2026 Super GT Series

Defending GT500 drivers' champions Sho Tsuboi & Kenta Yamashita of the No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S currently lead the GT500 Drivers' Championship, with their team leading the GT500 Teams' Championship. João Paulo de Oliveira & Iori Kimura, driving for Kondo Racing currently leads the GT300 Drivers' Championship, with their team leading the GT300 Teams' Championship

The 2026 Super GT Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2026 Autobacs Super GT Series) is a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, which is the thirty-fourth season of the Super GT series, tracing its lineage to the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era. It is the twenty-second season for the series under the Super GT name, and the forty-fourth season of a Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) national sportscar championship, dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

TGR Team TOM'S drivers Sho Tsuboi and Kenta Yamashita enter the season as the defending champions of the GT500 class. While Togo Suganami & Naoya Gamou, driving for K2 R&D LEON Racing enter the season as the defending champions of the GT300 class.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for 2026 was confirmed on 5 August 2025, which consists of eight races.[1] On 9 January 2026, the dates of the Sepang International Circuit round were shifted from 19–20 June to 20–21 June.[2] Before the first round, it was announced that the round at Sepang was cancelled due to the Middle East war and Fuel cost soaring, but later on 2 August 2026 was announced the Motegi round will have 2 races as the Sepang replacement.[3][4]

Round Race Circuit Location Dates Map of circuit locations
1 Okayama GT 300 km Race Okayama Prefecture Okayama International Circuit Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture 11–12 April
2 Fuji GT 3 Hours Race GW Special Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture 3–4 May
3 Fuji GT 300 km Race 1–2 August
4 Suzuka GT 300 km Race Mie Prefecture Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Mie Prefecture 22–23 August
5 Sugo GT 300 km Race Miyagi Prefecture Sportsland Sugo Murata, Miyagi Prefecture 19–20 September
6 Autopolis GT 3 Hours Race Ōita Prefecture Autopolis Hita, Oita Prefecture 17–18 October
7 Motegi GT Race 1 Tochigi Prefecture Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture 7–8 November
8 Motegi GT Race 2
Cancelled Rounds
— Sepang GT 300 km Race Malaysia Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia 20–21 June

Regulation changes

On 19 October 2025, it was announced that the 2026 season would be the last with different tire manufacturers competing against one another. The series will switch to a single tire manufacturer in each class in 2027.[5]

Teams are now only permitted to use one engine per season, and the standard fuel flow rate of GT500 engines has been reduced from 95 kilogrammes per hour to 90.2 kg/h.[6]

GT500 Success Weight has been modified. Once a car accumulates over 50 kilogrammes of Success Weight, the engine fuel flow rate is reduced to 88 kg/h. When that car accumulates more than 67 kg of Success Weight, a "success refuelling restrictor" is installed in to lengthen the refuelling time during pit stops. An even smaller restrictor is installed once the car accumulates more than 84 kg of Success Weight. In addition, none of the original 50 kg of physical ballast weight is removed until the Success Weight is reduced over the final two rounds of the season.[6]

2026 GT500 Success Weight Formula[6][7]
Success Weight (SW) 0–50 kg 51–67 kg 68–84 kg 85–100 kg
Ballast weight 0–50 kg 50kg
Engine fuel flow rate 90.2 kg/h 88.0 kg/h
Success fuelling restrictor Standard (25mm) Level 1 (21mm) Level 2 (19mm)

No individual can serve as both an active racing driver and as a team director simultaneously.[6]

Teams and drivers

GT500

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tire Rounds Ref.
Team HRC ARTA Mugen Honda Honda HRC Prelude-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Japan Kakunoshin Ohta B 1–4 [8]
Japan Hiroki Otsu
ARTA Mugen 16 Japan Tomoki Nojiri B 1–4 [8]
Japan Ren Sato
Team Impul Nissan Nissan Z NISMO GT500 Nissan NR4S26 2.0 L Turbo I4 12 Japan Kazuki Hiramine B 1–4 [9]
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 14 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi B 1–4 [10]
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Astemo Real Racing Honda Honda HRC Prelude-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi B 1–4 [8]
Japan Yuto Nomura
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto Y 1–4 [10]
Japan Sena Sakaguchi
NISMO Nissan Nissan Z NISMO GT500 Nissan NR4S26 2.0 L Turbo I4 23 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo B 1–4 [9]
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan Z NISMO GT500 Nissan NR4S26 2.0 L Turbo I4 24 Japan Teppei Natori B 1–4 [9]
Japan Atsushi Miyake
TGR Team au TOM'S Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Japan Sho Tsuboi B 1–4 [10]
Japan Kenta Yamashita
TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 37 Japan Ukyo Sasahara B 1–4 [10]
France Giuliano Alesi
TGR Team KeePer Cerumo Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Japan Toshiki Oyu B 1–4 [10]
Japan Rikuto Kobayashi
TGR Team SARD Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi B 1–4 [10]
Argentina Sacha Fenestraz
Modulo Nakajima Racing Honda Honda HRC Prelude-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64 Japan Riki Okusa D 1–4 [8]
Brazil Igor Omura Fraga
Stanley Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda HRC Prelude-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100 Japan Naoki Yamamoto B 1–4 [8]
Japan Tadasuke Makino

