2021 Super GT Series

The 2021 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 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 the series to compete under the Super GT name. It is the thirty-ninth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.

2021 Super GT Series
Previous: 2020 Next: 2022

Calendar

A confirmed six-round and possible additional two-round provisional 2021 calendar was announced on 7 August 2020.

Confirmed circuits and dates
Round Circuit Dates
1 Okayama International Circuit 10-11 April
2 Fuji Speedway 1-2 May
3 Suzuka Circuit 29-30 May
4 Sportsland Sugo 11-12 September
5 Autopolis 23-24 October
6 Twin Ring Motegi 6-7 November
Source:[1]

Other circuits confirmed but dates yet to be confirmed
Round Circuit Dates
TBA Chang International Circuit, Thailand TBA
TBA Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia TBA

Teams and drivers

GT500
Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Stanley Team Kunimitsu[2] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500[2] 1 Tadasuke Makino[2] B TBA
Naoki Yamamoto[2]
NDDP Racing with B-Max[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500[3] 3 Katsumasa Chiyo[3] M TBA
Kohei Hirate[3]
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[2] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500[2] 8 Nirei Fukuzumi[2] B TBA
Tomoki Nojiri[2]
Team Impul[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500[3] 12 Kazuki Hiramine[3] B TBA
Nobuharu Matsushita[3]
TGR Team Eneos Rookie[4] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[4] 14 Kazuya Oshima[4] B TBA
Kenta Yamashita[4]
TGR Team ZENT Cerumo[4] 38 Hiroaki Ishiura[4] B TBA
Yuji Tachikawa[4]
Team Red Bull Mugen[2] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500[2] 16 Toshiki Oyu[2] D TBA
Ukyo Sasahara[2]
Astemo Real Racing[2] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500[2] 17 Bertrand Baguette[2] B TBA
Koudai Tsukakoshi[2]
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh[4] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[4] 19 Yuji Kunimoto[4] Y TBA
Ritomo Miyata[4]
NISMO[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500[3] 23 Tsugio Matsuda[3] M TBA
Ronnie Quintarelli[3]
Kondo Racing[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500[3] 24 Daiki Sasaki[3] Y TBA
Mitsunori Takaboshi[3]
TGR Team au TOM'S[4] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[4] 36 Yuhi Sekiguchi[4] B TBA
Sho Tsuboi[4]
TGR Team KeePer TOM'S[4] 37 Ryō Hirakawa[4] B TBA
Sacha Fenestraz[4]
TGR Team SARD[4] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT500[4] 39 Heikki Kovalainen[4] B TBA
Yuichi Nakayama[4]
Modulo Nakajima Racing[2] Honda Honda NSX-GT GT500[2] 64 Takuya Izawa[2] D TBA
Hiroki Otsu[2]

GT300
Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Advics muta Racing INGING & Cars Tokai Dream28[5] Lotus Lotus Evora MC GT300[5] 2 Hiroki Katoh[5] B TBA
Ryohei Sakaguchi[5]
Goodsmile Racing with Team UKYO × Racing Miku[6] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[6] 4 Tatsuya Kataoka[6] Y TBA
Nobuteru Taniguchi[6]
Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing[7] Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo[7] 6 Yoshiaki Katayama[7] TBA TBA
Satoshi Motoyama[7]
Team UpGarage[2] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo[2] 18 Takashi Kobayashi[2] Y TBA
Teppei Natori[2]
apr[4] Toyota Toyota Prius PHV GR Sport GT300[4] 30 Hiroaki Nagai[4] Y All
Manabu Orido[4]
31 Yuhki Nakayama[4] B All
Koki Saga[4]
TBA[4] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[4] 35 TBA[4] Y TBA
TBA[4]
Saitama Toyopet Green Brave[8] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[8] 52 Kohta Kawaai[8] B TBA
Hiroki Yoshida[8]
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[2] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Evo[2] 55 Ren Sato[2] B TBA
Shinichi Takagi[2]
LM Corsa[9] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[9] 60 Shunsuke Kohno[9] D TBA
Hiroki Yoshimoto[9]
R&D Sport Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport (21) 61 Takuto Iguchi D TBA
Hideki Yamauchi
K-Tunes Racing[4] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3[4] 96 Morio Nitta[4] D All
Sena Sakaguchi[4]
Max Racing[4] Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT300[4] 244 Atsushi Miyake[4] Y All
Yuui Tsutsumi[4]

