The 2007 Japan Le Mans Challenge was the second season for the Japan Le Mans Challenge, a series created by the SERO and sanctioned by the ACO. It began at Sportsland SUGO on May 13 and ended at Okayama International Circuit on October 27 after 4 races.
Schedule On October 29, 2006, during the Okayama 1000 km, SERO announced their schedule for the 2007 season, adding a fourth race at Fuji.
Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 Sportsland Sugo 1000 km Sportsland SUGO May 13 2 Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway June 3 3 Motegi 1000 km Twin Ring Motegi July 22 4 Okayama 1000 km Okayama International Circuit October 27
Entries
LMP1 Team Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Rounds Team MugenCourage LC70Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V816 Haruki Kurosawa1, 3–4 Shinji Nakano1, 3–4 Seiji Ara2 Daisuke Itō2 Hitotsuyama Racing Zytek 05S Zytek ZB408 4.0 L V8 22 Hideki NodaAll Shinsuke YamazakiAllSource:
LMP2 Team Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Rounds Forward RacingDallara GC21Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L I45 Takeshi Itou3 Takuya Shirasaka3 Max Racing Oscar RS.KK-LM Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 15 Toshiya ItouAll Masayuki UedaAll Hideki Hirota1, 4 Kazuyoshi Takamizawa2–3 AIM SportsDallara GC21Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L I418 Yuuji AsouAll Masaru TomizawaAll Ken Kurosawa2, 4 Yoshitaka Kuroda1 Masaki Matsushita3 Rs SerizawaDallara GC21Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L I437 Hiroaki Ishiura3 Hiroshi Koizumi 3 Tsubasa Kurosawa3 Oscar SK93Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L I4111 Naoki Furuya4 Tatsuya Hashimoto4 Tomokuni Waki4Source:
LMGT1 Team Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Rounds ZipspeedChevrolet CorvetteChevrolet LS1 5.7 V84 Takaya Tsubobayashi2 Akira Yoshitomi2 Scuderia FormePorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/73 3.6 L Flat-67 Masahiro Fujino2–4 Tadakazu Kojima2–4 Kiichirou Nagashiki4 Hitotsuyama RacingFerrari 550-GTS MaranelloFerrari F133 A 6.0 L V1221 Tomonobu FujiiAll Akira IidaAll Eiichi Tajima1 Mikio Hitotsuyama4 Arktech Motor SportsPorsche BoxsterPorsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6110 Takuya Kurosawa1 Hidetoshi Mitsusada1Source:
LMGT2 Team Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Rounds Scuderia FormePorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/73 3.6 L Flat-67 Masahiro Fujino1 Tadakazu Kojima1 Hitotsuyama RacingPorsche 997 GT3-RSRPorsche M97/80 3.8 L Flat-620 Hideo FukuyamaAll Yukinori TaniguchiAll Yasuo Miyagawa1–2 Yukihiro Hane3–4 Ferrari F430 GTFerrari F136 GT 4.0 L V827 Kouji AoyamaAll Morio NittaAll Shinichi TakagiAll 910 RacingPorsche 996 GT3-RPorsche M96/73 3.6 L Flat-6910 "Dragon"All Yoshiaki NakayamaAll Motoyoshi YoshidaAllSource:
Season results Bold indicates overall winners.
