The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the thirteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the first season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-third season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. 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 drivers' champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300.

Drivers and teams

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GT500

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 1   Richard Lyons B All
  Satoshi Motoyama All
22   Michael Krumm All
  Masataka Yanagida All
G'Zox Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 3   Érik Comas B All
  Toshihiro Kaneishi All
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6   Akira Iida B All
  Juichi Wakisaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8   Ralph Firman B All
  Daisuke Ito All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 12   Yuji Ide B All
  Benoît Tréluyer All
Dome Racing Team Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 18   Takashi Kogure B All
  Ryo Michigami All
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.1 L V12 20   Eiichi Tajima D 2, 6
  Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2
  Mikio Hitotsuyama 6
Ferrari Ferrari 550 GTS Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12 21   Takuya Kurosawa All
  Hidetoshi Mitsusada All
Toyota Team Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25   Manabu Orido Y All
  Dominik Schwager 1–5, 7–8
  Hideki Noda 6
Epson Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 32   André Lotterer D All
  Tsugio Matsuda All
Toyota Team Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 34   Seiji Ara D All
  Naoki Yokomizo All
35   Naoki Hattori All
  Shigekazu Wakisaka 1–4
  Peter Dumbreck 5–8
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36   James Courtney B All
  Takeshi Tsuchiya All
37   Tatsuya Kataoka All
  Sakon Yamamoto All
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 38   Toranosuke Takagi B All
  Yuji Tachikawa All
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 39   André Couto B All
  Ronnie Quintarelli All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 88   Koji Yamanishi Y 1–2, 4–6
  Hisashi Wada 1–2
  Marco Apicella 4–5
  Naohiro Furuya 6
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100   Jérémie Dufour B All
  Sébastien Philippe All

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
M-Tec Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 0   Shinya Hosokawa D All
  Haruki Kurosawa All
Verno Tokai Dream28 Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2   Kazuho Takahashi Y All
  Akira Watanabe All
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5   Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
  Katsuhiko Tsutsui All
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7   Hiroyuki Iiri Y All
  Shinichi Yamaji All
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 9   Junichiro Yamashita Y All
  Eiji Yamada 1–4, 6–7
  Shogo Suho 5, 8
Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 913   Hideo Fukuyama 1–6
  Haruhiko Matsumoto 1
  Shogo Suho 2–4, 6
  Eiji Yamada 5
Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 10   Yasutaka Hinoi D All
  Hideshi Matsuda 1–2, 4–5, 7–8
  Taku Bamba 3, 6
11   Paolo Montin All
  Tetsuya Tanaka All
Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 13   Masami Kageyama Y All
  Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All
Amprex Motorsports Lotus Lotus Exige 300RR GM Ecotec 3.0 L V6 15   Tengku Djan Ley Y 3
  Norman Simon 3
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Hiroki Katoh Y All
  Nobuteru Taniguchi All
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26   Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–3, 8
  Kaoru Ijiri 1–2
  Takashi Inoue 3
  Isao Ihashi 8
Direxiv Motorsport Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.2 L V6 27   Shogo Mitsuyama Y All
  Yasuo Miyagawa 1–6
  Hiroki Yoshimoto 7–8
Team Reckless Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 30   Kota Sasaki M All
  Tetsuya Yamano All
apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31   Kazuki Nakajima M All
  Minoru Tanaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43   Morio Nitta M All
  Shinichi Takagi All
MOLA Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 46   Takayuki Aoki Y All
  Kazuki Hoshino All
47   Go Shimizu All
  Tomonobu Fujii All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 52   Katsuyuki Hiranaka K All
  Hironori Takeuchi All
R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 3.9 L V8 62   Tadao Uematsu Y All
  Shinsuke Shibahara 1–6, 8
  Hiroyuki Yagi 7
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70   Yoshimi Ishibashi Y 1–6
  Eiichi Tajima 1, 3
  Hirofumi Takei 2, 4–5
  Yutaka Yamagishi 6
170   Yoshimi Ishibashi 8
  Takashi Inoue 8
Teramoto Technical Office Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 72   Akira Hirakawa Y All
  Takashi Inoue 1, 5
  Hiroshi Wada 2–3, 7–8
  Akihiro Asai 4
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77   Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
  Tatsuya Tanigawa All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 86   Koji Yamanishi Y 8
  Naohiro Furuya 8
87   Hisashi Wada 4–6, 8
  Naohiro Furuya 4–5
  Marco Apicella 6, 8
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 110   Takashi Ohi Y All
  Ichijo Suga All
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 112   Atsushi Yogo 1–3, 5–8
  Keita Sawa 1–3
  Takaya Tsubobayashi 5–8
Team LeyJun Porsche Porsche 968 GT4 Porsche M44/12 3.0 L Turbo I4 111   Hiroya Iijima Y All
  Masaki Jyonai All
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 777   Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Y All
  Jukuchou Sunako All

Schedule

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Round Race Circuit Date
1   Okayama GT 300 km Race Okayama International Circuit March 27
2   Fuji GT 500 km Race Fuji International Speedway May 4
3   Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 26
4   SUGO GT 300 km Race Sportsland Sugo July 24
5   Motegi GT 300 km Race Twin Ring Motegi September 4
6   Fuji GT 300 km Race Fuji International Speedway September 25
7   Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km Autopolis International Race Course October 16
8   Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit November 6