GT500 vehicle changes

GT500 entrant changes

Nissan announced its line-ups on 9 December 2025.[9]

  • Two-time GT500 Champion Tsugio Matsuda retired from Super GT after 20 seasons as a Nissan GT500 driver, and 26 seasons in GT500 in total.[13] Matsuda become the new team director for NISMO, replacing Takeshi Nakajima. Atsushi Miyake transferred from NISMO NDDP to Kondo Racing, replacing Matsuda in the No. 24 car. Kondo Racing will also switch to Bridgestone tires, after competing in GT500 with Yokohama for 20 years.
  • NISMO scaled down to one car from two, discontinuing the No. 3 car that had been running under the NISMO NDDP banner. Daiki Sasaki was retained by Nissan as its GT500 reserve driver.[14]

Toyota announced its driver line-ups on 19 December 2025.[10]

  • TGR Team au TOM'S will revert to using the number 36 instead of the number 1 reserved for the reigning GT500 champion team.[10][15]
  • TGR-DC driver Rikuto Kobayashi was promoted to GT500 with TGR Team KeePer Cerumo after two seasons in GT300. He will replace Hiroaki Ishiura, who retired from racing in GT500 after 18 seasons and will move to GT300 with Team ENEOS Rookie.[16][17]

Honda announced its driver line-ups on 23 December 2025.[18]

GT300

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tire Rounds Ref.
Hyper Water Racing Inging Toyota GR Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 2 Japan Yuui Tsutsumi B 1–4 [10]
Japan Kazuhisa Urabe
Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi Y 1–4 [20]
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Team Mach Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300 GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5 Japan Yusuke Shiotsu Y 1–4 [15][21]
Japan Souta Arao
Velorex Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 (1–2)
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo (3–4)
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama Y 1–4 [15]
Germany Niklas Krütten
CarGuy MKS Racing Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 7 United Kingdom Zak O'Sullivan Y 1–4 [10][15][22]
Japan Reimei Ito 1–2
Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki 2–4
Pacific Racing Team BMW BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 9 Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi M 1–4 [23]
Japan Yuta Fujiwara
Japan Rintaro Kubo 2
GAINER Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 (RZ34) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 11 Japan Ryuichiro Tomita D 1–4 [14]
Japan Kazuki Oki
Anest Iwata Racing 26 Japan Hironobu Yasuda Y 1–4 [24]
South Korea Lee Jungwoo
Team UpGarage Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 18 Japan Takashi Kobayashi Y 1–4 [25]
Japan Kotaro Shimbara
SHADE Racing Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 20 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka M 1–4 [10][26]
Japan Eijiro Shimizu
R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22 Japan Masaki Kano Y 1–4 [15][27]
Japan Hisashi Wada 1, 3–4
Japan Masaki Jyonai 2
Japan Yuma Shoji
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 25 Japan Takamitsu Matsui Y 1–4 [10][28]
Japan Ryota Horachi
apr Toyota GR Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30 Japan Hibiki Taira Y 1–4 [10][27]
Japan Hiroaki Nagai 1, 3–4
Japan Manabu Orido 2
Lexus Lexus LC 500h GT300 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8 31 Japan Kazuto Kotaka B 1–4 [10]
Japan Miki Koyama
Austria Charlie Wurz 2
Team ENEOS Rookie Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 32 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura B 1–4 [29][17][30]
Japan Tokiya Suzuki 1, 3–4
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 2
Ponos Racing Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 45 Japan Takuro Shinohara Y 1–4 [31][32]
Japan Kei Cozzolino 1–2
Japan Shintaro Kawabata 3–4
Nilzz Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 48 Japan Taiyo Ida Y 1–4 [14][33]
United Kingdom James Pull
Japan Daiki Fujiwara 2
Saitama Green Brave Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 52 Japan Hiroki Yoshida B 1–4 [10]
Japan Seita Nonaka
Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 56 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira Y 1–4 [14]
Japan Iori Kimura
LM corsa Lexus Lexus LC 500 GT300 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto D 1–4 [10]
Japan Shunsuke Kohno
R&D Sport Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8) Subaru EG33 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi D 1–4 [34]
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
HELM Motorsports Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 62 Japan Yuya Hiraki Y 1–4 [14]
Japan Reiji Hiraki
K2 R&D LEON Racing Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65 Japan Naoya Gamou B 1–4 [35]
Japan Togo Suganami
Japan Haruki Kurosawa 2
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 87 Japan Yuya Motojima Y 1–4 [36]
Japan Kosuke Matsuura
Japan Kohta Kawaai 2
88 Japan Takashi Kogure Y 1–4 [36][37]
Italy Daniil Kvyat[a]
Japan Natsu Sakaguchi 2
K-tunes Racing Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 96 Japan Morio Nitta B 1–4 [10][38]
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Tomei Sports Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 360 Japan Rin Arakawa Y 1–4 [14][39]
Japan Yu Kanamaru 1–2, 4
Japan Atsushi Tanaka 2
Japan Hironobu Shimizu 3
Seven x Seven Racing Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 666 Germany Sven Müller Y 1–4 [40][41][42]
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 1–4
Japan Taichi Watarai 4
D'station Racing Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 777 Japan Tomonobu Fujii D 1–4 [43]
United Kingdom Charlie Fagg

