2022 Super GT Series

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The 2022 Super GT Series is an upcoming 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 is to be the thirtieth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the eighteenth season the series to compete under the Super GT name. It is also to be the fortieth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.

Calendar[]

A confirmed eight round provisional 2022 calendar was announced on 6 August 2021.[1] The calendar was updated on 20 October 2021, with the sixth round at Sportsland Sugo moving from the weekend of 10-11 September to 17-18 September, avoiding a clash of dates with the 2022 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji.[2] Distances for all events were confirmed on 5 March, 2022: Rounds two and four at Fuji Speedway, and round five at Suzuka Circuit, will be 450 kilometre races, while all other rounds will be 300kms long.[3]

Round Race Circuit Dates
1 Okayama GT 300km Race Japan Okayama International Circuit 16-17 April
2 Fuji GT 450km Race Japan Fuji Speedway 3-4 May
3 Suzuka GT 300km Race Japan Suzuka Circuit 28-29 May
4 Fuji GT 450km Race Japan Fuji Speedway 6-7 August
5 Suzuka GT 450km Race Japan Suzuka Circuit 27-28 August
6 Sugo GT 300km Race Japan Sportsland Sugo 17-18 September
7 Autopolis GT 300km Race Japan Autopolis 1-2 October
8 Motegi GT 300km Race Japan Mobility Resort Motegi 5-6 November

Teams and drivers[]

All teams will compete under a Japanese license.

GT500[]

Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
NDDP Racing[4] Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 3 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo[4] M TBA
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi[4]
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[5][6] Honda Honda NSX-Type S GT500 8 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi[6] B TBA
Japan Tomoki Nojiri[6]
Team Impul[7] Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 12 Belgium Bertrand Baguette[4] B TBA
Japan Kazuki Hiramine[4]
TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE[8] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 14 Japan Kazuya Oshima[8] B TBA
Japan Kenta Yamashita[8]
Team Red Bull Mugen[5] Honda Honda NSX-Type S GT500 16 Japan Toshiki Oyu[6] D TBA
Japan Ukyo Sasahara[6]
Astemo Real Racing[5] Honda Honda NSX-Type S GT500 17 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita[6] B TBA
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi[6]
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh[8] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[8] Y TBA
Japan Sena Sakaguchi[8]
NISMO[7] Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda[4] M TBA
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli[4]
Kondo Racing[7] Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 24 Japan Kohei Hirate[4] Y TBA
Japan Daiki Sasaki[4]
TGR Team au TOM'S[8] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 36 France Giuliano Alesi[8] B TBA
Japan Sho Tsuboi[8]
TGR Team KeePer TOM'S[8] Toyota GR Supra GT500 37 France Sacha Fenestraz[8] B TBA
Japan Ritomo Miyata[8]
TGR Team ZENT Cerumo[8] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 38 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura[8] B TBA
Japan Yuji Tachikawa[8]
TGR Team SARD[8] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500 39 Japan Yuichi Nakayama[8] B TBA
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[8]
Modulo Nakajima Racing[5] Honda Honda NSX-Type S GT500 64 Japan Takuya Izawa[6] D TBA
Japan Hiroki Otsu[6]
Team Kunimitsu[5] Honda Honda NSX-Type S GT500 100 Japan Tadasuke Makino[6] B TBA
Japan Naoki Yamamoto[6]

GT300[]

Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
muta Racing  [ja][9] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300[10] 2 Japan  [ja][9] B TBA
Japan  [ja][9]
Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO[11] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[11] 4 Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[11] Y TBA
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[11]
Team Mach[12] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300[12] 5 TBA Y TBA
TBA
Audi Sport Team Motoyama with Team LeMans[13] Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II[12] 6 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama[12] Y TBA
Japan Satoshi Motoyama[12]
BMW Team Studie x CSL[14] BMW BMW M4 GT3[14] 7 Japan Seiji Ara[14] M TBA
Brazil Augusto Farfus[14]
Japan Tsubasa Kondo[14]
Pacific - Car Guy Racing[15] Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[15] 9 Japan Takeshi Kimura[15] Y TBA
Japan Kei Cozzolino[15]
 [ja][16] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[16] 10 Japan Riki Okusa[16] D TBA
Japan Yusuke Shiotsu[16]
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita[16]
11 Japan  [ja][16] D TBA
Japan Hironobu Yasuda[16]
Team UpGarage[6] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo22[6] 18 Japan Takashi Kobayashi[6] Y TBA
Japan Kakunoshin Ohta[6]
SHADE Racing[10] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300[10] 20 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka[10] D TBA
Japan Eijiro Shimizu[10]
R'Qs Motor Sports[17] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[17] 22 Japan  [ja][17] Y TBA
Japan  [ja][17]
Hoppy  [ja][18] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[18] 25 Japan Takamitsu Matsui[19] Y TBA
Japan Seita Nonaka[19]
 [ja][10] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300[10] 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai[10] Y TBA
Japan Manabu Orido[10]
Toyota Prius PHV GR Sport GT300[10] 31 Japan Yuhki Nakayama[20] B TBA
Japan [20]
Busou Drago Corse[21] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[21] 34 Japan Yuji Ide[21] D TBA
Japan Masataka Yanagida[21]
NILZZ Racing[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[12] 48 Japan Taiyou Iida[12] Y TBA
TBA
Arnage Racing[20] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300[20] 50 Japan Masaki Kano[20] Y TBA
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi[20]
Japan Ryosei Yamashita[20]
 [ja][12] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[12] 52 Japan  [ja][12] B TBA
Japan  [ja][12]
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[6] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo22[6] 55 Japan Iori Kimura[6] B TBA
Japan Hideki Mutoh[6]
Kondo Racing[22] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[22] 56 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami[22] Y TBA
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira[22]
 [ja][20] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[20] 60 Japan  [ja][20] D TBA
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto[20]
R&D Sport[23] Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)[23] 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi[23] D TBA
Japan Hideki Yamauchi[23]
 [ja][24] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[24] 65 Japan Naoya Gamou[24] B TBA
Japan Takuro Shinohara[24]
 [ja][25][20] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[25][20] 87 Japan Kosuke Matsuura[25][20] Y TBA
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi[25][20]
88 Japan Takashi Kogure[25][20] Y TBA
Japan  [ja][25][20]
 [ja][26] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[26] 96 Japan  [ja][26] D TBA
Japan Shinichi Takagi[26]
Max Racing[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[19] 244 Japan Atsushi Miyake[19] Y TBA
Japan Kimiya Sato[19]
Tomei Sports[12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[12] 360 Japan Takayuki Aoki[12] Y TBA
Japan  [ja][12]

