2017 GT500 champions, #37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC 500.
2017 GT300 champions, #4 Goodsmile Hatsune Miku AMG.

The 2017 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fifth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the thirteenth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fifth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 9 and ended on November 12, after 8 races.

In the GT500 class, the No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S duo of Ryō Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy won their first-ever championship, narrowly beating the Nismo duo of Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli for the championship. It was the first championship title for TOM'S since Juichi Wakisaka and André Lotterer's 2009 title win. In the GT300 class, in Good Smile Company and Hatsune Miku's 10th season of involvement in Super GT, Goodsmile Racing won their third GT300 title in just seven years after a closely fought championship battle between the No. 4 Hatsune Miku AMG and the No. 65 LEON CVSTOS AMG of K2 R&D LEON Racing. It was Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka's third title, as well as Mercedes' first championship title in Super GT.

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km 		Japan Okayama International Circuit April 9
2 Fuji GT
500 km 		Japan Fuji Speedway May 4
3 Autopolis GT
300 km 		Japan Autopolis May 21
4 Sugo GT
300 km 		Japan Sportsland Sugo July 23
5 Fuji GT
300 km 		Japan Fuji Speedway August 6
6 46th International Suzuka 1000km
1000 km 		Japan Suzuka Circuit August 27
7 Buriram United Super GT Race
300 km 		Thailand Chang International Circuit October 8
8 Motegi GT
250 km 		Japan Twin Ring Motegi November 12

Calendar changes

  • The series returned to Autopolis for the first time since 2015. The race scheduled to be held there in 2016 was cancelled due to damage caused to the circuit and local infrastructure by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
  • This was the last season that the Suzuka 1000km is included as a round of Super GT, as the current 1000 km format would be dropped in favour of a 10-hour timed race for 2018. The new race will be aimed primarily at FIA GT3 and GT300 machinery.[1]
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2017 Japanese venues
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2017 International venue

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan Lexus Team SARD[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Japan Kohei Hirate B All
Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Japan Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Italy Andrea Caldarelli B All
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[3] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Japan Tomoki Nojiri B All
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Team Impul[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 12 Japan Hironobu Yasuda B All
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough
Japan Team Mugen[5] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 16 Japan Hideki Mutoh Y All
Japan Daisuke Nakajima
United Kingdom Jenson Button 6
Japan REAL Racing[3] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi B All
Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi Y All
Japan Yuji Kunimoto 1, 3-8
Japan Kenta Yamashita 2
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 6
Japan NISMO[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda M All
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
Japan Kondo Racing[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 24 Japan Daiki Sasaki Y All
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Lexus Team au TOM'S[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 United Kingdom James Rossiter B All
Japan Kazuki Nakajima 1, 3-8
Japan Daisuke Ito 2
Japan Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 37 Japan Ryo Hirakawa B All
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Japan Lexus Team ZENT [ja] Cerumo[2] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura B All
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan MOLA [ja][4] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 46 Japan Satoshi Motoyama M All
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Japan Nakajima Racing[5] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64 Japan Kosuke Matsuura D All
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Team Kunimitsu[3] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100 Japan Naoki Yamamoto B All
Japan Takuya Izawa