GT300 vehicle changes

  • Pacific Racing Team replaced its Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo with the BMW M4 GT3 Evo, marking the first outing in Super GT for the latest version of the M4 and bringing BMW M back to the championship for the first time since 2024.[23]

GT300 entrant changes

Former Formula One driver Daniil Kvyat will make debut with JLOC.
  • Former GT World Challenge Europe and Super Taikyu Series driver James Pull will make his series debut with Nilzz Racing, replacing Yusaku Shibata.[33]
  • Former Red Bull and HFDP driver Souta Arao will make his series debut with Team Mach, replacing Kondo-bound driver Iori Kimura.[21]

GT300 mid-season changes

Results

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position and the race's fastest lap for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round Circuit Class Pole position Fastest lap Race winner
1 Okayama Prefecture Okayama 300 km GT500 Japan No. 38 TGR Team KeePer Cerumo Japan No. 38 TGR Team KeePer Cerumo Japan No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
Japan Toshiki Oyu
Japan Rikuto Kobayashi
Japan Toshiki Oyu
Japan Rikuto Kobayashi
Japan Sho Tsuboi
Japan Kenta Yamashita
GT300 Japan No. 777 D'station Racing Japan No. 777 D'station Racing Japan No. 777 D'station Racing
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
United Kingdom Charlie Fagg
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
United Kingdom Charlie Fagg
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
United Kingdom Charlie Fagg
2 Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji 3 Hours GT500 Japan No. 14 TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE Japan No. 14 TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE Japan No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi
Japan Kazuya Oshima
Japan Sho Tsuboi
Japan Kenta Yamashita
GT300 Japan No. 61 R&D Sport Japan No. 61 R&D Sport Japan No. 56 Kondo Racing
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Iori Kimura
3 Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji 300 km GT500 Japan No. 8 Team HRC ARTA Japan No. 100 Stanley Team Kunimitsu Japan No. 100 Stanley Team Kunimitsu
Japan Kakunoshin Ohta
Japan Hiroki Otsu
Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Tadasuke Makino
Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Tadasuke Makino
GT300 Japan No. 45 Ponos Racing Japan No. 45 Ponos Racing Japan No. 52 Saitama Green Brave
Japan Takuro Shinohara
Japan Shintaro Kawabata
Japan Takuro Shinohara
Japan Shintaro Kawabata
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Seita Nonaka
4 Mie Prefecture Suzuka 300 km GT500 Japan No. 17 Astemo Real Racing Japan No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Japan No. 16 ARTA Mugen
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Yuto Nomura
Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sena Sakaguchi
Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Ren Sato
GT300 Japan No. 9 Pacific Racing Team Japan No. 9 Pacific Racing Team Japan No. 9 Pacific Racing Team
Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi
Japan Yuta Fujiwara
Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi
Japan Yuta Fujiwara
Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi
Japan Yuta Fujiwara
5 Miyagi Prefecture Sugo 300 km GT500
GT300
6 Ōita Prefecture Autopolis 3 Hours GT500
GT300
7 Tochigi Prefecture Motegi Race 1 GT500
GT300
8 Tochigi Prefecture Motegi Race 2 GT500
GT300

