2014 Super GT Series
The 2014 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-second season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the tenth season under the name Super GT . It marked the thirty-second season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship . It was the first year of new GT500 regulations as the 2014 season saw unified technical regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters . The season began on April 6 and ended on November 16, after 8 races.
Schedule
A provisional calendar was released on August 12, 2013.[ 1]
Calendar changes
The Autopolis race was moved from its October date to the June date previously held by the Super Formula championship.
After being on the calendar since 2000, the race at the Sepang International Circuit will not be held in 2014.
After being on the provisional calendar as a non-championship round for 2013, the championship was scheduled to race in South Korea for the first time, at a yet to be determined venue. However, on December 16, 2013, the race was again cancelled.[ 2]
The championship will also host its first race in Thailand , at the newly built Buriram United International Circuit .
The non-championship races at the JAF Grand Prix , was dropped for the 2014 season, the JAF Grand Prix later becoming the final round of the 2014 Super Formula season instead.[ 3] [ 4]
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Team
Make
Car
Engine
Drivers
Tyre
Rounds
Team Mugen [ 6]
Honda
Honda CR-Z GT
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6
0
Yuhki Nakayama
B
All
Tomoki Nojiri
All
Ryo Michigami
6
Cars Tokai Dream28[ 10]
McLaren
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin Turbo V8
2
Hiroki Katoh
Y
All
Kazuho Takahashi
All
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
6
NDDP Racing[ 7]
Nissan
Nissan GT-R GT3
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6
3
Kazuki Hoshino
Y
All
Lucas Ordóñez
All
Wolfgang Reip
6
Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo [ 11]
BMW
BMW Z4 GT3
BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8
4
Tatsuya Kataoka
Y
All
Nobuteru Taniguchi
All
Team Mach[ 12]
Nissan
Nissan GT-R GT3
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6
5
Tetsuji Tamanaka
Y
1–3, 5–6
Junichiro Yamashita
1–2, 5
Kazuya Tsuruta
2, 6
Naoya Yamano
3, 6
BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie [ 13]
BMW
BMW Z4 GT3
BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8
7
Jörg Müller
Y
All
Seiji Ara
All
Augusto Farfus
6
Pacific Direction Racing[ 14] [ 15]
Porsche
Porsche 911 GT3
Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6
9
Takuya Shirasaka
Y
1–6, 8
Yuya Sakamoto
1–2, 8
Taiyo Iida
2, 6
André Couto
3–6
Gainer[ 16]
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8
10
Masayuki Ueda
D
All
Hideki Yamauchi
All
11
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
All
Björn Wirdheim
All
Audi Team Hitotsuyama[ 17]
Audi
Audi R8 LMS ultra
Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10
21
Tomonobu Fujii
Y
All
Richard Lyons
1, 3–8
Carlo van Dam
2
Christopher Haase
6
R'Qs Motor Sports[ 18]
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8
22
Hisashi Wada
Y
All
Takeshi Tsuchiya
1–3
Tetsuya Tanaka
4
Masaki Jyonai
5–8
apr[ 19] [ 20]
Nissan
Nissan GT-R GT3
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6
30
Yuki Iwasaki
Y
All
Masami Kageyama
All
Tohjiro Azuma
6
Toyota
Toyota Prius apr GT
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8
31
Morio Nitta
All
Koki Saga
All
Yuichi Nakayama
6
Porsche Team KTR[ 12]
Porsche
Porsche 911 GT3
Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6
33
Akihiro Tsuzuki
Y
All
Tim Bergmeister
1–2, 6
Kyosuke Mineo
3, 5, 7–8
Jörg Bergmeister
4, 6
Dijon Racing[ 12]
Nissan
Nissan GT-R GT3
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6
48
Hiroshi Takamori
Y
1–6, 8
Masaki Tanaka
1–6, 8
Keiichi Inoue
2, 7
Ryuichiro Tomita
6, 7
Arnage Racing[ 21]
Aston Martin
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12
50
Masaki Kano
Y
All
Hideto Yasuoka
1–6, 8
Nanin Indra-Payoong
2, 6–7
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri [ 6]
Honda
Honda CR-Z GT
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6
55
Shinichi Takagi
B
All
Takashi Kobayashi
All
LM corsa[ 12]
BMW
BMW Z4 GT3
BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8
60
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Y
All
Akira Iida
1–7
Shinya Sato
6, 8
R&D Sport [ 22]
Subaru
Subaru BRZ
Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4
61
Takuto Iguchi
M
All
Kota Sasaki
All
Leon Racing [ 23]
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8
65
Haruki Kurosawa
Y
All
Kyosuke Mineo
1–2
Tsubasa Kurosawa
2–7
Naoya Gamou
8
Team Taisan [ 24]
Nissan
Nissan GT-R GT3
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6
67
Shogo Mitsuyama
Y
1–6, 8
Naoki Yokomizo
1–6, 8
Kyosuke Mineo
6
JLOC [ 12] [ 25]
Lamborghini
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3
Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10
86
Shinya Hosokawa
Y
All
Koji Yamanishi
All
88
Takayuki Aoki
All
Manabu Orido
All
Kazuki Hiramine
6
i-mobile-AAS
Porsche
Porsche 911 GT3
Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6
99
Alexandre Imperatori
M
7
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
7
Toyota Team Thailand
Toyota
Toyota 86 MC GT300
GTA V8 4.5 L V8
194
Nattavude Charoensukhawatana
Y
7
Takeshi Tsuchiya
7
Tomei Sports[ 26]
Nissan
Nissan GT-R GT3
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6
360
Atsushi Tanaka
Y
1–3, 5–6, 8
Hiroki Yoshida
1–2, 4–6, 8
Ryuju Fujita
2–4, 6
Rule changes
GT500
The Honda NSX-GT at its first public presentation at the 2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km .
The Lexus LF-CC at its first public presentation at the 2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km .
The Nissan GT-R at its first public presentation at the 2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km .
It was announced on October 16, 2012 that the Super GT championship and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters will unify technical regulations for the 2014 season.[ 27] The previous GT500 engines of 3.4L V8 in capacity were replaced with 2.0L Turbocharged Inline-four engines .[ 28] With the new rule changes, all 3 manufacturers ran the 2014 season with new cars, the Honda HSV-010 GT and the Lexus SC430 being replaced by the new mid-engined Honda NSX-GT and the Lexus RC F respectively while Nissan continued to use the GT-R for 2014, but with a new car built for the new regulations. All 3 cars were unveiled at the 2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km .[ 29] [ 30]
Calendar
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
Suzuka
25
18
13
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)
GT300 Drivers
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