2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
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The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the 9th season of what is now Super GT, and the 20th overall season of JAF-sanctioned sports car racing. The GT500 champions of 2002 were the #6 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra team driven by Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida and the GT300 class champions were the #31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Supra	1	Yuji Tachikawa	B	All
			1	Hironori Takeuchi		All
			33	Masahiko Kondo		1, 3–8
				Ukyo Katayama		1, 3
				Hayanari Shimoda		4–8
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	6	Akira Iida	B	All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	6	Juichi Wakisaka	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	8	Katsutomo Kaneishi	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	8	Keiichi Tsuchiya	B	All
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	12	Tetsuya Tanaka	B	All
				Kazuyoshi Hoshino		1–5
				Benoît Tréluyer		6–8
Mugen x Dome Project	Honda	Honda NSX	16	Daisuke Ito	B	All
				Dominik Schwager		1–4
				Ryo Michigami		5–8
			18	Richard Lyons		All
			18	Sébastien Philippe		All
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	22	Michael Krumm	B	All
			22	Satoshi Motoyama		All
			23	Érik Comas		All
			23	Masami Kageyama		All
Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota	Toyota Supra	25	Shinichi Yamaji	Y	All
				Seiji Ara		1, 3–8
				Geoff Lees		2
Team Take One	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	30	Haruki Kurosawa	D	1–3, 5–8
Team Take One	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	30	Hideki Okada	D	1–3, 5–8
Project Mu Kraft	Toyota	Toyota Supra	35	Masahiko Kageyama	D	All
Project Mu Kraft	Toyota	Toyota Supra	35	Shigekazu Wakisaka	D	All
Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota Supra	36	Takeshi Tsuchiya	B	All
			36	Wayne Gardner		All
			37	Takuya Kurosawa		All
				Paolo Montin		1–7
				Hideki Noda		8
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	39	Jérémie Dufour	Y	All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	39	Manabu Orido	Y	All
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	64	Tsugio Matsuda	B	All
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	64	Ralph Firman	B	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	78	Naoki Hattori	D	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	78	Eiichi Tajima	D	All
HKS	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class	87	Yudai Igarashi	M	2–3, 6–8
HKS	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class	87	Koji Yamanishi	M	2–3, 6–8
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo GT-1	88	Marco Apicella	D	All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo GT-1	88	Hisashi Wada	D	All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Honda	Honda NSX	100	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	B	All
				Hiroki Katoh		1, 3–8
				Toshihiro Kaneishi		2

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	GT Championship in TI	TI Circuit	April 14
2	All Japan Fuji GT Race	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	SUGO GT Championship	Sportsland SUGO	May 26
4	Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia	Sepang Circuit	June 23
5	Japan Special GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	July 28
6	Motegi GT Championship Race	Twin Ring Motegi	September 15
7	CP Mine GT Race	Mine Circuit	October 27
8	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	November 17

Season results

Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	TI Circuit	#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	#31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
1	TI Circuit	Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi
2	Mt. Fuji	#1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra	#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
2	Mt. Fuji	Yuji Tachikawa Hironori Takeuchi	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara
3	Sportsland SUGO	#6 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra	#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
3	Sportsland SUGO	Juichi Wakisaka Akira Iida	Masataka Yanagida Tetsuya Yamano
4	Sepang Circuit	#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
4	Sepang Circuit	Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	Haruhiko Matsumoto Nobuteru Taniguchi
5	Mt. Fuji	#1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra	#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996
5	Mt. Fuji	Yuji Tachikawa Hironori Takeuchi	Hideo Fukuyama Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
6	Twin Ring Motegi	#18 Takata Dome Honda NSX	#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
6	Twin Ring Motegi	Sebastien Philippe Richard Lyons	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara
7	Mine Circuit	#16 Mugen Honda NSX	#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
7	Mine Circuit	Ryo Michigami Daisuke Ito	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara
8	Suzuka Circuit	#64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX	#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
8	Suzuka Circuit	Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	Takayuki Aoki Noboyuki Oyagi

Standings

GT500 Drivers

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1
Qualifying	1	1	1
Fastest Lap	1	1	1

Rank	Driver	TAI	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	PTS
1	Akira Iida Juichi Wakisaka	10	2	1	11	7	4	4	3	75
2	Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	1	11	Ret	1	12	14	6	1	74
3	Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa	4	1	16	9	1	13	9	6	65
4	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	9	5	2	5	8	2	Ret	4	63
5	Daisuke Ito	5	3	3	10	11	16	1	10	59
6	Hiroki Katoh	9		2	5	8	2	Ret	4	55
7	Takeshi Tsuchiya Wayne Gardner	8	14	10	2	5	6	3	9	52
8	Satoshi Motoyama Michael Krumm	11	7	7	4	2	10	2	Ret	51
9	Richard Lyons Sébastien Philippe	2	15	16	13	6	1	12	14	47
10	Katsutomo Kaneishi Keiichi Tsuchiya	7	4	13	6	9	8	8	2	29
11	Takuya Kurosawa	Ret	12	5	3	3	7	Ret	16	38
12	Paolo Montin	Ret	12	5	3	3	7	Ret		38
13	Dominik Schwager	5	3	3	10					35
14	Jérémie Dufour Manabu Orido	3	Ret	12	Ret	15	5	7	5	33
15	Shinichi Yamaji	6	13	11	Ret	4	9	5	7	32
16	Seiji Ara	6		11	Ret	4	9	5	7	32
17	Naoki Hattori Eiichi Tajima	13	8	6	8	13	3	Ret	Ret	27
18	Ryo Michigami					11	16	1	10	24
19	Érik Comas Masami Kageyama	12	6	4	16	14	17	Ret	8	19
20	Toshihiro Kaneishi		5							8
21	Masahiko Kondo	15		9	7	16	12	11	13	6
22	Hayanari Shimoda				7	16	12	11	13	4
23	Tetsuya Tanaka	14	Ret	8	14	Ret	11	13	17	4
24	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	14	Ret	8	14	Ret				3
25	Masahiko Kageyama Shigekazu Wakisaka	17	10	Ret	12	10	15	10	12	3
26	Haruki Kurosawa Hideki Okada	16	9	14		Ret	Ret	Ret	11	2
27	Ukyo Katayama	15		9						2
28	Benoît Tréluyer						11	13	17	1
	Geoff Lees		13							0
	Marco Apicella Hisashi Wada	DNQ	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	0
	Hideki Noda								16	0
	Yudai Igarashi Koji Yamanishi		DNQ	DNQ			Ret	Ret	Ret	0
Rank	Driver	TAI	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	PTS

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

GT300 Class (Top 5)

Drivers

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	#31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S	75	1
2	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara	#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R	73	3
3	Masataka Yanagida Tetsuya Yamano	#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia	70	1
4	Hideo Fukuyama Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996	65	1
5	Takayuki Aoki Noboyuki Oyagi	#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia	56	1

External links

Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in Japanese)
2002 season results

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