan  [ja][6] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 87 Japan  [ja] Y All
Japan Kimiya Sato
Japan 2, 6
88 Japan Manabu Orido Y All
Japan
Japan 2
Japan Koji Yamanishi 6
Japan Rn-sports[6] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 111 Japan Y All
Japan
Japan  [ja] 2, 6
United Kingdom EIcars Bentley TTO[15] Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 117 Japan Yuji Ide Y 1–3, 5–6, 8
Japan  [ja]
Japan  [ja][6] Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 360 Japan Y 1–6, 8
Japan Takayuki Aoki 1–2, 4, 6, 8
Japan  [ja] 2–3, 5–6

Driver Changes[]

Team Transfers[]

  • Lexus: Kazuki Nakajima returns to Super GT for the first time since 2014, with Lexus Team au TOM's. He'll be joined by James Rossiter, who swaps seats at TOM's with Nick Cassidy.
  • Nissan: Jann Mardenborough makes his GT500 debut with Team Impul, replacing João Paulo de Oliveira, who moves to Kondo Racing to replace Masataka Yanagida.
  • Honda: Hideki Mutoh and Daisuke Nakajima will drive for the revived Team Mugen in 2017. Kosuke Matsuura moves to Nakajima Racing from ARTA, who promote Takashi Kobayashi from their GT300 team back to GT500 for the first time since 2012.
  • Masataka Yanagida will move down to GT300 with Audi Team Hitotsuyama, replacing Tomonobu Fujii, who will drive for the newly christened D'Station Racing.
  • Yuichi Nakayama moves from apr Racing to LM Corsa and the new Lexus RC F GT3, and sophomore driver Rintaro Kubo will replace him in the #31 apr Toyota Prius.
  • Hiroki Yoshida replaces former GT300 champion André Couto in the Gainer Nissan GT-R GT3. The latter drove for D'Station Racing as a substitute of Sven Müller during Round 3.
  • Shinnosuke Yamada will join Team Taisan SARD after spending one season at Team Upgarage with Bandoh.
  • Both Akihiro Tsuzuki and three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta leave LM Corsa to join the newly unified INGING and Arnage Racing team.

Entering Super GT[]

  • At the Suzuka 1000 km, former Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi will make his Super GT debut in a one-off for Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh.[16]
  • At the Suzuka 1000 km, 2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button will make his Super GT debut in a one-off for Team Mugen.[17]
  • Reigning Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion Sven Müller joined D'Station Racing as a Porsche factory driver. However, he would not drive between Rounds 3 and 5 due to his involvement in the ADAC GT Masters, during which André Couto and would substitute for him.
  • Former FIA F4 Japanese Champion Sho Tsuboi makes his Super GT debut with LM Corsa.[2]
  • Takayuki Hiranuma will make his Super GT debut with Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave. Hiranuma has previously driven in Super Taikyu.[12]
  • Shintaro Kawabata graduates from the FIA F4 Japanese Championship to Super GT with Team Upgarage with Bandoh.
  • Sean Walkinshaw, son of legendary racing driver and team executive Tom Walkinshaw, will make his Super GT debut with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri in their BMW M6 GT3.
  • Former Pro Mazda Championship driver Jake Parsons of Australia joins Team Taisan SARD for his first season in Super GT.
  • Keishi Ishikawa and Ryosei Yamashita will each make their Super GT debuts with Rn-sports. Ishikawa graduates from All-Japan Formula Three, whilst Yamashita steps up from Super Taikyu and the Toyota 86/BRZ Race.
  • Former Honda Formula Dream Project driver Natsu Sakaguchi, and former Nissan Driver Development Programme driver Kiyoto Fujinami will make their Super GT debuts for Team Mach.
  • Nattavude Charoensukhawatana and Nattapong Horthongkum will run their first full seasons in Super GT in 2017 for Panther Team Thailand. Charoensukhawatana has run two races as a local wildcard driver, while Horthongkum is making his series debut.

Returning to Super GT[]

  • Kazuki Nakajima returns to Super GT for the first time since 2014, driving for Lexus Team au TOM's.[2]
  • Reigning All-Japan Formula Three champion Kenta Yamashita will return to Super GT full-time in 2017, replacing Takeshi Tsuchiya at VivaC Team Tsuchiya.
  • Mitsunori Takaboshi returns to Super GT full-time with NDDP Racing.[4]
  • Yuji Ide returns to Super GT for the first time since 2015 with EIcars Bentley TTO.[15]
  • 2011 GT300 champion Taku Bamba will return to Super GT for the first time since 2012, driving for Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave.[12]

Leaving Super GT[]

  • Daisuke Ito will not drive full-time in Super GT this season, and will serve as the team director of Lexus Team au TOM's. He would only drive at the second round of the championship at Fuji Speedway, replacing Kazuki Nakajima, who would instead compete in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
  • Tadasuke Makino will move to the FIA European Formula 3 Championship with HitechGP.
  • After winning his first Super GT championship in 2016, Takeshi Tsuchiya retired from full-time driving. He will focus primarily on his role as chief engineer for VivaC Team Tsuchiya.
  • Oliver Turvey left Drago Modulo Honda Racing after five races in 2016, and will not return to Super GT in 2017.

Mid-season changes[]

  • After André Couto was seriously injured during a round of the China GT Championship held at Zhuhai, D'Station Racing announced would replace Couto as substitute driver for Sven Muller, driving in Rounds 4 and 5.[18]

Team Changes[]

GT500[]

  • Lexus teams will race the new LC 500 machine, replacing the Lexus RC F which debuted in 2014. Nissan and Honda will continue to run the Nissan GT-R and Honda NSX-GT, modified to updated aerodynamic regulations. The updated NSX-GT will be based upon its newly launched production counterpart.
  • Drago Modulo Honda Racing announced their withdrawal from the series on 8 November 2016, after just two seasons.[19]
  • Intent on continuing to field five teams, Honda announced on 14 November 2016 that Team Mugen would return to the GT500 category for the first time since 2003. The team will run using Yokohama tyres.[5]

GT300[]

  • Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave announced that they will enter the Super GT Series for the first time in 2017, fielding a brand new Toyota Mark X based on the Mother Chassis platform.[12]
  • LM Corsa will field two 2017 specification Lexus RC F GT3s, replacing both their older model RC F GT3, and their Ferrari 488 GT3, used in 2016.[2]
  • K2 R&D LEON Racing will switch from Yokohama to Bridgestone tyres in 2017.[14]
  • Excellence Porsche Team KTR changed their name to D'Station Racing following a change of ownership and title sponsors. Former baseball pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki will serve as the team's general representative.[11]
  • Bentley and their Continental GT3 race car will make their Super GT debut with the new EIcars Bentley TTO (Teramoto Technical Office) team.[15]
  • INGING Motorsport and Arnage Racing will enter under a unified banner in 2017, with the ex-LM Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 used last season.
  • Lamborghini Team Direction have suspended activities in Super GT for the 2017 season, leaving JLOC as the sole representative for Lamborghini in Super GT.

Results[]

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1 Japan Okayama International Circuit
Report 		9 April GT500 No. 8 ARTA NSX No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC 500
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri 		New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
GT300 No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3
Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Haruki Kurosawa 		Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
2 Japan Fuji Speedway
 4 May GT500 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo LC 500 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo LC 500
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Yuji Tachikawa 		Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
GT300 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3 No. 51 RC F GT3
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 		Japan Yuichi Nakayama
Japan Sho Tsuboi
3 Japan Autopolis
 21 May GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 36 Lexus Team au Tom's
Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Naoki Yamamoto 		Japan Kazuki Nakajima
United Kingdom James Rossiter
GT300 No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kenta Yamashita
4 Japan Sportsland SUGO
 23 July GT500 No. 8 ARTA NSX No. 1 Lexus Team SARD
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri 		Japan Kohei Hirate
Finland Heikki Kovalainen
GT300 No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya No. 11 Gainer AMG GT3
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Sweden Bjorn Wirdheim
5 Japan Fuji Speedway
 6 August GT500 No. 8 ARTA NSX No. 8 ARTA NSX
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri 		Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri
GT300 No. 55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3 No. 55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3
Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw 		Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
6 Japan Suzuka Circuit
 27 August GT500 No. 24 Kondo Racing No. 64 Nakajima Racing
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Daiki Sasaki 		Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Kosuke Matsuura
GT300 No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3
Japan Tsubasa Kondo
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Haruki Kurosawa
7 Thailand Chang International Circuit
 8 October GT500 No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC 500 No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC 500
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Japan Ryo Hirakawa 		New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
GT300 No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama No. 51 RC F GT3
United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Masataka Yanagida 		Japan Yuichi Nakayama
Japan Sho Tsuboi
8 Japan Twin Ring Motegi
 13 November GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 23 NISMO
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3 No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 		Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Haruki Kurosawa

