2022 Super GT Series

The 2022 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirtieth season of the JAF Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the eighteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the fortieth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

2022 Super GT Series

GT500 Drivers' Champion:
Kazuki Hiramine & Bertrand Baguette
GT500 Teams' Champion:
Team Impul
GT300 Drivers' Champion:
Kiyoto Fujinami & João Paulo de Oliveira
GT300 Teams' Champion:
Kondo Racing

Previous

2021

Next

2023

Support series:
F4 Japanese Championship

Team Impul won the GT500 championship for the first time since 1995, as Kazuki Hiramine and Bertrand Baguette won the Drivers' Championship. It was the first Teams' Championship for Impul since the inaugural 1994 season, and the first championship for the new Nissan Z GT500 which made its debut this season. In GT300, Kondo Racing, Kiyoto Fujinami, and João Paulo de Oliveira won their second set of Drivers' and Teams' Championships in three years.

Teams and drivers

All teams competed under a Japanese license.

GT500

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
NDDP Racing[1]	Nissan	Nissan Z GT500	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	3	Katsumasa Chiyo[1]	M	All
					Mitsunori Takaboshi[1]
NISMO[2]				23	Tsugio Matsuda[1]	M	All
					Ronnie Quintarelli[1]
ARTA[3][4]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	8	Tomoki Nojiri[4]	B	All
					Nirei Fukuzumi[4]
Team Impul[2]	Nissan	Nissan Z GT500	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	12	Kazuki Hiramine[1]	B	All
					Bertrand Baguette[1]
TGR Team Eneos ROOKIE[5]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	14	Kazuya Oshima[5]	B	All
					Kenta Yamashita[5]
Team Red Bull Mugen[3]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	16	Ukyo Sasahara[4]	D	All
					Toshiki Oyu[4]
Astemo REAL Racing[3]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi[4]	B	All
					Nobuharu Matsushita[4]
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh[5]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Yuji Kunimoto[5]	Y	All
					Sena Sakaguchi[5]
Kondo Racing[2]	Nissan	Nissan Z GT500	Nissan NR4S21 2.0 L Turbo I4	24	Daiki Sasaki[1]	Y	All
					Kohei Hirate[1]
TGR Team au TOM'S[5]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	36	Sho Tsuboi[5]	B	All
					Giuliano Alesi[5]
TGR Team KeePer TOM'S[5]				37	Sacha Fenestraz[5]	B	All
					Ritomo Miyata[5]
TGR Team ZENT Cerumo[5]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	38	Yuji Tachikawa[5]	B	All
					Hiroaki Ishiura[5]
TGR Team SARD[5]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT500	Toyota RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4	39	Yuhi Sekiguchi[5]	B	All
					Yuichi Nakayama[5]
Modulo Nakajima Racing[3]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	64	Takuya Izawa[4]	D	All
					Hiroki Otsu[4]
Team Kunimitsu[3]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4	100	Naoki Yamamoto[4]	B	All
					Tadasuke Makino[4]

