2009 Super GT Series

The 2009 Autobacs Super GT Series was the seventeenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fifth season as the Super GT series. It marked as well as the twenty-seventh season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season opener on March 22, was moved to Okayama, due to the continued renovation of Suzuka in preparation for the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix. The season finale on November 8 also was moved to Motegi, instead of Fuji. Due to the worldwide economic crisis, race weekends were two days instead of three.

2009 Super GT Series
Previous: 2008 Next: 2010

André Lotterer and Juichi Wakisaka claimed the GT500 title in their Petronas TOM'S Lexus SC430. The team also won their respective teams title. In GT300, Racing Project Bandoh's Manabu Orido and Tatsuya Kataoka won the title by three points from Nobuteru Taniguchi and Ryo Orime.

Car Development

GT500 Class

Originally the three makers agreed to unify engine specification to 3.4L V8's (the same configuration of Formula Nippon at the time). However, due to the aforementioned economic crisis, Nissan encountered difficulties to develop a suitable engine for their GT-R, and chose to bear a performance ballast while using the same engine as last year. Honda continued to use their mid-engine NSX with performance ballast as the regulations originally planned to mandate front-engine cars. This was also their last year in Super GT with the original NSX, as they announced they would use a new vehicle (the HSV-010) starting in the 2010 season. Honda returned with the NSX in 2014 following the unveiling of the second-generation concept car in 2014, later revised to be based on the production model in 2017; both of which ran midship engine layout until 2019 season.

Team Nova entered the series with a Le Mans spec Aston Martin DBR9. It was the first Aston Martin car to participate the series history (including JGTC), and also the first European and non-Honda/Nissan/Toyota car in GT500 since the 2006 season (a Maserati MC12 did participate the pre-season test in 2006 season but withdraw from the series later). The DBR9 only ran at the first round at Okayama and the two rounds at Fuji, and as of July 2020 is the last non-Japanese car to compete in GT500.

GT300 Class

The apr Racing Team, which had used the Toyota MR-S for a long time decided to discontinue their use of MR-S, and for this season decided to replace it with a mid-engined Toyota Corolla Axio instead.

The Cusco, the only team using an AWD car (Subaru Impreza), left the series as they wanted to concentrate on off-road events. However, Subaru cars were not absent from the series as R&D Sport used a Legacy B4 for round 6, 7 and 9.

Thunder Asia Racing, a team from Singapore, entered round 4 at Sepang with a Mosler MT900R. Their full participation in 2010 season was confirmed after the 2009 season ended.

Drivers and teams

GT500
Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Nismo Nissan Nissan GT-R 1 Satoshi Motoyama B All
Benoît Tréluyer 1–5, 7–9
Michael Krumm 6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan GT-R 3 Ronnie Quintarelli M All
Hironobu Yasuda All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus Lexus SC430 6 Daisuke Ito B All
Björn Wirdheim All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX 8 Ralph Firman B All
Takuya Izawa All
Team Impul Nissan Nissan GT-R 12 Tsugio Matsuda B All
Sébastien Philippe All
Keihin Real Racing Honda Honda NSX 17 Toshihiro Kaneishi B All
Koudai Tsukakoshi All
Katsutomo Kaneishi 6
Team Yoshiki and Dome Project Honda Honda NSX 18 Ryo Michigami B All
Takashi Kogure All
Team Nova Aston Martin Aston Martin DBR9 21 Akihiro Tsuzuki Y 1, 3, 7
Takeshi Tsuchiya 1, 3, 7
Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R 24 João Paulo de Oliveira Y All
Seiji Ara All
Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX 32 Loïc Duval D All
Yuhki Nakayama All
Lexus Team Kraft Lexus Lexus SC430 35 Hiroaki Ishiura B All
Kazuya Oshima All
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 36 Juichi Wakisaka B All
André Lotterer All
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo Lexus Lexus SC430 38 Yuji Tachikawa B All
Richard Lyons All
Lexus Team SARD Lexus Lexus SC430 39 Kohei Hirate D All
André Couto All
Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX 100 Yuji Ide B All
Shinya Hosokawa 1–2, 4–7, 9
Kosuke Matsuura 3, 8

