2006 Super GT season
The 2006 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 13th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the 2nd 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 19 and ended on November 5, 2006 after 9 races.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
| Team |
Make |
Car |
No. |
Drivers |
Tyre |
Rounds |
| Cars Tokai Dream28-Toyota |
Mooncraft |
Mooncraft Shiden |
2 |
 Kazuho Takahashi |
Y
|
All |
| Hiroki Katoh |
All |
| Hiroki Yoshimoto |
6 |
| Team Mach |
Vemac |
Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B |
5 |
Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Y
|
All |
| Katsuhiko Tsutsui |
All |
| Akira Watanabe |
6 |
| RE Amemiya Racing |
Mazda |
Mazda RX-7 |
7 |
Hiroyuki Iiri |
Y
|
1, 3–9 |
| Tetsuya Yamano |
1, 3–9 |
| Shinichi Yamaji |
6 |
| A&S Racing |
Mosler |
Mosler MT900-Chevrolet |
9 |
Osamu Nakajima |
Y
|
1–3, 5–9 |
| Takaya Tsubobayashi |
1 |
| Masaki Tanaka |
2–3, 5–9 |
| Jim Gainer Racing |
Ferrari |
Ferrari 360 |
10 |
Hiromi Kozono |
D |
1–7, 9 |
| Naofumi Omoto |
1–7, 9 |
| Eiji Yamada |
6 |
| 11 |
Tetsuya Tanaka |
All |
| Takayuki Aoki |
All |
| Endless Sports |
Nissan |
Nissan Fairlady Z |
13 |
Tomonobu Fujii |
Y
|
All |
| Masami Kageyama |
All |
| Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3-R |
14 |
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita |
H
|
All |
| Kyosuke Mineo |
All |
| Sunako Jukucho |
6 |
| Racing Project Bandoh |
Toyota |
Toyota Celica |
19 |
Koji Matsuda |
Y
|
All |
| Shigekazu Wakisaka |
All |
| Team Taisan with Nishizawa |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3-RS |
26 |
Kazuyuki Nishizawa |
Y
|
2–3, 9 |
| Shinichi Yamaji |
2–3, 9 |
| Direxiv Motorsport |
Vemac |
Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B |
27 |
Shogo Mitsuyama |
Y
|
1–6 |
| Nobuteru Taniguchi |
1–6 |
| MOLA |
Nissan |
Nissan Fairlady Z |
46 |
Kota Sasaki |
D |
All |
| Taku Bamba |
All |
| 47 |
Hironobu Yasuda |
All |
| Masaoki Nagashima |
All |
| Toyota Team Cerumo |
Toyota |
Toyota Celica |
52 |
Hironori Takeuchi |
K
|
1–3, 5–9 |
| Koki Saga |
1–3, 5–9 |
| Keita Sawa |
6 |
| DHG Racing |
Ford |
Ford GT |
55 |
Daisuke Ikeda |
Y
|
All |
| Hidetoshi Mitsusada |
All |
| Hiroaki Ishiura |
6 |
| R&D Sport |
Vemac |
Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B |
61 |
Shogo Mitsuyama |
Y
|
7–9 |
| Nobuteru Taniguchi |
7–9 |
| Vemac RD408R-Honda C32B |
62 |
Shinsuke Shibahara |
All |
| Hiroyuki Yagi |
1–4 |
| Haruki Kurosawa |
5–9 |
| Team Gaikokuya |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3-RS |
70 |
Yoshimi Ishibashi |
Y
|
1–4, 6 |
| Akira Hirakawa |
1–4 |
| Yutaka Yamagishi |
6–7 |
| Isao Ihashi |
6 |
| Cusco Racing |
Subaru |
Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
77 |
Katsuo Kobayashi |
Y
|
5, 7–9 |
| Tatsuya Tanigawa |
5 |
| Yasushi Kikuchi |
7–9 |
| JLOC |
Lamborghini |
Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 |
87 |
Koji Yamanishi |
Y
|
1–3, 5–9 |
| Hisashi Wada |
1–3, 5–9 |
| Atsushi Yogo |
6 |
| 88 |
 Marco Apicella |
1–3, 5–9 |
| Yasutaka Hinoi |
1–3, 5–9 |
| Naohiro Furuya |
6 |
| Ebbro Team Nova |
Vemac |
Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348 |
96 |
Takuya Kurosawa |
D |
All |
| Tsubasa Kurosawa |
All |
| apr |
Toyota |
Toyota MR2 |
101 |
Morio Nitta |
M |
All |
| Shinichi Takagi |
All |
| 777 |
Minoru Tanaka |
All |
| Kazuya Oshima |
All |
| Keiichi Kobayashi |
6 |
| Arktech Motorsports |
Porsche |
Porsche 986 Boxster |
110 |
Hideshi Matsuda |
Y
|
All |
| Ichijo Suga |
All |
| Takaya Tsubobayashi |
6 |
| Team LeyJun |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup |
111 |
Hiroya Iijima |
Y
|
1, 3, 6–7 |
| Masaki Jyonai |
1, 3, 6–7 |
| Takeshi Namekawa |
6 |
| Team Bomex Dream28 |
Honda |
Honda NSX |
666 |
Shogo Suho |
Y
|
1–7, 9 |
| Junichiro Yamashita |
1, 3–7, 9 |
| Yasuhiro Takasaki |
2 |
| 910 Racing With Team Ishimatsu |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR |
910 |
Tadao Uematsu |
Y
|
1–4, 6–7, 9 |
| Yasushi Kikuchi |
1–4, 6 |
| Ryohei Sakaguchi |
6, 9 |
| Shinichi Yamaji |
7 |
Schedule
Season results
Overall winner in bold
Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
|---|
| Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Suzuka 1000 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Qualifying | 4 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fastest Lap | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
- Only the best five results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
- 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 | Retired (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 (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) |
|
Teams
GT300 Class (Top 3)
Drivers
| Rank |
Drivers |
Number/Team |
Points |
Wins |
| 1 |
Tetsuya Yamano
Hiroyuki Iiri |
#7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7 |
86 |
1 |
| 2 |
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Katoh |
#2 Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden |
86 |
1 |
| 3 |
Shogo Mitsuyama
Nobuteru Taniguchi |
#61 enable Advan Vemac 320R |
75 |
0 |
Teams
| Rank |
Number/Team |
Car |
Points |
| 1 |
#7 RE Amemiya Racing |
Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7 |
78 |
| 2 |
#27 Direxiv Motorsport |
direxiv Advan 320R |
67 |
| 3 |
#2 Verno Tokai Dream 28 |
Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden |
63 |
External links
Japan GT Championship Malaysia
André Lotterer
Peter Dumbreck
Ralph Firman
Benoît Tréluyer