SRO Japan Cup

SRO Japan Cup
CategoryGrand tourer sportscars
CountryJapan
Inaugural season2022
Drivers' championGT3:
Japan Shintaro Kawabata
Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki

GTC:
Chinese Taipei Tiger Wu

GT4:
Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo
Japan Seita Nonaka
Teams' championGT3:
Japan Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing

GTC:
Japan Binggo Racing

GT4:
Indonesia Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia
Official websitewww.gt-world-challenge-asia.com
Current season

The SRO Japan Cup is a racing series operated by SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan. The races are contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The series used to compete together alongside GT World Challenge Asia, but as of 2024, the Japan Cup be held as a stand-alone series.[1]

Circuits

  • Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2026 season.
Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 Mie Prefecture Suzuka Circuit 4 2022–present
Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Speedway 4 2022–present
Okayama Prefecture Okayama International Circuit 4 2022–present
4 Miyagi Prefecture Sportsland Sugo 3 2022, 2024–present
5 Tochigi Prefecture Mobility Resort Motegi 1 2023

Champions

Drivers

Bold indicates overall champion for each car class (GT3 and GT4).

Year GT3 Pro-Am GT3 Am GTC GT4 Silver-Am GT4 Am
2022 Japan Kei Cozzolino
Japan Takeshi Kimura
Japan Yudai Uchida
Japan Tadao Uematsu
Japan Hiroaki Hatano
Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Masayoshi Oyama
2023 Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki
Japan Masaki Kano
Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Sho Kobayashi
Japan Naohiko Otsuka
2024 Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki
Japan Tadao Uematsu Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Kenji Hama
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino
2025 Japan Shintaro Kawabata
Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki
Japan Hirokazu Suzuki
Japan Tadao Uematsu
Chinese Taipei Tiger Wu Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo
Japan Seita Nonaka
Chinese Taipei Betty Chen
Japan Yoshichika Nagai

Teams

Year GT3 GTC GT4
2024 Japan K-tunes Racing Japan Wakayama Toyota with Hojust Racing
2025 Japan Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing Japan Binggo Racing Indonesia Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia

See also

References

  1. ^ "SRO to stage separate Japan Cup and Fanatec GT Asia races from 2024". Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-09.