2013 Super GT Season | |||
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Next 2014 | ||
The start of the season's final race. | |||
Number of races | 8 | ||
First race | 2013 Okayama GT 300 km | ||
Last race | 2013 Motegi GT 250 km | ||
Tyre Suppliers | B - M - Y - D - Hankook | ||
Points | 10 places 20-15-11-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 25-18-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 (Rd.5) | ||
Drivers' Championship (GT500) | |||
Champion | Tachikawa / Hirate | 69 | |
Runner-up | Tsukakoshi / Kaneishi | 67 | |
3rd place | Nakajima / Rossiter | 60 | |
Teams' Championship (GT500) | |||
Champions | Lexus Team ZENT CERUNO | 89 | |
Runners-up | Keihin Real Racing | 85 | |
3rd place | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | 80 | |
Drivers' Championship (GT300) | |||
Champion | Mutoh / Nakayama | 85 | |
Runner-up | Hiranaka / Wirdheim | 80 | |
3rd place | Taniguchi / Kataoka | 70 | |
Teams' Championship (GT300) | |||
Champions | Team Mugen | 107 | |
Runners-up | GAINER | 100 | |
3rd place | GSR&Studie with TeamUKYO | 87 |
The 2013 Super GT season (2013年のSUPER GT 2013-nen no SUPER GT) was the 20th season of the JGTC.
The season saw Yuji Tachikawa and Kohei Hirate taking their title in GT500 for Team CERUMO, with Hideki Mutoh and Yuhki Nakayama taking their title in GT300 for Team Mugen.
There was about to be held an exhibition event held at Korea for the first time in Korea International Circuit, but was cancelled.
Calendar[]
Point system[]
For the 5th round held at Suzuka, the winner will get 25 points, the runner-up will get 18, and the 3rd place finisher will get 13 points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
1000 km Suzuka points | 25 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Entry List[]
GT500 Class[]
Number | Car | Drivers | Entrant | Tyre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | REITO MOLA GT-R | Satoshi Motoyama Yuhi Sekiguchi |
MOLA Racing | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ENEOS SUSTINA SC430 | Kazuya Oshima Yuji Kunimoto |
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ARTA HSV-010 | [IRL] Ralph Firman Kosuke Matsuura |
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B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R | Tsugio Matsuda João Paulo Lima de Oliveira |
TEAM IMPUL | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | KEIHIN HSV-010 | Koudai Tsukakoshi Toshihiro Kaneishi |
Keihin Real Racing | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Weider Modulo HSV-010 | Naoki Yamamoto Frédéric Makowiecki |
Weider Modulo Dome Racing | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | WedsSport ADVAN SC430 | Seiji Ara André Couto |
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | MOTUL AUTECH GT-R | Masataka Yanagida Ronnie Quintarelli |
Nismo | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | D'station ADVAN GT-R | Hironobu Yasuda Michael Krumm |
Kondo Racing | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Epson HSV-010 | Ryo Michigami Daisuke Nakajima |
Epson Nakajima Racing | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 | Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter |
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | KeePer TOM'S SC430 | Daisuke Ito Andrea Caldarelli |
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | ZENT CERUMO SC430 | Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate |
Lexus Team ZENT CERUMO | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | DENSO KOBELCO SC430 | Juichi Wakisaka Hiroaki Ishiura |
Lexus Team SARD | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | RAYBRIG HSV-010 | Takuya Izawa Takashi Kogure |
Team Kunimitsu | B |
GT300 Class[]
Key | |
