2017 Super GT Series

The 2017 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fifth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the thirteenth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fifth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 9 and ended on November 12, after 8 races.

2017 Super GT Series

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Ryō Hirakawa & Nick Cassidy
GT500 Teams' Champion:
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
Nobuteru Taniguchi & Tatsuya Kataoka
GT300 Teams' Champion:
Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO

Previous

2016

Next

2018

Support series:
F4 Japanese Championship

2017 GT500 champions, #37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC 500.

2017 GT300 champions, #4 Goodsmile Hatsune Miku AMG.

In the GT500 class, the No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S duo of Ryō Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy won their first-ever championship, narrowly beating the Nismo duo of Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli for the championship. It was the first championship title for TOM'S since Juichi Wakisaka and André Lotterer's 2009 title win. In the GT300 class, in Good Smile Company and Hatsune Miku's 10th season of involvement in Super GT, Goodsmile Racing won their third GT300 title in just seven years after a closely fought championship battle between the No. 4 Hatsune Miku AMG and the No. 65 LEON CVSTOS AMG of K2 R&D LEON Racing. It was Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka's third title, as well as Mercedes' first championship title in Super GT.

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km	Okayama International Circuit	April 9
2	Fuji GT 500 km	Fuji Speedway	May 4
3	Autopolis GT 300 km	Autopolis	May 21
4	Sugo GT 300 km	Sportsland Sugo	July 23
5	Fuji GT 300 km	Fuji Speedway	August 6
6	46th International Suzuka 1000km 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	August 27
7	Buriram United Super GT Race 300 km	Chang International Circuit	October 8
8	Motegi GT 250 km	Twin Ring Motegi	November 12

Calendar changes

• The series returned to Autopolis for the first time since 2015. The race scheduled to be held there in 2016 was cancelled due to damage caused to the circuit and local infrastructure by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
• This was the last season that the Suzuka 1000km is included as a round of Super GT, as the current 1000 km format would be dropped in favour of a 10-hour timed race for 2018. The new race will be aimed primarily at FIA GT3 and GT300 machinery.^[1]

Suzuka Motegi Autopolis Fuji Sugo Okayama 2017 Japanese venues

Chang 2017 International venue

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Lexus Team SARD[2]	Lexus	Lexus LC500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	1	Kohei Hirate	B	All
					Heikki Kovalainen
Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[2]	Lexus	Lexus LC500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	6	Andrea Caldarelli	B	All
					Kazuya Oshima
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[3]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Tomoki Nojiri	B	All
					Takashi Kobayashi
Team Impul[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	12	Hironobu Yasuda	B	All
					Jann Mardenborough
Team Mugen[5]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	16	Hideki Mutoh	Y	All
					Daisuke Nakajima
					Jenson Button		6
REAL Racing[3]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi	B	All
					Takashi Kogure
Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[2]	Lexus	Lexus LC500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Y	All
					Yuji Kunimoto		1, 3-8
					Kenta Yamashita		2
					Kamui Kobayashi		6
NISMO[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	23	Tsugio Matsuda	M	All
					Ronnie Quintarelli
Kondo Racing[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Daiki Sasaki	Y	All
					João Paulo de Oliveira
Lexus Team au TOM'S[2]	Lexus	Lexus LC500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	James Rossiter	B	All
					Kazuki Nakajima		1, 3-8
					Daisuke Ito		2
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S[2]	Lexus	Lexus LC500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	37	Ryo Hirakawa	B	All
					Nick Cassidy
Lexus Team ZENT (ja) Cerumo[2]	Lexus	Lexus LC500 GT500	Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Hiroaki Ishiura	B	All
					Yuji Tachikawa
MOLA (ja)[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500	Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4	46	Satoshi Motoyama	M	All
					Katsumasa Chiyo
Nakajima Racing[5]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Kosuke Matsuura	D	All
					Bertrand Baguette
Team Kunimitsu[3]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4	100	Naoki Yamamoto	B	All
					Takuya Izawa

