2008 Super GT Series
The 2008 Autobacs Super GT Series was the sixteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourth season as the Super GT series. It marked as well as the twenty-sixth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. This was the first season for the new R35 GT-R, replacing the Z which had been used for all GT500 Nissan teams from 2004-2007. The season began on March 15 and ended on November 9, 2008 after 9 races.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Team | Make | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
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Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft | Mooncraft Shiden | Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.4 L V8 | 2 | Kazuho Takahashi | Y | All |
Hiroki Katoh | All | ||||||
Hiroki Yoshimoto | 6 | ||||||
Team Uematsu Nova | Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | 4 | Ryohei Sakaguchi | Y | All |
Masaki Matsushita | All | ||||||
Tadao Uematsu | 6 | ||||||
Vemac RD350R | Zytek ZV348 3.9 L V8 | 16 | Tadao Uematsu | 1, 3, 9 | |||
Katsuhiko Tsutsui | 1, 3, 9 | ||||||
Team Mach | Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka | Y | All |
Naoya Yamano | 1–7, 9 | ||||||
Katsuhiko Tsutsui | 6, 8 | ||||||
RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor | 7 | Hiroyuki Iiri | Y | All |
Ryo Orime | All | ||||||
Hiroyuki Matsumura | 6 | ||||||
A&S Racing | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 | 9 | Tatsuya Tanigawa | K | 3, 6, 8 |
Hirofumi Takei | 3, 6, 8 | ||||||
Takayuki Matsumoto | 6 | ||||||
Jim Gainer Racing | Ferrari | Ferrari F430 | Ferrari F136E 4.3 L V8 | 11 | Tetsuya Tanaka | Y | All |
Masayuki Ueda | All | ||||||
Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota Celica | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 19 | Manabu Orido | Y | 1–3 |
Tsubasa Abe | 1–3 | ||||||
Lexus | Lexus IS350 | Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 | Manabu Orido | 4–9 | |||
Tsubasa Abe | 4–9 | ||||||
Yuhi Sekiguchi | 6 | ||||||
Team Taisan with Nishizawa | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 26 | Nobuteru Taniguchi | Y | All |
Shinichi Yamaji | 1–8 | ||||||
Keita Sawa | 6 | ||||||
Dominik Farnbacher | 9 | ||||||
Team Shadow | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 | 27 | Takashi Inoue | H | 1, 3, 6–7, 9 |
Hwang Jin Woo | 1, 3, 6–7 | ||||||
Yasuhiro Takasaki | 6 | ||||||
Koji Aoyama | 9 | ||||||
apr | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 2GR-FSE 3.5 L V6 | 31 | Kyosuke Mineo | M | 1–5, 7–9 |
Yuya Sakamoto | 1–5, 7–9 | ||||||
95 | Kohei Hirate | 1–5, 8–9 | |||||
Keisuke Kunimoto | All | ||||||
Yuya Sakamoto | 6 | ||||||
Kazuya Oshima | 6 | ||||||
Hideki Yamauchi | 7 | ||||||
Hankook KTR | Porsche | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche M97/80 3.8 L F6 | 33 | Mitsuhiro Kinoshita | H | All |
Masami Kageyama | All | ||||||
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL ARTA Garaiya | Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 | 43 | Morio Nitta | M | All |
Shinichi Takagi | All | ||||||
Kyosuke Mineo | 6 | ||||||
MOLA | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 | 46 | Kazuki Hoshino | M | All |
Hironobu Yasuda | All | ||||||
Team Takeuchi with Shift | Lexus | Lexus IS350 | Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 | 52 | Takuya Kurosawa | K | 3–9 |
Takuto Iguchi | 3–9 | ||||||
Hideki Yamauchi | 6 | ||||||
Willcom R&D Sport | Vemac | Vemac RD408R | Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8 | 62 | Shinsuke Shibahara | Y | 1, 5–9 |
Haruki Kurosawa | All | ||||||
Shogo Mitsuyama | 2–4, 6 | ||||||
JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 | Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 | 66 | Koji Yamanishi | Y | All |
Atsushi Yogo | All | ||||||
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | Lamborghini 07L1 5.0 L V10 | 87 | Hisashi Wada | All | |||
Muneyuki Kurihara | All | ||||||
Yoshihisa Namekata | 6 | ||||||
88 | Hideshi Matsuda | All | |||||
Naohiro Furuya | All | ||||||
Yuya Sakamoto | 6 | ||||||
Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 70 | Takehide Maeda | Y | 1 |
Yutaka Yamagishi | 1–7, 9 | ||||||
Akazame Oyaji | 2–3 | ||||||
Yoshimi Ishibashi | 4–7 | ||||||
Kazuyoshi Takamizawa | 6, 9 | ||||||
Cusco Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 | 77 | Tetsuya Yamano | D | All |
Kota Sasaki | 1–7 | ||||||
