2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX.[1] The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.

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The Honda NSX cars of team champions Mugen x Dome Project

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Yuji Tachikawa B All
Hironori Takeuchi All
33 Masahiko Kondo 1, 3–8
Ukyo Katayama 1, 3
Hayanari Shimoda 4–8
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Akira Iida B All
Juichi Wakisaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Katsutomo Kaneishi B All
Keiichi Tsuchiya All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Tetsuya Tanaka B All
Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1–5
Benoît Tréluyer 6–8
Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.2 L V6 16 Daisuke Ito B All
Dominik Schwager 1–4
Ryo Michigami 5–8
18 Richard Lyons All
Sébastien Philippe All
Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6 / Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 22 Michael Krumm B All
Satoshi Motoyama All
23 Érik Comas All
Masami Kageyama All
Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Shinichi Yamaji Y All
Seiji Ara 1, 3–8
Geoff Lees 2
Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 Haruki Kurosawa D 1–3, 5–8
Hideki Okada 1–3, 5–8
Project Mu Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 35 Masahiko Kageyama D All
Shigekazu Wakisaka All
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Takeshi Tsuchiya M All
Wayne Gardner All
37 Takuya Kurosawa All
Paolo Montin 1–7
Hideki Noda 8
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Jérémie Dufour Y All
Manabu Orido All
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 Tsugio Matsuda B All
Ralph Firman All
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 76 Naoki Hattori D All
Eiichi Tajima All
HKS Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz CLK Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0 L V8 87 Yudai Igarashi M 2–3, 6–8
Koji Yamanishi 2–3, 6–8
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo JGT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Marco Apicella D All
Hisashi Wada All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Hidetoshi Mitsusada B All
Hiroki Katoh 1, 3–8
Toshihiro Kaneishi 2

GT300

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Verno Tokai Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Akira Watanabe All
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Tetsuya Yamano Y All
Masataka Yanagida All
Zipspeed Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C4 Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V8 4 Izumi Yoshida D All
Toshiyuki Yamamoto 2
Naohiro Furuya 2–3, 5–6, 8
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 5 Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
"Gō Mifune" All
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Haruhiko Matsumoto Y All
Nobuteru Taniguchi 1–7
Takayuki Kinoshita 8
Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 9 Yosuke Shimoshima Y 1–4, 8
Tsunefumi Hiki 1
Masanobu Takenaka 2–5, 8
Akihiko Tsutsumi 5
Amprex Motorsports BMW BMW M3 (E46) BMW M52 3.2 L I6 15 Genji Hashimoto BF All
Charles Kwan All
TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Masahiro Matsunaga Y 1–3, 5–8
Ken Namekawa 1–3, 5–8
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Minoru Tanaka Y All
Satoshi Goto All
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW BMW M3 CSL BMW S50B32 3.2 L I6 21 Yasushi Kikuchi D All
Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 7
Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2–6, 8
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 24 Hideo Fukuyama Y All
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All
26 Atsushi Yogo All
Kazuyushi Nishizawa All
28 Yutaka Yamagishi All
Yukihiro Hane 1, 3–8
Jukuchou Sunako 2
Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 55 Eiji Yamada All
Takashi Shimizu 1–2, 5–8
Takayuki Kinoshita 3–4
ARTA with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Morio Nitta BF All
Shinichi Takagi All
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51 Naofumi Omoto Y 3–5, 7–8
Masanobu Kato 3–5, 7
Akira Ishikawa 8
R&D Sport Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 61 Yasuo Miyagawa D 1–5
Hiroaki Suga 1, 3
Tsubasa Kurosawa 2
Atsushi Katsumasa 4–5
62
Shinsuke Shibahara 1
Shogo Mitsuyama 1
Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
Shinsuke Shibahara 2–8
Shogo Mitsuyama 2–8
Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 63 "OSAMU" All
Takamasa Nakagawa All
Team Revolution Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 66 Tetsuya Shimizu Y 5, 6, 8
Shinji Abe 5
Mutsumi Shiono 6, 8
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi D All
Patrick van Schoote 1–5
Seiichi Sodeyama 6
Nobuo Komiya 7–8
SigmaTec Racing Team Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 71 Keita Sawa D All
Guts Jyonai All
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
Tatsuya Tanigawa All
Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 81 Nobuyuki Ohyagi Y All
Takayuki Aoki All
KRAFT Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 Masaoki Nagashima D All
Koji Matsuda All
Dentaire ProJet Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 360 Seigo Nishizawa Y 1–3, 5, 7–8
Kota Sasaki 1–3, 5, 7–8
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910 Hideshi Matsuda Y All
Yasuo Miyagawa 1
Adam Wilcox 2–8
911 Akira Hirakawa All
Toshihide Hashimura 1
Shigemitsu Haga 2–3, 6, 8
Jukuchou Sunako 5, 7

