2020 Super Taikyu Series

The 2020 Super Taikyu Series is the 29th season of the Super Taikyu Series. The season starts on 23rd March at Suzuka Circuit but was postponed to 4th September at Fuji Speedway due to COVID-19 and the Fuji 24 Hours will serve as the opening round.

The season was cut short to 5 rounds instead of 6 after a state of emergency in Japan forced to cancel the final round at Suzuka, promoting championship leader No.888 Mercedes-AMG Team HIRIX Racing as the Champion with 105 points.

Class Champions[]

Bold drivers indicate a driver that was entered in every race for their respective team. Drivers listed in italics competed in a select number of rounds for their respective team.


Class	Team	Vehicle	Drivers
ST-X (FIA GT3)	Mercedes-AMG Team Hirix Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Daisuke Yamawaki Shaun Thong Shinichi Takagi (Rd. 1-3) Yuki Nemoto (Rd. 1, 4-5)
ST-Z (FIA GT4)	Endless Sports	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Yudai Uchida Hideki Yamauchi Tsubasa Takahashi Shinnosuke Yamada (Rd. 1) Ryuichiro Tomita (Rd. 1) Togo Suganami (Rd. 4-5)
ST-TCR	Floral Racing with Uematsu	Honda Civic Type R TCR	Tadao Uematsu Yuji Ide Shintaro Kawabata Tomoki Nojiri (Rd. 1)

Teams and Drivers[]

Entrant	Vehicle	No	Drivers	Rounds
ST–X (FIA GT3)
Daishin GTNET	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	1	Kiyoto Fujinami	1,3-5
			Nobuyuki Oyagi
			Kazuki Hoshino
			Ryuichiro Oyagi
MP Racing	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	9	Joe Shindo	All
			Yusaku Shibata
			Masami Kageyama
			Tsugio Matsuda	1
			Keiichi Inoue	1
Porsche Centre Okazaki	Porsche 991 GT3-R	16	Hiroaki Nagai	2-5
Porsche Centre Okazaki	Porsche 991 GT3-R	16	Yuta Kaminura	2-5
APR	Lexus RCF GT3	31	Hideki Nagai	All
			Koki Saga
			Kazuto Kotaka
			Hiroaki Nagai	1
			Yuta Kamimuta
			Yuichi Nakayama
D'station Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	777	Tomonobu Fujii	All
			Satoshi Hoshino
			Tsubasa Kondo
Mercedes-AMG Team HIRIX Racing	Mercedes AMG GT3	888	Daisuke Yamawaki	All
			Shaun Thong	All
			Shinichi Takagi	1-3
				1,4-5
ST–Z (FIA GT4)
K'S Frontier Syntium KTM	KTM X-Bow GT4	2	Taiyo Ida	All

			Kazuho Takahashi
			Takashi Kobayashi	1
			Masataka Yanagida	1
Endless Sports	Mercedes-AMG GT4	3	Yudai Uchida	All
			Hideki Yamauchi
			Tsubasa Takahashi
			Shinnosuke Yamada	1
			Ryuichiro Tomita	1
BRP Sunrise BLVD	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	19	Kohei Fukuda	All
			Takeshi Matsumoto
			Yusuke Shiotsu
			Koichi Okumura
SS/YZ Studie	BMW M4 GT4	20	Hirokazu Suzuki	All
			Takayuki Kinoshita
			Jukuchou Sunako
			Seiji Ara	1
			João Paulo de Oliveira	1
STP with Studie	BMW M4 GT4	21	Takashi Kochiya	2-5
			Takumi Sanada
			Yuji Takahashi
TKRI	Mercedes-AMG GT4	23	Daisuke Matsunaga	2-5
			Yuya Motojima
			Takaaki Hamada
D'Station Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	47	Tatsuya Hoshino	All
			Manabu Orido
			Takuro Shinohara
			Kenji Hama
Diamango	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport	51	Masamitsu Ishihara	4
			Atsushi Yogo
			Daisuke Ikeda
Team 5ZIGEN	Mercedes-AMG GT4	500	Ryuichiro Otsuka	All
			Takayuki Aoki
			Kazuya Shimogaki
			Toshihiko Hachiro
			Yuya Sakamoto	2-5
			Toshihiro Kaneishi	1
			Shuma Hiroshima	1
A.T. Field	Audi R8 LMS GT4	505	Motoki Nishimura	1-2,4
			Takeshi Okamoto
			Shozo Tagahara
			Yoshinari Fujiwara
ST–TCR
Waimarama Kizuna Racing Team	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	22	"Kizuna"	All
			Katsumasa Chiyo
			Riki Okusa
			Hironobu Yasuda
			Naoya Yamano	1
			Toshihiro Yoshida	1
Audi Driving Experience Japan	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	33	Hideki Nakahara	4
			Ryuichiro Tomita
			Masataka Yanagida
			Yuki Fujii
Rebellion Team Mars	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	65	Taketoshi Matsui	All
			Masanobu Kato
			Masato Shimoyama
			Toshiro Tsukada	1-2,5
			Yosuke Yamazaki	3-4
			Sakon Yamamoto	1
			Daisuke Hasegawa	1
Racer Dome Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	97	Mitsuhiro Endo	1,4-5
			Shinji Nakano	1,4-5
			Syun Koide	1,4-5
			Hiroki Otsu	1,4
			Kenta Harada	1
			Ryusuke Matsumoto	1
F-Link Home	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	290	Tadao Uematsu	All
			Yuji Ide

