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HELM Motorsports' Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 won the previous year's ST-X class championship.

The 2023 Eneos Super Taikyu Series Supported by Bridgestone (previously the Eneos Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook) was the thirty-third season of the Super Taikyu Series endurance racing championship. The season started on 19 March at Suzuka Circuit and ended on 12 November at Fuji Speedway.

Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing won the championship in the series' GT3 category, known as ST-X, with a Mercedes-AMG GT3.

A specially-designed Toyota GR Corolla running on liquid hydrogen fuel made its debut at the NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race on 27–28 May.[1]

Calendar

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The Super Taikyu Series announced their provisional 2023 calendar on 24 October 2022, with seven rounds held at the six major Japanese racing circuits.[2] The final round of the season was moved from Suzuka Circuit to Fuji Speedway. Before the start of the season, the sixth round at Okayama International Circuit was moved from 15 October to 22 October to avoid a clash with the Super GT Series' race at Autopolis, and the seventh round at Fuji was moved from 19 November to 12 November, to avoid a clash with the World Rally Championship Rally Japan.[3]

Round Event Race Length Race Format Classes Circuit Date
1 Suzuka Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race 5 hours 1 race All Suzuka Circuit 18–19 March
2 NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race 24 hours 1 race All Fuji Speedway 26–28 May
3 SUGO Super Taikyu 3 Hours Race 3 hours 2 races ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 2 / 4 / 5 Sportsland Sugo 8–9 July
4 Super Taikyu Race in Autopolis 5 hours 1 race ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 2 / 3 / 5 Autopolis 29–30 July
5 Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race 5 hours 1 race ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mobility Resort Motegi 2–3 September
6 Super Taikyu Race in Okayama 3 hours x 2 2 races ST-X / Z / TCR / Q / 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 Okayama International Circuit 21–22 October
7 S-Tai Final Fuji 4 Hours Race with Fuji Niq Festival 4 hours 1 race All Fuji Speedway 11–12 November

Tyres

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Hankook entered 2023 in the final year of a three-year contract as the Super Taikyu Series' official tyre supplier. On 12 March, a fire at Hankook's plant in Daejeon forced the company to halt all production at the facility, including the production of tyres supplied to Super Taikyu.

Bridgestone agreed to become the new tyre supplier to the series with immediate effect on 24 April, just 12 days after signing a new three-year deal to become the series' new tyre supplier in 2024.[4] At the NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race, most teams were supplied with Bridgestone slick tyres and the remaining stock of wet tyres from Hankook. This excluded ST-4 and ST-5 class entries, and select ST-Q cars, which used Bridgestone high-performance street tyres instead of slicks. Bridgestone would then supply wet racing tyres from the third round onwards.

At the fourth round in Autopolis, it was confirmed that the ST-4, ST-5, and select ST-Q cars would continue to race on Bridgestone street tyres for the remainder of 2023.[5]

Teams and drivers

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On 19 February, the Super Taikyu Series published their provisional full-season entry list, featuring 62 entries.[6] 61 different cars entered throughout the course of the season.

ST-X

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Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Japan HELM Motorsports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 1 Japan Yutaka Toriba All
Japan Yuya Hiraki
Japan Reiji Hiraki
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough 2
Hong Kong Shaun Thong 2
Japan Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 14 Japan Ryuta Ukai All
Japan Hibiki Taira
Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan TKRI Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 23 Japan Daisuke 1, 3–7
Japan Yuya Motojima
Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan apr Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 31 Japan Koki Saga All
Japan Kazuto Kotaka
Japan Hideki Nagai 1–2
Japan Hiroaki Nagai 2–7
Japan Yuichi Nakayama 2
Japan Yuta Kamimura 2
Japan GTNET Motor Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 81 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 4–7
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi
Japan Nobuyuki Oyagi 4–7
819 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 1–2
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi
Japan Joe Shindo 1–2
Japan Nobuyuki Oyagi 2
Hong Kong KCMG Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 202 Hong Kong Paul Ip All
China Ho-Pin Tung
Hong Kong Marchy Lee
Italy Edoardo Liberati 2
Australia Josh Burdon 2
Japan Team 5ZIGEN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 500 Japan Hirobon 1, 6
Japan Shintaro Kawabata
Japan Yu Kanamaru
Japan Yusuke Shiotsu 1
Japan D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 777 Japan Tatsuya Hoshino 7
Japan Tsubasa Kondo
Japan Kenji Hama
Australia Jake Parsons

