The 2021 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the twenty-first season of D1 Grand Prix started on April 24 at Okuibuki Motopark and ended on November 21 at Ebisu Circuit.
Masanori Kohashi was the defending champion.
Teams and Drivers TeamNoDriverMachineTiresRoundLINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE4 Masanori KohashiNissan Silvia (S15)LinglongAll9 Naoto SuenagaNissan Silvia (S15)AllNANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX70 Masashi YokoiNissan Silvia (S15)NankangAll46 Masao SuenagaNissan Silvia (S15)AllTeam TOYO TIRES DRIFT66 Hideyuki FujinoToyota 86 (ZN6)Toyo TiresAll90 Masato KawabataToyota GR Supra (A90)AllMUGEN PLUS team ALIVE VALINO99 Naoki NakamuraNissan Silvia (S15)ValinoAllTEAM SAILUN TIRE2 Seimi TanakaNissan Silvia (S15)SailunAll6 Akinori UtsumiNissan Silvia (S15)AllFAT FIVE RACING87 Daigo SaitoToyota GR Supra (A90)Sailun1-2,7-10,5-677 Hokuto MatsuyamaToyota GR Supra (A90)Toyo TiresAllTeam RE雨宮 K&N7 Yukio MatsuiMazda RX-7 (FD3S)Toyo TiresAllTEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE78 Takahiro UenoLexus RC (GSC10)Sailun1-7,9-10VALINO15 Katsuhiro UeoNissan Silvia (S15)ValinoAllTEAM MORI52 Yusuke KitaokaToyota Mark II (JZX100)LinglongAll横浜トヨペット SAILUN 俺だっ！91 Shingo HatanakaToyota GR Supra (A90)SailunAllTEAM SHIBATA SAILUN TIRE31 Koudai SobagiriInfiniti Q60 (Q60)SailunAllRS WATANABE SPEED MASTER BUY NOW JAPAN43 Yoshifumi TadokoroToyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86)Toyo TiresAll51 Teruyoshi IwaiMazda RX-7 (FC3S)VitourAllalpinestars LINGLONG G-MEISTER16 Koji YamaguchiNissan Silvia (S15)LinglongAll79 Kojiro MekuwaNissan 180SX (RPS13)AllTMS RACING TEAM SAILUN TIRE36 Kazumi TakahashiBMW 3 Series (E92)SailunAllVITOUR TIRE & SPEED MASTER27 Takeshi MogiNissan Silvia (S15)VitourAllTeam M2 Racing33 Shigehisa SasayamaToyota ChaserValinoAll25 Masataka KawashimaToyota GR Supra (A90)Toyo Tires1-2,7-10,5-6AUTO-TEC-RACING19 Kentaro KawaiToyota ChaserSailunAllMSR.kitakyushu17 Masaru FuchigamiNissan Silvia (S15)SailunAllTeam CM Feeling23 Mitsuru MurakamiNissan Silvia (S15)Toyo Tires1-2,7-10,5-6OS-GIKEN SUNOCO48 Tomoyuki KitashibaToyota 86 (ZN6)Goodride9-10GP SPORTS56 Takahiro MoriNissan 180SX (RPS13)VitourAllTeam BOOSTAR69 Ryusei AkibaNissan Silvia (S15)Valino7-8,5-6GARAGE わいず76 Teruaki ShimodaNissan Silvia (S13)Sailun9-10PEACE WORKS 男気 DRIFT Racing84 Masakazu HashiNissan Silvia (S15)ValinoAll Source : 2021 D1GP Drivers
Schedule RoundVenueDateWinnerSingle RunFollow-up1 Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga PrefectureApril 24Hokuto MatsuyamaDaigo Saito 2April 25Hokuto MatsuyamaMasashi Yokoi 3 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki PrefectureJune 26Naoki NakamuraAkinori Utsumi 4June 27Yukio MatsuiMasanori Kohashi 5 Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga PrefectureOctober 2Koudai SobagiriNaoki Nakamura 6October 3Naoki NakamuraNaoki Nakamura 7 Autopolis, Oita PrefectureOctober 30Naoki NakamuraYukio Matsui 8October 31Naoki NakamuraNaoki Nakamura 9 Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima PrefectureNovember 20Masashi YokoiNaoto Suenaga 10November 21Masashi YokoiNaoki Nakamura Note : Round 5 and 6 supposed to be held on August 21 and 22, but were postponed due to the rising COVID-19 cases in Japan. The event was moved to November 20 and 21 but the event was not renamed.