GT300
Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Cars Tokai Dream28 Mooncraft Mooncraft Shiden-Toyota 2 Hiroki Katoh Y All
Kazuho Takahashi 1
Hiroki Yoshimoto 2–9
Avanzza Rosso Vemac Vemac RD320R-HPD C32B 4 Yoshihiro Ito K 6
Subaru Yamamoto 6
Michito Uezumi 6
Yoshihiro Ito Y 9
Igor Sushko 9
666 Shogo Suho Y All
Junichiro Yamashita All
Takashi Miyamoto 3, 6
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R-Porsche M96.77 5 Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
Akazame Oyaji All
M7 RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 7 Nobuteru Taniguchi Y All
Ryo Orime All
Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari F360 10 Masayuki Ueda Y All
Masataka Kawaguchi All
Ferrari F430 11 Tetsuya Tanaka All
Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
Racing Project Bandoh Lexus Lexus IS350 19 Tatsuya Kataoka Y All
Manabu Orido All
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS 26 Haruki Kurosawa Y 1–4, 6–7, 9
Tsubasa Abe 1–3, 5–9
Katsuhiko Tsutsui 4, 6, 8
Tsubasa Kurosawa 5
Team Takeuchi with Shift Lexus Lexus IS350 30 Kota Sasaki K 1–3
Naoya Yamano 1–3
52 Kota Sasaki 4–9
Naoya Yamano 4–6
Yuhi Sekiguchi 6–9
apr Toyota Toyota Corolla Axio 31 Yuya Sakamoto Y All
Hideki Yamauchi 1–4
Kyosuke Mineo 5–9
Takamori.com 6
74 Takuto Iguchi M All
Yuji Kunimoto All
Hankook KTR Porsche Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 33 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita H 3, 5, 7
Masami Kageyama 3, 5, 7
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL Garaiya 43 Morio Nitta M All
Shinichi Takagi All
MOLA Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z 46 Kazuki Hoshino Y All
Masataka Yanagida All
Tomei Sports Porsche Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 55 Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–7, 9
Hiroshi Koizumi 1–7, 9
R&D Sport Subaru Subaru Legacy B4 62 Shogo Mitsuyama Y 6–7, 9
Tetsuya Yamano 6–7, 9
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 66 Koji Yamanishi Y All
Atsushi Yogo All
Marco Apicella 3
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 87 Hiroyuki Iiri All
Hisashi Wada All
88 Hideshi Matsuda All
Yuya Sakamoto All
Thunder Asia Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R 69 Melvin Choo Y 4
Martin Short 4
Team Daishin Ferrari Ferrari F430 81 Takayuki Aoki Y All
Tomonobu Fujii All
Koji Matsuda 6
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche Boxster 110 Kim Han Bong K 1–3
Daisuke Ikeda 1, 8
Tatsuya Tanigawa 2–3, 5, 8
Takashi Ohi 5
Porsche Boxster 111 Takaya Tsubobayashi 1–3
Igor Sushko 1
Daisuke Ikeda 2–4
Tojiro Azuma 4
112 Takashi Ohi 7, 9
Yoshiaki Nakayama 7
Keita Sawa 8–9
Aaron Caratti 8
Studie GLAD Racing BMW BMW Z4M 808 Shozo Tagahara Y 1–3, 5–9
Yasushi Kikuchi 1–3, 5–7
Taku Bamba 6, 8–9

Schedule
Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT 300 km Okayama International Circuit March 22
2 Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit April 19
3 Fuji GT 400 km Fuji Speedway May 4
4 Super GT International Series Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 21
5 SUGO GT 300 km Sportsland SUGO July 26
6 Pokka GT Summer Special Suzuka Circuit August 23
7 Fuji GT 300 km Fuji Speedway September 13
8 Autopolis GT 300 km Autopolis October 18
9 Motegi GT 250 km Twin Ring Motegi November 8

As a measure of cost reduction, the two longest race, as well as the final race in the series' distance in the series was shortened in this season. This included the trimming of the traditional 1000km race in Suzuka to 700 km. However, to avoid 1-pit strategy that caused unfairness to some teams, teams were required to pit twice in the Fuji 400 km race.

Season Winners
Rd Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team Results
GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers
1 Okayama #24 HIS Kondo Racing GT-R #19 WedsSport IS350 Results
João Paulo de Oliveira
Seiji Ara		 Manabu Orido
Tatsuya Kataoka
2 Suzuka #38 ZENT Cerumo SC430 #33 Hankook Porsche Results
Yuji Tachikawa
Richard Lyons		 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Masami Kageyama
3 Mt. Fuji #1 MOTUL Autech GT-R #43 ARTA Garaiya Results
Satoshi Motoyama
Benoît Tréluyer		 Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
4 Kuala Lumpur #3 Hasemi Tomica Ebbro GT-R #2 I.M Jihan Co.Ltd•Apple Shiden Results
Ronnie Quintarelli
Hironobu Yasuda		 Hiroki Katoh
Hiroki Yoshimoto
5 Sportsland SUGO #1 MOTUL Autech GT-R #33 Hankook Porsche Results
Satoshi Motoyama
Benoît Tréluyer		 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Masami Kageyama
6 Suzuka #35 Kraft SC430 #46 S Road Mola Z Results
Hiroaki Ishiura
Kazuya Oshima		 Kazuki Hoshino
Masataka Yanagida
7 Mt. Fuji #8 ARTA NSX #81 Daishin Ferrari F430 Results
Ralph Firman
Takuya Izawa		 Takayuki Aoki
Tomonobu Fujii
8 Autopolis #36 Petronas TOM'S SC430 #11 Jim Gainer Advan F430 Results
Juichi Wakisaka
André Lotterer		 Tetsuya Tanaka
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
9 Motegi #8 ARTA NSX #81 Daishin Ferrari F430 Results
Ralph Firman
Takuya Izawa		 Takayuki Aoki
Tomonobu Fujii

