2014 D1 Grand Prix series

The 2014 D1 Grand Prix series is the fourteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the ninth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The season began on March 29 at Fuji Speedway for the D1GP[1] and April 12 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit.[2] The series will conclude on October 19 with the D1 Champions' event at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course.

Regulation changes

Starting in the 2014 season, nitrous use was banned and cars are required to have catalytic converters. Also, exhaust pipes have to be pointed towards the ground.[3]

Schedule

Round Venue Location Date Winner Car
D1GP D1SL
1 Fuji Speedway Shizuoka Prefecture March 29–30 Kazuya Matsukawa1 Toyota AE85
1 Bihoku Highland Circuit Hiroshima Prefecture April 12–13 Naoki Nakamura Nissan PS13
2 Maze Sea Circuit Niigata Prefecture May 10–11 Ono Toruno Nissan C33
2 Suzuka Circuit Mie Prefecture May 24–25 Kenji Takayama[4] Lexus GRS191
3 Seto Inland Sea Circuit Ehime Prefecture June 7–8 Naoki Nakamura Nissan PS13
4 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture July 12–13
3 Autopolis Ōita Prefecture July 26–27 Kuniaki Takahashi[5] Toyota GRX130
4 Ebisu Circuit Fukushima Prefecture August 23 Yukio Matsui[6] Mazda FD3S
5 August 24 Masashi Yokoi[7] Nissan S15
5 Meihan Sportsland Nara Prefecture September 6–7
6 Nikkō Circuit Tochigi Prefecture October 4–5
6 Odaiba Tokyo Prefecture October 17–18 Masao Suenaga[8] Mazda FD3S
D1 Champions' Odaiba Tokyo Prefecture October 19 Kuniaki Takahashi Toyota GRX130
  1. Event was cancelled due to weather[9]

Drivers' rankings

D1GP

PositionDriverCarRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.5Rd.6Total
1st Japan Kuniaki TakahashiToyota GRX13013.52735213012138.5
2nd Japan Masao SuenagaMaxda FD3S8.5308272035128.5
3rd Japan Masashi YokoiNissan S1510143033515107
4th Japan Tetsuya HibinoToyota ZN622114301920106
5th Japan Yukio MatsuiMazda FD3S010273542197
6th Japan Masato KawabataNissan R351.5112215103089.5
7th Japan Youichi ImamuraToyota ZN6702517251387
8th Japan Kenji TakayamaLexus GRS19142510482586
9th Japan Naoto SuenagaNissan S1511201210111478
10th Japan Kazuya BaiNissan RPS1310.513212121775.5
11th Japan Tomohiro MurayamaNissan S14025191215172
12th Japan Tsuyoshi TezukaToyota JZX10012.56152071070.5
13th Japan Manabu OridoToyota ZN662222514069
14th Japan Seimi TanakaNissan S158030272765
15th Japan Daigo SaitoLexus GSE207.51200212262.5
16th Japan Tatsuya SakumaNissan S152.51917601660.5
17th Japan Akinori UtsumiNissan S159.5151682252.5
Japan Kazuya MatsukawaToyota AE8517.5301301952.5
19th Japan Tatsuya KataokaToyota JZA801540716850
20th Japan Takahiro UenoBMW E92516700735
21st Japan Minowa ShinjiNissan S15004022531
22nd Japan Kunihiko TeramachiNissan S15005517027
23rd Japan Nobushige KumakuboNissan S15000196025
Japan Yoshifumi TadokoroToyota AE861000131125
25th Indonesia Emmanuel AmandioToyota JZX1005.501300624.5
26th Japan Masayoshi TokitaToyota GRS184080160024
27th Japan Nobuteru TaniguchiToyota ZN6000220022
28th Japan Tsutomu FujioNissan ER34002000020
Japan Teruyoshi IwaiDaihatsu A35017000320
30th Japan Yuji TanakaToyota JZA806.57000417.5
31st Japan Akira HirashimaNissan S15001105016
32nd Japan Saito IkuoToyota JZX100000140014
33rd Japan Shinji SagisakaToyota SXE10010110012
34th Japan Manabu FujinakaMaxda FD3S0060006
35th United States Robbie NishidaNissan ECR330500005
36th Australia Andy GrayToyota JZX1003000104
Taiwan Feng Chih-JenNissan S150001304
38th Japan Atsushi TaniguchiToyota JZX1003.5000003.5
39th Japan Tomohiro OoshimaToyota GZ200200002
40th Japan Ajimoto MichieNissan S140010001
41st Japan Takamasa KuroiToyota JZX1000.5000000.5

References

  1. "2014 Event Schedule". d1gp.co.jp. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. "2014 Event Schedule". d1sl.jp. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. "D1GP going green in 2014". wreckedmagazine.com. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. "D1 Grand Prix Round 2 at Suzuka Results". wreckedmagazine.com. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  5. "Round 3 Report". d1gp.co.jp. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  6. "Round 4 Report". d1gp.co.jp. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. "Round 5 Report". d1gp.co.jp. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. "Round 6 Report". d1gp.co.jp. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  9. "TRUST Event Coverage from D1GP Rd.1 Fuji". greddy-gr9.blogspot.com. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
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