2026 D1 Grand Prix series

The 2026 D1 Grand Prix series (known for sponsorship reason as 2026 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series) is a professional drifting competition based in Japan which will be the twenty-sixth season of the D1 Grand Prix series. The competition is organized by Sunpros under Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) Semi national competition format and recognize as Japan Drift Championship. The championship is planned to be contested over 10 rounds starting at Aichi Sky Expo on 24th of March and ended on 15th of November 2026 at Odaiba.

The season is celebrated as the twenty-fifth anniversary of D1 Grand Prix and D1 in general.

Hideyuki Fujino is the defending champion.[1]

Schedule

Provisional schedule was released following the final round of 2025 season. Aichi Sky Expo in Nagoya will host the opening two rounds of the season. The venue is located near Centrair which have previously held D1GP round back in 2013. In turns, Okuibuki Motorpark will not held any round for the first time since 2019. The rest of the calendar will be held at same weekend as previous year.[2]

Round Venue Date
1 Aichi Prefecture Aichi Sky Expo, Aichi Prefecture 9 May
2 10 May
3 Ibaraki Prefecture Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture 27 June
4 28 June
5 Fukushima Prefecture Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture 26 September
6 27 September
7 Ōita Prefecture Autopolis, Oita Prefecture 24 October
8 25 October
9 Tokyo Odaiba, Tokyo Bay 14 November
10 15 November

Regulation changes

  • Best 24 is brought back for the first time since 2015 when the system was known as tanso qualifying. The best 24 format will be run on several round only. This led to change on tanso and teams' points which now reward point to 24 driver and its team if the best 24 format is used while the driver overall standings remain only awarding point to top 16 driver regardless of the system being used and team standings remain only scored by highest finishing driver.
  • Multi cars team that is not participating in 2025 is mandated to participate for full-season.
  • The noise limit is reduced from 113 dB to 110 dB or vary depends on venue.
  • The number of mechanic allowed in staging area during tanso is increased from one to two mechanics.
  • During tsuiso race director allowed to assign a score correction to lead car for serious driving error.
  • Team member must now mandated to wear a similar team wear.
  • Only mechanic with fire-proof suit is allowed in hot pit area.