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Cars Tokai Dream28 (ja)[6]	Lotus	Lotus Evora MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	2	Kazuho Takahashi	Y	All
					Hiroki Katoh
					Hiroshi Hamaguchi		6
NDDP Racing[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	3	Kazuki Hoshino	Y	All
					Mitsunori Takaboshi
Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO[7]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Nobuteru Taniguchi	Y	All
					Tatsuya Kataoka
Team Mach[6]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	5	Natsu Sakaguchi	Y	All
					Kiyoto Fujinami
					Junichirō Yamashita		2
					Tetsuji Tamanaka		6
BMW Team Studie	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BMW P63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	7	Jörg Müller	Y	All
					Seiji Ara
					Augusto Farfus		6
Pacific with Gulf Racing[8]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6	9	Jono Lester	Y	All
					Kyōsuke Mineo (ja)
GAINER[9]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	10	Ryuichiro Tomita	D	All
					Hiroki Yoshida
	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	11	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	D	All
					Björn Wirdheim
Team Upgarage (ja) with Bandoh[6]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	18	Yuhki Nakayama	Y	All
					Shintarō Kawabata
Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama (ja)[10]	Audi	Audi R8 LMS	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	21	Richard Lyons	D	All
					Masataka Yanagida
R'Qs Motor Sports[6]	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	22	Masaki Jyonai	Y	1–3, 5–8
					Hisashi Wada		1, 3, 5–8
					Hideto Yasuoka		2
VivaC Team Tsuchiya[6]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	25	Takamitsu Matsui	Y	All
					Kenta Yamashita		1, 3–8
					Tsubasa Kondo		2, 6
Team Taisan SARD[6]	Audi	Audi R8 LMS	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	26	Shinnosuke Yamada	Y	All
					Jake Parsons
					Christian Klien		6
apr (ja)[2]	Toyota	Toyota Prius apr GT	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8	30	Hiroaki Nagai	Y	All
					Kota Sasaki
				31	Koki Saga	B	All
					Rintarō Kubo
D'station Racing[11]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6	33	Tomonobu Fujii	Y	All
					Sven Müller		1–2, 6–8
					André Couto		3
					Yuya Motojima		4–5
Panther Team Thailand[6]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	35	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana	Y	All
					Nattapong Horthongkum
Dijon Racing[6]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	Masaki Tanaka	Y	All
					Hiroshi Takamori		1–4, 6–8
					Taiyou Iida		2, 5
					Masami Kageyama		6
INGING & Arnage Racing[6]	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8	50	Akihiro Tsuzuki (ja)	Y	1, 3–8
					Morio Nitta
LM corsa[2]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	51	Yuichi Nakayama	B	All
					Sho Tsuboi
				60	Akira Iida	Y	All
					Hiroki Yoshimoto
Saitama Toyopet Green Brave[12]	Toyota	Toyota Mark X MC	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	52	Taku Bamba	Y	All
					Shigekazu Wakisaka
					Shogo Mitsuyama (ja)		6
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[6]	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BMW P63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	55	Shinichi Takagi	B	All
					Sean Walkinshaw
R&D Sport[13]	Subaru	Subaru BRZ R&D Sport	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Takuto Iguchi	D	All
					Hideki Yamauchi
K2 R&D LEON Racing[14]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Haruki Kurosawa	B	All
					Naoya Gamou
JLOC[6]	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10	87	Shinya Hosokawa (ja)	Y	All
					Kimiya Sato
					Yuya Motojima		2, 6
				88	Manabu Orido	Y	All
					Kazuki Hiramine
					Tsubasa Takahashi		2
					Koji Yamanishi		6
Rn-sports[6]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	111	Keishi Ishikawa	Y	All
					Ryōsei Yamashita
					Masayuki Ueda (ja)		2, 6
EIcars Bentley TTO[15]	Bentley	Bentley Continental GT3	Bentley CND 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8	117	Yuji Ide	Y	1–3, 5–6, 8
					Ryohei Sakaguchi
Tomei Sports (ja)[6]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Yūsaku Shibata	Y	1–6, 8
					Takayuki Aoki		1–2, 4, 6, 8
					Atsushi Tanaka (ja)		2–3, 5–6

Vehicle changes

GT500

• Lexus teams will race the new LC 500 machine, replacing the Lexus RC F which debuted in 2014. Nissan and Honda will continue to run the Nissan GT-R and Honda NSX-GT, modified to updated aerodynamic regulations. The updated NSX-GT will be based upon its newly launched production counterpart.

GT300

• Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave announced that they will enter the Super GT Series for the first time in 2017, fielding a brand new Toyota Mark X based on the Mother Chassis platform.^[12]
• LM Corsa will field two 2017 specification Lexus RC F GT3s, replacing both their older model RC F GT3, and their Ferrari 488 GT3, used in 2016.^[2]
• Bentley and their Continental GT3 race car will make their Super GT debut with the new EIcars Bentley TTO (Teramoto Technical Office) team.^[15]

Entrant changes

The Lexus LC500 made its debut in the GT500 class this season.

