2018 D1 Grand Prix series

The 2018 D1 Grand Prix series is the eighteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series. The season began on March 31 at Maishima Sports Island in Osaka, and ended on November 3 at the Odaiba Tokyo Street Course.^[1] This season also marked the commencement of the new D1 Lights series, with the preseason match on January 20, at Nikko Circuit, with the season ending on December 1 at the same venue.^[2]

Teams and drivers[]

Tire	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Round(s)
Dunlop	Pacific Racing Team	Nissan ER34	3	Ken Nomura	1-8
	Pacific Racing Team	Nissan S14	14	[jp]	1-8
	Hirano Tire	Toyota JZX100	22		1-2, 5-7
	広島トヨタ team DROO-P	Toyota ZN6	33		1-8
	Tanabe SSR Team	Toyota JZX100	38	[jp]	1-3
	Fat Five Racing	Toyota JZX100	45		1-8
	Silky House OTG	Toyota ZN6	60	Youichi Imamura	1-2
	広島トヨタ team DROO-P	Toyota AE85	99		1-8
Goodride	adidas a-unit G-meister	Nissan S15	16		1-8
	GARAGE わいず	Nissan PS13	17		3
	北九州 MSR	Nissan S15	31		3, 5-7
	MMM Chroma Racing	Ferrari 550	42		-
	Nichiei Racing	Nissan S15	61		1-2
	Moty's West Auto	Toyota JZX100	73		1-3, 5
	Fat Five Racing	Chevrolet C6	87	Daigo Saito	1-2, 5
	TCP Magic	Mazda FD3S	88		1-2
Goodyear	AST	Toyota ZN6	28		1-8
	Sunoco	Lexus GSE20	48		1-3, 5
	Origin Labo.	Nissan RPS13	81		1-8
	Team Kunny'z	Toyota GRX130	92	Kuniaki Takahashi	4-7
Nankang	かいとりちゃん オルビスレーシング	Nissan S15	46		6-7
	D-MAX	Nissan S15	70		1-8
	D-MAX	Nissan S15	75		1-2
Toyo	Seimi Style Drift	Nissan S15	2		5-8
	Dixcel	Nissan S15	6	[jp]	1-8
	Team RE雨宮 K&N	Mazda FD3S	7	[jp]	1-8
	Fun Style Racing	Toyota AE86	19		6-7
	Samurai Kanto	Mazda FC3S	21		4-7
	Team C.M.Feeling	Nissan S15	23		1-3
	Do-Luck	Toyota ZN6	32	[th]	1-8
	Glion Trust Racing	Nissan R35	35	Masato Kawabata	1-8
	TMS Racing Team	Toyota JZX100	36		1-8
	Glion Trust Racing	Nissan R35	39	Masao Suenaga	1-8
	Used Parts Tadokoro	Toyota AE86	43		1-7
	Wisteria	Nissan RPS13	66	Hideyuki Fujino	1-8
	Team Julius	Nissan RPS13	84	Charles Ng	1-8
	Team Mori パーツオフ	Toyota JZX100	30		1-8
	Team Mori パーツオフ	Toyota JZX100	52		1-8
	Yuke's Team Orange	Nissan S15	4		1-8
	Navigate KRC	Nissan S14	5		1-2
	K'SPEC SunRISE Racing	Honda AP1	8	Tetsuya Hibino	1-7
	Yuke's Team Orange	Nissan S15	9	Naoto Suenaga	1-8
	Team ZSS Racing	Nissan S15	15	Katsuhiro Ueo	1-8
	R Magic H.D.O D1 Racing	Mazda NA6CE	77		1-7
	Team Vertex Digicam	Toyota JZZ30	78	Takahiro Ueno	1-8
N/A	Origin Labo. Sunoco	Nissan S14	12		1-2

Schedule[]

Odaiba

Tsukuba

Maishima

Ebisu

Tokachi

Autopolis

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2018 D1 Grand Prix race locations

Round	Venue	Date	Winner	Report
1	Maishima Sports Island, Osaka Prefecture	March 31	Shingo Hatanaka	Report
2		April 1	Hideyuki Fujino	Report
3	Autopolis, Ōita Prefecture	April 14–15	Masashi Yokoi	Report
4	Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaido Prefecture	June 9–10	Masashi Yokoi	Report
5	Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture	July 21–22	Yukio Matsui	Report
6	Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture	August 25	Masanori Kohashi	Report
7		August 26	Masashi Yokoi	Report
8	Odaiba, Tokyo Metropolis	November 3	Akinori Utsumi	Report

Drivers' rankings[]

D1GP[]

Pos.	Driver[3]	Car	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Rd.4	Rd.5	Rd.6	Rd.7	Rd.8	Total
1		Nissan S15	20	9	30	30	DSQ	25	30	22	166
2	Masato Kawabata	Nissan R35	25	12	22	22	17	17	20	11	134
3	Naoto Suenaga	Nissan S15	11	16	25	25	22	DSQ	7	12	118
4	Masao Suenaga	Nissan R35		22	20	12	1	16	15	25	111
		Toyota JZX100	22	25	1	1	7	20	16	20	111
6	Hideyuki Fujino	Nissan RPS13	17	30	17	11	20	9	DSQ	6	110
7		Mazda FD3S	6	17	1	1	30	12	22	16	104
8		Toyota JZX100	30	11	16	17	1	1	11	1	87
9		Nissan S15	7		12			11	17	30	77
10	Katsuhiro Ueo	Nissan S15	16	10	15	6	16	1		10	74
11	[th]	Toyota ZN6	15	1		10	25	1	9	8	69
12	Takahiro Ueno	Toyota JZZ30		1	14	20	9	10	1	9	64
13		Nissan S15		DSQ	1	9	1	30	8	14	63
14	Charles Ng	Nissan RPS13	10	5	5		12	14	1	15	62
15		Nissan S15					14	8	14	17	53
16		Nissan RPS13		20	11	1	11	1		1	45
17		Toyota JZX100		14	10	1	8			5	38
	Kazumi Takahashi	Toyota JZX100	12	1		14			10	1	38
19		Nissan S15				7	15	5	5	1	33
20		Toyota ZN6		15	7	1		1	1	7	32
21		Nissan S14			8	1	1	6	12	1	29
22		Toyota ZN6			9	15				1	25
23		Toyota AE85	8		1	5	1	7	1	1	24
24	Ken Nomura	Nissan ER34	14	1			6		1	1	23
25	Tetsuya Hibino	Honda AP1	1		1	16		1	1		20
26	Kuniaki Takahashi	Toyota GRX130				1		15	1		17
27		Toyota JZX100	5	1			10				16
28		Nissan S14	9	6							15
29		Toyota AE86	1	1	1	8					11
30		Lexus GSE20		1	6		1				8
	Youichi Imamura	Toyota ZN6	1	7							8
32		Nissan S15							6		6
		Toyota JZX100		1			5				6
34		Mazda NA6CE	1		1	1		1	1		5
35	Daigo Saito	Chevrolet C6	1				1				2
		Nissan S15	1		1						2
37		Nissan S15					1				1
		Nissan S15	1								1
		Nissan S15	1								1

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)