Championship Standings[]

Drivers' championships[]

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

GT500[]

Driver Ranking GT500 2017 Series[20]
Rank Driver OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Ryo Hirakawa
New Zealand Nick Cassidy 		1 3 6 10 6 6 1 2 84
2 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		7 4 5 4 2 2 9 1 82
3 Japan Kazuya Oshima
Italy Andrea Caldarelli 		2 2 13 3 9 7 2 13 63
4 Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura 		4 1 10 13 3 10 4 3 62
5 United Kingdom James Rossiter 5 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 53
6 Japan Kazuki Nakajima 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 47
7 Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Takuya Izawa 		Ret 6 3 9 8 3 7 5 45
8 Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Japan Kohei Hirate 		3 7 14 1 10 13 6 8 44
9 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Takashi Kobayashi 		DNS 9 Ret 5 1 8 11 9 37
10 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Takashi Kogure 		11 8 2 Ret Ret 15 3 4 37
11 Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Kosuke Matsuura 		12 13 12 8 12 1 8 10 32
12 Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 		Ret 11 4 2 11 14 10 6 29
13 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 6 10 8 12 7 4 12 15 23
14 Japan Yuji Kunimoto 6 8 12 7 4 12 15 22
15 Japan Hironobu Yasuda
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough 		8 14 7 11 5 11 14 7 17
16 Japan Daiki Sasaki
Brazil Joao Paulo de Oliveira 		10 12 9 Ret 13 5 Ret 12 12
17 Japan Kamui Kobayashi 4 10
18 Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Daisuke Nakajima 		9 15 11 6 Ret 12 13 11 7
19 Japan Daisuke Ito 5 6
20 Japan Kenta Yamashita 10 1
Rank Driver OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
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[]

Driver Ranking GT300 2017 Series[21]
Rank Driver OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		1 11 5 4 2 19 2 3 77
2 Japan
Japan 		2 5 10 7 13 1 13 1 72
3 Japan Yuichi Nakayama
Japan Sho Tsuboi 		8 1 6 13 9 6 1 6 61
4 Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom 		5 17 3 Ret 1 Ret 4 2 61
5 Japan
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		4 15 1 3 29 18 15 5 48
6 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Sweden Bjorn Wirdheim 		18 2 22 1 17 9 8 7 45
7 Japan Tomonobu Fujii 9 3 7 15 8 10 3 9 35
8 New Zealand Jono Lester
Japan 		3 10 17 10 5 8 14 4 31
9 Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan 		Ret 13 2 9 4 7 Ret Ret 30
10 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan 		19 25 16 Ret 7 2 5 Ret 28
11 Germany Sven Müller 9 3 10 3 9 28
12 Japan 4 15 8 3 24
13 Japan Akira Iida
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 		22 8 12 5 27 4 6 18 24
14 Japan
Japan Kimiya Sato 		11 4 18 19 12 3 12 11 21
15 Germany Jörg Müller
Japan Seiji Ara 		13 7 4 16 6 11 10 13 18
16 Japan
Japan 		10 12 Ret 10 3 Ret 11 12 17
17 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan 		7 6 9 8 Ret 14 9 10 17
18 Japan
Japan 		Ret 27 2 14 16 17 21 15
19 Japan
Japan 		6 24 15 21 16 5 19 13
20 Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan 		12 9 Ret 17 11 15 7 16 6
21 United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Masataka Yanagida 		14 14 13 20 10 Ret 23 8 5
22 Macau André Couto 7 4
23 Japan
Japan 		17 19 8 12 28 22 15 3
24 Japan 18 1
Rank Driver OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points