The Bentley Continental GT3 made their debuts in the GT300 class this season.

Toyota Mark X MC (right) made their debuts in the GT300 class this season.

GT500

• Lexus:
  • Kazuki Nakajima returns to Super GT for the first time since 2014, driving for Lexus Team au TOM'S.^[2] He'll be joined by James Rossiter, who swaps seats at TOM'S with Nick Cassidy. Daisuke Ito will not drive full-time in Super GT this season, and will serve as the team director of Lexus Team au TOM's.
• Nissan:
  • Jann Mardenborough makes his GT500 debut with Team Impul, replacing João Paulo de Oliveira, who moves to Kondō Racing to replace Masataka Yanagida.
• Honda:
  • Team Mugen return to the GT500 category for the first time since 2003. The team run using Yokohama tyres.^[5]Hideki Mutoh and Daisuke Nakajima will drive for the revived Team Mugen in 2017.
  • Kosuke Matsuura moves to Nakajima Racing from ARTA, who promote Takashi Kobayashi from their GT300 team back to GT500 for the first time since 2012.
  • Drago Modulo Honda Racing announced their withdrawal from the series on 8 November 2016, after just two seasons.^[16] Oliver Turvey left Drago Modulo Honda Racing after five races in 2016, and will not return to Super GT in 2017. Tadasuke Makino who raced with Drago Corse for couple of rounds moves to the FIA European Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Grand Prix.

GT300

• Masataka Yanagida moveS down to GT300 with Audi Team Hitotsuyama, replacing Tomonobu Fujii, who will drive for the newly christened D'Station Racing.
• Yuichi Nakayama moves from apr to LM Corsa and the new Lexus RC F GT3, and sophomore driver Rintaro Kubo will replace him in the #31 apr Toyota Prius.
• Hiroki Yoshida replaces former GT300 champion André Couto in the GAINER Nissan GT-R GT3.
• Shinnosuke Yamada will join Team Taisan SARD after spending one season at Team UpGarage with Bandoh.
• Both Akihiro Tsuzuki and three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta leave LM Corsa to join the newly unified INGING and Arnage Racing team.
• Reigning All-Japan Formula Three champion Kenta Yamashita will return to Super GT full-time in 2017, replacing Takeshi Tsuchiya at VivaC Team Tsuchiya.
• Reigning Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion Sven Müller joined D'Station Racing as a Porsche factory driver. However, he would not drive between Rounds 3 and 5 due to his involvement in the ADAC GT Masters, during which André Couto would substitute for him.
• Former FIA F4 Japanese Champion Sho Tsuboi makes his Super GT debut with LM Corsa.^[2]
• Takayuki Hiranuma was set to make his Super GT debut with Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave, but withdrew before the season started.^[12]
• Shintaro Kawabata graduates from the FIA F4 Japanese Championship to Super GT with Team Upgarage with Bandoh.
• Sean Walkinshaw, son of legendary racing driver and team executive Tom Walkinshaw, will make his Super GT debut with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri in their BMW M6 GT3.
• Former Pro Mazda Championship driver Jake Parsons of Australia joins Team Taisan SARD for his first season in Super GT.
• Keishi Ishikawa and Ryosei Yamashita will each make their Super GT debuts with Rn-sports. Ishikawa graduates from All-Japan Formula Three, whilst Yamashita steps up from Super Taikyu and the Toyota 86/BRZ Race.
• Former Honda Formula Dream Project driver Natsu Sakaguchi, and former Nissan Driver Development Programme driver Kiyoto Fujinami will make their Super GT debuts for Team Mach.
• Nattavude Charoensukhawatana and Nattapong Horthongkum will run their first full seasons in Super GT in 2017 for Panther Team Thailand. Charoensukhawatana has run two races as a local wildcard driver, while Horthongkum is making his series debut.
• Mitsunori Takaboshi returns to Super GT full-time with NDDP Racing.^[4]
• After winning his first Super GT championship in 2016, Takeshi Tsuchiya retired from full-time driving. He will focus primarily on his role as chief engineer for VivaC Team Tsuchiya.
• Yuji Ide returns to Super GT for the first time since 2015 with EIcars Bentley TTO.^[15]
• 2011 GT300 champion Taku Bamba will return to Super GT for the first time since 2012, driving for Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave.^[12]

