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 (JGTC) era and the second season as the Super GT series. It was also the twenty-fourth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on March 19 and ended on November 5, 2006, after 9 races.

Juichi Wakisaka, André Lotterer, and Toyota Team TOM's won the GT500 drivers' and teams' championships, in the debut season for the new Lexus SC430. Tetsuya Yamano, Hiroyuki Iiri, and RE Amemiya Racing won the GT300 drivers' and teams' championships in their Mazda RX-7. The championship battle was decided on the final lap of the season, with Yamano and Iiri winning the drivers' title on a tiebreaker over Kazuho Takahashi and Hiroki Katoh of Cars Tokai Dream28.

2006 Bandai Direzza SC430.

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Toyota Team Cerumo Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 1 Japan Toranosuke Takagi B All
Japan Yuji Tachikawa All
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 3 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira B All
Japan Naoki Yokomizo All
United Kingdom Darren Manning 6
Mobil 1 Toyota Team LeMans Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6 Japan Akira Iida B All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka All
Sweden Björn Wirdheim 6
Team Honda Racing Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman B All
Japan Daisuke Ito All
Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi 6
Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 18 Japan Ryo Michigami B All
Japan Takashi Kogure All
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi 6
Team Impul Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 12 Japan Kazuki Hoshino B All
France Benoît Tréluyer All
France Jérémie Dufour 6
Nismo Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 22 Germany Michael Krumm B All
Japan Sakon Yamamoto 1–3
United Kingdom Richard Lyons 4–9
Brazil Fabio Carbone 6
23 Japan Tsugio Matsuda All
Japan Satoshi Motoyama All
Japan Yuji Ide 6
Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 24 Japan Masataka Yanagida Y All
France Érik Comas 1–4, 6
Japan Seiji Ara 5–9
Toyota Team Tsuchiya Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25 Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya Y All
Japan Manabu Orido All
Japan Hideki Noda 6
Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 32 France Loïc Duval D All
Japan Hideki Mutoh All
Toyota Team Kraft Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 35 Japan Naoki Hattori D All
United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck All
Japan Eiichi Tajima 6
Toyota Team TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36 Japan Juichi Wakisaka B All
Germany André Lotterer All
Germany Adrian Sutil 6
Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra GT500 Toyota 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 66 Portugal André Couto B All
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
France Soheil Ayari 6
Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Japan Shinya Hosokawa B All
France Sébastien Philippe All

GT300

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Cars Tokai Dream28 Mooncraft Mooncraft Shiden Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.2 L V8 2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Japan Hiroki Katoh All
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 6
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5 Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
Japan Katsuhiko Tsutsui All
Japan Akira Watanabe 6
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Japan Hiroyuki Iiri Y 1, 3–9
Japan Tetsuya Yamano 1, 3–9
Japan Shinichi Yamaji 6
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 9 Japan Osamu Nakajima Y 1–3, 5–9
Japan Takaya Tsubobayashi 1
Japan Masaki Tanaka 2–3, 5–9
JIM Gainer Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 10 Japan Hiromi Kozono D 1–7, 9
Japan Naofumi Omoto 1–7, 9
Japan Eiji Yamada 6
11 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka All
Japan Takayuki Aoki All
Endless Sports Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 13 Japan Tomonobu Fujii Y All
Japan Masami Kageyama All
Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 14 Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita H All
Japan Kyosuke Mineo All
Japan Jukuchou Sunako 6
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Koji Matsuda Y All
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka All
Team Taisan with Nishizawa Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26 Japan Kazuyuki Nishizawa Y 2–3, 9
Japan Shinichi Yamaji 2–3, 9
Direxiv Motorsport Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 27 Japan Shogo Mitsuyama Y 1–6
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 1–6
MOLA Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 46 Japan Kota Sasaki D All
Japan Taku Bamba All
47 Japan Hironobu Yasuda All
Japan Masaoki Nagashima All
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 52 Japan Hironori Takeuchi K 1–3, 5–9
Japan Koki Saga 1–3, 5–9
Japan Keita Sawa 6
DHG Racing Ford Ford GT DHG D35806V 3.5 L V8 55 Japan Daisuke Ikeda Y All
Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada All
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura 6
R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 61 Japan Shogo Mitsuyama Y 7–9
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 7–9
Vemac RD408R Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8 62 Japan Shinsuke Shibahara All
Japan Hiroyuki Yagi 1–4
Japan Haruki Kurosawa 5–9
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi Y 1–4, 6
Japan Akira Hirakawa 1–4
Japan Yutaka Yamagishi 6–7
Japan Isao Ihashi 6
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Japan Katsuo Kobayashi Y 5, 7–9
Japan Tatsuya Tanigawa 5
Japan Yasushi Kikuchi 7–9
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 87 Japan Koji Yamanishi Y 1–3, 5–9
Japan Hisashi Wada 1–3, 5–9
Japan Atsushi Yogo 6
88 Italy Marco Apicella 1–3, 5–9
Japan Yasutaka Hinoi 1–3, 5–9
Japan Naohiro Furuya 6
Ebbro Team Nova Vemac Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 4.0 L V8 96 Japan Takuya Kurosawa D All
Japan Tsubasa Kurosawa All
apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 2GR-FE 3.5 L V6 101 Japan Morio Nitta M All
Japan Shinichi Takagi All
777 Japan Minoru Tanaka All
Japan Kazuya Oshima All
Japan Keiichi Kobayashi 6
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 110 Japan Hideshi Matsuda Y All
Japan Ichijo Suga All
Japan Takaya Tsubobayashi 6
Team LeyJun Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 111 Japan Hiroya Iijima Y 1, 3, 6–7
Japan Masaki Jyonai 1, 3, 6–7
Japan Takeshi Namekawa 6
Team Bomex Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 666 Japan Shogo Suho Y 1–7, 9
Japan Junichiro Yamashita 1, 3–7, 9
Japan Yasuhiro Takasaki 2
910 Racing With Team Ishimatsu Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 910 Japan Tadao Uematsu Y 1–4, 6–7, 9
Japan Yasushi Kikuchi 1–4, 6
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi 6, 9
Japan Shinichi Yamaji 7