Carlo van Dam | 8–9 | ||||||
Team Daishin | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 | 81 | Takayuki Aoki | Y | All |
Tomonobu Fujii | All | ||||||
Arktech Motorsports | Porsche | Porsche 986 Boxster | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 110 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada | K | All |
Daisuke Ikeda | All | ||||||
111 | Hiroshi Koizumi | 1–6 | |||||
Guts Jyonai | 1 | ||||||
Tsubasa Kurosawa | 2–6 | ||||||
Paul Ip | 6 | ||||||
Tomei Sports | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 118 | Takashi Miyamoto | Y | 1, 3, 6–9 |
Takashi Ohi | 1 | ||||||
Masayuki Kurihara | 3, 6–7 | ||||||
Guts Jyonai | 6, 8–9 | ||||||
Avanzza Rosso | Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 | 666 | Shogo Suho | K | 1–3, 5–9 |
Junichiro Yamashita | 1–3, 5–9 | ||||||
Takamori.com | 6 | ||||||
Studie & Glad with Asada Racing | BMW | BMW Z4 M Coupe | BMW S62B50 4.9 L V8 | 808 | Yasushi Kikuchi | Y | 6–7, 9 |
Shozo Tagahara | 6–7, 9 |
Schedule
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Suzuka GT 300 km | Suzuka Circuit | March 16 |
2 | Okayama GT 300 km | Okayama International Circuit | April 13 |
3 | Fuji GT 500 km | Fuji Speedway | May 4 |
4 | Super GT International Series Malaysia | Sepang International Circuit | June 22 |
5 | SUGO GT 300 km | Sportsland SUGO | July 27 |
6 | International POKKA 1000km | Suzuka Circuit | August 24 |
7 | Motegi GT 300 km | Twin Ring Motegi | September 14 |
8 | Autopolis GT 300 km | Autopolis | October 19 |
9 | Fuji GT 300 km | Fuji Speedway | November 9 |
Season Winners
Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Qualifying | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Fastest Lap | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Only the best four results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
- There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
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Teams' standings
Rank[1][2] | Team | No. | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ | MOT | AUT | FUJ | Pts. |
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1 | Petronas Toyota Team TOM'S | 36 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 94 |
2 | ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo | 38 | 4 | 7 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 93 |
3 | Nismo | 23 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 86 |
4 | Team Impul | 12 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 78 |
5 | Dome Racing Team | 18 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 75 |
6 | Nismo | 22 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 69 |
7 | Houzan Toyota Team Kraft | 35 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 68 |
8 | Eneos Toyota Team LeMans | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 64 |
9 | Team Kunimitsu | 100 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | Ret | 60 |
10 | Nakajima Racing | 32 | 10 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 60 |
11 | Kondo Racing | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 56 |
12 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 1 | 14 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 54 |
13 | Hasemi Motorsport | 3 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 53 |
14 | Toyota Team Tsuchiya | 25 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 44 |
15 | Real Racing with LEON | 17 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
16 | Toyota Team SARD | 39 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
Rank | Team | No. | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ | MOT | AUT | FUJ | Pts. |
GT300 Class (Top 3)
Drivers
Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
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1 | Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda | #46 MOLA LEOPALACE Z | 78 | 1 |
2 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi | #43 ARTA Garaiya | 77 | 2 |
3 | Nobuteru Taniguchi | #26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche | 71 | 1 |
Teams
Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
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1 | #46 MOLA | MOLA Leopalace Z | 104 |
2 | #43 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ARTA Garaiya | 89 |
3 | #81 Team Daishin | Daishin ADVAN Z | 85 |
Footnotes
External links
- Super GT official website (in English)