2012 Super GT Series

The 2012 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twentieth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the eighth season as the Super GT series. It also marked the thirtieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It was a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on April 1 and ended on November 18, 2012 after 8 regular races and a final special race.

2012 Super GT Series
Previous: 2011 Next: 2013

Schedule
2012 venues
Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km		 Okayama International Circuit April 1
2 Fuji GT 1
500 km		 Fuji Speedway May 4
3 Super GT International Series Malaysia
300 km		 Sepang International Circuit June 10
4 Sugo GT
300 km		 Sportsland SUGO July 29
5 41st International Pokka 1000km
1000 km		 Suzuka Circuit August 19
6 Fuji GT 2
300 km		 Fuji Speedway September 9
7 Autopolis GT
300 km		 Autopolis September 30
8 Motegi GT
250 km		 Twin Ring Motegi October 28
NC Fuji Sprint Cup Fuji Speedway November 17
November 18

Drivers and teams

GT500
Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Round
MOLA Nissan Nissan GT-R 1 Masataka Yanagida M All
Ronnie Quintarelli All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus Lexus SC430 6 Daisuke Itō B All
Kazuya Oshima All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda HSV-010 GT 8 Ralph Firman B All
Takashi Kobayashi All
Team Impul Nissan Nissan GT-R 12 Tsugio Matsuda B All
João Paulo de Oliveira All
Keihin Real Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT 17 Toshihiro Kaneishi B All
Koudai Tsukakoshi All
Weider Honda Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT 18 Takashi Kogure B All
Carlo van Dam All
Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH Lexus Lexus SC430 19 Seiji Ara Y All
André Couto 1–8
Marino Franchitti NC
Nismo Nissan Nissan GT-R 23 Satoshi Motoyama B All
Michael Krumm All
Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R 24 Hironobu Yasuda Y All
Björn Wirdheim All
Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda HSV-010 GT 32 Ryo Michigami D All
Yuhki Nakayama All
Lexus Team KeePer Kraft Lexus Lexus SC430 35 Yuji Kunimoto B All
Andrea Caldarelli All
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 36 Kazuki Nakajima B All
Loïc Duval 1, 3–8, NC
Richard Lyons 2
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo Lexus Lexus SC430 38 Yuji Tachikawa B All
Kohei Hirate All
Lexus Team SARD Lexus Lexus SC430 39 Juichi Wakisaka M All
Hiroaki Ishiura All
Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda HSV-010 GT 100 Takuya Izawa B All
Naoki Yamamoto All

