2024 D1 Grand Prix series

2024 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix Series was the 24th season of D1 Grand Prix drifting competition. It started on May 10 at Okuibuki Motorpark and ended on November 10 at Odaiba. The series is run by Sunpros under Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) official semi-national competition format. The competition was held as JAF Japan Drift Championship as drifting category is added to Japan Championship by JAF.[1]

Hideyuki Fujino entered the season as defending champion in both Overall and Single run championship.[2]

Naoki Nakamura won his second Overall and Solo Run championship at the final round of the season from Daigo Saito and Tetsuya Hibino.[3] Shibata Racing Team wins the team championship for the first time.

Schedule

Calendar released by Japan Automobile Federation[4]
Round Venue Date
1 Shiga Prefecture Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture May 11
2 May 12
3 Ibaraki Prefecture Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture June 29
4 June 30
5 Fukushima Prefecture Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture September 28
6 September 29
7 Ōita Prefecture Autopolis, Oita Prefecture October 26
8 October 27
9 Tokyo Odaiba, Tokyo Bay November 9
10 November 10

Rule Changes

Tyre Allocation Rules

On 21 March, D1GP changes tyre allocation rules.[5]

Under the new regulation, tyre allocation for each round is limited to :

  • Two sets in Friday practice sessions. A third set used in practice (for failures, et al.) shall result a ten-point deduction will be applied to Solo Run score.
  • Four sets for Saturday and Sunday competition, with an additional set to be used in the final round. The set used in the morning check-run must be used in the solo run.
  • An extra set will be added for the Autopolis and Tsukuba rounds.

Scoring Regulation

For this season the tires of the car had to be inside the clipping point as opposed to only body parts in previous seasons. This is to prevent teams and drivers fitting overly extended parts on the car.

Drivers and Teams

Team Tires Machine No Driver Round
Team Toyo Tires Drift Toyo Tires Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 66 Japan Hideyuki Fujino All
88 Japan Masato Kawabata All
Team Toyo Tires Drift +Leno Racing Toyota GR Corolla (E210) 77 Japan Hokuto Matsuyama All
Valino x N-Style Valino Nissan Silvia (S13) 99 Japan Naoki Nakamura All
Shibata Racing Seimi Style Drift Shibatire Nissan Silvia (S15) 2 Japan Seimi Tanaka All
Shibata Racing Team Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 31 Japan Koudai Sobagiri All
18 Japan Tetsuya Hibino All
Team D-Max Racing Toyo Tires Nissan Silvia (S15) 70 Japan Masashi Yokoi All
80 Japan Yuki Tano All
Drift Star Racing Valino Nissan Onevia (S13) 98 Japan Hiroki Vito All
Toyota Chaser (JZX100) 75 Japan Yumeto Hatanaka All
Vazestra Valino Nissan Silvia (S15) 15 Japan Katsuhiro Ueo 1–2, 7–8
Repair Create × Result Japan Shibatire Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 23 Japan Mitsuru Murakami All
TOP Team G-Meister Valino BMW 3-Series (E92) 79 Japan Kojiro Mekuwa All
16 Japan Koji Yamaguchi All
広島トヨタ team DROO-P Dunlop Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 33 Japan Junya Ishikawa All
Toyota Sprinter (AE85) 55 Japan Kazuya Matsukawa All
Racing Service Watanabe Antares Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) 51 Japan Teruyoshi Iwai All
Habilead Toyota Sprinter (AE86) 43 Japan Yosifumi Tadokoro All
Fat Five Racing Shibatire Toyota Supra (J29/DB) 87 Japan Daigo Saito All
Toyo Tires Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 21 Malaysia Tengku Djan Ley 1–2
TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ Shibatire Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) 7 Japan Yukio Matsui All
Team Vertex Shibatire Lexus RC (XC10) 78 Japan Takahiro Ueno All
Toyo Tires Nissan Silvia (S15) 95 Thailand Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) 1–4
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 5–8
GP Sports × Greentop Valino Nissan 180SX (RPS13) 56 Japan Takahiro Mori All
47 Japan Hisato Yonai All
Nexzter Drive to Drift Shibatire Nissan 180SX (RPS13) 63 Thailand Konpicit Toyingcharoen (Pay) 1–8
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 89 Thailand Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 1–4
BMW 2-Series (F22) 5–10
俺だっ! レーシング×ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 Yokohama Toyota Supra (J29/DB) 90 Japan Maopo Yamanaka 1–6
ハイチュウ インターナショナル Shibatire Nissan 180SX (RPS13) 11 Japan Sumika Kubokawa 1–6
平野タイヤ ★ ハードコア ★ ロケットバニーレーシング Dunlop Nissan Silvia (S15) 93 Japan Hirotaka Kanou 1–6
27WORKS Shibatire Nissan Silvia (S15) 27 Japan Takeshi Mogi 1–6
FORGED crew × 佐藤牧場 Shibatire Nissan Silvia (S15) 9 Japan Wataru Yamamoto 3–6
Team Miyaseimitsu Valino Nissan Silvia (S15) 38 Japan Hisashi Saito 3–6
Team RDS Shibatire Nissan Skyline (ER34) 84 Japan Masakazu Hashi 1–6
Team Frontier Next Valino Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 86 Japan Shigehisa Sasayama 1–2, 5–6
URAS Racing Dunlop Nissan Skyline (R34) 3 Japan Keiichi Nomura 1–6
Team MJ Style Valino Valino Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 10 Japan Hayato Miyoshi 1–6
Toyo Tires × RedBull TCP Magic Toyo Tires Mazda RX-3 (S102W) 12 New Zealand "Mad" Mike Whiddett 1–2, 5–6
Team Sasarin Valino Toyota GT86 (ZN6) 24 Japan Atsushi Hirayama 3–6
トヨプラス Racing Team Valino Nissan Silvia (S15) 57 Japan Toshiyuki Jinno 1–6
Garasi Drift × GP Sports Vitour Toyota GT86 (ZN6) 29 Indonesia Ziko Harnadi 9–10

