2005 Super GT Series

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.

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

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

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

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

Scoring system

• 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)

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

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

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