			Tomoki Nojiri	1
ST–1
Field Management Racing	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	12	Mika Salo	1
			Kosuke Matsuura
			Max Salo
			Katsuhiki Kumabayashi
			Masatoshi Uesugi
			Yuya Hiraki
Rookie Racing	Toyota GR Supra GT4	28	Naoya Gamou	1-3,5
			Daisuke Toyoda
			Yasuhiro Ogura
			Shunsuke Kohno
			Hisashi Yabuki	1
			Kazuya Oshima	1
ADVICS Muta Racing	Lexus RCF ST-1	38	Makoto Hotta	1,3
			Ryohei Sakaguchi
			Yuui Tsutsumi
			Shunsuke Kohno	1
			Sena Sakaguchi	1
ST–2
Shinryo Racing Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	6	Tomohiro Tomimasu	All
			Yasushi Kikuchi
			Masazumi Ohashi
			Takahisa Ohno	1
			Zene Okazaki
			Takahiro Matsuzawa
Shinryo Racing Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	7	Masato Narisawa	All
			Keisuke Anzai
			Yoshiki Fujii
			Wataru Yamaki	1,3-5
			Shingo Imai	1
			Hirofumi Okumura	1
Team Nopro	Mazda Axela Skyactiv-D	17	Tatsuya Nogami, Tobio Ohtani	1-4
			Toshihiko Nogami
			Tobio Ohtani
			Horo Yamamoto
			Keita Sawa	1
			Hideyoshi Nishizawa	1
Rookie Racing	Toyota GR Yaris	32	Takuto Iguchi,	All
			Masahiro Sasaki
			"MORIZO"
			Norihiko Katsuta	1
			Hiroaki Ishiura	1
TOWAINTEC Racing	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	59	Manabu Osawa	All
			Hitoshi Gotoh
			Mizuki Ishizaka
			Yoshiyuki Tsuruga	1
Honda R&D Challenge	Honda Civic Type-R (FK8)	743	Hideki Kakinuma	5
			Junichi Kidate
			Tetsuaki Mochisuki
			Hitoshi Sesai
ST–3
Okabe Jidosha Motorsport	Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34)	15	Masaaki Nagashima	All
			Kazuomi Komatsu
			Jun Tashiro
			Manabu Yamazaki
			Yuga Katsumata	1
			Masaya Kono	1
Tracy Sports	Lexus RC350	39	Kazuya Oshima	All
			Yusuke Tomibayashi
			Hirotaka Ishii
			Sesshu Kondo	1,4
			Hirohito Ito	1,4
HELM Motorsports	Lexus RC350	62	Yuya Hiraki	2,4
			ReijiHiraki	2,4
			Ai Miura	2
			Tomoki Takahashi	4
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	Toyota Crown RS	52	Naoki Hattori	All
			Hiroki Yoshida
			Kohta Kawaai
			Takayuki Hiranuma	1,4-5
Max Racing	Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34)	244	Toru Tanaka	All
			Tetsuya Tanaka
			Atsushi Miyake
			Kimiya Sato	1
ST–4
Endless Sports	Toyota 86	13	Ryo Ogawa	1-4
			Ritomo Miyata
			Takamitsu Matsui
			Masaya Hanazato	1,4
