2024 SRO Japan Cup
The 2024 SRO Japan Cup was the third season of the SRO Japan Cup, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan, co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. The races are contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 8 June at the Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi and is scheduled to end on 25 August at Okayama International Circuit in Okayama.[1]
Starting from this season, the Japan Cup had separated from the main GTWCA race, and would run as a stand-alone race.[1]
Calendar
| Round | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8–9 June | |
| 2 | 22–23 June | |
| 3 | 6–7 July | |
| 4 | 24–25 August | |
| Sources:[1] | ||
Entry list
- Buzz Racing was scheduled to compete in the series with "Ken Alex" and Lin Chenghua, but did not enter any rounds.[15]
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).
GT3 & GTC
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | GT3 Pro/Am Winners | GT3 Am Winners | GTC Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Sugo | No Entries | ||||
| R2 | |||||||
| 2 | R1 | Fuji | |||||
| R2 | |||||||
| 3 | R1 | Suzuka | |||||
| R2 | |||||||
| 4 | R1 | Okayama | |||||
| R2 | |||||||
GT4
| Round | Circuit | GT4 Pole Position | GT4 Silver-Am winner | GT4 Am winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Sugo | |||
| R2 | |||||
| 2 | R1 | Fuji | |||
| R2 | |||||
| 3 | R1 | Suzuka | |||
| R2 | |||||
| 4 | R1 | Okayama | |||
| R2 | |||||
Championship standings
- Scoring system
Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championships
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Notes:
- † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Pro-Am Cup
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG |
FUJ |
SUZ |
OKA |
Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 154 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | WD | WD | 106 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points | |||||||||||||||||||
| GT3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | 1 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| — | 3 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG |
FUJ |
SUZ |
OKA |
Points | ||||||||||||
Silver-Am Cup
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG |
FUJ |
SUZ |
OKA |
Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 153 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 146 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 143 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 114 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 126 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 103 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 84 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG |
FUJ |
SUZ |
OKA |
Points | ||||||||||||
Am Cup
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG |
FUJ |
SUZ |
OKA |
Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 154 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 149 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 99 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | WD | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 87 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Ret | DSQ | 1 | 1 | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 48 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||||||||
| GT4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 86 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points | |||||||||||||||||||
| GT4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG |
FUJ |
SUZ |
OKA |
Points | ||||||||||||
Teams' Championship
| Pos. | Team | SUG |
FUJ |
SUZ |
OKA |
Points | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 272 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | WD | WD | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 115 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Ret | DSQ | 3 | 3 | 105 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 100 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 62 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| GT4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 153 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 146 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 143 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 112 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 78 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | 15 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points | |||||||||||||||||||
| GT3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | 1 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| — | 4 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| GT4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | 14 | 13 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | SUG |
FUJ |
SUZ |
OKA |
Points | |||||||||||||
See also
- 2024 British GT Championship
- 2024 GT World Challenge Europe
- 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
- 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
- 2024 GT World Challenge America
- 2024 GT World Challenge Australia
- 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge
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