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Revision as of 11:03, 3 February 2022

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]

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

Teams and drivers

GT500

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

GT300

Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan muta Racing INGING [ja][8] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300[9] 2 Japan Hiroki Katoh[8] B TBA
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi [ja][8]
Japan Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO[10] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[10] 4 Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[10] Y TBA
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[10]
Japan BMW Team Studie[11] BMW BMW M4 GT3[11] 7 Japan Seiji Ara[11] M TBA
Brazil Augusto Farfus[11]
Japan Tsubasa Kondo[11]
Japan GAINER [ja][12] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[12] 10 Japan Riki Okusa[12] D TBA
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita[12]
Japan Yusuke Shiotsu[12]
11 Japan Keishi Ishikawa [ja][12] D TBA
Japan Hironobu Yasuda[12]
Japan Team UPGarage [ja][5] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo[5] 18 Japan Takashi Kobayashi[5] Y TBA
Japan Kakunoshin Ohta[5]
Japan R'Qs Motor Sports[13] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[13] 22 Japan Masaki Jyonai [ja] Y TBA
Japan Hisashi Wada [ja]
Japan Hoppy Team Tsuchiya [ja][14] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[14] 25 TBA TBA
TBA
Japan apr [ja][9] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300[9] 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai[9] Y TBA
Japan Manabu Orido[9]
Toyota Prius PHV GR Sport GT300[9] 31 TBA TBA
TBA
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[5] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo[5] 55 Japan Iori Kimura[5] B TBA
Japan Hideki Mutoh[5]
Japan Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 56 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami Y TBA
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan R&D Sport[15] Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)[15] 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi[15] D TBA
Japan Hideki Yamauchi[15]
Japan K2 R&D LEON Racing [ja][16] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[16] 65 Japan Naoya Gamou[16] B TBA
Japan Takuro Shinohara[16]
Japan K-Tunes Racing [ja][17] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[17] 96 Japan Morio Nitta [ja][17] D TBA
Japan Shinichi Takagi[17]
Japan Tomei Sports - Team RunUp Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 360 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami Y TBA
Japan SHADE Racing[9] Toyota Toyota GR86 GT300[9] TBA Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka[9] D TBA
Japan Eijiro Shimizu[9]

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.[14]
  • 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, muta Racing INGING,[8] and series newcomers SHADE Racing will each field the car in 2022.[9]
  • The new BMW M4 GT3 (G82) makes its Japanese racing debut via BMW Team Studie.[11]

Entrant Changes

GT500 Class

GT300 Class

  • Audi Team Hitotsuyama announced that they would not take part in the 2022 Super GT season.[22]
  • Super Taikyu Series championship winning team SHADE Racing will enter Super GT for the first time.[23] 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),[24] and F4 Japanese Championship graduate Eijiro Shimizu were announced as the team's driver line-up.[9]
  • Takuro Shinohara transferred from Audi Team Hitotsuyama to K2 R&D LEON Racing, taking the place of Togo Suganami.[16]
  • 2013 GT300 champion Hideki Mutoh, and Japanese F4 graduate Iori Kimura, formed a new driver line-up for 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.[5]
  • Another Japanese F4 graduate, Kakunoshin Ohta, joined Team UPGarage, replacing reigning Super Formula Lights champion Teppei Natori.[5]
  • 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 for endurance races. Keishi Ishikawa moved into their number 11 Nissan, joining Hironobu Yasuda.[12]
  • 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.[25]
  • 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 has been signed as a third driver, and would replace Farfus in the event that he cannot enter Japan due to immigration restrictions.[11]
  • muta Racing INGING replaced their Lotus Evora MC with the new Toyota GR86 GT300. Yuui Tsutsumi, a first time race winner in 2021, transferred from Max Racing to partner Hiroki Katoh.[8]

References

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  20. ^ "Ex-F1 driver Kovalainen announces retirement from SUPER GT". motorsport.com. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Baguette announces exit from Honda SUPER GT fold". motorsport.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Hitotsuyama Audi team withdraws from SUPER GT". Motorsport.com. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "Hayashi Telempu SHADE Racing Enters Super GT Series". Dailysportscar. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ "Katsuyuki Hiranaka Leaves Gainer After 13 Seasons". Dailysportscar. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ "Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi Reunited At K-Tunes Racing". Dailysportscar. 24 January 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)