2019 Super GT Series

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2019 Super GT Series
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Sister series:
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Jenson Button (pictured in 2012) entered the season as defending champions alongside Naoki Yamamoto.

The 2019 Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the twenty-seventh season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-seventh overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 14 and ended on November 24, after 8 championship races & 2 non-championship races.

The 2019 championship saw the series form a partnership with the German-based Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, allowing entries to compete in both championships.[1]

Calendar[]

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km 		Japan Okayama International Circuit April 13–14
2 Fuji GT
500 km 		Japan Fuji Speedway May 3–4
3 Suzuka GT
300 km 		Japan Suzuka Circuit May 25–26
4 Chang Super GT Race
300 km 		Thailand Chang International Circuit June 29–30
5 Fuji GT
500 miles (804 km) 		Japan Fuji Speedway August 3–4
6 Autopolis GT
300 km 		Japan Autopolis September 7–8
7 Sugo GT
300 km 		Japan Sportsland SUGO September 21–22
8 Motegi GT
250 km 		Japan Twin Ring Motegi November 2–3
NC Super GT × DTM Dream Race Japan Fuji Speedway November 23–24
NC auto sport Web Sprint Cup

Calendar changes[]

  • In light of the series' partnership with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, two races will be made featuring both cars, the first will be the DTM season finale at Hockenheimring, where some Super GT cars were invited to race,[2] the second will be the Super GT x DTM Dream Race, a non-championship joint race featuring Super GT's GT500 cars and the DTM's competitors, will be held at Fuji after the end of the season. A balance of performance formula will be applied to ensure parity between DTM cars and Super GT as Super GT will not adopt Class One regulations until 2020.[3][4]
  • The auto sport Web Sprint Cup, a non-championship race for GT300 competitors, will also be held at Fuji as a supporting event of the Super GT x DTM Dream Race.
  • The Autopolis GT 300km Race moved forward in the calendar to September 8, and will be the sixth round of the season. The Sugo round now becomes the penultimate round of the season.
  • The final round at Motegi has been moved forward a week to avoid a clash with the FIA World Endurance Championship and Super Taikyu Series.[5]

Teams and drivers[]

GT500[]

Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Belgium BMW Team RBM[6] BMW BMW M4 Turbo DTM 00 Japan Kamui Kobayashi[7] H NC
4 Italy Alex Zanardi[8] H NC
11 Germany Marco Wittmann[9] H NC
Japan Team Kunimitsu[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 1 United Kingdom Jenson Button[10][11] B All
Japan Naoki Yamamoto[10] All, NC
Japan  [ja] with  [ja][12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 3 France Frederic Makowiecki[12] M All, NC
Japan Kohei Hirate[12]
Japan Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 6 Japan Kazuya Oshima[13] B All, NC
Japan Kenta Yamashita[13]
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 8 Japan Tomoki Nojiri[10] B All, NC
Japan Takuya Izawa[10]
Japan Team Impul[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 12 Japan Daiki Sasaki[12] B All, NC
United Kingdom James Rossiter[12] 1-5, 7-8, NC
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo[14] 6
Japan Team Mugen[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 16 Japan Hideki Mutoh[10] Y All, NC
Japan Daisuke Nakajima[10]
Japan Keihin  [ja][10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 17 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi[10] B All, NC
Belgium Bertrand Baguette[10] All
Japan Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[13] Y All, NC
Japan Sho Tsuboi[13]
Japan Audi Sport Team WRT Hitotsuyama[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 21 France Benoît Tréluyer[15] H NC
Japan NISMO[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda[12] M All, NC
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli[12]
Japan Kondo Racing[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 24 United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough[12] Y All, NC
Japan [12]
Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 28 France Loïc Duval[15] H NC
Germany Audi Sport Team Rosberg[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 33 Germany René Rast[15] H NC
Japan Lexus Team au Tom's[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 36 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[13] B All, NC
Japan Kazuki Nakajima[13] 1, 3-8, NC
Japan Ritomo Miyata 2
Japan Lexus Team KeePer Tom's[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 37 Japan Ryō Hirakawa[13] B All, NC
New Zealand Nick Cassidy[13]
Japan Lexus Team  [ja]  [ja][13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 38 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura[13] B All, NC
Japan Yuji Tachikawa[13]
Japan Lexus Team SARD[13] Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT500 39 Finland Heikki Kovalainen[13] B All, NC
Japan Yuichi Nakayama[13]
Japan Modulo Nakajima Racing[10] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500 64 India Narain Karthikeyan[10] D All, NC
Japan Tadasuke Makino[10]
Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline[15] Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 99 Germany Mike Rockenfeller[15] H NC