GT300

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
muta Racing INGING[6]	Toyota	Toyota GR86 GT300[7]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	2	Hiroki Katoh[6]	B	All
					Yuui Tsutsumi[6]
Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO[8]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[8]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	4	Nobuteru Taniguchi[8]	Y	All
					Tatsuya Kataoka[8]
Team Mach[9]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300[9]	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	5	Yusuke Tomibayashi[9]	Y	All
					Reiji Hiraki[9]
Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans[10] Team LeMans[11][lower-alpha 1]	Audi	Audi R8 LMS Evo II[12]	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	6	Yoshiaki Katayama[12]	Y	All
					Satoshi Motoyama[12]		1
					Roberto Merhi Muntan[11]		2–8
					Shintaro Kawabata[11]		2
BMW Team Studie × CSL[13][lower-alpha 2] Team UpGarage[4][lower-alpha 2] ARTA[4][lower-alpha 2]	BMW	BMW M4 GT3[13]	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	7	Seiji Ara[13]	M	All
					Augusto Farfus[13]		1–2, 4–6, 8
					Tsubasa Kondo[13]		2–3, 5, 7
	Honda	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22[4]	Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6	18	Takashi Kobayashi[4]	Y	All
					Kakunoshin Ohta[4]
				55	Hideki Mutoh[4]	B	All
					Iori Kimura[4]
Pacific CarGuy Racing[14]	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[14]	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8	9	Kei Cozzolino[14]	Y	All
					Naoki Yokomizo[15]		1, 5
					Takeshi Kimura[14]		2–4, 6–8
					Shintaro Kawabata		4
GAINER[16]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[16]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	10	Riki Okusa[16]	D	All
					Ryuichiro Tomita[16]		1–6, 8
					Yusuke Shiotsu[16]		2, 4–5, 7
				11	Hironobu Yasuda[16]	D	All
					Keishi Ishikawa[16]
SHADE Racing[7]	Toyota	Toyota GR86 GT300[7]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	20	Katsuyuki Hiranaka[7]	D	All
					Eijiro Shimizu[7]
					Shinnosuke Yamada		5
R'Qs Motor Sports[17]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[17]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	22	Hisashi Wada[17]	Y	1–2, 4–8
					Masaki Jyonai[17]
Hoppy Team Tsuchiya[18]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT300[18][19]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	25	Takamitsu Matsui[19]	Y	1–3, 5–8
					Seita Nonaka[19]
Max Racing[19]				244	Kimiya Sato[19]	Y	2–8
					Atsushi Miyake[19]
apr[7]	Toyota	Toyota GR86 GT300[7]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	30	Manabu Orido[7]	Y	All
					Hiroaki Nagai[7]		1–4, 6–8
					Hibiki Taira[20]		2, 4–5
					Yuta Kamimura		5
		Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV apr GT[7]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8	31	Koki Saga[21]	B	All
					Yuhki Nakayama[21]
					Kazuto Kotaka		4–5
Busou Drago Corse[22]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[22]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	34	Masataka Yanagida[22]	D	1–3
					Yuji Ide[22]
NILZZ Racing[12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[12]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	48	Taiyo Ida[12]	Y	All
					Yuki Tanaka		1–2, 4–8
					Yuya Hiraki		3
					Masaya Kohno		4–5
Arnage Racing[21]	Toyota	Toyota 86 MC GT300[21]	GTA V8 4.5 L V8	50	Ryohei Sakaguchi[21]	Y	All
					Masaki Kano[21]		1–2, 4–7
					Takeshi Suehiro[20]		2, 4–5
					Ryosei Yamashita[21]		3, 8
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[12]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT300[12]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	52	Kohta Kawaai[12]	B	All
					Hiroki Yoshida[12]		1, 3–8
					Togo Suganami[23]		2
Kondo Racing[24]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[24]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	56	Kiyoto Fujinami[24]	Y	All
					João Paulo de Oliveira[24]
LM Corsa[21]	Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT300[21]	Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	60	Hiroki Yoshimoto[21]	D	All
					Shunsuke Kohno[21]
R&D Sport[25]	Subaru	Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)[25]	Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4	61	Takuto Iguchi[25]	D	All
					Hideki Yamauchi[25]
K2 R&D LEON Racing[26]	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[26]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Naoya Gamou[26]	B	All
					Takuro Shinohara[26]
JLOC[27][21]	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[27][21]	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	87	Kosuke Matsuura[27][21]	Y	All
					Natsu Sakaguchi[27][21]
				88	Takashi Kogure[27][21]	Y	All
					Yuya Motojima[27][21]
K-tunes Racing[28]	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3[28]	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8	96	Morio Nitta[28]	D	All
					Shinichi Takagi[28]
Tomei Sports[12]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3[12]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6	360	Takayuki Aoki[12]	Y	All
					Atsushi Tanaka[12]		1–2, 4–5, 7
					Yusaku Shibata[20]		2–6
					Teppei Natori		8

Vehicle changes

GT500 Class

• After 14 seasons, Nissan replaced the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 with the new Nissan Z GT500 (RZ34). Nissan last used the Fairlady Z as their flagship GT500 vehicle from 2004 to 2007.^[29]
• Honda updated their NSX-GT race car, which is now styled after the limited edition Honda NSX Type S model.^[30]

