2012 Super GT Series
The 2012 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twentieth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era and the eighth season as the Super GT series. It also marked the thirtieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It was a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on April 1 and ended on November 18, 2012 after 8 regular races and a final special race.
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
| 1 | Okayama GT 300 km |  Okayama International Circuit | April 1 |
| 2 | Fuji GT 1 500 km | Fuji Speedway | May 4 |
| 3 | Super GT International Series Malaysia 300 km |  Sepang International Circuit | June 10 |
| 4 | Sugo GT 300 km | Sportsland SUGO | July 29 |
| 5 | 41st International Pokka 1000km 1000 km | Suzuka Circuit | August 19 |
| 6 | Fuji GT 2 300 km | Fuji Speedway | September 9 |
| 7 | Autopolis GT 300 km | Autopolis | September 30 |
| 8 | Motegi GT 250 km | Twin Ring Motegi | October 28 |
| NC | Fuji Sprint Cup | Fuji Speedway | November 17 |
| NC | Fuji Sprint Cup | Fuji Speedway | November 18 |
Drivers and teams
GT500
| Team | Make | Car | Drivers | Tyre | Round | |
| MOLA | Nissan | Nissan GT-R | 1 | Masataka Yanagida | All | |
| MOLA | Nissan | Nissan GT-R | 1 |  Ronnie Quintarelli | All | |
| Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 6 | Daisuke Itō | All | |
| Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 6 | Kazuya Oshima | All | |
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | 8 |  Ralph Firman | All | |
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | 8 | Takashi Kobayashi | All | |
| Team Impul | Nissan | Nissan GT-R | 12 | Tsugio Matsuda | All | |
| Team Impul | Nissan | Nissan GT-R | 12 |  João Paulo de Oliveira | 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 | Takashi Kogure | All | |
| Weider Honda Racing | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | 18 |  Carlo van Dam | All | |
| Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 19 | Seiji Ara | All | |
| Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 19 |  André Couto | 1–8 | |
| Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 19 |  Marino Franchitti | NC | |
| Nismo | Nissan | Nissan GT-R | 23 | Satoshi Motoyama | All | |
| Nismo | Nissan | Nissan GT-R | 23 |  Michael Krumm | All | |
| Kondo Racing | Nissan | Nissan GT-R | 24 | Hironobu Yasuda | All | |
| Kondo Racing | Nissan | Nissan GT-R | 24 |  Björn Wirdheim | All | |
| Epson Nakajima Racing | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | 32 | Ryo Michigami | All | |
| Epson Nakajima Racing | Honda | Honda HSV-010 GT | 32 | Yuhki Nakayama | All | |
| Lexus Team KeePer Kraft | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 35 | Yuji Kunimoto | All | |
| Lexus Team KeePer Kraft | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 35 | Andrea Caldarelli | All | |
| Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 36 | Kazuki Nakajima | All | |
| Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 36 |  Loïc Duval | 1, 3–8, NC | |
| Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 36 | Richard Lyons | 2 | |
| Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 38 | Yuji Tachikawa | All | |
| Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 38 | Kohei Hirate | All | |
| Lexus Team SARD | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 39 | Juichi Wakisaka | All | |
| Lexus Team SARD | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 39 | Hiroaki Ishiura | All | |
| 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 | |
| GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo | BMW | BMW Z4 GT3 | 0 | Nobuteru Taniguchi | All | |
| GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo | BMW | BMW Z4 GT3 | 0 | Tatsuya Kataoka | All | |
| GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo | BMW | BMW Z4 GT3 | 4 | Taku Bamba | All | |
| GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo | BMW | BMW Z4 GT3 | 4 | Masahiro Sasaki | All | |
| Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft | Mooncraft Shiden | 2 | Kazuho Takahashi | All | |
| Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft | Mooncraft Shiden | 2 | Hiroki Katoh | All | |
| Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft | Mooncraft Shiden | 2 | Hiroshi Hamaguchi | 5 | |
| NDDP Racing | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | 3 | Yuhi Sekiguchi | 1–5, 7–8, NC | |
| NDDP Racing | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | 3 | Katsumasa Chiyo | All | |
| NDDP Racing | Nissan | Nissan GT-R GT3 | 3 | Daiki Sasaki | 5–6 | |
| Team Mach | Ferrari | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 5 | Tetsuji Tamanaka | 1–2, 4–8, NC | |
| Team Mach | Ferrari | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 5 | Masayuki Ueda | 1–2, 4–8, NC | |
| Team Mach | Ferrari | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 5 | Masataka Kawaguchi | 2 | |
| Gainer | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 11 | Tetsuya Tanaka | All | |
| Gainer | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 11 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | All | |
| Gainer | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 11 | Atsushi Yogo | 5 | |
 Team SGC | Lexus | Lexus IS350 | 14 | Ryo Orime | 4–8, NC | |
| Team SGC | Lexus | Lexus IS350 | 14 |  Alexandre Imperatori | 4–6 | |
| Team SGC | Lexus | Lexus IS350 | 14 | Naoya Yamano | 7–8, NC | |
| Team Art Taste | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | 15 |  Tim Bergmeister | 1–2 | |
| Team Art Taste | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | 15 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | 1–2 | |
| Team Art Taste | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | 15 | Jörg Bergmeister | 2 | |
| Team Mugen | Honda | Honda CR-Z | 16 | Hideki Mutoh | 4–8, NC | |