GT300
Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Round
GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo BMW BMW Z4 GT3 0 Nobuteru Taniguchi Y All
Tatsuya Kataoka All
4 Taku Bamba All
Masahiro Sasaki All
Cars Tokai Dream28 Mooncraft Mooncraft Shiden 2 Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Hiroki Katoh All
Hiroshi Hamaguchi 5
NDDP Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 3 Yuhi Sekiguchi Y 1–5, 7–8, NC
Katsumasa Chiyo All
Daiki Sasaki 5–6
Team Mach Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 5 Tetsuji Tamanaka Y 1–2, 4–8, NC
Masayuki Ueda 1–2, 4–8, NC
Masataka Kawaguchi 2
Gainer Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra 11 Tetsuya Tanaka D All
Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
Atsushi Yogo 5
Team SGC Lexus Lexus IS350 14 Ryo Orime Y 4–8, NC
Alexandre Imperatori 4–6
Naoya Yamano 7–8, NC
Team Art Taste Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R 15 Tim Bergmeister Y 1–2
Takeshi Tsuchiya 1–2
Jörg Bergmeister 2
Team Mugen Honda Honda CR-Z 16 Hideki Mutoh B 4–8, NC
Daisuke Nakajima 4–8, NC
Hitotsuyama Racing Audi Audi R8 LMS 20 Hideki Noda Y 1–2
Michael Kim 1
Kenji Kobayashi 2
Frank Yu 2
21 Akihiro Tsuzuki All
Cyndie Allemann 1–5
Richard Lyons 5–8, NC
Yukinori Taniguchi 2
77 Igor Sushko 8, NC
Kenji Kobayashi 8, NC
99 Frank Yu 3, 7
Hideto Yasuoka 3–5, 7
Michael Kim 4–5
Yoshio Tsuzuki 5
R'Qs Motorsports Vemac Vemac 350R 22 Hisashi Wada Y All
Masaki Jyonai All
LMP Motorsport Ferrari Ferrari F430 GTC 27 Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–8
Takuto Iguchi 1–8
apr Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra 30 Yuki Iwasaki Y All
Yuya Sakamoto All
Kenji Kobayashi 5
Toyota Toyota Prius 31 Morio Nitta All
Koki Saga All
Yuichi Nakayama 5
Hankook KTR Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R 33 Masami Kageyama H All
Tomonobu Fujii All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL Garaiya 43 Shinichi Takagi B All
Kosuke Matsuura All
Dijon Racing Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 48 Hiroshi Takamori Y 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
Shogo Mitsuyama 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC
Keiichi Inoue 2, 5
Green Tec & Leon with Shift Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 52 Hironori Takeuchi Y All
Haruki Kurosawa 1–5, 7–8, NC
Akihiko Nakaya 5
Takeshi Tsuchiya 6
R&D Sport Subaru Subaru BRZ 61 Tetsuya Yamano Y All
Kota Sasaki All
A speed Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage GT2 66 Hiroki Yoshimoto Y 1
Kazuki Hoshino 1
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Hiroki Yoshimoto 2–8, NC
Kazuki Hoshino 2–8, NC
Hiroki Yoshida 5
ThunderAsia Racing Mosler Mosler MT900M 69 Fairuz Fauzy Y 3
Hiroki Yoshida 3
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 85 Yuya Sakamoto Y 1–2, 5–7
Masaki Kano 1–2, 6
Ryohei Sakaguchi 2, 5
Hideshi Matsuda 7
86 Hideshi Matsuda 1–5, NC
Junichiro Yamashita 1–5, NC
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 87 Koji Yamanishi All
Hideki Yamauchi 1–8
Yuya Sakamoto NC
88 Manabu Orido All
Takayuki Aoki All
Keita Sawa 5
Tomei Sports Callaway Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 360 Atsushi Tanaka Y 1–4, 6–8, NC
Yasushi Kikuchi 1
Takuya Shirasaka 2–4, 6–8, NC
Team Taisan ENDLESS Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R 911 Kyosuke Mineo Y All
Naoki Yokomizo All

Calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Race Winner
1 Okayama International Circuit
Report		 1 April #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate		 Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate
#911 Team Taisan ENDLESS #11 Gainer
Kyosuke Mineo
Naoki Yokomizo		 Tetsuya Tanaka
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
2 Fuji Speedway
Report		 4 May #32 Nakajima Racing #39 Lexus Team SARD
Ryo Michigami
Yuhki Nakayama		 Hiroaki Ishiura
Juichi Wakisaka
#11 Gainer #0 GSR & Studie with Team UKYO
Tetsuya Tanaka
Katsuyuki Hiranaka		 Nobuteru Taniguchi
Tatsuya Kataoka
3 Sepang International Circuit
Report		 10 June #18 Weider Honda Racing #18 Weider Honda Racing
Takashi Kogure
Carlo van Dam		 Takashi Kogure
Carlo van Dam
#33 Hankook KTR #33 Hankook KTR
Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama		 Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama
4 Sportsland SUGO
Report		 29 July #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS
Daisuke Ito
Kazuya Oshima		 Daisuke Ito
Kazuya Oshima
#33 Hankook KTR #3 NDDP Racing
Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama		 Yuhi Sekiguchi
Katsumasa Chiyo
5 Suzuka Circuit
Report		 19 August #1 MOLA #1 MOLA
Masataka Yanagida
Ronnie Quintarelli		 Masataka Yanagida
Ronnie Quintarelli
#16 Team Mugen #66 A speed
Hideki Mutoh
Daisuke Nakajima		 Hiroki Yoshimoto
Kazuki Hoshino
Hiroki Yoshida
6 Fuji Speedway
Report		 9 September #12 Team Impul #12 Team Impul
Tsugio Matsuda
João Paulo de Oliveira		 Tsugio Matsuda
João Paulo de Oliveira
#31 apr #33 Hankook KTR
Morio Nitta
Koki Saga		 Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama
7 Autopolis
Report		 30 September #19 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH #1 MOLA
Seiji Ara
André Couto		 Masataka Yanagida
Ronnie Quintarelli
#3 NDDP Racing #66 A speed
Yuhi Sekiguchi
Katsumasa Chiyo		 Hiroki Yoshimoto
Kazuki Hoshino
8 Twin Ring Motegi
Report		 28 October #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate		 Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate
#33 Hankook KTR #911 Team Taisan ENDLESS
Tomonobu Fujii
Masami Kageyama		 Kyosuke Mineo
Naoki Yokomizo
NC Fuji Speedway
Report		 17 November #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #1 MOLA
Kazuya Oshima Ronnie Quintarelli
#33 Hankook KTR #33 Hankook KTR
Tomonobu Fujii Tomonobu Fujii
18 November #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S #38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo
Kazuki Nakajima Yuji Tachikawa
#33 Hankook KTR #66 A speed
Masami Kageyama Hiroki Yoshimoto

Standings

GT500 Drivers
Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points2015118654321
Suzuka25181310865432
Rank Driver OKA
 FUJ
 SEP
 SUG
 SUZ
 FUJ
 AUT
 MOT
 PTS
1 Masataka Yanagida
Ronnie Quintarelli		 7 8 14 3 1 2 1 2 93
2 Yuji Tachikawa
Kohei Hirate		 1 8 2 5 9 8 7 1 74
3 Juichi Wakisaka
Hiroaki Ishiura		 9 1 4 4 Ret 6 5 5 57
4 Tsugio Matsuda
João Paulo de Oliveira		 10 5 5 Ret 4 1 10 10 45
5 Takuya Izawa
Naoki Yamamoto		 2 2 6 8 11 12 8 9 43
6 Takashi Kogure
Carlo van Dam		 7 9 1 7 8 Ret 9 7 40
7 Kazuki Nakajima 5 4 13 2 Ret 4 15 8 40
8 Satoshi Motoyama
Michael Krumm		 4 3 8 Ret 5 11 6 6 40
9 Seiji Ara
André Couto		 12 13 9 12 6 3 3 5 36
10 Daisuke Ito
Kazuya Oshima		 13 10 3 1 Ret 10 12 12 33
11 Loïc Duval 5 13 2 Ret 4 15 8 32
12 Toshihiro Kaneishi
Koudai Tsukakoshi		 3 6 7 9 10 5 14 Ret 30
13 Yuji Kunimoto
Andrea Caldarelli		 Ret 12 10 6 2 7 13 Ret 28
14 Ryo Michigami
Yuhki Nakayama		 Ret 11 11 11 Ret 14 2 3 26
15 Hironobu Yasuda
Björn Wirdheim		 11 14 Ret 10 3 13 4 11 22
16 Ralph Firman
Takashi Kobayashi		 6 Ret 12 Ret 7 9 11 13 12
17 Richard Lyons 4 8
Rank Driver OKA
 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
Suzuka25181310865432
Rank Driver OKA
 FUJ
 SEP
 SUG
 SUZ
 FUJ
 AUT
 MOT
 PTS
1 Kyosuke Mineo
Naoki Yokomizo		 2 8 2 5 Ret 4 2 1 82
2 Hiroki Yoshimoto
Kazuki Hoshino		 11 3 3 Ret 1 Ret 1 5 73
3 Masami Kageyama
Tomonobu Fujii		 5 Ret 1 4 6 1 3 7 75
4 Katsumasa Chiyo 19 18 4 1 2 9 19 6 53
5 Nobuteru Taniguchi
Tatsuya Kataoka		 3 1 12 7 Ret 8 5 4 52
6 Yuhi Sekiguchi 19 18 4 1 2 19 6 51
7 Tetsuya Tanaka
Katsuyuki Hiranaka		 1 5 7 6 5 7 16 13 47
8 Manabu Orido
Takayuki Aoki		 17 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 7 3 39
9 Shinichi Takagi
Kosuke Matsuura		 6 4 9 9 4 5 17 21 33
10 Morio Nitta
Koki Saga		 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 2 8 Ret 26
11 Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Katoh		 7 2 5 Ret 15 13 DNQ 16 25
12 Hironori Takeuchi 12 10 6 2 Ret DNS Ret 8 24
Haruki Kurosawa
13 Hideki Yamauchi
Koji Yamanishi		 21 7 16 19 Ret Ret Ret 2 19
14 Tetsuya Yamano
Kota Sasaki		 Ret 9 8 10 Ret 6 4 15 19
15 Hideki Mutoh
Daisuke Nakajima		 16 11 3 10 11 12
16 Akihiro Tsuzuki 9 15 14 Ret 14 Ret 6 9 9
17 Takeshi Tsuchiya 4 Ret DNS 8
18 Tim Bergmeister 4 Ret 8
19 Yuki Iwasaki
Yuya Sakamoto		 8 13 11 14 9 10 14 10 8
20 Richard Lyons 14 Ret 6 9 7
21 Yutaka Yamagishi
Takuto Iguchi		 10 17 13 18 8 14 9 14 7
22 Taku Bamba
Masahiro Sasaki		 15 11 10 11 7 11 12 17 6
23 Cyndie Allemann 9 15 14 Ret 14 2
24 Daiki Sasaki 3 9 2
25 Yuya Sakamoto 14 Ret 10 18 15 2
26 Ryohei Sakaguchi Ret 10 2
Rank Driver OKA
 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)