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

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

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 No. Driver TAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
Pts.
1 6 Akira Iida
Juichi Wakisaka
10 2 1 11 7 4 4 3 75
2 64 Tsugio Matsuda
Ralph Firman
1 11 Ret 1 12 14 6 1 74
3 1 Hironori Takeuchi
Yuji Tachikawa
4 1 16 9 1 13 9 6 65
4 100 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 9 5 2 5 8 2 Ret 4 63
5 16 Daisuke Ito 5 3 3 10 11 16 1 10 59
6 100 Hiroki Katoh 9 2 5 8 2 Ret 4 55
7 36 Takeshi Tsuchiya
Wayne Gardner
8 14 10 2 5 6 3 9 52
8 22 Satoshi Motoyama
Michael Krumm
11 7 7 4 2 10 2 Ret 51
9 18 Richard Lyons
Sébastien Philippe
2 15 16 13 6 1 12 14 47
10 8 Katsutomo Kaneishi
Keiichi Tsuchiya
7 4 13 6 9 8 8 2 29
11 37 Takuya Kurosawa Ret 12 5 3 3 7 Ret 16 38
12 37 Paolo Montin Ret 12 5 3 3 7 Ret 38
13 16 Dominik Schwager 5 3 3 10 35
14 39 Jérémie Dufour
Manabu Orido
3 Ret 12 DSQ 15 5 7 5 33
15 25 Shinichi Yamaji 6 13 11 Ret 4 9 5 7 32
16 25 Seiji Ara 6 11 Ret 4 9 5 7 32
17 76 Naoki Hattori
Eiichi Tajima
13 8 6 8 13 3 Ret Ret 27
18 16 Ryo Michigami 11 16 1 10 24
19 23 Érik Comas
Masami Kageyama
12 6 4 16 14 17 Ret 8 19
20 100 Toshihiro Kaneishi 5 8
21 33 Masahiko Kondo 15 9 7 16 12 11 13 6
22 33 Hayanari Shimoda 7 16 12 11 13 4
23 12 Tetsuya Tanaka 14 Ret 8 14 Ret 11 13 17 4
24 12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 14 Ret 8 14 Ret 3
25 35 Masahiko Kageyama
Shigekazu Wakisaka
17 10 Ret 12 10 15 10 12 3
26 30 Haruki Kurosawa
Hideki Okada
16 9 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 2
27 33 Ukyo Katayama 15 9 2
28 12 Benoît Tréluyer 11 13 17 1
- 25 Geoff Lees 13 0
- 88 Marco Apicella
Hisashi Wada
DNQ Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret 0
- 37 Hideki Noda 16 0
- 87 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 Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[2]

