| 2005 Super GT season | |
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The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 12th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the 1st season as the Super GT series. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 27 and ended on November 6, 2005 after 8 races. The champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300.
Drivers and teams[]
GT500[]
| Team | Make | Car | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nismo | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 1 |  Richard Lyons
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B | All |
 Satoshi Motoyama
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All | |||||
| 22 |  Michael Krumm
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All | ||||
| Masataka Yanagida
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All | |||||
| G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 3 |  Érik Comas
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B | All |
| Toshihiro Kaneishi
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All | |||||
| Esso Toyota Team LeMans | Toyota | Toyota Supra | 6 | Akira Iida
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B | All |
| Juichi Wakisaka
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All | |||||
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda | Honda NSX | 8 |  Ralph Firman
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B | All |
| Daisuke Ito
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All | |||||
| Calsonic Team Impul | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 12 | Yuji Ide
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B | All |
| Benoît Tréluyer
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All | |||||
| Dome Racing Team | Honda | Honda NSX | 18 | Takashi Kogure
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B | All |
| Ryo Michigami
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All | |||||
| Hitotsuyama Racing | McLaren | McLaren F1 GTR | 20 | Eiichi Tajima
|
D | 2, 6 |
| Yasushi Hitotsuyama
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2 | |||||
| Mikio Hitotsuyama
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6 | |||||
| Ferrari | Ferrari 550 Maranello | 21 | Takuya Kurosawa
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All | ||
| Hidetoshi Mitsusada
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All | |||||
| Toyota Team Tsuchiya | Toyota | Toyota Supra | 25 | Manabu Orido
|
Y | All |
| Dominik Schwager
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1–5, 7–8 | |||||
| Hideki Noda
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6 | |||||
| Epson Nakajima Racing | Honda | Honda NSX | 32 | André Lotterer
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D | All |
| Tsugio Matsuda
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All | |||||
| Toyota Team Kraft | Toyota | Toyota Supra | 34 | Seiji Ara
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D | All |
| Naoki Yokomizo
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All | |||||
| 35 | Naoki Hattori
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All | ||||
| Shigekazu Wakisaka
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1–4 | |||||
| Peter Dumbreck
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5–8 | |||||
| Toyota Team TOM'S | Toyota | Toyota Supra | 36 |  James Courtney
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B | All |
| Takeshi Tsuchiya
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All | |||||
| 37 | Tatsuya Kataoka
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All | ||||
| Sakon Yamamoto
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All | |||||
| ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo | Toyota | Toyota Supra | 38 | Toranosuke Takagi
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B | All |
| Yuji Tachikawa
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All | |||||
| Denso Toyota Team SARD | Toyota | Toyota Supra | 39 |  André Couto
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B | All |
 Ronnie Quintarelli
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All | |||||
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT | 88 | Koji Yamanishi
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Y | 1–2, 4–6 |
| Hisashi Wada
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1–2 | |||||
| Marco Apicella
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4–5 | |||||
| Naohiro Furuya
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6 | |||||
| Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Honda | Honda NSX | 100 | Jérémie Dufour
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B | All |
| Sébastien Philippe
|
All |
Schedule[]
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okayama GT 300 km Race
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Okayama International Circuit | March 27 |
| 2 | Fuji GT 500 km Race
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Fuji International Speedway | May 4 |
| 3 |  Japan GT Championship Malaysia
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Sepang International Circuit | June 26 |
| 4 | SUGO GT 300 km Race
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Sportsland Sugo | July 24 |
| 5 | Motegi GT 300 km Race
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Twin Ring Motegi | September 4 |
| 6 | Fuji GT 300 km Race
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Fuji International Speedway | September 25 |
| 7 | Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km
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Autopolis International Race Course | October 16 |
| 8 | Suzuka GT 300 km
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Suzuka Circuit | November 6 |
Season results[]
Overall winner in bold
| Round | Circuit | GT500 Winning Team | GT300 Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| GT500 Winning Drivers | GT300 Winning Drivers | ||
| 1 | Okayama | #25 Eclipse Advan Supra
|
#13 Endless Advan Z
|
| Manabu Orido Dominik Schwager
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Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama
| ||
| 2 | Mt. Fuji | #38 Zent Cerumo Supra
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#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
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| Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi
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Haruki Kurosawa Shinya Hosokawa
| ||
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur | #1 Xanavi Nismo Z
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#43 ARTA Garaiya
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| Satoshi Motoyama Richard Lyons
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Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi
| ||
| 4 | Sportsland SUGO | #37 Dynacity TOM'S Supra
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#31 Kicchouhouzan MR-S
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| Tatsuya Kataoka Sakon Yamamoto
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Minoru Tanaka Kazuki Nakajima
| ||
| 5 | Motegi | #100 Raybrig NSX
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#46 Dream Cube's Advan Z
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| Sebastien Philippe Jeremie Dufour
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Kazuki Hoshino Takayuki Aoki
| ||
| 6 | Mt. Fuji | #38 Zent Cerumo Supra
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#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
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| Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi
|
Haruki Kurosawa Shinya Hosokawa
| ||
| 7 | Autopolis | #8 ARTA NSX
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#30 Reckless MR-S
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| Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman
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Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano
| ||
| 8 | Suzuka | #38 Zent Cerumo Supra
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#11 Jim Gainer Ferrari Dunlop
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| Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi
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Tetsuya Tanaka Paolo Montin
|
Standings[]
GT500 Drivers[]
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Qualifying | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Fastest Lap | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
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Teams[]
| Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1, #22 Nismo | Nissan Fairlady Z | 86 |
| 2 | #8, #18 Team Honda Racing | Honda NSX | 82 |
| 3 | #36, #37 Toyota Team TOM'S | Open Interface TOM'S Supra | 73 |
| 4 | #38 Toyota Team Cerumo | Zent Cerumo Supra | 67 |
| 5 | #6 Esso Toyota Team LeMans | Esso Ultraflo Supra | 51 |
GT300 Class (Top 3)[]
Drivers[]
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano
|
#30 Reckless MR-S | 93 | 1 |
| 2 | Haruki Kurosawa Shinya Hosokawa
|
#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX | 81 | 2 |
| 3 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi
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#43 ARTA Garaiya | 74 | 1 |
Teams[]
| Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #30 Team Reckless | Reckless MR-S | 93 |
| 2 | #0 M-TEC Co.,Ltd. | Ebbro M-TEC NSX | 81 |
| 3 | #43 ARTA | ARTA Garaiya | 74 |
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