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.
Contents
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
GT300
Schedule
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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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 |
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GT500 Winning Drivers | GT300 Winning Drivers | ||
1 | Suzuka | #38 Zent Cerumo SC430 | #13 Endless Advan Senzaikakumei Z |
Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi |
Masami Kageyama Tomonobu Fujii |
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2 | Okayama | #8 ARTA NSX | #101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S |
Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman |
Kazuya Oshima Hiroaki Ishiura |
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3 | Mt. Fuji | #23 Xanavi NISMO Z | #43 ARTA Garaiya |
Satoshi Motoyama Richard Lyons |
Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
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4 | Kuala Lumpur | #24 Woodone Clarion Kondo Z | #101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S |
Seiji Ara João Paulo de Oliveira |
Kazuya Oshima Hiroaki Ishiura |
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5 | Sportsland SUGO | #8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX | #19 WedsSport Racing Celica |
Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman |
Akira Iida Yuhi Sekiguchi |
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6 | Suzuka Report |
#1 Toyota houzan TOM'S SC430 | #2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden |
Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer Oliver Jarvis |
Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh Hiroki Yoshimoto |
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7 | Motegi | #18 Takata Dome NSX | #26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3 |
Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure |
Nobuteru Taniguchi Dominik Farnbacher |
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8 | Autopolis | #8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX | #62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R |
Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman |
Shinsuke Shibahara Haruki Kurosawa |
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9 | Mt. Fuji | #32 Epson Nakajima Racing NSX | #26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3 |
Loïc Duval Fabio Carbone |
Nobuteru Taniguchi Dominik Farnbacher |
Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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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.
Teams
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GT300 Class (Top 3)
Drivers
Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
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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 |
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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 |
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2007 in Super GT. |
- Super GT official race archive (English)