2005 Super GT Series

2005 Super GT
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The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 12th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the 1st season as the Super GT series. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 27 and ended on November 6, 2005 after 8 races. The champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	1	Richard Lyons	B	All
			1	Satoshi Motoyama		All
			22	Michael Krumm		All
			22	Masataka Yanagida		All
G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	3	Érik Comas	B	All
G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	3	Toshihiro Kaneishi	B	All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	6	Akira Iida	B	All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	6	Juichi Wakisaka	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	8	Ralph Firman	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	8	Daisuke Ito	B	All
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	12	Yuji Ide	B	All
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	12	Benoît Tréluyer	B	All
Dome Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSX	18	Takashi Kogure	B	All
Dome Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSX	18	Ryo Michigami	B	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	20	Eiichi Tajima	D	2, 6
				Yasushi Hitotsuyama		2
				Mikio Hitotsuyama		6
	Ferrari	Ferrari 550 Maranello	21	Takuya Kurosawa		All
	Ferrari	Ferrari 550 Maranello	21	Hidetoshi Mitsusada		All
Toyota Team Tsuchiya	Toyota	Toyota Supra	25	Manabu Orido	Y	All
				Dominik Schwager		1–5, 7–8
				Hideki Noda		6
Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	32	André Lotterer	D	All
Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	32	Tsugio Matsuda	D	All
Toyota Team Kraft	Toyota	Toyota Supra	34	Seiji Ara	D	All
			34	Naoki Yokomizo		All
			35	Naoki Hattori		All
				Shigekazu Wakisaka		1–4
				Peter Dumbreck		5–8
Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota Supra	36	James Courtney	B	All
			36	Takeshi Tsuchiya		All
			37	Tatsuya Kataoka		All
			37	Sakon Yamamoto		All
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Supra	38	Toranosuke Takagi	B	All
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Supra	38	Yuji Tachikawa	B	All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	39	André Couto	B	All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	39	Ronnie Quintarelli	B	All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	88	Koji Yamanishi	Y	1–2, 4–6
				Hisashi Wada		1–2
				Marco Apicella		4–5
				Naohiro Furuya		6
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX	100	Jérémie Dufour	B	All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX	100	Sébastien Philippe	B	All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
M-Tec	Honda	Honda NSX	0	Shinya Hosokawa	D	All
M-Tec	Honda	Honda NSX	0	Haruki Kurosawa	D	All
Verno Tokai Dream28-Honda	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	2	Kazuho Takahashi	Y	All
Verno Tokai Dream28-Honda	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	2	Akira Watanabe	Y	All
Team Mach	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Y	All
Team Mach	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	5	Katsuhiko Tsutsui	Y	All
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	7	Hiroyuki Iiri	Y	All
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	7	Shinichi Yamaji	Y	All
A&S Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900-Chevrolet	9	Junichiro Yamashita	Y	All
				Eiji Yamada		1–4, 6–7
				Shogo Suho		5, 8
	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette C6	913	Hideo Fukuyama		1–6
				Haruhiko Matsumoto		1
				Shogo Suho		2–4, 6
				Eiji Yamada		5
Jim Gainer Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 360	10	Yasutaka Hinoi	D	All
				Hideshi Matsuda		1–2, 4–5, 7–8
				Taku Bamba		3, 6
			11	Paolo Montin		All
			11	Tetsuya Tanaka		All
Endless Sports	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	13	Masami Kageyama	Y	All
Endless Sports	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	13	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	Y	All
Amprex Motorsports	Lotus	Lotus Exige 300RR	15	Tengku Djan Ley	Y	4
Amprex Motorsports	Lotus	Lotus Exige 300RR	15	Norman Simon	Y	4
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota Celica	19	Hiroki Katoh	Y	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota Celica	19	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	All
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-R	26	Yutaka Yamagishi	Y	1–3, 8
				Kaoru Ijiri		1–2
				Takashi Inoue		3
				Isao Ihashi		8
Direxiv Motorsport	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	27	Shogo Mitsuyama	Y	All
				Yasuo Miyagawa		1–6
				Hiroki Yoshimoto		7–8
Team Reckless	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	30	Kota Sasaki	M	All
Team Reckless	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	30	Tetsuya Yamano	M	All
apr	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	31	Kazuki Nakajima	M	All
apr	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	31	Minoru Tanaka	M	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL Garaiya	43	Morio Nitta	M	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL Garaiya	43	Shinichi Takagi	M	All
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	46	Takayuki Aoki	Y	All
			46	Kazuki Hoshino		All
			47	Go Shimizu		All
			47	Tomonobu Fujii		All
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Celica	52	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	K	All
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Celica	52	Hironori Takeuchi	K	All
R&D Sport	Vemac	Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348	62	Tadao Uematsu	Y	All
				Shinsuke Shibahara		1–6, 8
				Hiroyuki Yagi		7
Team Gaikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	70	Yoshimi Ishibashi	Y	1–6
				Eiichi Tajima		1, 3
				Hirofumi Takei		2, 4–5
				Yutaka Yamagishi		6
			170	Yoshimi Ishibashi		8
			170	Takashi Inoue		8
Teramoto Technical Office	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	72	Akira Hirakawa	Y	All
				Takashi Inoue		1, 5
				Hiroshi Wada		2–3, 7–8
				Akihiro Asai		4
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	77	Katsuo Kobayashi	Y	All
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	77	Tatsuya Tanigawa	Y	All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1	86	Koji Yamanishi	Y	8
			86	Naohiro Furuya		8
			87	Hisashi Wada		4–6, 8
				Naohiro Furuya		4–5
				Marco Apicella		6, 8
Arktech Motorsports	Porsche	Porsche 986 Boxster	110	Takashi Ohi	Y	All
		Porsche 986 Boxster	110	Ichijo Suga		All
		Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	112	Atsushi Yogo		1–3, 5–8
				Keita Sawa		1–3
				Takaya Tsubobayashi		5–8
Team LeyJun	Porsche	Porsche 968 GT4	111	Hiroya Iijima	Y	All
Team LeyJun	Porsche	Porsche 968 GT4	111	Masaki Jyonai	Y	All
910 Racing	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	777	Kazuyoshi Takamizawa	Y	All
910 Racing	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	777	Sunako Jukucho	Y	All

