2007 Super GT Series

2007 Super GT Series
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The 2007 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 14th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the 3rd season as the Super GT series. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 18 and ended on November 4, 2007 after 9 races.

2007 RE Amemiya RX-7 (FD).

Major Developments in the Car Factories

In this season, while Nissan and Honda continued to use their Fairlady Z and Honda NSX in last season. Toyota finally replaced all Supra's, which served a very long time in Super GT(and JGTC) series history, into Lexus SC430. When the season was nearly closing, Nissan(more accurately, Nismo, the racing arm of Nissan) announced that they will use the Nissan GT-R in the 2008 season.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Houzan Toyota Team TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430	1	Juichi Wakisaka	B	All
				André Lotterer		All
				Oliver Jarvis		6
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	3	Sébastien Philippe	B	All
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	3	Masataka Yanagida	B	All
Forum Engineering Toyota Team LeMans	Lexus	Lexus SC430	6	Tatsuya Kataoka	B	All
Forum Engineering Toyota Team LeMans	Lexus	Lexus SC430	6	Björn Wirdheim	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	8	Ralph Firman	B	All
				Daisuke Ito		All
				Yuji Ide		6
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	12	Kazuki Hoshino	B	All
				Benoît Tréluyer		1–4, 6–9
				Jérémie Dufour		5–6
Rolling Stone Real Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	17	Katsutomo Kaneishi	B	All
				Toshihiro Kaneishi		All
				Takuya Izawa		6
Dome Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSX	18	Ryo Michigami	B	All
Dome Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSX	18	Takashi Kogure	B	All
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	22	Michael Krumm	B	All
			22	Tsugio Matsuda		All
			23	Satoshi Motoyama		All
				Richard Lyons		All
				Hironobu Yasuda		6
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	24	João Paulo de Oliveira	Y	All
Kondo Racing	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	24	Seiji Ara	Y	All
Toyota Team Tsuchiya	Lexus	Lexus SC430	25	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Y	All
Toyota Team Tsuchiya	Lexus	Lexus SC430	25	Manabu Orido	Y	All
Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	32	Loïc Duval	D	All
Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	32	Fabio Carbone	D	All
Bandai Toyota Team Kraft	Lexus	Lexus SC430	35	Naoki Hattori	D	All
				Peter Dumbreck		1–3, 6–9
				Ronnie Quintarelli		4–6
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus SC430	38	Toranosuke Takagi	B	All
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus SC430	38	Yuji Tachikawa	B	All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430	39	André Couto	B	All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430	39	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	B	All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX	100	Dominik Schwager	B	All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda NSX	100	Shinya Hosokawa	B	All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Honda Cars Tokai Dream28	Mooncraft	Mooncraft Shiden-Toyota	2	Kazuho Takahashi	Y	All
				Hiroki Katoh		All
				Hiroki Yoshimoto		6
Ebbro Team Nova	Vemac	Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348	4	Tetsuya Tanaka	Y	1–4, 6–9
				Shinsuke Yamazaki		1–4, 6–9
				Akira Watanabe		6
Team Mach	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Zytek ZV348 (1-4) Vemac RD320R-HPD C32B (5-9)	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka	K	All
				Hironori Takeuchi		All
				Keita Sawa		6
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	7	Hiroyuki Iiri	Y	All
				Ryo Orime		All