Teams and drivers

Teams Tire Car Engine No Drivers Round Ref.
SEIMI STYLE SHIBATA DRIFT Shibatire Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 2 Japan Seimi Tanaka TBC [3][4]
URAS RACING Dunlop Nissan Skyline (R34) Toyota 2JZ I6 3 Japan Keiichi Nomura 1-4 [5]
CUSCO RACING Yokohama Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) Toyota 2JZ I6 5 Japan Yoshitatsu Kaneda 1-4 [6]
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 32 Japan Koji Tada 1-4
TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ Shibatire Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Custom 4-rotor 7 Japan Yukio Matsui 1-4 [3]
VEHIQL RACING×VALINO Valino Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Toyota 2JZ I6 8 Japan Takuya Inaoka 1-4 [7]
TEAM BUZZBREAK DRIFT Valino Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 9 Japan Tetsuya Kume 1-4 [8]
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 10 Japan Hayato Miyoshi 1-4
Team BuzzBreak Toyota Mark II (JZX100) 50 Japan Ryo Ishii 1-4
Team sky FJトラスポ Valino Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 15 Japan Yuta Fujiwara 1-4 [9]
CarGuy Team G-Meister Valino A Valino BMW 3-Series (E92) Toyota 2JZ I6 16 Japan Koji Yamaguchi 1-4 [10]
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 17 Japan Shigehisa Sasayama 1-4
CarGuy Team G-Meister Valino B Toyota Supra (A80) 12 Japan Yoshichika Tamagawa  R  1-4
Nissan Silvia (S15) 67 Japan Daiki Nishiyama  R  1-4
SIMsupportSpark×GarageHANGOUT Shibatire Nissan Silvia (S14) Toyota 2JZ I6 22 Japan Kazutaka Yanagi  R  1-4 [11]
Repair Create×GR Garage Seifuto×Result Japan Shibatire Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 23 Japan Mitsuru Murakami 1-4 [12]
TEAM TNR LOVCA SE System Antares Toyota Mark II (JZX100) Toyota 2JZ I6 30 Japan Tetsuro Nakada 1-2 [13]
Shibata Racing Team Shibatire Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Nissan VR38 V6 31 Japan Koudai Sobagiri 1-4 [14]
広島トヨタ team マッハ＆DRoo-P Dunlop Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 33 Japan Junya Ishikawa 1-4 [15]
Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE85) Toyota 2GR V6 55 Japan Kazuya Matsukawa 1-4
Racing Service Watanabe Antares Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Nissan SR20 I4 43 Japan Yoshifumi Tadokoro 1-4 [13]
Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Mazda 20B 3-rotor 51 Japan Teruyoshi Iwai 1-4 [12]
Team miyaseimitsu Shibatire Nissan Silvia (S15) Custom 4-rotor 38 Japan Hisashi Saito 3-4 [12]
Gyeon Racing Harson Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Toyota 2JZ I6 47 Japan Hisato Yonai 1-4 [16]
GP Sports Drift Star Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Toyota 2JZ I6 56 Japan Takahiro Mori 1-4 [17]
D1TAIWAN DTMRS Valino Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) Toyota 2JZ I6 57 Taiwan Hsu Lei  R  1-2 [13]
Team Toyo Tires Drift-1 Toyo Tires Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 66 Japan Hideyuki Fujino 1-4 [18]
88 Japan Masato Kawabata 1-2
Team Toyo Tires Drift-2 Toyota GR Corolla (GZEA14) 77 Japan Hokuto Matsuyama 1-4
Toyota GR86 (ZN8) 80 Japan Yuki Tano 1-4
Team Toyo Tires Drift-3 Toyota GT86 (ZN6) Nissan VR38 V6 14 Japan Shiina Tamaki 1-4
Mind Control Racing SHIBATIRE Shibatire Nissan Silvia (S14) Toyota 2JZ I6 70 Japan Masashi Yokoi 1-4 [19]
Drift Star Racing Drift Star Toyota Chaser (JZX100) Toyota 2JZ I6 75 Japan Yumeto Hatanaka 1-4 [20]
Nissan Silvia (S13) 76 Japan Ryu Nakamura 1-2
Nissan Silvia (S13) Chevrolet LSX V8 3-4
Team Vertex Shibatire Lexus RC (XC10) Toyota 2JZ I6 78 JapanTakahiro Ueno 1-4 [3]
Nissan Silvia (S15) 89 Thailand Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 1-4
Team D-Max Racing Valino Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyota 2JZ I6 79 Japan Kojiro Mekuwa 1-4 [21]
Drift Star 81 Japan Kenshiro Wada 1-4
Team Valino Works Valino Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyota 2JZ I6 86 Japan Sayaka Shimoda 1-4 [22]
99 Japan Naoki Nakamura 1-4
FAT FIVE RACING Yokohama Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) Toyota 2JZ I6 87 Japan Daigo Saito 1-4 [13]
WEINS Toyota Kanagawa × 俺だっ！Racing Valino Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) Toyota 2JZ I6 90 Japan Tsuyoshi Tezuka 1-4 [23]
R Eligible for Rookie of the year award