Rnd Circuit LMP1 Winning Team LMP2 Winning Team LMGT1 Winning Team LMGT2 Winning TeamReport LMP1 Winning Drivers LMP2 Winning Drivers LMGT1 Winning Drivers LMGT2 Winning Drivers 1 Sugo No. 22 Hitotsuyama Racing No. 18 AIM Sports No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing No. 27 Report Hideki Noda Shinsuke Yamazaki Yuji Aso Masaru Tomizawa Masayuki Yamashita Tomonobu Fujii Akira Iida Koji Aoyama Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi 2 Fuji No. 22 Hitotsuyama Racing No. 18 AIM Sports No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing No. 27 Report Hideki Noda Shinsuke Yamazaki Yuji Aso Yoshitaka Kuroda Masaru Tomizawa Tomonobu Fujii Akira Iida Koji Aoyama Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi 3 Motegi No. 22 Hitotsuyama Racing No. 15 Max Racing No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing No. 27 Report Hideki Noda Shinsuke Yamazaki Toshiya Itou Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Masayuki Ueda Tomonobu Fujii Akira Iida Koji Aoyama Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi 4 Okayama No. 16 Team Mugen No. 18 AIM Sports No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing No. 20 Hitotsuyama RacingReport Haruki Kurosawa Shinji Nakano Yuuji Asou Tsubasa Kurosawa Masaru Tomizawa Tomonobu Fujii Mikio Hitotsuyama Akira Iida Hideo Fukuyama Yukihiro Hane Yukinori Taniguchi
Championship standings
Points system Points are awarded to finishers based on how many cars were entered in each class. For team's championships, only the top finishing car in a team scores points towards the championship. For classes with a more than five cars, points are scored as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points108654321 For classes with a fewer than five cars, points are scored as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Points5432.52
Drivers' Championship
LMP1 standings Drivers TeamSUGFUJMOTOKA Points 1 Hideki Noda Shinsuke Yamazaki Hitotsuyama Racing1112 19 2 Haruki Kurosawa Shinji Nakano Team Mugen2NC1 9 NC Seiji Ara Daisuke Itō Team MugenNC 0Bold – Pole Italic – Fastest Lap
LMP2 standings Drivers TeamSUGFUJMOTOKA Points 1 Yuji Aso Masaru Tomizawa AIM Sports1121 19 2 Toshiya Itou Masayuki Ueda Max Racing2213 16 3 Tsubasa Kurosawa AIM Sports1Ret1 104 Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Max Racing2195 Hideki Hirota Max Racing2376 Yoshitaka Kuroda AIM Sports157 Masaki Matsushita AIM Sports248 Naoki Furuya Tatsuya Hashimoto Tomokuni Waki 24NC Takeshi Itou Takuya Shirasaka Forward RacingNC0NC Hiroaki Ishiura Hiroshi Koizumi Tsubasa Kurosawa Rs SerizawaRet0
LMGT1 standings Drivers TeamSUGFUJMOTOKA Points 1 Tomonobu Fujii Akira Iida Hitotsuyama Racing1111 202 Eiichi Tajima Hitotsuyama Racing15 3 Mikio Hitotsuyama Hitotsuyama Racing1 5 4 Masahiro Fujino Tadakazu Kojima Scuderia Forme2RetRet 4NC Takuya Kurosawa Hidetoshi Mitsusada Arktech Motor SportsNC0NC Takaya Tsubobayashi Akira Yoshitomi ZipspeedRet0NC Kiichirou Nagashiki Scuderia FormeRet0
LMGT2 standings Drivers TeamSUGFUJMOTOKA Points 1 Kouji Aoyama Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi 1112 192 Hideo Fukuyama Yukinori Taniguchi Hitotsuyama Racing223116 3 Yukihiro Hane Hitotsuyama Racing31 8 4 Yasuo Miyagawa Hitotsuyama Racing22 85 "Dragon" Yoshiaki Nakayama Motoyoshi Yoshida 910 RacingNC32Ret7NC Masahiro Fujino Tadakazu Kojima Scuderia FormeRet0
Teams' Championship
LMP1 standings TeamSUGFUJMOTOKA Points 1 Hitotsuyama Racing111219 2 Team Mugen1NCNC19Bold – Pole Italic – Fastest Lap
LMP2 standings TeamSUGFUJMOTOKA Points 1 AIM Sports112119 2 Max Racing2213163 24NC Forward RacingNC 0NC Rs SerizawaRet0 LMGT1 standings TeamSUGFUJMOTOKA Points 1 Hitotsuyama Racing111120 2 Scuderia Forme2RetRet4NC Arktech Motor SportsNC0NC ZipspeedRet0 LMGT2 standings TeamSUGFUJMOTOKA Points 1 111219 2 Hitotsuyama Racing2231163 910 RacingNC32Ret7NC Scuderia FormeRet0
References
External links JLMC Official Website (English) World Sports Racing Prototypes – Results