Changes

  • Hokuto Matsuyama is set to join the main Toyo Tires team but due to limit on drivers per team, He will be entering under Team Toyo Tires Drift +Leno Racing.[6] He will be debuting a Toyota GR Corolla replacing his previous GR Supra.[7]
  • Naoki Nakamura announced he will be reusing his V8 powered S13 Silvia he previously use in 2022 season.[6]
  • Koudai Sobagiri will compete in a Toyota GR86 replacing the Infiniti Q60 he's been using since his debut in the series.[8]
  • D-Max will be using Toyo Tires for this season. A third tire manufacturer in 3 season.[6][9]
  • Masao Suenaga announced his retirement from pro-drifting competition at 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon. He will be replaced by 2022 D1 Lights champion Yuki Tano.[6]
  • Fat Five Racing entered 2 car for the first time since 2021
    • Daigo Saito is planned to replace his GR Supra with a Mercedes SLS AMG but due to the SLS not ready on time, he will compete in Supra he previously use in 2019 for the first four round.[10] However the SLS is not finished and he would return to his Supra from previous season for the rest of the season.
    • Tengku Djan Ley will make his D1GP debut joining Daigo Saito in Fat Five Racing and will be driving Toyota GR86. Djan Ley supposed to be entering in 2020 but unable to do so due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Drift Star Racing entered 2 car for the first time as Yumeto Hatanaka join Hiroki Vito.[10][11]
  • RE Amemiya will use Shibatire and entered as "TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ". Ending a partnership with Toyo Tires.[12][13]
  • Two-time D1 Street Legal champion Yusuke Kitaoka is leaving Team Mori after 7 season together.[14] He will be participate in D1 Lights instead.[15]
  • 2023 D1 Lights champion Hisato Yonai will stepping up to the series joining Takahiro Mori at GP Sports. He will participate in Nissan 180SX.
  • 2021 Formula Drift Japan 2 champion Maopo Yamanaka will make his series debut for 俺だっ! レーシング×ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 (Read as Ore Da! Racing x Weins Toyota Kanagawa) replacing Genki Mogami. Evangelion Racing will no longer be team's sponsor.[16]
  • Sumika Kubokawa will be sponsored by fruit candy maker Hi-Chew and entering under ハイチュウ インターナショナル (Hi-Chew International).[17]
  • Ken Nomura's son, Keiichi Nomura is set to make his debut in the series, having successfully score enough points for GP license in previous D1 Lights season.[18] He will continue to drive his R34 Skyline he use in D1 Lights with Dunlop as tire supplier.[19] He will be the second son of a former driver to compete in D1GP after Yumeto Hatanaka make his debut in previous season.
  • "Mad" Mike Whiddett is set to return to D1GP, having previously competed in Formula Drift Japan and will be driving a Mazda RX-3 Wagon powered by a 4 rotor.[20][21]
  • D1 Lights driver Toshiyuki Jinno planned to enter D1GP with his S15 Silvia he previously use in D1 Lights.[22][23]
  • Hayato Miyoshi stepped up to D1GP and will be driving a GR86 previously driven by Shigehisa Sasayama[24]
  • On Ebisu round, Pop debut a VR38 powered BMW 2-Series replacing his GR86 which in turn, would be driven by Pond.[25]
  • On Odaiba round, Wataru Yamamoto is back to using a SPAN Racing built V8 powered GR Supra he use in 2022.[26]
  • 2024 D1GP Southeast Asia champion and YouTuber Ziko Harnadi will compete in final 2 round driving a Toyota GT86. He will be the first Indonesian to compete in D1GP since Emmanuelle Amandio in 2014.[27][28]

