2010 Super GT Series

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	#	Drivers	Tyre	Round
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430	1	Juichi Wakisaka		All
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	Lexus	Lexus SC430	1	André Lotterer		All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus	Lexus SC430	6	Daisuke Itō		All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	Lexus	Lexus SC430	6	Björn Wirdheim		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	8	Ralph Firman		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	8	Yuji Ide		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	8	Takashi Kobayashi		6
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	12	Tsugio Matsuda		All
Team Impul	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	12	Ronnie Quintarelli		All
Keihin Real Racing	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	17	Toshihiro Kaneishi		All
Keihin Real Racing	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi		All
Weider Honda Racing	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	18	Loïc Duval		All
Weider Honda Racing	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	18	Takashi Kogure		All
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	23	Satoshi Motoyama		All
Nismo	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	23	Benoît Tréluyer		All
Kondō Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	24	João Paulo de Oliveira		All
Kondō Racing	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	24	Hironobu Yasuda		All
Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	32	Ryo Michigami		All
Nakajima Racing	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	32	Yuhki Nakayama		All
Lexus Team Kraft	Lexus	Lexus SC430	35	Hiroaki Ishiura		All
Lexus Team Kraft	Lexus	Lexus SC430	35	Kazuya Oshima		All
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus SC430	38	Yuji Tachikawa		All
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	Lexus	Lexus SC430	38	Richard Lyons		All
Lexus Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430	39	Kohei Hirate		All
Lexus Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430	39	André Couto		1–7, NC
Lexus Team SARD	Lexus	Lexus SC430	39	Carlo van Dam		8
Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	100	Takuya Izawa		All
Team Kunimitsu	Honda	Honda HSV-010 GT	100	Naoki Yamamoto		All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	#	Drivers	Tyre	Round
Apple K-ONE Shiden	Mooncraft	Mooncraft Shiden	2	Hiroki Katoh		All
Apple K-ONE Shiden	Mooncraft	Mooncraft Shiden	2	Hiroshi Hamaguchi		1–8
Apple K-ONE Shiden	Mooncraft	Mooncraft Shiden	2	Kazuho Takahashi		6, NC
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	3	Kazuki Hoshino		All
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	3	Masataka Yanagida		All
Team Mach	Vemac	Vemac RD408R	5	Tetsuji Tamanaka		All
Team Mach	Vemac	Vemac RD408R	5	Haruki Kurosawa		All
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	7	Ryo Orime		All
RE Amemiya Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	7	Nobuteru Taniguchi		All
Goodsmile Racing with COX	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche 997 GT3-R	9	Taku Bamba		1–3, 5–8
Goodsmile Racing with COX	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche 997 GT3-R	9	Masahiro Sasaki		1–3, 5–8, NC
Goodsmile Racing with COX	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche 997 GT3-R	9	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita		6
Goodsmile Racing with COX	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche 997 GT3-R	9	Hideto Yasuoka		NC
Jim Gainer Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari F430	11	Tetsuya Tanaka		All
Jim Gainer Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari F430	11	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		All
Racing Project Bandoh	Lexus	Lexus IS350	19	Tatsuya Kataoka		All
Racing Project Bandoh	Lexus	Lexus IS350	19	Manabu Orido		All
Team RQS Motorsports	Vemac	Vemac 350R	22	Hisashi Wada		6–8
Team RQS Motorsports	Vemac	Vemac 350R	22	Masaki Jyonai		6–8
Team RQS Motorsports	Vemac	Vemac 350R	22	Ryohei Sakaguchi		6
Samurai Team Tsuchiya	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	25	Akihiro Tsuzuki		3, 5–8, NC
Samurai Team Tsuchiya	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	25	Takeshi Tsuchiya		3, 5–8, NC
Samurai Team Tsuchiya	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	25	Yoshio Tsuzuki		6
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	26	Igor Sushko		1–3, 5–7
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	26	Masayuki Ueda		1–3, 5–8, NC
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	26	Shogo Mitsuyama		6, 8, NC
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	51	Yuya Sakamoto		3, 5–8, NC
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	51	Shogo Mitsuyama		3, 5, 7
Team Taisan	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	51	Hideki Yamauchi		8, NC
LMP Motorsport	Ferrari	Ferrari F430	27	Yutaka Yamagishi		All
LMP Motorsport	Ferrari	Ferrari F430	27	Hiroshi Koizumi		All
LMP Motorsport	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	28	Akihiro Asai		6–8
LMP Motorsport	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	28	Yuki Iwasaki		6–8
EVA Racing Team apr	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Axio	31	Kosuke Matsuura		All
EVA Racing Team apr	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Axio	31	Koki Saga		All
EVA Racing Team apr	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Axio	31	Yuya Sakamoto		6
EVA Racing Team apr	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Axio	74	Takuto Iguchi		All
EVA Racing Team apr	Toyota	Toyota Corolla Axio	74	Yuji Kunimoto		All
Hankook KTR	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	33	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita		1–4
Hankook KTR	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	33	Masami Kageyama		1–4, 7, NC
Hankook KTR	Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	33	Tomonobu Fujii		3, 7, NC
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL Garaiya	43	Morio Nitta		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL Garaiya	43	Shinichi Takagi		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	ASL	ASL Garaiya	43	Kyosuke Mineo		6
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	46	Tsubasa Abe		All
MOLA	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z	46	Naoki Yokomizo		All
R&D Sport	Subaru	Subaru Legacy B4	62	Kota Sasaki		1–3, 5–8, NC
R&D Sport	Subaru	Subaru Legacy B4	62	Tetsuya Yamano		1–3, 5–8, NC
A speed	Aston Martin	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	66	Hideshi Matsuda		All
A speed	Aston Martin	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	66	Hiroki Yoshimoto		All
A speed	Aston Martin	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	66	Tomonobu Fujii		6
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo	86	Yuhi Sekiguchi		All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo	86	Koji Yamanishi		All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo	87	Hiroyuki Iiri		All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo	87	Yuya Sakamoto		All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo	87	Naohiro Furuya		6
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo	88	Shinya Hosokawa		1–7
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo	88	Atsushi Yogo		All
JLOC	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo	88	Tsubasa Kurosawa		8, NC
Tomei Sports	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	360	Keita Sawa		1
Tomei Sports	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	360	Takamori.com		1
Tomei Sports	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	360	Masahiro Matsunaga		3–5, 7–8
Tomei Sports	Porsche	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	360	Atsushi Tanaka		3–5, 7–8
365 Thunder Asia Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900M	365	Melvin Choo		2–8, NC
365 Thunder Asia Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900M	365	Tim Sugden		2–5, 7
365 Thunder Asia Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900M	365	Shinsuke Yamazaki		6
365 Thunder Asia Racing	Mosler	Mosler MT900M	365	Keita Sawa		6, NC
Bomex Rosso	Porsche	Porsche Boxster	666	Junichiro Yamashita		1, 3–8
Bomex Rosso	Porsche	Porsche Boxster	666	Takashi Miyamoto		1, 3
Bomex Rosso	Porsche	Porsche Boxster	666	Takamori.com		3–8
Bomex Rosso	Porsche	Porsche Boxster	666	Satoshi Kimura		6