Mid-season changes

• At the Suzuka 1000 km, former Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi makes his Super GT debut in a one-off for Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh.^[17] 2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button also makes his Super GT debut in a one-off for Team Mugen.^[18]
• Daisuke Ito drives at the second round of the championship at Fuji Speedway, replacing Kazuki Nakajima, who would instead compete in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
• After André Couto was seriously injured during a round of the China GT Championship held at Zhuhai, D'Station Racing announced Yūya Motojima would replace Couto as substitute driver for Sven Muller, driving in Rounds 4 and 5.^[19]
• K2 R&D LEON Racing will switch from Yokohama to Bridgestone tyres in 2017.^[14]
• Excellence Porsche Team KTR changed their name to D'Station Racing following a change of ownership and title sponsors. Former baseball pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki will serve as the team's general representative.^[11]
• INGING Motorsport and Arnage Racing will enter under a unified banner in 2017, with the ex-LM Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 used last season.
• Lamborghini Team Direction have suspended activities in Super GT for the 2017 season, leaving JLOC as the sole representative for Lamborghini in Super GT.

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole position	Race winner
1	Okayama International Circuit Report	9 April	GT500	No. 8 ARTA NSX	No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500
				Takashi Kobayashi Tomoki Nojiri	Nick Cassidy Ryō Hirakawa
			GT300	No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3	No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3
				Naoya Gamou Haruki Kurosawa	Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi
2	Fuji Speedway Report	4 May	GT500	No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo LC500	No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo LC500
				Hiroaki Ishiura Yuji Tachikawa	Hiroaki Ishiura Yuji Tachikawa
			GT300	No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3	No. 51 LM corsa RC F GT3
				Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi	Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi
3	Autopolis Report	21 May	GT500	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu	No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S
				Takuya Izawa Naoki Yamamoto	Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter
			GT300	No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya	No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya
				Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita	Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita
4	Sportsland Sugo Report	23 July	GT500	No. 8 ARTA NSX	No. 1 Lexus Team SARD
				Takashi Kobayashi Tomoki Nojiri	Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen
			GT300	No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya	No. 11 Gainer AMG GT3
				Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Bjorn Wirdheim
5	Fuji Speedway Report	6 August	GT500	No. 8 ARTA NSX	No. 8 ARTA NSX
				Takashi Kobayashi Tomoki Nojiri	Takashi Kobayashi Tomoki Nojiri
			GT300	No. 55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3	No. 55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3
				Shinichi Takagi Sean Walkinshaw	Shinichi Takagi Sean Walkinshaw
6	Suzuka Circuit Report	27 August	GT500	No. 24 Kondo Racing	No. 64 Nakajima Racing
				João Paulo de Oliveira Daiki Sasaki	Bertrand Baguette Kosuke Matsuura
			GT300	No. 25 VivaC Team Tsuchiya	No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3
				Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita Tsubasa Kondo	Naoya Gamou Haruki Kurosawa
7	Chang International Circuit Report	8 October	GT500	No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500	No. 37 KeePer TOM'S LC500
				Nick Cassidy Ryō Hirakawa	Nick Cassidy Ryō Hirakawa
			GT300	No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama	No. 51 LM corsa RC F GT3
				Richard Lyons Masataka Yanagida	Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi
8	Twin Ring Motegi Report	13 November	GT500	No. 23 NISMO	No. 23 NISMO
				Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli
			GT300	No. 4 Goodsmile Racing AMG GT3	No. 65 LEON Racing AMG GT3
				Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi	Naoya Gamou Haruki Kurosawa

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
Suzuka	25	18	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2017 Series[20] Rank Driver OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT Points 1 Ryō Hirakawa Nick Cassidy 1 3 6 10 6 6 1 2 84 2 Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli 7 4 5 4 2 2 9 1 82 3 Kazuya Oshima Andrea Caldarelli 2 2 13 3 9 7 2 13 63 4 Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura 4 1 10 13 3 10 4 3 62 5 James Rossiter 5 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 53 6 Kazuki Nakajima 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 47 7 Naoki Yamamoto Takuya Izawa Ret 6 3 9 8 3 7 5 45 8 Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen 3 7 14 1 10 13 6 8 44 9 Tomoki Nojiri Takashi Kobayashi DNS 9 Ret 5 1 8 11 9 37 10 Koudai Tsukakoshi Takashi Kogure 11 8 2 Ret Ret 15 3 4 37 11 Bertrand Baguette Kosuke Matsuura 12 13 12 8 12 1 8 10 32 12 Satoshi Motoyama Katsumasa Chiyo Ret 11 4 2 11 14 10 6 29 13 Yuhi Sekiguchi 6 10 8 12 7 4 12 15 23 14 Yuji Kunimoto 6 8 12 7 4 12 15 22 15 Hironobu Yasuda Jann Mardenborough 8 14 7 11 5 11 14 7 17 16 Daiki Sasaki João Paulo de Oliveira 10 12 9 Ret 13 5 Ret 12 12 17 Kamui Kobayashi 4 10 18 Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima 9 15 11 6 Ret 12 13 11 7 19 Daisuke Ito 5 6 20 Kenta Yamashita 10 1 – Jenson Button 12 0 Rank Driver OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT Points

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

Driver Ranking GT300 2017 Series^[21]

Rank	Driver	OKA	FUJ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	Points
1	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	1	11	5	4	2	19	2	3	77
2	Naoya Gamou Haruki Kurosawa	2	5	10	7	13	1	13	1	72
3	Yuichi Nakayama Sho Tsuboi	8	1	6	13	9	6	1	6	61
4	Shinichi Takagi Sean Walkinshaw	5	17	3	Ret	1	Ret	4	2	61
5	Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita	4	15	1	3	29	18	15	5	48
6	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Bjorn Wirdheim	18	2	22	1	17	9	8	7	45
7	Tomonobu Fujii	9	3	7	15	8	10	3	9	35
8	Jono Lester Kyōsuke Mineo	3	10	17	10	5	8	14	4	31
9	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Ret	13	2	9	4	7	Ret	Ret	30
10	Manabu Orido Kazuki Hiramine	19	25	16	Ret	7	2	5	Ret	28
11	Sven Müller	9	3				10	3	9	28
12	Yuya Motojima		4		15	8	3			24
13	Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto	22	8	12	5	27	4	6	18	24
14	Shinya Hosokawa Kimiya Sato	11	4	18	19	12	3	12	11	21
15	Jörg Müller Seiji Ara	13	7	4	16	6	11	10	13	18
16	Koki Saga Rintarō Kubo	10	12	Ret	10	3	Ret	11	12	17
17	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi	7	6	9	8	Ret	14	9	10	17
18	Akihiro Tsuzuki Morio Nitta	Ret		27	2	14	16	17	21	15
19	Ryuichiro Tomita Hiroki Yoshida	6	24	15	21	16	5		19	13
20	Yuhki Nakayama Shintarō Kawabata	12	9	Ret	17	11	15	7	16	6
21	Richard Lyons Masataka Yanagida	14	14	13	20	10	Ret	23	8	5
22	André Couto			7						4
23	Natsu Sakaguchi Kiyoto Fujinami	17	19	8	12	28	22		15	3
24	Tsubasa Kondo						18			1
–	Kōji Yamanishi						2[a]			0
–	Yūsaku Shibata	15		23	11	22	17		17	0
–	Takayuki Aoki	15			11		17		17	0
–	Hiroaki Nagai Kōta Sasaki	Ret	26	11	23	20	24	16	Ret	0
–	Augusto Farfus						11			0
–	Taku Bamba Shigekazu Wakisaka	Ret	27	20	14	23	12	22	20	0
–	Shōgo Mitsuyama						12			0
–	Keishi Ishikawa Ryōsei Yamashita	16	18	25	Ret	15	13		23	0
–	Masayuki Ueda		18				13			0
–	Shinnosuke Yamada Jake Parsons	21	21	14	18	19	Ret	19	14	0
–	Yūji Ide Ryōhei Sakaguchi	20	16	19		18	Ret		22	0
–	Atsushi Tanaka			23		22	17			0
–	Junichirō Yamashita		19							0
–	Masaki Tanaka	25	20	21	22	21	Ret		26	0
–	Hiroshi Takamori	25	20	21	22		Ret		26	0
–	Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Nattapong Horthongkum	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	25	20	21	24	0
–	Taiyou Iida		20			21				0
–	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	26	22	24	Ret	24	23	20	Ret	0
–	Masaki Jyonai	24	23	26		26	21		25	0
–	Hisashi Wada	24		26		26	21		25	0
–	Tetsuji Tamanaka						22			0
–	Hideto Yasuoka		23							0
–	Hiroshi Hamaguchi						23			0
–	Tsubasa Takahashi		25							0
–	Masami Kageyama						Ret			0
–	Christian Klien						Ret			0
Rank	Driver	OKA	FUJ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	Points