ST-Z

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The ST-Z class use SRO GT4 homologated vehicles

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Japan Birth Racing Project 【BRP】 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 Japan Kenji Suzuki All
Japan Takeshi Suehiro
Japan Kohei Fukuda
Japan Tatsuya Tanigawa
Japan Anna Inotsume 2
Japan Hirobon 2
Japan Naniwa Denso Team Impul Nissan Z Nismo GT4 Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 20 Japan Yuki Tanaka All
Japan Kazuki Oki
Japan Kazuki Hiramine 1–4, 6–7
Japan Kazuki Hoshino 1–4, 6–7
Japan Keishi Ishikawa 2, 5
Japan Kazuki Nakajima 2
Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 21 Japan Daisuke Yamawaki All
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
Japan Seiya Jin 1–3
Japan Yuki Ano 1–2, 4–5, 7
Japan Yuki Fujii 2
Japan Shinichi Takagi 2
Japan Shintaro Kawabata 4
Japan Ritomo Miyata 5–7
Japan Porsche Team EBI Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 1–3, 5–7
Japan Naoya Yamano
Japan Shota Kitazono 1–3, 5, 7
Japan Kizuna 2–3, 6
Japan Satoshi Motoyama 2
France Giuliano Alesi 2
Japan Team ZeroOne Nissan Z Nismo GT4 Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 26 Japan Ryuichiro Otsuka All
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Japan Teppei Natori
Japan Takuro Shinohara 1–2, 4–5, 7
Japan Masataka Yanagida 2
Japan Techno First Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 34 Japan Masaki Kano All
Japan Riki Okusa
Japan Hironobu Yasuda
Japan Tadasuke Makino 2–3
Japan Masami Kageyama 2
Japan Ryoma Henzan 7
Japan Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 52 Japan Manabu Yamazaki All
Japan Kohta Kawaai
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Seita Nonaka 2
Japan Team Noah Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 75 Japan Yoshikazu Sobu 1–2, 4–7
Japan Toshiro Tsukada 1–2, 4
Japan Yuji Kiyotaki 1, 5
Japan Shingo Wada 1,6
Japan Yasuhiro Ogushi 2, 4
Japan Kuniyuki Haga 2, 5
Japan Kazuya Oshima 2, 6
Japan Yu Kanamaru 2
Japan Masataka Kubo 4
Japan Tatsuya Okahara 5
Thailand Nattavude Charoensukhawatana 7
Thailand Nattapong Hortongkum 7
Thailand Grant Supaphongs 7
Japan Buzz Kota Racing McLaren 570S GT4 (Rd. 1, 3)
Mercedes-AMG GT4 (Rd. 6–7) 		McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 (Rd. 1, 3)
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 (Rd. 6–7) 		111 Japan Kota Sasaki 1, 3, 6
Japan "Ken Alex" 1, 3
Japan Kazutaka Tokufuji 1, 6–7
Japan Ryosuke Kagami 1
Japan Naoto Uzuka 3, 6–7
Finland Max Salo 3, 6–7
Japan Hikaru Jitosho 7
Japan Auto Factory Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 555 Japan Jun Tashiro 1–2, 5, 7
Japan Shigehiro Ikemoto
Japan Kazutaka Tokufuji 2
Japan SHADE Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 885 Japan Hiro Hayashi All
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Eijiro Shimizu
Japan Morio Nitta 2
Japan Yuhki Nakayama 2

ST-TCR

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The ST-TCR class use TCR homologated vehicles

