2018 Super GT Series

The 2018 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-sixth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourteenth season the series has competed under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-sixth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 8 and ended on November 11, after 8 races.

Jenson Button (pictured in 2012) won the GT500 title alongside Naoki Yamamoto.
2018 GT500 champions, No. 100 Raybrig Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT

In the GT500 class, Team Kunimitsu won their first-ever championship with the all-star lineup of series veteran Naoki Yamamoto and 2009 Formula One champion Jenson Button, narrowly beating defending champions Ryō Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy at the final race in Motegi to clinch the title after both teams came in to the race tied in points. It was the first championship title for Honda in the GT500 class since 2010. Yamamoto, who had won the 2018 Super Formula title before the season finale, became just the fourth driver to win both the GT500 and Super Formula titles in the same year, while Button became the first rookie to win the GT500 title since Tora Takagi in 2005.

In the GT300 class, the No. 65 LEON CVSTOS AMG fielded by K2 R&D LEON Racing won the championship in Motegi after overcoming a 12-point deficit over the then-points leader No. 55 ARTA BMW, giving series veteran Haruki Kurosawa and Naoya Gamou their first championship title in the series. The No. 55 ARTA team, despite winning two races in the season, were ultimately too inconsistent in their championship challenge, as two races without scoring a point coupled with poor performance in both Sugo and Motegi ultimately cost them the championship over the more consistent LEON AMG. The No. 31 Toyota Prius apr GT of Koki Saga and Kohei Hirate would finish third, just one point behind the ARTA BMW, while defending champions Goodsmile Racing finished fourth after a poor start to the season and a tire issue in Autopolis ultimately cost them the chance to defend the title.

Schedule
Round Race Circuit Date
1 Okayama GT
300 km		 Japan Okayama International Circuit April 7–8
2 Fuji GT
500 km		 Japan Fuji Speedway May 3–4
3 Suzuka GT
300 km		 Japan Suzuka Circuit May 19–20
4 Buriram United Super GT Race
300 km		 Thailand Chang International Circuit June 30 – July 1
5 Fuji GT
500 miles		 Japan Fuji Speedway August 4–5
6 Sugo GT
300 km		 Japan Sportsland Sugo September 15–16
7 Autopolis GT
300 km		 Japan Autopolis October 20–21
8 Motegi GT
250 km		 Japan Twin Ring Motegi November 10–11

Schedule changes
  • On March 4, 2017, Suzuka Circuit, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, and the GT Association announced that the Suzuka 1000km would become the Suzuka 10 Hours from 2018, and moves to the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The Super GT championship round at Suzuka moves to May 19–20 and will be a 300km race, as it was from 1995 to 2010.
  • To replace the Suzuka 1000km as the series' endurance round, the Fuji GT 300km, held in early August, was lengthened to a 500 mile (804 kilometer) race. The Fuji 500 Mile Race was originally held from 1977 to 1992.
  • The race at Buriram United International Circuit in Thailand was moved from the seventh to the fourth round of the championship, on June 30 – July 1.
  • The race at Sportsland Sugo was moved from the fourth to the sixth round of the championship, on September 15–16.
  • The race at Autopolis was moved from the third to the seventh round of the championship, on October 20–21.

Teams and drivers

GT500
Team Car Engine Make No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Japan Ryō Hirakawa[1] B All
New Zealand Nick Cassidy[1]
Japan Lexus Team au TOM'S[1] 36 Japan Kazuki Nakajima[1] B 1, 3–8
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[1] All
United Kingdom James Rossiter[2] 2
Japan NDDP by B-Max Racing[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Japan Satoshi Motoyama[3] M All
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo[3]
Japan Lexus Team LeMans Wako's[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Japan Kazuya Oshima[1] B All
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[1] 1–2, 4–8
United Kingdom James Rossiter[2] 3
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 Japan Tomoki Nojiri[4] B All
Japan Takuya Izawa[4]
Japan Team Impul[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 12 Japan Daiki Sasaki[3] B All
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough[3]
Japan Team Mugen[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 16 Japan Hideki Mutoh[4] Y All
Japan Daisuke Nakajima[4]
Japan REAL Racing[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi[4] B All
Japan Takashi Kogure[4]
Japan Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[1] Y All
Japan Kenta Yamashita[1]
Japan NISMO[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda[3] M All
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli[3]
Japan Kondo Racing[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 Nissan NR20A 2.0 L Turbo I4 24 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira[3] Y All
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi[3]
Japan Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38 Japan Yuji Tachikawa[1] B All
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura[1]
Japan Lexus Team SARD[1] Lexus Lexus LC500 GT500 Lexus RI4AG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 Finland Heikki Kovalainen[1] B All
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[1] 1, 3–8
Japan Sho Tsuboi[2] 2
Japan Nakajima Racing[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64 Belgium Bertrand Baguette[4] D All
Japan Kosuke Matsuura[4]
Japan Team Kunimitsu[4] Honda Honda NSX-GT Honda HR-417E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100 Japan Naoki Yamamoto[4] B All
United Kingdom Jenson Button[5]

