2014 D1 Grand Prix season

2014 D1 Grand Prix season
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The 2014 D1 Grand Prix season is the fourteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the ninth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The season began on March 29 at Fuji Speedway for the D1GP[1] and April 12 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit.[2] The series will conclude on October 19 with the D1 Champions' event at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course.

Regulation changes

Starting in the 2014 season, nitrous use was banned and cars are required to have catalytic converters. Also, exhaust pipes have to be pointed towards the ground.[3]

Schedule

Round Venue Location Date Winner Car
D1GP D1SL
1 Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture March 29–30 --1 --
1 Bihoku Highland Circuit Hiroshima Prefecture April 12–13 Naoki Nakamura Nissan PS13
2 Maze Sea Circuit Niigata Prefecture May 10–11 Ono Toruno Nissan C33
2 Suzuka Circuit Mie Prefecture May 24–25 Kenji Takayama[4] Lexus GRS191
3 Seto Inland Sea Circuit Ehime Prefecture June 7–8 Naoki Nakamura Nissan PS13
4 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture July 12–13
3 Autopolis Ōita Prefecture July 26–27
4/5 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture August 22–24
5 Meihan Sportsland Nara Prefecture September 6–7
6 Nikkō Circuit Tochigi Prefecture October 4–5
6 Odaiba Tokyo Prefecture October 17–18
D1 Champions' Odaiba Tokyo Prefecture October 19
  1. Event was cancelled due to weather[5]

Drivers' rankings

D1GP

Position Driver Car Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Rd.5 Rd.6 Total
1st Japan Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota GRX130 13.5 25 40.5
2nd Japan Kenji Takayama Lexus GRS191 4 25 39
3rd Japan Masao Suenaga Maxda RX-8 SE3P 8.5 30 38.5
4th Japan Naoto Suenaga Nissan S15 11 20 31
5th Japan Manabu Orido Toyota ZN6 6 22 28
6th Japan Tomohiro Murayama Nissan S14 0 25 25
7th Japan Akinori Utsumi Nissan S15 9.5 15 24.5
8th Japan Masashi Yokoi Nissan S15 10 14 24
9th Japan Kazuya Bai Nissan RPS13 10.5 13 23.5
10th Japan Tetsuya Hibino Toyota ZN6 2 21 23
11th Japan Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan S15 2.5 19 21.5
12th Japan Takahiro Ueno BMW E92 5 16 21
13th Japan Kazuya Matsukawa Toyota AE85 17.5 3 20.5
14th Japan Daigo Saito Lexus GSE20 7.5 12 19.5
15th Japan Tatsuya Kataoka Toyota JZA80 15 4 19
16th Japan Tsuyoshi Tezuka Toyota JZX100 12.5 6 18.5
17th Japan Teruyoshi Iwai Daihatsu A35 0 17 17
18th Japan Yuji Tanaka Toyota JZA80 6.5 7 13.5
19th Japan Masato Kawabata Nissan R35 1.5 11 12.5
20th Japan Yukio Matsui Mazda RX-7 FD3S 0 10 10
21st Japan Seimi Tanaka Nissan S15 8 0 8
Japan Masayoshi Tokita Toyota GRS184 8 0 8
23rd Japan Youichi Imamura Toyota ZN6 7 0 7
24th Indonesia Emmanuel Amandio Toyota JZX100 5.5 0 5.5
25th United States Robbie Nishida Toyota JZX90 0 5 5
26th Japan Atsushi Taniguchi Toyota JZX100 3.5 0 3.5
27th Australia Andy Gray Toyota JZX100 3 0 3
28th Japan Tomohiro Ooshima Toyota GZ20 0 2 2
29th Japan Yoshifumi Tadokoro Toyota AE86 1 0 1
30th Japan Shinji Sagisaka Toyota SXE10 0 1 1

References

  1. "2014 Event Schedule". d1gp.co.jp. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. "2014 Event Schedule". d1sl.jp. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. "D1GP going green in 2014". wreckedmagazine.com. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. "D1 Grand Prix Round 2 at Suzuka Results". wreckedmagazine.com. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  5. "TRUST Event Coverage from D1GP Rd.1 Fuji". greddy-gr9.blogspot.com. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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