Rank Team No. TAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
Pts.
1 Mugen x Dome Project 16 5 3 3 10 11 16 1 10 96
18 2 15 16 13 6 1 12 14
2 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6 10 2 1 11 7 4 4 3 75
3 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64 1 11 19Ret 1 12 14 6 1 74
4 Toyota Team Cerumo 33 15 9 7 16 12 11 13 69
1 4 1 17 9 1 13 9 6
5 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 8 14 10 2 5 6 3 9 65
37 18Ret 12 5 3 3 7 18Ret 16
6 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 9 5 2 5 8 2 14Ret 4 63
7 Nismo 22 11 7 7 4 2 10 2 18Ret 62
23 12 6 4 15 14 17 17Ret 8
8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 7 4 13 6 9 8 8 2 46
9 Toyota Team SARD 39 3 17Ret 12 18DSQ 15 5 7 5 33
10 Tsuchiya Engineering 25 6 13 11 16Ret 4 9 5 7 32
11 Hitotsuyama Racing 76 13 8 6 8 13 3 15Ret 19Ret 27
12 Team Impul 12 14 18Ret 8 14 19Ret 11 13 17 4
13 Kraft 35 17 10 18Ret 12 10 15 10 12 3
14 Team Take One 30 16 9 14 17Ret 19Ret 20Ret 11 2
- JLOC 88 19DNQ 16Ret 15 17Ret 18Ret 18 19Ret 20Ret 0
- HKS 87 19DNQ 20DNQ 20Ret 16Ret 15 0
Rank Team No. TAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
Pts.

GT300 Drivers' championship

Rank No. Driver TAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
Pts.
1 31 Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
1 Ret 17 2 4 5 4 4 75
2 62 Shinsuke Shibahara
Shogo Mitsuyama
Ret 1 15 Ret 13 1 1 7 73
3 3 Tetsuya Yamano
Masataka Yanagida
4 Ret 1 3 3 4 Ret Ret 70
4 24 Hideo Fukuyama
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
2 Ret 16 5 1 7 Ret 2 65
5 81 Nobuyuki Ohyagi
Takayuki Aoki
3 Ret 12 7 2 Ret 12 1 56
6 910 Hideshi Matsuda
Adam Wilcox
8 4 Ret 4 6 8 2 5 55
7 26 Kazuyushi Nishizawa 5 3 7 10 7 3 3 17 54
8 77 Katsuo Kobayashi
Tatsuya Tanigawa
7 6 2 16 5 2 7 Ret 53
9 26 Atsushi Yogo 5 7 10 7 3 3 17 42
10 7 Haruhiko Matsumoto 6 12 Ret 1 12 Ret Ret 3 41
11 26/55/7 Takayuki Kinoshita 3 5 9 3 34
12 19 Satoshi Goto
Minoru Tanaka
18 5 Ret 6 22 6 6 12 31
13 7 Nobuteru Taniguchi 6 12 Ret 1 12 Ret Ret 29
14 55 Eiji Yamada 10 16 5 9 8 9 4 21 26
15 71 Guts Jyonai
Keita Sawa
14 2 Ret Ret 10 13 6 24
16 2 Kazuho Takahashi
Akira Watanabe
9 14 4 8 10 Ret Ret 9 22
17 55 Takashi Shimizu 10 16 8 9 4 21 16
18 63 "OSAMU"
Takamasa Nakagawa
17 Ret 3 15 17 13 10 DNS 13
18 28 Yutaka Yamagishi 11 7 6 11 11 17 Ret 8 13
20 28 Yukihiro Hane 11 6 11 11 17 Ret 8 9
21 28/911 Jukuchou Sunako 7 14 8 7
22 21 Yasushi Kikuchi 16 8 8 19 20 14 Ret Ret 6
22 21 Yasushi Hitotsuyama 8 8 19 20 Ret 6
22 911 Akira Hirakawa 15 DSQ 9 14 12 8 10 6
22 5 Tetsuji Tamanaka
"Gō Mifune"
Ret 9 18 18 24 16 Ret 13 6
26 70 Yoshimi Ishibashi Ret 15 10 Ret 16 15 9 20 3
26 911 Shigemitsu Haga DSQ 9 12 10 3
28 15 Genji Hashimoto
Charles Kwan
15 19 Ret 12 9 11 Ret 16 2
28 70 Nobuo Komiya 9 20 2
30 61 Yasuo Miyagawa 20 10 DNA 17 21 1
30 61 Tsubasa Kurosawa 10 1
30 70 Patrick van Schoote Ret 15 10 Ret 16 15 1
30 86 Masaoki Nagashima
Koji Matsuda
19 17 11 13 18 Ret Ret 19 1
- 17 Masahiro Matsunaga 12 11 14 23 Ret 11 0
- 17 Ken Namekawa 12 11 14 23 Ret 0
- 51 Naofumi Omoto 13 Ret 11 14 0
- 51 Takeshi Shirai 11 0
- 17 Takahiro Fujita 11 0
- 360 Seigo Nishizawa
Kota Sasaki
13 13 DNA Ret 15 0
- 51 Masanobu Kato 13 Ret 0
- 9 Masanobu Takenaka 18 14 15 18 0
- 9 Yosuke Shimoshima DNQ 18 14 18 0
- 21 Mikio Hitotsuyama 16 14 Ret 0
- 51 Akira Ishikawa 14 0
- 911 Toshihide Hashimura 15 0
- 9 Akihiko Tsutsumi 15 0
- 70 Seiichi Sodeyama 15 0
- 61 Atsushi Katsumasa 17 21 0
- 66 Tetsuya Shimizu 19 Ret Ret 0
- 66 Shinji Abe 19 0
- 61 Hiroaki Suga 20 DNA 0
- 66 Mutsumi Shiono Ret Ret 0
- 4 Izumi Yoshida DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ 0
- 4 Naohiro Furuya DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ 0
- 9 Tsunefumi Hioki DNQ 0
- 4 Toshiyuki Yamamoto DNQ 0
Rank No. Driver TAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
Pts.