GT300

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja][6] Lotus Lotus Evora MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 6
Japan NDDP Racing[4] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 3 Japan Kazuki Hoshino Y All
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
Japan Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO[7] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi Y All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Team Mach[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5 Japan Natsu Sakaguchi Y All
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami
Japan Junichirō Yamashita 2
Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka 6
Japan BMW Team Studie BMW BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 7 Germany Jörg Müller Y All
Japan Seiji Ara
Brazil Augusto Farfus 6
Japan Pacific with Gulf Racing[8] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 9 New Zealand Jono Lester Y All
Japan Kyōsuke Mineo [ja]
Japan GAINER[9] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10 Japan Ryuichiro Tomita D All
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 11 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka D All
Sweden Björn Wirdheim
Japan Team Upgarage [ja] with Bandoh[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 18 Japan Yuhki Nakayama Y All
Japan Shintarō Kawabata
Japan Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama [ja][10] Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21 United Kingdom Richard Lyons D All
Japan Masataka Yanagida
Japan R'Qs Motor Sports[6] Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 22 Japan Masaki Jyonai Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan Hisashi Wada 1, 3, 5–8
Japan Hideto Yasuoka 2
Japan VivaC Team Tsuchiya[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 25 Japan Takamitsu Matsui Y All
Japan Kenta Yamashita 1, 3–8
Japan Tsubasa Kondo 2, 6
Japan Team Taisan SARD[6] Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 26 Japan Shinnosuke Yamada Y All
Australia Jake Parsons
Austria Christian Klien 6
Japan apr [ja][2] Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai Y All
Japan Kota Sasaki
31 Japan Koki Saga B All
Japan Rintarō Kubo
Japan D'station Racing[11] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 33 Japan Tomonobu Fujii Y All
Germany Sven Müller 1–2, 6–8
Macau André Couto 3
Japan Yuya Motojima 4–5
Thailand Panther Team Thailand[6] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 35 Thailand Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Y All
Thailand Nattapong Horthongkum
Japan Dijon Racing[6] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48 Japan Masaki Tanaka Y All
Japan Hiroshi Takamori 1–4, 6–8
Japan Taiyou Iida 2, 5
Japan Masami Kageyama 6
Japan INGING & Arnage Racing[6] Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 50 Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki [ja] Y 1, 3–8
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan LM corsa[2] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 51 Japan Yuichi Nakayama B All
Japan Sho Tsuboi
60 Japan Akira Iida Y All
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Saitama Toyopet Green Brave[12] Toyota Toyota Mark X MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 52 Japan Taku Bamba Y All
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama [ja] 6
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[6] BMW BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 55 Japan Shinichi Takagi B All
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
Japan R&D Sport[13] Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi D All
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Japan K2 R&D LEON Racing[14] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65 Japan Haruki Kurosawa [ja] B All
Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan JLOC[6] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10 87 Japan Shinya Hosokawa [ja] Y All
Japan Kimiya Sato
Japan Yuya Motojima 2, 6
88 Japan Manabu Orido Y All
Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Japan Tsubasa Takahashi 2
Japan Koji Yamanishi 6
Japan Rn-sports[6] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 111 Japan Keishi Ishikawa Y All
Japan Ryōsei Yamashita
Japan Masayuki Ueda [ja] 2, 6
United Kingdom EIcars Bentley TTO[15] Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley EA824 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 117 Japan Yuji Ide Y 1–3, 5–6, 8
Japan Ryōhei Sakaguchi [ja]
Japan Tomei Sports [ja][6] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Japan Yūsaku Shibata Y 1–6, 8
Japan Takayuki Aoki 1–2, 4, 6, 8
Japan Atsushi Tanaka [ja] 2–3, 5–6

Vehicle changes

GT500

  • Lexus teams will race the new LC 500 machine, replacing the Lexus RC F which debuted in 2014. Nissan and Honda will continue to run the Nissan GT-R and Honda NSX-GT, modified to updated aerodynamic regulations. The updated NSX-GT will be based upon its newly launched production counterpart.

GT300

Entrant changes

The Lexus LC500 made its debut in the GT500 class this season.
The Bentley Continental GT3 made their debuts in the GT300 class this season.
Toyota Mark X MC (right) made their debuts in the GT300 class this season.

GT500

GT300

  • Masataka Yanagida moveS down to GT300 with Audi Team Hitotsuyama, replacing Tomonobu Fujii, who will drive for the newly christened D'Station Racing.
  • Yuichi Nakayama moves from apr to LM Corsa and the new Lexus RC F GT3, and sophomore driver Rintaro Kubo will replace him in the #31 apr Toyota Prius.
  • Hiroki Yoshida replaces former GT300 champion André Couto in the GAINER Nissan GT-R GT3.
  • Shinnosuke Yamada will join Team Taisan SARD after spending one season at Team UpGarage with Bandoh.
  • Both Akihiro Tsuzuki and three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta leave LM Corsa to join the newly unified INGING and Arnage Racing team.
  • Reigning All-Japan Formula Three champion Kenta Yamashita will return to Super GT full-time in 2017, replacing Takeshi Tsuchiya at VivaC Team Tsuchiya.
  • Reigning Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion Sven Müller joined D'Station Racing as a Porsche factory driver. However, he would not drive between Rounds 3 and 5 due to his involvement in the ADAC GT Masters, during which André Couto would substitute for him.
  • Former FIA F4 Japanese Champion Sho Tsuboi makes his Super GT debut with LM Corsa.[2]
  • Takayuki Hiranuma was set to make his Super GT debut with Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave, but withdrew before the season started.[12]
  • Shintaro Kawabata graduates from the FIA F4 Japanese Championship to Super GT with Team Upgarage with Bandoh.
  • Sean Walkinshaw, son of legendary racing driver and team executive Tom Walkinshaw, will make his Super GT debut with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri in their BMW M6 GT3.
  • Former Pro Mazda Championship driver Jake Parsons of Australia joins Team Taisan SARD for his first season in Super GT.
  • Keishi Ishikawa and Ryosei Yamashita will each make their Super GT debuts with Rn-sports. Ishikawa graduates from All-Japan Formula Three, whilst Yamashita steps up from Super Taikyu and the Toyota 86/BRZ Race.
  • Former Honda Formula Dream Project driver Natsu Sakaguchi, and former Nissan Driver Development Programme driver Kiyoto Fujinami will make their Super GT debuts for Team Mach.
  • Nattavude Charoensukhawatana and Nattapong Horthongkum will run their first full seasons in Super GT in 2017 for Panther Team Thailand. Charoensukhawatana has run two races as a local wildcard driver, while Horthongkum is making his series debut.
  • Mitsunori Takaboshi returns to Super GT full-time with NDDP Racing.[4]
  • After winning his first Super GT championship in 2016, Takeshi Tsuchiya retired from full-time driving. He will focus primarily on his role as chief engineer for VivaC Team Tsuchiya.
  • Yuji Ide returns to Super GT for the first time since 2015 with EIcars Bentley TTO.[15]
  • 2011 GT300 champion Taku Bamba will return to Super GT for the first time since 2012, driving for Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave.[12]