			Tougo Suganami	1
Asano Racing Service	Toyota 86	18	Takeo Asano	All
			Daiki Fujiwara
			Takeshi Tsuchiya
			Masataka Inoue	1-2,4
			Kazunori Nishimura	1,5
			Toshikazu Shiba	1
Team G/Motion	Honda Integra Type R	60	Resshu Shioya	All
			Takuya Shiga
			Takao Seto
			Taro Matsunami
			Kazuyuki Matsumoto
TC Corse	Mazda Roadster (ND)	54	Teruaki Kato	2-5
TC Corse	Mazda Roadster (ND)	54	Koichi Ishii	2-5
TOM’s Spirit	Toyota 86	86	Takamitsu Matsui	All
			Sho Tsuboi	All
			Yuichi Nakayama	1, 3–6
			Kazuya Oshima	2
			Kimiya Sato	3
Racing Family 137	Mazda Roadster (ND)	137	Hayato Date	2
			Takeshi Iseya
			Koji Takeda
C.S.I Racing	Toyota 86	310	Rintaro Kubo	All
			Shinya Hosokawa
			Sho Tsuboi
			Kota Matsui	1
Hayashi Telempu Shade Racing	Toyota 86	884	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	All
			Yuji Kunimoto
			Hiro Hayashi
			Keishi Ishikawa
ST–5
Team Bride	Honda Fit 3	4	Hiroshi Ito	All
			Mitsuaki Matsuo	All
			Yuya Ota	2-5
			Souichi Kurosu	1
			Shunsuke Sato
			Koji Miura
			Hidefumi Minami
Blood Sports	Toyota Vitz	11	Takao Ohnishi	3
			Yoichi Nishino
			Miki Takahiro
Over Drive	Mazda Roadster (ND)	66	Takayuki Takechi	All
			“Moko-san”	All
			Shigeyasu Kanamori	1–5
			Yusuke Hashimoto	3
			Akiichiro Hokazono
			Nanami Tsukamoto
J’s Racing	Honda Fit 3	69	Shinsuke Umeda	All
			Hideo Kubota
			Toshihiro Kubota
			Junichi Umemoto
			MC Hirata
			Yoshikazu Sobu
Hihon Automobile College	Mazda Roadster (ND)	72	Hiroko Komatsu	All
			Anna Inotsume
			Tatsuya Okahara
			Makoto Kanai
			Yasuhiro Matsuro
Love Drive Racing	Mazda Roadster (ND)	78	Junko Fujii	All
			Sayaka Kato
			Akie Iinuma
Murakami Motors	Mazda Roadster (ND)	88	Hiroyuki Murakami	All
			Keiji Amemiya
			Yasunori Nakajima
			Naoki Yamaya
HM Racers	Mazda Demio	102	Kota Sasaki	3
			Soichiro Yoshida
			Yugo Ohsaki
			Junpei Kato
			Ryunosuke Yoshida
Hiroshima Toyopet Racing	Toyota Vitz	111	Yasutaka Hinoi
			Yuga Furutani
			Atsushi Yogo
			Tatsuya Osaki
			Yuya Sakamoto
Close Up Racing	Honda Fit 3	182	Riki Tanioka	All
			Tatsuya Osaki
			Kyosuke Inomata
			Kazusa Nishio
Close Up Racing	Mazda Roadster (ND)	456	Riku Hashimoto	All
			Tatsuya Ota
			Koji Obara
			Aruga Tomita
Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Team Championship standings[]