Changes

  • Masashi Yokoi leave D-Max Racing Team at the end of the 2025 season after 13 years. He planned to compete with his own Mind Control Racing team and driving a Nissan Silvia S14 he entered World Time Attack Challenge Drift class with.[24][19]
  • D-Max announced Kojiro Mekuwa transferred from G-Meister to replace Masashi Yokoi who left the team.[21]
  • Following Kojiro Mekuwa arrival to the team, D-Max use Valino tires for Mekuwa and Kenshiro Wada use Valino's sister brand, Drift Star.
  • Shibata Racing Team downscale to one car with Koudai Sobagiri and not renewed Tetsuya Hibino's contract.[14][25]
  • D1 Lights runner-up, Kazutaka Yanagi announced he will stepping up to D1GP driving the same team and car as in D1 Lights.[11]
  • Super GT's Team Mach joined Droo-P as the team title sponsor alongside Hiroshima Toyota and entered as Hiroshima Toyota team Mach & Droo-P.[15]
  • Sayaka Shimoda returns to the series after 2 year away. She joined Naoki Nakamura on Valino's works team and driving a Toyota GR86.[22]
  • Ryu Nakamura joined Drift Star works team replacing Masakazu Doi.[20]
  • 2023 D1 Lights champion, Hisato Yonai returns to the series after a year off. He is sponsored by car care product Gyeon and will drive the same Nissan 180SX he previously use in 2024. He will be using Harson tires.[16]
  • Cusco moved Yoshitatsu Kaneda and his Toyota GR Yaris from their Formula Drift Japan line-up to replace Atsuki Hoshi and his GR Corolla respectively. Kaneda will make his first D1GP appearance since 2018 with his GR Yaris being the first example to compete in the series.[6]
  • Team G-Meister partner with CARGUY and entered two teams under A and B designation. G-Meister owner Koji Yamaguchi joined by Shigehisa Sasayama drive BMW E92 and Toyota GR86 respectively and both after a year away from the series on the A team.Yoshichika Tamagawa and Daiki Nishiyama both graduate from D1 Lights is on the B team. Tamagawa will drive his A80 Supra he previously use in Formula Drift Japan while Nishiyama upgraded the same S15 he use in D1 Lights.[10]
  • Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) joined Takahiro Ueno in Team Vertex replacing his compatriot and senior Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond).
  • Toyo Tires announced conclusion to Team Toyo Tires Drift works team structure after 2026 season.[18]
  • Maopo Yamanaka was initially entered driving for WEINS Toyota Kanagawa × 俺だっ！Racing. However due to misconduct, his D1GP license is suspended. Tsuyoshi Tezuka is brought in to replace him returning to the team as a driver for the first time since final two round of 2022 season. Tezuka will be making his first full time appearance for the first time since 2017.[23]
  • Daigo Saito return to using Yokohama for the first time since 2022.
  • Tetsura Nakada change his tires supplier to Antares.
  • Taiwanese driver, Hsu Lei set to make his debut driving a Toyota GR Supra. He will be the first Taiwanese driver to enter D1GP since TaI Xiao-Hsang in 2022.

Mid season changes

  • Seimi Tanaka is unable to participate in the first four round due to his car involved in a road accident while being transported.[4]
  • Ryu Nakamura change his car to the same V8 powered S13 Silvia that his father, Naoki win the 2024 championship with.
  • Masato Kawabata set to miss both Tsukuba round as he will be at Ultrace event in Poland.[26] This will be his first time not competing in D1GP round since 2003.

Results and standings

Results

Round Venue Winner Report
Tanso Tsuiso
1 Aichi Prefecture Aichi Sky Expo, Aichi Prefecture Naoki Nakamura Masashi Yokoi [27]
2 Naoki Nakamura Hideyuki Fujino
3 Ibaraki Prefecture Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture Koudai Sobagiri Masashi Yokoi [28]
4 Masashi Yokoi Masashi Yokoi
5 Fukushima Prefecture Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture
6
7 Ōita Prefecture Autopolis, Oita Prefecture
8
9 Tokyo Odaiba, Tokyo Bay
10

Driver's standings

Final classification within each round is determined by highest qualifying position; for example, of the two drivers eliminated in the Best Four, the driver who qualified higher is awarded 3rd position and the final place on the podium.

Point system

Positions 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Point 25 21 18 16 13 12 11 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Tanso point 4 3 2 1

Tie breaker is determined by higher points in tanso standings.

