2005 Super GT Series
The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the thirteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the first season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-third season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. It was the last season for the A80 version of the Toyota Supra, as the following year it would be replaced by the Lexus SC430. The season began on March 27 and ended on November 6, 2005 after 8 races. The champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300.
| 2005 Super GT | |||
| Previous: | 2004 | Next: | 2006 |
Drivers and teams
GT500
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GT300
| Team | Make | Car | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-Tec | Honda | Honda NSX | 0 |  Shinya Hosokawa |
D | All |
| Haruki Kurosawa |
All | |||||
| Verno Tokai Dream28-Honda | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B | 2 | Kazuho Takahashi |
Y | All |
| Akira Watanabe |
All | |||||
| Team Mach | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Y | All |
| Katsuhiko Tsutsui |
All | |||||
| RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | 7 | Hiroyuki Iiri |
Y | All |
| Shinichi Yamaji |
All | |||||
| A&S Racing | Mosler | Mosler MT900-Chevrolet | 9 | Junichiro Yamashita |
Y | All |
| Eiji Yamada |
1–4, 6–7 | |||||
| Shogo Suho |
5, 8 | |||||
| Chevrolet | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 913 | Hideo Fukuyama |
1–6 | ||
| Haruhiko Matsumoto |
1 | |||||
| Shogo Suho |
2–4, 6 | |||||
| Eiji Yamada |
5 | |||||
| Jim Gainer Racing | Ferrari | Ferrari 360 | 10 | Yasutaka Hinoi |
D | All |
| Hideshi Matsuda |
1–2, 4–5, 7–8 | |||||
| Taku Bamba |
3, 6 | |||||
| 11 |  Paolo Montin |
All | ||||
| Tetsuya Tanaka |
All | |||||
| Endless Sports | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 13 | Masami Kageyama |
Y | All |
| Mitsuhiro Kinoshita |
All | |||||
| Amprex Motorsports | Lotus | Lotus Exige 300RR | 15 |  Tengku Djan Ley |
Y | 4 |
 Norman Simon |
4 | |||||
| Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota Celica | 19 | Hiroki Katoh |
Y | All |
| Nobuteru Taniguchi |
All | |||||
| Team Taisan | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-R | 26 | Yutaka Yamagishi |
Y | 1–3, 8 |
| Kaoru Ijiri |
1–2 | |||||
| Takashi Inoue |
3 | |||||
| Isao Ihashi |
8 | |||||
| Direxiv Motorsport | Vemac | Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B | 27 | Shogo Mitsuyama |
Y | All |
| Yasuo Miyagawa |
1–6 | |||||
| Hiroki Yoshimoto |
7–8 | |||||
| Team Reckless | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | 30 | Kota Sasaki |
M | All |
| Tetsuya Yamano |
All | |||||
| apr | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | 31 | Kazuki Nakajima |
M | All |
| Minoru Tanaka |
All | |||||
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL Garaiya | 43 | Morio Nitta |
M | All |
| Shinichi Takagi |
All | |||||
| MOLA | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 46 | Takayuki Aoki |
Y | All |
| Kazuki Hoshino |
All | |||||
| 47 | Go Shimizu |
All | ||||
| Tomonobu Fujii |
All | |||||
| Toyota Team Cerumo | Toyota | Toyota Celica | 52 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka |
K | All |
| Hironori Takeuchi |
All | |||||
| R&D Sport | Vemac | Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348 | 62 | Tadao Uematsu |
Y | All |
| Shinsuke Shibahara |
1–6, 8 | |||||
| Hiroyuki Yagi |
7 | |||||
| Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 70 | Yoshimi Ishibashi |
Y | 1–6 |
| Eiichi Tajima |
1, 3 | |||||
| Hirofumi Takei |
2, 4–5 | |||||
| Yutaka Yamagishi |
6 | |||||
| 170 | Yoshimi Ishibashi |
8 | ||||
| Takashi Inoue |
8 | |||||
| Teramoto Technical Office | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 72 | Akira Hirakawa |
Y | All |
| Takashi Inoue |
1, 5 | |||||
| Hiroshi Wada |
2–3, 7–8 | |||||
| Akihiro Asai |
4 | |||||
| Cusco Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 77 | Katsuo Kobayashi |
Y | All |
| Tatsuya Tanigawa |
All | |||||