				Naoya Yamano		6
A&S Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900-Chevrolet	9	Osamu	D	1–3, 6, 9
				Guts Jyonai		1–3
				Masaki Tanaka		5–8
				Katsuhiko Tsutsui		5–9
Jim Gainer Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 360	11	Masayuki Ueda	Y	All
				Hideshi Matsuda		1–3, 6
				Ichijo Suga		4–9
Endless Sports	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	13	Tomonobu Fujii	Y	All
Endless Sports	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	13	Masami Kageyama	Y	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota Celica	19	Akira Iida	Y	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota	Toyota Celica	19	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Y	All
Team Taisan with Nishizawa	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	26	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	All
				Shinichi Yamaji		1–3
				Kazuyuki Nishizawa		4, 6
				Dominik Farnbacher		5–9
apr	Toyota	Toyota MR-S	31	Kyosuke Mineo	M	All
			31	Yuya Sakamoto		All
			101	Hiroaki Ishiura		All
			101	Kazuya Oshima		All
Hankook KTR	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	33	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	H	2–9
Hankook KTR	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	33	Yuya Sakamoto	H	2–9
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL Garaiya	43	Morio Nitta	M	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL Garaiya	43	Shinichi Takagi	M	All
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	46	Kota Sasaki	D	All
			46	Naoki Yokomizo		All
			47	Shogo Mitsuyama		All
			47	Shigekazu Wakisaka		All
DHG Racing	Ford	Ford GT	55	Daisuke Ikeda	Y	1–3, 5–9
				Taku Bamba		1–3, 5–9
				Hideo Fukuyama		6
Willcom R&D Sport	Vemac	Vemac RD408R-HPD C32B	62	Shinsuke Shibahara	Y	All
Willcom R&D Sport	Vemac	Vemac RD408R-HPD C32B	62	Haruki Kurosawa	Y	All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	66	Naohiro Furuya	Y	All
				Muneyuki Kurihara		All
				Atsushi Yogo		6
			67	Tsubasa Kurosawa		All
				Hisashi Wada		All
				Yasutaka Hinoi		6
		Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1	87	Yasutaka Hinoi		1–5, 9
				Atsushi Yogo		1–5, 9
				Yoshihisa Namekata		6
			88	Koji Yamanishi		1–5, 9
				Marco Apicella		1–3, 9
				Hideshi Matsuda		4–5
Team Gaikokuya	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	70	Hiroshi Koizumi	Y	1–3, 5–6
				Kazuyoshi Takamizawa		1
				Yoshimi Ishibashi		2–3, 5–6, 9
				Akazame Oyaji		6, 9
			71	Yoshimi Ishibashi		7–8
				Hirofumi Takei		7
				Yutaka Yamagishi		8
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	77	Tetsuya Yamano	D	All
Cusco Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	77	Takayuki Aoki	D	All
Yokoyama Racing	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	83	Tadao Uematsu	Y	1, 3
Yokoyama Racing	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	83	Ryohei Sakaguchi	Y	1, 3
Arktech Motorsports	Porsche	Porsche 986 Boxster	110	Takuya Kurosawa	Y	1–2
				Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Y	1–2
				Takuya Kurosawa	K	3–9
				Hidetoshi Mitsusada		3–9
			111	Yasushi Kikuchi		3, 5–6
				Takaya Tsubobayashi		3–6
				Guts Jyonai		5–6
			112	Hiroshi Koizumi		7–9
				Yasushi Kikuchi		7
				Guts Jyonai		8–9
Tomei Sports	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	118	Takashi Miyamoto	Y	1, 3, 8–9
				Shozo Tagahara		1, 3
				Takashi Ohi		8–9
Mario Racing	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	333	Takashi Inoue	Y	1–3
Mario Racing	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	333	Katsuo Kobayashi	Y	1–3
Team Uematsu	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	333	Tadao Uematsu	Y	4–7, 9
				Takashi Inoue		4, 6
				Ryohei Sakaguchi		5–6, 9
Avanzza Bomex	Vemac	Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B	666	Shogo Suho	K	All
				Junichiro Yamashita		All
				Masato Shimoyama		6

