2008 Super GT Series
The 2008 Autobacs Super GT Series was the sixteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourth season as the Super GT series. It marked as well as the twenty-sixth 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 race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. This was the first season for the new R35 GT-R, replacing the Z which had been used for all GT500 Nissan teams from 2004-2007. The season began on March 15 and ended on November 9, 2008 after 9 races.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Schedule
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Suzuka GT 300 km | Suzuka Circuit | March 16 |
2 | Okayama GT 300 km | Okayama International Circuit | April 13 |
3 | Fuji GT 500 km | Fuji Speedway | May 4 |
4 | Super GT International Series Malaysia | Sepang International Circuit | June 22 |
5 | SUGO GT 300 km | Sportsland SUGO | July 27 |
6 | International POKKA 1000km | Suzuka Circuit | August 24 |
7 | Motegi GT 300 km | Twin Ring Motegi | September 14 |
8 | Autopolis GT 300 km | Autopolis | October 19 |
9 | Fuji GT 300 km | Fuji Speedway | November 9 |
Season Winners
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.
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Teams' standings
Rank[1][2] | Team | No. | SUZ |
OKA |
FUJ |
SEP |
SUG |
SUZ |
MOT |
AUT |
FUJ |
Pts. |
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1 | Petronas Toyota Team TOM'S | 36 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 94 |
2 | ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo | 38 | 4 | 7 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 93 |
3 | Nismo | 23 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 86 |
4 | Team Impul | 12 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 78 |
5 | Dome Racing Team | 18 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 75 |
6 | Nismo | 22 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 69 |
7 | Houzan Toyota Team Kraft | 35 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 68 |
8 | Eneos Toyota Team LeMans | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 64 |
9 | Team Kunimitsu | 100 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | Ret | 60 |
10 | Nakajima Racing | 32 | 10 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 60 |
11 | Kondo Racing | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 56 |
12 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 1 | 14 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 54 |
13 | Hasemi Motorsport | 3 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 53 |
14 | Toyota Team Tsuchiya | 25 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 44 |
15 | Real Racing with LEON | 17 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
16 | Toyota Team SARD | 39 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
Rank | Team | No. | SUZ |
OKA |
FUJ |
SEP |
SUG |
SUZ |
MOT |
AUT |
FUJ |
Pts. |
GT300 Drivers' championship
Rank | Driver | No. | SUZ |
OKA |
FUJ |
SEP |
SUG |
SUZ |
MOT |
AUT |
FUJ |
Pts. |
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1 | Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda |
46 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 78 |
2 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
43 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | Ret | 9 | 2 | 9 | 77 |
3 | Nobuteru Taniguchi | 26 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 71 |
4 | Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh |
2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 11 | 68 |
5 | Takayuki Aoki Tomonobu Fujii |
81 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 62 |
6 | Tetsuya Yamano | 77 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 59 |
7 | Hiroyuki Iiri Ryo Orime |
7 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 20 | Ret | 54 |
8 | Shinichi Yamaji | 26 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 51 | |
9 | Keisuke Kunimoto | 95 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | Ret | 50 |
10 | Yuya Sakamoto | 31/95 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 49 |
11 | Kota Sasaki | 77 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 43 | ||
12 | Manabu Orido Tsubasa Abe |
19 | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 15 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 40 |
13 | Haruki Kurosawa | 62 | DNS | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 38 |
14 | Kyosuke Mineo | 31/43 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 17 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
15 | Kohei Hirate | 95 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 33 | ||
16 | Shinsuke Shibahara | 62 | DNS | 11 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 24 | |||
17 | Ryohei Sakaguchi Masaki Matsushita |
4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
18 | Shogo Mitsuyama | 62 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | ||||||
19 | Dominik Farnbacher | 26 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
20 | Koji Yamanishi Atsushi Yogo |
66 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 15 | 3 | Ret | 19 | 18 |
21 | Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama |
33 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 5 | Ret | 18 |
22 | Kazuya Oshima | 95 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||
23 | Carlo van Dam | 77 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |||||||
24 | Tetsuya Tanaka Masayuki Ueda |
11 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
25 | Hiroyuki Matsumura | 7 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||
26 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada Daisuke Ikeda |
110 | 9 | 17 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 13 | 20 | 11 | |
27 | Keita Sawa | 26 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
28 | Tetsuji Tamanaka | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 5 |