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Japan AI' Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) 5 Japan Kazuhiro Sakai 4–7
Japan Shion Tsujimoto
Japan Masato Mitsuhashi 4
Japan Masaaki Fujii 5,7
Japan Ren Sato 5
Japan M&K Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK5) 97 Japan Mitsuhiro Endo 4–7
Japan Tosei Moriyama 4–5
Japan Yusuke Mitsui 4
Japan Shinji Nakano 5
Japan Takashi Kobayashi 7

ST-Q

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The ST-Q class use development vehicles approved by the STO

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Japan Mazda Spirit Racing Mazda Roadster (NDERC) CNF Concept 12 Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi 4–7
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi
Japan Ikuo Maeda
Mazda3 Bio Concept 55 Japan Kazuhiro Terakawa 1–2, 4–7
Japan Yutaka Seki
Japan Kaoru Ijiri
Japan Ikuo Maeda 1–2
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi 2
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi 2
Japan ORC ROOKIE Racing Toyota GR86 CNF Concept 28 Japan Keizo Kato 1–5, 7
Japan Daisuke Toyoda
Japan Eisuke Sasaki 1–3
Japan Kazuya Oshima 1–2, 4–5, 7
Japan Kenta Yamashita 2–5, 7
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 2
Toyota GR Yaris (Rd.1, 3)
Toyota GR Corolla H2 Concept (Rd. 2, 4, 7)[1]
Toyota GR Yaris DAT Concept (Rd. 5) 		32 Japan "Morizo" All
Japan Masahiro Sasaki
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Yasuhiro Ogura
Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 2
Japan Team SDA Engineering Subaru BRZ CNF Concept 61 Japan Kazuhiro Ito 1–3, 5–7
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Koichi Hirota
Japan Kota Sasaki 2
Japan Takuma Kamada 2
Japan NISMO Nissan Z Racing Concept 230 Japan Kohei Hirate 2, 5
Japan Daiki Sasaki
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
Japan Tsugio Matsuda 2
Japan Team HRC Honda Civic Type R CNF Concept 271 Japan Hideki Mutoh 2–7
Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Hiroki Otsu
Japan Syun Koide 2

