2021 Super GT Series

The 2021 Super GT Series was 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 was the twenty-ninth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the seventeenth season under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-ninth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship, dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.

TGR Team au TOM'S and drivers Yuhi Sekiguchi and Sho Tsuboi won the GT500 class championships, driving the Toyota Supra, after overcoming a 16-point deficit in the final round of the season.[1] The titles were secured in controversial circumstances as championship leader Naoki Yamamoto of Team Kunimitsu was taken out from a title-clinching position by GT300 class driver Ren Sato with 15 laps remaining in the final race of the season.[2] Driving the new Subaru BRZ, Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi won the GT300 class championships for R&D Sport, giving Subaru their first-ever title in Super GT competition. It was also the first drivers' title for both Iguchi and Yamauchi, and the first for the R&D Sport team.

Calendar[edit]

A provisional eight-round 2021 calendar was announced on 7 August 2020.[3] Autopolis, Okayama International Circuit, and Sportsland Sugo returned to the calendar after a year's absence. The Fuji GT 500km Race also returned to its traditional calendar slot on the Golden Week holiday of 3-4 May.

On 9 February 2021, the planned rounds at Chang International Circuit in Thailand and Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia were cancelled due to travel restrictions. A revised schedule was released on the same day with all eight rounds being held in Japan, and with the addition of an additional round at Fuji Speedway in November and Twin Ring Motegi in July.[4] On 11 May 2021, the third round at Suzuka International Racing Course, which had been set to take place on 30 May as the third round of the championship, was postponed indefinitely due to a renewed wave of COVID-19 cases in Japan.[5] The race was subsequently rescheduled to 22 August.[6]

Circuits and dates[edit]

Round Event Circuit Dates
1 Takanokono Hotel Okayama GT 300km Race[7] Okayama International Circuit 10-11 April
2 Takanokono Hotel Fuji GT 500km Race[8] Fuji Speedway 3-4 May
4 Motegi GT 300km Race[9] Twin Ring Motegi 17-18 July
3 Fujimaki Group Suzuka GT 300km Race[10] Suzuka Circuit 21-22 August
5 Sugo GT 300km Race[11] Sportsland Sugo 11-12 September
6 Autopolis GT 300km Race[12] Autopolis 23-24 October
7 Motegi GT 300km Race[13] Twin Ring Motegi 6-7 November
8 Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 300km Race[14] Fuji Speedway 27-28 November

Teams and drivers[edit]

GT500[edit]

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds[15]
Japan Team Kunimitsu[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Japan Naoki Yamamoto[16] B All
Japan Hideki Mutoh[17] 1–2
Japan Tadasuke Makino[16][17] 2–8
Japan NDDP Racing with B-Max[18] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500[18] Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Japan Kohei Hirate[18] M All
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo[18]
Japan ARTA[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Japan Tomoki Nojiri[16] B All
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi[16]
Japan Team Impul[18] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500[18] Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 12 Japan Kazuki Hiramine[18] B All
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita[18]
Japan TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 14 Japan Kazuya Oshima[19] B All
Japan Kenta Yamashita[19]
Japan Team Red Bull Mugen[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 16 Japan Ukyo Sasahara[16] D All
Japan Toshiki Oyu[16]
Japan Astemo REAL Racing[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi[16] B All
Belgium Bertrand Baguette[16]
Japan TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[19] Y All
Japan Ritomo Miyata[19]
Japan NISMO[18] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500[18] Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda[18] M All
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli[18]
Japan Kondo Racing[18] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500[18] Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4 24 Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi[18] Y All
Japan Daiki Sasaki[18]
Japan TGR Team au TOM'S[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[19] B All
Japan Sho Tsuboi[19]
Japan TGR Team KeePer TOM'S[19] 37 Japan Ryō Hirakawa[19] B All
Japan Sena Sakaguchi[17] 1–5
France Sacha Fenestraz[19] 6–8
Japan TGR Team ZENT Cerumo[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Japan Yuji Tachikawa[19] B All
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura[19]
Japan TGR Team SARD[19] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[19] Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Finland Heikki Kovalainen[19] B All
Japan Yuichi Nakayama[19]
Japan Modulo Nakajima Racing[16] Honda Honda NSX-GT[16] Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64 Japan Takuya Izawa[16] D All
Japan Hiroki Otsu[16]

