The 2014 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-second season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the tenth season under the name Super GT. It marked the thirty-second season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It was the first year of new GT500 regulations as the 2014 season saw unified technical regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. The season began on April 6 and ended on November 16, after 8 races.
Schedule A provisional calendar was released on August 12, 2013.
Round Race Circuit Date 1 Okayama GT300 km Okayama International Circuit April 6 2 Fuji GT 1500 km Fuji Speedway May 4 3 Autopolis GT300 km Autopolis June 1 4 Sugo GT300 km Sportsland SUGO July 20 5 Fuji GT 2300 km Fuji Speedway August 10 6 43rd International Suzuka 1000km1000 km Suzuka Circuit August 31 7 Buriram United Super GT Race300 km Chang International Circuit October 5 8 Motegi GT250 km Twin Ring Motegi November 16
Calendar changes The Autopolis race was moved from its October date to the June date previously held by the Super Formula championship. After being on the calendar since 2000, the race at the Sepang International Circuit will not be held in 2014. After being on the provisional calendar as a non-championship round for 2013, the championship was scheduled to race in South Korea for the first time, at a yet to be determined venue. However, on December 16, 2013, the race was again cancelled. The championship will also host its first race in Thailand, at the newly built Buriram United International Circuit. The non-championship races at the JAF Grand Prix, was dropped for the 2014 season, the JAF Grand Prix later becoming the final round of the 2014 Super Formula season instead.
Drivers and teams
GT500 Team Make Car Engine Drivers Tyre Rounds Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo Lexus Lexus RC F GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Kohei Hirate All Yuji TachikawaAll Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus Lexus RC F GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Yuji Kunimoto All Kazuya OshimaAll Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Concept-GT Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Vitantonio Liuzzi All Kosuke MatsuuraAll Team Impul Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 12 João Paulo de Oliveira All Hironobu YasudaAll Keihin Real Racing Honda Honda NSX Concept-GT Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Toshihiro Kaneishi All Koudai TsukakoshiAll Weider Modulo Dome Racing Honda Honda NSX Concept-GT Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 18 Naoki Yamamoto All Jean-Karl Vernay1–3 Frédéric Makowiecki4–7 Takuya Izawa8 Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH Lexus Lexus RC F GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Yuhi Sekiguchi All Juichi WakisakaAll Nismo Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 23 Tsugio Matsuda All Ronnie QuintarelliAll Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 24 Michael Krumm All Daiki SasakiAll Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Concept-GT Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 32 Bertrand Baguette All Daisuke NakajimaAll Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus Lexus RC F GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 James Rossiter All Kazuki Nakajima1, 4–8 Ryo Hirakawa2–3 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus Lexus RC F GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 37 Andrea Caldarelli All Daisuke ItoAll Lexus Team SARD Lexus Lexus RC F GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Hiroaki Ishiura All Oliver JarvisAll MOLA Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 46 Satoshi Motoyama All Masataka YanagidaAll Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX Concept-GT Honda HR-414E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100 Takashi Kogure All Hideki MutohAll