GT300[]

Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan  [ja][16] Lotus Lotus Evora MC 2 Japan  [ja][16] Y All
Japan  [ja][16]
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 5
Japan Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO[17][18] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[17][18] Y All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[17][18]
Japan Team Mach Toyota Toyota 86 MC 5 Japan Y 1-3, 5-8
Japan
Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka 2
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi 5
Japan D'station Racing AMR[19] Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 7 Japan Tomonobu Fujii[19] Y All
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira[19]
United Kingdom Darren Turner[19] 5
Japan MP Racing[20] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) 9 Japan Keiichi Inoue[20] Y NC
Japan Joe Shindo[20]
Japan Pacific Racing with Good Speed[21][22] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R 9 Japan Naoki Yokomizo[23] Y All
Japan Kyosuke Mineo[23]
Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki 5
Japan  [ja][24][12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 10 Japan Kazuki Hoshino[25][12] Y All
Japan [25][12]
11 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka[24][12] D All
Japan Hironobu Yasuda[25][12]
Finland Hanashima Racing[20] McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 11 Japan Kazuto Kotaka[20] Y NC
Japan Katsuaki Kubota[20]
Japan Team UpGarage[10] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo 18 Japan Takashi Kobayashi[10] Y All
Japan Kosuke Matsuura[10]
Japan Shinnosuke Yamada 2, 5
Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo 21 United Kingdom Richard Lyons Y All
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Belgium Alessio Picariello 2, 5
Japan R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 22 Japan  [ja] Y 1-3, 5-6, 8
Japan  [ja]
Sweden Björn Wirdheim 5
Japan Tsuchiya Engineering[20] Toyota Toyota 86 MC 25 Japan [20] Y All, NC
Japan Kimiya Sato[20]
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya 2, 5
Japan  [ja][13][26][20] Toyota Toyota Prius PHV GR Sport GT300 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai[13][26][20] Y All, NC
Japan Manabu Orido[13][26][20]
Japan 2, 5
31 Japan  [ja][13][26][20] B All, NC
Japan Yuhki Nakayama[13][26][20]
Hong Kong X Works[12][27][23] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 33 Hong Kong Marchy Lee[12] Y 1-5
Hong Kong Shaun Thong[12] All
Japan 2, 5-8
Japan Modulo Drago Corse[10] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo 34 Japan Ryo Michigami[10] Y All
Japan  [ja][10]
Thailand Panther arto Team Thailand[13] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 35 Thailand  [th][13] Y All
United Kingdom [13]
Thailand  [th][13] 2
Japan BH Auction Bingo Racing[20] Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R 37 Japan Ukyo Sasahara[20] Y NC
Japan Shinji Takei[20]
Japan NILZZ Racing[12][20] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) 48 Japan Masaki Tanaka[12][20] Y 1-3, 5-8, NC
Japan Taiyou Iida[12][20]
Japan Teruhiko Hamano 2, 5
Japan Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 50 Japan Masaki Kano Y All
Japan Ryosei Yamashita
Japan Yuya Tezuka 2, 5
Japan Saitama Toyopet Green Brave[23][20] Toyota Toyota Mark X MC 52 Japan Hiroki Yoshida[23][20] B All, NC
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka[20]
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[10] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo 55 Japan Shinichi Takagi[10] B All
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi[10]
Japan Kondo Racing[28] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 56 Japan [25] Y All
France Sacha Fenestraz[25]
Japan LM Corsa[13][20][N 1]
K-Tunes Racing[13][29][N 1]
Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 60 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto[13] D All, NC
Japan Ritomo Miyata[13] 1, 3-8, NC
Germany Dominik Farnbacher 2
Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 70 Japan Shunsuke Kohno[20] Y NC
Japan Togo Suganami[20]
Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 96 Japan Sena Sakaguchi[13] B All
Japan  [ja][13][29]
Japan R&D Sport[30] Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi[30] D All
Japan Hideki Yamauchi[30]
Japan  [ja][31] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 65 Japan  [ja][31] B 1-5
Japan  [ja][31] All
Japan  [ja][31] 6-8
Japan  [ja] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 1–5
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 6–8 		87 Japan Y All
Macau André Couto
Japan 2, 5
88 Japan Takashi Kogure Y All
Japan
Japan MAX Racing[20] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 244 Japan Go Max (Go Hayato)[20] Y NC
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya[20]
Japan  [ja][12][20] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 360 Japan Atsushi Tanaka[12][20] Y 1-2, 5-6, NC
Japan Takayuki Aoki[23][20] 1-3, 5-8, NC
Japan 2, 3, 5, 7-8
Japan McLaren Customer Racing Japan[32][33][34] McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 720 Japan Seiji Ara[32] Y 1-3, 5-8
Spain Álex Palou[32]
Notes
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Car No. 60 and 70 entered as LM Corsa and car No. 96 entered as K-Tunes Racing.

