2010 Super GT Series
The 2010 Autobacs Super GT Series was the eighteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the sixth season as the Super GT series. It marked as well as the twenty-eighth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.
| 2010 Super GT Series | |||
| Previous: | 2009 | Next: | 2011 |
The No. 18 Weider Honda Racing Honda HSV-010 GT of Takashi Kogure and Loïc Duval on display. Kogure and Duval each claimed their first Super GT championship. Weider Honda Racing also won the GT500 Teams title, ahead of Team TOM'S.
In both classes, every race was won by a different pairing, with Weider Honda Racing duo Takashi Kogure and Loïc Duval eventually becoming GT500 champions for the first time, giving the Honda HSV-010 GT a championship-winning début season. Defending champions Juichi Wakisaka and André Lotterer finished the season as runners-up, while Toshihiro Kaneishi and Koudai Tsukakoshi finished third. In GT300, Kazuki Hoshino and Masataka Yanagida overhauled an 11-point deficit heading into the final round of the championship to claim the title for Hasemi Motorsport. Their final round win, coupled with finishes or lower than eighth place for Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi, and Ryo Orime and Nobuteru Taniguchi, gave them a championship-winning margin of nine points.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
| Team | Make | Car | # | Drivers | Tyre | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Apple K-ONE Shiden |
Mooncraft | Mooncraft Shiden | 2 | Hiroki Katoh |
Y | All |
| Hiroshi Hamaguchi |
1–8 | |||||
| Kazuho Takahashi |
6, NC | |||||
| Hasemi Motorsport |
Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 3 | Kazuki Hoshino |
Y | All |
| Masataka Yanagida |
All | |||||
| Team Mach |
Vemac | Vemac RD408R | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Y | All |
| Haruki Kurosawa |
All | |||||
| RE Amemiya Racing |
Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | 7 | Ryo Orime |
Y | All |
| Nobuteru Taniguchi |
All | |||||
| Goodsmile Racing with COX |
Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche 997 GT3-R |
9 | Taku Bamba |
H | 1–3, 5–8 |
| Masahiro Sasaki |
1–3, 5–8, NC | |||||
| Mitsuhiro Kinoshita |
6 | |||||
| Hideto Yasuoka |
NC | |||||
| Jim Gainer Racing |
Ferrari | Ferrari F430 | 11 | Tetsuya Tanaka |
D | All |
| Katsuyuki Hiranaka |
All | |||||
| Racing Project Bandoh |
Lexus | Lexus IS350 | 19 | Tatsuya Kataoka |
Y | All |
| Manabu Orido |
All | |||||
| Team RQS Motorsports |
Vemac | Vemac 350R | 22 | Hisashi Wada |
Y | 6–8 |
| Masaki Jyonai |
6–8 | |||||
| Ryohei Sakaguchi |
6 | |||||
| Samurai Team Tsuchiya |
Porsche | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | 25 | Akihiro Tsuzuki |
Y | 3, 5–8, NC |
| Takeshi Tsuchiya |
3, 5–8, NC | |||||
| Yoshio Tsuzuki |
6 | |||||
| Team Taisan |
Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 26 |  Igor Sushko |
Y | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Masayuki Ueda |
1–3, 5–8, NC | |||||
| Shogo Mitsuyama |
6, 8, NC | |||||
| 51 | Yuya Sakamoto |
3, 5–8, NC | ||||
| Shogo Mitsuyama |
3, 5, 7 | |||||
| Hideki Yamauchi |
8, NC | |||||
 LMP Motorsport |
Ferrari | Ferrari F430 | 27 | Yutaka Yamagishi |
Y | All |
| Hiroshi Koizumi |
All | |||||
| Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 28 | Akihiro Asai |
6–8 | ||
| Yuki Iwasaki |
6–8 | |||||
| EVA Racing Team apr |
