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

RoundRaceCircuitDate
1 Okayama GT 300 km RaceOkayama International CircuitMarch 27
2 Fuji GT 500 km RaceFuji International SpeedwayMay 4
3 Japan GT Championship MalaysiaSepang International CircuitJune 26
4 SUGO GT 300 km RaceSportsland SugoJuly 24
5 Motegi GT 300 km RaceTwin Ring MotegiSeptember 4
6 Fuji GT 300 km RaceFuji International SpeedwaySeptember 25
7 Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 kmAutopolis International Race CourseOctober 16
8 Suzuka GT 300 kmSuzuka CircuitNovember 6

Season results

Overall winner in bold
RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning Team
RoundCircuitGT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1Okayama #25 Eclipse Advan Supra #13 Endless Advan Z
1Okayama Manabu Orido
Dominik Schwager
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Masami Kageyama
2Mt. Fuji #38 Zent Cerumo Supra #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
2Mt. Fuji Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
3Kuala Lumpur #1 Xanavi Nismo Z #43 ARTA Garaiya
3Kuala Lumpur Satoshi Motoyama
Richard Lyons
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
4Sportsland SUGO #37 Dynacity TOM'S Supra #31 Kicchouhouzan MR-S
4Sportsland SUGO Tatsuya Kataoka
Sakon Yamamoto
Minoru Tanaka
Kazuki Nakajima
5Motegi #100 Raybrig NSX #46 Dream Cube's Advan Z
5Motegi Sebastien Philippe
Jeremie Dufour
Kazuki Hoshino
Takayuki Aoki
6Mt. Fuji #38 Zent Cerumo Supra #0 Ebbro M-TEC NSX
6Mt. Fuji Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Haruki Kurosawa
Shinya Hosokawa
7Autopolis #8 ARTA NSX #30 Reckless MR-S
7Autopolis Daisuke Ito
Ralph Firman
Kota Sasaki
Tetsuya Yamano
8Suzuka #38 Zent Cerumo Supra #11 Jim Gainer Ferrari Dunlop
8Suzuka Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Tetsuya Tanaka
Paolo Montin

Standings

GT500 Drivers

;Scoring system:
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points2015128654321
Qualifying211
Fastest Lap111

Teams

RankNumber/TeamCarPoints
1#1, #22 NismoNissan Fairlady Z86
2#8, #18 Team Honda RacingHonda NSX82
3#36, #37 Toyota Team TOM'SOpen Interface TOM'S Supra73
4#38 Toyota Team CerumoZent Cerumo Supra67
5#6 Esso Toyota Team LeMansEsso Ultraflo Supra51

GT300 Class (Top 3)

Drivers

Teams

RankNumber/TeamCarPoints
1#30 Team RecklessReckless MR-S93
2#0 M-TEC Co.,Ltd.Ebbro M-TEC NSX81
3#43 ARTAARTA Garaiya74

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