Teams' championships[]

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2
Class Finished on lead lap 1 lap behind 2 or more laps behind
GT500 3 2 1
GT300 3 1

GT500[]

Team Ranking GT500 2017 Series[22]
Rank No. Team OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's 1 3 6 10 6 6 1 2 105
2 23 Nismo 7 4 5 4 2 2 9 1 103
3 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 2 2 13 3 9 7 2 13 82
4 38 Lexus Team 4 1 10 13 3 10 4 3 81
5 36 Lexus Team au Tom's 5 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 73
6 1 Lexus Team SARD 3 7 14 1 10 13 6 8 64
7 100 Team Kunimitsu Ret 6 3 9 8 3 7 5 63
8 17  [ja] 11 8 2 Ret Ret 15 3 4 51
9 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri DNS 9 Ret
(Accident) 		5 1 8 11 9 50
10 64 Nakajima Racing 12 13 12 8 12 1 8 10 50
11 46 Ret 11 4 2 11 14 10 6 46
12 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 10 8 12 7 4 12 15 41
13 12 Team Impul 8 14 7 11 5 11 14 7 33
14 24 Kondo Racing 10 12 9 Ret
(Accident) 		13 5 Ret 12 24
15 16 Team Mugen 9 15 11 6 Ret 12 13 11 20
Rank No. Team OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th to 10th place
Blue Finish below 10th place
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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

GT300[]

Team Ranking GT300 2017 Series[23]
Rank No. Team OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO 1 11 5 4 2 19 2 3 97
2 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 2 5 10 7 13 1 13 1 95
3 51 8 1 6 13 9 6 1 6 85
4 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 5 17 3 Ret 1 Ret 4 2 76
5 11 Gainer 18 2 22 1 17 9 8 7 65
6 25 VivaC 4 15 1 3 29 18 15 5 65
7 33 D'station Racing 9 3 7 15 8 10 3 9 59
8 9 Pacific with Gulf Racing 3 10 17 10 5 8 14 4 53
9 61 R&D Sport Ret
(Battery) 		13 2 9 4 7 Ret
(Drivetrain) 		Ret
(Engine) 		45
10 88 19 25 16 Ret 7 2 5 Ret 44
11 60 22 8 12 5 27 4 6 18 44
12 87 11 4 18 19 12 3 12 11 41
13 7 BMW Team Studie 13 7 4 16 6 11 10 13 40
14 3 7 6 9 8 Ret 14 9 10 36
15 31  [ja] 10 12 Ret
(Accident) 		10 3 Ret 12 12 35
16 50 & Arnage Racing Ret 27 2 14 16 17 21 29
17 10 Gainer 6 24 15 21 16 5 18 19 29
18 18 Team Upgarage with Bandoh 12 9 Ret 17 11 15 7 16 23
19 21 Audi 14 14 13 20 10 Ret 23 8 21
20 5 Team Mach 17 19 8 12 28 22 15 18
21 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Ret 27 20 14 23 12 22 20 13
22 360 15 WD 23 11 22 17 17 12
23 111 Rn-sports 16 18 25 Ret 15 13 23 12
24 26 Team Taisan SARD 21 21 14 18 19 Ret 19 14 11
25 30  [ja] Ret 26 11 23 20 24 16 Ret 10
26 117 EIcars Bentley TTO 20 16 19 18 Ret 22 9
27 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 24 23 26 26 21 25 8
28 35 Panther Team Thailand 23 Ret Ret Ret 25 20 21 24 7
29 48 Dijon Racing 25 20 21 22 21 Ret 26 6
30 2 26 22 24 Ret 24 23 20 Ret 6
Rank No. Team OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points

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