2005 Super GT season
The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 12th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the 1st season as the Super GT series. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. 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.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
| Team |
Make |
Car |
No. |
Drivers |
Tyre |
Rounds |
| M-Tec |
Honda |
Honda NSX |
0 |
 Shinya Hosokawa |
D |
All |
| Haruki Kurosawa |
All |
| Verno Tokai Dream28-Honda |
Vemac |
Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B |
2 |
Kazuho Takahashi |
Y
|
All |
| Akira Watanabe |
All |
| Team Mach |
Vemac |
Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B |
5 |
Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Y
|
All |
| Katsuhiko Tsutsui |
All |
| RE Amemiya Racing |
Mazda |
Mazda RX-7 |
7 |
Hiroyuki Iiri |
Y
|
All |
| Shinichi Yamaji |
All |
| A&S Racing |
Mosler |
Mosler MT900-Chevrolet |
9 |
Junichiro Yamashita |
Y
|
All |
| Eiji Yamada |
1–4, 6–7 |
| Shogo Suho |
5, 8 |
| Chevrolet |
Chevrolet Corvette C6 |
913 |
Hideo Fukuyama |
1–6 |
| Haruhiko Matsumoto |
1 |
| Shogo Suho |
2–4, 6 |
| Eiji Yamada |
5 |
| Jim Gainer Racing |
Ferrari |
Ferrari 360 |
10 |
Yasutaka Hinoi |
D |
All |
| Hideshi Matsuda |
1–2, 4–5, 7–8 |
| Taku Bamba |
3, 6 |
| 11 |
 Paolo Montin |
All |
| Tetsuya Tanaka |
All |
| Endless Sports |
Nissan |
Nissan Fairlady Z |
13 |
Masami Kageyama |
Y
|
All |
| Mitsuhiro Kinoshita |
All |
| Amprex Motorsports |
Lotus |
Lotus Exige 300RR |
15 |
 Tengku Djan Ley |
Y
|
4 |
 Norman Simon |
4 |
| Racing Project Bandoh |
Toyota |
Toyota Celica |
19 |
Hiroki Katoh |
Y
|
All |
| Nobuteru Taniguchi |
All |
| Team Taisan |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3-R |
26 |
Yutaka Yamagishi |
Y
|
1–3, 8 |
| Kaoru Ijiri |
1–2 |
| Takashi Inoue |
3 |
| Isao Ihashi |
8 |
| Direxiv Motorsport |
Vemac |
Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B |
27 |
Shogo Mitsuyama |
Y
|
All |
| Yasuo Miyagawa |
1–6 |
| Hiroki Yoshimoto |
7–8 |
| Team Reckless |
Toyota |
Toyota MR-S |
30 |
Kota Sasaki |
M |
All |
| Tetsuya Yamano |
All |
| apr |
Toyota |
Toyota MR-S |
31 |
Kazuki Nakajima |
M |
All |
| Minoru Tanaka |
All |
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri |
ASL |
ASL Garaiya |
43 |
Morio Nitta |
M |
All |
| Shinichi Takagi |
All |
| MOLA |
Nissan |
Nissan Fairlady Z |
46 |
Takayuki Aoki |
Y
|
All |
| Kazuki Hoshino |
All |
| 47 |
Go Shimizu |
All |
| Tomonobu Fujii |
All |
| Toyota Team Cerumo |
Toyota |
Toyota Celica |
52 |
Katsuyuki Hiranaka |
K
|
All |
| Hironori Takeuchi |
All |
| R&D Sport |
Vemac |
Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348 |
62 |
Tadao Uematsu |
Y
|
All |
| Shinsuke Shibahara |
1–6, 8 |
| Hiroyuki Yagi |
7 |
| Team Gaikokuya |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3-RS |
70 |
Yoshimi Ishibashi |
Y
|
1–6 |
| Eiichi Tajima |
1, 3 |
| Hirofumi Takei |
2, 4–5 |
| Yutaka Yamagishi |
6 |
| 170 |
Yoshimi Ishibashi |
8 |
| Takashi Inoue |
8 |
| Teramoto Technical Office |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3-RSR |
72 |
Akira Hirakawa |
Y
|
All |
| Takashi Inoue |
1, 5 |
| Hiroshi Wada |
2–3, 7–8 |
| Akihiro Asai |
4 |
| Cusco Racing |
Subaru |
Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
77 |
Katsuo Kobayashi |
Y
|
All |
| Tatsuya Tanigawa |
All |
| JLOC |
Lamborghini |
Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 |
86 |
Koji Yamanishi |
Y
|
8 |
| Naohiro Furuya |
8 |
| 87 |
Hisashi Wada |
4–6, 8 |
| Naohiro Furuya |
4–5 |
| Marco Apicella |
6, 8 |
| Arktech Motorsports |
Porsche |
Porsche 986 Boxster |
110 |
Takashi Ohi |
Y
|
All |
| Ichijo Suga |
All |
| Porsche 996 GT3 Cup |
112 |
Atsushi Yogo |
1–3, 5–8 |
| Keita Sawa |
1–3 |
| Takaya Tsubobayashi |
5–8 |
| Team LeyJun |
Porsche |
Porsche 968 GT4 |
111 |
Hiroya Iijima |
Y
|
All |
| Masaki Jyonai |
All |
| 910 Racing |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3 RS |
777 |
Kazuyoshi Takamizawa |
Y
|
All |
| Sunako Jukucho |
All |
Schedule
Season results
Overall winner in bold
Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|
| 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.
|
|
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Withdrew (WD) |
| Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank |
Did not participate |
| Excluded (EX) |
|
Teams
| Rank |
Number/Team |
Car |
Points |
| 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 |
Kota Sasaki
Tetsuya Yamano |
#30 Reckless MR-S |
93 |
1 |
| 2 |
Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa |
#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX |
81 |
2 |
| 3 |
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi |
#43 ARTA Garaiya |
74 |
1 |
Teams
| Rank |
Number/Team |
Car |
Points |
| 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
Richard Lyons
Sebastien Philippe