GT500 Class
  • Honda: On 15 January 2020, Honda announced that Toshiki Oyu will be stepping up to GT500 to join Team Mugen, replacing Hideki Mutoh who will not return to the team after a four-year stint.[2]
  • Nissan: Nissan's GT500 driver 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, has been signed by Nissan to compete for Impul. Matsushita will replace Daiki Sasaki, who will be switching teams to Kondo Racing to replace Jann Mardenborough, ending Mardenborough's four-year stint as a Nissan GT500 driver.[3]
  • Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their Super GT driver line-up on 22 January 2020. In the TOM's squad, Sacha Fenestraz will be transferred to the No. 37 team to replace Nick Cassidy, who left the series to compete in Formula E with Envision Virgin Racing. Replacing Fenestraz in the No. 36 team will be Sho Tsuboi, who will be switching teams from TGR Team Rookie. 2019 champion Kenta Yamashita will be returning to the series on a full-time basis to replace Tsuboi in TGR Team Rookie, reuniting himself with former Team LeMans teammate Kazuya Oshima in the No. 14 car.[4]

GT300 Class

GT500 Class
  • Hitachi Astemo, a joint venture between Hitachi and Honda, will replace Keihin as Real Racing's title sponsor.[10]
  • Stanley Electric will become Team Kunimitsu's new title sponsor after Stanley announced on 26 November 2020 that they will retire the Raybrig brand on March 2021.[11][12]
  • Eneos will replace Wako's as the title sponsor of TGR Team Rookie, marking their return to the series since 2015.[4]
  • Team Red Bull Mugen will change tyre suppliers from Yokohama to Dunlop, beginning in 2021. Dunlop will supply multiple GT500 teams for the first time since 2010.[13]

GT300 Class
  • INGING Motorsport and Cars Tokai Dream28 will join forces and field a collaborative entry in 2021. The collaborative entry would retain Cars Tokai's entry, their Lotus Evora MC GT300 and driver Hiroki Katoh, while INGING will bring over their Bridgestone tire contract, title sponsor muta, and driver Ryohei Sakaguchi to the team.[5]
  • Both LM Corsa and Max Racing will be switching from the FIA-GT3 specification Lexus RC F GT3 to the JAF-GT300 specification fifth-generation Toyota GR Supra for the 2021 season.[4]
  • Team LeMans returns to Super GT after a one-year absence. Fielding an Audi R8 LMS GT3 under the Team LeMans with Motoyama Racing banner, the team will compete in GT300 for the first time. The team will carry their traditional number of 6 after it was used by INGING in 2020.[7]

Notes
1.^ Car number 35 was previously entered as arto Ping An Team Thailand in 2020.

References
  1. "2021 Super GT Provisional Calendar Announced". dailysportscar.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. "Honda Announces 2021 Super GT Teams & Drivers". dailysportscar.com. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. "Nissan signs Matsushita, axes Mardenborough for 2021". motorsport.com. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. "Toyota reveals 2021 Super GT drivers, GT500 grid complete". dailysportscar.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. "INGING & Cars Tokai Dream28 Collaborate For 2021 GT300 Entry". dailysportscar.com. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. "Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO Announce Unchanged 2021 Lineup". dailysportscar.com. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  7. "Satoshi Motoyama Returning To Super GT With Team LeMans | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  8. "Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Announces 2021 Racing Activities". dailysportscar.com. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  9. "LM Corsa ditches Lexus for GT300 Toyota Supra". motorsport.com. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  10. "Real Racing gets new look as sponsor Keihin exits". motorsport.com. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  11. "Team Kunimitsu Announces Stanley Electric as New Title Sponsor". dailysportscar.com. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  12. "Raybrig Sponsorship of Team Kunimitsu To End After 2020". dailysportscar.com. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  13. "Super GT: Mugen Honda set for switch to Dunlop tyres". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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