Toyota | Toyota Corolla Axio | 31 | Kosuke Matsuura |
Y | All |
| Koki Saga |
All | |||||
| Yuya Sakamoto |
6 | |||||
| 74 | Takuto Iguchi |
M | All | |||
| Yuji Kunimoto |
All | |||||
| Hankook KTR |
Porsche | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | 33 | Mitsuhiro Kinoshita |
H | 1–4 |
| Masami Kageyama |
1–4, 7, NC | |||||
| Tomonobu Fujii |
3, 7, NC | |||||
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri |
ASL | ASL Garaiya | 43 | Morio Nitta |
M | All |
| Shinichi Takagi |
All | |||||
| Kyosuke Mineo |
6 | |||||
| MOLA |
Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 46 | Tsubasa Abe |
Y | All |
| Naoki Yokomizo |
All | |||||
| R&D Sport |
Subaru | Subaru Legacy B4 | 62 | Kota Sasaki |
Y | 1–3, 5–8, NC |
| Tetsuya Yamano |
1–3, 5–8, NC | |||||
| A speed |
Aston Martin | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | 66 | Hideshi Matsuda |
Y | All |
| Hiroki Yoshimoto |
All | |||||
| Tomonobu Fujii |
6 | |||||
| JLOC |
Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo | 86 | Yuhi Sekiguchi |
Y | All |
| Koji Yamanishi |
All | |||||
| 87 | Hiroyuki Iiri |
All | ||||
| Yuya Sakamoto |
All | |||||
| Naohiro Furuya |
6 | |||||
| 88 | Shinya Hosokawa |
1–7 | ||||
| Atsushi Yogo |
All | |||||
| Tsubasa Kurosawa |
8, NC | |||||
| Tomei Sports |
Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 360 | Keita Sawa |
Y | 1 |
| Takamori.com |
1 | |||||
| Masahiro Matsunaga |
3–5, 7–8 | |||||
| Atsushi Tanaka |
3–5, 7–8 | |||||
 365 Thunder Asia Racing |
Mosler | Mosler MT900M | 365 | Melvin Choo |
Y | 2–8, NC |
 Tim Sugden |
2–5, 7 | |||||
| Shinsuke Yamazaki |
6 | |||||
| Keita Sawa |
6, NC | |||||
| Bomex Rosso |
Porsche | Porsche Boxster | 666 | Junichiro Yamashita |
Y | 1, 3–8 |
| Takashi Miyamoto |
1, 3 | |||||
| Takamori.com |
3–8 | |||||
| Satoshi Kimura |
6 |
- Goodsmile Racing with COX (#9) announced a mid-season car change that will occur at the fifth round. The Porsche 996 GT3-RSR was retired after the third round.
- Team apr changed the name on one of their cars midway through the season, as a promotion towards the movie adaption of animation series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Thus the #31 car runs under the "Eva Racing" banner since the third round, with the exception of the fourth round due to a copyright issue, with the #74 remaining unchanged.
GT500
- Honda: Having used the NSX since 1996, Honda replaced the unique MR-layout model with a FMR-layout prototype HSV-010, which has been homologated by the JAF. However, Honda have cancelled their plans to produce a road-going model of the HSV-010.
- All three teams united their engine specification to 3.4 L V8 with an FR-layout vehicle which was planned to be done last season (only Lexus have made such changes last season).
GT300
- Hasemi Motorsport moved into the class from GT500, competing with a Nissan Fairlady Z.
- The JLOC team which previously used a Lamborghini Murciélago, have changed all their cars to Lamborghini Gallardos.
- A speed, a new team participating in Super GT, uses an Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
- Thunder Asia Racing, which raced in Malaysia last year, became the first team not based in Japan to participate in the full season in Super GT history. They use a Mosler MT900M, and in addition, Melvin Choo, one of the team's drivers, was appointed as the Super GT official negotiator to help bring a race to Singapore in future.