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km Race	Okayama International Circuit	March 27
2	Fuji GT 500 km Race	Fuji International Speedway	May 4
3	Japan GT Championship Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	June 26
4	SUGO GT 300 km Race	Sportsland Sugo	July 24
5	Motegi GT 300 km Race	Twin Ring Motegi	September 4
6	Fuji GT 300 km Race	Fuji International Speedway	September 25
7	Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km	Autopolis International Race Course	October 16
8	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	November 6

Season results

Overall winner in bold

Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	Okayama	#25 Eclipse Advan Supra	#13 Endless Advan Z
1	Okayama	Manabu Orido Dominik Schwager	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama
2	Mt. Fuji	#38 Zent Cerumo Supra	#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
2	Mt. Fuji	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Haruki Kurosawa Shinya Hosokawa
3	Kuala Lumpur	#1 Xanavi Nismo Z	#43 ARTA Garaiya
3	Kuala Lumpur	Satoshi Motoyama Richard Lyons	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi
4	Sportsland SUGO	#37 Dynacity TOM'S Supra	#31 Kicchouhouzan MR-S
4	Sportsland SUGO	Tatsuya Kataoka Sakon Yamamoto	Minoru Tanaka Kazuki Nakajima
5	Motegi	#100 Raybrig NSX	#46 Dream Cube's Advan Z
5	Motegi	Sebastien Philippe Jeremie Dufour	Kazuki Hoshino Takayuki Aoki
6	Mt. Fuji	#38 Zent Cerumo Supra	#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
6	Mt. Fuji	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Haruki Kurosawa Shinya Hosokawa
7	Autopolis	#8 ARTA NSX	#30 Reckless MR-S
7	Autopolis	Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano
8	Suzuka	#38 Zent Cerumo Supra	#11 Jim Gainer Ferrari Dunlop
8	Suzuka	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Tetsuya Tanaka Paolo Montin

Standings

GT500 Drivers

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	8	6	5	4	3	2	1
Qualifying	2	1	1
Fastest Lap	1	1	1

There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.

Rank	Driver	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	MOT	FUJ	AUT	SUZ	PTS
1	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	14	1	11	11	12	1	7	1	67
2	Ralph Firman Daisuke Ito	4	12	2	6	16	8	1	12	61
3	Richard Lyons Satoshi Motoyama	Ret	4	1	8	6	10	6	2	60
4	James Courtney Takeshi Tsuchiya	2	10	3	3	7	5	8	5	60
5	Michael Krumm Masataka Yanagida	12	2	6	7	4	9	2	8	57
6	Akira Iida Juichi Wakisaka	11	5	4	4	9	3	10	3	51
7	Tatsuya Kataoka Sakon Yamamoto	6	6	13	1	8	7	Ret	7	43
8	Érik Comas Toshihiro Kaneishi	3	9	Ret	15	13	4	3	4	42
9	André Lotterer Tsugio Matsuda	5	8	5	13	10	2	14	10	38
10	Takashi Kogure Ryo Michigami	7	13	7	Ret	2	11	5	6	37
11	Benoît Tréluyer Yuji Ide	Ret	15	8	5	3	13	4	9	35
12	Naoki Hattori	9	3	14	10	5	6	9	13	29
13	Manabu Orido	1	14	15	9	15	Ret	Ret	14	26
14	Jérémie Dufour Sébastien Philippe	10	11	10	Ret	1	14	Ret	Ret	26
15	Dominik Schwager	1	14	15	9	15		Ret	14	25
16	André Couto Ronnie Quintarelli	8	Ret	9	2	14	12	11	11	21
17	Shigekazu Wakisaka	9	3	14	10					16
18	Peter Dumbreck					5	6	9	13	13
19	Seiji Ara Naoki Yokomizo	Ret	7	12	14	11	16	12	16	4
20	Hideki Noda						Ret			1
	Takuya Kurosawa Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	15	13	15	0
	Koji Yamanishi	13	DNS		Ret	17	Ret			0
	Hisashi Wada	13	DNS							0
	Eiichi Tajima		Ret				17			0
	Marco Apicella				Ret	17				0
	Mikio Hitotsuyama						17			0
	Yasushi Hitotsuyama		Ret							0
	Naohiro Furuya						Ret			0
Rank	Driver	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	MOT	FUJ	AUT	SUZ	PTS

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Teams

Rank	Number/Team	Car	Points
1	#1, #22 Nismo	Nissan Fairlady Z	86
2	#8, #18 Team Honda Racing	Honda NSX	82
3	#36, #37 Toyota Team TOM'S	Open Interface TOM'S Supra	73
4	#38 Toyota Team Cerumo	Zent Cerumo Supra	67
5	#6 Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Esso Ultraflo Supra	51

GT300 Class (Top 3)

Drivers

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano	#30 Reckless MR-S	93	1
2	Haruki Kurosawa Shinya Hosokawa	#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX	81	2
3	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	#43 ARTA Garaiya	74	1

Teams

Rank	Number/Team	Car	Points
1	#30 Team Reckless	Reckless MR-S	93
2	#0 M-TEC Co.,Ltd.	Ebbro M-TEC NSX	81
3	#43 ARTA	ARTA Garaiya	74

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