GT500

  • Toyota introduced the Lexus SC 430 as their new GT500 vehicle, replacing the fourth-generation Toyota Supra. This coincided with the introduction of the Lexus nameplate for the Japanese market in July 2005. Four teams (TOM's, Cerumo, LeMans, and Kraft) would run the new SC430, while SARD and Tsuchiya Engineering continued to use the Supra.
  • Team Goh planned to enter the series with a Maserati MC12 GT1 driven by Seiji Ara and Jan Magnussen. Competing as Stile Corse, they participated in the pre-season test at Suzuka on 3–4 March, but after lacklustre results, the team scrapped their plans to race in GT500.

GT300

GT500

  • Kondo Racing, owned by Japanese musician and former racing driver Masahiko Kondo, entered Super GT for the first time as a Nissan factory team.
  • Toyota teams TOM's and Kraft scaled back to single-car teams after running two cars each in 2005.
  • Hitotsuyama Racing and their privately entered Ferrari 550 GTS and McLaren F1 GTR withdrew from the series.

GT300

  • M-TEC (Mugen) closed their GT300 team to focus on their ongoing technical alliance with Team Kunimitsu in GT500.
  • Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA) closed their GT300 team. apr, who operated ARTA's GT300 programme, signed ARTA drivers Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi to drive their number 101 Toyota MR-S sponsored by Toy Story Racing (through Run'A Entertainment).

GT500

Schedule

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Japan Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit March 19
2 Japan Okayama GT 300 km Race Okayama International Circuit April 9
3 Japan Fuji GT 500 km Race Fuji International Speedway May 4
4 Malaysia Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 25
5 Japan SUGO GT 300 km Race Sportsland Sugo July 23
6 Japan International POKKA 1000km Suzuka Circuit August 20
7 Japan Motegi GT 300 km Race Twin Ring Motegi September 10
8 Japan Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km Autopolis International Race Course October 15
9 Japan Fuji GT 300 km Race Fuji International Speedway November 5

Season results

Overall winner in bold

Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka Circuit Japan #36 Open Interface TOM'S SC430 Japan #88 AKTIO Murcie RG-1
Germany André Lotterer
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Yasutaka Hinoi
2 Okayama International Circuit Japan #18 Takata Dome NSX Japan #27 direxiv Advan 320R
Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
3 Fuji Speedway Japan #35 Bandai Direzza SC430 Japan #62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R
Japan Naoki Hattori
United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara
Japan Hiroyuki Yagi
4 Sepang Circuit Japan #8 ARTA NSX Japan #7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7
Japan Daisuke Ito
Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
5 Sportsland SUGO Japan #1 ZENT Cerumo SC430 Japan #46 Kiccho Houzan Direzza Z
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Toranosuke Takagi
Japan Kota Sasaki
Japan Taku Bamba
6 Suzuka Circuit
Report
Japan #12 Calsonic Impul Z Japan #52 Proμ Taiyo Oil Kumho Celica
France Benoît Tréluyer
Japan Kazuki Hoshino
France Jérémie Dufour
Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Koki Saga
Japan Keita Sawa
7 Twin Ring Motegi Japan #100 Raybrig NSX Japan #11 JIM Center Ferrari Dunlop (360)
France Sébastien Philippe
Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Japan Takayuki Aoki
8 Autopolis Japan #23 Xanavi NISMO Z Japan #2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Katoh
9 Fuji Speedway Japan #32 Epson NSX Japan #101 Toy Story Racing MR-S
France Loïc Duval
Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi

Standings

GT500 Drivers

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th
Points2015118654321
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Qualifying432
Fastest Lap321
  • Only the best five results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
  • There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
Rank Driver SUZ
Japan
OKA
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
SUG
Japan
SUZ
Japan
MOT
Japan
AUT
Japan
FUJ
Japan
PTS
1 Germany André Lotterer
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
1 8 3 15 4 10 2 7 4 80
2 Japan Shinya Hosokawa
France Sébastien Philippe
7 2 Ret 4 11 9 1 3 13 79
3 Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Ryo Michigami
4 1 Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 2 7 76
4 Germany Michael Krumm 12 3 9 2 3 2 10 6 6 75
5 Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Toranosuke Takagi
5 5 Ret 12 1 7 3 5 Ret 71
6 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
2 Ret 4 5 2 DSQ 14 1 11 69
7 Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
Japan Daisuke Ito
3 7 8 1 8 6 15 11 14 68
8 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
France Benoît Tréluyer
13 6 5 3 6 1 13 4 12 67
9 Japan Naoki Hattori
United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
14 12 1 11 7 3 7 9 2 64
10 United Kingdom Richard Lyons 2 3 2 10 6 6 62
11 France Loïc Duval
Japan Hideki Mutoh
15 Ret 7 9 5 4 8 12 1 51
12 Japan Akira Iida
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
6 11 2 14 9 Ret 4 13 5 41
13 Japan Masataka Yanagida 10 10 10 8 10 5 6 14 3 34
14 France Jérémie Dufour 1 32
15 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Naoki Yokomizo
9 4 12 7 13 8 11 8 8 32
16 Japan Seiji Ara 10 5 6 14 3 28
17 Brazil Fabio Carbone 2 20
18 France Érik Comas 10 10 10 8 5 18
19 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya
8 9 6 10 12 Ret 12 15 9 18
20 Japan Eiichi Tajima 3 16
21 Japan Sakon Yamamoto 12 3 9 15
22 Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi 6 13
23 Portugal André Couto
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
11 13 11 13 Ret 11 9 10 10 13
24 Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 7 9
25 United Kingdom Darren Manning 8 8
26 Germany Adrian Sutil 10 6
27 France Soheil Ayari 11 5
28 Japan Hideki Noda Ret 5
Sweden Björn Wirdheim Ret 0
Japan Yuji Ide DSQ 0
Rank Driver SUZ
Japan
OKA
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
SUG
Japan
SUZ
Japan
MOT
Japan
AUT
Japan
FUJ
Japan
PTS
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Teams' standings

Source:[1]

Rank Team No. SUZ
Japan
OKA
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
SUG
Japan
SUZ
Japan
MOT
Japan
AUT
Japan
FUJ
Japan
Pts.
1 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 1 8 3 15 4 10 2 7 4 75
2 Nismo 22 12 3 9 2 3 2 10 6 6 70
3 Team Kunimitsu 100 7 2 Ret 4 11 9 1 3 13 65
4 Nismo 23 2 Ret 4 5 2 DSQ 14 1 11 64
5 Toyota Team Kraft 35 14 12 1 11 7 3 7 9 2 61
6 Team Impul 12 13 6 5 3 6 1 13 4 12 60
7 Toyota Team Cerumo 1 5 5 Ret 12 1 7 3 5 Ret 58
8 Team Honda Racing 18 4 1 Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 2 7 58
9 Team Honda Racing 8 3 7 8 1 8 6 15 11 14 48
10 Nakajima Racing 32 15 Ret 7 9 5 4 8 12 1 48
11 Mobil 1 Toyota Team LeMans 6 6 11 2 14 9 Ret 4 13 5 36
12 Kondo Racing 24 10 10 10 8 10 5 6 14 3 33
13 Hasemi Motorsport 3 9 4 12 7 13 8 11 8 8 28
14 Toyota Team Tsuchiya 25 8 9 6 10 12 Ret 12 15 9 13
15 Toyota Team SARD 66 11 13 11 13 Ret 11 9 10 10 9
Rank Team No. SUZ
Japan
OKA
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
SUG
Japan
MOT
Japan
FUJ
Japan
AUT
Japan
SUZ
Japan
Pts.

Drivers

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
#7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7 86 1
2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Japan Hiroki Katoh
#2 Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden 86 1
3 Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
#61 enable Advan Vemac 320R 75 0

Teams

Rank Number/Team Car Points
1 #7 RE Amemiya Racing Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7 78
2 #27 Direxiv Motorsport direxiv Advan 320R 67
3 #2 Verno Tokai Dream 28 Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden 63

References

  1. "SUPERGT.net | 2006 Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
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