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	March 18
2	Okayama GT 300 km	Okayama International Circuit	April 8
3	Fuji GT 500 km	Fuji Speedway	May 4
4	Super GT International Series Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	June 24
5	SUGO GT 300 km	Sportsland SUGO	July 29
6	International POKKA 1000km	Suzuka Circuit	August 19
7	Motegi GT 300 km	Twin Ring Motegi	September 9
8	Autopolis GT 300 km	Autopolis	October 14
9	Fuji GT 300 km	Fuji Speedway	November 4

Season Winners

Rd	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
Rd	Circuit	GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	Suzuka	#38 Zent Cerumo SC430	#13 Endless Advan Senzaikakumei Z
1	Suzuka	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Masami Kageyama Tomonobu Fujii
2	Okayama	#8 ARTA NSX	#101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S
2	Okayama	Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Kazuya Oshima Hiroaki Ishiura
3	Mt. Fuji	#23 Xanavi NISMO Z	#43 ARTA Garaiya
3	Mt. Fuji	Satoshi Motoyama Richard Lyons	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi
4	Kuala Lumpur	#24 Woodone Clarion Kondo Z	#101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S
4	Kuala Lumpur	Seiji Ara João Paulo de Oliveira	Kazuya Oshima Hiroaki Ishiura
5	Sportsland SUGO	#8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX	#19 WedsSport Racing Celica
5	Sportsland SUGO	Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Akira Iida Yuhi Sekiguchi
6	Suzuka Report	#1 Toyota houzan TOM'S SC430	#2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden
6	Suzuka Report	Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer Oliver Jarvis	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh Hiroki Yoshimoto
7	Motegi	#18 Takata Dome NSX	#26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3
7	Motegi	Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure	Nobuteru Taniguchi Dominik Farnbacher
8	Autopolis	#8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX	#62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R
8	Autopolis	Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa
9	Mt. Fuji	#32 Epson Nakajima Racing NSX	#26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3
9	Mt. Fuji	Loïc Duval Fabio Carbone	Nobuteru Taniguchi Dominik Farnbacher

Standings

GT500 Drivers

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1
Qualifying	3	2	1
Fastest Lap	1	1	1

Only the best four 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.

Rank	Driver	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	PTS
1	Ralph Firman Daisuke Ito	12	1	9	9	1	2	12	1	8	94
2	Fabio Carbone Loïc Duval	3	4	Ret	15	3	13	4	9	1	69
3	Shinya Hosokawa Dominik Schwager	Ret	2	5	2	12	4	Ret	2	4	64
4	Takashi Kogure Ryo Michigami	13	7	11	Ret	2	12	1	5	10	63
5	Michael Krumm Tsugio Matsuda	5	3	2	10	Ret	6	2	4	9	63
6	André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka	7	5	DNS	8	5	1	6	6	6	54
7	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	1	11	6	4	11	7	14	Ret	4	53
8	Satoshi Motoyama Richard Lyons	2	Ret	1	14	Ret	3	13	12	14	48
9	Tatsuya Kataoka Björn Wirdheim	4	14	3	9	DNS	9	3	8	16	38
10	João Paulo de Oliveira Seiji Ara	Ret	15	Ret	1	10	10	5	Ret	5	34
11	Kazuki Hoshino	11	8	10	3	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	34
12	Sébastien Philippe Masataka Yanagida	10	13	4	7	4	8	11	7	15	30
13	Benoît Tréluyer	11	8	10	3		Ret	Ret	Ret	2	30
14	Katsutomo Kaneishi Toshihiro Kaneishi	6	10	Ret	12	Ret	5	7	Ret	3	29
15	André Couto Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Ret	12	8	13	6	11	10	3	13	21
16	Oliver Jarvis						1				20
17	Manabu Orido Takeshi Tsuchiya	9	6	Ret	5	8	Ret	8	10	12	20
18	Yuji Ide						2				15
19	Naoki Hattori	8	9	7	11	9	Ret	9	11	11	14
20	Hironobu Yasuda						3				12
21	Peter Dumbreck	8	9	7			Ret	9	11	11	12
22	Takuya Izawa						5				6
23	Jérémie Dufour					7	Ret				4
24	Ronnie Quintarelli				11	9	Ret				2
Rank	Driver	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	PTS

Teams

Rank	Number/Team	Car	Points
1	#8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ARTA NSX	108
2	#22 Nismo	Motul Autech Z	85
3	#32 Nakajima Racing	Epson NSX	81
4	#100 Team Kunimitsu	Raybrig NSX	81
5	#1 Toyota Team TOM'S	Houzan TOM'S SC430	78

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 3)

Drivers

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Kazuya Oshima Hiroaki Ishiura	#101 Toy Story Racing APR MR-S	89	2
2	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	#2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden	89	1
3	Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa	#62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R	76	1

Teams

Rank	Number/Team	Car	Points
1	#2 Cars Tokai Dream28	Privée KENZO Asset Shiden	106
2	#101 APR	Toy Story Racing APR MR-S	100
3	#62 Willcom R&D Sport	Willcom Advan Vemac 408R	91

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