Driver Changes[]

Entering Super GT[]

Returning to Super GT[]

  • Seiji Ara will return to the series after a one-year absence from the series following Studie's withdrawal in 2018. He is expected to drive full-time for McLaren Customer Racing Japan.[32]
  • Tadasuke Makino will return to the series after a two-year absence from the series. Makino will enter his first full-season campaign with Nakajima Racing after having previously competed with Drago Corse in the last three races of the 2016 season.[10]
  • Manabu Orido, who returned mid-season in 2018 to replace Kota Sasaki in apr's #30 team, will return to full-time driving duties with apr in the #30 Prius.[26]
  • 2015 GT300 Champion André Couto returns to the series after a two-year absence, driving the number 87 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 for Team JLOC.

Team Transfers[]

  • Hiroki Yoshida moves from Gainer to Saitama Toyopet Green Brave.[24][23]
  • Both Bertrand Baguette and Kosuke Matsuura left Nakajima Racing to join Real Racing and Team UpGarage, respectively.[10]
  • Series veteran João Paulo de Oliveira left Kondo Racing, ending his thirteen-year association with Nissan.[35] He moves to D'Station Racing for the 2019 season.[19]
  • 2010 GT500 Champion Takashi Kogure moved to the GT300 class to drive for Team JLOC, months after it was confirmed he would not race for Honda after fifteen years as a factory Honda driver.
  • Kohei Hirate returns to the GT500 class, moving from apr to NDDP by B-Max Racing.[36] In doing so, Hirate defects to Nissan after a seventeen-year association with Toyota.
  • James Rossiter returns as a full-time driver in the GT500 class, now racing for Impul after running as a reserve driver in the 2018 season for Lexus when Kazuki Nakajima and Felix Rosenqvist were unable to race due to scheduling conflicts.[36]
  • With Team UpGarage switching from Toyota MC to Honda GT3 machinery, Yuhki Nakayama will move from Team UpGarage to apr, replacing Kohei Hirate.[26]

Leaving Super GT[]

Team Changes[]

GT500[]

  • Modulo returns to the GT500 class after they signed a deal with Nakajima Racing to become their new primary sponsor, replacing long-time sponsor Epson.[10]

GT300[]