Mid-season changes

  • At the Suzuka 1000 km, former Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi makes his Super GT debut in a one-off for Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh.[17] 2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button also makes his Super GT debut in a one-off for Team Mugen.[18]
  • Daisuke Ito drives at the second round of the championship at Fuji Speedway, replacing Kazuki Nakajima, who would instead compete in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
  • After André Couto was seriously injured during a round of the China GT Championship held at Zhuhai, D'Station Racing announced Yūya Motojima would replace Couto as substitute driver for Sven Muller, driving in Rounds 4 and 5.[19]
  • K2 R&D LEON Racing will switch from Yokohama to Bridgestone tyres in 2017.[14]
  • Excellence Porsche Team KTR changed their name to D'Station Racing following a change of ownership and title sponsors. Former baseball pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki will serve as the team's general representative.[11]
  • INGING Motorsport and Arnage Racing will enter under a unified banner in 2017, with the ex-LM Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 used last season.
  • Lamborghini Team Direction have suspended activities in Super GT for the 2017 season, leaving JLOC as the sole representative for Lamborghini in Super GT.

Results

Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
1 Japan Okayama International Circuit
Report 		9 April GT500 No. 8 ARTA NSX No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri 		New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
GT300 No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3
Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Haruki Kurosawa 		Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
2 Japan Fuji Speedway
Report 		4 May GT500 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo LC500 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo LC500
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Yuji Tachikawa 		Japan Hiroaki Ishiura
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
GT300 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3 No. 51 LM corsa RC F GT3
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 		Japan Yuichi Nakayama
Japan Sho Tsuboi
3 Japan Autopolis
Report 		21 May GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S
Japan Takuya Izawa
Japan Naoki Yamamoto 		Japan Kazuki Nakajima
United Kingdom James Rossiter
GT300 No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kenta Yamashita
4 Japan Sportsland Sugo
Report 		23 July GT500 No. 8 ARTA NSX No. 1 Lexus Team SARD
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri 		Japan Kohei Hirate
Finland Heikki Kovalainen
GT300 No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya No. 11 Gainer AMG GT3
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Sweden Bjorn Wirdheim
5 Japan Fuji Speedway
Report 		6 August GT500 No. 8 ARTA NSX No. 8 ARTA NSX
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri 		Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri
GT300 No. 55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3 No. 55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3
Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw 		Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
6 Japan Suzuka Circuit
Report 		27 August GT500 No. 24 Kondo Racing No. 64 Nakajima Racing
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Daiki Sasaki 		Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Kosuke Matsuura
GT300 No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3
Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kenta Yamashita
Japan Tsubasa Kondo 		Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Haruki Kurosawa
7 Thailand Chang International Circuit
Report 		8 October GT500 No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500 No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Japan Ryō Hirakawa 		New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
GT300 No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama No. 51 LM corsa RC F GT3
United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Masataka Yanagida 		Japan Yuichi Nakayama
Japan Sho Tsuboi
8 Japan Twin Ring Motegi
Report 		13 November GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 23 NISMO
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
GT300 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3 No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 		Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Haruki Kurosawa