ST–1 to ST–5

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
ST–1
Japan K's Frontier KTM Cars KTM X-Bow GTX 2 Japan Taiyo Ida 1–3, 5–7
Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Takashi Kobayashi 2
Japan D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT8R 47 Japan Manabu Orido 1–3, 5–7
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino 1–3, 5–6
Japan Kenji Hama 1–3, 5–6
Australia Jake Parsons 1–3, 5–6
Japan Tsubasa Kondo 2
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson 2
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 7
ST–2 (2,400-3,500cc, front-wheel and all-wheel drive)
Japan Shinryo Racing Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (CZ4A) 6 Japan Tomohiro Tomimasu 1–5, 7
Japan Yasushi Kikuchi
Japan Masazumi Ohashi
Japan Hitoshi Gotoh 2
Japan Takahiro Matsuzawa 2
7 Japan Keisuke Anzai 1–5, 7
Japan Yoshiki Fujii 1–3, 5
Japan Masato Narisawa 1-3
Japan Kazuya Shimogaki 1-2, 4–5, 7
Japan Kazunari Yoshioka 2, 4–5, 7
Japan Tatsuya Usui 2
Japan Endless Sports Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) 13 Japan Masaya Hanazato 1–5, 7
Japan Mizuki Ishizaka
Japan Reimei Ito
Japan Hitoshi Okada
Japan Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) 225 Japan Kengo Ichijo 1–5, 7
Japan Rin Arakawa
Japan Jiei Okuzumi
Japan Shunji Okumoto
Japan Honda R&D Challenge Honda Civic Type R (FL5) 743 Japan Hiroaki Ishigaki 1–5, 7
Japan Junichi Kidachi
Japan Hideki Kakinuma 1–3, 5
Japan Hideki Mutoh 1
Japan Shinichi Katsura 2
Japan Tetsumei Mochizuki 2
Japan Tensho Kobayashi 4–5, 7
ST-3 (2,400-3,500cc, rear-wheel drive)
Japan Okabe Jidosha Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) 15 Japan Masaya Kohno 1–2, 4–7
Japan Masaaki Nagashima
Japan Aruga Tomita
Japan Seiya Motojima
Finland Max Salo 2
Japan Yuya Nakajima 2
16 Japan Hirokazu Suzuki 1–2, 4–7
Japan Toru Tanaka
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Kazuomi Komatsu
Japan Atsushi Miyake 2
Japan Tsubasa Mekaru 2
Japan Team ZeroOne Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) 25 Japan Kimiya Sato 1–5, 7
Japan Daiki Fujiwara
Japan Tsugio Matsuda 1, 5, 7
Japan Genki Nishimura 1–2
Japan Seiji Ara 2, 4, 7
Japan Kota Matsui 2
Japan Tomohide Yamaguchi 4-5
Japan Tracy Sports with Delta Lexus RC 350 (GSC10) 38 Japan Shunsuke Ozaki 1–2, 4–7
Japan Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
Japan Toshiki Ishimori
Japan Takanobu Ishizuka 2, 4–7
Japan Sesshu Kondo 2
39 Japan Takumi Sanada 1–5, 7
Japan Takashi Itoh
Japan Mamoru Okada 1–2, 4–6
Japan Shinya Fujita 2, 5–7
Japan Kazuaki Yasui 2
Japan Yoshinari Fujiwara 2
Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi 4
ST-4 (1,500-2,500cc)
Japan Endless Sports Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 3 Japan Hiroyuki Saka 1–3, 5–7
Japan Ryo Ogawa
Japan Togo Suganami
Japan Yuya Motojima 2
Japan Asano Racing Service Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 18 Japan Takeo Asano 1–3, 5–7
Japan Shinnosuke Ito
Japan Ryotaro Sawai 1–2
Japan Kazumi Mikami 2, 6–7
Japan Shoya Suzuki 2, 7
Japan Kazunori Nishimura 2
Japan Daiki Fujiwara 3
Japan Ryo Fukatsu 5
Japan Tracy Sports with Delta Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 41 Japan Hirotaka Ishii 1–3, 5–7
Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi
Japan Dai Mizuno
Japan Tomoaki Ichimori 2
Japan Team G/Motion' Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 60 Japan Resshu Shioya 1–3, 5–7
Japan Takao Seto
Japan Kengo Yamamoto 1–3, 5
Japan Piston Nishizawa 2, 5
Japan Toshihiro Kubota 2
Japan Yohei Ono 7
Japan Over Drive Mazda Roadster RF (NDERC) 66 Japan Kousei Kanto 1–3, 5–7