GT300
Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Japan Goodsmile Racing with Team Ukyo[6] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 0 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[6] Y All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[6]
Japan Cars Tokai Dream28[7] Lotus Lotus Evora MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi[6] Y All
Japan Hiroki Katoh[6]
Japan Team Mach[8] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 5 Japan Natsu Sakaguchi [8] Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan Yuya Hiraki [8]
Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka[2] 2
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 5
Japan D'station Racing[9] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 7 Japan Tomonobu Fujii[9] Y All
Germany Sven Müller[9]
Japan Pacific with Gulf Racing[10] Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche M97/80 4.0 L F6 9 Japan Rintaro Kubo[10] Y All
Japan Keishi Ishikawa[10]
Japan Kyosuke Mineo 5
Japan GAINER[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 10 Japan Kazuki Hoshino[3] Y All
Japan Hiroki Yoshida[3]
11 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka[3] D All
Japan Hironobu Yasuda[3]
Japan Team UpGarage[11] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 18 Japan Yuhki Nakayama[11] Y All
Japan Takashi Kobayashi[11]
Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama[12] Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21 United Kingdom Richard Lyons[12] D All
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita[12]
Japan Takuro Shinohara[2] 2
Japan R'Qs Motor Sports Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22 Japan Hisashi Wada Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan Masaki Jyonai
Japan Masayuki Ueda 5
Japan Tsuchiya Engineering[1] Toyota Toyota 86 MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 25 Japan Takamitsu Matsui[1] Y All
Japan Sho Tsuboi[1] 1, 3–8
Japan Tsubasa Kondo[2] 2, 5
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya[2] 2
Japan Team Taisan[13] Audi Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 26 Japan Shinnosuke Yamada[13] Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan Shintarō Kawabata[13]
Japan Shinji Nakano[2] 2
Japan apr[1] Toyota Toyota Prius apr GT Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L Hybrid V8 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai Y All
Japan Kota Sasaki 1-5
Japan Manabu Orido 6-8
31 Japan Koki Saga[14] B All
Japan Kohei Hirate[14]
Thailand est cola by AAS Motorsport Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) Bentley EA824 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 32 France Maxime Jousse M 4
Thailand Kantadhee Kusiri
Japan Modulo Drago Corse[14][15] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 34 Japan Ryo Michigami[14] Y All
Japan Hiroki Otsu[14]
Thailand Arto Panther Team Thailand[1] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 35 Thailand Nattavude Charoensukhawatana[1] Y All
Thailand Nattapong Horthongkum[1]
Japan Koji Yamanishi 5
Japan Dijon Racing[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 48 Japan Masaki Tanaka[3] Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan Taiyō Iida[3] 1–2, 5
United Kingdom Richard Bradley[2] 2–3, 7–8
Japan Hiroshi Takamori 6
Japan Arnage Racing[16] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 50 Japan Masaki Kano[16] Y All
Japan Hideto Yasuoka[16]
Japan Yūya Sakamoto[2] 2
Japan Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[17] Toyota Toyota Mark X MC GTA V8 4.5 L V8 52 Japan Taku Bamba[17] Y All
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka[17]
Japan Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[17] BMW BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63B44 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 55 Japan Shinichi Takagi[17] B All
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw[17]
Japan LM Corsa – OTG Motor Sports[1] Lexus Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 60 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto[18] Y All
Japan Ritomo Miyata[18]
Japan K-Tunes Racing LM Corsa[1] 96 Japan Morio Nitta[17] B All
Japan Yuichi Nakayama[17]
Japan R&D Sport[19] Subaru Subaru BRZ R&D Sport Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61 Japan Takuto Iguchi[19] D All
Japan Hideki Yamauchi[19]
Japan K2 R&D LEON Racing[20] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65 Japan Haruki Kurosawa[20] B All
Japan Naoya Gamou[20]
Japan JLOC[21] Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 L V10 87 Japan Kimiya Sato[21] Y All
Japan Yuya Motojima[21]
Japan Tsubasa Takahashi 2
88 Japan Kazuki Hiramine[21] Y All
Italy Marco Mapelli[21] 1–3, 6–8
Italy Andrea Caldarelli[21] 4
United Kingdom EIcars Bentley[22] Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley EA824 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 117 Japan Yuji Ide[22] Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi[22]
France Jules Gounon 5
Japan Tomei Sports[3] Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6 360 Japan Yusaku Shibata[23] Y 1–2, 5–8
Japan Takayuki Aoki[23] 1–3, 6, 8
Japan Atsushi Tanaka[23] 3, 5, 7
Japan Masataka Yanagida[23] 5
Japan CarGuy Racing[24] Honda Honda NSX GT3 Honda JNC1 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 777 Japan Naoki Yokomizo[24] Y 1–3, 5, 7–8
Japan Takeshi Kimura[24]
Italy Kei Cozzolino[2] 2
Notes