Standings

GT500 Drivers
Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points2015118654321
Rank Driver OKA
 SUZ
 FUJ
 SEP
 SUG
 SUZ
 FUJ
 AUT
 MOT
 PTS
1 Juichi Wakisaka
André Lotterer		 11 2 2 6 7 8 3 1 2 88
2 Ralph Firman
Takuya Izawa		 3 14 3 3 14 12 1 4 1 81
3 Satoshi Motoyama 13 11 1 8 1 6 2 2 14 78
4 Benoît Tréluyer 13 11 1 8 1 2 2 14 73
5 Toshihiro Kaneishi
Koudai Tsukakoshi		 5 6 12 2 6 10 4 Ret 3 51
6 Ryo Michigami
Takashi Kogure		 2 5 13 12 3 4 8 5 10 50
7 Ronnie Quintarelli
Hironobu Yasuda		 12 13 7 1 9 2 6 8 12 49
8 João Paulo de Oliveira
Seiji Ara		 1 8 4 5 13 11 13 3 11 48
9 Hiroaki Ishiura
Kazuya Oshima		 9 7 5 9 12 1 7 7 9 44
10 Yuji Tachikawa
Richard Lyons		 6 1 9 10 10 3 10 11 13 41
11 Tsugio Matsuda
Sébastien Philippe		 4 3 15 7 8 5 15 Ret 7 36
12 Daisuke Ito
Björn Wirdheim		 10 4 6 14 5 Ret 4 10 4 35
13 Yuji Ide 8 12 11 4 4 9 12 6 8 29
14 André Couto
Kohei Hirate		 15 10 10 13 2 7 11 12 5 27
15 Shinya Hosokawa 8 12 4 4 9 12 8 24
16 Loïc Duval
Yuhki Nakayama		 7 9 8 11 11 Ret 9 9 6 18
17 Kosuke Matsuura 11 6 5
18 Michael Krumm 6 5
19 Katsutomo Kaneishi 10 1
Akihiro Tsuzuki
Takeshi Tsuchiya		 14 14 14 0
Rank Driver OKA
 SUZ
 FUJ
 SEP
 SUG
 SUZ
 FUJ
 AUT
 MOT
 PTS
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

GT300 Drivers
Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points2015118654321
Rank Driver OKA
 SUZ
 FUJ
 SEP
 SUG
 SUZ
 FUJ
 AUT
 MOT
 PTS
1 Manabu Orido
Tatsuya Kataoka		 1 8 5 2 5 6 4 3 3 85
2 Nobuteru Taniguchi
Ryo Orime		 3 2 3 3 11 7 DNS 2 2 82
3 Tetsuya Tanaka
Katsuyuki Hiranaka		 4 4 Ret 8 3 5 2 1 4 79
4 Takayuki Aoki
Tomonobu Fujii		 12 6 2 DNS 4 8 1 18 1 71
5 Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi		 2 5 1 10 9 2 7 4 14 71
6 Hiroki Katoh 6 7 9 1 2 3 5 16 16 63
7 Kazuki Hoshino
Masataka Yanagida		 7 3 6 4 6 1 9 8 7 62
8 Hiroki Yoshimoto 7 9 1 2 3 5 16 16 58
9 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Masami Kageyama		 1 1 6 45
10 Takuto Iguchi
Yuji Kunimoto		 5 9 8 16 8 4 12 7 5 32
11 Yuya Sakamoto 9 11 7 6 10 18 15 5 6 23
12 Koji Yamanishi
Atsushi Yogo		 18 Ret 18 5 13 17 3 11 8 20
13 Tsubasa Abe 10 10 4 7 16 14 9 9 18
14 Haruki Kurosawa 10 10 4 Ret 16 14 9 12
15 Kyosuke Mineo 10 18 15 5 6 12
16 Hideki Yamauchi 9 11 7 6 11
17 Kota Sasaki 8 17 11 7 15 9 13 13 10 10
18 Tetsuji Tamanaka
Akazame Oyaji		 13 12 10 12 16 Ret 8 6 15 9
19 Naoya Yamano 8 17 11 7 15 9 9
20 Kazuho Takahashi 6 5
21 Tsubasa Kurosawa 7 4
22 Yuhi Sekiguchi 9 13 13 10 3
23 Masayuki Ueda
Masataka Kawaguchi		 DNS 16 15 9 20 15 17 19 13 2
24 Katsuhiko Tsutsui Ret 16 9 2
25 Hideshi Matsuda
Yuya Sakamoto		 Ret 13 19 Ret 12 10 10 12 11 2
26 Shozo Tagahara Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 1
27 Taku Bamba Ret 10 Ret 1
Rank Driver OKA
 SUZ
 FUJ
 SEP
 SUG
 SUZ
 FUJ
 AUT
 MOT
 PTS
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
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