Japan Kyosuke Inomata
Japan Takahisa Ohno
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi 1
Japan Shigetomo Shimono 2–3, 5
Japan Chihiro Inagaki 2, 7
Japan Tatsuya Osaki 2
Japan TOM'S Spirit Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 86 Japan Hisashi Yabuki 1–3, 5–7
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Shunsuke Kohno
Japan Sho Tsuboi
Japan HMR Racing Toyota 86 (ZN6) 216 Japan Kenji Ishikawa 1, 3, 5–7
Japan Tomomitsu Senoo
Japan Yuki Kawahara 1, 3, 5, 7
Japan Takashi Nara 1, 5
Japan SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 884 Japan Masahiko Kageyama 1–3, 5–7
Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Shinnosuke Yamada
Japan Teppei Tsuruta
ST-5 (up to 1,500cc)
Japan Team Bride Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) (Rd. 1–4)
Honda Fit4 RS (GS4) (Rd. 6–7) 		4 Japan Yuya Ohta 1–4, 6–7
Japan Kaoru Arai
Japan Takuji Okada 1
Japan Shunya Ito 1
Japan Hiroshi Ito 2–4, 6–7
Japan Shunsuke Sato 2, 4
Japan Hiroki Kokuzawa 2
Japan Soichi Kurosu 2
Japan Hidefumi Minami 3, 6–7
Japan D.R.C EZO Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) 11 Japan Hajime Omono 2–3, 7
Japan Katsuhiro Sato 2-3
Japan Motoharu Sato 2, 7
Japan Ryoji Tashiro 2, 7
Japan Ryohei Oshima 2, 7
Japan Carlos Honda 2
Japan Kenta Kawafuku 3
Japan Team NOPRO Mazda Demio Diesel Turbo (DJ5FS) 17 Japan Hideyoshi Nishizawa 1–4, 6–7
Japan Tobio Ohtani
Japan Misaki Konishi
Japan Toshihiko Nogami
Japan Hiroaki Yamamoto 2
Japan Junichi Agematsu 2
Mazda Demio (DE5FS) 37 Japan Yoshihiro Kato 1–4, 6–7
Japan Tatsuya Nogami
Japan Suguru Kawana 1, 4, 6–7
Japan Johnny Ogura 2–4, 6–7
Japan Masataka Inoue 2
Japan Kenichi Obara 3
Japan Love Drive Racing Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 50 Japan Takashi Ohi 1–3, 6–7
Japan Junko Fujii
Japan Isao Ihashi 1–3, 6
Japan Mitsuhiro Kunisawa 1–3, 7
Japan Futoshi Someya 2, 7
Japan Takafumi Katsuki 2
Japan Over Drive Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 65 Japan Shuichiro Hokazono 1–4, 6–7
Japan Tatsuya Ota
Japan Hirohito Ito
Japan Eiji Niwa 1–2, 7
Japan Sena Kuronuma 2–4
Japan Kyohei Kawamura 2
Japan Takayuki Takechi 6
Japan Team Yamato Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) 67 Japan Shinya Uchiyama 1–3, 6–7
Japan Ryohei Yasui
Japan Hideaki Ito 2, 7
Japan Ryo Mukumoto 2, 7
Japan Yoshihiko Nakamura 3
Japan Nihon Automobile College Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 72 Japan Tetsuya Yamano 1–4, 6–7
Japan Makoto Kanai
Japan Tatsuya Nojima
Japan Takumi Minamisawa 2
Japan Tatsuya Okahara 2
Japan Tatsuya Ishii 2
Japan Murakami Motors Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 88 Japan Hiroyuki Murakami 1–4, 6–7
Japan Soichiro Yoshida
Japan Ryohei Arioka
Japan Daichi Okamoto 1–3, 6–7
Japan Keiji Amemiya 2
Japan Access Racing Team Toyota Vitz (NCP131) 110 Japan Toshiyuki Matsuda 1, 3–4, 6–7
Japan Tatsuki Maeda
Japan Shota Yanagihori
Japan Mazda Spirit Racing Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) 120 Japan Haruhiko Sugino 1–4, 6
Japan Tatsuya Minowa 1–3
Japan Noriyuki Higuchi 1–2, 6
Japan Shohei Oda 1–2, 7
Japan Junji Ueda 2–3, 7
Japan Ryoto Kikuchi 2, 7
Japan Eiichi Honda 4, 6–7
Japan Yuta Nakajima 4, 6
Japan Honda Cars Tokai Honda Fit4 RS (GS4) 222 Japan Toshiki Takeuchi 1–4, 6–7
Japan Masayuki Sumi
Japan Hajime Saimen 1–4
Japan Masaki Nishihata 2, 6–7
Japan Ryoji Matsumoto 2, 4
Japan AutoLabo Toyota Yaris (MXPA10) 290 Japan Masayuki Minato 1–4, 6–7
Japan Yuichi Yokoo
Japan Takeshi Kitagawa 1–3, 6–7
Japan Takashi Azuma 1
Japan Atsuhito Otomo 2–3
Japan Daisuke Ito 2
Japan Teiichiro Fukiya 2
Japan Tatsuki Furuta 4