Championship standings

GT500

Drivers' championships

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole
GT500 Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT1 MOT2 Points
1 Japan Sho Tsuboi
Japan Kenta Yamashita
No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 1 1 4 9 50
2 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
Japan Ren Sato
No. 16 ARTA Mugen 6 5 9 1 33
3 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi
Japan Kazuya Oshima
No. 14 TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE 4 2 7 8 31
4 Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Japan Tadasuke Makino
No. 100 Stanley Team Kunimitsu 7 8 1 11 27
5 Japan Kakunoshin Ohta
Japan Hiroki Otsu
No. 8 Team HRC ARTA Mugen 11 11 2 3 27
6 Japan Toshiki Oyu
Japan Rikuto Kobayashi
No. 38 TGR Team KeePer Cerumo 2 13† 6 5 27
7 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
Japan Yuto Nomura
No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 10 9 5 2 25
8 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi
No. 23 NISMO 8 3 Ret 4 22
9 Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
No. 12 Team Impul 3 7 12 6 20
10 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Argentina Sacha Fenestraz
No. 39 TGR Team SARD 5 4 8 Ret 17
11 Japan Ukyo Sasahara
France Giuliano Alesi
No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 14 Ret 3 10 12
12 Japan Teppei Natori
Japan Atsushi Miyake
No. 24 Kondo Racing 9 6 11 7 11
13 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sena Sakaguchi
No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 12 10 10 13 2
— Japan Riki Okusa
Brazil Igor Omura Fraga
No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 13 12 Ret 12 0
Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT1 MOT2 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

† – Driver did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Team' championships

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Lead Lap -1 Lap -2 Laps or more
GT500 Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1
Rank Team OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT1 MOT2 Points
1 No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 11 11 41 91 62
2 No. 16 ARTA Mugen 61 51 91 11 45
3 No. 14 TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE 41 21 71 81 42
4 No. 100 Stanley Team Kunimitsu 71 81 11 111 39
5 No. 8 Team HRC ARTA Mugen 112 112 21 31 36
6 No. 38 TGR Team KeePer Cerumo 21 133 61 51 36
7 No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 102 92 51 21 34
8 No. 23 NISMO 81 31 Ret 41 31
9 No. 12 Team Impul 31 71 122 61 31
10 No. 39 TGR Team SARD 51 41 81 Ret 26
11 No. 24 Kondo Racing 91 61 111 71 23
12 No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 143 Ret 31 101 19
13 No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 122 102 101 133 10
14 No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 132 123 Ret 121 6
Rank Team OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT1 MOT2 Points

GT300

Drivers' championships

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Pole
GT300 Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT1 MOT2 Points
1 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Iori Kimura
No. 56 Kondo Racing 14 1 5 5 49
2 Japan Tomonobu Fujii
United Kingdom Charlie Fagg
No. 777 D'station Racing 1 7 24 4 48
3 United Kingdom Zak O'Sullivan No. 7 CarGuy MKS Racing 13 11 3 2 44
4 Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki No. 7 CarGuy MKS Racing 11 3 2 41
5 Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Seita Nonaka
No. 52 Saitama Green Brave 8 9 1 27† 40
6 Japan Yuui Tsutsumi
Japan Kazuhisa Urabe
No. 2 Hyper Water Racing Inging 2 5 7 20 40
7 Japan Kazuto Kotaka
Japan Miki Koyama
No. 31 apr 3 3 14 11 39
8 Japan Naoya Gamou
Japan Togo Suganami
No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 5 2 10 17 37
9 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura No. 32 Team ENEOS Rookie 16 6 2 10 36
10 Germany Sven Müller No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing 12 4 6 14 29
11 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing 12 4 6 WD 27
12 Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi
Japan Yuta Fujiwara
No. 9 Pacific Racing Team 23 22 16 1 26
13 Japan Tokiya Suzuki No. 32 Team ENEOS Rookie 16 2 10 26
14 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO 4 8 13 22 24
15 Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Kotaro Shimbara
No. 18 Team UpGarage 18 27† 12 3 20
16 Japan Takashi Kogure
Italy Daniil Kvyat
No. 88 JLOC 6 24 17 6 20
17 Austria Charlie Wurz No. 31 apr 3 16
18 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
No. 96 K-tunes Racing 7 10 15 26 16
19 Japan Takuro Shinohara No. 45 Ponos Racing 20 Ret 4 15 15
19 Japan Shintaro Kawabata No. 45 Ponos Racing 4 15 15
20 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama
Germany Niklas Krütten
No. 6 Velorex 9 23 9 18 14
21 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japan Shunsuke Kohno
No. 60 LM corsa 10 16 11 13 14
22 Japan Yusuke Shiotsu
Japan Souta Arao
No. 5 Team Mach 11 25 22 8 13
23 Japan Yuya Hiraki
Japan Reiji Hiraki
No. 62 HELM Motorsports 24 13 8 19 11
24 Japan Kamui Kobayashi No. 32 Team ENEOS Rookie 6 10
25 Japan Rin Arakawa No. 360 Tomei Sports 26 19 18 7 9
25 Japan Yu Kanamaru No. 360 Tomei Sports 26 19 7 9
26 Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Japan Kazuki Oki
No. 11 GAINER 19 14 19 9 9
27 Japan Reimei Ito No. 7 CarGuy MKS Racing 13 11 8
28 Japan Yuya Motojima
Japan Kosuke Matsuura
No. 87 JLOC 15 12 25 29† 5
29 Japan Hibiki Taira No. 30 apr 22 21 21 12 4
29 Japan Hiroaki Nagai No. 30 apr 22 21 12 4
30 Japan Kohta Kawaai No. 87 JLOC 12 4
31 Japan Taichi Watarai No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing 14 2
32 Japan Taiyo Ida
United Kingdom James Pull
No. 48 Nilzz Racing 29 15 23 24 1
32 Japan Daiki Fujiwara No. 48 Nilzz Racing 15 1
33 Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
No. 61 R&D Sport 17 27† 28 28† 1
— Japan Haruki Kurosawa No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 2[b] 0
— Japan Takamitsu Matsui
Japan Ryota Horachi
No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 27 17 20 16 0
— Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Eijiro Shimizu
No. 20 SHADE Racing 28 18 26 21 0
— Japan Hironobu Shimizu No. 360 Tomei Sports 18 0
— Japan Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 Tomei Sports 19 0
— Japan Masaki Kano No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 25 20 27 25 0
— Japan Kei Cozzolino No. 45 Ponos Racing 20 Ret 0
— Japan Masaki Jyonai
Japan Yuma Shoji
No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 20 0
— Japan Hironobu Yasuda
South Korea Lee Jungwoo
No. 26 Anest Iwata Racing 21 26 29 23 0
— Japan Manabu Orido No. 30 apr 21 0
— Japan Rintaro Kubo No. 9 Pacific Racing Team 22 0
— Japan Natsu Sakaguchi No. 88 JLOC 24 0
— Japan Hisashi Wada No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 25 27 25 0
Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT1 MOT2 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