GT300 Class

• Tsuchiya Engineering (operating as Hoppy Team Tsuchiya) constructed their own version of the Toyota GR Supra to GT300 regulations, replacing their previous Porsche 911 GT3-R.^[18]
• apr Racing launched the Toyota GR86 GT, constructed to GT300 specifications and based on the second-generation Toyota 86 (ZN8) model. apr's number 30 team and series newcomers SHADE Racing will each field the car in 2022.^[7]
• Subsequently, muta Racing INGING announced that they will also field the new Toyota GR86 GT, replacing their previous Lotus Evora MC.^[6]
• The new BMW M4 GT3 (G82) makes its Japanese racing debut via BMW Team Studie x CSL.^[13]
• Arnage Racing changed vehicles from the Mercedes-AMG GT3, to the Dome-constructed Toyota MC86.^[21]
• Drago Corse, as part of their new collaboration with Busou (see Entrant Changes below), changed vehicles to the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.^[22]
• ARTA and Team UPGarage entered the upgraded Honda NSX GT3 Evo22.^[31]
• Team LeMans (Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans in Round 1) entered the upgraded Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II.^[32]

Entrant changes

GT500 Class

• Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing announced their GT500 class driver line-ups on 6 December 2021.^[33]
  • Reigning GT500 champion Yuhi Sekiguchi transferred to TGR Team SARD, replacing 2016 champion Heikki Kovalainen, who announced on 30 November 2021 that he would not return to the series in 2022.^[34]
  • Giuliano Alesi stepped up to GT500 and replaced Sekiguchi at TGR Team au TOM's, alongside reigning GT500 champion Sho Tsuboi. 2017 GT500 champion Ryo Hirakawa left the series after eight years, to join Toyota Gazoo Racing in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship. To replace Hirakawa, Ritomo Miyata transferred to TGR Team KeePer TOM's after two seasons at TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh.
  • Sena Sakaguchi, who split time between GT500 and GT300 classes in 2021, replaced Miyata at Team WedsSport Bandoh.
• Honda: Honda Racing Corporation announced their Super GT driver line-ups on 14 January.^[4]
  • Nobuharu Matsushita, who made his GT500 debut with Nissan in 2021, rejoined Honda as a factory driver and signed with Astemo Real Racing. Matsushita replaced Bertrand Baguette, who announced his departure from Honda on 1 December 2021.^[35]
• Nissan: Nissan and NISMO announced their GT500 class drivers on 25 January 2022.^[1]
  • Bertrand Baguette transferred to Nissan and joined Team Impul, taking the place of Nobuharu Matsushita.
  • Mitsunori Takaboshi transferred from Kondo Racing to NDDP Racing, who were now wholly operated by NISMO. In exchange, two-time GT500 champion Kohei Hirate moved to Kondo Racing alongside Daiki Sasaki.