Race results

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Round Circuit Race ST-X Winners ST-Z Winners ST-TCR Winners ST-Q Winners
1 Suzuka [7][8] No.500 Team 5Zigen No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave did not participate No.61 Team SDA Engineering
Japan Hirobon
Japan Shintaro Kawabata
Japan Yusuke Shiotsu
Japan Yu Kanamaru 		Japan Manabu Yamazaki
Japan Kohta Kawaai
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Naoki Hattori 		Japan Koichi Hirota
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Japan Kazuhiro Ito
2 Fuji 24h [9][10] No.14 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.230 NISMO
Japan Ryuta Ukai
Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Hibiki Taira
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		Japan Manabu Yamazaki
Japan Kohta Kawaai
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Seita Nonaka 		Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Daiki Sasaki
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
3 Sugo Group 1[11][12] No.23 TKRI No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave No.32 ORC ROOKIE Racing
Japan Daisuke
Japan Yuya Motojima
Japan Yuhki Nakayama 		Japan Manabu Yamazaki
Japan Kohta Kawaai
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Naoki Hattori 		Japan Morizo
Japan Masahiro Sasaki
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Yasuhiro Ogura
Group 2[11][13] did not participate No.61 Team SDA Engineering
Japan Koichi Hirota
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Japan Kazuhiro Ito
4 Autopolis [14][15] No.14 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing No.885 SHADE Racing No.97 M&K Racing No.28 ORC ROOKIE Racing
Japan Ryuta Ukai
Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Hibiki Taira
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		Japan Hiro Hayashi
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Eijiro Shimizu 		Japan Mitsuhiro Endo
Japan Yusuke Mitsui
Japan Tosei Moriyama 		Japan Keizo Kato
Japan Kenta Yamashita
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Daisuke Toyoda
5 Motegi [16][17] No.31 apr No.885 SHADE Racing No.97 M&K Racing No.230 NISMO
Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Kazuto Kotaka
Japan Koki Saga 		Japan Hiro Hayashi
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Eijiro Shimizu 		Japan Mitsuhiro Endo
Japan Shinji Nakano
Japan Tosei Moriyama 		Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Daiki Sasaki
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
6 Okayama Group 1[18][19] No.14 Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing No.34 Techno First No.97 M&K Racing No.271 Team HRC
Japan Ryuta Ukai
Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Hibiki Taira
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		Japan Masaki Kano
Japan Riki Okusa
Japan Hironobu Yasuda 		Japan Mitsuhiro Endo
Japan Shinji Nakano 		Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Hiroki Otsu
Group 2[18][20] did not participate No.55 Mazda Spirit Racing
Japan Kazuhiro Terakawa
Japan Kaoru Ijiri
Japan Yutaka Seki
7 Fuji 4h [21][22] No.31 apr No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave no finishers No.271 Team HRC
Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Kazuto Kotaka
Japan Koki Saga 		Japan Manabu Yamazaki
Japan Kohta Kawaai
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Naoki Hattori 		Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Hiroki Otsu
Round Circuit Race ST-1 Winners ST-2 Winners ST-3 Winners ST-4 Winners ST-5 Winners
1 Suzuka No.47 D'station Racing No.743 Honda R&D Challenge No.15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsports No.60 Team G/Motion' No.88 Murakami Motors