GT300[edit]

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds[15]
Japan muta Racing INGING[20] Lotus Lotus Evora MC GT300[20] GTA V8 4.5 L V8 2 Japan Hiroki Katoh[20] B All
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi[20]
Japan Kazuto Kotaka 2
Japan Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO[21] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[21] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[21] Y All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[21]
Japan Team Mach[22] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300[22] GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5 Japan Yuya Hiraki[17] Y All
Japan Reiji Hiraki[17]
Japan Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing[23] Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo[23] Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 6 Japan Satoshi Motoyama[23] Y All
Japan Yoshiaki Katayama[23]
Japan BMW Team Studie x CSL[22] BMW BMW M6 GT3[22] BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 7 Japan Seiji Ara[22] Y All
Japan Tomohide Yamaguchi[22]
Japan Pacific - Car Guy Racing[24] Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[24] Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 9 Japan Takeshi Kimura[24] Y 1–2, 5–6, 8
Japan Kei Cozzolino[24] All
Japan Naoki Yokomizo 3–4, 7
Japan GAINER[25] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[25] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10 Japan Kazuki Hoshino[25] D All
Japan Keishi Ishikawa[25]
11 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka[25] D All
Japan Hironobu Yasuda[25]
Japan Team UpGarage[16] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo[16] Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 18 Japan Takashi Kobayashi[16] Y All
Japan Teppei Natori[16]
Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama[22] Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo[22] Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21 Japan Shintaro Kawabata[22] Y All
Japan Takuro Shinohara[22]
Japan R'Qs Motor Sports[22] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[22] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22 Japan Hisashi Wada[22] Y 1–4, 6
Japan Masaki Jyonai[22]
Japan Ryosei Yamashita 2
Japan Hoppy Team Tsuchiya[26][a]

Japan Max Racing[19][a] 		Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R[26] Porsche M98/80 4.2 L F6 25 Japan Takamitsu Matsui[26] Y All
Japan Kimiya Sato[26]
Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[19] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 244 Japan Atsushi Miyake[19] Y All
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi[19]
Japan apr[19] Toyota Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV apr GT[19] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai[19] Y All
Japan Manabu Orido[19]
Japan Yuta Kamimura 2
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8 31 Japan Koki Saga[19] B All
Japan Yuhki Nakayama[19]
Japan Yogibo Drago Corse[27] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo[27] Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 34 Japan Ryo Michigami[27] Y All
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama[27]
Thailand arto Ping An Team Thailand [19][28][b]
arto Team Thailand[b]
Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[19] Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 35 United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw[22] Y All
France Giuliano Alesi[17]
Japan NILZZ Racing[25] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[25] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48 Japan Yuki Tanaka[25] Y All
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita 1, 3
Japan Taiyou Iida[25] 2, 4–5, 7–8
JapanYudai Uchida 6
Japan Arnage Racing[29] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[29] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 50 Japan Masaki Kano[29] Y All
Japan Masataka Yanagida[29]
Japan Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[30] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[30] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 52 Japan Hiroki Yoshida[30] B All
Japan Kohta Kawaai[30] 1–2, 4–8
Japan Taku Bamba 3
Japan ARTA[16] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo[16] Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 55 Japan Shinichi Takagi[16] B All
Japan Ren Sato[16]
Japan Kondo Racing[25] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[25] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 56 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami[25] Y All
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira[25]
Japan LM corsa[31] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[31] Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto[31] D All
Japan Shunsuke Kohno[31]
Japan R&D Sport[22] Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)[22] Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi[22] D All
Japan Hideki Yamauchi[22]
Japan K2 R&D LEON Racing[26] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[26] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65 Japan Naoya Gamou[26] B All
Japan Togo Suganami[26]
Japan JLOC[22] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[22] Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 87 Japan Kosuke Matsuura[32] Y All
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi[32]
88 Japan Takashi Kogure[32] Y All
Japan Yuya Motojima[32]
Japan K-Tunes Racing[19] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[19] Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96 Japan Morio Nitta[19] D All
Japan Hibiki Taira[17] 1–2, 4
Japan Kazuto Kotaka 3, 5
Japan Sena Sakaguchi[19] 6–8
Japan Tomei Sports[25] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[25] Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Japan Takayuki Aoki[25] Y All
Japan Yudai Uchida[25] 1–5
Japan Atsushi Tanaka[25] 2, 6, 8
Japan Takuya Otaki 7

