2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX.[1] The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.

Drivers and teams

GT500

TeamMakeCarEngineDriversTyreRounds
Toyota Team CerumoToyotaToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I41 Yuji TachikawaAll
Hironori TakeuchiAll
33 Masahiko Kondo1, 3–8
Ukyo Katayama1, 3
Hayanari Shimoda4–8
Esso Toyota Team LeMansToyotaToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I46 Akira IidaAll
Juichi WakisakaAll
Autobacs Racing Team AguriHondaHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V68 Katsutomo KaneishiAll
Keiichi TsuchiyaAll
Calsonic Team ImpulNissanNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I612 Tetsuya TanakaAll
Kazuyoshi Hoshino1–5
Benoît Tréluyer6–8
Mugen x Dome ProjectHondaHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.2 L V616 Daisuke ItoAll
Dominik Schwager1–4
5–8
18 Richard LyonsAll
Sébastien PhilippeAll
NismoNissanNissan Skyline GT-RNissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6 / Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V622 Michael KrummAll
Satoshi MotoyamaAll
23 Érik ComasAll
Masami KageyamaAll
Tsuchiya EngineeringToyotaToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I425 Shinichi YamajiAll
Seiji Ara1, 3–8
Geoff Lees2
Team Take OneMcLarenMcLaren F1 GTRBMW S70/2 6.0 L V1230 Haruki Kurosawa1–3, 5–8
Hideki Okada1–3, 5–8
Project Mu KraftToyotaToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I435 Masahiko KageyamaAll
Shigekazu WakisakaAll
Toyota Team TOM'SToyotaToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I436 Takeshi TsuchiyaAll
Wayne GardnerAll
37 Takuya KurosawaAll
Paolo Montin1–7
Hideki Noda8
Denso Toyota Team SARDToyotaToyota SupraToyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I439 Jérémie DufourAll
Manabu OridoAll
Mobil 1 Nakajima RacingHondaHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V664 Tsugio MatsudaAll
All
Hitotsuyama RacingMcLarenMcLaren F1 GTRBMW S70/2 6.0 L V1276 Naoki HattoriAll
Eiichi TajimaAll
HKSMercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz CLK-ClassMercedes-Benz M119 6.0 L V887 Yudai Igarashi2–3, 6–8
Koji Yamanishi2–3, 6–8
JLOCLamborghiniLamborghini Diablo GT-1Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V1288 Marco ApicellaAll
Hisashi WadaAll
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with MooncraftHondaHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.5 L V6100 Hidetoshi MitsusadaAll
Hiroki Katoh1, 3–8
Toshihiro Kaneishi2