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino
Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Kenji Hama
Australia Jake Parsons 		Japan Hiroaki Ishigaki
Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Junichi Kidachi
Japan Hideki Kakinuma 		Japan Masaya Kohno
Japan Masaaki Nagashima
Japan Aruga Tomita
Japan Seiya Motojima 		Japan Resshu Shioya
Japan Kengo Yamamoto
Japan Takao Seto 		Japan Hiroyuki Murakami
Japan Soichiro Yoshida
Japan Ryohei Arioka
Japan Daichi Okamoto
2 Fuji 24h No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No.13 Endless Sports No.38 Tracy Sports with Delta No.60 Team G/Motion' No.17 Team NOPRO
Japan Taiyo Ida
Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Takashi Kobayashi 		Japan Masaya Hanazato
Japan Mizuki Ishizaka
Japan Reimei Ito
Japan Hitoshi Okada 		Japan Shunsuke Ozaki
Japan Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
Japan Toshiki Ishimori
Japan Sesshu Kondo
Japan Takanobu Ishizuka 		Japan Resshu Shioya
Japan Kengo Yamamoto
Japan Takao Seto
Japan Piston Nishizawa
Japan Toshihiro Kubota 		Japan Hideyoshi Nishizawa
Japan Tobio Ohtani
Japan Misaki Konishi
Japan Toshihiko Nogami
Japan Hiroaki Yamamoto
Japan Junichi Agematsu
3 Sugo Group 1 No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No.6 Shinryo Racing Team did not participate
Japan Taiyo Ida
Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 		Japan Tomohiro Tomimasu
Japan Yasushi Kikuchi
Japan Masazumi Ohashi
Group 2 did not participate No.3 Endless Sports No.72 Nihon Automobile College
Japan Hiroyuki Saka
Japan Ryo Ogawa
Japan Togo Suganami 		Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Makoto Kanai
Japan Tatsuya Nojima
4 Autopolis did not participate No.13 Endless Sports No.16 Okabe Jidosha Motorsports did not participate No.72 Nihon Automobile College
Japan Masaya Hanazato
Japan Mizuki Ishizaka
Japan Reimei Ito
Japan Hitoshi Okada 		Japan Hirokazu Suzuki
Japan Toru Tanaka
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Kazuomi Komatsu 		Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Makoto Kanai
Japan Tatsuya Nojima
5 Motegi No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars No.225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports No.25 Team ZeroOne No.41 Tracy Sports with Delta did not participate
Japan Taiyo Ida
Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 		Japan Kengo Ichijo
Japan Rin Arakawa
Japan Jiei Okuzumi
Japan Shunji Okumoto 		Japan Tomohide Yamaguchi
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Japan Kimiya Sato
Japan Daiki Fujiwara 		Japan Dai Mizuno
Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi
Japan Hirotaka Ishii
6 Okayama Group 1 No.2 K's Frontier KTM Cars did not participate did not participate
Japan Taiyo Ida
Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Group 2 did not participate No.38 Tracy Sports with Delta No.41 Tracy Sports with Delta No.88 Murakami Motors
Japan Shunsuke Ozaki
Japan Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
Japan Toshiki Ishimori
Japan Takanobu Ishizuka 		Japan Dai Mizuno
Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi
Japan Hirotaka Ishii 		Japan Hiroyuki Murakami
Japan Soichiro Yoshida
Japan Ryohei Arioka
Japan Daichi Okamoto
7 Fuji 4h No.47 D'station Racing No.743 Honda R&D Challenge No.39 Tracy Sports with Delta No.86 TOM'S Spirit No.72 Nihon Automobile College
Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 		Japan Hiroaki Ishigaki
Japan Junichi Kidachi
Japan Tensho Kobayashi 		Japan Takumi Sanada
Japan Takashi Itoh
Japan Shinya Fujita 		Japan Hisashi Yabuki
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Shunsuke Kohno
Japan Sho Tsuboi 		Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Makoto Kanai
Japan Tatsuya Nojima

