2006 Super GT Series


The 2006 Autobacs Super GT Series was the fourteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era and the second season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-fourth 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 first season for Lexus, as Toyota had decided to retire the Supra and elected to use the Lexus SC430 for their GT500 campaign. The season began on March 19 and ended on November 5, 2006 after 9 races.
Direzza SC430.

Drivers and teams

GT500

GT300

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate
1 Suzuka GT 300 kmSuzuka CircuitMarch 19
2 Okayama GT 300 km RaceOkayama International CircuitApril 9
3 Fuji GT 500 km RaceFuji International SpeedwayMay 4
4 Japan GT Championship MalaysiaSepang International CircuitJune 25
5 SUGO GT 300 km RaceSportsland SugoJuly 23
6 International POKKA 1000kmSuzuka CircuitAugust 20
7 Motegi GT 300 km RaceTwin Ring MotegiSeptember 10
8 Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 kmAutopolis International Race CourseOctober 15
9 Fuji GT 300 km RaceFuji International SpeedwayNovember 5

Season results

Overall winner in bold
RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning Team
RoundCircuitGT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1Suzuka #36 Open Interface TOM'S SC430 #88 Aktio Murcie RG-1
1Suzuka André Lotterer
Juichi Wakisaka
Marco Apicella
Yasutaka Hinoi
2Okayama #18 Takata Dome NSX #27 direxiv Advan 320R
2Okayama Ryo Michigami
Takashi Kogure
Shogo Mitsuyama
Nobuteru Taniguchi
3Mt. Fuji #35 Bandai Direzza SC430 #62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R
3Mt. Fuji Naoki Hattori
Peter Dumbreck
Shinsuke Shibahara
Hiroyuki Yagi
4Kuala Lumpur #8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX #7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7
4Kuala Lumpur Daisuke Ito
Ralph Firman
Tetsuya Yamano
Hiroyuki Iiri
5Sportsland SUGO #1 Zent Cerumo SC430 #46 Kiccho Houzan Direzza Z
5Sportsland SUGO Yuji Tachikawa
Toranosuke Takagi
Kota Sasaki
Taku Banba
6Suzuka
Report
#12 Calsonic Impul Z #52 Proμ Taiyo Oil Kumho Celica
6Suzuka
Report
Benoît Tréluyer
Kazuki Hoshino
Jérémie Dufour
Hironori Takeuchi
Koki Saga
Keita Sawa
7Motegi #100 Raybrig NSX #11 Jim Center Ferrari Dunlop
7Motegi Sébastien Philippe
Shinya Hosokawa
Tetsuya Tanaka
Takayuki Aoki
8Autopolis #23 Xanavi NISMO Z #2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden
8Autopolis Satoshi Motoyama
Tsugio Matsuda
Kazuho Takahashi
Hiroki Katoh
9Mt. Fuji #32 Epson Nakajima Racing NSX #101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S
9Mt. Fuji Loïc Duval
Hideki Mutoh
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi

Standings

GT500 Drivers

;Scoring system:
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th
Points2015118654321
Suzuka 1000252016131110987654321
Qualifying432
Fastest Lap321

Teams

RankNumber/TeamCarPoints
1#36 Toyota Team TOM'SOpen Interface TOM'S SC43075
2#22 NismoMotul Autech Z70
3#100 Team KunimitsuRaybrig NSX65
4#23 NismoXanavi Nismo Z64
5#35 Toyota Team KRAFTBandai Direzza SC43061

GT300 Class (Top 3)

Drivers

Teams


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