    GT300
    • Panther Team Thailand switched from the Dome-built Toyota 86 MC to the Lexus RC F GT3.
    • GAINER switched to a full-on effort with Nissan, fielding two brand-new 2018 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3s.
    • Arnage Racing separated from INGING Motorsport after one season, and also switch vehicles to the Mercedes-AMG GT3.

    GT500
    • Honda:
      • 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button, who made his series debut with Team Mugen at the 2017 Suzuka 1000km, will run full-time with Honda and Team Kunimitsu in 2018.
      • Takuya Izawa moves from Team Kunimitsu to Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, replacing Takashi Kobayashi.
    • Toyota:
      • Former F1, and current WEC and Super Formula driver Kamui Kobayashi will make his full-time GT500 debut with Lexus Team SARD
      • James Rossiter stepped away from full-time Super GT racing in 2018, but will continue to race in Japan in the Super Formula championship. Yuhi Sekiguchi replaces Rossiter at Lexus Team au TOM's
      • Toyota young driver Kenta Yamashita moves up to GT500 full-time with Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH, replacing Sekiguchi.
      • Formula E standout Felix Rosenqvist will make his Super GT debut in the GT500 class for Lexus Team Wako's LeMans. Replaces Andrea Caldarelli who confirmed that he would leave Toyota and Super GT this season, focusing solely on his commitments as a factory driver at Lamborghini Squadra Corse.
    • Nissan:
      • Reigning All-Japan Formula 3 Champion Mitsunori Takaboshi steps up to GT500 full-time with Kondo Racing, replacing Daiki Sasaki, who moves over to Team Impul to drive the Calsonic GT-R.
      • NDDP Racing moved up to the GT500 class for 2018, entering as NDDP Racing with B-Max. They take the place of MOLA, who withdrew from the series at the end of 2017. Satoshi Motoyama and Katsumasa Chiyo stays to the new team.

