The 2024 Super GT Series is a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It is the thirty-second season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the twentieth season under the Super GT name. It is also the forty-second overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.
TGR Team au TOM'S and driver Sho Tsuboi entered the season as the defending champions of the GT500 class. Saitama Green Brave, formerly known as Saitama Toyopet Green Brave, and driver Hiroki Yoshida entered as the defending GT300 class champions.[1]
The GTA confirmed several changes for the 2024 Super GT season.[2]
Super GT introduced a new aggregate qualifying system on 9 February, replacing the knockout format which had been used since 2013.
On 12 March, a follow-up bulletin would detail the changes made to GT300 qualifying:
Beginning in 2024, GT300 teams will use 50 percent renewable carbon-neutral synthetic fuel supplied by ETS Racing Fuels.[4][5]
Teams will only be allocated four sets of dry tyres for 300 kilometre races, down from five sets in 2023. Five sets of dry tyres will be available for 350 km events, and six sets of tyres will be available in three-hour timed events.[2][6]
Success Weight in GT300 has been reduced to a maximum of 100 kilogrammes to just 80 kg. GT300 teams will now receive two kilogrammes of Success Weight per drivers' championship point scored from rounds one through six.[2]
To reduce cornering speeds, the GTA implemented new technical directives in both class. In GT500, the minimum ride height has been raised by 5 millimetres by increasing the thickness of the skid block. In GT300, all cars will carry a predetermined amount of additional ballast weight, between 33 and 52 kg. This additional weight is distinct from the weight assigned to each car as part of the balance of performance.[7]
A confirmed eight round provisional 2024 calendar was announced on 3 August 2023.[39] On 3 October 2023, it was announced that the seventh round at Autopolis would be moved back two weeks to 19–20 October, in order to eliminate a clash of dates with the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix.[40]
On 29 February 2024, distances for all rounds were confirmed. The Golden Week race at Fuji Speedway, the Spring race at Suzuka Circuit, and the penultimate race at Autopolis will be three-hour timed races, the first championship races to be run to a timed format. The Summer races at Fuji and Suzuka will be 350 kilometres long.[41]
Round | Race | Circuit | Location | Dates | Map |
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1 | Okayama GT 300 km Race | Okayama International Circuit | Mimasaka-shi, Okayama-ken | 13–14 April | |
2 | Fuji GT 3 Hours Race | Fuji Speedway | Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken | 3–4 May | |
3 | Suzuka GT 3 Hours Race | Suzuka Circuit | Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken | 1–2 June | |
4 | Fuji GT 350 km Race | Fuji Speedway | Oyama-chō, Shizuoka-ken | 3–4 August | |
5 | Suzuka GT 350 km Race | Suzuka Circuit | Suzuka-shi, Mie-ken | 31 August—1 September | |
6 | Sugo GT 300 km Race | Sportsland Sugo | Murata-machi, Miyagi-ken | 21–22 September | |
7 | Autopolis GT 3 Hours Race | Autopolis | Hita-shi, Ōita-ken | 19–20 October | |
8 | Motegi GT 300 km Race | Mobility Resort Motegi | Motegi-machi, Tochigi-ken | 2–3 November |
Round | Circuit | Class | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Race Winner |
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1 | Okayama International Circuit | GT500 | No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S | No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S | No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S |
Sho Tsuboi Kenta Yamashita |
Sho Tsuboi Kenta Yamashita |
Sho Tsuboi Kenta Yamashita | |||
GT300 | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | No. 61 R&D Sport | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | ||
Naoya Gamou Takuro Shinohara |
Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi |
Yuui Tsutsumi Hibiki Taira | |||
2 | Fuji Speedway | GT500 | No. 17 Astemo Real Racing | No. 3 NISMO NDDP | No. 3 NISMO NDDP |
Koudai Tsukakoshi Kakunoshin Ohta |
Mitsunori Takaboshi Atsushi Miyake |
Mitsunori Takaboshi Atsushi Miyake | |||
GT300 | No. 88 JLOC | No. 777 D'station Racing | No. 88 JLOC | ||
Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima |
Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg |
Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima | |||
3 | Suzuka Circuit | GT500 | |||
GT300 | |||||
4 | Fuji Speedway | GT500 | |||
GT300 | |||||
5 | Suzuka Circuit | GT500 | |||
GT300 | |||||
6 | Sportsland Sugo | GT500 | |||
GT300 | |||||
7 | Autopolis | GT500 | |||
GT300 | |||||
8 | Mobility Resort Motegi | GT500 | |||
GT300 | |||||
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
---|---|---|---|
Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Bold – Pole |
Rank | Driver | Team | OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
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1 | Yuui Tsutsumi Hibiki Taira |
No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 12 | 6 | 27 | ||||||
2 | Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima |
No. 88 JLOC | 8 | 11 | 26 | ||||||
3 | Hiroki Yoshida Seita Nonaka |
No. 52 Saitama Green Brave | 4 | 3 | 19 | ||||||
4 | Naoya Gamou Takuro Shinohara |
No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 21 | 26 | 18 | ||||||
5 | Daiki Sasaki João Paulo de Oliveira |
No. 56 Kondo Racing | 15 | 23 | 16 | ||||||
6 | Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka |
No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO | 9 | 42 | 12 | ||||||
7 | Kazuto Kotaka Jin Nakamura |
No. 31 apr | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
8 | Seiji Ara Niklas Krütten |
No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 3 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
9 | Kosuke Matsuura Natsu Sakaguchi |
No. 87 JLOC | 7 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
10 | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
No. 96 K-tunes Racing | 6 | 17 | 5 | ||||||
11 | Takashi Kobayashi Syun Koide |
No. 18 Team UpGarage | 16 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
12 | Kei Cozzolino Lilou Wadoux |
No. 45 PONOS Racing | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
13 | Yoshiaki Katayama Roberto Merhi Muntan |
No. 6 Team LeMans | 10 | 13 | 1 | ||||||
14 | Kohei Hirate Yuya Hiraki |
No. 62 HELM Motorsports | 18 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
14 | Reiji Hiraki | No. 62 HELM Motorsports | 10 | 1 | |||||||
15 | Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi |
No. 61 R&D Sport | 263† | 15 | 1 | ||||||
— | Yuki Nemoto | No. 31 apr | 5[d] | 0 | |||||||
— | Yusuke Mitsui | No. 18 Team UpGarage | 7[d] | 0 | |||||||
— | Bruno Spengler | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 11 | 0 | |||||||
— | Hiroki Yoshimoto Shunsuke Kohno |
No. 60 LM Corsa | 12 | 20 | 0 | ||||||
— | Ryohei Sakaguchi Yusuke Tomibayashi |
No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 21 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
— | Yuta Fujiwara | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 12 | 0 | |||||||
— | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Eijiro Shimizu |
No. 20 SHADE Racing | 13 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
— | Igor Omura Fraga Yuga Furutani |
No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 17 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
— | Togo Suganami Takamitsu Matsui |
No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 14 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
— | Tomonobu Fujii | No. 777 D'station Racing | 19 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
— | Charlie Fagg | No. 777 D'station Racing | 16 | 0 | |||||||
— | Kiyoto Fujinami Yusuke Shiotsu |
No. 5 Team Mach | 22 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
— | Marco Sørensen | No. 777 D'station Racing | 19 | 0 | |||||||
— | Takuya Otaki Takayuki Aoki |
No. 360 Tomei Sports | 20 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
— | Rin Arakawa | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 21 | 0 | |||||||
— | Hiroaki Nagai Rikuto Kobayashi |
No. 30 apr | 23 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
— | Manabu Orido | No. 30 apr | 22 | 0 | |||||||
— | Kimiya Sato | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 23 | 0 | |||||||
— | Taiyo Ida Yusaku Shibata |
No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 24 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
— | Takumi Sanada | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 24 | 0 | |||||||
— | Hisashi Wada Masaki Kano |
No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 25 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
— | Masaki Jyonai | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 25 | 0 | |||||||
— | Haruki Kurosawa | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 26 | 0 | |||||||
— | Ryuichiro Tomita Keishi Ishikawa |
No. 11 GAINER | WD | Ret | — | ||||||
Rank | Driver | Team | OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Class | Lead Lap | -1 Lap | -2 Laps or more | |
---|---|---|---|---|
GT500 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Lead Lap | -1 Lap | -2 Laps | -3 Laps or more | |
GT300 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|
Rank | Team | OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | No. 2 muta Racing INGING | 11 | 61 | 31 | ||||||
2 | No. 88 JLOC | 81 | 11 | 29 | ||||||
3 | No. 52 Saitama Green Brave | 41 | 31 | 25 | ||||||
4 | No. 56 Kondo Racing | 151 | 21 | 21 | ||||||
5 | No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing | 21 | 263 | 19 | ||||||
6 | No. 31 apr | 51 | 51 | 18 | ||||||
7 | No. 7 BMW M Team Studie × CRS | 31 | 111 | 17 | ||||||
8 | No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO | 91 | 41 | 16 | ||||||
9 | No. 87 JLOC | 71 | 81 | 13 | ||||||
10 | No. 96 K-tunes Racing | 61 | 173 | 9 | ||||||
11 | No. 18 Team UpGarage | 162 | 71 | 9 | ||||||
12 | No. 45 PONOS Racing | 111 | 91 | 8 | ||||||
13 | No. 6 Team LeMans | 101 | 132 | 6 | ||||||
14 | No. 62 HELM Motorsports | 182 | 101 | 6 | ||||||
15 | No. 60 LM Corsa | 121 | 203 | 4 | ||||||
16 | No. 9 Pacific Racing Team | 212 | 122 | 4 | ||||||
17 | No. 20 SHADE Racing | 131 | 191 | 4 | ||||||
18 | No. 50 Anest Iwata Racing with Arnage | 172 | 142 | 4 | ||||||
19 | No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya | 141 | 233 | 4 | ||||||
20 | No. 777 D'station Racing | 192 | 163 | 3 | ||||||
21 | No. 360 Tomei Sports | 202 | 213 | 3 | ||||||
22 | No. 61 R&D Sport | 263 | 153 | 2 | ||||||
23 | No. 5 Team Mach | 223 | 183 | 2 | ||||||
24 | No. 30 apr | 233 | 223 | 2 | ||||||
25 | No. 48 NILZZ Racing | 243 | 243 | 2 | ||||||
26 | No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports | 253 | 253 | 2 | ||||||
— | No. 11 GAINER | WD | Ret | — | ||||||
Rank | Team | OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |