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2005 Super GT Series
The
2005 Autobacs
Super GT Series
was the thirteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation
Super GT Championship
including the
All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
era and the first season as the
Super GT
series. It is also marked as the twenty-third season of a JAF-sanctioned
sports car racing
championship
dating
back to the
All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
. It is
a series
for Grand
Touring cars
divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. It was the last season for the
A80
version of the
Toyota Supra
, as the following year it would be replaced by the
Lexus SC430
. The season began on
March 27
and ended on
November 6
, 2005 after 8 races.
The champions were
Yuji Tachikawa
and
Toranosuke Takagi
in GT500; and
Kota Sasaki
and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Schedule
Round
Race
Circuit
Date
1
Okayama
GT 300 km Race
Okayama International Circuit
March 27
2
Fuji GT 500 km Race
Fuji
International Speedway
May 4
3
Japan GT Championship Malaysia
Sepang International Circuit
June 26
4
SUGO GT 300 km Race
Sportsland Sugo
July 24
5
Motegi
GT 300 km Race
Twin Ring Motegi
September 4
6
Fuji GT 300 km Race
Fuji International Speedway
September 25
7
Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km
Autopolis
International Race
Course
October 16
8
Suzuka
GT 300 km
Suzuka Circuit
November 6
Season results
Overall winner in
bold
Round
Circuit
GT500 Winning Team
GT300 Winning Team
Round
Circuit
GT500 Winning Drivers
GT300 Winning Drivers
1
Okayama
#25 Eclipse
Advan
Supra
#13 Endless Advan
Z
1
Okayama
Manabu Orido
Dominik Schwager
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Masami Kageyama
2
Mt. Fuji
#38 Zent Cerumo Supra
#0 Ebbro M-TEC
NSX
2
Mt. Fuji
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
3
Kuala Lumpur
#1 Xanavi
Nismo
Z
#43
ARTA
Garaiya
3
Kuala Lumpur
Satoshi Motoyama
Richard Lyons
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
4
Sportsland SUGO
#37 Dynacity
TOM'S
Supra
#31 Kicchouhouzan
MR-S
4
Sportsland SUGO
Tatsuya Kataoka
Sakon Yamamoto
Minoru Tanaka
Kazuki Nakajima
5
Motegi
#100 Raybrig NSX
#46 Dream Cube's Advan Z
5
Motegi
Sebastien Philippe
Jeremie Dufour
Kazuki Hoshino
Takayuki Aoki
6
Mt. Fuji
#38 Zent Cerumo Supra
#0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
6
Mt. Fuji
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
7
Autopolis
#8 ARTA NSX
#30 Reckless MR-S
7
Autopolis
Daisuke Ito
Ralph Firman
Kota Sasaki
Tetsuya Yamano
8
Suzuka
#38 Zent Cerumo Supra
#11 Jim Gainer
Ferrari
Dunlop
8
Suzuka
Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Tetsuya Tanaka
Paolo Montin
Standings
GT500 Drivers
;Scoring system:
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
20
15
12
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
Qualifying
2
1
1
Fastest Lap
1
1
1
There were no points awarded for
pole position
and
fastest lap
in the final race.
Teams
Rank
Number/Team
Car
Points
1
#1, #22 Nismo
Nissan
Fairlady Z
86
2
#8, #18 Team
Honda Racing
Honda NSX
82
3
#36, #37
Toyota Team TOM'S
Open Interface
TOM'S Supra
73
4
#38 Toyota Team Cerumo
Zent Cerumo Supra
67
5
#6
Esso
Toyota
Team LeMans
Esso Ultraflo Supra
51
GT300 Class (Top 3)
Drivers
Teams
Rank
Number/Team
Car
Points
1
#30 Team Reckless
Reckless MR-S
93
2
#0
M-TEC Co
.,Ltd.
Ebbro M-TEC NSX
81
3
#43 ARTA
ARTA Garaiya
74