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 | 86 | Koji Yamanishi |
Y | 8 |
| Naohiro Furuya |
8 | |||||
| 87 | Hisashi Wada |
4–6, 8 | ||||
| Naohiro Furuya |
4–5 | |||||
| Marco Apicella |
6, 8 | |||||
| Arktech Motorsports | Porsche | Porsche 986 Boxster | 110 | Takashi Ohi |
Y | All |
| Ichijo Suga |
All | |||||
| Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 112 | Atsushi Yogo |
1–3, 5–8 | |||
| Keita Sawa |
1–3 | |||||
| Takaya Tsubobayashi |
5–8 | |||||
| Team LeyJun | Porsche | Porsche 968 GT4 | 111 | Hiroya Iijima |
Y | All |
| Masaki Jyonai |
All | |||||
| 910 Racing | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3 RS | 777 | Kazuyoshi Takamizawa |
Y | All |
| Sunako Jukucho |
All |
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okayama GT 300 km Race |
Okayama International Circuit | March 27 |
| 2 | Fuji GT 500 km Race |
Fuji International Speedway | May 4 |
| 3 | Japan GT Championship Malaysia |
Sepang International Circuit | June 26 |
| 4 | SUGO GT 300 km Race |
Sportsland Sugo | July 24 |
| 5 | Motegi GT 300 km Race |
Twin Ring Motegi | September 4 |
| 6 | Fuji GT 300 km Race |
Fuji International Speedway | September 25 |
| 7 | Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km |
Autopolis International Race Course | October 16 |
| 8 | Suzuka GT 300 km |
Suzuka Circuit | November 6 |
Season results
Overall winner in bold
| Round | Circuit | GT500 Winning Team | GT300 Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| GT500 Winning Drivers | GT300 Winning Drivers | ||
| 1 | Okayama | #25 Eclipse Advan Supra |
#13 Endless Advan Z |
| Manabu Orido Dominik Schwager |
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama | ||
| 2 | Mt. Fuji | #38 Zent Cerumo Supra |
#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX |
| Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi |
Haruki Kurosawa Shinya Hosokawa | ||
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur | #1 Xanavi Nismo Z |
#43 ARTA Garaiya |
Satoshi Motoyama  Richard Lyons |
Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi | ||
| 4 | Sportsland SUGO | #37 Dynacity TOM'S Supra |
#31 Kicchouhouzan MR-S |
| Tatsuya Kataoka Sakon Yamamoto |
Minoru Tanaka Kazuki Nakajima | ||
| 5 | Motegi | #100 Raybrig NSX |
#46 Dream Cube's Advan Z |
 Sebastien Philippe Jeremie Dufour |
Kazuki Hoshino Takayuki Aoki | ||
| 6 | Mt. Fuji | #38 Zent Cerumo Supra |
#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX |
| Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi |
Haruki Kurosawa Shinya Hosokawa | ||
| 7 | Autopolis | #8 ARTA NSX |
#30 Reckless MR-S |
| Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman |
Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano | ||
| 8 | Suzuka | #38 Zent Cerumo Supra |
#11 Jim Gainer Ferrari Dunlop |
| Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi |
Tetsuya Tanaka Paolo Montin |
Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Qualifying | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Fastest Lap | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
- There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
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Teams
| Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1, #22 Nismo | Nissan Fairlady Z | 86 |
| 2 | #8, #18 Team Honda Racing | Honda NSX | 82 |
| 3 | #36, #37 Toyota Team TOM'S | Open Interface TOM'S Supra | 73 |
| 4 | #38 Toyota Team Cerumo | Zent Cerumo Supra | 67 |
| 5 | #6 Esso Toyota Team LeMans | Esso Ultraflo Supra | 51 |
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano |
#30 Reckless MR-S | 93 | 1 |
| 2 | Haruki Kurosawa Shinya Hosokawa |
#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX | 81 | 2 |
| 3 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
#43 ARTA Garaiya | 74 | 1 |
Teams
| Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #30 Team Reckless | Reckless MR-S | 93 |
| 2 | #0 M-TEC Co.,Ltd. | Ebbro M-TEC NSX | 81 |
| 3 | #43 ARTA | ARTA Garaiya | 74 |
External links
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