2026 Suzuka 1000 km

Japan Suzuka 1000 km 2026
Event information
Round 4 of 5 in the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date13 September 2026
LocationSuzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan
VenueSuzuka Circuit
Duration6 hours, 30 minutes
Results

The 2026 Suzuka 1000 km will take place on 13 September 2026 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. It will be the 50th edition of the Suzuka 1000km, and the fourth round of the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Entry list

A provisional entry list was announced on 13 August, featuring 28 entries. Eight manufacturers were represented: 10 Porsche cars, 5 Ferrari cars, 4 BMW cars, 3 Mercedes cars, 2 Corvette cars, 2 Nissan cars, and 1 car from Lexus and Ford.[1]

Super GT teams were allowed to enter GTA-GT300 regulation vehicles after an agreement between SRO and the GT Association (GTA) was reached in late 2024, however, no GTA-GT300 cars entered the race.

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
Pro (9 entries)
2 Malaysia Johor Motorsports JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Netherlands Nicky Catsburg[2] United States Scott McLaughlin[a][2] United Kingdom Alexander Sims[2]
7 Hong Kong Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) France Dorian Boccolacci[3] Italy Alessandro Ghiretti[3] Turkey Ayhancan Güven[3]
8 Hong Kong AO by Absolute Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) France Julien Andlauer[4] Germany Laurin Heinrich[4] Belgium Alessio Picariello[4]
45 Japan Ponos Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Japan Tadasuke Makino[5] Japan Seita Nonaka[5] Japan Takuro Shinohara[5]
64 Australia Miedecke Motorsport by Team MPC Ford Mustang GT3 Evo Germany Christopher Mies[6] Norway Dennis Olsen[6] Belgium Frédéric Vervisch[6]
75 Australia 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Switzerland Philip Ellis[7] Canada Mikaël Grenier[7] United States Kenny Habul[b][7]
77 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Belgium Maxime Martin[8] Japan Kakunoshin Ohta[8] Germany Luca Stolz[8]
96 Japan K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Japan Takamitsu Matsui[9] Japan Sena Sakaguchi[9] Japan Hideki Yamauchi[9]
500 Japan Team 5ZIGEN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo[10] Japan Kazuki Hiramine[10] Japan Atsushi Miyake[10]
Bronze (12 entries)
5 Japan Plus Racing with Studie BMW M4 GT3 Evo Japan Seiji Ara[11] Japan Kizuku Hirota Japan Tomohide Yamaguchi[11]
9 Japan Bingo Racing with LM Corsa Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Japan Reimei Ito Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Shinji Takei
18 Japan Porsche Center Okazaki - Nine Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Japan Kazuto Kotaka Japan Hiroaki Nagai Japan Hibiki Taira
25 Japan Porsche Center Okazaki - NK Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Japan Yuta Kamimura Japan Tsubasa Kondo Japan Kiyoshi Uchiyama
61 New Zealand EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Malaysia Adrian D'Silva France Mathieu Jaminet China Leo Ye Hongli
69 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo United Kingdom Dan Harper United States Anthony McIntosh Canada Parker Thompson
80 Japan LM Corsa Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Japan Naoki Hattori Japan Ryo Ogawa Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
86 Denmark High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Denmark Anders Fjordbach United States Kerong Li[c] Germany Joel Sturm
89 China Team KRC BMW M4 GT3 Evo China Ruan Cunfan Germany Max Hesse Netherlands Maxime Oosten
91 Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Germany Ralf Bohn Germany Alfred Renauer Germany Robert Renauer
93 United Kingdom Ziggo Sport Tempesta Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Italy Eddie Cheever III United Kingdom Christopher Froggatt Hong Kong Jonathan Hui
555 Japan Maezawa Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Japan Yusaku Maezawa France Thomas Neubauer[12] Japan Naoki Yokomizo
Pro-Am (6 entries)
10 China Team KRC BMW M4 GT3 Evo Brazil Augusto Farfus Chinese Taipei Brian Lee Brazil Marcelo Tomasoni
28 Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira[8] Hong Kong Kevin Tse[8] Japan Daisuke Yamawaki[8]
60 Japan LM Corsa Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Japan Kei Nakanishi Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
79 San Marino Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Italy Fabio Babini New Zealand Daniel Gaunt Italy Johannes Zelger
99 Malaysia Johor Motorsports JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R United Kingdom Ben Green[2] Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim[2] Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim[2]
181 Japan Norik Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Japan Taku Bamba Japan Norikazu Shibata United Kingdom David Tan
Am (1 entry)
360 Japan RunUp Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Japan Masaaki Nishikawa Japan Atsushi Tanaka Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Source:[13]
  • Kei Cozzolino, Yorikatsu Tsujiko and Yusuke Yamasaki were scheduled to compete in the event, but the team reshuffled its lineup and moved from Pro-Am to Pro Class prior to the start of the event.[14]

Qualifying

The grid will be determined by the average time of all three drivers. Pole position entries in each class are denoted in bold.

Race results

Class winners will be denote in bold and with ‡

Notes

  1. ↑ Scott McLaughlin was born in New Zealand but competed with an ACCUS-FIA license as a North Carolina-domeciled driver.
  2. ↑ Kenny Habul is an Australian driver that competes under the American license.
  3. ↑ Kerong Li is a Chinese driver that competes under the American license.

References

  1. ↑ "Quality and variety amongst provisional Suzuka 1000km entry list". Intercontinental GT Challenge. 13 August 2026. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Klein, Jamie (3 August 2026). "JMR Adds Pro Suzuka Car for McLaughlin, Sims, Catsburg". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Absolute Racing names second Pro entry of Güven, Boccolacci and Ghiretti for Suzuka 1000km". Absolute Racing. 12 August 2026. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Dagys, John (5 August 2026). "AO Enters Suzuka 1000km With 'Bushi Rex' Porsche". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ponos reveals all-Japanese Pro Ferrari for Suzuka 1000km". Intercontinental GT Challenge. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 O’Connell, RJ (11 August 2026). "Ford Mustang GT3 Makes Suzuka 1000KM Debut". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (11 August 2026). "75 Express Enters Pro Class Mercedes-AMG for Suzuka". Sportscar365. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 O’Connell, RJ (11 August 2026). "Martin, Stolz & Ohta Headline Craft-Bamboo Suzuka 1000KM Entry". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (12 August 2026). "Subaru's Yamauchi Joins Pro K-Tunes Lexus Suzuka Effort". Sportscar365. Jamie Klein Media. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 "Nissan joins Suzuka's victory contenders via 5ZIGEN's Pro entry". Intercontinental GT Challenge. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  11. 1 2 Klein, Jamie (8 January 2026). "Team Studie Reveals Schubert Tie-Up, Suzuka 1000km Plans". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Ferrari's Official Driver Programmes for 2026 Endurance Races". Ferrari. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST - 2026 SUZUKA 1000KM" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  14. ↑ "「PONOS RACING」2026年シーズン参戦体制のお知らせ" ["PONOS RACING" 2026 season participation system announcement]. PONOS Racing (in Japanese). 20 February 2026. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
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