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Asian LMS entry | Green |
Fuji Sprint Cup entry | Red |
Number | Car | Drivers | Entrant | Tyre |
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0 | ENDLESS TAISAN PORSCHE | Kyosuke Mineo Naoki Yokomizo |
Team Taisan KEN Endless | Y |
2 | EVA-RT Hatsugoki Apple McLaren MP4-12C GT3 (Rd.1-2,4-) EVA-RT Hatsugoki Petronas McLaren MP4-12C GT3 (Rd.3) |
Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh Carlo van Dam (Rd.5) |
Cars Tokai Dream28 | Y |
3 | S Road NDDP GT-R GT3 | Kazuki Hoshino Daiki Sasaki [ESP] Lucas Ordoñez (Rd.5) |
NDDP Racing | Y |
4 | GSR Hatsune Miku BMW Z4 GT3 | Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka Jörg Müller (Rd.5) |
Goodsmile Racing | Y |
5 | Mach GoGoGo Shaken Ferrari 458 GT3 (Rd.1-3) Mach GoGoGo Shaken Nissan GT-R GT3 (Rd.5-) |
Tetsuji Tamanaka Junichiro Yamashita Naofumi Omoto (Rd.2,5) Naoya Yamano (Asian LMS) |
Team Mach | Y |
7 | OGT Bonds Racing GT-R GT3 (Rd.1-2) | Igor Sushko Ryo Orime (Rd.1) Yuji Ide (Rd.2) |
Bonds Racing | Y |
9 | NAC KOUKAKUKIDOUTAI Porsche | Shogo Mitsuyama Yu Yokomaku Yuya Sakamoto (Rd.5) |
Direction Racing | Y |
10 | GAINER Rn-SPORTS DIXCEL SLS | Tetsuya Tanaka Masayuki Ueda Masataka Kawaguchi (Rd.5) |
GAINER | D |
11 | GAINER DIXCEL SLS | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim |
GAINER | D |
16 | MUGEN CR-Z GT | Hideki Mutoh Yuhki Nakayama |
Team Mugen | B |
21 | ZENT Audi R8 LMS ultra | Akihiro Tsuzuki Richard Lyons |
Hitotsuyama Racing | Hankook |
22 | GREEN TEC SLS AMG GT3 | Hisashi Wada Masaki Jyonai |
R'Qs Motorsports | Y |
30 | IWASAKI apr R8 (Rd.1-3) IWASAKI OGT Racing GT-R GT3 (Rd.4-) |
Yuki Iwasaki [MAL] Fairuz Fauzy (Rd.1-2) Igor Sushko (Rd.3-) Kenji Kobayashi (Rd.2,5) |
apr Racing | Y |
31 | PANASONIC apr PRIUS GT | Morio Nitta Koki Saga Yuichi Nakayama (Rd.5) |
apr Racing | Y |
33 | HANKOOK PORSCHE | Masami Kageyama Tomonobu Fujii |
HANKOOK KTR | Hankook |
35 | NISMO ATHLETE GT-R GT3 (FSC) | Alex Buncombe [ESP] Lucas Ordoñez |
NISMO ATHLETE Global Team | Y |
48 | DIJON RACING IS GT-R | Hiroshi Takamori Katsumasa Chiyo Masaki Tanaka (Rd.5) |
DIJON Racing | Y |
50 | Exe Aston Martin | Masaki Kano Hideto Yasuoka Ryohei Sakaguchi (Rd.2,5) |
Arnage Racing | Y |
52 | OKINAWA-IMP SLS | Hironori Takeuchi Takeshi Tsuchiya Naoya Gamou (Rd.5) Motoyoshi Yoshida (Asian LMS) |
Team Shift | Y |
55 | ARTA CR-Z GT | Shinichi Takagi Takashi Kobayashi Tomoki Nojiri (Rd.5) |
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | B |
61 | R&D SPORT SUBARU BRZ | Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki Takuto Iguchi (Rd.5) |
R&D SPORT | M |
62 | LEON SLS | Haruki Kurosawa Masanobu Kato (Rd.1-2) Tsubasa Kurosawa (Rd.2-) Akihiko Nakaya (Rd.5) |
LEON RACING | Y |
86 | CRYSTAL CROCO Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Koji Yamanishi Shinya Hosokawa Yuya Sakamoto (Rd.5) |
JLOC | Y |
87 | LA SEINE Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 (Rd.1-8) | Hideki Yamauchi Hiroki Yoshimoto |
JLOC | Y |
88 | MANEPA Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Manabu Orido (Rd.1-8) Takayuki Aoki (Rd.1-8) Hideki Yamauchi (FSC) Hiroki Yoshimoto (FSC) |
JLOC | Y |
96 | DIJON WAKO'S ENDLESS Z06.R GT3 (Rd.2,4,6,FSC) | Masaki Tanaka Keiichi Inoue (Rd.2,FSC) Makoto Ikegami (Rd.4,6) |
DIJON Racing | Y |
360 | RUN UP GROUP GT-R (Rd.1-4,6-)¹ | Takuya Shirasaka Atsushi Tanaka |
TOMEI SPORTS | Y |
Driver Changes[]
GT500[]
- Team Kunimitsu driver Naoki Yamamoto and Dome Racing Team driver Takashi Kogure swapped seats. Yamamoto will move to Dome Racing Team, and Kogure will nove to Team Kunimitsu.
- Team Mugen driver Daisuke Nakajima and Nakajima Racing driver Yuhki Nakayama swapped classes. Nakayama will move to Team Mugen, and Nakajima will move to Nakajima Racing.