Season results

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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
  Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
  Masami Kageyama
2 Mt. Fuji   #38 Zent Cerumo Supra   #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Toranosuke Takagi
  Haruki Kurosawa
  Shinya Hosokawa
3 Kuala Lumpur   #1 Xanavi Nismo Z   #43 ARTA Garaiya
  Satoshi Motoyama
  Richard Lyons
  Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi
4 Sportsland SUGO   #37 Dynacity TOM'S Supra   #31 Kicchouhouzan MR-S
  Tatsuya Kataoka
  Sakon Yamamoto
  Minoru Tanaka
  Kazuki Nakajima
5 Motegi   #100 Raybrig NSX   #46 Dream Cube's Advan Z
  Sebastien Philippe
  Jeremie Dufour
  Kazuki Hoshino
  Takayuki Aoki
6 Mt. Fuji   #38 Zent Cerumo Supra   #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Toranosuke Takagi
  Haruki Kurosawa
  Shinya Hosokawa
7 Autopolis   #8 ARTA NSX   #30 Reckless MR-S
  Daisuke Ito
  Ralph Firman
  Kota Sasaki
  Tetsuya Yamano
8 Suzuka   #38 Zent Cerumo Supra   #11 Jim Gainer Ferrari Dunlop
  Yuji Tachikawa
  Toranosuke Takagi
  Tetsuya Tanaka
  Paolo Montin

Standings

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GT500 class

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Drivers' standings

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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.
Rank Driver OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
MOT
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
SUZ
 
PTS
1   Yuji Tachikawa
  Toranosuke Takagi
14 1 11 11 12 1 7 1 67
2   Ralph Firman
  Daisuke Ito
4 12 2 6 16 8 1 12 61
3   Richard Lyons
  Satoshi Motoyama
Ret 4 1 8 6 10 6 2 60
4   James Courtney
  Takeshi Tsuchiya
2 10 3 3 7 5 8 5 60
5   Michael Krumm
  Masataka Yanagida
12 2 6 7 4 9 2 8 57
6   Akira Iida
  Juichi Wakisaka
11 5 4 4 9 3 10 3 51
7   Tatsuya Kataoka
  Sakon Yamamoto
6 6 13 1 8 7 Ret 7 43
8   Érik Comas
  Toshihiro Kaneishi
3 9 Ret 15 13 4 3 4 42
9   André Lotterer
  Tsugio Matsuda
5 8 5 13 10 2 14 10 38
10   Takashi Kogure
  Ryo Michigami
7 13 7 Ret 2 11 5 6 37
11   Benoît Tréluyer
  Yuji Ide
Ret 15 8 5 3 13 4 9 35
12   Naoki Hattori 9 3 14 10 5 6 9 13 29
13   Manabu Orido 1 14 15 9 15 Ret Ret 14 26
14   Jérémie Dufour
  Sébastien Philippe
10 11 10 Ret 1 14 Ret Ret 26
15   Dominik Schwager 1 14 15 9 15 Ret 14 25
16   André Couto
  Ronnie Quintarelli
8 Ret 9 2 14 12 11 11 21
17   Shigekazu Wakisaka 9 3 14 10 16
18   Peter Dumbreck 5 6 9 13 13
19   Seiji Ara
  Naoki Yokomizo
Ret 7 12 14 11 16 12 16 4
20   Hideki Noda Ret 1
  Takuya Kurosawa
  Hidetoshi Mitsusada
Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 15 13 15 0
  Koji Yamanishi 13 DNS Ret 17 Ret 0
  Hisashi Wada 13 DNS 0
  Eiichi Tajima Ret 17 0
  Marco Apicella Ret 17 0
  Mikio Hitotsuyama 17 0
  Yasushi Hitotsuyama Ret 0
  Naohiro Furuya Ret 0
Rank Driver OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
MOT
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
SUZ
 
PTS
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)

Teams' standings

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For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[1]

Rank Team No. OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
MOT
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
SUZ
 
PTS
1 Nismo 1 15Ret 4 1 8 6 10 6 2 86
22 12 2 6 7 4 9 2 8
2 Team Honda Racing 8 4 12 2 6 16 8 1 12 82
18 7 13 7 17Ret 2 11 5 6
3 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 2 10 3 3 7 5 8 5 73
37 6 6 13 1 8 7 17Ret 7
4 Toyota Team Cerumo 38 14 1 11 11 12 1 7 1 67
5 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6 11 5 4 4 9 3 10 3 51
6 Hasemi Motorsport 3 3 9 16Ret 15 13 4 3 4 42
7 Nakajima Racing 32 5 8 5 13 10 2 14 10 38
8 Team Impul 12 17Ret 15 8 5 3 13 4 9 35
9 Kraft 34 18Ret 7 12 14 11 16 12 16 29
35 9 3 14 10 5 6 9 13
10 Team Advan Tsuchiya 25 1 14 15 9 15 18Ret 16Ret 14 26
10 Team Kunimitsu 100 10 11 10 18Ret 1 14 15Ret 17Ret 26
12 Toyota Team SARD 39 8 17Ret 9 2 14 12 11 11 21
- Hitotsuyama Racing 20 18DNS 17 0
21 16Ret 16Ret 17Ret 12 18Ret 15 13 15
- JLOC 88 13 19DNS 16Ret 17 19Ret 0
Rank Team No. OKA
 
FUJ
 
SEP
 
SUG
 
MOT
 
FUJ
 
AUT
 
SUZ
 
PTS

GT300 class (Top 3)

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Drivers

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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
#43 ARTA Garaiya 74 1

Teams

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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

References

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  1. ^ "SUPERGT.net | Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
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