The 2021 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the third season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2021 Super Formula Championship.

Teams and drivers

Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Japan Nilzz Racing[1] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Japan Keiichi Inoue 1, 4
Japan Jun Makino 5
Japan Adenau IDI Golf TCR[1] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 10 Japan Jun Sato 1−2, 5
Japan Birth Racing Project[1] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 17 Japan Kenji Suzuki All
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 18 Japan Takeshi Matsumoto 3
CUPRA León TCR 19 Japan 'Kusako' All
Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama[1] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 21 Japan Takuro Shinohara 3
Japan Yuki Fujii 1
101 4
Hong Kong Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG[2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 45 Japan Naoto Takeda 1
Japan Takuya Shirasaka 2
Japan 55MOTO Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 55 Japan 'Mototino' 3−6
Japan Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 62 Japan Resshu Shioya 5−6
Japan Audi Team Mars Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 65 Japan Masanobu Kato All
Japan Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing[2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 71 Japan Masayoshi Oyama All
Japan M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse[1] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 73 Japan Mineki Okura 1−2, 4−6
Japan Dome Racing[2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 97 Japan Akihiko Nakaya 1
Japan Ai Miura 2−3
Japan Yusuke Shiotsu 4
98 Japan Anna Inotsume 5−6

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 10 February 2021 with 6 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.[3]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting series
1 1 Fuji Speedway 3 April Japan 'Hirobon' Japan Yuki Fujii Japan Keiichi Inoue Japan Nilzz Racing Super Formula
2 4 April Japan Yuki Fujii Japan Masanobu Kato Japan 'Hirobon' JapanBirth Racing Project
2 3 Autopolis 15 May Japan Takuya Shirasaka Japan 'Hirobon' Japan 'Hirobon' JapanBirth Racing Project
4 16 May Japan Ai Miura Race cancelled due to heavy rain
3 5 Sportsland Sugo 24 July Japan Takeshi Matsumoto Japan Takeshi Matsumoto Japan Takeshi Matsumoto JapanBirth Racing Project SUGO Champion Cup
6 24 July Japan Takeshi Matsumoto Japan Takeshi Matsumoto Japan Takeshi Matsumoto JapanBirth Racing Project
7 25 July Japan Takeshi Matsumoto Japan Takuro Shinohara Japan Takeshi Matsumoto JapanBirth Racing Project
4 8 Twin Ring Motegi 28 August Japan 'Hirobon' Japan 'Hirobon' Japan 'Hirobon' JapanBirth Racing Project Super Formula
9 29 August Japan Yusuke Shiotsu Japan Yusuke Shiotsu Japan Yuki Fujii Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama
5 10 Twin Ring Motegi 16 October Japan Mineki Okura Japan Mineki Okura Japan Mineki Okura Japan M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse
11 17 October Japan Mineki Okura Japan Mineki Okura Japan 'Hirobon' JapanBirth Racing Project
6 12 Suzuka Circuit 30 October Japan 'Hirobon' Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Resshu Shioya Japan Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion
13 31 October Japan 'Hirobon' Japan Masanobu Kato Japan 'Hirobon' JapanBirth Racing Project


Championship standings

Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
1 Japan Keiichi Inoue 13 28
2 Japan Jun Sato 24 20
3 Japan Akihiko Nakaya 3 15
4 Japan Naoto Takeda 4 12
5 Japan Mineki Okura 5 10
6 Japan Kenji Suzuki 6 9
7 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 7 8
8 Japan 'Hirobon' 81 6
9 Japan Yuki Fujii 92 6
10 Japan Masanobu Kato Ret5 1
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
1 Japan 'Hirobon' 12 29
2 Japan Masanobu Kato 23 21
3 Japan Mineki Okura 34 17
4 Japan Yuki Fujii 41 17
5 Japan Jun Sato 55 11
6 Japan Akihiko Nakaya 6 8
7 Japan Keiichi Inoue 7 6
8 Japan Naoto Takeda 8 4
9 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 9 2
- Japan Kenji Suzuki Ret -
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Entrants championship

Pos. Entrant No. FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
1 Japan Birth Racing Project 19 81 12 38
2 Japan Nillz Racing 7 13 7 34
3 Japan Adenau IDI Golf TCR 10 24 55 31
4 Japan M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse 73 5 34 27
5 Japan Dome Racing 97 3 6 23
6 Japan Audi Team Hitotsuyama 21 92 41 23
7 Japan Audi Team Mars 65 Ret5 23 22
8 Japan Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG 45 4 8 16
9 Japan Birth Racing Project 17 6 Ret 8
10 Japan Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing 71 7 9 6
Pos. Driver No. FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "TCR Japan issues ten-car 2021 entry list". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  2. ^ a b c "Three Hondas added to TCR Japan season opener grid". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  3. ^ "TCR Japan issues 2021 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

External links

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