- Studie, which used a BMW Z4 in the 2008 and 2009 seasons, had originally planned to participate the series as AS Studie Racing in 2010, but did not participate due to the withdrawal of Advance Step. Advance Step had been a co-partner for Studie over the previous two seasons.[1] However at the end of the season, the teams parted ways and will compete separately in 2011.
- Good Smile Racing made their debut in the series after becoming the primary sponsors for Studie under the Hatsune Miku banner in the past two seasons. Team COX, the first Porsche works team in Super GT, would become Good Smile Racing's partner. The team originally planned to use a 2010-specification Porsche 997 GT3-R for the entire season. However, as the car was delivered in late May, the team used a Porsche 996 RSR for the first three races of the season. They will also miss the event in Sepang, to test the new vehicle. Porsche and COX also announced that they are planning to supply at least one more GT3-R to other teams participating in 2011.[2]
- RE Amemiya Racing announced it will be the final season of the Mazda RX-7, as after the season ends, the car will be donated to the motor racing museum of Malaysia. They would later announce their withdrawal from the series.
- R&D Sport have changed the drivetrain on their Subaru Legacy from AWD to RWD, making AWD cars absent.
Others
- The use of a three-way catalytic converter is compulsory for all teams.
Schedule
- The calendar was provisionally announced on September 25, 2009.[3] Autopolis has been removed from the calendar, with no replacement round nor venue added. However, with alterations made to the 2010 Formula One calendar, including the moving of the Japanese Grand Prix, the calendar was altered on October 19, 2009.[4]
- Apart from the eight championship rounds, a non-championship round, originally entitled Super GT and Formula Nippon Sprint Cup 2010, will be held at the conclusion of the season. After the Japan Automobile Federation recognised the race as a "JAF Grand Prix" round, it was renamed as JAF Grand Prix Super GT and Formula Nippon Sprint Cup 2010.
- The 400 km race at Fuji will adopt regulations with two mandatory pit stops, while the knockout qualifying format was used in the first two rounds as well as the Suzuka 700 km of the season.
- The 300 km race at Fuji scheduled to be held on September 12 was cancelled due to the serious damage to Oyama, the town where the circuit is located, caused by the typhoon Malou.[5][6] This is the first event in Super GT to be cancelled by series organisers, and the first Japanese Grand touring round to be cancelled since Sepang in 2003.
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest lap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuka GT 300 km Report |
Suzuka Circuit |
March 21 | #18 Weider Honda Racing | #18 Weider Honda Racing | #24 Kondō Racing |
| Loïc Duval Takashi Kogure |
Loïc Duval Takashi Kogure |
 João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda | ||||
| #7 RE Amemiya Racing | #5 Team Mach | #7 RE Amemiya Racing | ||||
| Nobuteru Taniguchi Ryo Orime |
Haruki Kurosawa Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Nobuteru Taniguchi Ryo Orime | ||||
| 2 | Okayama GT 300 km Report |
Okayama International Circuit |
April 4 | #18 Weider Honda Racing | #18 Weider Honda Racing | #18 Weider Honda Racing |
| Loïc Duval Takashi Kogure |
Loïc Duval Takashi Kogure |
Loïc Duval Takashi Kogure | ||||
| #86 JLOC | #46 MOLA | #2 Apple K-ONE Shiden | ||||
| Koji Yamanishi Yuhi Sekiguchi |
Naoki Yokomizo Tsubasa Abe |
Hiroki Katoh Hiroshi Hamaguchi | ||||
| 3 | Fuji GT 400 km Report |
Fuji Speedway |
May 2 | #35 Lexus Team Kraft | #35 Lexus Team Kraft | #35 Lexus Team Kraft |
| Hiroaki Ishiura Kazuya Oshima |
Hiroaki Ishiura Kazuya Oshima |
Hiroaki Ishiura Kazuya Oshima | ||||
| #33 Hankook KTR | #74 Team apr | #74 Team apr | ||||
| Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama |
Takuto Iguchi Yuji Kunimoto |
Takuto Iguchi Yuji Kunimoto | ||||
