2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup

The 2024 Bridgestone TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup was the twelfth running of the TGR GR86/BRZ Cup, a one-make motor racing championship for Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ sports cars operated by Toyota Gazoo Racing.[1] The championship featured a mix of Toyota factory drivers, independent professional drivers, and gentleman drivers, and commenced on 11 May at Sportsland SUGO before concluding on 24 November at Mobility Resort Motegi.

Tōgo Suganami dominated the season, taking a record-breaking six race victories, five pole positions, and seven podiums from the season's eight races to clinch his second championship title during the penultimate round at Suzuka. Defending champion Takuto Iguchi finished second, having scored less than half of Suganami's final points tally, with Iguchi and Takamitsu Matsui winning one race each.[2]

Teams and drivers

Professional Series

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Rounds
Subaru Team Takuty 1 Takuto Iguchi All
87 Rintarō Kubo All
ATRACT/K 62 Kenji Nakahama 1, 3
Junpei Katoh 7
Recaro Racing Team 906 Kōta Sasaki 1, 4
Tsubasa Kondō 2–3, 5–7
909 Takashi Kogure All
Toyota KIMInternational 3 Kengo Ichijou 1–4, 7
Mansaku Jidousya 5 Takashi Inoue All
T by Two CABANA Racing 7 Yuui Tsutsumi All
700 Hikaru Jitōsho All
GR Garage Urawamisono with GB 8 Keiichi Watanabe 1, 3, 6–7
160 Hiroki Yoshida All
OTG Motor Sports 10 Tōgo Suganami All
60 Ryo Ogawa 2–7
70 Naoki Hattori All
80 Reimei Itō 1–4, 6–7
Okabe Jidosha Motorsport 12 Ai Miura 3
14 Seiya Motojima 1, 3
K-one Racing Team 17 Nobuteru Taniguchi All
85 Shunji Okumoto 1–2, 4–7
Ibaraki Toyopet Racing Team 18 Yūichi Nakayama All
KM Racing 31 Takayuki Aoki All
Team OTHR 32 Tomoaki Ichimori 3, 5–6
Ogura Clutch with Revolution 34 Masahiro Sasaki All
COROLLA SHIN-IBARAKI CSIRacing 38 Seita Nonaka 7
Takashima Noboru 50 Noboru Takashima 5
Kamakura Yuuki 55 Yūki Kamakura 3, 6
Tochigi Toyota T2FACTORY 56 Yoshiyuki Tsuruga All
4MINUTES Co., Ltd. R&D 72 Natsu Sakaguchi All
Morikawa Motoo 76 Motoo Morikawa 2–3, 5–6
DTEC Team MASTER ONE 97 Tomoki Takahashi 4–7
98 Yūya Motojima All
RSS 144 Miki Onaga 2–5, 7
Netz Hyōgo Racing Team 121 Naoya Gamou All
Netz Tōyama Racing 123 Takamitsu Matsui 1, 3, 5–7
Nine with ARN RACING 199 Kōki Saga 1–3
Rikuto Kobayashi 6–7
KTMS 225 Hibiki Taira 1–2, 5–7
KSM 293 Daichi Okamoto All
HOJUST RACING 501 Takeshi Suehiro 5
Delta Motorsports 504 Yūsuke Tomibayashi All
Team MEISHIN 550 Shōtarō Munetou All
MAX ORIDO RACING 559 Maaya Orido 3
M Planning 910 Hiroyuki Saka 1–3, 5–7
Source:[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan. The provisional calendar was announced on 1 December 2023.[10] All rounds were held alongside other national-level and local racing events; Rounds 1–4 and Round 7 were held alongside the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Yaris Cup sister series. Round 1 at Sugo was also run in support of the TCR Japan Series and Formula Regional Japanese Championship, and Round 5 at Okayama was held alongside the fourth Super Formula Lights round.[11]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 12 May Yūsuke Tomibayashi Yuui Tsutsumi Takuto Iguchi Team Takuty
2 Autopolis, Hita 16 June Tōgo Suganami Tōgo Suganami Tōgo Suganami OTG Motor Sports
3 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 14 July Ryō Ogawa Takuto Iguchi Tōgo Suganami OTG Motor Sports
N/A[a] Takuto Iguchi Takamitsu Matsui Netz Tōyama Racing
4 Tokachi International Speedway, Sarabetsu 25 August Tōgo Suganami Tōgo Suganami Tōgo Suganami OTG Motor Sports
5 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 15 September Tōgo Suganami Hiroki Yoshida Tōgo Suganami OTG Motor Sports
6 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 6 October Tōgo Suganami Tōgo Suganami Tōgo Suganami OTG Motor Sports
7 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 24 November Tōgo Suganami Yūichi Nakayama Tōgo Suganami OTG Motor Sports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers, with one point awarded for pole position and fastest lap respectively.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1
Pos. Driver SUG AUT FUJ TOK OKA SUZ MOT Points
1 Tōgo Suganami 2 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 143
2 Takuto Iguchi 1 6 4 2 5 DNQ 31† Ret 61
3 Yūsuke Tomibayashi 3 8 3 25 8 4 30 2 56
4 Yuui Tsutsumi 21 2 5 10 3 16 3 6 55
5 Yūichi Nakayama 4 11 15 3 2 5 7 8 53
6 Takamitsu Matsui 6 9 1 8 4 4 51
7 Naoya Gamou 5 4 DNS DNS 6 6 2 11 45
8 Ryō Ogawa 5 31 6 4 9 9 5 37
9 Hiroki Yoshida 8 13 6 5 13 2 15 10 34
10 Reimei Itō 7 7 2 8 26 8 13 29
11 Daichi Okamoto 9 9 8 12 7 17 5 20 19
12 Naoki Hattori 23 10 12 4 10 7 13 9 18
13 Tsubasa Kondō 3 7 14 14 16 12 16
14 Takayuki Aoki 30† 16 11 21 9 31 14 3 14
15 Shunji Okumoto 13 23 12 3 Ret 32 12
16 Rintarō Kubo 11 Ret 10 19 19 11 6 7 11
17 Hikaru Jitōsho 28 19 17 7 17 13 17 19 4
18 Yūya Motojima 29 Ret Ret 9 15 15 12 14 2
19 Masahiro Sasaki 10 12 13 Ret 11 29 18 25 1
20 Hibiki Taira 31† DSQ 12 10 22 1
21 Nobuteru Taniguchi 14 15 21 16 24 10 19 24 1
– Shōtarō Munetou 16 14 18 15 22 21 11 21 0
– Hiroyuki Saka 12 25 24 Ret 23 23 17 0
– Kengo Ichijou 15 26 14 13 Ret 29 0
– Kōta Sasaki 26 14 0
– Tomoki Takahashi 18 27 20 15 0
– Yoshiyuki Tsuruga 18 21 Ret 17 16 18 21 27 0
– Takashi Kogure 17 WD 16 Ret 25 22 25 18 0
– Rikuto Kobayashi 22 16 0
– Natsu Sakaguchi 25 17 Ret Ret 23 30 26 30 0
– Takashi Inoue 19 18 29 24 20 25 24 28 0
– Tomoaki Ichimori 22 18 26 29 0
– Seiya Motojima 20 19 22 0
– Takeshi Suehiro 19 0
– Miki Onaga 22 20 23 21 20 26 0
– Kōki Saga 22 20 WD WD 0
– Motoo Morikawa 24 23 20 24 28 0
– Seita Nonaka 23 0
– Kenji Nakahama 24 27 29 0
– Keiichi Watanabe 27 25 27 27 31 0
– Ai Miura 26 26 0
– Yūki Kamakura 28 28 DNS 0
– Noboru Takashima 28 0
– Maaya Orido 30 30 0
– Junpei Katoh Ret 0
Pos. Driver SUG AUT FUJ TOK OKA SUZ MOT Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