| Team Mugen | Honda | Honda CR-Z | 16 | Daisuke Nakajima | 4–8, NC | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 20 | Hideki Noda | 1–2 | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 20 |  Michael Kim | 1 | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 20 | Kenji Kobayashi | 2 | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 20 |  Frank Yu | 2 | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 21 | Akihiro Tsuzuki | All | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 21 | Cyndie Allemann | 1–5 | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 21 | Richard Lyons | 5–8, NC | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 21 | Yukinori Taniguchi | 2 | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 77 |  Igor Sushko | 8, NC | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 77 | Kenji Kobayashi | 8, NC | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 99 | Frank Yu | 3, 7 | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 99 | Hideto Yasuoka | 3–5, 7 | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 99 | Michael Kim | 4–5 | |
| Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi | Audi R8 LMS | 99 | Yoshio Tsuzuki | 5 | |
| R'Qs Motorsports | Vemac | Vemac 350R | 22 | Hisashi Wada | All | |
| R'Qs Motorsports | Vemac | Vemac 350R | 22 | Masaki Jyonai | All | |
| LMP Motorsport | Ferrari | Ferrari F430 GTC | 27 | Yutaka Yamagishi | 1–8 | |
| LMP Motorsport | Ferrari | Ferrari F430 GTC | 27 | Takuto Iguchi | 1–8 | |
| apr | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 30 | Yuki Iwasaki | All | |
| apr | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 30 | Yuya Sakamoto | All | |
| apr | Audi | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 30 | Kenji Kobayashi | 5 | |
| apr | Toyota | Toyota Prius | 31 | Morio Nitta | All | |
| apr | Toyota | Toyota Prius | 31 | Koki Saga | All | |
| apr | Toyota | Toyota Prius | 31 | Yuichi Nakayama | 5 | |
| Hankook KTR | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | 33 | Masami Kageyama | All | |
| Hankook KTR | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | 33 | Tomonobu Fujii | All | |
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL Garaiya | 43 | Shinichi Takagi | All | |
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL Garaiya | 43 | Kosuke Matsuura | All | |
| Dijon Racing | Callaway | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | 48 | Hiroshi Takamori | 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC | |
| Dijon Racing | Callaway | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | 48 | Shogo Mitsuyama | 1–2, 4–6, 8, NC | |
| Dijon Racing | Callaway | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | 48 | Keiichi Inoue | 2, 5 | |
| Green Tec & Leon with Shift | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 52 | Hironori Takeuchi | All | |
| Green Tec & Leon with Shift | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 52 | Haruki Kurosawa | 1–5, 7–8, NC | |
| Green Tec & Leon with Shift | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 52 | Akihiko Nakaya | 5 | |
| Green Tec & Leon with Shift | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 52 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | 6 | |
| R&D Sport | Subaru | Subaru BRZ | 61 | Tetsuya Yamano | All | |
| R&D Sport | Subaru | Subaru BRZ | 61 | Kota Sasaki | All | |
| A speed | Aston Martin | Aston Martin Vantage GT2 | 66 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | 1 | |
| A speed | Aston Martin | Aston Martin Vantage GT2 | 66 | Kazuki Hoshino | 1 | |
| A speed | Aston Martin | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 66 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | 2–8, NC | |
| A speed | Aston Martin | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 66 | Kazuki Hoshino | 2–8, NC | |
| A speed | Aston Martin | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 66 | Hiroki Yoshida | 5 | |
| ThunderAsia Racing | Mosler | Mosler MT900M | 69 | Fairuz Fauzy | 3 | |
| ThunderAsia Racing | Mosler | Mosler MT900M | 69 | Hiroki Yoshida | 3 | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | 85 | Yuya Sakamoto | 1–2, 5–7 | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | 85 | Masaki Kano | 1–2, 6 | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | 85 | Ryohei Sakaguchi | 2, 5 | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | 85 | Hideshi Matsuda | 7 | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | 86 | Hideshi Matsuda | 1–5, NC | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | 86 | Junichiro Yamashita | 1–5, NC | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 87 | Koji Yamanishi | All | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 87 | Hideki Yamauchi | 1–8 | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 87 | Yuya Sakamoto | NC | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 88 | Manabu Orido | All | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 88 | Takayuki Aoki | All | |
| JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 88 | Keita Sawa | 5 | |
| Tomei Sports | Callaway | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | 360 | Atsushi Tanaka | 1–4, 6–8, NC | |
| Tomei Sports | Callaway | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | 360 | Yasushi Kikuchi | 1 | |
| Tomei Sports | Callaway | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | 360 | Takuya Shirasaka | 2–4, 6–8, NC | |
| Team Taisan ENDLESS | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | 911 | Kyosuke Mineo | All | |
| Team Taisan ENDLESS | Porsche | Porsche 911 GT3-R | 911 | Naoki Yokomizo | All |
Calendar
Standings
GT500 Drivers
;Scoring system:| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Suzuka | 25 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
GT300 Drivers
;Scoring system:| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Suzuka | 25 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |