2019 Super GT Series

The 2019 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-seventh season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-seventh overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 14 and ended on November 24, after 8 championship races & 2 non-championship races.

Jenson Button (pictured in 2012) entered the season as defending champions alongside Naoki Yamamoto.

As the culmination of a unified set of technical regulations adopted by Super GT and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM),[1][2] the two series staged a joint-promotion race, the Super GT x DTM Dream Race at Fuji Speedway.[3]

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km Race	Okayama International Circuit	April 13–14
2	Fuji GT 500 km Race	Fuji Speedway	May 3–4
3	Suzuka GT 300 km Race	Suzuka Circuit	May 25–26
4	Chang Super GT Race	Chang International Circuit	June 29–30
5	Fuji GT 500 Mile Race	Fuji Speedway	August 3–4
6	Autopolis GT 300 km Race	Autopolis	September 7–8
7	Sugo GT 300 km Race	Sportsland SUGO	September 21–22
8	Motegi GT 250 km Race	Twin Ring Motegi	November 2–3
NC	Super GT × DTM Dream Race	Fuji Speedway	November 23–24
NC	auto sport Web Sprint Cup	Fuji Speedway	November 23–24

Calendar changes

In light of the series' partnership with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, two races featured entries from both Super GT and DTM. The first was the DTM season finale at the Hockenheimring, where one team from each GT500 manufacturer was invited to take part as a wildcard entry.[4] The second event was the Super GT x DTM Dream Race at Fuji Speedway, featuring all GT500 teams and seven teams representing DTM manufacturers Audi and BMW. A balance of performance formula was applied to ensure parity between DTM and GT500 cars, as Super GT would not adopt Class One regulations in their entirety until 2020.[3] And for both joint-promoted events, all teams used Hankook tyres.
The auto sport Web Sprint Cup, a non-championship event for GT3 and GT300 competitors, was held at Fuji Speedway as a supporting event of the Super GT x DTM Dream Race.
The Autopolis GT 300 km Race moved forward in the calendar to September 8, to the sixth round of the championship. The Sportsland Sugo round moved to the penultimate round of the season.
The final round at Motegi was moved forward a week to avoid clashes with the FIA World Endurance Championship and Super Taikyu Series.[5]

Teams and drivers

GT500

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
BMW Team RBM[6]	BMW	BMW M4 Turbo DTM	00	Kamui Kobayashi[7]	H	NC
			4	Alex Zanardi[8]	H	NC
			11	Marco Wittmann[9]	H	NC
Team Kunimitsu[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	1	Jenson Button[10][11]	B	1-8
Team Kunimitsu[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	1	Naoki Yamamoto[10]	B	All, NC
NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing[12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500	3	Frederic Makowiecki[12]	M	All, NC
NDDP Racing with B-Max Racing[12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500	3	Kohei Hirate[12]	M	All, NC
Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	6	Kazuya Oshima[13]	B	All, NC
Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	6	Kenta Yamashita[13]	B	All, NC
ARTA[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	8	Tomoki Nojiri[10]	B	All, NC
ARTA[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	8	Takuya Izawa[10]	B	All, NC
Team Impul[12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500	12	Daiki Sasaki[12]	B	All, NC
				James Rossiter[12]		1-5, 7-8, NC
				Katsumasa Chiyo[14]		6
Team Mugen[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	16	Hideki Mutoh[10]	Y	All, NC
Team Mugen[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	16	Daisuke Nakajima[10]	Y	All, NC
Keihin Real Racing[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi[10]	B	All, NC
Keihin Real Racing[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	17	Bertrand Baguette[10]	B	1-8
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	19	Yuji Kunimoto[13]	Y	All, NC
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	19	Sho Tsuboi[13]	Y	All, NC
Audi Sport Team WRT Hitotsuyama[15]	Audi	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	21	Benoît Tréluyer[15]	H	NC
NISMO[12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500	23	Tsugio Matsuda[12]	M	All, NC
NISMO[12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500	23	Ronnie Quintarelli[12]	M	All, NC
Kondo Racing[12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500	24	Jann Mardenborough[12]	Y	All, NC
Kondo Racing[12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500	24	Mitsunori Takaboshi[12]	Y	All, NC
Audi Sport Team Phoenix[15]	Audi	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	28	Loïc Duval[15]	H	NC
Audi Sport Team Rosberg[15]	Audi	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	33	René Rast[15]	H	NC
Lexus Team au Tom's[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	36	Yuhi Sekiguchi[13]	B	All, NC
				Kazuki Nakajima[13]		1, 3-8, NC
				Ritomo Miyata		2
Lexus Team KeePer Tom's[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	37	Ryō Hirakawa[13]	B	All, NC
Lexus Team KeePer Tom's[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	37	Nick Cassidy[13]	B	All, NC
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	38	Hiroaki Ishiura[13]	B	All, NC
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	38	Yuji Tachikawa[13]	B	All, NC
Lexus Team SARD[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	39	Heikki Kovalainen[13]	B	All, NC
Lexus Team SARD[13]	Lexus	Lexus LC 500 GT500	39	Yuichi Nakayama[13]	B	All, NC
Modulo Nakajima Racing[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	64	Narain Karthikeyan[10]	D	All, NC
Modulo Nakajima Racing[10]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT GT500	64	Tadasuke Makino[10]	D	All, NC
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline[15]	Audi	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	99	Mike Rockenfeller[15]	H	NC
						NC

GT300

Team

Make

Car

Drivers

Tyre

Rounds

Cars Tokai Dream28[16]

2

Kazuho Takahashi[16]

Y

1-8

Hiroki Katoh[16]

Hiroshi Hamaguchi

5

Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO[17][18]

Mercedes-AMG GT3

4

Nobuteru Taniguchi[17][18]

Y

1-8

Tatsuya Kataoka[17][18]

Team Mach

5

Natsu Sakaguchi

Y

1-3, 5-8

Yuya Hiraki

Tetsuji Tamanaka

2

Ryohei Sakaguchi

5

D'station Racing AMR[19]

Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3

7

Tomonobu Fujii[19]

Y

1-8

João Paulo de Oliveira[19]

Darren Turner[19]

5

Pacific Racing with Good Speed[20][21]

Porsche 911 GT3 R

9

Naoki Yokomizo[22]

Y

1-8

Kyosuke Mineo[22]

Akihiro Tsuzuki

5

MP Racing[23]

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)

9

Keiichi Inoue[23]

Y

NC

Joe Shindo[23]

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)

10

Kazuki Hoshino[25][12]

Y

1-8

Keishi Ishikawa[25][12]

11

Katsuyuki Hiranaka[24][12]

D

1-8

Hironobu Yasuda[25][12]

Hanashima Racing[23]

McLaren 720S GT3

11

Kazuto Kotaka[23]

Y

NC

Katsuaki Kubota[23]

Team UpGarage[10]

Honda NSX GT3 Evo

18

Takashi Kobayashi[10]

Y

1-8

Kosuke Matsuura[10]

Shinnosuke Yamada

2, 5

Audi Team Hitotsuyama

Audi R8 LMS Evo

21

Y

1-8

Ryuichiro Tomita

Alessio Picariello

2, 5

R'Qs Motor Sports

Mercedes-AMG GT3

22

Masaki Jyonai

Y

1-3, 5-6, 8

Hisashi Wada

Björn Wirdheim

5

Tsuchiya Engineering[23]

25

Takamitsu Matsui[23]

Y

All, NC

Kimiya Sato[23]

Takeshi Tsuchiya

2, 5

apr[13][26][23]

Toyota Prius PHV GR Sport GT300

30

Hiroaki Nagai[13][26][23]

Y

All, NC

Manabu Orido[13][26][23]

2, 5

31

Koki Saga[13][26][23]

B

All, NC

Yuhki Nakayama[13][26][23]

X Works[12][27][22]

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)

33

Y

1-5

Shaun Thong[12]

1-8

Shinya Michimi

2, 5-8

Modulo Drago Corse[10]

Honda NSX GT3 Evo

34

Ryo Michigami[10]

Y

1-8

Hiroki Otsu[10]

Panther arto Team Thailand[13]

35

Nattapong Horthongkum[13]

Y

1-8

Sean Walkinshaw[13]

Nattavude Charoensukhawatana[13]

2

BH Auction Bingo Racing[23]

Corvette C7 GT3-R

37

Ukyo Sasahara[23]

Y

NC

Shinji Takei[23]

NILZZ Racing[12][23]

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)

48

Masaki Tanaka[12][23]

Y

1-3, 5-8, NC

Taiyou Iida[12][23]

Teruhiko Hamano

2, 5

Arnage Racing

Mercedes-AMG GT3

50

Y

1-8

Ryosei Yamashita

Yuya Tezuka

2, 5

Saitama Toyopet Green Brave[22][23]

Toyota Mark X MC

52

Hiroki Yoshida[22][23]

B

All, NC

Shigekazu Wakisaka[23]

Honda NSX GT3 Evo

55

Shinichi Takagi[10]

B

1-8

Nirei Fukuzumi[10]

Kondo Racing[28]

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)

56

Kazuki Hiramine[25]

Y

1-8

Sacha Fenestraz[25]

	LM Corsa[13][23][N 1]
	K-Tunes Racing[13][29][N 1]

60

Hiroki Yoshimoto[13]

D

All

Ritomo Miyata[13]

1, 3-8, NC

Dominik Farnbacher

2

Ferrari 488 GT3

70

Shunsuke Kohno[23]

Y

NC

Togo Suganami[23]

96

Sena Sakaguchi[13]

B

1-8

Morio Nitta[13][29]

Subaru BRZ R&D Sport

61

Takuto Iguchi[30]

D

1-8

Hideki Yamauchi[30]

K2 R&D LEON Racing[31]

Mercedes-AMG GT3

65

Haruki Kurosawa[31]

B

1-5

Naoya Gamou[31]

1-8

Togo Suganami[31]

6-8

Lamborghini Huracán GT3
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo

87

Tsubasa Takahashi

Y

1-8

Kiyoto Fujinami

2, 5

88

Y

1-8

Yuya Motojima

Max Racing[23]

244

Y

NC

Takeshi Tsuchiya[23]

Tomei Sports[12][23]

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)

360

Atsushi Tanaka[12][23]

Y

1-2, 5-6, NC

Takayuki Aoki[22][23]

1-3, 5-8, NC

Yusaku Shibata

2, 3, 5, 7-8

McLaren Customer Racing Japan[32][33][34]

McLaren 720S GT3

720

Y

1-3, 5-8

Álex Palou[32]

GT500

Toyota announced that the fifth-generation GR Supra would replace the Lexus LC 500 as the company's GT500 vehicle beginning in 2020. This was the final season for the Lexus marque in GT500, which had first appeared in 2006.

GT300

apr Racing launched an all-new version of their Toyota Prius GT, based on the fourth-generation Prius PHV. This new Prius, with a front-engine, rear-wheel drive configuration, replaced their previous mid-engined Prius GT - which was ruled out of competition due to a regulation change stating that GT300 cars must have their engines located in the same position as their production counterparts.[26]
ARTA and Team UPGarage changed vehicles to the Honda NSX GT3, replacing their previous BMW M6 GT3 and Toyota MC86, respectively.[10]
The second-generation Aston Martin Vantage GT3 made its Super GT debut via D'station Racing AMR, who replaced their previous Porsche 911 GT3-R.[19]
The McLaren 720S GT3 made its Japanese racing debut via McLaren Customer Racing Japan.[32]

GT500

Honda: Honda announced their GT500 lineups on 11 January.[10] Modulo became the new title sponsor for Nakajima Racing, who formed an all-new driver lineup featuring ex-Super Formula driver Narain Karthikeyan, and Tadasuke Makino, who returned to Japan after racing in Europe for two seasons. Bertrand Baguette transferred to Keihin Real Racing, where he partnered Koudai Tsukakoshi. And former F1 and GT500 driver Shinji Nakano became the new team director of Team Mugen.
Lexus: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced the Lexus GT500 lineups on 7 February.[13] Kenta Yamashita transferred to Lexus Team Wako's LeMans, replacing Felix Rosenqvist, who left Super GT to compete in the IndyCar Series. Sho Tsuboi and Yuichi Nakayama moved up to GT500 on a full-time basis, with Tsuboi joining Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh, and Nakayama joining Lexus Team SARD to take the place of Kamui Kobayashi, who left Super GT to focus on the WEC.[35] Yuji Tachikawa was named the team director of Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo, along with his duties as lead driver.[36]
Nissan: Nissan announced their GT500 lineups on 7 February.[12] NDDP Racing with B-Max formed an all-new driver lineup: Kohei Hirate transferred to Nissan and secured his return to GT500 after a seventeen-year association with Toyota, while former Honda GT500 driver Frédéric Makowiecki returned to the series for the first time since 2014. They replaced Satoshi Motoyama, who had retired from GT500 driving, and Katsumasa Chiyo, who accepted a new assignment in the SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge. Masahiro Hasemi also retired as team director of NDDP Racing with B-Max, and was replaced by Toshikazu Tanaka. James Rossiter rejoined Super GT on a full-time basis and completed a transfer from Toyota to Nissan, joining Team Impul.[37] Jann Mardenborough transferred to Kondo Racing, where he replaced the departing João Paulo de Oliveira.

GT300

Kondo Racing, in partnership with the Nissan Automobile Technical College, expanded to a multi-class effort with the addition of a GT300 team.[28] Kazuki Hiramine, who drove for Kondo Racing in Super Taikyu, transferred from JLOC. Former Renault Sport Academy driver Sacha Fenestraz made his Super GT debut with the team.[25]
Virtual YouTuber Mirai Akari became the new primary sponsor for Pacific Racing with Good Speed, replacing Gulf Oil, which had sponsored Pacific since 2016.[20][21] 2012 GT300 Champions Naoki Yokomizo and Kyosuke Mineo reunited at the wheel of their Porsche 911 GT3-R.[22]
Hong Kong-based team X Works made their series debut, fielding a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.[12][27] Two drivers from Hong Kong, Marchy Lee and Shaun Thong, were announced as the full-time driver lineup. The team featured a new sponsorship deal to promote the animated series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Team Taisan, EIcars Bentley, and CarGuy Racing all withdrew from Super GT at the end of the 2018 season. Team Taisan had participated in all but one JGTC/Super GT season since the inaugural 1994 season, but shifted focus towards EV racing. CarGuy Racing began new programmes for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Asian Le Mans Series.[38][39][40][41]
2013 GT300 Champion Yuhki Nakayama joined apr Racing, driving the number 31 Prius PHV GT alongside Koki Saga.[26] Two-time GT300 champion Manabu Orido, who joined the number 30 apr team halfway through the 2018 season, was named as a full-time driver for 2019 alongside Hiroaki Nagai.[13]
Former Honda GT500 driver Kosuke Matsuura joined Takashi Kobayashi at Team UPGarage.[10]
Honda young driver Nirei Fukuzumi joined Shinichi Takagi at ARTA; Fukuzumi raced in Formula 2 and Super Formula in 2018, and made a one-off appearance for ARTA in the 2015 Suzuka 1000 km.[10]
Team Goh, who won the 1996 GT500 Championship as Team Lark McLaren GTR, returned to Super GT for the first time in 23 years as McLaren Customer Racing Japan. Seiji Ara, who won the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans with Team Goh, returned to the series after a one-year absence. Former All-Japan Formula Three and European Formula 3 driver Álex Palou made his Super GT debut.[32]
K-Tunes Racing spun off from LM Corsa after the 2018 season, and continued to receive technical support from INGING Motorsport. Former Honda young driver Sena Sakaguchi transferred into the Toyota programme, joining Morio Nitta aboard the K-Tunes Lexus RC F GT3.[13][29]
LM Corsa changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Dunlop.[13]
Keishi Ishikawa transferred to GAINER, driving their number 10 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 alongside two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino.[25]
D'station Racing AMR signed former Nissan GT500 driver João Paulo de Oliveira to partner Tomonobu Fujii in their new Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Aston Martin factory driver Darren Turner was announced as their third driver for the Fuji 500 Mile Race.[19]
Kimiya Sato transferred from JLOC to Tsuchiya Engineering, joining 2016 GT300 champion Takamitsu Matsui.
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave changed tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Bridgestone. Hiroki Yoshida transferred from Gainer to GreenBrave, partnering Shigekazu Wakisaka.[22]
JLOC announced brand new driver lineups for both cars. The flagship number 88 car featured 2010 GT500 champion Takashi Kogure, who had recently departed Honda after 15 seasons as a GT500 driver, and Yuya Motojima, who moved over from the number 87 car. Tsubasa Takahashi, who was a third driver in the number 87 car in 2018, became a full-time driver, partnering 2015 GT300 champion André Couto, who returned to the series for the first time since 2017.[22]

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit Report	14 April	GT500	No. 23 NISMO	No. 8 ARTA
			GT500	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Tomoki Nojiri Takuya Izawa
			GT300	No. 55 ARTA	No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa
			GT300	Shinichi Takagi Nirei Fukuzumi	Morio Nitta Sena Sakaguchi
2	Fuji Speedway Report	4 May	GT500	No. 23 NISMO	No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
			GT500	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura
			GT300	No. 56 Kondo Racing	No. 11 GAINER
			GT300	Kazuki Hiramine Sacha Fenestraz	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Hironobu Yasuda
3	Suzuka Circuit Report	26 May	GT500	No. 36 Lexus Team au Tom's	No. 36 Lexus Team au Tom's
			GT500	Kazuki Nakajima Yuhi Sekiguchi	Kazuki Nakajima Yuhi Sekiguchi
			GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa
			GT300	Takamitsu Matsui Kimiya Sato	Morio Nitta Sena Sakaguchi
4	Chang International Circuit Report	30 June	GT500	No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's	No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
			GT500	Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita	Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita
			GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 10 GAINER
			GT300	Takamitsu Matsui Kimiya Sato	Kazuki Hoshino Keishi Ishikawa
5	Fuji Speedway Report	4 August	GT500	No. 23 NISMO	No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's
			GT500	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita
			GT300	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave	No. 87 JLOC
			GT300	Hiroki Yoshida Shigekazu Wakisaka	Tsubasa Takahashi André Couto Kiyoto Fujinami
6	Autopolis Report	8 September	GT500	No. 17 Keihin Real Racing	No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
			GT500	Koudai Tsukakoshi Bertrand Baguette	Heikki Kovalainen Yuichi Nakayama
			GT300	No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering	No. 60 LM Corsa
			GT300	Takamitsu Matsui Kimiya Sato	Hiroki Yoshimoto Ritomo Miyata
7	Sportsland SUGO Report	22 September	GT500	No. 17 Keihin Real Racing	No. 3 NDDP Racing with B-Max
			GT500	Koudai Tsukakoshi Bertrand Baguette	Frédéric Makowiecki Kohei Hirate
			GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 55 ARTA
			GT300	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Shinichi Takagi Nirei Fukuzumi
8	Twin Ring Motegi Report	3 November	GT500	No. 36 Lexus Team au Tom's	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's
			GT500	Kazuki Nakajima Yuhi Sekiguchi	Ryo Hirakawa Nick Cassidy
			GT300	No. 720 McLaren Customer Racing Japan	No. 11 GAINER
			GT300	Seiji Ara Álex Palou	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Hironobu Yasuda
NC	Fuji Speedway (Super GT × DTM Dream Race) Report	23–24 November	Race 1	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's
			Race 1	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy
			Race 2	No. 28 Audi Sport Team Phoenix[N 2]	No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing
			Race 2	Loïc Duval[N 2]	Narain Karthikeyan
NC	Fuji Speedway (auto sport Web Sprint Cup) Report		Race 1	No. 60 LM Corsa	No. 60 LM Corsa
			Race 1	Ritomo Miyata Hiroki Yoshimoto	Ritomo Miyata Hiroki Yoshimoto
			Race 2	No. 37 BH Auction Bingo Racing	No. 60 LM Corsa
			Race 2	Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei	Ritomo Miyata Hiroki Yoshimoto

Championship Standings

Drivers' championships

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
Fuji 500 Miles	25	18	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2019 Series[42]
Rank	Driver	OKA‡	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	FUJ	AUT	SUG	MOT	Points
1	Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita	13	8	3	1	1	6	6	2	85
2	Ryo Hirakawa Nick Cassidy	12	7	2	2	4	3	4	1	83
3	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	2	2	Ret	11	3	13	3	8	52.5
4	Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura	8	1	6	7	Ret	4	11	4	46.5
5	Heikki Kovalainen Yuichi Nakayama	11	4	5	5	Ret	1	7	11	44
6	Koudai Tsukakoshi Bertrand Baguette	14	5	Ret	13	8	2	5	5	39
7	Yuhi Sekiguchi	9	Ret	1	9	Ret	10	10	3	38
7	Kazuki Nakajima	9		1	9	Ret	10	10	3	38
8	Naoki Yamamoto Jenson Button	15	3	13	12	2	Ret	8	6	37
9	Kohei Hirate Frederic Makowiecki	4	6	9	6	11	11	1	DNS	36
10	Tomoki Nojiri Takuya Izawa	1	9	4	Ret	7	5	12	13	31
11	Yuji Kunimoto Sho Tsuboi	6	13	7	3	9	8	13	7	27.5
12	Narain Karthikeyan Tadasuke Makino	10	10	11	10	10	7	2	12	23.5
13	Daiki Sasaki	3	12	10	8	5	12	14	Ret	17.5
13	James Rossiter	3	12	10	8	5		14	Ret	17.5
14	Mitsunori Takaboshi Jann Mardenborough	5	14	8	4	Ret	9	15	10	17
15	Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima	7	11	12	Ret	6	14	9	9	12
16	Katsumasa Chiyo						12			0
-	Ritomo Miyata		Ret							-
Rank	Driver	OKA‡	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	FUJ	AUT	SUG	MOT	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Notes:

‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

GT300

Driver Ranking GT300 2019 Series[43]
Rank	Driver	OKA‡	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	FUJ	AUT	SUG	MOT	Points
1	Shinichi Takagi Nirei Fukuzumi	2	2	6	9	6	6	1	4	69.5
2	Morio Nitta Sena Sakaguchi	1	16	1	14	15	5	3	3	58
3	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Hironobu Yasuda	21	1	9	8	9	15	22	1	48
4	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	8	6	4	12	8	4	2	5	47.5
5	Naoya Gamou	6	5	14	3	Ret	7	4	2	46.5
6	Kazuki Hiramine Sacha Fenestraz	5	4	18	2	7	8	5	6	46
7	Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima	10	3	19	5	5	3	20	11	36.5
8	Tsubasa Takahashi André Couto	16	11	17	7	1	Ret	26	23	29
9	Shigekazu Wakisaka Hiroki Yoshida	3	13	27	23	2	24	8	13	27.5
10	Hiroki Yoshimoto	7	9	10	15	22	1	19	9	27
11	Togo Suganami						7	4	2	27
12	Ritomo Miyata	7		10	15	22	1	19	9	25
13	Kiyoto Fujinami		11			1				25
14	Kazuki Hoshino Keishi Ishikawa	Ret	10	12	1	14	10	15	16	22
15	Alex Palou Seiji Ara	19	14	13		Ret	2	12	7	20
16	Haruki Kurosawa	6	5	14	3	Ret				19.5
17	Ryo Michigami Hiroki Otsu	9	26	7	10	3	11	13	24	19
18	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	4	28	3	11	10	Ret	28	12	18
19	Takamitsu Matsui Kimiya Sato	Ret	18	5	4	26	16	27	18	17
20	Shaun Thong	Ret	7	28	6	16	19	6	8	17
21	Natsu Sakaguchi Yuya Hiraki	Ret	Ret	2		17	17	18	14	15
22	Takashi Kobayashi Kosuke Matsuura	11	12	15	24	4	9	10	19	13
23	Shinya Michimi		7			16	19	6	8	12
24	Richard Lyons Ryuichiro Tomita	13	8	8	13	13	13	7	27	10
25	Marchy Lee	Ret	7	28	6	16				5
26	Dominik Farnbacher		9							2
27	Naoki Yokomizo Kyosuke Mineo	15	22	22	16	19	22	9	15	2
28	Takayuki Aoki Yusaku Shibata	Ret	15	20		27	25	11	10	1
Rank	Driver	OKA‡	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	FUJ	AUT	SUG	MOT	Points

Notes:

‡ – The race at Okayama was red flagged after completing 30 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers.

Notes

Car No. 60 and 70 entered as LM Corsa and car No. 96 entered as K-Tunes Racing.
Team Mugen's Daisuke Nakajima set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a five-place grid penalty for a chassis change after Hideki Mutoh crashed the car in Friday practice. Loïc Duval was promoted to pole position in his place.

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