GT300 Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.

Rank Team No. TAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
Pts.
1 Team Taisan with Advan 24 2 Ret 16 5 1 7 Ret 2 102
26 5 3 7 10 7 3 3 17
2 R&D Sport 62 Ret 1 15 Ret 13 1 1 7 85
63 17 Ret 3 15 17 13 10 DNS
3 ARTA with A'PEX 31 1 Ret 17 2 4 5 4 4 75
4 Hasemi Motorsport 3 4 Ret 1 3 3 4 Ret Ret 70
5 910 Racing 910 8 4 Ret 4 6 8 2 5 57
911 15 DSQ 9 14 12 8 10
6 Team Daishin 81 3 Ret 12 7 2 Ret 12 1 56
7 Cusco Racing 77 7 6 2 16 5 2 7 Ret 53
8 RE Amemiya Racing 7 6 12 Ret 1 12 Ret Ret 3 41
9 Team Taisan Advan jr. 28 11 7 6 11 11 17 Ret 8 33
55 10 16 5 9 8 9 4 21
10 Racing Project Bandoh 19 18 5 Ret 6 22 6 6 12 31
11 Sigma Tech Racing Team 71 14 2 Ret Ret 10 13 6 24
12 Verno Tokai Dream28 2 9 14 4 8 10 Ret Ret 9 22
13 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 16 8 8 19 20 14 Ret Ret 6
14 A&S Racing 5 Ret 9 18 18 24 16 Ret 13 6
15 Team Gaikokuya 70 Ret 15 10 Ret 16 15 9 20 3
16 Amprex Motorsports 15 15 19 Ret 12 9 11 Ret 16 2
17 R&D Sport Ex 61 20 10 DNA 17 21 1
18 KRAFT 86 19 17 11 13 18 Ret Ret 19 1
- TOM'S Spirit 17 12 11 14 23 Ret 11 0
- Auto Staff Racing 51 13 Ret 11 14 0
- Team Daikokuya 9 DNQ 18 14 15 18 0
- Dentaire ProJet Racing 360 13 13 DNA Ret 15 0
- Team Revolution 66 19 Ret Ret 0
- Zipspeed 4 DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ 0
Rank Team No. TAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
Pts.

References

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