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2017 Series[20]
Rank Driver OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Ryō Hirakawa
New Zealand Nick Cassidy 		1 3 6 10 6 6 1 2 84
2 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 		7 4 5 4 2 2 9 1 82
3 Japan Kazuya Oshima
Italy Andrea Caldarelli 		2 2 13 3 9 7 2 13 63
4 Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura 		4 1 10 13 3 10 4 3 62
5 United Kingdom James Rossiter 5 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 53
6 Japan Kazuki Nakajima 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 47
7 Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Takuya Izawa 		Ret 6 3 9 8 3 7 5 45
8 Japan Kohei Hirate
Finland Heikki Kovalainen 		3 7 14 1 10 13 6 8 44
9 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Takashi Kobayashi 		DNS 9 Ret 5 1 8 11 9 37
10 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Takashi Kogure 		11 8 2 Ret Ret 15 3 4 37
11 Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Kosuke Matsuura 		12 13 12 8 12 1 8 10 32
12 Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 		Ret 11 4 2 11 14 10 6 29
13 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 6 10 8 12 7 4 12 15 23
14 Japan Yuji Kunimoto 6 8 12 7 4 12 15 22
15 Japan Hironobu Yasuda
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough 		8 14 7 11 5 11 14 7 17
16 Japan Daiki Sasaki
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira 		10 12 9 Ret 13 5 Ret 12 12
17 Japan Kamui Kobayashi 4 10
18 Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Daisuke Nakajima 		9 15 11 6 Ret 12 13 11 7
19 Japan Daisuke Ito 5 6
20 Japan Kenta Yamashita 10 1
– United Kingdom Jenson Button 12 0
Rank Driver OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
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

Driver Ranking GT300 2017 Series[21]
Rank Driver OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		1 11 5 4 2 19 2 3 77
2 Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Haruki Kurosawa 		2 5 10 7 13 1 13 1 72
3 Japan Yuichi Nakayama
Japan Sho Tsuboi 		8 1 6 13 9 6 1 6 61
4 Japan Shinichi Takagi
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw 		5 17 3 Ret 1 Ret 4 2 61
5 Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Kenta Yamashita 		4 15 1 3 29 18 15 5 48
6 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Sweden Bjorn Wirdheim 		18 2 22 1 17 9 8 7 45
7 Japan Tomonobu Fujii 9 3 7 15 8 10 3 9 35
8 New Zealand Jono Lester
Japan Kyōsuke Mineo 		3 10 17 10 5 8 14 4 31
9 Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 		Ret 13 2 9 4 7 Ret Ret 30
10 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Kazuki Hiramine 		19 25 16 Ret 7 2 5 Ret 28
11 Germany Sven Müller 9 3 10 3 9 28
12 Japan Yuya Motojima 4 15 8 3 24
13 Japan Akira Iida
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 		22 8 12 5 27 4 6 18 24
14 Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Kimiya Sato 		11 4 18 19 12 3 12 11 21
15 Germany Jörg Müller
Japan Seiji Ara 		13 7 4 16 6 11 10 13 18
16 Japan Koki Saga
Japan Rintarō Kubo 		10 12 Ret 10 3 Ret 11 12 17
17 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi 		7 6 9 8 Ret 14 9 10 17
18 Japan Akihiro Tsuzuki
Japan Morio Nitta 		Ret 27 2 14 16 17 21 15
19 Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Japan Hiroki Yoshida 		6 24 15 21 16 5 19 13
20 Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan Shintarō Kawabata 		12 9 Ret 17 11 15 7 16 6
21 United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Masataka Yanagida 		14 14 13 20 10 Ret 23 8 5
22 Macau André Couto 7 4
23 Japan Natsu Sakaguchi
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 		17 19 8 12 28 22 15 3
24 Japan Tsubasa Kondo 18 1
– Japan Kōji Yamanishi 2[a] 0
– Japan Yūsaku Shibata 15 23 11 22 17 17 0
– Japan Takayuki Aoki 15 11 17 17 0
– Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Kōta Sasaki 		Ret 26 11 23 20 24 16 Ret 0
– Brazil Augusto Farfus 11 0
– Japan Taku Bamba
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka 		Ret 27 20 14 23 12 22 20 0
– Japan Shōgo Mitsuyama 12 0
– Japan Keishi Ishikawa
Japan Ryōsei Yamashita 		16 18 25 Ret 15 13 23 0
– Japan Masayuki Ueda 18 13 0
– Japan Shinnosuke Yamada
Australia Jake Parsons 		21 21 14 18 19 Ret 19 14 0
– Japan Yūji Ide
Japan Ryōhei Sakaguchi 		20 16 19 18 Ret 22 0
– Japan Atsushi Tanaka 23 22 17 0
– Japan Junichirō Yamashita 19 0
– Japan Masaki Tanaka 25 20 21 22 21 Ret 26 0
– Japan Hiroshi Takamori 25 20 21 22 Ret 26 0
– Thailand Nattavude Charoensukhawatana
Thailand Nattapong Horthongkum 		23 Ret Ret Ret 25 20 21 24 0
– Japan Taiyou Iida 20 21 0
– Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Katoh 		26 22 24 Ret 24 23 20 Ret 0
– Japan Masaki Jyonai 24 23 26 26 21 25 0
– Japan Hisashi Wada 24 26 26 21 25 0
– Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka 22 0
– Japan Hideto Yasuoka 23 0
– Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 23 0
– Japan Tsubasa Takahashi 25 0
– Japan Masami Kageyama Ret 0
– Austria Christian Klien Ret 0
Rank Driver OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points