GT300 Class

• Audi Team Hitotsuyama^[36] and Toyota Team Thailand, who competed as arto Team Thailand in 2021, both announced that they would not take part in the 2022 Super GT season.^[37]
• Super Taikyu Series team SHADE Racing entered Super GT for the first time,^[38] with a Toyota GR86 GT300 riding on Dunlop tyres. Three-time GT300 championship runner-up Katsuyuki Hiranaka (who had spent the previous 13 seasons at Gainer),^[39] and F4 Japanese Championship graduate Eijiro Shimizu were announced as the team's driver line-up.^[7]
• Takuro Shinohara transferred from Audi Team Hitotsuyama to K2 R&D LEON Racing, taking the place of Togo Suganami.^[26]
• 2013 GT300 champion Hideki Mutoh, and Japanese F4 graduate Iori Kimura, formed a new driver line-up for ARTA (Autobacs Racing Team Aguri). Mutoh takes the place of two-time GT300 champion Shinichi Takagi, and Kimura replaced Ren Sato, who competed exclusively in Super Formula.^[4]
• Another Japanese F4 graduate, Kakunoshin Ohta, joined Team UPGarage, replacing reigning Super Formula Lights champion Teppei Natori.^[4]
• GAINER signed Ryuichiro Tomita (who previously raced for the team between 2015 and 2017) and Formula Regional Japanese Championship graduate Riki Okusa to drive their number 10 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. Yusuke Shiotsu signed as the number 10 team's third driver, and he replaced Tomita in the seventh round at Autopolis. Keishi Ishikawa moved into their number 11 Nissan.^[16]
• Two-time GT300 champion Shinichi Takagi joined K-Tunes Racing, reuniting with three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta in a driver pairing for the first time since 2010.^[28]
• BMW Team Studie × CSL changed to Michelin tyres for the 2022 season, the first GT300 team to use Michelin tyres since 2020. Studie announced BMW factory driver Augusto Farfus as one of their main drivers for 2022. GT300 race winner and reigning Super Taikyu ST-X class champion Tsubasa Kondo was signed as a third driver for the 450 km races, and replaced Farfus for the third round at Suzuka and at Autopolis.^[13]
• Yuui Tsutsumi, a first time race winner in 2021, transferred from Max Racing to muta Racing INGING.^[6]
• Reigning FIA F4 Japanese Champion, Seita Nonaka, joined Hoppy Team Tsuchiya in their new Toyota GR Supra.^[19]
• Kimiya Sato transferred to Max Racing after three seasons with Hoppy Team Tsuchiya.^[19] Max Racing withdrew from the first round following the death of team owner Tsuyoshi Oono, and began their season in the second round at Fuji Speedway^[40]
• Ryohei Sakaguchi transferred from muta Racing INGING to Arnage Racing. Ryosei Yamashita was announced as the team's third driver, and replaced Kano for the third round at Suzuka and the final round at Motegi.^[21]
• Drago Corse and vehicle customisation company Busou formed a collaborative entry, Busou Drago Corse. Two-time GT500 and GT300 champion Masataka Yanagida, and GT500 race winner Yuji Ide were named as the drivers. Drago Corse founder Ryo Michigami stepped away from driving duties to become the new team director,^[22] and Dunlop became the new tyre supplier, replacing Yokohama.
• Two-time Super Taikyu ST-3 champion and sim racer Yusuke Tomibayashi joined Team Mach for his Super GT debut, partnering the returning Reiji Hiraki.^[9]

Mid-season changes

GT300 Class

• On 19 April, Team LeMans terminated their contract with driver Satoshi Motoyama after the opening round of the season.^[11] The name of the team reverted from "Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans" back to Team LeMans. Formula 1 and FIA World Endurance Championship alumnus Roberto Merhi and GT300 race winner Shintaro Kawabata joined the team for the Fuji GT 450 km Race. Merhi would contest the remainder of the season alongside Yoshiaki Katayama.
• On 1 August, Drago Corse and Busou terminated their partnership, and the team did not return for the remainder of the season.^[41]
• Due to Takeshi Kimura's commitments in the European Le Mans Series, 2012 GT300 Champion Naoki Yokomizo joined Pacific CarGuy Racing for the opening round at Okayama.^[15] Yokomizo was the team's third driver in the Fuji 450 km in May. For the Fuji 100 Lap race in August, Shintaro Kawabata became the team's third driver.^[42] Yokomizo again replaced Kimura for the Suzuka 450 km.
• 2020 FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira joined apr for the two races at Fuji Speedway, as a third driver in the number 30 Toyota GR86 GT.^[20] Taira also joined the team for the Suzuka 450 km, while Hiroaki Nagai was replaced by Yuta Kamimura just before the Suzuka 450 km due to illness.
• Super Formula Lights driver Kazuto Kotaka joined apr for the Fuji 100 Lap race and Suzuka 450 km, as a third driver in the number 31 Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV GT.^[42]
• 2019 TCR Japan Sunday Series Champion Takeshi Suehiro joined Arnage Racing as a third driver for the three long-distance races at Fuji and Suzuka.^[20][42]
• Togo Suganami replaced Hiroki Yoshida for the Fuji GT 450 km Race, after Yoshida tested positive for COVID-19.^[23]
• Yusaku Shibata rejoined Tomei Sports as a third driver for the three long-distance races at Fuji and Suzuka.^[20][42] Shibata also took part in the Suzuka 300 km and in the sixth round at Sugo, replacing Atsushi Tanaka.
• Yuya Hiraki joined NILZZ Racing for the Suzuka 300 km, replacing Yuki Tanaka. For the following Fuji GT 100 Lap Race, Tanaka rejoined the team. Masaya Kohno made his series debut in the Fuji 100 Lap race and also competed in the Suzuka 450 km as a third driver.^[42]
• Former Team UpGarage driver Teppei Natori joined Tomei Sports for the final round at Motegi.

Calendar

A confirmed eight round provisional 2022 calendar was announced on 6 August 2021.^[43] The calendar was updated on 20 October 2021, with the sixth round at Sportsland Sugo moving from the weekend of 10–11 September to 17–18 September, avoiding a clash of dates with the 2022 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji.^[44] Distances for all events were confirmed on 5 March 2022: Rounds two and four at Fuji Speedway, and round five at Suzuka Circuit, were 450 kilometre races, while all other rounds were 300 kilometres.^[45]

Round	Race	Circuit	Dates
1	Okayama GT 300 km Race	Okayama International Circuit	16–17 April
2	FAV Hotel Fuji GT 450 km Race[46]	Fuji Speedway	3–4 May
3	Takanokono Hotel Suzuka GT 300 km Race[47]	Suzuka Circuit	28–29 May
4	Fujimaki Group Fuji GT 100 Lap Race[48]	Fuji Speedway	6–7 August
5	Fujimaki Group Suzuka GT 450 km Race[49]	Suzuka Circuit	27–28 August
6	Sugo GT 300 km Race	Sportsland Sugo	17–18 September
7	FAV Hotel Autopolis GT 300 km Race[50]	Autopolis	1–2 October
8	Motegi GT 300 km Race	Mobility Resort Motegi	5–6 November

Results

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

Round	Circuit	Class	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit	GT500	No. 14 TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE	No. 14 TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE
			Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita	Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita
		GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 56 Kondo Racing
			Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Kiyoto Fujinami Joao Paulo de Oliveira
2	Fuji Speedway	GT500	No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh	No. 8 ARTA
			Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi	Tomoki Nojiri Nirei Fukuzumi
		GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 10 GAINER
			Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Ryuichiro Tomita Riki Okusa Yusuke Shiotsu[lower-alpha 3]
3	Suzuka Circuit	GT500	No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh	No. 3 NDDP Racing
			Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi	Katsumasa Chiyo Mitsunori Takaboshi
		GT300	No. 7 BMW Team Studie × CSL	No. 7 BMW Team Studie × CSL
			Seiji Ara Tsubasa Kondo	Seiji Ara Tsubasa Kondo
4	Fuji Speedway	GT500	No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh	No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S
			Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi	Sacha Fenestraz Ritomo Miyata
		GT300	No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing	No. 61 R&D Sport
			Naoya Gamou Takuro Shinohara	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi
5	Suzuka Circuit	GT500	No. 23 NISMO	No. 12 Team Impul
			Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Kazuki Hiramine Bertrand Baguette
		GT300	No. 10 GAINER	No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO
			Ryuichiro Tomita Riki Okusa Yusuke Shiotsu	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka
6	Sportsland Sugo	GT500	No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh	No. 3 NDDP Racing
			Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi	Katsumasa Chiyo Mitsunori Takaboshi
		GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 2 muta Racing INGING
			Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Hiroki Katoh Yuui Tsutsumi
7	Autopolis	GT500	No. 24 Kondo Racing	No. 17 Astemo Real Racing
			Daiki Sasaki Kohei Hirate	Koudai Tsukakoshi Nobuharu Matsushita
		GT300	No. 61 R&D Sport	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave
			Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	Hiroki Yoshida Kohta Kawaai
8	Mobility Resort Motegi	GT500	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
			Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino	Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino
		GT300	No. 55 ARTA	No. 55 ARTA
			Hideki Mutoh Iori Kimura	Hideki Mutoh Iori Kimura

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

GT500

Driver Ranking GT500 2022 Series Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ1 [lower-alpha 4] SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Points 1 Kazuki Hiramine Bertrand Baguette No. 12 Team Impul 7 3 Ret 2 1 5 6 2 70.5 2 Katsumasa Chiyo Mitsunori Takaboshi No. 3 NDDP Racing 5 15 1 12 4 1 7 4 66 3 Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 2 5 9 8 11 8 2 1 62 4 Koudai Tsukakoshi Nobuharu Matsushita No. 17 Astemo Real Racing 9 9 2 10 2 12 1 5 60 5 Kazuya Oshima Kenta Yamashita No. 14 TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE 1 7 8 7 14 11 4 3 49 6 Sacha Fenestraz Ritomo Miyata No. 37 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S 11 14 3 1 8 9 9 6 43 7 Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli No. 23 NISMO 3 4 12 14 5 2 14 13 37 8 Yuhi Sekiguchi Yuichi Nakayama No. 39 TGR Team SARD 8 13 4 6 3 6 10 Ret 33 9 Daiki Sasaki Kohei Hirate No. 24 Kondo Racing 14 8 6 3 10 14 3 Ret 30.5 10 Sho Tsuboi Giuliano Alesi No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S 6 2 10 4 9 10 8 9 29.5 11 Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh 13 6 5 9 7 15 5 7 28.5 12 Tomoki Nojiri Nirei Fukuzumi No. 8 ARTA 10 1 7 5 13 13 11 8 24 13 Yuji Tachikawa Hiroaki Ishiura No. 38 TGR Team ZENT Cerumo 4 12 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 10 17 14 Ukyo Sasahara Toshiki Oyu No. 16 Team Red Bull Mugen 12 10 13 13 6 3 12 11 16.5 15 Takuya Izawa Hiroki Otsu No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing 15 11 11 11 12 7 13 12 4 Rank Driver Team OKA FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole † — Did not finish but classified

