Japanese motor racing season
The 2024 Bridgestone TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup was the twelfth running of the TGR GR86/BRZ Cup , a one-make motor racing championship for Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ sports cars operated by Toyota Gazoo Racing .[ 1] The championship featured a mix of Toyota factory drivers, independent professional drivers, and gentleman drivers , and commenced on 11 May at Sportsland SUGO before concluding on 24 November at Mobility Resort Motegi .
Tōgo Suganami dominated the season, taking a record-breaking six race victories, five pole positions, and seven podiums from the season's eight races to clinch his second championship title during the penultimate round at Suzuka . Defending champion Takuto Iguchi finished second, having scored less than half of Suganami's final points tally, with Iguchi and Takamitsu Matsui winning one race each.[ 2]
Teams and drivers
Professional Series
Manufacturer
Team
Driver
Rounds
Subaru
Team Takuty
1
Takuto Iguchi
All
87
Rintarō Kubo [ja ]
All
ATRACT/K
62
Kenji Nakahama
1, 3
Junpei Katoh
7
Recaro Racing Team
906
Kōta Sasaki
1, 4
Tsubasa Kondō
2–3, 5–7
909
Takashi Kogure
All
Toyota
KIMInternational
3
Kengo Ichijou
1–4, 7
Mansaku Jidousya
5
Takashi Inoue
All
T by Two CABANA Racing
7
Yuui Tsutsumi
All
700
Hikaru Jitōsho
All
GR Garage Urawamisono with GB
8
Keiichi Watanabe
1, 3, 6–7
160
Hiroki Yoshida
All
OTG Motor Sports
10
Tōgo Suganami
All
60
Ryo Ogawa
2–7
70
Naoki Hattori
All
80
Reimei Itō
1–4, 6–7
Okabe Jidosha Motorsport
12
Ai Miura
3
14
Seiya Motojima
1, 3
K-one Racing Team
17
Nobuteru Taniguchi
All
85
Shunji Okumoto
1–2, 4–7
Ibaraki Toyopet Racing Team
18
Yūichi Nakayama
All
KM Racing
31
Takayuki Aoki
All
Team OTHR
32
Tomoaki Ichimori
3, 5–6
Ogura Clutch with Revolution
34
Masahiro Sasaki [ja ]
All
COROLLA SHIN-IBARAKI CSIRacing
38
Seita Nonaka
7
Takashima Noboru
50
Noboru Takashima
5
Kamakura Yuuki
55
Yūki Kamakura
3, 6
Tochigi Toyota T2FACTORY
56
Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
All
4MINUTES Co., Ltd. R&D
72
Natsu Sakaguchi
All
Morikawa Motoo
76
Motoo Morikawa
2–3, 5–6
DTEC Team MASTER ONE
97
Tomoki Takahashi
4–7
98
Yūya Motojima
All
RSS
144
Miki Onaga
2–5, 7
Netz Hyōgo Racing Team
121
Naoya Gamou
All
Netz Tōyama Racing
123
Takamitsu Matsui
1, 3, 5–7
Nine with ARN RACING
199
Kōki Saga
1–3
Rikuto Kobayashi
6–7
KTMS
225
Hibiki Taira
1–2, 5–7
KSM
293
Daichi Okamoto
All
HOJUST RACING
501
Takeshi Suehiro
5
Delta Motorsports
504
Yūsuke Tomibayashi
All
Team MEISHIN
550
Shōtarō Munetou
All
MAX ORIDO RACING
559
Maaya Orido
3
M Planning
910
Hiroyuki Saka
1–3, 5–7
Source:[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Race calendar and results
All races were held in Japan. The provisional calendar was announced on 1 December 2023.[ 10] All rounds were held alongside other national-level and local racing events; Rounds 1–4 and Round 7 were held alongside the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Yaris Cup sister series. Round 1 at Sugo was also run in support of the TCR Japan Series and Formula Regional Japanese Championship , and Round 5 at Okayama was held alongside the fourth Super Formula Lights round.[ 11]
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers, with one point awarded for pole position and fastest lap respectively.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PP
FL
20
15
12
10
8
6
4
3
2
1
1
1
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did not participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Notes
^ The grid for the second race of the weekend was set according to the second-best time set by each driver during the qualifying session.
References
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