The 2013 Autopolis GT 300 km was the seventh round of the 2013 Super GT season and the 8th points scoring race for GT300 cars. It took place on October 6, 2013, at Autopolis near Kamitsue, Oita, Japan.

Background Dome Racing drivers Frédéric Makowiecki and Naoki Yamamoto were tied on 46 points for the championship lead with Impul's João Paulo de Oliveira and Tsugio Matsuda. Following their win in at the 3 Hours of Fuji Team Mugen extended their championship lead in GT300 to 16 points over the Gainer Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 of Katsuyuki Hiranaka and Björn Wirdheim. With Autopolis being the 2nd last round of the season, instead of having weight ballast equal to twice the number of points scored in the season, teams that competed in all previous 6 races had their weight ballast reduced to the number of points they scored.

After running a 2013-spec Porsche 997 GT3, Team Taisan reverted to running a 2012-spec Porsche for balance of performance reasons. The GTA adjusted the balance of performance for both JAF-GT and FIA GT3 cars. For the JAF-GT cars the air restrictor sizes were reduced in an effort to reduce power, however The Toyota Prius was not given any adjustments. The Nissan GT-R GT3 was given a slight increase in boost pressure.

39 cars were entered for the race, the only change from the previous round was that the Dijon Racing Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 did not enter Autopolis.

Report Practice The practice session began in wet conditions. The #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Lexus SC430 was the fastest car in GT500 and the #10 Gainer Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 was the fastest GT300 car. The session was red flagged 13 minutes in after Naoki Yamamoto spun off-road and crashed. The session resumed 9 minutes later but due to worsening conditions few teams completed laps on the circuit. The session was later red flagged 48 minutes in and not restarted due to poor visibility.

Qualifying Qualifying was scheduled to be held on October 5, 2013, but due to the heavy rain and fog that cancelled the practice session, qualifying was cancelled and rescheduled to October 6. Instead of the standard 15 and 8 minute knockout sessions for both GT500 and GT300 cars, there would only be a single 25 minute session for both classes.

Race

Results Qualifying

Pos No Team Driver Qualifying Tyre GT500 1 38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo Yuji Tachikawa 1:38.174 2 23 Motul Autech NISMO Ronnie Quintarelli 1:38.209 3 18 Weider Dome Racing Frédéric Makowiecki 1:38.220 4 1 S-Road REITO MOLA Satoshi Motoyama 1:38.346 5 12 Calsonic Team Impul João Paulo de Oliveira 1:38.385 6 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Takashi Kogure 1:38.566 7 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Daisuke Ito 1:38.573 8 17 Keihin Real Racing Koudai Tsukakoshi 1:38.661 9 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Ralph Firman 1:38.725 10 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Kazuki Nakajima 1:38.856 11 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing Hironobu Yasuda 1:39.012 12 6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Kazuya Oshima 1:39.227 13 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD Hiroaki Ishiura 1:39.569 14 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Andre Couto 1:39.893 15 32 Epson Nakajima Racing Daisuke Nakajima 1:40.606 GT300 1 3 NDDP Racing Kazuki Hoshino 1:47.222 2 48 Dijon Racing Katsumasa Chiyo 1:47.236 3 50 Arnage Racing Hideto Yasuoka 1:48.036 4 61 R&D Sport Kota Sasaki 1:48.408 5 30 apr Yuki Iwasaki 1:48.416 6 11 Gainer Katsuyuki Hiranaka 1:48.564 7 21 Hitotsuyama Racing Richard Lyons 1:48.571 8 4 GSR Hatsune Miku Tatsuya Kataoka 1:48.906 9 10 Gainer Tetsuya Tanaka 1:49.229 10 52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT Takeshi Tsuchiya 1:49.243 11 33 Hankook KTR Masami Kageyama 1:49.363 12 87 JLOC Hiroki Yoshimoto 1:49.423 13 22 R'Qs MotorSports Hisashi Wada 1:49.473 14 62 Leon Racing Haruki Kurosawa 1:49.547 15 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 Hiroki Katoh 1:49.557 16 16 Team Mugen Hideki Mutoh 1:49.620 17 360 Tomei Sports Takuya Shirasaka 1:49.727 18 5 Team Mach Tetsuji Tamanaka 1:49.754 19 86 JLOC Koji Yamanishi 1:50.032 20 88 JLOC Manabu Orido 1:50.125 21 31 apr Morio Nitta 1:50.406 22 9 Pacific Direction Racing Shogo Mitsuyama 1:51.310 23 0 Team Taisan Ken Endless Naoki Yokomizo 1:51.352 24 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Takashi Kobayashi 1:51.402

Race Race result is as follows.