GT300

Driver Ranking GT300 2022 Series

Rank	Driver	Team	OKA	FUJ1 [lower-alpha 5]	SUZ1	FUJ2	SUZ2	SUG	AUT	MOT	Points
1	Kiyoto Fujinami Joao Paulo de Oliveira	No. 56 Kondo Racing	1	7	3	6	13	4	5	19	52
2	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	No. 61 R&D Sport	9	3	12	1	18	8	2	20	49.5
3	Riki Okusa	No. 10 GAINER	6	1	15	22	2	3	7	8	49
4	Kohta Kawaai	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	Ret	9	4	14	4	18	1	3	48
5	Hiroki Yoshida	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave	Ret		4	14	4	18	1	3	47
6	Ryuichiro Tomita	No. 10 GAINER	6	1	15	22	2	3		8	45
7	Hironobu Yasuda Keishi Ishikawa	No. 11 GAINER	10	4	Ret	2	16	2	14	14	35
8	Takashi Kobayashi Kakunoshin Ohta	No. 18 Team UpGarage	2	13	Ret	3	14	11	19	4	34
9	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO	7	16	11	13	1	Ret	6	7	33
10	Naoya Gamou Takuro Shinohara	No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing	3	15	13	Ret	6	6	3	18	33
11	Seiji Ara	No. 7 BMW Team Studie × CSL	Ret	Ret	1	21	12	5	12	9	29
12	Hideki Mutoh Iori Kimura	No. 55 ARTA	15	Ret	10	Ret	24	7	18	1	26
13	Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima	No. 88 JLOC	17	5	5	9	17	13	4	5	25
14	Hiroki Katoh Yuui Tsutsumi	No. 2 muta Racing INGING	20	8	14	18	8	1	Ret	12	24.5
15	Kosuke Matsuura Natsu Sakaguchi	No. 87 JLOC	8	12	16	8	9	19	11	2	23
16	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi	No. 96 K-tunes Racing	Ret	6	7	5	25	9	8	6	22.5
17	Tsubasa Kondo	No. 7 BMW Team Studie × CSL		Ret	1		12		12		21
18	Yusuke Tomibayashi Reiji Hiraki	No. 5 Team Mach	18	24	2	17	19	21	225	Ret	15
19	Manabu Orido	No. 30 apr	13	18	8	15	3	20	17	Ret	14
20	Masataka Yanagida Yuji Ide	No. 34 Busou Drago Corse	11	2	6						12.5
21	Yoshiaki Katayama	No. 6 Team LeMans	5	14	18	16	5	16	20	13	12
22	Hibiki Taira	No. 30 apr		18		15	3				11
22	Yuta Kamimura	No. 30 apr					3				11
23	Hiroki Yoshimoto Shunsuke Kohno	No. 60 LM Corsa	12	17	9	4	10	15	22	11	11
24	Kei Cozzolino	No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing	4	23	17	12	11	Ret	13	15	8
24	Naoki Yokomizo	No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing	4				11				8
25	Augusto Farfus	No. 7 BMW Team Studie × CSL	Ret	Ret		21	12	5		9	8
26	Roberto Merhi Muntan	No. 6 Team LeMans		14	18	16	5	16	20	13	6
26	Satoshi Motoyama	No. 6 Team LeMans	5								6
27	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Eijiro Shimizu	No. 20 SHADE Racing	14	20	Ret	Ret	7	23	9	21	6
28	Yusuke Shiotsu	No. 10 GAINER		1[lower-alpha 3]		22	2[lower-alpha 6]		7		5
29	Ryohei Sakaguchi	No. 50 Arnage Racing	16	25	20	7	23	22	21	16	4
29	Masaki Kano	No. 50 Arnage Racing	16	25		7	23	22	21		4
29	Takeshi Suehiro	No. 50 Arnage Racing		25		7	23				4
30	Hiroaki Nagai	No. 30 apr	13	18	8	15		20	17	Ret	3
31	Takayuki Aoki	No. 360 Tomei Sports	21	10	19	10	20	12	23	10	2.5
32	Yusaku Shibata	No. 360 Tomei Sports		10	19	10	20	12	23		1.5
33	Togo Suganami	No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave		9							1
34	Takamitsu Matsui Seita Nonaka	No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya	22	11	Ret		15	10	16	Ret	1
35	Kimiya Sato Atsushi Miyake	No. 244 Max Racing		19	22	Ret	Ret	14	10	17	1
36	Teppei Natori	No. 360 Tomei Sports								10	1
37	Atsushi Tanaka	No. 360 Tomei Sports	21	10		10[lower-alpha 7]	20				0.5
-	Shinnosuke Yamada	No. 20 SHADE Racing					7[lower-alpha 8]				0
-	Koki Saga Yuhki Nakayama	No. 31 apr	19	22	23	11	26	17	15	Ret	0
-	Kazuto Kotaka	No. 31 apr				11	26				0
-	Takeshi Kimura	No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing		23	17	12		Ret	13	15	0
-	Shintaro Kawabata	No. 6 Team LeMans		14							0
		No. 9 Pacific CarGuy Racing				12
-	Ryosei Yamashita	No. 50 Arnage Racing			20					16	0
-	Taiyo Ida	No. 48 NILZZ Racing	23	21	21	19	22	25	26	23	0
-	Yuki Tanaka	No. 48 NILZZ Racing	23	21		19	22	25	26	23	0
-	Masaya Kohno	No. 48 NILZZ Racing				19	22				0
-	Masaki Jyonai Hisashi Wada	No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports	Ret	Ret		20	21	24	24	22	0
-	Yuya Hiraki	No. 48 NILZZ Racing			21						0
Rank	Driver	Team	OKA	FUJ1	SUZ1	FUJ2	SUZ2	SUG	AUT	MOT	Points

Notes

1. For the first round the team entered as Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans, and the team rebranded as Team LeMans for the rest of season.
2. Car No. 7 entered as BMW Team Studie × CSL, car No. 18 entered as Team UpGarage, and car No. 55 entered as ARTA
3. Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
4. Half points were awarded as 62 of 100 laps were completed when the race reached the time certain finish at 18:20 local time (75 laps needed for full points) as the race was stopped twice, for crash barrier damage on Lap 49 and Lap 58.
5. The race was ended after less than 75% of laps were completed. Therefore, half points were awarded.
6. Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
7. Atsushi Tanaka did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
8. Shinnosuke Yamada did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.

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External links

• Super GT Official Website