• Goodsmile Racing with COX announced a mid-season car change that will occur at the fifth round. The Porsche 996 GT3-RSR was retired after the third round.
• Team apr changed the name on one of their cars midway through the season, as a promotion towards the movie adaption of animation series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Thus the #31 car runs under the "Eva Racing" banner since the third round, with the exception of the fourth round due to a copyright issue, with the #74 remaining unchanged.

  Car changes

GT500

• Honda: Having used the NSX since 1996, Honda replaced the unique MR-layout model with a FMR-layout prototype HSV-010, which has been homologated by the JAF. However, Honda have cancelled their plans to produce a road-going model of the HSV-010.
• All three teams united their engine specification to 3.4 L V8 with an FR-layout vehicle which was planned to be done last season.

  GT300

• Hasemi Motorsport moved into the class from GT500, competing with a Nissan Fairlady Z.
• The JLOC team which previously used a Lamborghini Murciélago, have changed all their cars to Lamborghini Gallardos.
• A speed, a new team participating in Super GT, uses an Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
• Thunder Asia Racing, which raced in Malaysia last year, became the first team not based in Japan to participate in the full season in Super GT history. They use a Mosler MT900M, and in addition, Melvin Choo, one of the team's drivers, was appointed as the Super GT official negotiator to help bring a race to Singapore in future.
• Studie, which used a BMW Z4 in the 2008 and 2009 seasons, had originally planned to participate the series as AS Studie Racing in 2010, but did not participate due to the withdrawal of Advance Step. Advance Step had been a co-partner for Studie over the previous two seasons. However at the end of the season, the teams parted ways and will compete separately in 2011.
• Good Smile Racing made their debut in the series after becoming the primary sponsors for Studie under the Hatsune Miku banner in the past two seasons. Team COX, the first Porsche works team in Super GT, would become Good Smile Racing's partner. The team originally planned to use a 2010-specification Porsche 997 GT3-R for the entire season. However, as the car was delivered in late May, the team used a Porsche 996 RSR for the first three races of the season. They will also miss the event in Sepang, to test the new vehicle. Porsche and COX also announced that they are planning to supply at least one more GT3-R to other teams participating in 2011.
• RE Amemiya Racing announced it will be the final season of the Mazda RX-7, as after the season ends, the car will be donated to the motor racing museum of Malaysia. They would later announce their withdrawal from the series.
• R&D Sport have changed the drivetrain on their Subaru Legacy from AWD to RWD, making AWD cars absent.

  Others

• The use of a three-way catalytic converter is compulsory for all teams.

  Schedule

• The calendar was provisionally announced on September 25, 2009. Autopolis has been removed from the calendar, with no replacement round nor venue added. However, with alterations made to the Formula One calendar, including the moving of the, the calendar was altered on October 19, 2009.
• Apart from the eight championship rounds, a non-championship round, originally entitled Super GT and Formula Nippon Sprint Cup 2010, will be held at the conclusion of the season. After the Japan Automobile Federation recognised the race as a "JAF Grand Prix" round, it was renamed as JAF Grand Prix Super GT and Formula Nippon Sprint Cup 2010.
• The 400 km race at Fuji will adopt regulations with two mandatory pit stops, while the knockout qualifying format was used in the first two rounds as well as the Suzuka 700 km of the season.
• The 300 km race at Fuji scheduled to be held on September 12 was cancelled due to the serious damage to Oyama, the town where the circuit is located, caused by the typhoon Malou. This is the first event in Super GT to be cancelled by series organisers, and the first Japanese Grand touring round to be cancelled since Sepang in 2003.

  Standings

GT500 Drivers

GT300 Drivers