- Takashi Kobayashi and Kosuke Matsuura swapped classes. Kobayashi goes to the GT300 class, and Matsuura to GT500 class.
- 2012 FIA GT1 runner-up Frédéric Makowiecki will join the the Dome Racing Team. He left FIA GT1 and joined Super GT. However, he still races for World Endurance Championship.
- Force India test driver James Rossiter will join the Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S team, replcaing Frenchman Loïc Duval. He was a test driver for Force India from F1. However, he will still test for Force India.
- After having no drive for the 2013 season, Frenchman Loïc Duval will race for the World Endurance Championship.
GT300[]
- German WTCC driver Jörg Müller will be the third driver for the Goodsmile Racing team for the 5th round, held at Suzuka.
- GT Academy champion Lucas Ordoñez will race for NDDP Racing at the 5th round. Since he was a GT Academy champion, he will partipicate in Super GT for the 5th round.
- Jann Mardenborough and Alex Buncombe will be a test driver for NDDP Racing, testing at Fuji. Later, it was confirmed that Alex Buncombe will join the season for the Fuji Sprint Cup, with the Nismo Athlete Global Team team, partnering with teammate Lucas Ordoñez.
- Daiki Sasaki will join NDDP Racing with Kazuki Hoshino. He was the 3rd driver for the 2012 season for NDDP Racing.
- Former Team Kunimitsu driver Shinya Hosokawa will return to the series, driving for the JLOC team. His last run was in 2010, with the same team.
- Fairuz Fauzy will join apr Racing, where he was replaced by Igor Sushko at the 3rd round and onwards. He was a driver for Thunder Asia Racing that only entered in Round 3 at Sepang.
- British driver Richard Lyons will stay in Super GT for the Hitotsuyama Racing team, partnering with Akihiro Tsuzuki. He was a driver for TEAM CERUMO in 2010 with Yuji Tachikawa before, got no drive in 2011, and then he entered back to the season in 2012.
- Yu Yokomaku will race for Direction Racing. He was the 3rd driver for Direction Racing since 2011.
- apr Racing's third driver, Yuichi Nakayama, will race for the same team in the 5th round held at Suzuka.
- LMP Motorsport driver Takuto Iguchi wil race for the R&D SPORT team in the 5th round held at Suzuka.
- Japanese rookie Hisao Shigeta will race for Direction Racing at the 3rd round held at Sepang, replacing Yu Yokomaku.
- LMP Motorsport driver Yutaka Yamagishi will leave the season, as LMP Motorsport had no eligible cars for the season.
- Swiss female driver Cyndie Allemann will leave the season, having no drive.
- Team SGC driver Alexandre Imperatori has no drive for the season, when Team SGC withdrew from the season. He will race for the World Endurance Championship with Team KCMG.
Mid-season changes[]
- Yuji Ide will race for Bonds Racing for the second round, replacing Ryo Orime. He was a driver for Team Kunimitsu in 2009 and Autobacs Racing Team Aguri in 2010, and now entered to Bonds Racing. Later, before the third round, the team withdrew, and he got no drive.
Test Drivers[]
- Marco Bonanomi will be a test driver for the season, but there is no information which team he will be.
- Oliver Jarvis will test for the Hitotsuyama Racing team at Motegi.
- After a horrible accident at Fuji in 2012, Tim Bergmeister will be a test driver for the Hankook KTR team.
Point Ranking[]
Driver's Championship (in progress)[]
- Bold text indicates pole position, italic text indicates fastest lap.
- For the unofficial Manufacturer's Championship, see here.
GT500[]
GT300 (NOT DONE)[]
Team's Championship[]
GT500[]
Pos. | No. | Team | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Rd.5 | Rd.6 | Rd.7 | Rd.8 | Points |
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1st | 38 | LEXUS TEAM ZENT CERUMO | 4th | 2nd | 14th | NC† | 11th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 89 |
2nd | 17 | KEIHIN REAL RACING | 2nd | Ret | 5th | Ret | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 85 |
3rd | 36 | LEXUS TEAM PETRONAS TOM'S | 12th | 1st | 11th | 10th | 3rd | 12th | 1st | 5th | 80 |
4th | 18 | Weider Modulo Dome Racing | 5th | 10th | 4th | NC† | 1st | 5th | 5th | 7th | 77 |
5th | 6 | LEXUS TEAM LeMans ENEOS | 7th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | Ret | 4th | 11th | 1st | 72 |
6th | 23 | NISMO | 3rd | Ret | 9th | 3rd | 2nd | 9th | 8th | 8th | 71 |
7th | 39 | LEXUS TEAM SARD | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 9th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 70 |
8th | 37 | LEXUS TEAM KeePer TOM'S | 15th | 6th | 10th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 9th | 6th | 69 |
9th | 12 | TEAM IMPUL | 6th | 5th | 1st | Ret | 4th | 6th | Ret | 13th | 63 |
10th | 100 | TEAM KUNIMITSU | 1st | 7th | 3rd | NC† | 10th | Ret | 12th | 12th | 55 |
11th | 8 | AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI | 9th | 8th | 8th | 1st | 12th | 8th | 14th | Ret | 49 |
12th | 1 | MOLA | 10th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 4th | Ret | 47 |
13th | 24 | KONDO RACING | 13th | 12th | 13th | 5th | Ret | 10th | 6th | 9th | 32 |
14th | 19 | LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH | 14th | 11th | 15th | 9th | 6th | Ret | 13th | 10th | 25 |
15th | 32 | NAKAJIMA RACING | 11th | 13th | 12th | 8th | 13th | Ret | 10th | 11th | 19 |
† = Did not finished, but was classified.
