2005 Super GT Series
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
GT300
Team |
Make |
Car |
No. |
Drivers |
Tyre |
Rounds |
M-Tec |
Honda |
Honda NSX |
0 |
Shinya Hosokawa |
D |
All |
Haruki Kurosawa |
All |
Verno Tokai Dream28-Honda |
Vemac |
Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B |
2 |
Kazuho Takahashi |
Y |
All |
Akira Watanabe |
All |
Team Mach |
Vemac |
Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B |
5 |
Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Y |
All |
Katsuhiko Tsutsui |
All |
RE Amemiya Racing |
Mazda |
Mazda RX-7 |
7 |
Hiroyuki Iiri |
Y |
All |
Shinichi Yamaji |
All |
A&S Racing |
Mosler |
Mosler MT900-Chevrolet |
9 |
Junichiro Yamashita |
Y |
All |
Eiji Yamada |
1–4, 6–7 |
Shogo Suho |
5, 8 |
Chevrolet |
Chevrolet Corvette C6 |
913 |
Hideo Fukuyama |
1–6 |
Haruhiko Matsumoto |
1 |
Shogo Suho |
2–4, 6 |
Eiji Yamada |
5 |
Jim Gainer Racing |
Ferrari |
Ferrari 360 |
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 |
13 |
Masami Kageyama |
Y |
All |
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita |
All |
Amprex Motorsports |
Lotus |
Lotus Exige 300RR |
15 |
Tengku Djan Ley |
Y |
4 |
Norman Simon |
4 |
Racing Project Bandoh |
Toyota |
Toyota Celica |
19 |
Hiroki Katoh |
Y |
All |
Nobuteru Taniguchi |
All |
Team Taisan |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3-R |
26 |
Yutaka Yamagishi |
Y |
1–3, 8 |
Kaoru Ijiri |
1–2 |
Takashi Inoue |
3 |
Isao Ihashi |
8 |
Direxiv Motorsport |
Vemac |
Vemac RD320R-Honda C32B |
27 |
Shogo Mitsuyama |
Y |
All |
Yasuo Miyagawa |
1–6 |
Hiroki Yoshimoto |
7–8 |
Team Reckless |
Toyota |
Toyota MR-S |
30 |
Kota Sasaki |
M |
All |
Tetsuya Yamano |
All |
apr |
Toyota |
Toyota MR-S |
31 |
Kazuki Nakajima |
M |
All |
Minoru Tanaka |
All |
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri |
ASL |
ASL Garaiya |
43 |
Morio Nitta |
M |
All |
Shinichi Takagi |
All |
MOLA |
Nissan |
Nissan Fairlady Z |
46 |
Takayuki Aoki |
Y |
All |
Kazuki Hoshino |
All |
47 |
Go Shimizu |
All |
Tomonobu Fujii |
All |
Toyota Team Cerumo |
Toyota |
Toyota Celica |
52 |
Katsuyuki Hiranaka |
K
|
All |
Hironori Takeuchi |
All |
R&D Sport |
Vemac |
Vemac RD350R-Zytek ZV348 |
62 |
Tadao Uematsu |
Y |
All |
Shinsuke Shibahara |
1–6, 8 |
Hiroyuki Yagi |
7 |
Team Gaikokuya |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3-RS |
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 |
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 |
77 |
Katsuo Kobayashi |
Y |
All |
Tatsuya Tanigawa |
All |
JLOC |
Lamborghini |
Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 |
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 |
110 |
Takashi Ohi |
Y |
All |
Ichijo Suga |
All |
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup |
112 |
Atsushi Yogo |
1–3, 5–8 |
Keita Sawa |
1–3 |
Takaya Tsubobayashi |
5–8 |
Team LeyJun |
Porsche |
Porsche 968 GT4 |
111 |
Hiroya Iijima |
Y |
All |
Masaki Jyonai |
All |
910 Racing |
Porsche |
Porsche 996 GT3 RS |
777 |
Kazuyoshi Takamizawa |
Y |
All |
Sunako Jukucho |
All |
Schedule
Season results
Overall winner in bold
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.
|
Colour | Result |
Gold | Winner |
Silver | 2nd place |
Bronze | 3rd 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 participate (DNP) |
Excluded (EX) |
|
Teams
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 |
#43 ARTA Garaiya |
74 |
1 |
Teams
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