  • Kondo Racing will expand their operations by fielding a Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 in the GT300 class.[28]
  • X Works, a Hong Kong-based racing team, make their Super GT debut using a 2018 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 and fielding a full Hong Kong driver line-up for their debut season, running as Neon Genesis Evangelion Unit-01. [27][23]
  • Team Taisan, EIcars Bentley, and CarGuy Racing all withdrew from Super GT at the end of the 2018 season. Team Taisan will instead focus on EV racing, while CarGuy Racing will concentrate on the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Asian Le Mans Series.[38][39][40][41]
  • On December 21, it was officially announced that virtual YouTuber  [ja] will become the new primary sponsor for Pacific Racing, replacing Gulf Oil, which had sponsored Pacific since 2016.[21][22]
  • Team Goh, competing as McLaren Customer Racing Japan, returns to Super GT after a 23-year absence, fielding a McLaren 720S GT3. They had previously competed in Super GT in the JGTC era as Team Lark, winning the GT500 title in 1996 with the McLaren F1 GTR, the only time in the series history where a non-Japanese manufacturer won the GT500 class.[32]
  • Both Team UpGarage and ARTA's GT300 team will make a switch from the Dome-built Toyota 86 MC and BMW M6 GT3 respectively to the Honda NSX GT3.[10]
  • apr Racing will enter an all-new, front-engined Toyota Prius, after their old mid-engined Prius was rendered obsolete by regulations requiring GT300 cars' engines to be located in the same position as in their production counterparts.[26]

Results[]

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1 Japan Okayama International Circuit
 14 April GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 8 ARTA
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Takuya Izawa
GT300 No. 55 ARTA No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi 		Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Sena Sakaguchi
2 Japan Fuji Speedway
 4 May GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
GT300 No. 56 Kondo Racing No. 11 GAINER
Japan Kazuki Hiramine
France Sacha Fenestraz 		Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda
3 Japan Suzuka Circuit
 26 May GT500 No. 36 Lexus Team au Tom's No. 36 Lexus Team au Tom's
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 		Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kimiya Sato 		Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Sena Sakaguchi
4 Thailand Chang International Circuit
 30 June GT500 No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 10 GAINER
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kimiya Sato 		Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Keishi Ishikawa
5 Japan Fuji Speedway
 4 August GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita
GT300 No. 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave No. 87 JLOC
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka 		Japan Tsubasa Takahashi
Macau André Couto
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami
6 Japan Autopolis
 8 September GT500 No. 17 Keihin Real Racing No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Belgium Bertrand Baguette 		Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Japan Yuichi Nakayama
GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 60 LM Corsa
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kimiya Sato 		Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Ritomo Miyata
7 Japan Sportsland SUGO
 22 September GT500 No. 17 Keihin Real Racing No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Belgium Bertrand Baguette 		France Frédéric Makowiecki
Japan Kohei Hirate
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 55 ARTA
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi
8 Japan Twin Ring Motegi
 3 November GT500 No. 36 Lexus Team au Tom's No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 		Japan Ryo Hirakawa
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
GT300 No. 720 McLaren Customer Racing Japan No. 11 GAINER
Japan Seiji Ara
Spain Álex Palou 		Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda
NC Japan Fuji Speedway
(Super GT × DTM Dream Race)
 23–24 November Race 1 No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's
New Zealand Nick Cassidy New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Race 2 No. 28 Audi Sport Team Phoenix[N 1] No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing
France Loïc Duval[N 1] India Narain Karthikeyan
NC Japan Fuji Speedway
(auto sport Web Sprint Cup)
 Race 1 No. 60 LM Corsa No. 60 LM Corsa
Japan Ritomo Miyata
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 		Japan Ritomo Miyata
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Race 2 No. 37 BH Auction Bingo Racing No. 60 LM Corsa
Japan Ukyo Sasahara
Japan Shinji Takei 		Japan Ritomo Miyata
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto

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
Fuji 500 Miles 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

GT500[]