Ranking
Drivers' Ranking PosDriverRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.7Rd.8Rd.9Rd.10Rd.5Rd.6Total1Naoki Nakamura112112152529172920272062Masashi Yokoi5251921162115817221693Kazumi Takahashi1618142011131930111254Masao Suenaga161671072310111101115Kojiro Mekuwa13160322100221161036Yukio Matsui0621†1709250154977Masanori Kohashi001025200001722948Hokuto Matsuyama221202411211810919Seimi Tanaka3141116610128168710Naoto Suenaga102160012552507511Hideyuki Fujino231200516006127412Daigo Saito25100016060726613Yusuke Kitaoka8415123413085814Koudai Sobagiri4016912606005315Akinori Utsumi6521†600011305216Shingo Hatanaka7067041001054917Takahiro Ueno1304100023074818Masato Kawabata0701135160064819Mitsuru Murakami0000071110002820Katsuhiro Ueo010000716202621Shigehisa Sasayama000020305102022Yoshifumi Tadakoro0030000400723Takeshi Mogi0050000001624Teruyoshi Iwai2020002000625Takahiro Mori0040000100526Koji Yamagauchi0000000040427Ryusei Akiba0000000003328Masakazu Hashi0000120000329Masaru Fuchigami0000001000130Hisashi Saito00000000000 Note :
Bold : Tsuiso (Dual-run) Winner Italic : Tanso (Single-run) WInner † - Round 3 at Tsubaka was abandoned before the final because of curfew. Both finalists were co-champions for championship purposes, and the points for both first and second place were combined and split, with each driver awarded 21 points each as co-champions. Akinori Utsumi was symbolically the winner based on higher seed.
Tanso series Ranking Pos.DriverRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.7Rd.8Rd.9Rd.10Rd.5Rd.6Total1Naoki Nakamura10122016720202015151552Masashi Yokoi8131481616161420201453Masao Suenaga1616111211151516601184Kazumi Takahashi77151512131470101005Hokuto Matsuyama202002511101110806Seimi Tanaka31513481061316797Yukio Matsui01072001460164778Yusuke Kitaoka13526133710013729Koudai Sobagiri401214207013007010Naoto Suenaga63160012812806511Kojiro Mekuwa141031410037116312Hideyuki Fujino151400640011126213Masanori Kohashi001111500014145514Masato Kawabata01101346110075215Shingo Hatanaka12010100530565116Daigo Saito58001001201224917Akinori Utsumi116870005304018Takahiro Ueno140510015083419Shigehisa Sasayama000030401052220Katsuhiro Ueo000000134202121Mitsuru Murakami00000852001522Yoshifumi Tadokoro00400008001223Takeshi Mogi0060000001724Teruyoshi Iwai2030002000725Takahiro Mori0050000100626Koji Yamaguchi0000000040427Masukazi Hashi0000220000428Ryusei Akiba0000000003329Masaru Fuchigami0000001000130Hisashi Saito00010000001 Note :
Bold : Tanso (Single-run) Winner
Teams' Ranking Pos.TeamRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.7Rd.8Rd.9Rd.10Rd.5Rd.6Total1MUGEN PLUS team ALIVE VALINO62036262662615261602NANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX6261520620636151233LINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE636261563326201144FAT FIVE RACING266 3106201533925TMS RACING TEAM SAILUN TIRE101561566153 6826alpinestars LINGLONG G-MEISTER610 3206 32010787Team RE雨宮 K&N 3206 326 63678Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT206 631010 36649TEAM SAILUN TIRE36201033 6366010TEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE33 36 20 33811TEAM MORI33336336 33312横浜トヨペット SAILUN 俺だっ3 33 36 632713TEAM SHIBATA SAILUN TIRE3 10333 3 2514VALINO 3 3103 1915Team M2 Racing 3 3 361516Team C.M.Feeling 366 1517RS WATANABE SPEED MASTER BUY NOW JAPAN3 3 33 1218VITOUR TIRE SPEED MASTER 3 3619GP SPORTS 3 3 620PEACE WORKS 男気DRIFT Racing 33 621Team BOOSTAR 3322msr kitakyushu 3 323マチュアーミヤセイミツS15 3 3 Source : 2021 D1GP Series ranking
External links Official Website (In Japanese)
References