Championship standings

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Championship points are awarded in every class with the exception of ST-Q at the end of each event.

For the ST-X, ST-Z, and ST-TCR championships, each team's six highest scoring rounds are validated in the final championship standings.

Points systems[23]
Duration 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th ≤11th Pole
3 Hours / 500 km 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 2
5 Hours / 700 km 30 22.5 18 15 12 9 6 4.5 3 1.5 1 2
≥12 Hours / 1400 km 45 35 27 23 18 13 9 7 5 3 1 2

Notes

  • If the final round of the championship is less than five hours or 700 kilometres, 1.5 times the regular amount of points will be awarded.

Teams' Championship standings

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Pos. Car Team SUZ 24H SUG AUT MRM OIC FSW Points
ST-X
1 14 Japan Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing 7 1 3 1 6 1 3 136
2 31 Japan apr 3 5 5 6 1 4 1 118
3 1 Japan HELM Motorsports 4 4 2 2 4 5 2 117
4 23 Japan TKRI 2 1 3 2 2 4 113
5 81/819 Japan GTNET Motor Sports 6 2 WD 4 3 6 5 95
6 202 Hong Kong KCMG 5 3 4 5 5 3 6 85
7 500 Japan Team 5Zigen 1 7 36
8 777 Japan D'station Racing 7 6
ST-Z
1 52 Japan Saitama Toyopet Green Brave 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 174
2 885 Japan SHADE Racing 3 3 Ret 1 1 3 2 141.5
3 34 Japan Techno First 7 4 6 3 4 1 4 99
4 26 Japan Team ZeroOne 2 9 2 4 3 Ret 77.5
5 21 Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama 11 2 Ret 6 6 4 6 73
6 19 Japan Birth Racing Project 【BRP】 4 6 5 5 8 5 10 60.5
7 20 Japan Naniwa Denso Team Impul 5 8 3 8 5 Ret 5 59.5
8 22 Japan Porsche Team EBI Waimarama 6 7 4 Ret Ret 3 50
9 75 Japan Team Noah 9 5 7 Ret 6 8 37.5
10 111 Japan Buzz Kota Racing 8 Ret WD 7 7 14.5
11 555 Japan Auto Factory 10 Ret 7 WD 9 10.5
ST-TCR
1 97 Japan M&K Racing 1 1 1 Ret 88
2 5 Japan AI' Racing 2 Ret 2 Ret 37.5
ST-1
1 2 Japan K's Frontier KTM Cars 2 1 1 1 1 2 168
2 47 Japan D'station Racing 1 2 2 2 2 1 151.5
ST-2
2 743 Japan Honda R&D Challenge 1 3 3 3 4 1 132
1 13 Japan Endless Sports 2 1 2 1 3 NC 130.5
3 6 Japan Shinryo Racing Team Ret 2 1 2 5 2 120
4 225 Japan Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports 4 4 5 Ret 1 4 95
5 7 Japan Shinryo Racing Team 3 Ret 4 Ret 2 3 68.5
ST-3
1 38 Japan Tracy Sports with Delta 3 1 2 5 1 3 139.5
2 39 Japan Tracy Sports with Delta 2 2 3 4 4 1 134.5
3 15 Japan Okabe Jidosha Motorsport 1 3 4 2 2 2 134
4 16 Japan Okabe Jidosha Motorsport 4 4 1 3 3 4 113
5 25 Japan Team ZeroOne 5 5 5 1 5 86
ST-4
1 41 Japan Tracy Sports with Delta 2 4 3 1 1 2 132
2 60 Japan Team G/Motion' 1 1 7 5 7 4 110
3 86 Japan TOM'S Spirit 3 Ret 2 2 2 1 100.5
4 18 Japan Asano Racing Service 4 3 6 6 5 3 83
5 66 Japan Over Drive Ret 2 5 4 8 6 70
6 3 Japan Endless Sports 6 5 1 7 3 DNS 69
7 884 Japan SHADE Racing Ret Ret 4 3 4 5 56
8 216 Japan HMR Racing 5 8 Ret 6 7 27
ST-5
1 72 Japan Nihon Automobile College 4 2 1 1 2 1 149
2 17 Japan Team NOPRO 3 1 2 2 7 2 127
3 88 Japan Murakami Motors 1 11 4 3 1 3 103
4 65 Japan Over Drive 6 3 3 4 4 NC 73
5 4 Japan Team Bride 2 5 8 5 9 6 66.5
6 50 Japan Love Drive Racing 8 4 5 3 8 54
7 120 Japan Mazda Spirit Racing 5 6 7 9 5 Ret 40
8 110 Japan Access Racing Team 7 9 6 6 4 38
9 67 Japan Team Yamato 12 10 6 8 5 25
10 37 Japan Team NOPRO 11 8 10 7 11 7 21
11 11 Japan D.R.C EZO 7 13 9 12
12 290 Japan AutoLabo 9 9 11 Ret Ret 11 9
13 222 Japan Honda Cars Tokai 10 NC 12 8 10 10 8.5
Pos. Car Team SUZ 24H SUG AUT MRM OIC FSW Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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)

Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

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