Driver Ranking GT500 2019 Series[42]
Rank Driver OKA‡
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		13 8 3 1 1 6 6 2 85
2 Japan Ryo Hirakawa
New Zealand Nick Cassidy 		12 7 2 2 4 3 4 1 83
3 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		2 2 Ret 11 3 13 3 8 52.5
4 Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura 		8 1 6 7 Ret 4 11 4 46.5
5 Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Japan Yuichi Nakayama 		11 4 5 5 Ret 1 7 11 44
6 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Belgium Bertrand Baguette 		14 5 Ret 13 8 2 5 5 39
7 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 9 Ret 1 9 Ret 10 10 3 38
Japan Kazuki Nakajima 9 1 9 Ret 10 10 3 38
8 Japan Naoki Yamamoto
United Kingdom Jenson Button 		15 3 13 12 2 Ret 8 6 37
9 Japan Kohei Hirate
France Frederic Makowiecki 		4 6 9 6 11 11 1 DNS 36
10 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Takuya Izawa 		1 9 4 Ret 7 5 12 13 31
11 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sho Tsuboi 		6 13 7 3 9 8 13 7 27.5
12 India Narain Karthikeyan
Japan Tadasuke Makino 		10 10 11 10 10 7 2 12 23.5
13 Japan Daiki Sasaki 3 12 10 8 5 12 14 Ret 17.5
United Kingdom James Rossiter 3 12 10 8 5 14 Ret 17.5
14 Japan
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough 		5 14 8 4 Ret 9 15 10 17
15 Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Daisuke Nakajima 		7 11 12 Ret 6 14 9 9 12
16 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 12 0
- Japan Ritomo Miyata Ret -
Rank Driver OKA‡
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		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)

Notes:

‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

GT300[]

Driver Ranking GT300 2019 Series[43]
Rank Driver OKA‡
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi 		2 2 6 9 6 6 1 4 69.5
2 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Sena Sakaguchi 		1 16 1 14 15 5 3 3 58
3 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda 		21 1 9 8 9 15 22 1 48
4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		8 6 4 12 8 4 2 5 47.5
5 Japan 6 5 14 3 Ret 7 4 2 46.5
6 Japan Kazuki Hiramine
France Sacha Fenestraz 		5 4 18 2 7 8 5 6 46
7 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima 		10 3 19 5 5 3 20 11 36.5
8 Japan
Macau André Couto 		16 11 17 7 1 Ret 26 23 29
9 Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
Japan Hiroki Yoshida 		3 13 27 23 2 24 8 13 27.5
10 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 7 9 10 15 22 1 19 9 27
11 Japan 7 4 2 27
12 Japan Ritomo Miyata 7 10 15 22 1 19 9 25
13 Japan 11 1 25
14 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan 		Ret 10 12 1 14 10 15 16 22
15 Spain Alex Palou
Japan Seiji Ara 		19 14 13 Ret 2 12 7 20
16 Japan 6 5 14 3 Ret 19.5
17 Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan 		9 26 7 10 3 11 13 24 19
18 Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		4 28 3 11 10 Ret 28 12 18
19 Japan
Japan Kimiya Sato 		Ret 18 5 4 26 16 27 18 17
20 Hong Kong Shaun Thong Ret 7 28 6 16 19 6 8 17
21 Japan
Japan 		Ret Ret 2 17 17 18 14 15
22 Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Kosuke Matsuura 		11 12 15 24 4 9 10 19 13
23 Japan 7 16 19 6 8 12
24 United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita 		13 8 8 13 13 13 7 27 10
25 Hong Kong Marchy Lee Ret 7 28 6 16 5
26 Germany Dominik Farnbacher 9 2
27 Japan Naoki Yokomizo
Japan 		15 22 22 16 19 22 9 15 2
28 Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan 		Ret 15 20 27 25 11 10 1
Rank Driver OKA‡
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		Points

Notes:

‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Team Mugen's Daisuke Nakajima set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a five-place grid penalty for a chassis change after Hideki Mutoh crashed the car in Friday practice. Loïc Duval was promoted to pole position in his place.

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