Teams' championships

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
Class Finished on lead lap 1 lap behind 2 or more laps behind
GT500 3 2 1
GT300 3 1

GT500

Team Ranking GT500 2017 Series[22]
Rank No. Team OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 1 3 6 10 6 6 1 2 105
2 23 Nismo 7 4 5 4 2 2 9 1 103
3 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 2 2 13 3 9 7 2 13 82
4 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 4 1 10 13 3 10 4 3 81
5 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 5 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 73
6 1 Lexus Team SARD 3 7 14 1 10 13 6 8 64
7 100 Team Kunimitsu Ret 6 3 9 8 3 7 5 63
8 17 REAL Racing 11 8 2 Ret Ret 15 3 4 51
9 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri DNS 9 Ret 5 1 8 11 9 50
10 64 Nakajima Racing 12 13 12 8 12 1 8 10 50
11 46 MOLA Ret 11 4 2 11 14 10 6 46
12 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 10 8 12 7 4 12 15 41
13 12 Team Impul 8 14 7 11 5 11 14 7 33
14 24 Kondo Racing 10 12 9 Ret 13 5 Ret 12 24
15 16 Team Mugen 9 15 11 6 Ret 12 13 11 20
Rank No. Team OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th to 10th place
Blue Finish below 10th place
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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

GT300

Team Ranking GT300 2017 Series[23]
Rank No. Team OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points
1 4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO 1 11 5 4 2 19 2 3 97
2 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 2 5 10 7 13 1 13 1 95
3 51 LM corsa 8 1 6 13 9 6 1 6 85
4 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 5 17 3 Ret 1 Ret 4 2 76
5 11 GAINER 18 2 22 1 17 9 8 7 65
6 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya 4 15 1 3 29 18 15 5 65
7 33 D'station Racing 9 3 7 15 8 10 3 9 59
8 9 Pacific with Gulf Racing 3 10 17 10 5 8 14 4 53
9 61 R&D Sport Ret 13 2 9 4 7 Ret Ret 45
10 88 JLOC 19 25 16 Ret 7 2 5 Ret 44
11 60 LM corsa 22 8 12 5 27 4 6 18 44
12 87 JLOC 11 4 18 19 12 3 12 11 41
13 7 BMW Team Studie 13 7 4 16 6 11 10 13 40
14 3 NDDP Racing 7 6 9 8 Ret 14 9 10 36
15 31 apr [ja] 10 12 Ret 10 3 Ret 12 12 35
16 50 INGING & Arnage Racing Ret 27 2 14 16 17 21 29
17 10 Gainer 6 24 15 21 16 5 18 19 29
18 18 Team Upgarage with Bandoh 12 9 Ret 17 11 15 7 16 23
19 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 14 14 13 20 10 Ret 23 8 21
20 5 Team Mach 17 19 8 12 28 22 15 18
21 52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Ret 27 20 14 23 12 22 20 13
22 360 Tomei Sports 15 WD 23 11 22 17 17 12
23 111 Rn-sports 16 18 25 Ret 15 13 23 12
24 26 Team Taisan SARD 21 21 14 18 19 Ret 19 14 11
25 30 apr [ja] Ret 26 11 23 20 24 16 Ret 10
26 117 EIcars Bentley TTO 20 16 19 18 Ret 22 9
27 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 24 23 26 26 21 25 8
28 35 Panther Team Thailand 23 Ret Ret Ret 25 20 21 24 7
29 48 Dijon Racing 25 20 21 22 21 Ret 26 6
30 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 26 22 24 Ret 24 23 20 Ret 6
Rank No. Team OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		SUG
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		CHA
Thailand 		MOT
Japan 		Points

Notes

  1. ^ Kōji Yamanishi did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.

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Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Super_GT_Series
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