Vehicle changes[edit]

GT300 Class[edit]

  • INGING Motorsport and Cars Tokai Dream28 merged into a collaborative entry in 2021, known as muta Racing INGING. The team retained the Lotus Evora MC GT300 vehicle, driver Hiroki Katoh, chief engineer Shintaro Watanabe, and the number 2 plate of Cars Tokai Dream28's entry. INGING brought on their Bridgestone tyre contract, title sponsor muta, and driver Ryohei Sakaguchi.[20]
  • Both LM Corsa and Max Racing switched from the FIA-GT3 specification Lexus RC F GT3 to the GT300 specification fifth-generation Toyota GR Supra for the 2021 season.[19]
  • Team LeMans returned to Super GT after a one-year absence, fielding an Audi R8 LMS Evo under the 'Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing' banner while also transfer from the GT500 to GT300 class.[23]
  • R&D Sport changed from the first-generation Subaru BRZ (ZC6) to the new second-generation BRZ (ZD8) for the 2021 season.[33]
  • Car Guy Racing returned to Super GT after a two-year absence, partnering with Pacific Racing Team to field a Ferrari 488 GT3 under the Pacific CarGuy Racing banner.

Entrant changes[edit]

GT500 Class[edit]

  • Honda: Honda announced their Super GT driver line-up on On 15 January 2020.
  • Nissan: Nissan's GT500 line-up was announced on 18 January 2020.
    • Nobuharu Matsushita, who made his series debut as a replacement driver for the injured Shinichi Takagi last year, signed with Nissan to compete for Team Impul alongside Kazuki Hiramine.
    • Daiki Sasaki joined Kondo Racing for the first time since 2016, partnering with Mitsunori Takaboshi.
    • Jann Mardenborough was not retained by Nissan for the 2021 season.[18]
  • Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their Super GT driver line-up on 22 January 2020.

GT300 Class[edit]

  • Three-time GT500 champion Satoshi Motoyama returned to the series after retiring from GT500 at the end of 2018, driving for the newly incorporated Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing (see Team Changes below).[23]
  • Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida joined pro-am Mercedes-AMG customer team Arnage Racing, racing alongside amateur driver Masaki Kano.[29]
  • Former Ferrari Driver Academy prospect and Formula 2 driver Giuliano Alesi made his GT300 debut with arto Team Thailand.[39] Alesi was initially signed as the team's third driver, but competed in all eight rounds after Nattapong Hortongkum was unable to enter Japan for a second consecutive year.[40]
  • 2019 F4 Japanese champion and 2020 French F4 Championship runner-up Ren Sato made his GT300 debut with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, replacing Toshiki Oyu.[16]
  • Super Formula Lights driver Teppei Natori made his GT300 debut, replacing Kosuke Matsuura at Honda customer Team UPGarage.[16]
  • Yuui Tsutsumi, signed with Max Racing to compete full-time in 2021, after driving for three different teams (including Max Racing) as a substitute driver throughout 2020.[19]
  • 2020 TCR Japan Series champion Takuro Shinohara made his full-time GT300 debut with Audi Team Hitotsuyama, after competing part-time in 2020 for two different teams.[41]
  • JLOC signed GT500 veteran Kosuke Matsuura and GT300 podium finisher Natsu Sakaguchi to drive their number 87 Lamborghini Huracán GT3.[32]
  • Misato Haga, former team principal of Direxiv and the first woman to win a GT300 Championship as a team director, became the new team director of Drago Corse. Yogibo became the team's new title sponsor.[27] Veteran GT300 driver Shogo Mitsuyama joined Yogibo Drago Corse, alongside owner/driver Ryo Michigami.[27]
  • Japanese F4 graduate Reiji Hiraki made his GT300 debut with Team Mach, driving alongside his older brother Yuya.[42]
  • Super Formula Lights graduate Yoshiaki Katayama made his GT300 debut with Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing.[23]
  • D'Station Racing withdrew from Super GT at the end of the 2020 season. D'Station Racing will concentrate on FIA World Endurance Championship. While the Pacific team linked up with CarGuy Racing, the owner Takeshi Kimura race with Kei Cozzolino.[24]

Mid-season changes[edit]

GT500 Class[edit]

  • Sacha Fenestraz missed the first five races of the season due to difficulties acquiring a Japanese visa. Sena Sakaguchi replaced him at TGR Team KeePer TOM's for these five races, before Fenestraz returned for the sixth round at Autopolis.[43][44]
  • Tadasuke Makino missed the first race of the season due to meningitis. Hideki Mutoh replaced him at Team Kunimitsu for the first race at Okayama.[42] Makino returned for the Fuji 500km in May, entered as a third driver alongside Yamamoto and Mutoh.[45] From the following round at Motegi, Makino returned to the cockpit on a full-time basis.
  • From the third race of the season at Motegi, TGR Team ZENT Cerumo chief engineer Kotaro Tanaka had taken over as team director from ace driver Yuji Tachikawa.[46]

GT300 Class[edit]

  • With Sena Sakaguchi driving in GT500, reigning FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira was called up to replace Sakaguchi at K-Tunes Racing.[42] Taira drove in the first three races of the season.
  • Before the fourth race at Suzuka, Taira was replaced at K-Tunes Racing by Kazuto Kotaka, due to an undisclosed illness, which was later revealed to be a COVID-19 infection. Kotaka also drove in the fifth race at Sugo.[47]
  • Kohta Kawaai missed the fourth race of the season at Suzuka due to a positive COVID-19 test. 2011 GT300 champion Taku Bamba replaced Kawaai at Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave.[48]
  • 2012 GT300 champion Naoki Yokomizo replaced Takeshi Kimura at Pacific CarGuy Racing for rounds three, four, and seven due to Kimura's driving commitments in the FIA World Endurance Championship.[49]
  • arto Ping An Team Thailand changed its entry name back to arto Team Thailand after the first two races of the season, after Ping An Insurance abruptly ended its sponsorship of the team.
  • R'Qs Motor Sports withdrew from the final two rounds after their car was heavily damaged in an accident during the sixth round at Autopolis.[50]

Results[edit]

The race at Suzuka Circuit was still promoted as the third round of the season, despite taking place after the July race at Twin Ring Motegi and being the fourth race of the season chronologically. Likewise, the July race at Motegi was still promoted as the fourth round of the championship, even though it was now the third race of the season chronologically. Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1 Okayama International Circuit 11 April GT500 No. 37 TGR Team Keeper TOM'S No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
Japan Sena Sakaguchi 		Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita
GT300 No. 11 GAINER No. 56 Kondo Racing
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda 		Japan Kiyoto Fujinami
Brazil Joao Paulo de Oliveira
2 Fuji Speedway 4 May GT500 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh No. 17 Astemo REAL Racing
Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Ritomo Miyata 		Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 60 LM Corsa
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		Japan Shunsuke Kohno
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
4 Twin Ring Motegi 18 July GT500 No. 1 Team Kunimitsu No. 1 Team Kunimitsu
Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Tadasuke Makino 		Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Tadasuke Makino
GT300 No. 10 GAINER No. 2 muta Racing INGING
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda 		Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi
3 Suzuka Circuit 22 August GT500 No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing No. 23 NISMO
Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Hiroki Otsu 		Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 244 Max Racing
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		Japan Atsushi Miyake
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi
5 Sportsland Sugo 12 September GT500 No. 8 ARTA No. 12 Team Impul
Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi 		Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 61 R&D Sport
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
6 Autopolis 24 October GT500 No. 16 Team Red Bull Mugen No. 8 ARTA
Japan Ukyo Sasahara
Japan Toshiki Oyu 		Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi
GT300 No. 31 apr No. 31 apr
Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan Koki Saga 		Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan Koki Saga
7 Twin Ring Motegi 7 November GT500 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh No. 8 ARTA
Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Ritomo Miyata 		Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi
GT300 No. 18 Team UpGarage No. 21 Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Teppei Natori 		Japan Shintaro Kawabata
Japan Takuro Shinohara
8 Fuji Speedway 28 November GT500 No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Sho Tsuboi
GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 60 LM Corsa
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		Japan Shunsuke Kohno
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto

Championship standings[edit]

Drivers' championships[edit]

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

GT500[edit]

Driver Ranking GT500 2021 Series[15]
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ
 MOT
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 FUJ
 Points
1 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Sho Tsuboi 		Japan No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 2 13 3 5 4 10 8 1 64
2 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri 		Japan No. 8 ARTA 7 8 5 11 10 1 1 6 60
3 Japan Naoki Yamamoto Japan No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 8 4 1 4 2 6 12 14 60
4 Japan Tadasuke Makino 4 1 4 2 6 12 14 57
5 Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Japan No. 14 TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE 1 2 13 12 12† 11 6 3 52
6 Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi 		Japan No. 17 Astemo REAL Racing 5 1 14 7 3 8 4 Ret 52
7 Japan Ryo Hirakawa Japan No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 3 3 7 10 11 9 10 2 46
8 Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 		Japan No. 12 Team Impul 10 9 11 6 1 7 3 9 45
9 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		Japan No. 23 NISMO Ret Ret 9 1 7 3 15 7 41
10 Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 		Japan No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max 9 5 6 2 Ret 4 14 8 39
11 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Ritomo Miyata 		Japan No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 12 7 2 13 Ret 13 2 13 36
12 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Yuji Tachikawa 		Japan No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 6 Ret 8 8 Ret 2 9 5 34
13 Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Japan Yuichi Nakayama 		Japan No. 39 TGR Team SARD 4 6 10 14 5 5 11 4 34
14 Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 3 3 7 10 11 28
15 Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
Japan Daiki Sasaki 		Japan No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 12 12 3 6 14 7 11 20
16 Japan Ukyo Sasahara
Japan Toshiki Oyu 		Japan No. 16 Team Red Bull Mugen 11 11 4 9 9 Ret 5 10 20
17 France Sacha Fenestraz Japan No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 9 10 2 18
18 Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Hiroki Otsu 		Japan No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 13 10 Ret Ret 8 12 13 12 5
19 Japan Hideki Mutoh Japan No. 1 Team Kunimitsu 8 4 3
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ
 MOT
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 FUJ
 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)

GT300[edit]

Driver Ranking GT300 2021 Series[15]
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ
 MOT
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 FUJ
 Points
1 Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		Japan No. 61 R&D Sport 15 2 11 10 1 3 6 3 67
2 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami
Brazil Joao Paulo de Oliveira 		Japan No. 56 Kondo Racing 1 7 26 8 3 11 3 5 55
3 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Shunsuke Kohno 		Japan No. 60 LM Corsa [ja] 8 1 12 14 5 19 11 1 49
4 Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Ren Sato 		Japan No. 55 ARTA 26 3 23 7 2 20 2 24 45
5 Japan Atsushi Miyake
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi 		Japan No. 244 Max Racing 5 11 4 1 9 17 7 7 44
6 Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Togo Suganami 		Japan No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 2 4 9 15 14 8 Ret 2 43
7 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Hironobu Yasuda 		Japan No. 11 GAINER 4 16 2 26 10 5 8 8 38
8 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Yuya Motojima 		Japan No. 88 JLOC 9 6 24 2 7 12 4 23 34
9 Japan Hiroki Yoshida Japan No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 3 27 3 18 21 3 9 9 34
Japan Kohta Kawaai 3 27 3 21 3 9 9
10 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		Japan No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO 14 8 5 3 23 6 Ret 4 33
11 Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi 		Japan No. 2 muta Racing INGING Ret 10 1 9 16 18 24 12 23
12 Japan Morio Nitta Japan No. 96 K-Tunes Racing 6 14 13 17 8 2 14 19 23
13 Japan Koki Saga
Japan Yuhki Nakayama 		Japan No. 31 apr 19 28 18 24 13 1 22 14 21
14 Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kimiya Sato 		Japan No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 7 13 6 23 19 10 5 6 21
15 Japan Shintaro Kawabata
Japan Takuro Shinohara 		Japan No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 13 17 16 21 25 15 1 17 20
16 Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan No. 96 K-Tunes Racing 2 14 19 15
17 Japan Kei Cozzolino Japan No. 9 Pacific - Car Guy Racing 23 25 6 4 15 9 19 13 14
18 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Keishi Ishikawa 		Japan No. 10 GAINER 10 5 14 11 26 7 10 10 13
19 Japan Naoki Yokomizo Japan No. 9 Pacific - Car Guy Racing 6 4 19 12
20 Japan Kosuke Matsuura
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi 		Japan No. 87 JLOC 21 15 Ret 16 4 25 Ret 15 8
21 Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Manabu Orido 		Japan No. 30 apr Ret 18 8 6 20 23 16 16 8
22 Japan Yuya Hiraki
Japan Reiji Hiraki 		Japan No. 5 Team Mach 25 12 27 5 22 21 18 25 6
23 Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama 		Japan No. 34 Yogibo Drago Corse 16 19 17 13 6 22 12 11 5
24 Japan Hibiki Taira Japan No. 96 K-Tunes Racing 6 14 13 5
25 Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Teppei Natori 		Japan No. 18 Team UpGarage 11 9 10 DNS 12 16 Ret Ret 4
26 Japan Kazuto Kotaka Japan No. 2 muta Racing INGING
Japan No. 96 K-Tunes Racing 		10 17 8 3
27 Japan Takeshi Kimura Japan No. 9 Pacific - Car Guy Racing 23 25 15 9 13 2
– Japan Seiji Ara
Japan Tomohide Yamaguchi 		Japan No. 7 BMW Team Studie x CSL 17 20 25 25 11 13 15 Ret 0
– Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Japan Yoshiaki Katayama 		Japan No. 6 Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing 22 23 19 12 18 24 20 18 0
– Japan Yuki Tanaka Japan No. 48 NILZZ Racing 12 26 20 27 27 Ret 23 21 0
– Japan Ryuichiro Tomita Japan No. 48 NILZZ Racing 12 27 0
– Japan Takayuki Aoki Japan No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 24 15 22 DSQ 26 13 22 0
– Japan Takuya Otaki Japan No. 360 Tomei Sports 13 0
– Japan Masaki Kano
Japan Masataka Yanagida 		Japan No. 50 Arnage Racing 18 21 22 19 24 14 21 DNS 0
– Japan Yudai Uchida Japan No. 360 Tomei Sports
Japan No. 48 NILZZ Racing 		Ret 24 15 22 DSQ Ret 0
– United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
France Giuliano Alesi 		Thailand No. 35 arto Team Thailand 24 22 Ret 20 17 Ret 17 20 0
– Japan Yuta Kamimura Japan No. 30 apr 18 0
– Japan Taku Bamba Japan No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 18 0
– Japan Taiyou Iida Japan No. 48 NILZZ Racing 26 20 27 23 21 0
– Japan Hisashi Wada
Japan Masaki Jyonai 		Japan No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 20 Ret 21 28 Ret 0
– Japan Atsushi Tanaka Japan No. 360 Tomei Sports 24 26 22 0
– Japan Ryosei Yamashita Japan No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports Ret 0
Rank Driver Team OKA
 FUJ
 MOT
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 FUJ
 Points

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Car No. 25 entered as Team Tsuchiya, and car No. 244 entered as Max Racing
  2. ^ a b For the first 2 rounds of the series the team run under arto Ping An Team Thailand, and for the rest of season under arto Team Thailand.

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