Pos No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Difference Laps GT500 1 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter Lexus SC430 1:55:03.613 65 2 38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo Kohei Hirate Yuji Tachikawa Lexus SC430 +2.622 65 3 17 Keihin Real Racing Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi Honda HSV-010 GT +2.811 65 4 1 S-Road REITO MOLA Satoshi Motoyama Yuhi Sekiguchi Nissan GT-R +11.227 65 5 18 Weider Dome Racing Frédéric Makowiecki Naoki Yamamoto Honda HSV-010 GT +11.841 65 6 24 D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing Michael Krumm Hironobu Yasuda Nissan GT-R +12.326 65 7 39 Lexus Team DENSO SARD Hiroaki Ishiura Juichi Wakisaka Lexus SC430 +12.735 65 8 23 Motul Autech NISMO Ronnie Quintarelli Masataka Yanagida Nissan GT-R +24.134 65 9 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Andrea Caldarelli Daisuke Ito Lexus SC430 +24.474 65 10 32 Epson Nakajima Racing Ryo Michigami Daisuke Nakajima Honda HSV-010 GT +46.935 65 11 6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Yuji Kunimoto Kazuya Oshima Lexus SC430 +52.084 65 12 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Takuya Izawa Takashi Kogure Honda HSV-010 GT +1:18.304 65 13 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Seiji Ara Andre Couto Lexus SC430 +1 Lap 64 14 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Ralph Firman Kosuke Matsuura Honda HSV-010 GT +4 Laps 61 Ret 12 Calsonic Team Impul João Paulo de Oliveira Tsugio Matsuda Nissan GT-R +32 Laps 33 GT300 1 4 GSR Hatsune Miku Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi BMW Z4 GT3 1:56:59.345 62 2 50 Arnage Racing Masaki Kano Hideto Yasuoka Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 +1 Lap 61 3 52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT Hironori Takeuchi Takeshi Tsuchiya Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +1 Lap 61 4 11 Gainer Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +1 Lap 61 5 33 Hankook KTR Tomonobu Fujii Masami Kageyama Porsche 911 GT3-R +1 Lap 61 6 30 apr Yuki Iwasaki Igor Sushko Nissan GT-R GT3 +1 Lap 61 7 61 R&D Sport Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano Subaru BRZ +1 Lap 61 8 0 Team Taisan Ken Endless Kyosuke Mineo Naoki Yokomizo Porsche 997 GT3 +1 Lap 61 9 16 Team Mugen Hideki Mutoh Yuhki Nakayama Honda CR-Z +2 Laps 60 10 87 JLOC Hideki Yamauchi Hiroki Yoshimoto Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 +2 Laps 60 11 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi McLaren MP4-12C GT3 +2 Laps 60 12 88 JLOC Takayuki Aoki Manabu Orido Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 +2 Laps 60 13 86 JLOC Shinya Hosokawa Koji Yamanishi Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 +2 Laps 60 14 22 R'Qs MotorSports Masaki Jyonai Hisashi Wada Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +2 Laps 60 15 31 apr Morio Nitta Koki Saga Toyota Prius +2 Laps 60 16 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi Honda CR-Z +2 Laps 60 17 48 Dijon Racing Katsumasa Chiyo Hiroshi Takamori Nissan GT-R GT3 +2 Laps 60 18 62 Leon Racing Haruki Kurosawa Tsubasa Kurosawa Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +3 Laps 59 19 9 Pacific Direction Racing Shogo Mitsuyama You Yokomaku Porsche 911 GT3-R +4 Laps 58 20 10 Gainer Tetsuya Tanaka Masayuki Ueda Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 +5 Laps 57 21 21 Hitotsuyama Racing Richard Lyons Akihiro Tsuzuki Audi R8 LMS ultra +5 Laps 57 22 5 Team Mach Tetsuji Tamanaka Junichiro Yamashita Nissan GT-R GT3 +8 Laps 54 23 360 Tomei Sports Takuya Shirasaka Atsushi Tanaka Nissan GT-R GT3 +15 Laps 47 Ret 3 NDDP Racing Kazuki Hoshino Daiki Sasaki Nissan GT-R GT3 +26 Laps 36 GT500 Fastest Lap – Kohei Hirate, #38 Lexus Team Zent Cerumo Lexus SC430 – 1:40.434 GT300 Fastest Lap – Tetsuya Yamano, #61 R&D Sport Subaru BRZ – 1:48.799

Point rankings after the event

GT500 Driver Point rankings Rank Driver Points 1 Kohei Hirate Yuji Tachikawa 58 2 Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter 54 3 Frédéric Makowiecki Naoki Yamamoto 52 4 Toshihiro Kaneishi Koudai Tsukakoshi 52 5 Ronnie Quintarelli Masataka Yanagida 47

GT300 Driver Point rankings Rank Driver Points 1 Hideki Mutoh Yuhki Nakayama 70 2 Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi 62 3 Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim 60 4 Hironori Takeuchi Takeshi Tsuchiya 56 5 Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano 55

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both GT500 and GT300 classes.

References

External links Super GT official website