2011 Pokka GT Summer Special

Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course

The 2011 Pokka GT Summer Special was the fifth round of the 2011 Super GT season and despite the race being shortened to 500km following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, this was the 40th running of the 1000 km Suzuka event. It took place on August 21, 2011.

Race results

Results are as follows:[1]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
1 GT500 1 Weider Honda Racing Japan Takashi Kogure
France Loïc Duval
Honda HSV-010 GT B 86
2 GT500 46 S-Road MOLA Japan Masataka Yanagida
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
Nissan GT-R M 86
3 GT500 12 Calsonic Team Impul Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Nissan GT-R B 86
4 GT500 23 Motul NISMO Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît Tréluyer
Nissan GT-R B 86
5 GT500 39 Denso Team SARD Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Lexus SC430 M 86
6 GT500 36 Petronas Team TOM'S Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Germany André Lotterer
Lexus SC430 B 86
7 GT500 35 D'Station Team KRAFT Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Portugal Andre Couto
Lexus SC430 B 86
8 GT500 36 ENEOS Team LeMans Japan Daisuke Ito
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Lexus SC430 B 86
9 GT500 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Honda HSV-010 GT B 86
10 GT500 24 Advan Kondo Racing Japan Hironobu Yasuda
Sweden Björn Wirdheim
Nissan GT-R Y 84
11 GT500 19 WedsSport Team Bandoh Japan Seiji Ara
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Lexus SC430 Y 83
12 GT500 17 Keihin Real Racing Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi
Honda HSV-010 GT B 83
13 GT500 32 EPSON Nakajima Racing Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Honda HSV-010 GT D 81
14 GT500 38 ZENT Team Cerumo Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Kohei Hirate
Lexus SC430 B 81
15 GT300 62 R&D Sport Japan Kota Sasaki
Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Subaru Legacy B4 Y 79
16 GT300 33 Hankook KTR Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Porsche 911 GT3 R H 79
17 GT300 87 RIRE Racing JLOC Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Atsushi Yogo
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Y 79
18 GT300 11 JIM Gainer Racing Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Ferrari 458 GTC D 78
19 GT300 4 Hatsune Miku Goodsmile Racing Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Taku Bamba
BMW Z4 GT3 Y 78
20 GT300 2 Evangelion-01 Cars Tokai Dream28 Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Kato
Mooncraft Shiden Y 78
21 GT300 74 apr Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Morio Nitta
Toyota Corolla Axio Y 78
22 GT300 14 Team SG Changi Japan Ryo Orime
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Lexus IS350 Y 78
23 GT300 25 ZENT Team Tsuchiya Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya
Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Y 78
24 GT300 86 JLOC Japan Yuya Sakamoto
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Y 77
25 GT300 27 NAC Ika Musume LMP Motorsport Japan Yutaka Yamagishi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Ferrari F430 GT2 Y 77
26 GT300 66 A speed Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Aston Martin Vantage GT2 Y 77
27 GT300 21 Hasepro apr Japan Koki Saga
Japan Yuki Iwasaki
Toyota Corolla Axio Y 76
28 GT300 26 Verity Team Taisan Japan Kyosuke Mineo
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan Junichiro Yamashita
Porsche 996 GT3 Y 76
29 GT300 88 JLOC Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Y 76
30 GT300 33 Team Art Taste Japan Yasuhiro Shimizu
Germany Tim Bergmeister
Porsche 911 GT3 R Y 76
31 GT300 41 NetMove Team Taisan Japan Shinichi Yamaji
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi
Ferrari F430 GT2 Y 76
32 GT300 69 ThunderAsia Racing Singapore Melvin Choo
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Naoki Yokomizo
Mosler MT900M Y 75
33 GT300 22 R'Qs Motorsports Japan Masaki Jyonai
Japan Hisashi Wada
Vemac RD350R Y 73
34 GT300 43 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Kosuke Matsuura
ASL Garaiya B 60
DNF GT300 2 Evangelion-02 Direction Racing Japan Akira Mizutani
Netherlands Carlo van Dam
Japan You Yokomaku
Porsche 911 GT3 R Y 53
DNF GT300 34 Haruhi Racing Hankook KTR Japan Hiroshi Takamori
United States Michael Kim
Japan Naoya Gamou
Porsche 997 GT3 RS H 51
DNF GT300 5 Team Mach Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka
Japan Haruki Kurosawa
Vemac RD320R Y 42
DNF GT500 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Honda HSV-010 GT B 41

Note: The race ended after 86 of the scheduled 87 laps due to reaching the time limit of 6:30pm. Full points were awarded in Super GT rankings.

Statistics

  • GT500 Pole Position – #46 MOLA GT-R – 2:08.206
  • GT300 Pole Position – #43 ARTA Garaiya – 2:20.696
  • GT500 Fastest Lap – #46 MOLA GT-R – 1:59.923
  • GT300 Fastest Lap – #62 R&D Sport Subaru – 2:09.877
  • Winner's Race Time – 3:16:09.255

References

  1. ^ "GT500 RESULT: Race". supergt.net. 21 August 2011.