Results and standings

Round results

Round Venue Winner Report
Solo Run Battle
1 Okuibuki Motorpark Naoki Nakamura Naoki Nakamura [29]
2 Hokuto Matsuyama Tetsuya Hibino [30]
3 Tsukuba Circuit Naoki Nakamura Daigo Saito [31]
4 Tetsuya Hibino Daigo Saito [31]
5 Ebisu Naoki Nakamura Koudai Sobagiri [32]
6 Koudai Sobagiri Koudai Sobagiri [25]
7 Autopolis Takahiro Ueno Tetsuya Hibino [26]
8 Koudai Sobagiri Daigo Saito [33]
9 Odaiba Masato Kawabata Maopo Yamanaka [28]
10 Naoki Nakamura Masato Kawabata [3]

Further Information : 2024 D1 Grand Prix Series Ranking

Points System

Overall Standings
Positions 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Drivers Point 25 21 18 16 13 12 11 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Team Point 26 20 15 10 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Tanso Points 4 3 2 1
Tanso Standings
Point 20 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall Standings

Rank Driver Okuibuki Tsukuba Ebisu Autopolis Odaiba Total
RD.1 RD.2 RD.3 RD.4 RD.5 RD.6 RD.7 RD.8 RD.9 RD.10
1 Naoki Nakamura 29 6 22 16 22 24 0 19 0 17 155
2 Daigo Saito 21 22 25 28 11 0 0 25 21 0 152
3 Tetsuya Hibino 16 25 10 25 14 18 25   4 13 150
4 Koudai Sobagiri 4 15 0 3 28 29 15 12 11 7 124
5 Masashi Yokoi 18 13 12 14 0 5 0 11 19 16 108
6 Masato Kawabata 0 5 0 18 0 4 12 21 17 25 102
7 Hideyuki Fujino 0 11 5 7 12 10 18 8 16 10 97
8 Hokuto Matsuyama 12 12 0 5 21 13 16 1 10 6 96
9 Mao Yamanaka 5 1 0 4 3 16 0 16 27 22 94
10 Mitsuru Murakami 11 16 14 0 6 15 0 10 0 0 72
11 Seimi Tanaka 2 0 16 12 0 11 21 3 0 3 68
12 Yuki Tano 0 21 16 6 10 0 2 5 0 2 62
13 Takahiro Mori 10 0 7 0 10 8 0 13 6 0 54
14 Takahiro Ueno 11 0 21 0 0 7 12 0 0 0 51
15 Junya Ishikawa 0 3 0 0 5 0 10 2 15 15 50
16 Hiroki Vito 0 4 0 11 16 0 0 10 8 0 49
17 Kojiro Mekuwa 13 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 8 34
18 Hisato Yonai 0 0 0 10 7 6 4 4 1 0 32
19 Hayato Miyoshi 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 28
20 Yukio Matsui 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 20
21 Teruyoshi Iwai 0 0 4 0 4 3 3 0 5 0 19
22 Takeshi Mogi 0 0 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 16
23 Hirotaka Kano 9 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
24 Koji Yamaguchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12
25 Kazuya Matsukawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
26 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 10
27 Wataru Yamamoto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7
28 Katsuhiro Ueo 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
29 Yoshifumi Tadokoro 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
30 Yumeto Hatanaka 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
31 Tetsuro Nakata 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
32 Sumika Kubokawa 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
33 Akinori Utsumi 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
34 Toshiyuki Jinno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
35 Shigehisa Sasayama 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
36 Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Solo Run Standings