Pos.	Team	FUJ	SUG	OKA	MOT	AUT	SUZ	Pts.
ST–X (FIA GT3)
1	No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Hirix Racing	1	2	Ret	1	4	C	105
2	No. 9 MP Racing	4	3	3	3	2	C	87.5
3	No. 81 Daishin GTNET	3	DNS	2	2	3	C	82.5
4	No. 777 D'Station Racing	Ret	5	1	4	1	C	81
5	No. 31 APR	2	4	4	5	5	C	79
6	No. 16 Porsche Center Okazaki		1	Ret			C	20
ST–Z (FIA GT4)
1	No. 3 Endless Sports	1	1	3	2	1	C	129.5
2	No. 47 D'Station Racing	3	4	2	1	2	C	108.5
3	No. 500 5ZIGEN	4	5	3	3	4	C	84
4	No. SS/YZ Studie	2	7	8	4	7	C	84
5	No. 19 BRP Sunrise BLVD	5	2	4	5	6	C	64
6	No. 2 K'S Frontier Syntium KTM	Ret	3	6	9	3	C	41
7	No. 23 TKRI		6	5	Ret	5	C	26
8	No. 505 A.T.Field	6	8		7		C	22
9	No. 21 STP with Stuide		9	7	6	8	C	19.5
10	No. 51 Diamango				8		C	4.5
ST–TCR
1	No. 290 F・Link Home	2	1	2	1	Ret	C	194
2	No.22 Waimarama Kizuna Racing Team	1	2	1	Ret	2	C	102.5
3	No. 65 Rebellion Team Mars	3	3	3	4	3	C	77.5
4	No. 97 Racer Dome	4			2	1	C	77.5
5	No. 33 Audi Driving Experience Japan				3		C	18
ST–1
1	No.28 Rookie Racing	1	1	1		1	C	121
2	No. 88 ADVICS Muta Racing	2		2			C	50
3	No. 12 Field Management Racing	3					C	50v
ST–2
1	No. 32 Rookie Racing	1	3	2	1	1	C	140
2	No. 59 TOWAINTEC Racing	3	1	1	2	3	C	107.5
3	No. 7 Shinryo Racing Team	4	4	4	4	2	C	80.5
4	No. 6 Shinryo Racing Team	2	3	3	3	Ret	C	80
5	No. 17 Team Nopro	5	5	5	Ret		C	16
6	No. 743 Honda R&D Challenge				Ret		C	13
ST–3
1	No. 39 Tracy Sports	2	1	1	3	2	C	117.5
2	No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	1	3	3	5	1	C	114
3	No. 15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport	3	2	4	4	3	C	87
4	No. 244 Max Racing	4	Ret	3	2	4	C	72.5
5	No. 62 HELM Motorsports	5			1		C	44
ST–4
1	No. 310 C.S.I Racing	1	1	5	3	1	C	129
2	No. 884 Shade Racing	3	3	1	1	2	C	113.5
3	No. 18 Asano Racing Service	4	4	3	4	3	C	78
4	No. 13 Endless Sports	2	2	2	4		C	74
5	No. 225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports			4	2	5	C	44.5
6	No. 60 Team G/Motion	5	5	Ret	5	Ret	C	38
7	No. 54 TC Corse		Ret	6	7	4	C	27
8	No. 137 Racing Family 137		Ret				C	0
ST–5
1	No. 69 J'S Racing	2	3	2	1	3	C	110
2	No. 456 Over Drive	10	5	1	2	1	C	89.5
3	No. 4 Team Bride	4	1	8	5	5	C	70
4	No. 102 H.M Racers	3	9	7	3	4	C	62
5	No. 37 Team Nopro	1	4	13	12	7	C	59.5
6	No. 72 Hihon Automobile College	9	7	5	6	2	C	48.5
7	No. 182 Close Up Racing	5	13	7	3	10	C	40
8	No. 66 Over Drive	11	111	4	4	6	C	34
9	No. 88 Murakami Motors	6	2	Ret	Ret	8	C	33.5
10	No. 111 Hiroshima Toyopet Racing	6	6	6	Ret	11	C	21
11	No. 78 Love Drive Racing	8	14	11	10	9	C	11.5
12	No. Murakami Motors		12	14	9	7	C	9
13	No. 50 Love Drive Racing	Ret	10	10	8	Ret	C	6.5
14	No. 67 Team Yamato		8	Ret			C	3
15	No. 11 Blood Sports			9			C	2
Pos.	Team	FUJ	SUG	OKA	MOT	AUT	SUZ	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References[]

^ "Suzuka entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "SUGO entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "Fuji entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Autopolis entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Motegi entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Okayama entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

External links[]

Official website of the Super Taikyu Series

[1] "Suzuka entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[2] "SUGO entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[3] "Fuji entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[4] "Autopolis entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[5] "Motegi entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[6] "Okayama entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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