2023 Super GT Series
The 2023 Super GT Series is a 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 the thirtieth season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the fortieth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.
Team Impul will enter the season as the defending GT500 champions, and Kondo Racing will enter the season as the defending GT300 champions.
Teams and drivers
All teams shown compete under a Japanese license.
GT500
GT300
| Team | Make | Car | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO × Racing Miku[4] | Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 4 |  Nobuteru Taniguchi[4]
|
Y | TBA |
| Tatsuya Kataoka[4]
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| Team Mach[5] | Toyota | Toyota 86 MC GT300 | 5 | Yusuke Tomibayashi[5]
|
Y | TBA |
| Takamitsu Matsui[5]
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| BMW M Team Studie[6] | BMW | BMW M4 GT3[6] | 7 | Seiji Ara[6]
|
M | TBA |
 Bruno Spengler[6]
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| Masataka Yanagida[6]
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| Team UpGarage[1] | Honda | Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 | 18 | Takashi Kobayashi[1]
|
Y | TBA |
| Syun Koide[1]
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| apr[7] | Toyota | Toyota GR86 GT300[7] | 30 | Hiroaki Nagai[7]
|
Y | TBA |
| Manabu Orido[7]
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| Yuta Kamimura[7]
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| Ryo Ogawa[7]
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| Lexus | Lexus LC 500h GT300[7] | 31 | Koki Saga[7]
|
B | TBA | |
| Kazuto Kotaka[7]
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| Yuki Nemoto[7]
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| R&D Sport[8] | Subaru | Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)[8] | 61 | Takuto Iguchi[8]
|
D | TBA |
| Hideki Yamauchi[8]
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Vehicle changes
GT300
- apr replaced their Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV with a new hybrid GT300 car, the Lexus LC500h GT. The Prius had served as apr's flagship car since 2012.
Entrant changes
GT500
- Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 25 November 2022. Sacha Fenestraz, who raced with TOM'S, left the series to compete in Formula E with Nissan. Ritomo Miyata and Giuliano Alesi will exchange cars, with Miyata going to the number 36 team and Alesi going to the number 37, alongside Ukyo Sasahara, who officially joined Toyota on 12 January 2023 after leaving Honda.
- Honda Honda Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 12 December 2022. Mugen (M-TEC) will work together with ARTA and compete with two cars under the ARTA name. Toshiki Oyu will move from the number 16 car (entered as Team Red Bull Mugen in 2022) to the number 8 ARTA car. In exchange, Nirei Fukuzumi will move to the number 16 car to partner Hiroki Otsu, who joins ARTA after three seasons at Nakajima Racing. Kakunoshin Ohta will step up from GT300 to take Otsu's place at Nakajima Racing, alongside Takuya Izawa.
GT300
- Team UpGarage recruited 2022 F4 Japanese Champion Syun Koide to drive their Honda NSX GT3.
- 2016 GT300 champion Takamitsu Matsui transferred from Tsuchiya Engineering to Team Mach, as he replaces Reiji Hiraki.
- Reigning Super Formula LIghts champion Kazuto Kotaka replaced Yuhki Nakayama in the number 31 apr team, with Yuki Nemoto signed as the third driver for long-distance rounds. Yuta Kamimura and Ryo Ogawa will share the role of third driver in the number 30 apr GR86 GT.
- 2012 DTM champion and BMW factory driver Bruno Spengler will make his series debut with BMW Team Studie, partnering the returning Seiji Ara. Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida will be the team's third driver, and will replace Spengler in the event of calendar clashes.
Calendar
A confirmed eight round provisional 2023 calendar was announced on 8 August 2022.[9] On 28 December 2022, the dates of Sugo and Autopolis rounds were changed:[10]
| Round | Race | Circuit | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okayama International Circuit | 15–16 April | |
| 2 | Fuji Speedway | 3–4 May | |
| 3 | Suzuka Circuit | 3–4 June | |
| 4 | Fuji Speedway | 5–6 August | |
| 5 | Suzuka Circuit | 26–27 August | |
| 6 | Sportsland Sugo | 16–17 September | |
| 7 | Autopolis | 14–15 October | |
| 8 | Mobility Resort Motegi | 4–5 November |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Toyota signs Sasahara, but Alesi keeps Super Formula drive". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ a b c "Japanese Sports Car Racing News Notebook, Pre-Christmas 2022 | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ a b c "Team Mach to continue in SUPER GT with replacement 86 MC". motorsports.com. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ a b c d e "BMW driver Spengler moves to SUPER GT with Studie team". motorsport.com. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "New Lexus LC500h revealed for 2023 SUPER GT debut". motorsport.com. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Subaru firms up 2023 SUPER GT plans". motorsport.com. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "SUPER GT unveils eight-round 2023 schedule". motorsport.com. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Two dates changed on latest 2023 SUPER GT calendar". motorsport.com. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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