  1. ^ The grid for the second race of the weekend was set according to the second-best time set by each driver during the qualifying session.

References

  1. ^ "GR86/BRZ Cup". Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ "記録ずくめだったプロフェッショナルの王者と最終戦までもつれ込んだクラブマンのチャンピオン争い". Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). 25 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup 2024 PROFESSIONAL Series 第1大会 スポーツランドSUGO 5/11～12 エントリーリスト" (PDF). Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup 2024 PROFESSIONAL Series 第2大会 オートポリス 6/16 エントリーリスト" (PDF). Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  5. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup 2024 PROFESSIONAL Series 第3大会 富士スピードウェイ 7/13～14 エントリーリスト" (PDF). Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). 7 July 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  6. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup 2024 PROFESSIONAL Series 第4大会 十勝スピードウェイ 8/24～25 エントリーリスト" (PDF). Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). 18 August 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  7. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup 2024 PROFESSIONAL Series 第5大会 岡山国際サーキット 9/14～15 エントリーリスト" (PDF). Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). 15 September 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  8. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup 2024 PROFESSIONAL Series 第6大会 鈴鹿サーキット 10/5～6 エントリーリスト" (PDF). Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). 29 September 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  9. ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup 2024 PROFESSIONAL Series 第7大会 モビリティリゾートもてぎ 11/23～24 エントリーリスト" (PDF). Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). 18 November 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  10. ^ "『 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup 2024 』暫定レースカレンダーのご案内" (PDF). Toyota Gazoo Racing (in Japanese). T.R.A. (ToyotaCars Race Association). 1 December 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  11. ^ "2024 SUGO チャンピオンカップレース" [2024 SUGO Champion Cup Race]. スポーツランドSUGO (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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