GT300 Team Make Car Engine Drivers Tyre Rounds Team Mugen Honda Honda CR-Z GT Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 0 Yuhki Nakayama All Tomoki NojiriAll Ryō Michigami6 Cars Tokai Dream28 McLaren McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin Turbo V8 2 Hiroki Katoh All Kazuho TakahashiAll Hiroshi Hamaguchi6 NDDP Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 3 Kazuki Hoshino All Lucas OrdóñezAll Wolfgang Reip6 Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo BMW BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 4 Tatsuya Kataoka All Nobuteru TaniguchiAll Team Mach Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 5 Tetsuji Tamanaka 1–3, 5–6 Junichiro Yamashita1–2, 5 Kazuya Tsuruta2, 6 Naoya Yamano3, 6 BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie BMW BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 7 Jörg Müller All Seiji AraAll Augusto Farfus6 Pacific Direction Racing Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 9 Takuya Shirasaka 1–6, 8 Yuya Sakamoto1–2, 8 Taiyo Iida2, 6 André Couto3–6 Gainer Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 10 Masayuki Ueda All Hideki YamauchiAll 11 Katsuyuki HiranakaAll Björn WirdheimAll Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi CJJ 5.2 L V10 21 Tomonobu Fujii All Richard Lyons1, 3–8 Carlo van Dam2 Christopher Haase6 R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 22 Hisashi Wada All Takeshi Tsuchiya1–3 Tetsuya Tanaka4 Masaki Jyonai5–8 apr Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 30 Yuki Iwasaki All Masami KageyamaAll Tohjiro Azuma6 Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 31 Morio NittaAll Koki SagaAll Yuichi Nakayama6 Porsche Team KTR Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 33 Akihiro Tsuzuki All Tim Bergmeister1–2, 6 Kyosuke Mineo3, 5, 7–8 Jörg Bergmeister4, 6 Dijon Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48 Hiroshi Takamori 1–6, 8 Masaki Tanaka1–6, 8 Keiichi Inoue2, 7 Ryuichiro Tomita6, 7 Arnage Racing Aston Martin Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM11 5.9 L V12 50 Masaki Kano All Hideto Yasuoka1–6, 8 Nanin Indra-Payoong2, 6–7 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda CR-Z GT Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Twin Turbo Hybrid V6 55 Shinichi Takagi All Takashi KobayashiAll LM corsa BMW BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 60 Hiroki Yoshimoto All Akira Iida1–7 Shinya Sato6, 8 R&D Sport Subaru Subaru BRZ Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 Takuto Iguchi All Kota SasakiAll Leon Racing Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 65 Haruki Kurosawa All Kyosuke Mineo1–2 Tsubasa Kurosawa2–7 Naoya Gamou8 Team Taisan Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 67 Shogo Mitsuyama 1–6, 8 Naoki Yokomizo1–6, 8 Kyosuke Mineo6 JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 86 Shinya Hosokawa All Koji YamanishiAll 88 Takayuki AokiAll Manabu OridoAll Kazuki Hiramine6 i-mobile-AAS Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 99 Alexandre Imperatori 7 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak7 Toyota Team Thailand Toyota Toyota 86 MC GT300 GTA V8 4.5 L V8 194 Nattavude Charoensukhawatana 7 Takeshi Tsuchiya7 Tomei Sports Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Atsushi Tanaka 1–3, 5–6, 8 Hiroki Yoshida1–2, 4–6, 8 Ryuju Fujita2–4, 6
Rule changes
GT500
It was announced on October 16, 2012 that the Super GT championship and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters will unify technical regulations for the 2014 season. The previous GT500 engines of 3.4L V8 in capacity were replaced with 2.0L Turbocharged Inline-four engines. With the new rule changes, all 3 manufacturers ran the 2014 season with new cars, the Honda HSV-010 GT and the Lexus SC430 being replaced by the new mid-engined Honda NSX-GT and the Lexus RC F respectively while Nissan continued to use the GT-R for 2014, but with a new car built for the new regulations. All 3 cars were unveiled at the 2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km.
Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Race winner 1 Okayama International CircuitReport 6 April #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS #37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Yuji Kunimoto Kazuya Oshima Andrea Caldarelli Daisuke Ito #31 apr #4 Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo Morio Nitta Koki Saga Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi 2 Fuji SpeedwayReport 4 May #12 Team Impul #12 Team Impul João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda #3 NDDP Racing #4 Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo Kazuki Hoshino Lucas Ordóñez Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi 3 AutopolisReport 1 June #23 Nismo #23 Nismo Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli #61 R&D Sport #55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Takuto Iguchi Kota Sasaki Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi 4 Sportsland SUGOReport 20 July #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S #1 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate #10 Gainer #88 JLOC Masayuki Ueda Hideki Yamauchi Takayuki Aoki Manabu Orido 5 Fuji SpeedwayReport 10 August #17 Keihin Real Racing #18 Weider Modulo Dome Racing Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi Frédéric Makowiecki Naoki Yamamoto #61 R&D Sport #61 R&D Sport Takuto Iguchi Kota Sasaki Takuto Iguchi Kota Sasaki 6 Suzuka CircuitReport 31 August #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter #55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri #60 LM corsa Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto Shinya Sato 7 Chang International CircuitReport 5 October #46 MOLA #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Satoshi Motoyama Masataka Yanagida Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter #99 i-Mobile-AAS #3 NDDP Racing Alexandre Imperatori Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Kazuki Hoshino Lucas Ordóñez 8 Twin Ring MotegiReport 16 November #23 Nismo #23 Nismo Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli #11 Gainer #11 Gainer Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim
Standings
GT500 Drivers championship Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Suzuka 25 18 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 RankDriverNo.OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOTPts.1 Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli23 7 8 1 14 2 2 10 1812 Andrea Caldarelli Daisuke Ito37 1 5 4 2 9 7 4 2793 James Rossiter36 13 9 5 4 5 1 1 10684 Naoki Yamamoto18 5 10 7 8 1 3 5 3645 Kazuki Nakajima36 13 4 5 1 1 10606 João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda12 3 1 3 9 8 10 3 13607 Yuji Kunimoto Kazuya Oshima6 2 3 9 5 13 5 9 11448 Kohei Hirate Yuji Tachikawa1 14 2 12 1 14 8 11 7439 Frédéric Makowiecki18 8 1 3 54210 Michael Krumm Daiki Sasaki24 12 4 13 10 15 9 2 43511 Satoshi Motoyama Masataka Yanagida46 10 Ret 2 7 6 Ret 13 53112 Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi17 6 Ret Ret 3 4 Ret 12 152413 Hiroaki Ishiura Oliver Jarvis39 4 6 11 6 12 11 7 92414 Takashi Kogure Hideki Mutoh100 9 Ret 6 11 7 6 8 82315 Yuhi Sekiguchi Juichi Wakisaka19 11 7 8 12 11 Ret 6 61716 Vitantonio Liuzzi Kosuke Matsuura8 8 Ret Ret 15 10 4 Ret 121417 Bertrand Baguette Daisuke Nakajima32 15 Ret 10 13 3 12 Ret 141218 Takuya Izawa18 31119 Jean-Karl Vernay18 5 10 71120 Ryo Hirakawa36 9 58RankDriverNo.OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOTPts.
GT500 Teams' standings RankTeamNo.OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOTPts. 1 Nismo 23 7 8 1 14 2 2 10 1 1022 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 37 1 5 4 2 9 7 4 2 101 3 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S 36 13 9 5 4 5 1 1 10 884 Weider Modulo Dome Racing 18 5 10 7 8 1 3 5 3 83 5 Team Impul 12 3 1 3 9 8 10 3 13 786 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS 6 2 3 9 5 13 5 9 11 62 7 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 1 14 2 12 1 14 8 11 7 61 8 Kondo Racing 24 12 4 13 10 15 9 2 4 51 9 MOLA 46 10 Ret 2 7 6 Ret 13 5 45 10 Lexus Team SARD 39 4 6 11 6 12 11 7 9 43 11 Team Kunimitsu 100 9 Ret 6 11 7 6 8 8 39 12 Keihin Real Racing 17 6 Ret Ret 3 4 Ret 12 15 3413 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 19 11 7 8 12 11 Ret 6 6 3214Autobacs Racing Team Aguri8 8 Ret Ret 15 10 4 Ret 122515Nakajima Racing32 15 Ret 10 13 3 12 Ret 1421RankTeamNo.OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOTPts.
GT300 Drivers championship