2002 D1 Grand Prix series

Changes from the previous season

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The 2002 season saw various formats with different cutoffs for the tsuisou (twin drift) segment, the ruleset would be finalized in round 4, with tanso (single) runs starting from top 32 and the best scoring 16 drivers advancing to the tsuisou battles.

2002 D1 Grand Prix Point Series

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n.b. Winning Driver are mentioned on the right

Round 1 - February 22/23 - Bihoku Highland Circuit, Okayama Prefecture, Japan - Katsuhiro Ueo (AE86)
Round 2 - April 19/20 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Nobuteru Taniguchi (S15)
Round 3 - May 5/6 - Sports Land SUGO, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan - Masatoshi Asamoto (FD3S)
Round 4 - July 7 - Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan - Youichi Imamura (FD3S)
Round 5 - August 13/14 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Kouichi Yamashita (S15)
Round 6 - September 28/29 - Sekia Hills, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan - Ken Maeda (AE86)
Round 7 - November 11 - Nikkō Circuit, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan - Youichi Imamura (FD3S)

Final Championship Results

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Position Driver Car rd.1 rd.2 rd.3 rd.4 rd.5 rd.6 rd.7 Total
1st Katsuhiro Ueo Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 20 - 4 8 14 18 6 70
2nd Nobuteru Taniguchi Nissan Silvia S15 - 20 2 - 16 16 10 64
3rd Ken Nomura Nissan Skyline ER34 - 10 16 2 2 10 18 58
4th Nobushige Kumakubo Nissan Silvia S15 14 - 12 4 10 14 2 56
5th Youichi Imamura Toyota Altezza SXE10/Mazda RX-7 FD3S - - - 20 8 6 20 54
6th Yuuki Izumida Nissan Silvia S14 - - - 10 8 12 - 40
7th Gen Terasaki Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 18 - - 2 12 2 - 34
7th Hisashi Kamimoto Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 12 14 - - - 8 - 34
7th Masatoshi Asamoto Mazda RX-7 FD3S - 2 20 12 - - - 34
10th Takashi Haruyama Nissan Cefiro A31 - - 18 14 - - - 32
11th Hideo Hiraoka Toyota Chaser JZX100 2 - 6 - 2 4 16 30
12th Toshiki Yoshioka Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 8 - - 16 - - - 24
12th Masao Suenaga Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 - - 10 - - - 14 24
14th Tomoyuki Kubo Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 - - 14 - - - 8 22
15th Ken Maeda Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 - - - - - 20 - 20
15th Kouichi Yamashita Nissan Silvia S15 - - - - 20 - - 20
17th Yoshinori Koguchi Nissan 180SX RPS13 - - - - 6 - 12 18
17th Kazuhiro Tanaka Nissan Silvia S15 - - - 18 - - - 18
17th Yasuyuki Kazama Nissan Silvia S15 - 18 - - - - - 18
20th Tsuyoshi Tezuka Toyota Mark II JZX81 10 - - 6 - - - 16
20th Mitsuru Haruguchi Mazda RX-7 FC3S - 16 - - - - - 16
20th Hiroshi Fukuda Nissan 180SX RPS13 16 - - - - - - 16
23rd Yukinobu Okubo Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 - 8 - - 4 - 2 14
24th Takahiro Ueno Toyota Soarer JZZ30 - 12 - - - - - 12
25th Ryota Yuasa Toyota Corolla Levin AE86/Nissan Laurel C33 6 2 - - 2 - - 10
25th Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia PS13 4 - - - - 2 4 10
27th Shunichi Tomikuda Nissan Silvia PS13 - - 8 - - - - 8
28th Ryuji Miki Nissan Silvia S14/Nissan Silvia S15 - 6 - - - - - 6
29th Makoto Sezaki Nissan Silvia S15 - 4 - - - - - 4
30th Kusunori Tanaka Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 - - - - - 2 - 2
30th Seigo Yamamoto Toyota Chaser JZX100 - - 2 - - - - 2
30th Hiroshi Takahashi Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 - - 2 - - - - 2
30th Tatsuya Sakuma Nissan Silvia PS13 - 2 - - - - - 2

See also

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Sources

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D1GP Results Database 2000-2004