Vehicle Changes[]

GT500 Class[]

GT300 Class[]

  • Tsuchiya Engineering (operating as Hoppy Team Tsuchiya) will construct their own version of the Toyota GR Supra to GT300 regulations, replacing their previous Porsche 911 GT3-R.[18]
  • apr Racing launched the Toyota GR86 GT, constructed to GT300 specifications and based on the second-generation Toyota 86 (ZN8) model. apr's number 30 team and series newcomers SHADE Racing will each field the car in 2022.[10]
  • Subsequently, muta Racing INGING announced that they will also field the new Toyota GR86 GT, which replaces their previous Lotus Evora MC.[9]
  • The new BMW M4 GT3 (G82) makes its Japanese racing debut via BMW Team Studie x CSL.[14]
  • Arnage Racing changed vehicles from the Mercedes-AMG GT3, to the Dome-constructed Toyota MC86.[20]
  • Drago Corse, as part of their new collaboration with Busou (see Entrant Changes below), changed vehicles to the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.[21]
  • Honda NSX GT3 Evo vehicles were replaced with a upgraded version of itself, named as Honda NSX GT3 Evo22. Only 2 cars will compete in this season which were entered by ARTA and Team UpGarage.[29]

Entrant Changes[]

GT500 Class[]

GT300 Class[]

  • Audi Team Hitotsuyama announced that they would not take part in the 2022 Super GT season.[33]
  • Toyota Team Thailand, who competed as arto Team Thailand in 2021, announced that they will not take part in the 2022 Super GT season.[34]
  • Super Taikyu Series championship winning team SHADE Racing will enter Super GT for the first time.[35] SHADE Racing will enter the new Toyota GR86 GT300 riding on Dunlop tyres.Three-time GT300 championship runner-up Katsuyuki Hiranaka (who had spent the previous 13 seasons at Gainer),[36] and F4 Japanese Championship graduate Eijiro Shimizu were announced as the team's driver line-up.[10]
  • Takuro Shinohara transferred from Audi Team Hitotsuyama to K2 R&D LEON Racing, taking the place of Togo Suganami.[24]
  • 2013 GT300 champion Hideki Mutoh, and Japanese F4 graduate Iori Kimura, formed a new driver line-up for ARTA (Autobacs Racing Team Aguri). Mutoh takes the place of two-time GT300 champion Shinichi Takagi, and Kimura replaces Ren Sato, who will only compete in Super Formula in 2022.[6]
  • Another Japanese F4 graduate, Kakunoshin Ohta, joined Team UPGarage, replacing reigning Super Formula Lights champion Teppei Natori.[6]
  • GAINER signed Ryuichiro Tomita (who previously raced for the team between 2015 to 2017) and Formula Regional Japanese Championship graduate Riki Okusa to drive their number 10 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. Yusuke Shiotsu will be the team's third driver. Keishi Ishikawa moved into their number 11 Nissan, joining Hironobu Yasuda.[16]
  • Two-time GT300 champion Shinichi Takagi joined K-Tunes Racing, reuniting with three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta in a driver pairing for the first time since 2010.[37]
  • BMW Team Studie changed to Michelin tyres for the 2022 season, the first GT300 team to use Michelin tyres since 2020. Studie announced BMW factory driver Augusto Farfus as one of their main drivers for 2022, partnering Seiji Ara. GT300 race winner and reigning Super Taikyu ST-X class champion Tsubasa Kondo was signed as a third driver, and would replace Farfus in the event that he cannot enter Japan due to immigration restrictions.[14]
  • Yuui Tsutsumi, a first time race winner in 2021, transferred from Max Racing to partner Hiroki Katoh at muta Racing INGING.[9]
  • Reigning FIA F4 Japanese Champion, Seita Nonaka, joined Hoppy Team Tsuchiya in their new Toyota GR Supra.[19]
  • Kimiya Sato transferred to Max Racing after three seasons with Hoppy Team Tsuchiya.[19]
  • Ryohei Sakaguchi transferred from muta Racing INGING to Arnage Racing to partner Masaki Kano. Ryosei Yamashita was signed as the team's third driver.[20]
  • Drago Corse and vehicle customisation company Busou formed a collaborative entry, Busou Drago Corse. Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida, and GT500 race winner Yuji Ide were named as the drivers. Drago Corse founder Ryo Michigami will step away from driving duties to become the team director.[21] Dunlop became the new tyre supplier, replacing Yokohama.

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