GT300

TeamMakeCarEngineDriversTyreRounds
Verno Tokai Dream28HondaHonda NSXHonda C32B 3.4 L V62 Kazuho Takahashialign=center rowspan=2All
Akira WatanabeAll
Hasemi MotorsportNissanNissan Silvia (S15)Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I43 Tetsuya YamanoAll
Masataka YanagidaAll
ZipspeedChevroletChevrolet Corvette C4Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V84 Izumi YoshidaAll
Toshiyuki Yamamoto2
Naohiro Furuya2–3, 5–6, 8
A&S RacingMoslerMosler MT900RChevrolet LS1 5.7 L V85 Tetsuji TamanakaAll
"Gō Mifune"All
RE Amemiya RacingMazdaMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor7 Haruhiko MatsumotoAll
Nobuteru Taniguchi1–7
Takayuki Kinoshita8
Team DaikokuyaPorschePorsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F69 Yosuke Shimoshima1–4, 8
Tsunefumi Hiki1
Masanobu Takenaka2–5, 8
Akihiko Tsutsumi5
Amprex MotorsportsBMWBMW M3 (E46)BMW M52 3.2 L I615 Genji HashimotoAll
Charles KwanAll
TOM'S SpiritToyotaToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I417 Masahiro Matsunaga1–3, 5–8
Ken Namekawa1–3, 5–8
Racing Project BandohToyotaToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I419 Minoru TanakaAll
Satoshi GotoAll
Hitotsuyama RacingBMWBMW M3 CSLBMW S50B32 3.2 L I621 Yasushi KikuchiAll
Mikio Hitotsuyama1, 7
Yasushi Hitotsuyama2–6, 8
Team TaisanPorschePorsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F624 Hideo FukuyamaAll
Mitsuhiro KinoshitaAll
26 Atsushi YogoAll
Kazuyushi NishizawaAll
28 Yutaka YamagishiAll
Yukihiro Hane1, 3–8
Jukuchou Sunako2
ChryslerChrysler Viper GTS-RChrysler Viper 8.0 L V1055 Eiji YamadaAll
Takashi Shimizu1–2, 5–8
Takayuki Kinoshita3–4
ARTA with A'PEXToyotaToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I431 Morio NittaAll
Shinichi TakagiAll
Auto Staff RacingNissanNissan Silvia (S15)Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I451 Naofumi Omoto3–5, 7–8
Masanobu Kato3–5, 7
Akira Ishikawa8
R&D SportPorschePorsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F661 Yasuo Miyagawa1–5
Hiroaki Suga1, 3
Tsubasa Kurosawa2
Atsushi Katsumasa4–5
62
Shinsuke Shibahara1
Shogo Mitsuyama1
VemacVemac RD320RHonda C32B 3.4 L V6
Shinsuke Shibahara2–8
Shogo Mitsuyama2–8
PorschePorsche 911 GT3-RPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F663 "OSAMU"All
Takamasa NakagawaAll
Team RevolutionMazdaMazda RX-7Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor66 Tetsuya Shimizu5, 6, 8
Shinji Abe5
Mutsumi Shiono6, 8
Team GaikokuyaPorschePorsche 996 GT3-RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F670 Yoshimi IshibashiAll
Patrick van Schoote1–5
Seiichi Sodeyama6
Nobuo Komiya7–8
SigmaTec Racing TeamToyotaToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I471 Keita SawaAll
Guts JyonaiAll
Cusco RacingSubaruSubaru Impreza WRX STISubaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F477 Katsuo KobayashiAll
Tatsuya TanigawaAll
Team DaishinNissanNissan Silvia (S15)Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I481 Nobuyuki OhyagiAll
Takayuki AokiAll
KRAFTToyotaToyota MR-SToyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I486 Masaoki NagashimaAll
Koji MatsudaAll
Dentaire ProJet RacingFerrariFerrari 360Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8360 Seigo Nishizawa1–3, 5, 7–8
Kota Sasaki1–3, 5, 7–8
910 RacingPorschePorsche 996 GT3 RSPorsche M96/77 3.6 L F6910 Hideshi MatsudaAll
Yasuo Miyagawa1
Adam Wilcox2–8
911 Akira HirakawaAll
Toshihide Hashimura1
Shigemitsu Haga2–3, 6, 8
Jukuchou Sunako5, 7

Schedule

RoundRaceCircuitDate
1GT Championship in TI TI CircuitApril 14
2All Japan Fuji GT Race Fuji SpeedwayMay 4
3SUGO GT Championship Sportsland SUGOMay 26
4Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia Sepang CircuitJune 23
5Japan Special GT Cup Fuji SpeedwayJuly 28
6Motegi GT Championship Race Twin Ring MotegiSeptember 15
7CP Mine GT Race Mine CircuitOctober 27
8Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka CircuitNovember 17

Season results

RoundCircuitGT500 Winning TeamGT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning DriversGT300 Winning Drivers
1TI Circuit
  1. 64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX
  1. 31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
Tsugio Matsuda
Ralph Firman
Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
2Mt. Fuji
  1. 1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra
  1. 62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
Yuji Tachikawa
Hironori Takeuchi
3Sportsland SUGO
  1. 6 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra
Juichi Wakisaka
Akira Iida
Masataka Yanagida
Tetsuya Yamano
4Sepang Circuit
  1. 64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX
Tsugio Matsuda
Ralph Firman
Haruhiko Matsumoto
Nobuteru Taniguchi
5Mt. Fuji
  1. 1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra
  1. 24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996
Yuji Tachikawa
Hironori Takeuchi
6Twin Ring Motegi
  1. 18 Takata Dome Honda NSX
  1. 62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
Sebastien Philippe
Richard Lyons
7Mine Circuit
  1. 16 Mugen Honda NSX
Ryo Michigami
Daisuke Ito
Shogo Mitsuyama
Shinsuke Shibahara
8Suzuka Circuit
  1. 64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX
  1. 81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
Tsugio Matsuda
Ralph Firman

