2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The 2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the ninth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the nineteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champions of 2001 were the #38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra team driven by Yuji Tachikawa and Hironori Takeuchi, who had not won a single race during the season. In the GT300 category, the class champions were the #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia driven by Takayuki Aoki and Noboyuki Oyagi.
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| Previous: | 2000 | Next: | 2002 |
This season marked the final competitive race victory for the McLaren F1 GTR, when Team Take One won the CP Mine GT Race.
Drivers and teams
GT500
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Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT Championship in TI |  TI Circuit |
April 15 |
| 2 | All Japan Fuji GT Race | Fuji Speedway |
May 4 |
| 3 | SUGO GT Championship | Sportsland SUGO |
May 27 |
| NC | Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia |  Sepang Circuit |
June 24 |
| 4 | Japan Special GT Cup | Fuji Speedway |
August 5 |
| 5 | Motegi GT Championship Race | Twin Ring Motegi |
September 16 |
| 6 | Suzuka GT 300 km | Suzuka Circuit |
October 28 |
| 7 | CP Mine GT Race | Mine Circuit |
November 11 |
Season results
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 |
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Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takayuki Aoki Noboyuki Oyagi |
#81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia | 66 | 2 |
| 2 | Haruhiko Matsumoto Tetsuya Yamano |
#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 | 54 | 1 |
| 3 | Hisashi Wada Sunako Jukucho |
#910 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R | 54 | 0 |
| 4 | Masataka Yanagida Yuji Ide |
#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia | 53 | 0 |
| 5 | Hideshi Matsuda Kazuyuki Nishizawa |
#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3R | 49 | 0 |
External links
- Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in Japanese)
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