    GT300
    • Former GT500 driver Hironobu Yasuda and two-time GT300 champion Kazuki Hoshino move to Gainer, from Team Impul and NDDP Racing respectively, to drive their new Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3s.
    • Takashi Kobayashi moves to Team UpGarage, replacing Shintaro Kawabata.
    • VivaC Team Tsuchiya reverted to their original name, Tsuchiya Engineering, following the withdrawal of their title sponsor VivaC. Toyota young driver Sho Tsuboi will replace Kenta Yamashita at Tsuchiya Engineering.
    • Akira Iida will step away from full-time driving duties, and became team director of the #60 LM Corsa Lexus RC F GT3. Two-time FIA F4 Japanese Champion Ritomo Miyata makes his series debut with LM Corsa.
    • The #51 LM Corsa Lexus RC F GT3 changes its number to #96, and has a new title sponsor in Okayama Toyopet / K-Tunes Racing. The team will be officially known as K-Tunes Racing LM Corsa from 2018. Three-time GT300 champion Morio Nitta moves to K-Tunes LM Corsa Lexus RC F GT3 to replace Sho Tsuboi.
    • Jono Lester was released from Pacific with Gulf Racing after the 2017 season, and will not return to Super GT in 2018. Pacific with Gulf Racing recruit Rintaro Kubo from apr, and Keishi Ishikawa who moves from Rn-sports. Kyosuke Mineo become the third driver.
    • Two-time GT500 champion Kohei Hirate moves out of GT500 to drive the #31 Toyota Prius for apr Racing. And two-time GT300 champion Manabu Orido joined apr Racing midseason to replace Kota Sasaki.
    • Drago Corse, who competed from 2015 to 2016 as Drago Modulo Honda Racing, return to the series in GT300 with another Honda NSX GT3. They will be known as Modulo Drago Corse. 2000 GT500 Champion Ryo Michigami returns to the series as a full-time driver owner, after racing in the World Touring Car Championship in 2017. Former All-Japan Formula 3 race winner Hiroki Otsu makes his series debut with Modulo Drago Corse.
    • FIA F4 Japanese graduate Yuya Hiraki makes his series debut with Team Mach, replacing Kiyoto Fujinami as Natsu Sakaguchi's co-driver.
    • Audi Team Hitotsuyama recruit Ryuichiro Tomita to replace Masataka Yanagida
    • Masaki Kano and Hideto Yasuoka both return to the series with Arnage Racing.
    • CarGuy Racing makes their Super GT debut with the all-new Honda NSX GT3. They previously competed in the Super Taikyu Series and Blancpain GT Series Asia. Gentleman racer Takeshi Kimura makes his series debut with CarGuy Racing. Naoki Yokomizo, the 2012 GT300 Champion, returns after a year-long hiatus to drive for the new CarGuy Racing team.
    • BMW Team Studie, the 2011 GT300 class Champion (by then co-joint with Goodsmile Racing) announced in January that they would switch to the Blancpain GT Series Asia GT4 category, and suspended operations in Super GT for the foreseeable future.
    • Bentley factory driver Jules Gounon makes his Super GT debut in a one-off for EIcars Bentley at the Fuji 500-mile race.[25]

    Results
    Round Circuit Date Class Pole Position Race Winner
    1 Japan Okayama International Circuit
    Report    		 7–8 April GT500 No. 17 REAL Racing No. 17 REAL Racing
    Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
    Japan Takashi Kogure    		 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
    Japan Takashi Kogure
    GT300 No. 88 JLOC No. 18 Team UpGarage
    Japan Kazuki Hiramine
    Italy Marco Mapelli    		 Japan Yuhki Nakayama
    Japan Takashi Kobayashi
    2 Japan Fuji Speedway
    Report    		 3–4 May GT500 No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo No. 23 NISMO
    Japan Yuji Tachikawa
    Japan Hiroaki Ishiura    		 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
    Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
    GT300 No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
    Japan Shinichi Takagi
    United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw    		 Japan Shinichi Takagi
    United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
    3 Japan Suzuka Circuit
    Report    		 19–20 May GT500 No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
    Japan Tomoki Nojiri
    Japan Takuya Izawa    		 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
    Japan Takuya Izawa
    GT300 No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa No. 96 K-Tunes LM Corsa
    Japan Yuichi Nakayama
    Japan Morio Nitta    		 Japan Yuichi Nakayama
    Japan Morio Nitta
    4 Thailand Chang International Circuit
    Report    		 30 June-1 July GT500 No. 16 Team Mugen No. 39 Lexus Team SARD
    Japan Hideki Mutoh
    Japan Daisuke Nakajima    		 Finland Heikki Kovalainen
    Japan Kamui Kobayashi
    GT300 No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing No. 11 GAINER
    Japan Haruki Kurosawa
    Japan Naoya Gamou    		 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
    Japan Hironobu Yasuda
    5 Japan Fuji Speedway
    Report    		 4–5 August GT500 No. 23 NISMO No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S
    Japan Tsugio Matsuda
    Italy Ronnie Quintarelli    		 Japan Kazuki Nakajima
    Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
    GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
    Japan Tsubasa Kondō
    Japan Takamitsu Matsui
    Japan Shō Tsuboi    		 Japan Shinichi Takagi
    United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
    6 Japan Sportsland Sugo
    Report    		 15–16 September GT500 No. 100 Team Kunimitsu No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
    United Kingdom Jenson Button
    Japan Naoki Yamamoto    		 United Kingdom Jenson Button
    Japan Naoki Yamamoto
    GT300 No. 61 R&D Sport No. 61 R&D Sport
    Japan Takuto Iguchi
    Japan Hideki Yamauchi    		 Japan Takuto Iguchi
    Japan Hideki Yamauchi
    7 Japan Autopolis
    Report    		 20–21 October GT500 No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri No. 1 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
    Japan Tomoki Nojiri
    Japan Takuya Izawa    		 New Zealand Nick Cassidy
    Japan Ryō Hirakawa
    GT300 No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering No. 96 K-Tunes Racing LM Corsa
    Japan Takamitsu Matsui
    Japan Sho Tsuboi    		 Japan Yuichi Nakayama
    Japan Morio Nitta
    8 Japan Twin Ring Motegi
    Report    		 10–11 November GT500 No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
    Japan Tomoki Nojiri
    Japan Takuya Izawa    		 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
    Japan Takuya Izawa
    GT300 No. 88 JLOC No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing
    Japan Kazuki Hiramine
    Italy Marco Mapelli    		 Japan Haruki Kurosawa
    Japan Naoya Gamou