29 | Naoya Yamano | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | |
30 | Hiroshi Koizumi | 111 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 19 | Ret | 3 | |
31 | Tsubasa Kurosawa | 111 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 19 | Ret | 3 | ||
32 | Takuya Kurosawa Takuto Iguchi |
52 | DNS | Ret | 13 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 3 | |
33 | Takashi Inoue | 27 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 2 | ||||
34 | Hwang Jin Woo | 27 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 2 | |||||
35 | Yasuhiro Takasaki | 27 | 9 | 17 | 2 | |||||||
36 | Katsuhiko Tsutsui | 16/5 | 16 | Ret | 10 | 18 | Ret | 1 | ||||
37 | Yuhi Sekiguchi | 19 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||
- | Yutaka Yamagishi | 70/170 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 18 | Ret | 11 | 21 | 16 | 0 | |
- | Yoshimi Ishibashi | 70/170 | 18 | Ret | 11 | 21 | 0 | |||||
- | Kazuyoshi Takamizawa | 170 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
- | Hideshi Matsuda Naohiro Furuya |
88 | DNS | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 12 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 0 |
- | Yuya Sakamoto | 88 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
- | Takashi Miyamoto | 118 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 0 | |||
- | Shogo Suho Junichiro Yamashita |
666 | 17 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 0 | |
- | Takamori.com | 666 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
- | Hisashi Wada Muneyuki Kurihara |
87 | DNS | 19 | Ret | 20 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 21 | Ret | 0 |
- | Yoshihisa Namekata | 87 | DNP | 14 | 0 | |||||||
- | Guts Jyonai | 111/118 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | |||||
- | Akazame Oyaji | 70 | 15 | 20 | 0 | |||||||
- | Tadao Uematsu | 16/4 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||
- | Muneyuki Kurihara | 118 | 16 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
- | Hideki Yamauchi | 52/95 | 18 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
- | Koji Aoyama | 27 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||
- | Yasushi Kikuchi Shozo Tagahara |
808 | DNP | 18 | 0 | |||||||
- | Takashi Ohi | 118 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
- | Takehide Maeda | 70 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||
- | Hiroki Yoshimoto | 2 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
- | Tatsuya Tanigawa Hirofumi Takei |
9 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Takayuki Matsumoto | 9 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
- | Paul Ip | 111 | WD | 0 | ||||||||
Rank | Driver | No. | SUZ |
OKA |
FUJ |
SEP |
SUG |
SUZ |
MOT |
AUT |
FUJ |
Pts. |
GT300 Teams' standings
Rank | Team | No. | SUZ |
OKA |
FUJ |
SEP |
SUG |
SUZ |
MOT |
AUT |
FUJ |
Pts. |
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1 | MOLA | 46 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 104 |
2 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 43 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | Ret | 9 | 2 | 9 | 89 |
3 | Team Daishin | 81 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 85 |
4 | Team Taisan with Nishizawa | 26 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 83 |
5 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 11 | 82 |
6 | Cusco Racing | 77 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 71 |
7 | RE Amemiya Racing | 7 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 20 | Ret | 66 |
8 | apr | 95 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | Ret | 63 |
9 | WILLCOM R&D Sport | 62 | DNS | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 56 |
10 | apr | 31 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 52 | |
11 | Racing Project Bandoh | 19 | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 15 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 48 |
12 | Team Uematsu Nova | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 8 | 43 |
13 | Hankook KTR | 33 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 5 | Ret | 33 |
14 | JLOC | 66 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 15 | 3 | Ret | 19 | 28 |
15 | Jim Gainer Racing | 11 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
16 | Arktech Motorsports | 110 | 9 | 17 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 13 | 20 | 18 | |
17 | Team Mach | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 18 |
18 | Team Takeuchi with Shift | 52 | DNS | Ret | 13 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 12 | |
19 | Arktech Motorsports | 111 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 19 | Ret | 10 | |
20 | Team Shadow | 27 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 8 | ||||
21 | JLOC | 88 | DNS | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 12 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 7 |
22 | JLOC | 87 | DNS | 19 | Ret | 20 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 21 | Ret | 6 |
23 | Tomei Sports | 118 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 6 | |||
24 | Team Gaikokuya | 70 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 18 | Ret | 21 | 5 | |||
25 | Avanzza Rosso | 666 | 17 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 5 | |
26 | Team Gaikokuya | 170 | 11 | 16 | 2 | |||||||
27 | Team Uematsu Nova | 16 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 1 | ||||||
28 | Studie & Glad with Asada Racing | 808 | DNP | 18 | 1 | |||||||
29 | A&S Racing | 9 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
Rank | Team | No. | SUZ |
OKA |
FUJ |
SEP |
SUG |
SUZ |
MOT |
AUT |
FUJ |
Pts. |
Footnotes
- ^ "SUPERGT.net | Race Archive". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ^ Magazine, Speedsport. "Super GT & All Japan GT: Overview of seasons". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
External links
- Super GT official website (in English)