Pos Driver Aichi 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 Masashi Yokoi 1 DSQ 1 11 79
2 Naoki Nakamura 91 31 22 4 74
3 Koudai Sobagiri 2 2 91 34 73
4 Kojiro Mekuwa 102 6 54 23 59
5 Hideyuki Fujino 17 1 3 92 54
6 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 16 7 4 5 41
7 Ryo Ishi 5 4 DNQ DNQ 29
8 Hisato Yonai 7 20 13 6 27
9 Yumeto Hatanaka 12 103 103 DNQ 23
10 Hokuto Matsuyama 3³ DNQ DNQ 16 21
11 Daiki Nishiyama  R  DNQ 18 6 12 17
12 Shiina Tamaki 44 DNQ DNQ DNQ 17
13 Yuki Tano 11 DNQ 12 13 16
14 Teruyoshi Iwai 13 WD 7 DNQ 15
15 Mitsuru Murakami 19 9² 15 RET 13
16 Takuya Inaoka 6 DNQ 16 DNQ 13
17 Yuta Fujiwara DNQ 5 DNQ DNQ 13
18 Keiichi Nomura 18 DNQ 8 15 12
19 Takahiro Ueno DNQ DNQ DNQ 7 11
20 Kenshiro Wada RET DNQ DNQ 8 10
21 Koji Tada 24 12 DNQ 11 10
22 Kazutaka Yanagi  R  8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10
23 Yoshicika Tamagawa  R  DNQ 19 DNQ 10 7
24 Junya Ishikawa 23 11⁴ DNQ DNQ 7
25 Sayaka Shimoda 15 13 DNQ DNQ 6
26 Ryu Nakamura DNQ 17 11 DNQ 6
27 Masato Kawabata 14 14 DNP DNP 6
28 Koji Yamaguchi DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 3
29 Hayato Miyoshi RET RET 14 DNQ 3
30 Daigo Saito 21 15 RET DNQ 2
31 Tetsuya Kume 20 16 DNQ DNQ 1
32 Shigehisa Sasayama 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
33 Yoshitatsu Kaneda DNQ 21 DNQ DNQ 0
34 Yukio Matsui DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ 0
35 Tezuka Tsuyoshi DNQ 23 DNQ DNQ 0

Tanso standings

Point system

Format 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
Best 16 20 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Best 24 28 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Tie breaker is determined by higher event results position.

Pos Driver Aichi Tsukuba Ebisu Autopolis Odaiba Total
Best 24 Best 16 TBA TBA TBA
Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Rd.5 Rd.6 Rd.7 Rd.8 Rd.9 Rd.10
1 Naoki Nakamura 1 1 2 10 79
2 Kojiro Mekuwa 2 8 4 3 71
3 Koudai Sobagiri 7 11 1 4 57
4 Hideyuki Fujino 9 13 5 2 56
5 Yumeto Hatanaka 12 3 3 DNQ 51
6 Hisato Yonai 8 19 9 9 40
7 Mitsuru Murakami 14 2 13 DNQ 39
8 Masashi Yokoi 17 DSQ 8 1 38
9 Koji Tada 23 6 DNQ 7 33
10 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) 24 12 12 5 32
11 Yuki Tano 10 DNQ 7 12 31
12 Ryo Ishi 5 18 DNQ DNQ 28
13 Junya Ishikawa 21 4 DNQ DNQ 26
14 Daiki Nishiyama DNQ 16 10 8 26
15 Kazutaka Yanagi 15 10 DNQ DNQ 25
16 Sayaka Shimoda 22 5 DNQ DNQ 24
17 Ryu Nakamura DNQ 15 5 DNQ 23
18 Hokuto Matsuyama 3 DNQ DNQ 16 24
19 Masato Kawabata 19 9 DNP DNP 22
20 Shiina Tamaki 4 DNQ DNQ DNQ 22
21 Takuya Inaoka 6 DNQ 15 DNQ 22
22 Yuta Fujiwara DNQ 7 DNQ DNQ 19
23 Keiichi Nomura 11 DNQ 16 14 18
24 Teruyoshi Iwai 13 WD 14 DNQ 15
25 Daigo Saito 18 17 RET DNQ 15
26 Tetsuya Kume 16 23 DNQ DNQ 11
27 Takahiro Ueno DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 7
28 Hayato Miyoshi RET RET 11 DNQ 6
29 Yoshitatsu Kaneda DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ 5
30 Shigehisa Sasayama 20 DNQ DNQ DNQ 5
31 Yukio Matsui DNQ 21 DNQ DNQ 4
32 Koji Yamaguchi DNQ DNQ DNQ 13 4
33 Tezuka Tsuyoshi DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ 3
34 Kenshiro Wada RET DNQ DNQ 15 2
35 Yoshichika Tamagawa DNQ 24 DNQ 6 1

*Bold - Round winner

Teams' standings

Points scored by the highest finishing driver in each round. Point for position 17 to 24th only awarded when best 24 system is used.

Positions 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5-8th 9-16th 17-24th
Points 26 20 15 10 6 3 1
Pos Team Aichi Tsukuba Ebisu Autopolis Odaiba
Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Rd.5 Rd.6 Rd.7 Rd.8 Rd.9 Rd.10

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