Standings

GT500 class

Drivers' standings

Scoring system:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Qualifying 1 1 1
Fastest Lap 1 1 1
RankDriverTAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
PTS
1 Akira Iida
Juichi Wakisaka
102111744375
2 Tsugio Matsuda
Ralph Firman
111Ret112146174
3 Hironori Takeuchi
Yuji Tachikawa
411691139665
4 Hidetoshi Mitsusada952582Ret463
5 Daisuke Ito53310111611059
6 Hiroki Katoh92582Ret455
7 Takeshi Tsuchiya
Wayne Gardner
814102563952
8 Satoshi Motoyama
Michael Krumm
117742102Ret51
9 Richard Lyons
Sébastien Philippe
215161361121447
10 Katsutomo Kaneishi
Keiichi Tsuchiya
74136988229
11 Takuya KurosawaRet125337Ret1638
12 Paolo MontinRet125337Ret38
13 Dominik Schwager5331035
14 Jérémie Dufour
Manabu Orido
3Ret12Ret1557533
15 Shinichi Yamaji61311Ret495732
16 Seiji Ara611Ret495732
17 Naoki Hattori
Eiichi Tajima
13868133RetRet27
18 Ryo Michigami111611024
19 Érik Comas
Masami Kageyama
1264161417Ret819
20 Toshihiro Kaneishi58
21 Masahiko Kondo1597161211136
22 Hayanari Shimoda7161211134
23 Tetsuya Tanaka14Ret814Ret1113174
24 Kazuyoshi Hoshino14Ret814Ret3
25 Masahiko Kageyama
Shigekazu Wakisaka
1710Ret12101510123
26 Haruki Kurosawa
Hideki Okada
16914RetRetRet112
27 Ukyo Katayama1592
28 Benoît Tréluyer1113171
Geoff Lees130
Marco Apicella
Hisashi Wada
DNQRet15RetRet18RetRet0
Hideki Noda160
Yudai Igarashi
Koji Yamanishi
DNQDNQRetRetRet0
RankDriverTAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
PTS

Teams' standings

For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[2]

RankTeamNo.TAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
PTS
1Mugen x Dome Project1653310111611096
182151613611214
2Esso Toyota Team LeMans6102111744375
3Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing6411119Ret112146174
4Toyota Team Cerumo3315971612111369
14117911396
5Toyota Team TOM'S36814102563965
3718Ret12533718Ret16
6Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft10095258214Ret463
7Nismo2211774210218Ret62
23126415141717Ret8
8Autobacs Racing Team Aguri874136988246
9Toyota Team SARD39317Ret1218DSQ1557533
10Tsuchiya Engineering256131116Ret495732
11Hitotsuyama Racing761386813315Ret19Ret27
12Team Impul121418Ret81419Ret1113174
13Kraft35171018Ret12101510123
14Team Take One301691417Ret19Ret20Ret112
-JLOC8819DNQ16Ret1517Ret18Ret1819Ret20Ret0
-HKS8719DNQ20DNQ20Ret16Ret150
RankTeamNo.TAI
FUJ
SUG
SEP
FUJ
MOT
MIN
SUZ
PTS

GT300 class (Top 5)

Drivers

Rankwidth=160Driverswidth=240Number/TeamPointsWins
1 Morio Nitta
Shinichi Takagi
  1. 31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
751
2 Shogo Mitsuyama
Shinsuke Shibahara
733
3 Masataka Yanagida
Tetsuya Yamano
701
4651
5
  1. 81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
561

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 【JGTC第8戦】トヨタ/ホンダでタイトルを分け合う……最終戦. 2021-10-16. レスポンス(Response.jp). ja.
  2. Web site: JGTC 2002 Team Ranking. 2021-10-16. supergt.net.