    Championship standings

    Drivers' championships


    Scoring system
    Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPole
    Points20151186543211
    Fuji 500 mile251813108654321

    GT500
    Driver Ranking GT500 2018 Series[26]
    Rank Driver Team OKA
    Japan    		 FUJ
    Japan    		 SUZ
    Japan    		 CHA
    Thailand    		 FUJ
    Japan    		 SUG
    Japan    		 AUT
    Japan    		 MOT
    Japan    		 Points
    1 Japan Naoki Yamamoto
    United Kingdom Jenson Button    		 Japan No. 100 Team Kunimitsu 2 9 2 11 5 1 5 3 78
    2 Japan Ryō Hirakawa
    New Zealand Nick Cassidy    		 Japan No. 1 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S 3 7 3 8 2 14 1 4 75
    3 Japan Tomoki Nojiri
    Japan Takuya Izawa    		 Japan No. 8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 11 8 1 Ret 4 2 12 1 71
    4 Japan Yuji Tachikawa
    Japan Hiroaki Ishiura    		 Japan No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo 8 3 8 4 8 5 4 2 59
    5 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi Japan No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 13 4 5 10 1 12 2 13 55
    6 Japan Kazuki Nakajima Japan No. 36 Lexus Team au TOM'S 13 5 10 1 12 2 13 47
    7 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi
    Japan Takashi Kogure    		 Japan No. 17 REAL Racing 1 11 11 7 3 9 6 15 45
    8 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
    Italy Ronnie Quintarelli    		 Japan No. 23 NISMO 5 1 6 12 9 7 15 7 43
    9 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Japan No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 12 2 Ret 1 11 10 8 8 42
    10 Japan Kazuya Oshima Japan No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 4 5 12 2 7 11 9 6 41
    Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Japan No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 4 5 2 7 11 9 6 41
    11 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
    Japan Kenta Yamashita    		 Japan No. 19 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh 9 12 13 3 10 Ret 3 5 32
    12 Japan Daiki Sasaki
    United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough    		 Japan No. 12 Team Impul 14 6 4 6 12 3 11 11 29
    13 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Japan No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 12 Ret 1 11 10 8 8 27
    14 Brazil Joao Paulo de Oliveira
    Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi    		 Japan No. 24 Kondo Racing 6 13 9 Ret 6 6 7 10 23
    15 Japan Hideki Mutoh
    Japan Daisuke Nakajima    		 Japan No. 16 Team Mugen 10 14 Ret 5 14 4 14 14 16
    16 Japan Sho Tsuboi Japan No. 39 Lexus Team SARD 2 15
    17 Japan Satoshi Motoyama
    Japan Katsumasa Chiyo    		 Japan No. 3 NDDP by B-Max Racing 7 10 7 13 15 8 13 9 14
    18 United Kingdom James Rossiter Japan No. 6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 4 12 8
    19 Belgium Bertrand Baguette
    Japan Kosuke Matsuura    		 Japan No. 64 Nakajima Racing 15 Ret 10 9 13 13 10 12 4
    Rank Driver Team OKA
    Japan    		 FUJ
    Japan    		 SUZ
    Japan    		 CHA
    Thailand    		 FUJ
    Japan    		 SUG
    Japan    		 AUT
    Japan    		 MOT
    Japan    		 Points
    ColourResult
    GoldWinner
    SilverSecond place
    BronzeThird place
    GreenPoints finish
    BlueNon-points finish
    Non-classified finish (NC)
    PurpleRetired (Ret)
    RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
    Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
    BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
    WhiteDid not start (DNS)
    Withdrew (WD)
    Race cancelled (C)
    Blank Did not practice (DNP)
    Did not arrive (DNA)
    Excluded (EX)

    GT300
    Driver Ranking GT300 2018 Series[27]
    Rank Driver Team OKA
    Japan    		 FUJ
    Japan    		 SUZ
    Japan    		 CHA
    Thailand    		 FUJ
    Japan    		 SUG
    Japan    		 AUT
    Japan    		 MOT
    Japan    		 Points
    1 Japan Haruki Kurosawa
    Japan Naoya Gamou    		 Japan No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing 4 4 7 4 4 8 5 1 68
    2 Japan Shinichi Takagi
    United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw    		 Japan No. 55 ARTA 6 1 20 11 1 10 4 9 62
    3 Japan Koki Saga
    Japan Kohei Hirate    		 Japan No. 31 apr Ret 2 9 2 3 25 10 2 61
    4 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
    Japan Tatsuya Kataoka    		 Japan No. 0 Goodsmile Racing with Team Ukyo 8 5 8 7 2 3 19 3 56
    5 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
    Japan Hironobu Yasuda    		 Japan No. 11 GAINER 5 3 16 1 22 19 6 5 48
    6 Japan Morio Nitta
    Japan Yuichi Nakayama    		 Japan No.96 K-Tunes LM Corsa 14 14 1 10 10 14 1 10 45
    7 Japan Takamitsu Matsui Japan No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering 3 Ret 2 19 5 24 24 8 39
    Japan Sho Tsuboi Japan No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering 3 2 19 5 24 24 8 39
    8 Japan Takuto Iguchi
    Japan Hideki Yamauchi    		 Japan No. 61 R&D Sport 18 Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 15 6 37
    9 Japan Tomonobu Fujii
    Germany Sven Müller    		 Japan No. 7 D'station Racing 2 6 11 8 7 12 8 7 35
    10 Japan Kazuki Hiramine Japan No. 88 JLOC 7 9 4 6 6 5 13 27 33
    11 Japan Kimiya Sato
    Japan Yuya Motojima    		 Japan No. 87 JLOC 12 16 12 5 Ret 13 2 4 29
    12 Japan Yuhki Nakayama
    Japan Takashi Kobayshi    		 Japan No. 18 Team UpGarage 1 13 6 18 9 11 27 Ret 28
    13 Italy Marco Mapelli Japan No. 88 JLOC 7 9 4 6 5 13 27 28
    14 Japan Ryo Michigami
    Japan Hiroki Otsu    		 Japan No. 34 Modulo Drago Corse Ret 8 26 9 DNS 4 3 14 24
    15 Japan Ritomo Miyata
    Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto    		 Japan No. 60 LM Corsa 17 7 5 3 Ret 9 12 24 23
    16 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
    Japan Hiroki Yoshida    		 Japan No. 10 GAINER 13 11 10 Ret 8 2 9 15 22
    17 Japan Rintaro Kubo
    Japan Keishi Ishikawa    		 Japan No. 9 Pacific with Gulf Racing 16 17 15 16 15 6 11 12 5
    18 Italy Andrea Caldarelli Japan No. JLOC 6 5
    19 Japan Taku Bamba
    Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka    		 Japan No. 52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 11 19 14 17 Ret 7 17 13 4
    20 Japan Natsu Sakaguchi
    Japan Yuya Hiraki    		 Japan No. 5 Team Mach Ret 12 Ret 19 22 7 18 4
    21 Japan Shintaro Kawabata
    Japan Shinnosuke Yamada    		 Japan No. 26 Team Taisan 9 15 28 Ret 20 20 16 2
    22 United Kingdom Richard Lyons
    Japan Ryuichiro Tomita    		 Japan No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama Ret 10 23 Ret 14 23 14 11 1
    23 Japan Masaki Kano