| 4 | Super GT International Series Malaysia Report |
 Sepang International Circuit |
June 20 | #12 Team Impul | #23 Motul Autech | #12 Team Impul |
Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli |
Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer |
Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli | ||||
| #11 Jim Gainer Racing | #3 Hasemi Motorsport Z | #7 RE Amemiya Racing | ||||
| Tetsuya Tanaka Katsuyuki Hiranaka |
Kazuki Hoshino Masataka Yanagida |
Nobuteru Taniguchi Ryo Orime | ||||
| 5 | Sugo GT 300 km Report |
Sportsland SUGO |
July 25 | #23 Motul Autech | #23 Motul Autech | #17 Keihin Real Racing |
| Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer |
Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer |
Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi | ||||
| #2 Apple K-ONE Shiden | #2 Apple K-ONE Shiden | #2 Apple K-ONE Shiden | ||||
| Hiroshi Hamaguchi Hiroki Katoh |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Hiroki Katoh |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Hiroki Katoh | ||||
| 6 | 39th Pokka GT Summer Special Report |
Suzuka Circuit |
August 22 | #8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | #23 Motul Autech | #8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri |
 Ralph Firman Yuji Ide Takashi Kobayashi |
Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer |
Ralph Firman Yuji Ide Takashi Kobayashi | ||||
| #26 Team Taisan | #62 R&D Sport | #62 R&D Sport | ||||
| Igor Sushko Masayuki Ueda Shogo Mitsuyama |
Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki |
Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki | ||||
| 7 | Fuji GT 300 km | Fuji Speedway |
September 12 | Cancelled[5][6] | ||
| 8 | Motegi GT 250 km Report |
Twin Ring Motegi |
October 24 | #18 Weider Honda Racing | #18 Weider Honda Racing | #1 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S |
| Loïc Duval Takashi Kogure |
Loïc Duval Takashi Kogure |
Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer | ||||
| #3 Hasemi Motorsport Z | #74 Team apr | #3 Hasemi Motorsport Z | ||||
| Kazuki Hoshino Masataka Yanagida |
Takuto Iguchi Yuji Kunimoto |
Kazuki Hoshino Masataka Yanagida | ||||
| NC | All Star Series Report |
Fuji Speedway |
November 13 | #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo | #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo |
| Richard Lyons |
 Björn Wirdheim |
Richard Lyons | ||||
| #43 ASL | #11 Jim Gainer Racing | #11 Jim Gainer Racing | ||||
| Shinichi Takagi |
Katsuyuki Hiranaka |
Katsuyuki Hiranaka | ||||
| November 14 | #12 Team Impul | #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | |||
| Tsugio Matsuda |
Daisuke Itō |
Daisuke Itō | ||||
| #43 ASL | #5 Team Mach | #11 Jim Gainer Racing | ||||
| Morio Nitta |
Haruki Kurosawa |
Tetsuya Tanaka | ||||
Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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GT300 Drivers
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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References
- "初音ミク×BMW復活へ スタディがGSRと来季のコラボを発表". Autosport Web (in Japanese). i-dea. 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
- ""新初音ミク号"ポルシェ997GT3R、富士で初お披露目". Autosport Web (in Japanese). i-dea. 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- "2010年SUPER GTカレンダー一部変更について" (PDF). supergt.net (in Japanese). Super GT. 2009-09-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- "Partial revisions to the 2010 SUPER GT provisional calendar". supergt.net. Super GT. 2009-10-19. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- "Press release: 2010 AUTOBACS SUPER GT 第7戦の開催中止について". fsw.tv (in Japanese). Fuji Speedway. 2010-09-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- "Round 7 of the 2010 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series cancelled". supergt.net. Super GT. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
External links
- Super GT official website (in English)
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