2014 Super GT season

The 2014 Autobacs Super GT Series will be the 21st season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the 10th season under the name Super GT. It will be the first year of new GT500 regulations as the 2014 season will see unified technical regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. The season will begin on April 6 and will end on a yet to be determined date, after 8 regular races and 1 non championship event.

Schedule
A provisional calendar was released on August 12, 2013.

Calendar changes

 * The Autopolis race was moved from its October date to the June date previously held by the Super Formula championship.
 * After being on the calendar since 2000, the race at the Sepang International Circuit will not be held in 2014.
 * After being on the provisional calendar as a non-championship round for 2013, the championship was scheduled to race in South Korea for the first time, at a yet to be determined venue. However on December 16, 2013, the race was again cancelled.
 * The championship will also host its first race in Thailand, at the newly built Buriram United International Circuit.
 * Round 5 at Fuji Speedway will be a joint weekend with the Asian Le Mans Series.

GT500
It was announced on October 16, 2012 that the Super GT championship and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters will unify technical regulations for the 2014 season. The previous GT500 engines of 3.4L V8 in capacity will be replaced with 2.0L Turbocharged Inline-four engines. With the new rule changes, all 3 manufacturers will run the 2014 season with new cars, the Honda HSV-010 GT and Lexus SC430 will be replaced with the new mid-engined Honda NSX-GT and the Lexus RC-F respectively. Nissan will continue to use Nissan GT-R for 2014, but with a new car built for the new regulations. All 3 cars were unveiled at the 2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km.