V T E | 2013 Super GT Season | |
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Teams (GT500) | MOLA Racing • Lexus Team ENEOS LeMans • Autobacs Racing Team Aguri • Team Impul • Keihin Real Racing • Weider Modulo Dome Racing • Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh • Nismo • Kondo Racing • Nakajima Racing • Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S • Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S • Lexus Team ZENT CERUMO • Lexus Team SARD • Team Kunimitsu | |
Teams (GT300) | Team Taisan • Cars Tokai Dream28 • NDDP Racing • Team Ukyo • Team Mach • Bonds Racing • Direction Racing • GAINER • Team Mugen • Hitotsuyama Racing • R'Qs Motorsports • apr Racing • Hankook KTR • Nismo Athlete Global Team • Dijon Racing • Arnage Racing • Team Shift • R&D Sport • LEON Racing • JLOC • Tomei Sports | |
Tyres | M • Y • B • D • Hankook | |
Drivers (GT500) | 1 Motoyama / Sekiguchi • 6 Oshima / Kunimoto • 8 Firman / Matsuura • 12 Matsuda / Oliveira • 17 Tsukakoshi / Kaneishi • 18 Yamamoto / Makowiecki • 19 Ara / Couto • 23 Yanagida / Quintarelli • 24 Yasuda / Krumm • 32 Michigami / Nakajima • 36 Nakajima / Rossiter • 37 Ito / Caldarelli • 38 Tachikawa / Hirate • 39 Wakisaka / Ishiura • 100 Izawa / Kogure | |
Drivers (GT300) | 0 Mineo / Yokomizo • 2 Takahashi / Katoh • 3 Hoshino / D. Sasaki • 5 Tamanaka / Yamashita • 7 Sushko / Ide • 9 Mitsuyama / Yokomaku • 10 T. Tanaka / Ueda • 11 Hiranaka / Wirdheim • 16 Mutoh / Nakayama • 21 Tsuzuki / Lyons • 22 Wada / Jyonai • 30 Iwasaki / Sushko • 31 Nitta / Saga • 33 Kageyama / Fujii • 35 Buncombe / Ordóñez • 48 Takamori / Chiyo • 50 Kano / Yasuoka • 52 Takeuchi / Tsuchiya • 55 Takagi / Kobayashi • 61 T. Yamano / K. Sasaki • 62 H. Kurosawa / T. Kurosawa • 86 Yamanishi / Hosokawa • 87 Yamauchi / Yoshimoto • 88 Orido / Aoki • 96 M. Tanaka / Inoue • 360 Shirasaka / A. Tanaka | |
Cars | SC430 • GT-R (R35) • HSV-010 GT • CR-Z GT • BRZ GT • Prius GT • SLS AMG GT3 • GT-R NISMO GT3 (MY13) • 997 RSR (MY13) • R8 LMS ultra GT3 • Z4 GT3 • MP4-12C GT3 • LP600 GT3 • Z06.R GT3 • V12 Vantage GT3 • 458 GT3 | |
Circuits | Okayama • Fuji • Sepang • SUGO • Suzuka • Autopolis • Motegi | |
Races | Round 1: Okayama • Round 2: Fuji • Round 3: Malaysia • Round 4: SUGO • Round 5: Pokka Sapporo • Round 6: Fuji • Round 7: Autopolis • Round 8: Motegi • Fuji Sprint Cup 2013 | |
Tests | Fuji Test • Okayama Test • Motegi Test | |
See also | 2012 Super GT Season • 2014 Super GT Season • Category |