† – Driver did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Team' championships

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Lead Lap to -1 Lap -2 Laps -3 Laps or more
GT300 Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1
Rank Team OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT1 MOT2 Points
1 No. 56 Kondo Racing 141 11 51 51 61
2 No. 777 D'station Racing 11 71 241 41 59
3 No. 7 CarGuy MKS Racing 131 112 31 21 55
4 No. 2 Hyper Water Racing Inging 21 51 71 201 52
5 No. 31 apr 31 31 141 111 51
6 No. 52 Saitama Green Brave 81 91 11 273 50
7 No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 51 21 101 171 49
8 No. 32 Team ENEOS Rookie 161 61 21 101 48
9 No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing 121 41 61 141 41
10 No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO 41 81 131 221 36
11 No. 9 Pacific Racing Team 232 223 161 11 34
12 No. 18 Team UpGarage 181 283 121 31 30
13 No. 88 JLOC 61 243 171 61 30
14 No. 96 K-tunes Racing 71 102 151 261 27
15 No. 60 LM corsa 101 162 111 131 25
16 No. 6 Velorex 91 233 91 181 24
17 No. 5 Team Mach 111 253 221 81 23
18 No. 45 Ponos Racing 202 Ret 41 151 22
19 No. 62 HELM Motorsports 242 132 81 191 21
20 No. 11 GAINER 191 142 191 91 20
21 No. 360 Tomei Sports 263 193 181 71 17
22 No. 87 JLOC 151 122 252 293 13
23 No. 30 apr 222 213 211 121 13
24 No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya 273 172 201 161 9
25 No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 252 203 272 251 8
26 No. 48 Nilzz Racing 293 152 231 241 7
27 No. 61 R&D Sport 171 273 282 283 7
28 No. 20 SHADE Racing 283 183 262 211 7
29 No. 26 Anest Iwata Racing 212 263 293 231 7
Rank Team OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT1 MOT2 Points

Notes

  1. ↑ Kvyat is a Russian driver competing under Italian license, as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. ↑ Haruki Kurosawa did not participate in qualifying & not run during the race as a third driver and were ineligible for championship points.

References

  1. ↑ Klein, Jamie (5 August 2025). "Largely Unchanged 2026 Calendar Revealed". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Small modifications to the 2026 SUPER GT calendar|SUPER GT オフィシャルサイト". SUPER GT オフィシャルサイト. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
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