2005 Super GT Series
The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the thirteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the first season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-third season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. It was the last season for the A80 version of the Toyota Supra, as the following year it would be replaced by the Lexus SC430. The season began on March 27 and ended on November 6, 2005 after 8 races. The champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300.
2005 Super GT | |||
Previous: | 2004 | Next: | 2006 |
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Team | Make | Car | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
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M-Tec | Honda | Honda NSX | 0 | D | All | |
All | ||||||
Verno Tokai Dream28-Honda | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B | 2 | Y | All | |
All | ||||||
Team Mach | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B | 5 | Y | All | |
All | ||||||
RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | 7 | Y | All | |
All | ||||||
A&S Racing | Mosler | Mosler MT900-Chevrolet | 9 | Y | All | |
1–4, 6–7 | ||||||
5, 8 | ||||||
Chevrolet | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 913 | 1–6 | |||
1 | ||||||
2–4, 6 | ||||||
5 | ||||||
Jim Gainer Racing | Ferrari | Ferrari 360 | 10 | D | All | |
1–2, 4–5, 7–8 | ||||||
3, 6 | ||||||
11 | All | |||||
All | ||||||
Endless Sports | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 13 | Y | All | |
All | ||||||
Amprex Motorsports | Lotus | Lotus Exige 300RR | 15 | Y | 4 | |
4 | ||||||
Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota Celica | 19 | Y | All | |
All | ||||||
Team Taisan | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-R | 26 | Y | 1–3, 8 | |
1–2 | ||||||
3 | ||||||
8 | ||||||
Direxiv Motorsport | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B | 27 | Y | All | |
1–6 | ||||||
7–8 | ||||||
Team Reckless | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | 30 | M | All | |
All | ||||||
apr | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | 31 | M | All | |
All | ||||||
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL Garaiya | 43 | M | All | |
All | ||||||
MOLA | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 46 | Y | All | |
All | ||||||
47 | All | |||||
All | ||||||
Toyota Team Cerumo | Toyota | Toyota Celica | 52 | K | All | |
All | ||||||
R&D Sport | Vemac | Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348 | 62 | Y | All | |
1–6, 8 | ||||||
7 | ||||||
Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 70 | Y | 1–6 | |
1, 3 | ||||||
2, 4–5 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
170 | 8 | |||||
8 | ||||||
Teramoto Technical Office | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 72 | Y | All | |
1, 5 | ||||||
2–3, 7–8 | ||||||
4 | ||||||
Cusco Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 77 | Y | All | |
All | ||||||
JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 | 86 | Y | 8 | |
8 | ||||||
87 | 4–6, 8 | |||||
4–5 | ||||||
6, 8 | ||||||
Arktech Motorsports | Porsche | Porsche 986 Boxster | 110 | Y | All | |
All | ||||||
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 112 | 1–3, 5–8 | ||||
1–3 | ||||||
5–8 | ||||||
Team LeyJun | Porsche | Porsche 968 GT4 | 111 | Y | All | |
All | ||||||
910 Racing | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3 RS | 777 | Y | All | |
All |
Schedule
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Okayama International Circuit | March 27 | |
2 | Fuji International Speedway | May 4 | |
3 | Sepang International Circuit | June 26 | |
4 | Sportsland Sugo | July 24 | |
5 | Twin Ring Motegi | September 4 | |
6 | Fuji International Speedway | September 25 | |
7 | Autopolis International Race Course | October 16 | |
8 | Suzuka Circuit | November 6 |
Season results
Overall winner in bold
Round | Circuit | GT500 Winning Team | GT300 Winning Team |
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GT500 Winning Drivers | GT300 Winning Drivers | ||
1 | Okayama | ||
2 | Mt. Fuji | ||
3 | Kuala Lumpur | ||
4 | Sportsland SUGO | ||
5 | Motegi | ||
6 | Mt. Fuji | ||
7 | Autopolis | ||
8 | Suzuka | ||
Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Qualifying | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Fastest Lap | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
- There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
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Teams
Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
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1 | #1, #22 Nismo | Nissan Fairlady Z | 86 |
2 | #8, #18 Team Honda Racing | Honda NSX | 82 |
3 | #36, #37 Toyota Team TOM'S | Open Interface TOM'S Supra | 73 |
4 | #38 Toyota Team Cerumo | Zent Cerumo Supra | 67 |
5 | #6 Esso Toyota Team LeMans | Esso Ultraflo Supra | 51 |
GT300 Class (Top 3)
Drivers
Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | #30 Reckless MR-S | 93 | 1 | |
2 | #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX | 81 | 2 | |
3 | #43 ARTA Garaiya | 74 | 1 |
Teams
Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
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1 | #30 Team Reckless | Reckless MR-S | 93 |
2 | #0 M-TEC Co.,Ltd. | Ebbro M-TEC NSX | 81 |
3 | #43 ARTA | ARTA Garaiya | 74 |
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2005 in Super GT. |
- Super GT official race archive (in English)