JAF Grand Prix

GT500 Drivers
Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS
1 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo Kohei Hirate Yuji Tachikawa 12 1 20
2 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Loïc Duval Kazuki Nakajima 15 2 15
3 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Naoki Yamamoto Takuya Izawa 5 3 14
4 23 Motul Autech NISMO Michael Krumm Satoshi Motoyama 4 4 12
5 6 Lexus Team ENEOS LeMans Kazuya Oshima Daisuke Ito 3 6 10.5
6 1 S-Road REITO MOLA Ronnie Quintarelli Masataka Yanagida 1 14 10
7 17 Keihin Real Racing Koudai Tsukakoshi Toshihiro Kaneishi 2 15 7.5
8 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing Hironobu Yasuda Björn Wirdheim 9 5 7
9 18 Weider Honda Racing Carlo van Dam Takashi Kogure 7 7 6
10 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Takashi Kobayashi Ralph Firman 8 9 3.5
11 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD Hiroaki Ishiura Juichi Wakisaka 11 8 3
12 12 Calsonic Team Impul João Paulo de Oliveira Tsugio Matsuda 6 11 2.5
13 35 Lexus Team KeePer Kraft Yuji Kunimoto Andrea Caldarelli 12 10 1
14 32 EPSON Nakajima Racing Yuhki Nakayama Ryo Michigami 10 12 0.5
15 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Seiji Ara Marino Franchitti 14 13 0
Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS

GT300 Drivers
Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS
1 33 Hankook KTR Tomonobu Fujii Masami Kageyama 1 14 20
2 66 A speed Kazuki Hoshino Hiroki Yoshimoto 14 1 20
3 16 Team Mugen Daisuke Nakajima Hideki Mutoh 2 7 19
4 2 Evangelion-01 Cars Tokai Dream28 Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Kato 18 2 15
5 43 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Kosuke Matsuura Shinichi Takagi 3 9 13
6 52 Green Tec & Leon with Shift Haruki Kurosawa Hironori Takeuchi 6 4 13
7 88 MonePa JLOC Takayuki Aoki Manabu Orido 12 3 11
8 11 Gainer Katsuyuki Hiranaka Tetsuya Tanaka 7 6 9
9 3 S-Road NDDP Katsumasa Chiyo Yuhi Sekiguchi 4 19 8
10 0 GSR Hatsune Miku Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi 5 20 6
11 31 Hasepro apr Koki Saga Morio Nitta 11 5 6
12 911 Team Taisan ENDLESS Kyosuke Mineo Naoki Yokomizo 8 18 3
13 87 JLOC Koji Yamanishi Yuya Sakamoto 15 8 3
14 77 investors Hitotsuyama Racing Igor Sushko Kenji Kobayashi 9 Ret 2
15 360 RunUp Tomei Sports Takuya Shirasaka Atsushi Tanaka 10 Ret 1
16 30 Iwasaki Moda apr Yuya Sakamoto Yuki Iwasaki 23 10 1
17 4 GSR Project Mirai Masahiro Sasaki Taku Bamba 17 12 0
18 5 Team Mach Masayuki Ueda Tetsuji Tamanaka 21 Ret 0
19 14 Team SGC Ryo Orime Naoya Yamano 13 Ret 0
20 21 ZENT Hitotsuyama Racing Richard Lyons Akihiro Tsuzuki DNS 11 0
21 22 R'Qs Motorsports Masaki Jyonai Hisashi Wada 22 13 0
22 48 NEON Dijon Racing Shogo Mitsuyama Hiroshi Takamori 20 15 0
23 61 R&D Sport Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano 19 16 0
24 86 Verity BOMEX JLOC Junichiro Yamashita Hideshi Matsuda 16 17 0
Rank No. Team Race 1 Driver Race 2 Driver Race 1 Race 2 PTS

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