2003 JGTC season

2003 JGTC season
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The 2003 JGTC season was the 10th season of Japan GT premiere racing. The GT500 champions of 2003 were the #23 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R team driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Michael Krumm and the GT300 class champions were the #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Fairlady Z driven by Masataka Yanagida and Mitsuhiro Kinoshita.

Drivers and teams[]

GT500[]

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	1	Akira Iida	B	All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans	Toyota	Toyota Supra	1	Juichi Wakisaka	B	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda NSX	8	Keiichi Tsuchiya	B	All
				Toshihiro Kaneishi		1–3, 5–8
				Katsutomo Kaneishi		4
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	12	Yuji Ide	B	All
Calsonic Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	12	Benoît Tréluyer	B	All
G'Zox Mugen G'Zox Dome Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSX	16	Tom Coronel	B	All
G'Zox Mugen G'Zox Dome Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSX	16	Daisuke Ito	B	All
Takata Dome Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSX	18	Ryo Michigami	B	All
				Sébastien Philippe		1–6, 8
				Paolo Montin		7
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GT-R	22	Masami Kageyama	B	All
			22	Richard Lyons		All
			23	Michael Krumm		All
			23	Satoshi Motoyama		All
Team Advan Tsuchiya	Toyota	Toyota Supra	25	Jérémie Dufour	Y	All
				Seiji Ara		1, 3–8
				Hideki Noda		2
Project Mu Kraft	Toyota	Toyota Supra	35	Naoki Hattori	D	All
Project Mu Kraft	Toyota	Toyota Supra	35	Shigekazu Wakisaka	D	All
Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota Supra	36	Érik Comas	B	All
			36	Takeshi Tsuchiya		All
			37	Marco Apicella		All
			37	Takuya Kurosawa		All
au Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Supra	38	Yuji Tachikawa	B	All
au Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota	Toyota Supra	38	Hironori Takeuchi	B	All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	39	Manabu Orido	B	All
Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	Toyota Supra	39	Dominik Schwager	B	All
R&D Sport	Vemac	Vemac RD350R	62	Shogo Mitsuyama	D	2–6, 8
R&D Sport	Vemac	Vemac RD350R	62	Shinsuke Shibahara	D	2–6, 8
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda NSX	64	Tsugio Matsuda	B	All
				Takashi Kogure		1–3
				André Lotterer		4–8
Hitotsuyama Racing	McLaren	McLaren F1 GTR	76	Eiichi Tajima	D	All
				Yudai Igarashi		1–3
				Haruki Kurosawa		4–5
				Go Shimizu		6–8
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Diablo	88	Hisashi Wada	Y	All
				Naohiro Furuya		1–3
				Koji Yamanishi		4–8
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Honda	Honda NSX	100	Hiroki Katoh	B	All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft	Honda	Honda NSX	100	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	B	All

Schedule[]

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	GT Championship in TI	TI Circuit	March 30
2	All Japan GT Fuji 500	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	SUGO GT Championship	Sportsland SUGO	May 25
4	Malaysian JGTC in Fuji Speedway	Fuji Speedway	July 13
5	Japan Special GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	August 3
6	Motegi GT Championship Race	Twin Ring Motegi	September 14
7	Japan GT in Kyushu 300km	Autopolis	October 26
8	Suzuka GT 300km	Suzuka Circuit	November 16

Due to the SARS outbreak, round 4 of the championship, which was planned to be held at the Sepang Circuit on June 20 and 21, was cancelled and later replaced by a round at Fuji Speedway.^[1]

Season results[]

Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	TI Circuit	#1 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra	#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996
1	TI Circuit	Juichi Wakisaka Akira Iida	Atsushi Yogo Akihiro Asai
2	Mt. Fuji	#22 Motul NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R	#26 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996
2	Mt. Fuji	Richard Lyons Masami Kageyama	Shinichi Yamaji Kazuyuki Nishizawa
3	Sportsland SUGO	#1 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra	#31 Team Reckless Toyota MR-S
3	Sportsland SUGO	Juichi Wakisaka Akira Iida	Kota Sasaki Satoshi Goto
4	Mt. Fuji	#12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R	#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Fairlady Z
		Yuji Ide	Masataka Yanagida
		#12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R	#11 Team Gainer Ferrari F360
		Benoît Tréluyer	Tetsuya Tanaka
5	Mt. Fuji	#18 Takata Dome Honda NSX	#19 WedsSport Toyota Celica
5	Mt. Fuji	Ryo Michigami Sebastien Philippe	Takayuki Aoki Minoru Tanaka
6	Twin Ring Motegi	#16 G-ZOX Dome Honda NSX	#71 Sigmatech Toyota Celica
6	Twin Ring Motegi	Tom Coronel Daisuke Ito	Tatsuya Kataoka Keita Sawa
7	Autopolis	#39 Denso Team SARD Toyota Supra	#71 Sigmatech Toyota Celica
7	Autopolis	Manabu Orido Dominik Schwager	Tatsuya Kataoka Keita Sawa
8	Suzuka Circuit	#12 Calsonic Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R	#19 WedsSport Toyota Celica
8	Suzuka Circuit	Yuji Ide Benoît Tréluyer	Takayuki Aoki Minoru Tanaka

Standings[]

GT500 Drivers[]

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	Driver	TAI	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUZ	PTS
1	Satoshi Motoyama Michael Krumm	2	4	3	5	2	11	5	3	86
2	Akira Iida Juichi Wakisaka	1	12	1	6	4	4	4	7	83
3	Masami Kageyama Richard Lyons	8	1	5	2	11	13	6	4	65
4	Benoît Tréluyer Yuji Ide	12	2	Ret	1	16	6	11	1	64
5	Érik Comas Takeshi Tsuchiya	6	10	2	7	5	2	8	8	61
6	Manabu Orido Dominik Schwager	14	3	14	3	7	7	1	9	57
7	Ryo Michigami	3	Ret	7	8	1	14	Ret	2	55
7	Sébastien Philippe	3	Ret	7	8	1	14		2	55
9	Hironori Takeuchi Yuji Tachikawa	Ret	DSQ	10	4	3	9	3	13	46
10	Tom Coronel Daisuke Ito	4	Ret	9	12	8	1	10	11	38
11	Tsugio Matsuda	5	6	8	13	9	Ret	2	12	36
12	Hiroki Katoh Hidetoshi Mitsusada	7	7	16	17	13	5	9	5	27
13	Jérémie Dufour	10	Ret	4	14	17	3	12	Ret	35
13	Seiji Ara	10		4	14	17	3	12	Ret	35
15	Naoki Hattori Shigekazu Wakisaka	9	5	6	10	10	12	7	10	24
16	André Lotterer				13	9	Ret	2	12	19
17	Takashi Kogure	5	6	8						17
18	Marco Apicella Takuya Kurosawa	Ret	8	13	15	6	10	13	14	15
19	Keiichi Tsuchiya	11	Ret	11	11	12	8	Ret	6	9
19	Toshihiro Kaneishi	11	Ret	11		12	8	Ret	6	9
20	Eiichi Tajima	13	9	12	18	14	Ret	DNP	15	2
20	Yudai Igarashi	13	9	12						2
20	Shogo Mitsuyama Shinsuke Shibahara		11	15	9	Ret	Ret		16	2
	Katsutomo Kaneishi				11					0
	Haruki Kurosawa				18	14				0
	Hisashi Wada	15	Ret	Ret	16	15	15	Ret	Ret	0
	Koji Yamanishi				16	15	15	Ret	Ret	0
	Naohiro Furuya	15	Ret	Ret						0
	Go Shimizu						Ret	DNP	15	0
	Hideki Noda		Ret							0
	Paolo Montin							Ret		0
Rank	Driver	TAI	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUZ	PTS

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

GT300 Class (Top 5)[]

Drivers[]

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Masataka Yanagida Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Fairlady Z	77	0
2	Keita Sawa	#71 Sigmatech Toyota Celica	72	2
3	Shinichi Yamaji Kazuyuki Nishizawa	#26 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996	72	1
4	Takayuki Aoki Minoru Tanaka	#19 WedsSport Toyota Celica	63	2
5	Kota Sasaki Satoshi Goto	#31 Team Reckless Toyota MR-S	61	1

References[]

↑ "2003 AUTOBACS JGTC Round 4 cancelled". Archived from the original on 10 February 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040210223911/http://www.jgtc.net/race/news_en/2003n/030508_01.htm.

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[1] "2003 AUTOBACS JGTC Round 4 cancelled". Archived from the original on 10 February 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040210223911/http://www.jgtc.net/race/news_en/2003n/030508_01.htm.

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