Rank. Driver RD.1 RD.2 RD.3 RD.4 RD.5 RD.6 RD.7 RD.8 RD.9 RD.10 Total
1 Naoki Nakamura 20 7 20 3 20 16   14   20 120
2 Koudai Sobagiri 8 15   4 16 20 15 20 13 8 119
3 Hideyuki Fujino   11 6 13 11 8 12 15 11 13 100
4 Tetsuya Hibino 4 13 8 20 14 13 8   4 15 99
5 Hokuto Matsuyama 10 20   11 5 14 4 4 12 6 86
6 Mitsuru Murakami 16 10 15   12 15   16     84
7 Masashi Yokoi 12 14 14 14   5   3 14 7 83
8 Yuki Tanno   16 16 12 15   6 13   2 80
9 Mao Yamanaka 13 2   8 4 6   12 15 14 74
10 Junya Ishikawa   4     8   16 6 16 16 66
11 Daigo Saito 2 12 5 16 10     7 10   62
12 Hisato Yonai       15 13 7 11 11 1   58
13 Masato Kawabata   6   5   4 7 1 20 12 55
14 Seimi Tanaka 6   12 10   11 2 8   3 52
15 Takahiro Ueno 5   11     10 20       46
16 Takahiro Mori 3   10   3 12   10 6   44
17 Teruyoshi Iwai     4   7 3 10   5   29
18 Yukio Matsui 14 8             2 4 28
19 Hiroki Vito   5   7 6     2 8   28
20 Takeshi Mogi     13 1     14       28
21 Kojiro Mekuwa 11   3 0     1     11 26
22 Hirotaka Kano 15   7   1           23
23 Katsuhiro Ueo             13       13
24 Hayato Miyoshi   1               10 11
25 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop)   3             3 5 11
26 Wataru Yamamoto                 7   7
27 Yumeto Hatanaka 7                   7
28 Yoshifumi Tadokoro     1 2     3       6
29 Koji Yamaguchi               5     5
30 Kazuya Matsukawa             5       5
31 Tetsuro Nakata           2         2
32 Sumika Kubokawa         2           2
33 Akinori Utsumi     2               2
34 Toshiyuki Jinno                   1 1
35 Shigehisa Sasayama           1         1
36 Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) 1                   1

Team's Standings

Rank. Team RD.1 RD.2 RD.3 RD.4 RD.5 RD.6 RD.7 RD.8 RD.9 RD.10 Total
1 SHIBATA RACING TEAM 10 26 6 20 26 26 26 3 6 6 155
2 FAT FIVE RACING 20 20 26 26 6     26 20   144
3 TEAM VALINO × N-STYLE 26 3 15 10 15 20   15   6 110
4 TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT   6 3 15 6 6 15 20 10 26 107
5 TEAM D-MAX RACING 15 15 6 6 3 3 3 6 15 10 82
6 ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 × 俺だっ!レーシング 3 3   3 3 10   10 26 20 78
7 TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT 2 6 3   3 20 6 10 3 6 3 60
8 SEIMI STYLE SHIBATIRE DRIFT 3   10 6   6 20 3   3 51
9 GP SPORTS × GreenTop 6   3 3 6 3 3 6 3   33
10 TEAM VERTEX NEXZTER D2D 6   20     3 3       32
11 DRIFT STAR Racing 3 3   6 10     6 3   31
12 Repair Create × Result Japan 3 10 6   3 6   3     31
13 広島トヨタ team DROO-P   3     3   6 3 6 6 27
14 TOP Team G-meister 6   3 0     6 6   3 24
15 Team MJ-STYLE VALINO   6               15 21
16 レーシングサービス ワタナベ     3 3 3 3 3   3   18
17 TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ 3 3             3 3 12
18 NEXZTER DRIVE TO DRIFT   3             3 3 9
19 27WORKS     3 3     3       9
20 平野タイヤ ★ ハードコア ★ ロケットバニーレーシング 3   3   3           9
21 トヨプラス Racing Team                   3 3
22 FORGED crew × 佐藤牧場                 3   3
23 VAZESTRA             3       3
24 TEAM TNR LOVCA           3         3
25 Team FRONTIER NEXT           3         3
26 HI-CHEW International         3           3
27 BLUE FACE     3               3

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