    Japan Hideto Yasuoka    		 Japan No. 50 Arnage Racing 10 20 19 13 11 17 16 20 1
    24 Japan Tsubasa Kondo Japan No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering Ret 5 1
    - Japan Takuro Shinohara Japan No. 21 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 10[lower-alpha 1] 14 0
    - Japan Yuya Sakamoto Japan No. 50 Arnage Racing 20 11 0
    - Japan Kazuho Takahashi
    Japan Hiroki Katoh    		 Japan No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28 23 23 13 12 20 Ret 21 22 0
    - Japan Yusaku Shibata Japan No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 12 Ret 23 17 0
    - Japan Takayuki Aoki Japan No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret Ret 27 12 Ret 17 0
    - Japan Masataka Yanagida Japan No. 360 Tomei Sports 12 0
    - Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka Japan No. 5 Team Mach 12 0
    - Japan Yuji Ide
    Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi    		 Japan No. 117 EIcars Bentley 21 22 18 13 15 18 19 0
    - France Jules Gounon United Kingdom No. 117 EIcars Bentley 13 0
    - France Maxime Jousse
    Thailand Kantadhee Kusiri    		 Thailand No. 32 est cola by AAS Motorsport 14 0
    - Thailand Nattavude Charoensukhawatana
    Thailand Nattapong Horthongkum    		 Thailand No. 35 Arto Panther Team Thailand 24 24 24 15 16 18 22 25 0
    - Japan Takeshi Kimura
    Japan Naoki Yokomizo    		 Japan No. CarGuy Racing 15 26 21 17 Ret 23 0
    - Japan Kyosuke Mineo Japan No. 9 Pacific with Gulf Racing 15 0
    - Japan Shinji Nakano Japan No. 26 Team Taisan 15 Ret 0
    - Japan Hiroaki Nagai Japan No. 30 apr 20 18 17 Ret Ret 16 26 21 0
    - Japan Manabu Orido Japan No. 30 apr Ret 16 26 21 0
    - Japan Koji Yamanishi Japan No. 35 Arto Panther Team Thailand 16 0
    - Japan Tsubasa Takahashi Japan No. 87 JLOC 16 Ret 0
    - Japan Kota Sasaki Japan No. 30 apr 20 18 17 Ret Ret 0
    - Japan Masaki Tanaka Japan No. 48 Dijon Racing 22 21 22 18 21 28 26 0
    - United Kingdom Richard Bradley Japan No. 48 Dijon Racing 21 22 18 28 26 0
    - Japan Taiyou Iida Japan No. 48 Dijon Racing 22 21 18 0
    - Japan Masaki Jyonai
    Japan Hisashi Wada    		 Japan No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 19 25 25 21 25 28 0
    - Japan Kiyoto Fujinami Japan No. 5 Team Mach 19 0
    - Japan Masayuki Ueda Japan No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports 21 0
    - Japan Hiroshi Takamori Japan No. 48 Dijon Racing 21 0
    - Japan Atsushi Tanaka Japan No. 360 Tomei Sports Ret 27 23 0
    - Italy Kei Cozzolino Japan No. 777 CarGuy Racing 26 0
    - Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya Japan No. 25 Tsuchiya Engineering Ret 0
    Rank Driver Team OKA
    Japan    		 FUJ
    Japan    		 SUZ
    Japan    		 CHA
    Thailand    		 FUJ
    Japan    		 SUG
    Japan    		 AUT
    Japan    		 MOT
    Japan    		 Points

    Notes
    1. Takuro Shinohara did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.

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