Teams' championships

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1
Suzuka	25	18	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2

Class	Finished on lead lap	1 lap behind	2 or more laps behind
GT500	3	2	1
GT300	3		1

GT500

Team Ranking GT500 2017 Series[22] Rank No. Team OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT Points 1 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 1 3 6 10 6 6 1 2 105 2 23 Nismo 7 4 5 4 2 2 9 1 103 3 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 2 2 13 3 9 7 2 13 82 4 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 4 1 10 13 3 10 4 3 81 5 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 5 5 1 7 4 9 5 14 73 6 1 Lexus Team SARD 3 7 14 1 10 13 6 8 64 7 100 Team Kunimitsu Ret 6 3 9 8 3 7 5 63 8 17 REAL Racing 11 8 2 Ret Ret 15 3 4 51 9 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri DNS 9 Ret 5 1 8 11 9 50 10 64 Nakajima Racing 12 13 12 8 12 1 8 10 50 11 46 MOLA Ret 11 4 2 11 14 10 6 46 12 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 6 10 8 12 7 4 12 15 41 13 12 Team Impul 8 14 7 11 5 11 14 7 33 14 24 Kondo Racing 10 12 9 Ret 13 5 Ret 12 24 15 16 Team Mugen 9 15 11 6 Ret 12 13 11 20 Rank No. Team OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th to 10th place Blue Finish below 10th place Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

GT300

Team Ranking GT300 2017 Series^[23]

Rank	No.	Team	OKA	FUJ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	Points
1	4	Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO	1	11	5	4	2	19	2	3	97
2	65	K2 R&D LEON Racing	2	5	10	7	13	1	13	1	95
3	51	LM corsa	8	1	6	13	9	6	1	6	85
4	55	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	5	17	3	Ret	1	Ret	4	2	76
5	11	GAINER	18	2	22	1	17	9	8	7	65
6	25	VivaC Team Tsuchiya	4	15	1	3	29	18	15	5	65
7	33	D'station Racing	9	3	7	15	8	10	3	9	59
8	9	Pacific with Gulf Racing	3	10	17	10	5	8	14	4	53
9	61	R&D Sport	Ret	13	2	9	4	7	Ret	Ret	45
10	88	JLOC	19	25	16	Ret	7	2	5	Ret	44
11	60	LM corsa	22	8	12	5	27	4	6	18	44
12	87	JLOC	11	4	18	19	12	3	12	11	41
13	7	BMW Team Studie	13	7	4	16	6	11	10	13	40
14	3	NDDP Racing	7	6	9	8	Ret	14	9	10	36
15	31	apr (ja)	10	12	Ret	10	3	Ret	12	12	35
16	50	INGING & Arnage Racing	Ret		27	2	14	16	17	21	29
17	10	Gainer	6	24	15	21	16	5	18	19	29
18	18	Team Upgarage with Bandoh	12	9	Ret	17	11	15	7	16	23
19	21	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	14	14	13	20	10	Ret	23	8	21
20	5	Team Mach	17	19	8	12	28	22		15	18
21	52	Saitama Toyopet Green Brave	Ret	27	20	14	23	12	22	20	13
22	360	Tomei Sports	15	WD	23	11	22	17		17	12
23	111	Rn-sports	16	18	25	Ret	15	13		23	12
24	26	Team Taisan SARD	21	21	14	18	19	Ret	19	14	11
25	30	apr (ja)	Ret	26	11	23	20	24	16	Ret	10
26	117	EIcars Bentley TTO	20	16	19		18	Ret		22	9
27	22	R'Qs Motor Sports	24	23	26		26	21		25	8
28	35	Panther Team Thailand	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	25	20	21	24	7
29	48	Dijon Racing	25	20	21	22	21	Ret		26	6
30	2	Cars Tokai Dream28	26	22	24	Ret	24	23	20	Ret	6
Rank	No.	Team	OKA	FUJ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	Points

Notes

1. Kōji Yamanishi did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.